Table of Contents
Week of 10/01/2007

Articles

Foster takes Universal post in U.K.

 

ARD dominates German TV Awards

 

'Love' takes three at Copenhagen

 

ContentFilm takes 'Steep'

 

Rothemund delivers Variety lecture

 

BSkyB prepares Picnic

 

UKFC shakes up development fund

 

Tarak Ben Ammar eyes Eagle

 

Morgan prepares 'Queen' sequel

 

Swoosie Kurtz

 

Radiohead offers new album online

 

Purefoy steps into 'Solomon Kane'

 

BAFTA renews Orange deal

 

New York Yankees sign with CAA

 

ABC Sunday down, but still potent

 

France honors Police, David Lynch

 

Trio set to make an 'Impact' on TV

 

WGA asks for strike authorization

 

Viacom beefs up Brazil operations

 

BBC makes pals with Lonely Planet

 

European cities seek opportunities

 

Asian actors reach out at Pusan

 

Fair books dates with Berlin festival

 

Harring to star in 'Kluge'

 

Belo to split TV, newspaper holdings

 

Charles B. Griffith, 77, screenwriter

 

Broadway bounces back

 

Claire Mullaly, Staci Griesbach

 

Jennifer Bowen, Carol Eymery, more

 

John Cuddihy

 

Rob Springer

 

Fernando Acosta

 

Eric Johnson

 

Lisa Delligatti, Jody A. Rose

 

Frank Minishak

 

Joan Lynch

 

Carol Goll

 

Maira Suro

 

Comedy Central renews 'Lil' Bush'

 

Victor Neufeld leaves CNN

 

William H. Macy joins Plum comedy

 

HarperCollins, Jeffrey Sharp ink pact

 

'Alexandra' finds U.S. distrib

 

Ralph E. Donnelly, 75, exhibitor

 

Sacha Baron Cohen ready to 'Party'

 

Sony Pictures TV taps Chris Elwell

 

Overture adds Springer, Monroe

 

Stewart to launch VOD service

 

Tom Green takes Web show to TV

 

Buena Vista welcomes Silverback

 

MTV makes deal for untitled project

 

Fox gives face time to procedural pilot

 

MPAA raises Williams

 

Saget set for 'Drowsy Chaperone'

 

Richards heads for 'Moonacre'

 

Franz to star in 'Piano Teacher'

 

'Happy Days' heads to Goodspeed

 

Spyglass nabs Cronenberg’s 'Brood'

 

Warner Independent taps 'Gun' man

 

Dick Wolf takes on Dynamite show

 

Universal nabs Getty kidnap film

 

Yari fast-tracking Escobar biopic

 

Luke replaces Snipes in 'Anna'

 

U.K. Film Council revamps fund

 

Huffington Post names CEO

 

Sydney Violet Padgitt

 

April June May

 

Cinetic finds Canadian distributor

 

Brett Jenkins

 

William H. Macy joins Plum comedy

 

Yari fast-tracking Escobar biopic

 

Variety Militans Lecture: Marc Rothemund

 

Icon goes for Grumbar

 

Women's soccer scores in Germany

 

Mikhalkov runs Oscar race again

 

Warner, Almodovars seal pact

 

BSkyB could lose ITV stake

 

Tranter unveils new BBC Films

 

ContentFilm picks up 'Balibo'

 

Europe's B.O. rookies fail to shine

 

JJ Feild

 

Irish beef up production funding

 

'Limited' talk time

 

Russert to host show for MSNBC

 

Lee professes love for 'Lust'

 

A grown-up 'Kid' pic

 

Middle, Near East lead Asia awards

 

ABC tops Monday ratings

 

'Country Girl' set for Broadway

 

'Night' moves

 

There's something about reality

 

'Dexter' returns with a vengeance

 

Pusan opens with 'Assembly'

 

Hong Kong puts faith in veterans

 

