Table of Contents
Week of 09/17/2007

Articles

Fox Business Network bringing bling

 

Restructuring ahead for EMI

 

Big beasts rule as new season rolls

 

'Simpsons' breaks Italian records

 

Blu-ray, HD DVD will co-exist

 

'Laura's Star' sequel takes cash

 

Weak showing for Emmys

 

Blas Jaramillo, 39, actor

 

Microsoft loses legal battle

 

Beirut fest cancels 2007 edition

 

Albrecht lands gig at IMG

 

'Princess' wins Golden Melies

 

Theodorakis honored at Flanders

 

Emilio Ruiz del Rio, 84, f/x wizard

 

China shuts down sex talk on radio

 

Nine films compete for Nordic prize

 

Jenkins to head CBS Records

 

PGA in tune with Horn

 

Broadway climbs back up

 

'Make Me a Song' back on track

 

Holbrook leaves 'Town'

 

'1001' heads to P73

 

France taps 'Persepolis' for Oscar entry

 

Duo win producing fellowship

 

AOL moves to New York

 

CBS taps Dinan for 'Evening News'

 

'TMZ' TV debuts strong despite falter

 

Showeast awards New Line topper

 

Walden pacts with Jordan Kerner

 

Saldana cast in Abrams' 'Star Trek'

 

Letters to the Editor: Bruce Babcock

 

Letters to the Editor: David Borgula

 

Ross settling in on 'Early Show'

 

Bank pair set up film finance unit

 

Brett Somers, actress/comedian, 83

 

Hallmark Channel ups Nancy Carr

 

WGA talks hold little optimism

 

Danielle Attias and Ari Mark

 

Sheila Morris and Ian Quinn

 

Jaime Krupnick and Jason Geffen

 

Christy Stratton and Gary S. Mann

 

Kara Dors and Hank Steinberg

 

Maximillian James McHugh

 

Aurelia White and Sean Boyle

 

Amanda D. Mahoney and Shane Kuhn

 

Adelaide Jae Abrams

 

Charlie Stella Zien

 

Sydney Ann Tannenbaum

 

Nicholas Peter Chakos

 

Taj Amar Kapoor

 

Caitlyn Melissa Murray

 

Madeleine Avery Beaubaire

 

Alyla Bliss Crow

 

Lily Marian Montorio

 

Zoe Isabella Baca

 

Annie Potts joins TNT's 'Family'

 

Patrick Warburton

 

'Blades' duo in talks to direct 'Baster'

 

Gyllenhaal, Maguire eye 'Brothers'

 

Variety duo promoted

 

Freeman, Walken, Macy are 'Lonely'

 

Process picks up Eggers' 'Velocity'

 

Sony homevid hires Robert Rubin

 

The Firm drops client Britney Spears

 

TV Guide's Emmy after-party

 

'ET'/People Emmy party cranks it up

 

Lauren Graham inks NBC deal

 

CBS screening 'Nation' for schools

 

HBO party channels Thailand

 

Spader win fires up Fox party

 

Comedy party a standup performance

 

Gyllenhaal, Maguire eye 'Brothers'

 

'Blades' duo in talks to direct 'Baster'

 

Emmy winners attend Governors Ball

 

Finland picks 'Man's Job' for Oscars

 

Film fund VIP pacts with Brass Hat

 

Stockholm to open with Fares' Leo

 

Sex Pistols drawn to reunion gig

 

Bebo, Sony team up on 'Diary'

 

Pegg pic better than 'Superbad'

 

MTV to bow European HD channel

 

iPhone sets date with U.K.

 

Broadbent set for next 'Potter'

 

Yahoo buys Zimbra for $350 million

 

MGM nabs library for hi-def network

 

CAA nabs Liam Neeson

 

Rupert Murdoch takes aim at CNBC

 

Nouveau Cinema snares top films

 

Phil Spector trial at impasse

 

Shanghai to launch English network

 

Verrone wins WGA West election

 

'Gauguin/Savage Light' returns

 

Producers vexed by TV shrinkage

 

Televisa unveils DVD

 

Paramount Japan taps Suzuki

 

Uppsala's not short on entries

 

'La Senal' sweeps Argentine

 

ASC honors Stephen H. Burum

 

Murdoch, Iger hail Sony's Blu-ray

 

'Boeing' aiming for Broadway run

 

O.J. Simpson facing 10 felonies

 

Actors up next on Broadway stage

 

Elle to honor Hollywood Women

 

Moonves reports strong ad rates

 

Audiences flock to football

 

Bulla TV puts music fans in touch

 

Sony, Eros in production pact

 

CBS wins Bruckheimer bidding war

 

Time Warner transfers power

 

Jennifer Garner joins 'Ghosts'

 

Out-of-town Broadway tryouts triumph

 

Fox solid Monday in debut

 

Hollywood Film Festival to fete four

 

Penthouse occupied by TV porn

 

Las Vegas theater back after bust

 

Ryan Reynolds finds 'Adventureland'

 

ABC names reality Execs

 

Joan Rivers veers off the red carpet

 

Viacom's life without DreamWorks

 

Michael B. Smidt, assistant director, 47

 

Alex Romero, 94, dancer

 

Broadway books rare revivals

 

Family shows look beyond Broadway

 

Broadway's potential blockbusters

 

Video, DVD sales fall again in Japan

 

Kevin Nealon

 

Summit mounts homevideo unit

 

China Film Group sets plan for IPO

 

McConaughey storms into 'Thunder'

 

'Britney' guy may get TV gig

 

David K. Mannix joins Sony Pictures

 

New Line finds 'Missed Connections'

 

Jennifer Garner joins 'Ghosts'

 

McConaughey storms into 'Thunder'

 

Tokyo film festival reveals lineup

 

Variety partners up with MSN

 

Shed buys Twenty Twenty

 

Rome lines up Hollywood greats

 

Germany sends 'Heaven' to Oscars

 

Turner expands in Turkey

 

Dinard adds more titles to lineup

 

Kanye West tops 50 Cent on charts

 

Ken Osmond sues SAG

 

London biz too white, middle-class

 

'Mad Men' to return to AMC

 

Tony Awards sets date for 2008

 

WGA lays into Fremantle

 

'Brother,' 'Loser' top Tuesday

 

'Monsters' moves to avoid 'Avatar'

 

Katzenberg stands behind Spielberg

 

Egypt lands at Povich post

 

Submissions open for Kaufman prize

 

Pusan honors Star Summit actors

 

BBC channels escape ax

 

Dan Rather sues CBS

 

Third 'Narnia' set for 2010

 

Helsinki festival takes 'Control'

 

History channel sets Asia VOD deal

 

Starz goes digital with anime

 

Peace Arch picks up batch of films

 

New bill extends authority of FCC

 

Bergman Center plans schoolhouse

 

Warners ups Courtney Armstrong

 

Jimmy Kimmel returns to host AMAs

 

Filmax aprueba ampliacion de $27 millones

 

Filmax sees more capital

 

Weinsteins, Exodus seal 'Navy' deal

 

Gomez sets revenge film 'Vurdalak'

 

Washington presents Roberts honor

 

Al Drebin, 89, owner of Budget Films

 

Debmar-Mercury spreads abroad

 

'Monsters' makes room for 'Avatar'

 

IFC's got 'Game,' 'Savage Grace'

 

NBC donates $1.5 million to Paley

 

TVG hooks viewers with docudramas

 

Galician directors on the rise

 

Imax to install 10 screens in China

 

Live Nation moving toward ticketing

 

Galicia's animation business changes

 

Galician film industry faces challenges

 

Phil Spector case moving forward

 

Spain's productions in the pipeline

 

Canada sends 'Days' to Oscars

 

U.S. competition fuels Spanish drama

 

Spanish art films prosper

 

