Ritchie, Silver tune up ‘RocknRolla’

Suen moves to Aramid

De Mol, Berlusconi buy Endemol

Serbia wins Euro songfest

NBC announces schedule, shows

Venice enlists Mechanic, Araki

Locarno celebrates its 'discoveries'

Quiet Mother's Day for networks

MGM names Marenzi TV co-prexy

'Early Show' casts anchor

'I Propose' airs June 12

As networks announce their schedules, what's your take on the state of TV?

CBS picks up drama shows

EMI to release McCartney catalog

Duo added to Hollywood Foreign Press

Supremes' Wilson hits the stage

Box office boost on Broadway

Logo's in sync with Bass

WWE promotes three

Nashville confab kicks off

U.S. pirate plank toughens penalties

Wenders to shoot in Italy

Animax toons in Teutons

Aussie pair take on 'Everything'

Celebrity 'Brother' scores for Telefe

Cheung expands Asia Disney duties

World Series heads to Wednesday

Paxman to address Edinburgh fest

Hong Kong's TVB taps Yeung CEO

Epic ups Granite to general manager

Univision gets Spanish 'Housewives'

Stanley Holden, 79, dancer

Andrew Miller

Relativity executive moves up

Mandate sets up 'Shelter'

Germany's RBB re-elects Reim

Sextet makes digital plea to Lauder

Iostar falls into liquidation

Variety, AMC to cover festivals

BAFTA backs young British actors

Spidey crawls downward

Tim Allen tops Mamet's 'Redbelt'

Fox Atomic bets on 'Beth'

Wayans, Rogue pair for 'Dynomite'

Dickerson to direct 'Un-Dead'

Toback will direct Tyson film

Stockwell joins 'Middle of Nowhere'

HBO's 'Big Love' goes small

U.K. to educate public about piracy

Hyde Park pacts with Dark Horse

Thompson likely to run from 'Law'

'Lynch' has a secret documentary

Searchlight interested in 'Anatomy'

Where will ABC put 'Private Practice'?

Spielberg, Jackson team for Tintin

Nashville Conference turns nine

American World Pictures to 'Jump'

'Shade' opener generates heat

Harvard honors Horn, Lansing

It's all in the family

Tim Allen tops Mamet's 'Redbelt'

Revlon Run/Walks for Women

A&E's Raven earns award

Toback will direct Tyson film

Wayans, Rogue pair for 'Dynomite'

'Wendell Baker' cooks up '70s

'Pedro' votes for Bernal

Zentropa teams up with Grasten

Ingenious launches distribution fund

Reuters, Thomson to unite

ABC announces fall schedule

Dubai unveils festival plan

Iliff boards 'Point Break' sequel

Momentum picks up 'Return'

Fortissimo closes 'London' deals

U.K. producers win equity battle

Becker picks up 'Hunger'

RDF Media channels 67% sales hike

Kassar, Feitshans form Magnetik

Tony nominations list

Whitaker, Biel board 'Powder Blue'

Tony nominations announced

Zombies confront Spidey in U.K.

'Rose' blooms at Open Roads

Endemol to retain independence

Iranians return to Croisette

Capitol adds 'Fortress,' 'Love' to slate

Music business awaits copyright ruling

'Idol,' 'House' hot for Fox

Canal Plus goes to court over clips

ESPN announces new shows

Jerry Falwell dies after collapse

CW picks up dramas

Sony Pictures acquires 'Creatures'

Hotel du Cap sale rumor rattles Croisette

Fox orders more '24'

French Borat, Maximy, heads to U.S.

Bromstad absent from upfronts

Meistrich launches Nehst Media

CBS cancels 'Jericho,' two others

Give Pilar Lopez de Ayala a 'Hand'

Julia Jentsch is an 'Edukator'

'The Golden Age' of William Houston

'Black Book's' Carice van Houten

Make 'Room' for Jasmine Trinca

Gustaf Skarsgard gets 'Evil'

Alexandra Maria Lara has 'Youth'

Pierfrancesco Favino's 'Night'

Shaun Evans is 'Gone'

Cecile De France is 'Haute'

Wong Kar Wai favors Project House

Wong Kar Wai: Advertising director

Director's schedule is busy, busy

Norah Jones' 'Blueberry Nights'

'Blueberry' marks firsts for director

'Blueberry' is more than eye candy

Director poised for mainstream bow

Euro Actors: The Next Wave

Asian TV awards widen net

'Evening' to close Newport fest

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Network 18 stake goes to Reliance

Notes on a scandal (or two or three)

WB, Animal in logical deal

'Cinema' hit parade at Cannes part 2

Straithairn joining 'Beauty'

NCTA prexy wants regulatory reform

Cussler decision split

Shrek to bug Spidey

'Cinema' hit parade at Cannes

Personal Shopper: Brighten My Day

'Pet' finds producers

Alliance posts strong quarter

Thesp trio come 'First' to Ice Cube

Diaz, Kutcher hit jackpot in 'Vegas'

Harrington memorial

Guillermo Iglesias Rijnsburger

Kate Marie Sarafian

Viacom plans MTV push in Japan

UTV grows a specialty film arm

Hartnett to star in thriller 'Rain'

Americans fill up on niche films

60th Cannes festival kicks off

Broadmedia nabs 'Death Proof'

Southern Star steals Seven's 'City'

Kamikaze drama flies high in Japan

CBS to announce fall 2007 lineup

'Wicked' takes road to Oz

Roth, Team Todd flip for 'Tails'

Kids to rule reality on CBS

Calendar editor exits L.A. Times

Warner Music sues social-networking site

Vivid quarter for Vivendi

Dey, Nickelodeon to visit '2012'

Frank Miller to write, direct 'Spirit'

Searchlight finds 'Descendants'

Macy's the 'Man' at TNT

Seven boards HBO's 'Pacific'

Women in Film honor filmmakers

'Class' out, 'Jericho' nuked at CBS

Microsoft's 'Halo 3' gets early release

NBC U, Viasat pact on film rights

Diaz, Kutcher hit jackpot in 'Vegas'

Dey, Nickelodeon to visit '2012'

Sales roll on Banderas' 'Camino'

Optimum promotes Clarke, Perkins

Omega to distribute 'Anna Nicole'

GreeneStreet picks up 'Laws of Motion'

U.K. report backs copyright extension

Metronome buys Stockholm-Kopenhamn

Barton enrolls at 'St. Trinian's'

Turturro to direct '1-900'

'Yacoubian' director plans follow up

Wong unveils 'Blueberry Nights'

Dugan joins Entertainment Rights

Ganz joins 'Baader' gang

CBS reveals fall schedule

Suvari, Huston enter 'Eden'

ThinkFilm bites into 'Bad Meat'

Chesney big winner at ACM Awards

Blind Spot pilots 'Iron Sky'

Wood to star as Iggy Pop

Israeli dreams of Cairo berth

SPC picks up 'Ashes of Time Redux'

'Satanas' wins at Monte Carlo fest

Stroh teams with Katz

Capitol picks up 'Boys'

Fox a Tuesday titan

Buble bubbles to top of charts

August to star in 'Fagelbovagen 23'

PlayStation 3 puts Sony in the red

CW relying on reality hits

Cannes opens with 'Blueberry'

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Strand nabs U.S. rights to 'Palm'

Acting quartet visits 'Wonderland'

Yolanda King, 51, actress

Acting duo a hit with German audiences

Companies make comebacks

Home funds perk production pipeline

History's dark era fuels fiction surge

Five fresh faces in the global spotlight

Cartoon business looks outside the lines

New incentives get solons' blessing

Classy ads lure quirky Japan audiences

Hot market titles

Major minis fall out of favor

Media giants fire back at FCC report

Amazon taking on iTunes

Vereda is hot for Chilean 'Minutes'

Shin sprints to keep Korea on top

Lincoln Center sets fest

Spain tries comic caper 'Filemon'

'Simpsons' crew survives tempest

Springfield gorges on multiplex meal

Future, Grand Army team on funding

'Rock 'n' Roll' adds actors

Gaumont's off to the future

It's Bart's world - TV just lives in it

Celsius rises to 'Vivaldi'

Strokes of 'Simpsons' genius

Chen Kaige to direct 'Mei Lan-fang'

How long can 'The Simpsons' go?

Groening's a mild child gone wild

Univision, Telemundo unveil lineups

Director Macdonald lines up 'Eagle'

Capitol adds two films to sales slate

Becker feasts on 'Hunger'

'Bee' bringing buzz to beach

Delpy, Gallo set to drive 'Last Mile'

Independent film sales struggles

What's there to do in New York this week?

New Line celebrates 40 years of film

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Pushy questions for...

Judgment day at Cannes

Eric Roberts and Nestor Carbonell

Dan John Miller

Whitney Cummings

Pushy questions for...