Exclusive excerpts from 'Zeroville'

 

China, Korea set 'Thangka'

 

Sony opens office in Mumbai

 

Firstenberg ends productive AFI run

 

Stockholm honors Paul Schrader

 

Kyoto backs Shochiku studio refit

 

CTVglobemedia shuffles execs

 

More cash, is long and short of it

 

Bush stays with 'Access Hollywood'

 

Cast set for Paul Rudnick anthology

 

NBA TV goes abroad with coverage

 

Columbia, Chile pick Oscar films

 

Telefe sells Fox's 'Watch' overseas

 

Stock market reflects MSG verdict

 

Funder ends spat with Montreal fest

 

ABC, NBC open well

 

Santa Barbara lauds Blanchett

 

Hulk Hogan takes 'Gladiators' gig

 

J Records on Edge

 

California Court sets Blasi date

 

'Good Day NY' adds six to WGA

 

Imax, Regal pact on digital screens

 

Betty Buckley signs with Playbill

 

Andre Emmerich, 82, art dealer

 

Mieke Frankenberg, 92, importer

 

Istvan Gaal, 74, Hungarian director

 

Canada gets its own Super Channel

 

It's NonStop action for 'Gnomes'

 

Lorraine Bracco joins 'Long Island'

 

Robert Duvall signs with ICM

 

Variety to launch awards blog

 

Correction

 

Middle East fest gives nods to iPods

 

Labaki aims to please and conquer

 

'Indiana Jones' stash stolen

 

Black Pearl competition film lineup

 

Nehst makes nice in joint venture

 

Fox tops in cable, but MSNBC on rise

 

Fox 2000 on 'Jury' duty

 

HBO grabs 'Duke Rape Case' book

 

Beacon teams up for Media Partners

 

Natalie Portman to star in 'Brothers'

 

Kevin Dillon counts on '301'

 

Hollywood festival honors Gere

 

Fox Atomic taps JT Petty for 'Goth'

 

AFM touts 106 world premieres

 

Hardwicke to direct Meyer's 'Twilight'

 

Sony TV inks Russo brothers

 

DirectTV net gets 'Hooters'

 

Bradley Cooper to star in 'Yes Man'

 

ABC to give 'Cupid' another shot

 

CW turns to 4Kids on Saturdays

 

Viacom to borrow $750 million

 

Warner to distribute 'Peanuts' on DVD

 

CSA announces Artios nominees

 

DreamWorks maintaining its identity

 

Natalie Portman to star in 'Brothers'

 

Hardwicke to direct Meyer's 'Twilight'

 

Cash Lewis Roberts

 

Aardman to make new Gromit film

 

EC blesses Sony-BMG merger

 

U.K. judge rules in favor of 'Truth'

 

Italy, Brazil team on filmmaking pact

 

British kids' programs disappear

 

Eric Dane

 

Rascal Flatts flatten rivals

 

Endemol launches MidEast arm

 

Brothers tout 'Baby'

 

Sundance, TW team on fund

 

Nice start for ABC comedies

 

Telespan to remake 'Torremolinos'

 

North meets South at Pusan

 

TBS unveils Pusan lineup

 

Sony renews contract with Lynton

 

MGM TV Group appoints Ottinger

 

Gemma Emelin Luber

 

Endemol launches in Middle East

 

Study exposes FCC leaks

 

Jacob Pitts, Josh Close

 

Roberto Urbina

 

Alec Mapa

 

Charisma Carpenter, Ryan Devlin

 

Mireille Enos

 

Rey Gallegos

 

Randy Van Horne, 83, vocal arranger

 

Peter Morgan signs with UTA

 

East meets Wes

 

Tony winner Grizzard dies at 79

 

Imus nearing radio return

 

Mason set for 'Ultimate Jew'

 

NY Producers to honor pair

 

What's next for George Carlin?

