Table of Contents
Week of 07/02/2007

Articles

Bergman honored at Gothenburg

 

Aronsson quits at C More, Kanal 5

 

Carlyle Group makes bid for Virgin

 

Fragmentation rules in Spain

 

'Grey Gardens' ends run in July

 

7-Elevens get 'Simpsons' makeover

 

'Shrek' sees green amid red alert

 

Silvia Merlino, 63, actress

 

Argentine festival singles out 'El Otro'

 

Australian directors to honor own

 

Australia's FFC backs record slate

 

Diler parts ways with Meneghel

 

Reggie Lee

 

Brian Krause

 

Justin Hartley

 

Dianna Agron, Dominic Keating

 

Trio finds 'Things We Want'

 

Jamie Lee Curtis

 

Woody Allen finds love in Barcelona

 

Broadway goes for a dip

 

Toliver new prod'n VP at Fox Animation

 

Haugesund kicks off 2nd funding forum

 

Live Earth gets publicity push

 

Romney kicks off ad blitz

 

Duo team up for 'Top Model'

 

Plimpton finds 'Dream'

 

Blockbuster taps Keyes for CEO

 

Rose plucked for 'Detective Agency'

 

Mitchel Musso

 

'High School Musical' launches U.K. tour

 

'Transformers' gets six-day opening

 

Big Ten set to bow with small aud

 

Presidential appraisals

 

Sundance calls for entries

 

Wii wipes floor with PS3

 

Warming things up

 

FME unveils TV deals

 

Tribune Co. sets date for vote

 

'Dad' duo ink Fox deal

 

ABC News taps Malhotra

 

Franchises pay off overseas

 

Stone rejected by Iranian prez

 

Fox Searchlight has 'Heart'

 

IATSE gets Disney pyrotechnics

 

AFTRA still is talks for sound deal

 

Awards make Eastwood's day

 

Karlovy Vary Fest's casual Friday

 

Bots' blowout bow

 

'Sunshine' lights up L.A. fest

 

'Shrek' sees green amid red alert

 

'Transformers' gets six-day opening

 

UTV trading underway

 

International sales label for Salon

 

New Talent winners at Taipei fest

 

Big Media strikes deals with Mei Ah

 

Trio chase Norway's Amandas

 

Audience tells BBC to innovate

 

Grade warns TV to clean up its act

 

Europeans flock to Hollywood pics

 

Spike Lee puts new lens on WWII

 

TF1 buys Spain's 'Countdown'

 

Odeon bows to parents' anger

 

'Valkyrie' finds local support

 

Hy Zaret, 99, lyricist

 

BSkyB in talks with Microsoft

 

More legal issues for Girls Gone Wild

 

'Transformers' nabs hefty haul

 

Sony Pictures gets Goode

 

Motis bails on 'G.P. 506'

 

Big Media teams with Mei Ah

 

Sony output deal for Nine network

 

Korean Film Council opens U.S. unit

 

RomeFilmFest takes 'Breath'

 

'Cronica' flies with Condors award

 

Ka-Ncube set for TV

 

ABC pulls ahead in news race

 

Producer could have 'Wives' in tune

 

Lyne Renee

 

Christopher Coppola

 

Zulay Henao

 

Kate Jennings Grant

 

'Trace' slumps on TNT

 

Fox keeping it real

 

Oz webs divvy up Fox skeins

 

Karlovy high on Ashby's 'Maude'

 

TNT's NBA fizzle puts USA on top

 

Kadokawa offers pics on mobiles

 

Tatum O'Neal

 

Sophie Lynn Wilder

 

Harry Potter storms U.K.

 

Boots Randolph, 80, musician

 

Russian website shut down

 

'Valkyrie' finds local support

 

'Transformers' nabs hefty haul

 

Soccer rumor hits Sogecable

 

Eros loves to acquire pics

 

ContentFilm sets up catalog arm

 

Music sales continue to fall

 

ITV prospects brighten

 

Radical group frees BBC journalist

 

Berlusconi tightens grip on content

 

Sauzay to head Pathe sales

 

Locarno takes hold of 'Hairspray'

 

Arab film fests set up guild

 

PFD moves toward MBO

 

'Hannah Montana' wins top spot

 

Casbaa continues piracy suit

 

Thais soften Internet crackdown

 

Robust robots rule box office

 

'Sex and the City' heads to theaters

 

Unicom dials up music downloads

 

Toon house aims to buy Garden

 

Combo powers up its sales force

 

Argentina cracks down on media

 

Canadian TV suffers profit plunge

 

China opens drama museum

 

China honors crosstalk master

 

Swedish B.O. up 7%, tix up 5%

 

Osaka launches Kansai fest

 

Mipcom puts India center stage

 

ZDF buys stake in Bavaria subsid

 

Germans open wallet for 'Valkyrie'

 

EC fines Telefonica $206 mil

 

BBC negotiates 'Peace' terms

 

ProSieben takes Austria's Puls

 

Hodge named as U.K. film minister

 

George Melly, 80, jazz singer

 

Irish producers get profits boost

 

Tables turned on Kirch

 

MSN banks on Live Earth

 

Gen Art likes 'Joshua'

 

Mixed reception abroad for U.S. fare

 

Will H. Schaefer, 78, TV composer

 

Michael Moore skips Iranian trip

 

Apple shares jump due to iPhone

 

Holiday fireworks for 'Transformers'

 

Euro TV mart Discop hits new high

 

Cash-strapped Cine-Intl. closes

 

Comedy brings more Good News

 

China's Baidu to stream music legally

 

Zak Penn signs with CAA

 

Report on childhood obesity delayed

 

Megabox opens first Chinese theater

 

NTV teams with WB to serve 'God'

 

Spanish giants kick off soccer war

 

Bruce Beresford

 

Ramin Bahrani

 

Charlie Finn

 

Morgan Fairchild

 

Amanda MacDonald

 

Lisa Nadler, Matthew Allen

 

Karlovy Vary attacts record numbers

 

Stars align at festival

 

Pol-ka's dancing with new exec

 

St. Ann unveils upcoming season

 

Bronfman kin joins studio project

 

National Geographic returns to Burns

 

NBC renews Wimbledon deal

 

TLC hires DiMartino

 

Rock rolls with the changes

 

1967: Barbra proves to be 'Funny'

 

Bill Pinkney, singer, 81

 

Universal tops slowing business

 

Xbox problems cost Microsoft $1 bil

 

Kevin Reilly in talks to join Fox

 

Good series fight to get noticed

 

$5 mil grant for 'Frontline'

 

Dead roadie's story to bigscreen

 

'Die Hard' leaks online

 

Aussies try to boost Digital TV use

 

France savors Pixar's hit

 

Paramount tries 'Heart' surgery

 

Movie musicals a tricky gambit

 

Global gets $100 million for pics

 

S. Korean box office down

 

'Go Go' goes to N.Y. indie fest

 

Wayne Brady extends Vegas stay

 

Benderspink heats tube

 

Sunset Gower Studios to be sold

 

Telemundo anchor put on leave

 

Abrams' 'Cloverfield' raises questions

 

'Sex and the City' heads to theaters

 

Paramount tries 'Heart' surgery

 

Daniel Sunjata

 

Get a Life: Event listings calendar

 

EuropaCorp IPO raises $95 mil

 

Spain picks critic as culture chief

 

Entertainment grabs 'Tournament'

 

WCF funds five films

 

Eckoh fined for Channel 4 quiz

 

Premiere may re-enter soccer game

 

Venice will spill 'Blood' to close fest

 

Willis wows U.K., French audiences

 

Orange connects with French TV

 

BBC tells BSkyB to lose ITV stake

 

Jim Carrey set for 'Christmas Carol'

 

Aaron Brown speaks his mind

 

'Brother' a winner in return

 

Asia singing a Broadway tune

 

Sales down despite valiant farewells

 

Opera star Sills dies at 78

 

Joystick envy

 

Summer theater steps out of NY

 

Film critic Joel Siegel dies at 63

 

No escaping the burnoff of summer

 

Fringe Fest entices producers

 

Michael Sheen

 

DiSanto wants MTV to reinvent

 

Film output deals on their way out

 

Suitors look to control PT Multimedia

 

New rules roil the ad business

 

Abu Dhabi to open film school

 

Perks of power are plane to see

 

Iran's first family of film on edge

 

Sequels dominate international box office

 

'80s anxieties for reunited Van Halen

 

Prize-less German fest wraps

 

A shift hits 'the Fan'

 

Nine Network sale tests Australian laws

 

How to make box-office gold

 

Al-Jazeera head Khanfar loses seat

 

Robots rewiring for U.S.

 

Online TV takes a hit

 

Richard Rettig, NBC exec, 64

 

West End 'Drowsy' closing

 

Taiwan's metal diplomacy

 

Steamy clip turns up the heat on EU

 

Hollywood Dems split the ticket

 

John Smeaton: Man of action

 

'Sea' makes a splash Down Under

 

Online 'Pirates' game delayed

 

Everyone looking for photo opportunities

 

Peace Arch nabs Trinity

 

MediaCorp to launch HD channel

 

Paparazzi business being redefined

 

Holidays no time to rest for Reilly

 

'Storm' creators set up new thriller

 

Cable hits the wall

 

Moviehouses struggle to retain workers

 

HBO, Showtime prepare sexy shows

 

'Lion King' marks strong week

 

'Transformers' dominates box office

 

'Yi yi' helmer Yang dies

 

'Hairspray' duo hold up

 

Variety honors filmmakers at Karlovy

 

'Joshua' makes N.Y. debut

 

'Transformers' dominates box office

 

'Perfect' wins RomaFictionFest

 

TIFF Winds of change

 

Ad spot on NFL a hot commodity

 

Karlovy gives love to 'Jar,' 'Holiday'

 

USA viewers take 'Notice'

 

Aisha Tyler

 

Christian Oliver

 

Bill Smitrovich

 

Eva La Rue

 

Robert Carradine

 

Canadian regulator to redraw rules

 

Sharrock sits on 'Cloud 9'

 

Pryce is right for 'Glengarry'

 

"Transformers" hit it big...what does that mean in the long run?

 

Dante conjures 'Trailers From Hell'

 

'Transformers' revs up overseas

 

'Temptation' to take on U.S.

 

WB picks 'Rose'

 

Trion finds funding with big investors

 

Costner fills out cast for 'Swing Vote'

 

'Young Victoria' finds Friend

 

Donahue's 'Body' builds buzz

 

SAG draws in millions, distributes little

 

Tennenbaum options 'Elephants'

 

Writing team set for 'Invention'

 

Pay for writers drops in '06

 

20th TV reups Newman, Walden

 

Bass, Spencer join 'Hairspray'

 

N.Y. representative joins WGA cause

 

Bangkok Film Market all set

 

NBC News connects with students

 

Reviews

Ratatouille

Dissonance

A Walk Worthwhile

Jar City

Schroeder's Wonderful World

In Search of Mozart

Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox

True Colors Tour

Kismet

Morning Star

Larry King Live

Mirror of the Invisible World

The Darkness

The Art of Negative Thinking

American Body Shop

Born Again

Born Equal

Build a Ship, Sail to Sadness

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Pool of Princesses

Global Haywire: A Short History of Planet Malfunction

The Champagne Spy

The Jammed

Cat Dancers

Billo

Avenging Angel

Hell's Kitchen: Week 5

The Fever of '57

Paloma Delight

Dolina

The Method

Lost Holiday

Spielberg on Spielberg

My Brother Is Getting Married

Calvin Berger

Remember the Daze

Nik Bartsch's Ronin

Second Chance Season

The Park

A Young Ibex

Ta Pu

Guilty

Teeth of Love

Bizan

An Appointment With Life

Copacabana

Miracle on 1st Street

Mini

Transformers: The Game

The Bronx Is Burning

Karger

Ripple Effect

Join Us

When She Jumped

Hairspray

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Savior's Square

Empties

Martin Slivka: 'The Man Who Planted Trees'

Can-Can

The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

The/King/Operetta

Live Earth


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