Sogecable pumps up digital services

 

Spanish filmmakers venture abroad

 

San Sebastian fest lineup highlights

 

San Sebastian spotlights Arab films

 

San Sebastian packs in premieres

 

Digital TV brainstorms in Prague

 

Saperstein departs Dimension

 

Gomez enrolla a collet serra para hacer 'Vurdalak'

 

New Line assigns 'Agent'

 

Megyn Price

 

Ryan signs three-year deal with Fox

 

NBC offers free online content

 

Rodar pone fechas a 'The Homecoming' y 'Los Ojos de Julia'

 

Walt Disney buys 'Nine Lives'

 

Ratner, Tucker reteam for 'Sinatra'

 

En produccion

 

Redford goes the distance

 

Nick Counter blasts WGA

 

Dimension casts 'Super' spoof

 

La ficción local reacciona al impacto de los dramas norteamericanos

 

'Golden Age' dawns

 

Hollywood Gang flocks for 'Geese'

 

Femmes front 'Women'

 

Robert Stein leaves Paradigm

 

ICM return for Gottlieb

 

Paramount Vantage inks 'Coach'

 

Mirando hacia el futuro

 

U.K. writer, Darren Star team up

 

Sogecable contraataca desde el triple-play

 

Sony moves Digital to Imageworks

 

Rodar sets 'Eyes,' 'Homecoming'

 

Buscando la luz dentro del tunnel

 

Wong makes surprise bid for PCCW

 

Lawmaker proposes digital TV bill

 

Loyola Marymount honors Russell

 

'30 Days' goes to Screamfest

 

VTV3, Trans TV do 'Karaoke'

 

Actress to receive Pickford Award

 

Replicando a Toronto

 

MTV getting socially active

 

'Kingdom' bows in Westwood

 

'Jesse James' rides into Hollywood

 

Haggis, Theron talk 'Valley of Elah'

 

Penn pals go 'Wild'

 

'Monsters' makes room for 'Avatar'

 

Walt Disney buys 'Nine Lives'

 

Summit makes film pact with One

 

Singapore counts on '881' for Oscar

 

Gomez enrolla a collet serra para hacer 'Vurdalak'

 

Jan De Bont's 'Power' back on track

 

'Promises' kickstarts San Sebastian

 

Beeson quits at Artificial Eye

 

Phillippe, Green, Riley join 'Franklyn'

 

'Promesas de este' recibe aplausos en San Sebastian

 

Spector judge to drop instruction

 

Edinburgh, N.Y. TV festivals unite

 

Public Theater shuffles staff

 

New TV season off to slow start

 

Muenster opens with 'Fair Play'

 

TV shows losing mass appeal

 

Pawel Pawlikowski takes on Stalin

 

Success, ArcAngelo swim on 'Sea'

 

Zurich Film Festival: People

 

Zurich Film Festival: Highlights

 

Zurich fest honoree: Oliver Stone

 

Filmmakers flock to Zurich festival

 

RAI raises political ire again in Italy

 

George Miller to lead 'Justice League'

 

Swiss films see spike in support

 

Alain Tanner on state of Swiss cinema

 

Swiss filmmakers face steep climb

 

Nueva ventas para ‘fados

 

Latido notches up 'Fados' sales

 

1967: Eastwood plots schedule

 

Osaka festival announces lineup

 

SAG blasts 'Kid Nation' again

 

Simon Baker

 

Barry Fanaro

 

Brad Pitt laces up for 'Fighter'

 

Busta Rhymes

 

David E. Talbert

 

Armand Assante

 

Moira Kelly

 

Barry Markowitz

 

S. African Broadcasting's profit down

 

Alice Wu, Neil Moritz team on 'Foobar'

 

'Cleopatra' returns to Egypt

 

Fox Business Network hires radio host

 

Canadian loonie now equals dollar

 

BBC admits four more fakery scams

 

CanWest plans more layoffs at AAC

 

IFP helps out emerging filmmakers

 

Woodstock festival sets schedule

 

Bravo prepping NY housewives show

 

'Chuck' fights 'Extinction' in theaters

 

Countries ready their Oscar entries

 

VH1 checks into 'Celebrity Rehab'

 

Studio trio weaving together musical

 

Goldwyn prize nominates five

 

River Road taps Horwits as president

 

WGA appeals to FCC on TV ads

 

Burn notice for DVD users

 

Fox raises three execs

 

William Baldwin

 

DGA waiting for cue on talks

 

AOL to stream ABC shows

 

ThinkFilm comes out on top in Toronto

 

Discovery, Science channels name VP

 

Microsoft to put 'Halo' on TV

 

Katherine Heigl finds 'Lost' option

 

Bloggers' world of hits and missives

 

Hallmark writes original 'Note'

 

FX, Jim Uhls feel 'Paranoid'

 

New Regency adopts 'Pets' pitch

 

CBS' 'Mother' will join iTunes family

 

Pappas launches TuVision

 

China, Singapore collaborate on fests

 

Columbia to develop Chinese talent

 

Fox Business gives Ramsey 'Show'

 

SAG re-elects Rosenberg

 

George Miller to lead 'Justice League'

 

'Donsol' is Philippines Oscar entry

 

Brad Pitt laces up for 'Fighter'

 

Midrange pics come to the fore

 

Film Agency for Wales picks Potter

 

Filmax launches online megastore

 

Copying of DVDs, CDs verboten

 

Filmax prepara una megatienda online

 

Ensemble rehearsing in Baghdad

 

TV shovels stars onto Broadway

 

Playwright Margulies sails 'Ship'

 

'Color Purple' tops modest sales

 

'Chicago,' 'Poppins' rejuvenate Broadway

 

'Forbidden Broadway' still a gem

 

France Telecom moves into IPTV

 

Annette Bening drops out of 'Species'

 

Kaufman named chair of IFTA

 

Stars grow young without nip/tuck

 

Networks' dream: ad stream

 

China finds its new showman

 

Czech's crown 'King' for Oscar

 

'Blue Peter' cat-naming vote rigged

 

Israel strikes up 'Band' for Oscar

 

Moguls clash at investor conference

 

Kathy Griffin chastised for comments

 

Studio supplies drinks for disc debut

 

Arab youth take to television texting

 

Broadway strike a possibility

 

'Universe' downplaying Beatles

 

Portuguese telco shuffles execs

 

Google courts media attention

 

'Shadows' Macedonia's Oscar film

 

Iraqi TV reflects sectarian strife

 

'Hairspray' in top 5 overseas

 

Langan brings creative flair to BBC

 

Film business blooms in Jordan

 

Pachamama packs release slate

 

Arab satcasters seek Ramadan ratings

 

Battsek puts imprint on Miramax

 

A winter heat wave for DVDs?

 

USC honors filmmaker Costa-Gavras

 

Smaller cablers flip for scripts

 

TV shows getting ambitious

 

Sluggish start for 'Survivor'

 

Indie producers unleashing telenovelas

 

BBC Worldwide Showcases in Rio

 

Israeli company boosts telenovelas

 

Italy becoming Hollywood test pad

 

Aussie activists fight for children

 

CTV taps Brownlee for VP

 

Gordon "Specs" Powell, drummer, 85

 

Variety screening of 'Into the Wild'

 

Germans set TV screenings dates

 

David Cronenberg speaks

 

Clooney hurt in N.J. motorcycle accident

 

Spears charged in car crash

 

Film exec, producer launch Spain brand

 

Marca Española que abastecerá a Wysiwyg

 

Moviegoers like 'Evil'

 

Actress Alice Ghostley dies

 

Marcel Marceau dies at 84

 

'Resident Evil' tops box office

 

'Hope' launches this week

 

Japanese adore 'Miss Potter'

 

Denzel Washington set for 'Pelham'