 

Carlin's career busts and benchmarks

 

George Carlin still furious 50 years on

 

Bad Robot gets ABC pilot

 

Eros buys up films for home video

 

Heartland to award 'The Seeker'

 

MGM names international VP

 

Cartoon Network promotes exec

 

Glickman wants politicians on plank

 

Squires awarded for cinematography

 

'Yankees' drawing a Reprise

 

Comedy Central disses Spade

 

History Channel re-signs two shows

 

Academy tweaks effects Oscar rules

 

Murphy, Robbins reteam for 'Words'

 

Zombie story for Rodriguez

 

Lifetime names Beers replacement

 

New Line toys with Brom's 'Plucker'

 

Universal grabs 'Night Tourist'

 

'Housewives' in hot water

 

Giga tunes up download site

 

Jack Eldon Turteltaub

 

Tane Benjamin Rice

 

China launches Tibetan TV

 

Murphy, Robbins reteam for 'Words'

 

Aardman to make new Gromit film

 

Helen Mirren readies for 'Frame'

 

'Fission' takes top prize at Taiwan

 

Icon to represent NZFC titles

 

Off the Fence teams with Joost

 

Procol Harum fights 'Pale' judgment

 

Wes Bentley

 

U.K. regulator probes BSkyB plans

 

Amaze to create 'super-indie'

 

Tony eligibility focus of committee

 

'Daisies' pushes ABC to top

 

Roxburgh stars in 'Toy Symphony'

 

Comedy Central fades to Black

 

Gary Franklin, 79, reporter

 

France gives Kim honorary title

 

Kim Dong-ho

 

'Hero' to open big in South Korea

 

'Family Guy' under fire for parody

 

Sony pacts for video on demand

 

'Lars' gets all dolled up

 

A 'Golden' glow

 

'Butterfly' emerges

 

Busan Film Critics to hand out awards

 

Huayi Brothers plan cinema chain

 

Will 'Assembly' overcome politics?

 

Palm Springs fetes Hirsch, Blonsky

 

Thesp lays down the Law

 

Zurich fest plans further expansion

 

Pusan fest opens with rain, politics

 

Up Next: Luke Eberl

 

Up Next: Ryan Sheckler

 

Up Next: Zach Mills

 

AFI to honor Warren Beatty

 

Up Next: Brady Corbet

 

Up Next: Kristen Stewart

 

Up Next: Miranda Cosgrove

 

Up Next: Selena Gomez

 

Up Next: Alexander Ludwig

 

Turner wraps $234 million TV deal

 

Up Next: Paolo Nutini

 

Up Next: Dakota Blue Richards

 

Up Next: Elijah Kelley

 

Up Next: Christopher Mintz-Plasse

 

Pusan Film Festival Newspaper: Friday, Oct. 5 (Day 1)

 

Up Next: Taylor Swift

 

Up Next: Sean Kingston

 

Up Next: Lil' Mama

 

Gemma Emelin Luber

 

Noah Hayden Green

 

Max Abbie Mottola

 

Becca Shayna Sharman and Jake Holden Sharman

 

Wyatt Allen Ruth

 

Ellie Jane Grimmett

 

Henry Holtan Little

 

Noa Bella Levy and Jordan Emily Levy

 

Someryn Hailin Prager Hoff-Ha

 

Cyrus Pirnia

 

Maria Lucia Gasparini

 

Kieran Ross Stone

 

Phoebe Rose Benun

 

Harper Benjamin Susco

 

Lulu Philomena Simon

 

Samara Nina Feig

 

Beckett Vaun Wilmott

 

Bryce Thadeus Ulrich-Nielsen

 

Sasha Marie Reno

 

Olivia Anne Warren

 

Ashby Grace Zubchevich

 

Eloise Tate Bregman

 

Rylee Elizabeth Fox

 

Josh Peck and Drake Bell

 

Debbie's 'Divorce' brings no change

 

Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen

 

Shia LaBeouf

 

