Table of Contents
Week of 10/15/2007

Articles

Spanish talent surfaces at Sitges

 

Filmax falls for 'Nymphomaniac'

 

Spotboy adds three pics to slate

 

Spaniards flock to 'Orphanage'

 

Besson's EuropaCorp buys Roissy

 

TF1 takes Spike Lee's 'St. Anna'

 

EEAP mops up post Mipcom deals

 

Led Zeppelin library goes digital

 

Studio Hamburg promotes Russ

 

Variety honors Bourne books

 

Fox Business launches with glitches

 

AOL slashes global workforce by 20%

 

Football fuels CBS' Sunday

 

Ethan Embry

 

Blanchett plans 'Magical' season

 

Wii powers Nintendo past $85 billion

 

Bloomberg gets IFP recognition

 

Digital TV overhaul to begin in '09

 

'Closing the Ring' gets The Works

 

WIF, GM announce Grant winners

 

Chicago Fest applauds 'Silent Night'

 

YouTube's new tools axe illicit video

 

Broadway revives 'Godspell'

 

The tween scene

 

Latin Disney airing Lopez miniseries

 

Quebec vet Roy to top funder

 

Indian studios battle over world films

 

Kubey joins Theater of the Deaf

 

Monster box office boost

 

Rogue marketing moves to Universal

 

Hockey scores at Gemini awards

 

ShowEast to honor Frank Darabont

 

Gail Heaney climbs Summit

 

Azteca America leads KWHY bid

 

Warsaw Film Fest sets political agenda

 

Judge finds 'Inconvenient' untruths

 

CNN shifts 'Dobbs' to later timeslot

 

Mill Valley bids adieu with 'Kite Runner'

 

Imus preps radio revival, eyes TV

 

Audiences 'Twitch' for Disney

 

Sony Pictures promotes Ladestro

 

French duo to remake 'Hellraiser'

 

TV fests team up for 'PassPort'

 

WGA strike rules bashed

 

'Rendition' is talk of the town

 

'Night' eclipses 'Clayton' at box office

 

Cate Blanchett keeps it real

 

Weinstein addresses Middle East Fest

 

NBC orders O'Brien comedy pilot

 

Correction

 

Variety launches Japan site

 

Glamour-ous short films screen

 

Lifetime revs 'Woman'

 

Michell rises for 'Morning'

 

Screen Gems enlists Antin for 'Burlesque'

 

Alexander, Karaszewski think 'Big'

 

'View' host plots show

 

ABC greenlights Fresco pilot

 

'Lost' found by G4, Sci Fi Channel

 

Julia Roberts' pals get sassy

 

WB howls for 'Benighted'

 

Carey logs on to Reason.tv

 

McCord takes SAG VP slot

 

Pacifica opens first multiplex

 

French duo to remake 'Hellraiser'

 

Michell rises for 'Morning'

 

Eros falls for Eyeqube

 

Movie Gallery files for bankruptcy

 

'Paper' wraps up Euro prize

 

ProSieben braces for profit dip

 

PT Multimedia profits fall 14%

 

ARD threatens Kirch soccer plan

 

Joshua Malina

 

Sparrowhawk chief exec quits

 

U.K., Germany feasts on 'Ratatouille'

 

Zucker, Ebersol honored by Paley

 

Clay Aiken heads to Broadway

 

Madonna partners with Live Nation

 

Thomsen joins Audi's 'Frost'

 

ABC tops week's TV ratings

 

Carol Bruce, 87, actress

 

Hollywood should take Dr. Phil's tonic

 

Studios nix residual revamp

 

Judd Apatow finds laughs online

 

Nickelodeon Arabia to launch TV

 

Star TV channels L.A. office

 

Cinema Tout Ecran to honor Mann

 

Toho strikes box office gold

 

Quills org auctions books for benefit

 

Warner Bros. tastes 'Sushi'

 

Canal Plus adds 400,000 subscribers

 

Makeba to sue over copyright

 

Allen Family gives cash to community

 

Sky blasts quota

 

Murdoch ups Gary Ginsberg

 

'Walmartopia' to showcase on FBN

 

Steve Pink to rewrite 'Mall Cop'

 

CBS strikes deal with Moonves

 

'Poppins' sets U.K. tour dates

 

Clarin selling initial shares

 

Women's Project unveils slate

 

Corb Donohue, 66, music exec

 

Canada awards CBC's 'Hour'

 

Scripps splits TV, print

 

Yahoo revs up, profit down

 

Universal promotes marketing duo

 

Sony makes music with MySpace

 

Rauni Mollberg, director, 78

 

Paley honors Zucker, Ebersol

 

Hamptons festival taps Karen Arikian

 

'Wonder Girls' inks writing award

 

Halcyon hires Randolph Paul

 

ASC to honor Walter Lassally

 

Apple lowers price of anti-copy songs

 

Sonnenfeld keeps HRTS lunch lively

 

Fox gives 'Kitchen' another order

 

Gary Fleder sails into 'Darkling Cove'

 

Tony Scott to direct Don Aronow film

 

Roemer, Shue join 'Madison'

 

'Grace' packs emotional punch

 

Overbrook names new president

 

Paramount puts out 'Fire' screeners

 

Cage seeks out 'The Vanished'

 

Rialto union raises stakes

 

New Line finds the 'Time'

 

'Starter Wife' evolves on USA

 

Fox to bring 'Mothers' to America

 

Nicolas Cage seeks out 'Vanished'

 

Actresses added to 'Waking Madison'

 

'Kite' flies at Mill Valley

 

Dolans won't up their private bid

 

'Star Wars' series comes to TV

 

ICA wraps Hong Kong tribute

 

Sogecable boosts earnings, sales

 

Calmels to head Endemol France

 

Vox picks up 'Men in Trees'

 

U.K. government saves BFI archive

 

Clarke enters 'Adulthood'

 

Strikes loom as BBC sharpens axe

 

Taylor Momsen

 

Baseball keeps Fox on top

 

Spice Girls offer Secret disc

 

Russian TV gives soccer new spin

 

Real D pacts for 3-D screens

 

ESPN, Nielsen pact on ad numbers

 

Disney to overhaul theme park

 

NATPE to honor quartet

 

Sundance buys rights to 'Fry'

 

First Channel scores soccer match

 

FilmSharks bites into film deals

 

Neo to co-produce films in China

 

Fox revamps midseason schedule

 

Red riding 'Storm' series

 

Japanese DVD market flat

 

Kid Rock scores his first No. 1

 

'Dancin' gets Rialto revival

 

'Counterfeiter' forges Ghent prize

 

N.Y. Film Critics' Circle grows

 

Kathleen Turner to direct 'