Table of Contents
Week of 06/25/2007

Articles

Gershon sets new album

 

Rage, Pumpkins top Voodoo fest

 

MGM Channel goes Dutch

 

Wilson new a.d. at Salisbury

 

Nielsen expands service

 

Cast set for Ritchie's 'RocknRolla'

 

Johnston requests no force be used

 

Rushdie knighted

 

Sizemore receives jail sentence

 

Serbia festival kicks off

 

'Grand' game franchise

 

Earthlink names Huff chief executive

 

Jackson to star in 'Red Eye of Love'

 

AEG kicks off new complex

 

Shanghai high on film deals

 

Fatone to host NBC's 'Singing Bee'

 

Hawke soars to Off Broadway

 

Paley events available online

 

Becker family sells 43% of business.

 

'Degrassi' enrolls in 33 markets

 

Motive TV gets a Luminous idea

 

Sydney film fest announces kudos

 

Sarich headed to 'Les Miserables'

 

Delany to replace White in play

 

Avignon Film Festival fetes 'Fish'

 

Thorne-Stone to head Ontario Media

 

DR2 to open 'Masked'

 

Iranian pornographers under fire

 

'Spalding' ends run

 

'Secret Story' brings in big audiences

 

TBS teams with Mitsui & Co.

 

Creatives essential to U.K. economy

 

'Legally Blonde' hits milestone

 

Telefe, RCN team on co-productions

 

BRB's 'Angus' coming to Nickelodeon

 

Lorraine Sevre Richmond, director, 61

 

Hungary OK's digital legislation

 

Overture nabs 'Righteous' rights

 

Cinema Expo attracts industry biggies

 

CMT hires Hamlin for help with news

 

'Man's Job' wins Golden Moon

 

CBS puts soaps, 'Price' online

 

Paramount plans park in Mideast

 

Germany prohibits Cruise's 'Valkyrie'

 

Korean horror takes top B.O. spot

 

Niche mags in media merger

 

Cohen takes Initiative West gig

 

Hilton falters in the eyes of Walters

 

Donna King Conkling, singer, 88

 

Dark reels in indie 'Fish'

 

'Disturbia' duo set for 'Eagle Eye'

 

'Evan' struggles to find right audience

 

Nimbus taps into pic rights realm

 

Humanitas Prize nominations list

 

Chum topper Switzer exits

 

Aussie radio icon calls it quits

 

Humanitas Prize eyes 'Mash' writer

 

Rubin feels Groundswell

 

Stars converge over New Mexico

 

New Mexico ramps up film training programs

 

New Mexico on Film

 

Hot spots in New Mexico draw steady work

 

Esteban opens gallery in Sante Fe

 

Making sense of New Mexico's incentives

 

Imageworks eyes New Mexico's talent

 

New Mexico rebates put state on H'wood map

 

Select Film Fund to invest in pics

 

Variety, museum pair for screening series

 

Lear votes for online shorts

 

Toon trio starts Frederator

 

Sony TV inks deal with Hertz

 

Legendary, WB extend deal

 

Soundstages evolve in digital era

 

Mojo renews 'After Hours'

 

Fox ain't no spring chicken

 

Australian talk show host to UTA

 

Congress applauds Valenti's life work

 

Tribeca takes indies to China

 

Levine will do digital

 

Universal Studios gets 'Wicked'

 

'Disturbia' duo set for 'Eagle Eye'

 

L.A. fest focuses on food, film

 

Hollywood bowled over by duo

 

Willis' waiting game

 

Cast set for Ritchie's 'RocknRolla'

 

Audiences in on 'Ratatouille' pack

 

MGM crosses into Jordan

 

Sony corrals 'Outpost' film

 

BBC secures Spector interview

 

Shrek rules at European B.O

 

Besson sets price for IPO

 

Benoit dead after murder-suicide

 

'Persepolis' pulled from BKIFF

 

Anita Guha, 70s, actress

 

'Nanking' to screen in China

 

'Kitchen' on fire with audiences

 

Rockefeller takes aim at TV violence

 

Gazzale to head AFI

 

'Brain' burn for five

 

'Elizabeth' reigns in Toronto lineup

 

Dow Jones moves closer to deal

 

Locarno fest opens door to Mideast

 

French royalties dip

 

Noting TV's need for good editors

 

De Mol takes stake in Dutch RTL

 

BAFTA honors Denzel Washington

 

Museum revs up Rialto retrospective

 

Humanitas Prize awarded to duo

 

Hounsou's ready to 'Get Some'

 

Japan up on Nintendo

 

Canadian MPD changes hands

 

Wopat joins 'Affair' cast

 

'Empire' to rule Seoul's digital fest

 

'Walmartopia' gets commercial run

 

Off Broadway theater goes green

 

Roundabout picks Miller for post

 

'Water' flows to distributors

 

Spike Lee sets stage for 'Stalag 17'

 

Serious turn for Plowman

 

Lull gives HK films a chance

 

Fox Intl. picks up Telecolombia

 

Pusan fest to launch venture firm

 

Warner Premiere adapting 'Clique'

 

Cotillard honored at Hollywood fest

 

Fox hires Kline for videogame arm

 

Correction

 

Lifetime TV seals deal

 

Vancouver fest dons Hong Kong

 

Fishburne set to adapt 'Alchemist'

 

Woods leaves Oz film lobbying org

 

Technicolor Madrid taps Baquero

 

Frank makes music at CMT

 

Bennett reaches abroad for deals

 

Cruise bears 'Lions' at Cinema Expo

 

'Golden Tonsils' calls it quits

 

MacDonald moves to MTV's grooves

 

John Tyers, singer, 92

 

Cinema Expo Day 2 offers 3-D, hype

 

CME gets investor spotlight

 

Maya nabs 'August Evening'

 

Mellett gets VOD bump at Warner Bros.

 

Shyer to direct 'Eloise in Paris'

 

Paramount snags 'Foundation' rights

 

Sony to house Ondaatje's 'Lodger'

 

MTV commends digital duo

 

Big finale for Univision's 'Bella'

 

'Die Hard,' 'Ratatouille' on the menu

 

McTeigue to get Thai'd up in 'Bangkok'

 

Fox taps Wisher for 'Clipper'

 

Irish duo join Rogue's 'Lost Squad'

 

FX goes wild for 'Hogs'

 

Penn to pen thriller for BermanBraun

 

WMG adds Brunman

 

'Me' time for Molly Shannon

 

Ben Ammar sparks a TWC title tangle

 

Beyonce, Hudson top BET Awards

 

ABC ups Patmore-Gibbs to exec VP

 

Eisner's "All-For" the web

 

Shyer to direct 'Eloise in Paris'

 

Sony to house Ondaatje's 'Lodger'

 

Fishburne set to adapt 'Alchemist'

 

Fox taps Wisher for 'Clipper'

 

Correction

 

Sogecable, Telefonica launch Trio

 

ProSiebenSat 1 buys SBS

 

Warner opens Comedybox

 

Sky's Freeview plans halted

 

'Lost Highway' heads to No. 1

 

MTV boots up deal with HP

 

TNT transplants 'Heartland'

 

CBS News producer sues for gay bias

 

NBA reups deal with Disney, TNT

 

Adelphia pair ordered to prison

 

Playboy, Macao team for Mansion

 

Report supports anti-Net Neutrality

 

'America's Got Talent' on top

 

Cinema Guild nabs 'Yella'

 

Cooper commits to 'Steve'

 

Vertigo pacts with Lionsgate TV

 

IRIB launches English newcast

 

BBC's iPlayer set to bow July 27

 

C4 nabs Grammer show

 

SVT wins rights to HBO shows

 

Do local films turn Spaniards off?

 

FCC holds up license renewal for CBS

 

Fox Intl. Channels gets ClickDiario

 

Ryan Gosling set for 'Lovely Bones'

 

Mangan show's heating up on Voom

 

Voight honored at Montreal festival

 

AFTRA, 'Oprah' hosts reach agreement

 

Goverment talks TV rights

 

CTV laughs it up with Comedy deal

 

German Fed Film Fund backs toons

 

EuropaCorp plans for growth

 

Canadian Academy taps a topper

 

TV movie award rides with 'Devil'

 

Discovery sets new g.m. in Japan

 

'Hope' duo out in fall

 

Unesco to preserve Bergman archives

 

Abraham, Baker join 'Mauritius'

 

Salvante new exec director for Alliance

 

Justin Long

 

Mos Def to star in, produce 'Zero'

 

Distribs rethink release dates

 

Taraji Henson

 

Arielle Kebbel

 

KD Aubert

 

'Shrek' adds green to German B.O.

 

Pegaso joins Mexican satellite market

 

William Hutt, 87, actor

 

Melinda McGraw

 

Josh Feinman

 

Teutonic state lines up film coin

 

Prison calls for Rigases

 

Spike nets Grand Final

 

MySpace TV in the works

 

Duo get prime N.Y. real estate

 

New Line's Cuban Intrigue

 

Hickenlooper spies espionage thriller

 

Starbucks brews up 'Arctic' film

 

ABC renews 'Jim' membership

 

Lampoon sets an epic spoof

 

Crowe 'Lies' with DiCaprio

 

Films to sail via Oceana

 

Wedding takes cake

 

Film Dept. is ready to open doors

 

Studios struggle to dodge Olympics

 

Fox Biz uploads Web chief

 

'Barbarian's' at the gate for New Line

 

'Company' in talks for PBS debut

 

Ferguson hits the road with Ford

 

Suvari joins growing 'Garden'

 

Janollari shingle comes together

 

Words out on 'Transit'

 

Turner beats 'Rush Hour' traffic

 

Madden sticks with Fox TV

 

Lifetime hatches mini

 

Styponias to lead Microsoft biz team

 

Lifetime nabs femme-friendly films

 

Shoreline laps at 'Pomona'

 

Theater owners on board for Rewards

 

Blockbuster, Netflix settle dispute

 

Doheny mad for 'Scientist'

 

'Big Brother 8' announces cast

 

Actors to the 'Rescue'

 

A healthy reception for 'Sicko'

 

Geffen praises Brown's 'Diana'

 

Crowe 'Lies' with DiCaprio

 

Ryan Gosling set for 'Lovely Bones'

 

Cooper commits to 'Steve'

 

Disney pacts with Vietnam Cable TV

 

Celestial goes mobile

 

Record profits for BBC Worldwide

 

Universal, Roo ink web video deal

 

Germany says 'Valkyrie' not banned

 

Terra Firma extends EMI offer

 

MGM inks German TV deal

 

News, NBC tap Kilar to head venture

 

Lithgow heads to New Victory

 

Spice Girls reunite for tour

 

'Die Hard' debuts with $9 million

 

Opera diva Sills gravely ill

 

Sarft censures China's TV censors

 

Mario Socolinsky, pediatrician, 65

 

Toronto fest makes board decision

 

TBS Shareholders fight takeover plans

 

Chum chief of content disconnects

 

ITV nabs 'Bionic,' 'Gossip'

 

WBITD ups Rothblum

 

Hudson a winner at BET Awards

 

Purnell new U.K. media minister

 

Disney takes local route in China

 

Cameron Diaz to star in 'The Box'

 

L.A. film fest hosts panel

 

1967: Jewison misses Russia preem

 

Czech network will make digital trek

 

Octavio Gomez Berrios

 

Clark Duke

 

Rpin Suwannath

 

Sean Kingston

 

Brian Frank

 

Olivier Gers

 

Stacy Stas

 

Clark leads cast in 'Iphigenia 2.0,'

 

'Gardens' to lose Wilson

 

Cruise schmoozes at Cinema Expo

 

Nielsen nabs Telephia

 

Lifetime's Picard resigns

 

Paris spikes King ratings

 

'Frankenstein' top ticket set at $450

 

Drawing on South Korea

 

Art Stevens, animator, 92

 

CanWest takes Alliance

 

'Bees' set to battle for business

 

S. Epatha Merkerson

 

Anis Panduro Zouzou

 

Garth Holsinger

 

Jamie Lynn

 

John Hamlin

 

Katrina Love, Zach Beebee, more

 

Steven Lewis

 

Lisa Streff

 

David Kline

 

Michael DuPont

 

Jay Frank

 

Warner toys with Mattel

 

Pam Kaufman

 

Brian Boring

 

Andy Mellett

 

Erik Flannigan

 

Melanie Moreau

 

Jon Slusser

 

Mark Lund

 

Tony D. Burton

 

Apple keeps iPhone on closed circuit

 

'Delirious' bow for Karlovy Vary fest

 

HBO signs deal with producer

 

'Queen' finds a king

 

iPhone gets busy signal

 

Oscar season in half-full swing

 

Get a Life Calendar

 

Sony Classics pays 'Steep' price

 

Hoff making pals for 'Joey' revival

 

Range to write, direct Paramount pic

 

Costner joins 'Explorers Club'

 

Jim Carrey to star in 'Sober'

 

O'Mara lands on 'Mars'

 

Time's up for LAT's Frantz

 

'Kitchen' producer adds chef to menu

 

New shingle feels 'Hurt'

 

Showbox pulls out of 'Weird'

 

Target Filmmakers awarded

 

Cameron Diaz to star in 'The Box'

 

Jim Carrey to star in 'Sober'

 

Celestial readies for Indonesia

 

Amazon gets 'Prom Queen'

 

De la Iglesia to helm 'Yellow Mark'

 

Czech TV to broadcast in HD

 

'Die Hard' debuts in Germany

 

Warner, BMG launch digital venture

 

Rupe forces web to drop Sky name

 

John Tartaglia

 

'Heroes' heads to Germany

 

Tosar to star in Spanish 'Spleen'

 

'Beowulf' set for Imax

 

Slow outing for ZDF foreign series

 

NBC airs two presdential debates

 

Canuck watchdog growls at TV fund

 

Audiences feast on 'Ratatouille'

 

Czech film fund slashed

 

DGA re-elects Apted

 

Correction

 

British business standing strong

 

Audiences chow down on 'Ratatouille'

 

'Quidam' debuts in Shanghai

 

Sony BMG U.K. nixes Prince release

 

Production chief for Film Dept.

 

'Burn Notice' heats up USA

 

Scardino takes on UA post

 

Cable networks revving up

 

WB marketing maven receives award

 

'Traveling' tops Moscow Film Fest

 

'Shrek' tops overseas box office

 

Sony Classics plunges into 'Steep'

 

McDonald in at 'Practice'

 

Dowling joins 'K-Ville' team

 

'Fog' rolls in to Newmarket

 

Papamichael to direct 'From Within'

 

Fuel TV to produce Swerve Festival

 

MTV cues teen comedies for tube

 

Carlyle Group bids on Virgin

 

Wedgie high on Helio

 

L.A. fest crows over 'Owl'

 

Universal balks at Apple deal