Joss Stone

 

Hilary Duff

 

Ashley Tisdale

 

LonelyGirl15

 

Rihanna

 

Robert Thorne & Greg Redlitz

 

Chris Brown

 

Sarah Shyn

 

Cindy Osbrink

 

Bonnie Liedtke

 

Meredith Fine

 

Mitchell Gossett

 

Bob Cavallo

 

Jill Casagrande

 

BAFTA attacked over Oscars

 

Jeff Frasco

 

'Halo' sequel heaven sent

 

Nielsen caught in full-spin zone

 

Miley Cyrus

 

Michael Ouweleen

 

Tom Lynch

 

Taiwan gov't slow to cure industry ills

 

Fire on 'Righteous Kill' set

 

Dan Schneider

 

Producers aim for box office success

 

Angus T. Jones

 

Taiwan breaking the arthouse mold

 

Alexa Fogel

 

Edward Yang played on world's stage

 

Paula Kaplan

 

Edward Yang was rebel of New Wave

 

Hayden Panettiere

 

Dylan & Cole Sprouse

 

Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson

 

Susan Floyd

 

Eli Goodman

 

David O. Davis

 

Kenny Ortega

 

Jan Niklas

 

Judy Taylor

 

Showtime greenlights 'Side Effects'

 

Zac Efron

 

'Heartbreak' hopes to top box office

 

'Leatherheads' heads to next year

 

Writing duo to remake 'Reinas'

 

Vanessa Hudgens

 

David Heyman

 

Cary Granat

 

Emma Roberts

 

Josh Hutcherson

 

Gus Van Sant

 

Judd Apatow

 

Ellen Page

 

Michael Cera

 

Saoirse Ronan

 

Annasophia Robb

 

Freddie Highmore

 

Abigail Breslin

 

Nikki Blonsky

 

Kid power benefits St. Jude's 45th

 

Networks reach young viewers online

 

Agencies fight turf wars for kid talent

 

Smaller stars offered smaller salaries

 

Child reality show craze vexes critics

 

Could 'prehab' save showbiz teens?

 

Disney, Nickelodeon mint child stars

 

Cable nets take aim at one another

 

Woman to pay $200K for file-sharing

 

Prestige pictures get super-sized

 

WWE taps film division president

 

Judge finds Disney breach

 

Warner weds Phillips film

 

'Priscilla' to open in West End

 

Daly, Murray topline Albee play

 

Fox scares up J.J. Abrams' 'Fringe'

 

Writers, producers in serious talks

 

USA all lathered up for 'Hairspray'

 

De Line to produce 'Shining' for WB

 

Dennis Miller to talk sports on Versus

 

Baseball scores on TBS

 

Whitford, Campbell set to 'Burn Up'

 

Lifetime picks up 'Premier' pilot

 

Peace calls on 'Babysitter'

 

'Dr. G' Garavaglia signs book deal

 

Look gains visual Momentum

 

Fire on 'Righteous Kill' set

 

Local One, LATP resume talks

 

'Leatherheads' heads to next year

 

Bauer joins Tandem

 

Marathon, eTF1 sign Internet pact

 

Rival to Moscow fest enters scene

 

Royal row forces BBC1 duo to quit

 

Stiller takes on Foxx at U.K. box office

 

National Theater boasts record sales

 

Armand Assante

 

L.A. turns eclectic at Boston Court

 

'Sleuth' mystery solved

 

CBS, ABC battle on tight Thursday

 

ABC Family renews 'Kyle XY'

 

Jeff Wise turns to management

 

Pitches flying as labor fears loom

 

'Lion King' roars as tours hit subtle note

 

Slight 'Awakening' at the box office

 

Trying times for Broadway tryouts

 

Drama gets Belgian production cash

 

Universal to fly Japan's 'Eagle'

 

'Compass,' 'Sex' top Gaga slate

 

S. Africa to see more community TV

 

