Table of Contents
Week of 07/09/2007

Articles

Burkle may bid for Dow Jones

 

BBC fined for children's show fake

 

Schnabel nominated for Gucci prize

 

French powerhouse in takeover talks

 

Sony slashes pricetag on PS3 player

 

E3 tightens its game

 

Strong Sunday for Fox comedies

 

Spector judge reverses decision

 

Japan's in line with 9

 

'Sunrise' returns to TV3

 

Korea's idea change

 

Nine investigates Foxtel's 'Crime'

 

French box office down in first half

 

Patrick exits ESPN's 'SportsCenter'

 

Fox names Reilly president

 

Apatow recalls working with Shaiman

 

What you may not know about Shaiman

 

'Catch Me' production inspired by 'Door'

 

Conde Nast folds Jane magazine

 

Crystal on his relationship with Shaiman

 

'Hairspray' team adjusts music for film

 

Skarsgard set for 'Patrik'

 

A Royal 'Marguerite' bow

 

Shaiman has a light touch, versatility

 

Stony Brook hooks 'Secret'

 

Kuo named artistic director for AFI Fest

 

Broadway beset by summer doldrums

 

Univision launches online telenovela

 

Fox's Erwich leaves post

 

IPA goes green at Satellite awards

 

'Treasures' tackles social issues

 

Five 'Transformers' pirates arrested

 

'Transformers' change weekend take

 

'300' set to invade TNT

 

'Company' comes to a close

 

Trailer Park hitched to promo shop

 

'Live Earth' no big draw

 

Sloan Foundation tips Film

 

Crowded House is back in 'Time'

 

WIF, GM to award Latina filmmakers

 

TV Guide mulls sale

 

Sex scandal forces out RTHK head

 

Colin Ferguson

 

TV Academy delays Emmy screeners

 

Universal, Berg ride with Barbaro

 

Kidman to star in 'Monte Carlo'

 

Lionsgate ups '3:10' release date

 

Fox feeds HBO's film fix

 

Rival TV academies' kudos capped

 

ABC Family greenlights 'Christmas'

 

History to air Brokaw's '1968' special

 

NBC News sets combo arm

 

Zion Mathius Gertz

 

'Susan' seeks life on London stage

 

Stars Ante Up for Africa

 

WB wild for 'Harry Potter'

 

Live Earth rocks the planet

 

Kidman to star in 'Monte Carlo'

 

Universal, Berg ride with Barbaro

 

Nimbus inks deal with New Media

 

Fantasy Filmfest unveils record lineup

 

Classics set for British cinemas

 

Ascot Elite beefs up slate

 

Ferrari shifts gears at Warner Bros.

 

'Shrek,' 'Die Hard' click with Euro auds

 

Telefonica in multi-billion bid for Vivo

 

Fox's fall to follow Emmys

 

iPhone to launch new model

 

Online ranking system revamped

 

Game over for GSN's CEO Cronin

 

A&E promotes Bryant

 

Reveille revamps executive suite

 

Giving credit to true producers

 

Brownback offers boost to FCC

 

Activision swings with 'Spider-Man 3'

 

ARD units link up for marketing

 

Cotton to head Intl. Emmy Awards

 

Robertson to chief of WB TV Asia

 

'Jersey Boys' set for West End

 

MegaStar Media opens in Vietnam

 

Kimberly Kleid

 

Danes set as Doolittle

 

Townend leaves U.K. for Aussie post

 

Simpsons have an official home

 

Blue Man Group adds new tour

 

Toronto festival boosts lineup

 

July 4 smokes networks

 

Academy elects 14 to board

 

NATPE's TV Boot Camp unveils slate

 

Sweden's Astoria Cinemas shutter

 

Cable news ratings race heats up

 

Corus broadcasts upbeat numbers

 

Darren Asher Gold

 

Jordan William Kricun

 

Emma Rebecca Behrman

 

Dems debate gay issues on Logo

 

Fox Atomic nabs 'Don't Lean on Me'

 

Box office hot for 'Harry Potter'

 

BBC ups 'Dancing' executive

 

MGM's Sloan honored by charity

 

Festival honors production designer

 

Brazilians protest TV regulation

 

Moore finds Connolly's 'Lost Things'

 

Emmy pushes Web envelope

 

Paramount dancing to 'Footloose'

 

Proyas to direct Universal's 'Dracula'

 

Schreiber dips into 'Sea'

 

'Three Mo’ Tenors' gets commercial run

 

Weinstein Co. onboard for dance film

 

Disney ties knot to Golden 'Curse'

 

Yelchin, Chatwin sign up for 'Nowhere'

 

Kopelsons thrilled by Mueller pitch

 

Spacey set for 'Superman' sequel

 

Parker to write, direct 'Coram Boy'

 

Brent Weinstein to run 60Frames

 

E3 confab in game mode

 

Spacey set for 'Superman' sequel

 

Proyas to direct Universal's 'Dracula'

 

Paramount dancing to 'Footloose'

 

National Geographic renews trio

 

Hollywood pics join Locarno party

 

Locarno Intl. Film Festival 2007 lineup

 

McGill unveils debut Edinburgh lineup

 

BBC tightens belt

 

Strong results lift BSkyB stock

 

Faulks writes new Bond novel

 

Vanity Fair film makes friends

 

Court TV unveils new name

 

T.I. scores second chart topper

 

Press leads 'Knife Edge'

 

'Bee' debut sings for NBC

 

Salles, Machado team on 'Quincas'

 

Fox Business Network sets date

 

Penn, Pop added to 'Persepolis'

 

Tribeca opens first event in China

 

Operation Tripod yields arrests

 

Lionsgate acquires stake in Break

 

Deauville plans film marathon

 

Revs up for Canada cable, satellite

 

Glosserman to direct 'Playing House'

 

Kat Dennings

 

Nathalie Press

 

Nayo Wallace

 

Shannen Doherty, Robert Gant

 

Moises Arias, Jake T. Austin, more

 

Kate French

 

Censors change World of Warcraft

 

Senator presses pay-for-play pact

 

'Potter' rocks at box office

 

WGA negotiations set to start

 

1967: Miss M. meets the Ruskies

 

TV viewers set the stage

 

Audiences discover 'Eureka'

 

Irish actress joins 'Lovely Bones'

 

Sony's new PSP set for tube play

 

Australian artists to earn more

 

Warner Music Group mulls EMI bid

 

Gumpert tapped president of Reliant

 

Sony Intl. TV names president

 

Paramount passes $1 billion mark

 

Gallen to produce 'Heroes'

 

A&E's 'Andromeda' fills out cast

 

Harry's pitted against Harry

 

Walden gets Law's 'Savvy'

 

Aaron Paul

 

CW adds 'Smallville' talent

 

Correction

 

Showtime lures George Clooney

 

Iklipz fills interview 'Gap'

 

Hallmark sets impressive line-up

 

Lifetime re-enlists 'Army Wives'

 

Charlize Theron to star in 'Burning'

 

IFC climbs into 'Closet' with R. Kelly

 

'Sleuth' finds premiere in Venice

 

DMG, Orchard agree to merger

 

Montreal fest getting serious

 

'Captivity' whips it up at premiere

 

A 'Hairspray' soiree

 

Charlize Theron to star in 'Burning'

 

Glosserman to direct 'Playing House'

 

Penn, Pop added to 'Persepolis'

 

KTTV tops L.A. Emmy nominations

 

2007 L.A. Emmy Award Nominations

 

L.A. Area Emmy Award nominations

 

Networks call in cops for fall series

 

BBC apologizes to queen

 

EU approves Dutch film funds

 

Rome heralds 'Golden Age'

 

Berlin event looks at Euro mobile TV

 

'Phoenix' soars in France

 

Audiences did not forget 'Lyrics'

 

Sorkin on 'Trial' at DreamWorks

 

'Potter' breaking box office records

 

Italians get hotter for 'Potter'

 

Rowling special highlights ITV1

 

The black and white of going green

 

Film acad picks 24

 

RCTV back in Venezuela

 

Eros, Ayngaran plan Tamil pics

 

Government aids students

 

Directors got 1st big break at Outfest

 

Celebs going online with viewers

 

Outfest, UCLA partner to preserve legacy

 

Condon chases his 'Dream'

 

Outfest celebrates silver anniversary

 

Brownback, FCC hit a wall

 

Fantasia extends stay with 'Purple'

 

'Xanadu' skates to the bank

 

Cast moves to 'Estate'

 

O’Neill Theater honors Richards

 

Robert Iler

 

Saoirse Ronan

 

K.D. Aubert

 

Josann McGibbon, Sara Parriott

 

Jonathan Glassner

 

Alejandro Gomez Monteverde

 

Studios seek out next 'Potter'

 

Robbins, Landau join 'Embers' cast

 

Paramount Vantage ups promo duo

 

IDA to feature 17 films in showcase

 

Toler to host 'Decision House'

 

CBS backs Couric

 

NBC U flies with Virgin

 

Lili Taylor

 

Notes from Karlovy Vary

 

Agenices support philanthropic endeavors

 

Universal wins '2 Fast' bias case

 

A look at star charities

 

Major brands get behind 'Bourne'

 

'Halo' short makes it online

 

Bacon gets celebrities to play charity game

 

Aerobics, puzzles steal show at E3

 

WGA's battle ready

 

'Broadway Bares' throws curves at its cause

 

Sony picks Nickelodeon kidvids

 

PiFan festival finds its feet again

 

'Incorregibles' fights off snow, soccer

 

Fox Atomic share laughs with Gordon

 

Lionsgate nabs Maher documentary

 

NBC U makes way for Slay

 

Mount set to make a 'Delivery'

 

NBC Universal's cable networks soar

 

Sternberg ups reality maven

 

Hines joins Wilson's 'Poole' party

 

Imagine to stay at Universal

 