David Moscow

Cassandra Hepburn

HBO will pilot 'Flight' online

Tom Selleck

Nickelodeon strikes 'Bro-Jitsu' deal

Denise Richards

Google sets spotlight on videos

Cannes Slam: Angelina

Daniel Craig to star in 'Defiance'

Disney brings 'Magic' to China

Airey eyed for ITV

Fox taps Flowers for 'Taps' remake

German funder NRW allots film coin

Toei launches licensing arm

Napster on an uptick

Gelbart to receive Kieser Award

News Corp. turns to Latvian TV

Lakeshore, Butler to play 'Game'

Fox Walden sets schedule

FX gets 'Ghost Rider' rights

Universal buys 'Remarkable' pitch

Redstone cautions Chinese regulators

Cannes rolls out red carpet

Law, Jones share 'Nights'

Upfronts go all the way

Lakeshore, Butler to play 'Game'

Daniel Craig to star in 'Defiance'

BMI Icons honors Bee Gees

Trio raises money for Viewpoint

'Shrek the Third' takes New York

Universal buys 'Remarkable' pitch

'Bronte' books its sisters

TWC picks up 'Fatal Contact'

HBO lands Monte-Carlo's Nymph

First Sun to remake 'Suspiria'

Fidelite lines up English-language pics

Revolver picks up 'Workshop'

Splendid takes 'Ong bak 2'

CW announces fall schedule

New Line enters 'Sick House'

'Journey's End' to close June 10

Relativity boards Johansson pic

Pilger's 'War' sold to U.K., Oz/N.Z.

'Hellboy 2' heads to Korda

Fox tries new tack to avoid fall slump

Producers form new body

Grade's ITV still struggling

Jeff Bridges joins 'Lose' cast

Walter Salles boards 'Misencounter'

Network schedules for 2007 -2008

'Leopard' finds spot

Friday, May 18, 2007

'Idol' cleans up, viewers find 'Lost'

Nordisk Films expands reach

Unfinished sci-fi film heads to Cannes

Aurum GM Canizares exits

TV show 'Spies' bigscreen spinoff

WIP's Cohen targets smart art

Suleiman works on new film 'Time'

'House' to follow Super Bowl

'Con Passioante' wins Rose d'Or

Kinowelt stocks up on Bioskop films

Toyoda named president of Fuji TV

Edinburgh fest draws Joost founder

'Lansky' set to make U.S. debut

'Shrek' takes aim at Spidey's spot

Maori TV draws New Zealand coin

Hot titles at Cannes

Bart may play 'Frankenstein'

Candian NFB taps Perlmutter

Echo Bridge digs 'My Life in Ruins'

Royal Sissi ready for remake films

KanZaman nabs 'Cold Skin' rights

'Arn' ready to conquer Scandinavia

Warner China greenlights slate

Grass grows overseas at Universal

De Niro, Pacino reunite for 'Kill'

Norway pumps up its film subsidies

Lordi to rock theaters with 'Dark Floors'

Abu Dhabi announces new festival

Nordic productions stumble in the region

1957: Brando's no 'Comanchero'

Buyers make L.A. Screenings trek

Discovery to close its retail stores

Summit, Universal make distrib pact

Mimi Weber, 80, talent agent

Massachusetts shoots increasing

Sony to open facility in New Mexico

Copyright Alliance launched

'Pokemon' and Wii dominate

Butler sets sail for 'Island'

Taper slate peppered with Brit fare

Oh becomes WIP business chief

Elisa Donovan

Angel Oquendo

Kevin Paul

Bold, Orphanage form a 'Legion'

Sundance Channel uncaging 'Zoo'

Movie theater opens for hospitalized kids

Warner China OKs a new slate of films

Lippin to be honored for cancer work

'Shrek' takes aim at Spidey's spot

A look back at TV's big week

Flight of the bumble 'Bee'

Hurley, Valentino Chopard party

Cannes jury is in

Bold, Orphanage form a 'Legion'

Berry fun time at Cannes

De Niro, Pacino reunite for 'Kill'

What's there to do in L.A. this week?

MGM is big on Sky's 'Big Stan'

Fortissimo picks up 'Farm'

Hoffart joins SF Norge

Optimum, Lionsgate U.K. buy Elevation

Keener, Davis join Winterbottom pic

Hong Kong jails pirate

Lou shoots in Palestine, beats ban

Phoenix heads for 'Mile Zero'

MGM to open Shanghai complex

Darclight adds 'Law' to slate

Soda buys 'Knights' for U.K.

ADSL use jumps in France

Saturday, May 19, 2007

Get ready for the ultimate Dali shot

Buzz films go bust but hype is still hip

Italy unveils RAI reforms

Slingshot launches distribution arm

'Zodiac' hunts for top spot in Europe

Fricke directs 'Baraka' sequel

Oz doc sells to English-language territories