Hollywood, politics go hand in hand

 

Iraq's 'Obrah' needles chiefs

 

Harvey Fierstein bites back at critics

 

Oscar's melting pot heats up

 

Fox Business bets the mortgage

 

Anderson, Radiohead offer freebies

 

Afghanistan's film scene booms

 

Key players in German event TV

 

'Halo 3' makers dump Microsoft

 

Germany keen on epic productions

 

'It's a Free World' for Dinard audiences

 

TV and film business go 2-for-1 route

 

'Kite' flies in with controversy

 

Paramount pushes back 'Kite Runner'

 

Writers, employers meet briefly

 

ARD, ZDF dominate German ratings

 

2008 Olympics puts spotlight on China

 

Grupo Clarin going public

 

Rio Film Festival wraps

 

Vulgarity breeds China's contempt

 

Premieres pepper Flanders Fest

 

IPTV gains respect across Asia

 

'Meerkat Manor's' Flower wilts

 

Marketers spread influence at Mipcom

 

'Indian Idol' fans stage riot

 

New digital aid program in Belgium

 

'Halo' heavenly in first week of play

 

Third 'Bourne' is the biggest overseas

 

Ban doesn't deter Chinese directors

 

San Luis ready to test festival waters

 

Afghanistan film slate growing

 

Galicia thinks big in start-up film fund

 

Pusan strengthens French connection

 

Middle East fest to begin Oct. 14

 

Cannes win opens d'Or for Mungiu

 

Europe sends record 60 films to Pusan

 

S. Africa plays pay TV tug of war

 

Korea reaches out to neighbors

 

CTV shuffles at the top

 

Montreal's Serge in fortune

 

Kudo season kicking and screening

 

Bebo bubbles up

 

'Saawariya' to open MIAAC festival

 

Women's soccer scores for ZDF

 

Booking talkshows spawns rigid rules

 

NBC 's audience continues to evolve

 

Walden prepares for kid-film battle

 

Hollywood's family fray

 

Cable networks revisit well

 

Telenovelas sell to France, Spain

 

Networks learn to be patient

 

Somsak Techaratanaprasert

 

Tcha Seung-Jai

 

Man Shu Sum

 

Yash Chopra

 

Kim Joo-Sung

 

Wang Zhongjun, Wang Zhonglei

 

Ronnie Screwvala

 

Han Sanping

 

Manmohan Shetty

 

Bill Kong

 

Wouter Barendrecht, Michael J. Werner

 

Tony Leung, Jeon Do-Yeon

 

Ang Lee

 

Bryan Adams to perform in West Bank

 

TV viewers frustrated in Lebanon, Israel

 

Stars salute AFI

 

Old-fashioned Hollywood 'Lust'

 

Amos Gitai film opens Haifa festival

 

Politics stall Oscar choices in Asia

 

CGV soiree brings world together

 

Korean stars align at Premiere event

 

PIFF goes to the beach

 

Pusan features fund winnners

 

Breadmaker to bake 'Sunday'

 

Peter Tsi joins Soft-Trek

 

Japanese go nuts over 'Note'

 

Audiences 'Break' for Stiller comedy

 

Talent agencies sign cross-border deal

 

First US, Korean co-production in Seoul

 

Audiences have yen for 'Hero'

 

China jumps through hoops

 

Film facility breaks ground

 

Visa woes trip up Pusan plans

 

Middle East fest makes desert debut

 

Producers, union continue talks

 

'Game Plan' still a box office winner

 

French heavy medal

 

Software makes a splash

 

The evening stars

 

Actresses open up at Q&A

 

'Sukiyaki' stirs protests

 

Actors' Network launches with fund

 

Korea, U.K. team for film support

 

Cigs under fire

 

Joint has Taiwan jumping

 

Schloendorff: Story trumps tricks

 

Mediaplex puts plan in Motion

 

Hello to good buys

 

Yu Nan

 

Telemundo foiled again

 

Sogecine halts film production

 

Russia, Chile pick Oscar entries

 

'Crusade' corrals top Golden Calf

 

Zurich honors Schaefer's 'Chapter'

 

'Stardust' spreads magic to U.K.