'Corpse' lives at Shoreline

 

HBO pair talk transition

 

New Line lifts Kerstine

 

Mount set to make a 'Delivery'

 

Sorkin on 'Trial' at DreamWorks

 

Robbins, Landau join 'Embers' cast

 

Venice picks all-director jury

 

Terra Firma extends bid for EMI

 

Lim joins Scorpio East

 

HBO signs up 'Little Britain' duo

 

'Potter' mania spreads across Europe

 

Brightcove expands in Europe

 

Germans flock to 'Montana Sky'

 

Rivals flee wizard in Europe

 

VH1 lines up 'Perez Hilton' series

 

Conrad Black convicted of fraud

 

Beckhams arrive in Los Angeles

 

Jack B. Sowards, writer, 78

 

Moe DiSesso, 83, animal trainer

 

Dr. Charles Wang, 74, film exec

 

Charles Lane, 102, actor

 

Beverly Anderson Traube, agent, 77

 

Edwin Mirvish, 92, philanthropist

 

'Transformers' smashes China record

 

Dances With Films fetes 'Broke Sky'

 

Cavallo earns Spirit of Life award

 

Chinese viewers get 'Prison Break'

 

IFC fuels day-and-date debate

 

Ups and downs in Canadian media

 

Limato leaves ICM

 

CBS execs keep anchor moored

 

Guild grapple gears up

 

Canadian firm sold on cell phones

 

Barbara Stanwyck revisited

 

Rio ready for Pan American Games

 

'Sicko' seeing international rollout

 

German TV kicks it up a notch

 

Korean Wave appears to be ebbing

 

Competing Vlad films coming soon

 

SABC tracks down fee foes

 

U.K. calls foul on phone-ins

 

French give blockbusters the OK

 

'Grease' gets Broadway boost

 

Baseball is plating more viewers

 

'Seussical' gets another chance

 

First impressions at HBO

 

Canadian film finds homegrown hero

 

Cable stars keep it personal

 

Reilly's move fans a feud

 

Thailand's rising talent

 

'Phoenix' casts spell on Brazil B.O.

 

Politics played for laughs

 

Nick Latam goes into turbo drive

 

Bangkok festival competition lineup

 

FIC bumps up Lopez to prexy-COO

 

'Potter' shines brightly overseas

 

Thailand's key players

 

European filmmakers cross over

 

King's films to be restored

 

Spaniards shun local films

 

Bangkok festival's future uncertain

 

Thailand revamps industry regulations

 

Screen door slams on niche films

 

Hollywood films' dating game

 

'Trains' runs on time

 

'Xanadu' lights on past ties

 

Karlovy hands out honors

 

Just for Laughs buzz, breakthroughs

 

Tribeca breaks to Beijing

 

Montreal's Just for Laughs at a crossroads

 

Montreal's Just for Laughs a diverse mix

 

Trio tackles trouble on TCA panel

 

Biz slumps; 'Beast' breaks $1m

 

Road B.O. dips for 11-show slate

 

Eco-friendly tips

 

'Potter' casts a spell on box office

 

Living: Low-key Live Earth in L.A.

 

Showtime closer to Spielberg series

 

Brazil picks 28 films for petro funds

 

'Potter' conjures up $140 million

 

Randy Quaid

 

1 million on SoapNet's 'Night Shift'

 

First script for Film Dept.

 

Tokyo MX on YouTube

 

Neptuno nets cartoons

 

CME snaps up TV Markiza

 

'Invisible Target' goes to Weinsteins

 

Seagal lobs suit at Loeb law firm

 

SAG makes Margolis main man

 

Agency world in Limato limbo

 

Diversity Awards accepting applications

 

Hollywood readies for negotiations

 

Fremantle snags Siegel

 

Jill Marie Jones

 

Christina Cabot

 

Brad William Henke

 

Laura Allen

 

'Sicko' gets healthy push

 

'Harry Potter' rules the world

 

Current and future summer catches

 

Pressure mounts on U to turn Blu

 

New name and focus spark confab

 

Dean Wilson

 

Jeff Sackman

 

Tom O'Malley

 

Martin Greenwald & David Borshell

 

Cheryl Freeman

 

Trevor Drinkwater

 

Mark Cuban & Randy Wells

 

Bill Clark

 

Tim Clott

 

Robert Baruc

 

Steve Beeks & Ron Schwartz

 

Joe Amodei

 

Showtime unveils Spielberg show

 

Indie drivers speed growth

 

Vid toppers blame movies, not medium

 

E! to snoop on Dogg

 

Music: Linkin Park's hybrid theories

 

People: UTA's David Guillod goes green

 

Music: Dave Matthews Band helps ecosystem

 

Film: Sunset Gower gets an eco facelift

 

De Niro, Rosenthal team on 'Dragon'

 

Bringiton is big 'Spender'

 

'Corpse' lives at Shoreline

 

Studio on the right 'Tracks'

 

Dimension slaps Saperstein rumors

 

Two renew syndication deals