 

Paradiso snaps up 'Sex' rights

 

Gotham's 'Golden' Daze

 

'Nelson' team preps romantic drama

 

'Friday Night Lights' lights up NBC

 

Stations ready for 'Deal'

 

Wise shows he has Insight

 

'Foe' wins friends at Dinard fest

 

Trio standout at Mipcom event

 

Mipcom Jr. in tune with 'Musical'

 

M-Net launches movie channel

 

Studios bring U.S. shows to Mipcom

 

New kids on the lot

 

Radha Mitchell set for 'Code'

 

'Ratatouille' a tasty overseas treat

 

Ed Asner to star in 'People'

 

Time Warner Cable hires East

 

Fox World exec switches to Sony

 

Israeli fest readies for 22nd edition

 

'Fear' plays role in Endemol deals

 

Asian Film Market shrinking

 

'Outsourced' works at NBC

 

USA lights 'Smoking' spinoff

 

Spike revs up deal for mechanic

 

'Michael Clayton' has clout

 

Kalogridis to revamp 'Darksiders'

 

Pair joining 'Spirit' squad

 

WGA talks go nowhere

 

'EverQuest' logs Gordon

 

Helm will roll 'Rockville' into TV

 

Liberty taps new programming VP

 

'Colbert Report' goes global

 

Reviews

Friday Night Lights

The Home Place

Hard-Hearted

King Naresuan

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

King Naresuan: The Reclamation of Sovereignty

A Catered Affair

Thyestes

The Bird Can't Fly

Annie Lennox – 'Songs of Mass Destruction'

Sigur Ros: Heima

Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts

A Yorkshire Fairie Tale

Night Over Taos

The Beebo Brinker Chronicles

Happy Days -- A New Musical

Stuck

Help Me Eros

Live!

Just Like Home

John Fogerty - 'Revival'

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

The Blue Hour

Love Comes Lately

Bright Eyes; Los Angeles Philharmonic

The Room

Minstrel Show or the Lynching of William Brown

Flawless

The Mermaid

Mataharis

Children of the Sun

Unfinished Stories

Head Under Water

Salvation

Sea Without Exit

Seven Billiards Tables

Normal

Those Who Remain

Echo

Nonna's Trip

99 Francs

Aurora Boreal

Death in the Land of Encantos

Rough Crossings

Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening

Happiness

Cavemen

The Defiant Muse

The Take

Earth

Suso's Tower

Mothers

30 Rock

Kill Them All

Liza Minnelli

The Pitmen Painters

Rhinoceros

Donna Lynne Champlin

Present Laughter

CSI: Hard Evidence

Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame

Resilience

The Stone Angel

With Your Permission

Assembly

Grey’s Anatomy

Soo

881

Koppel on Discovery: Breaking Point

Mark Ronson

Second Wind

The Besieged Fortress

Bloc Party

Life Is Wild

The Kite Runner

Spider-Man: Friend or Foe

Mauritius

The Children of Vonderly

The Seeker

The Photograph

881

Very Young Girls

Feel The Noise

The Pride of Parnell Street

Jose Gonzalez - 'In Our Nature'

Merle Haggard - 'The Bluegrass Sessions'

Low Winter Sun

Cosmos

Casual Day

The House

Fujian Blue

The Red Awn

Summer's Tail

Tribe

White Night

Hero

The Axe In the Attic

M

Meisie

Son of a Lion

The Bodyguard 2

My Song Is. . .

Closed Note

God Man Dog

Endless Night

Secret Sunshine

Beyond the Years

The Final Season

Milky Way Liberation Front

Margaret Cho's The Sensuous Woman


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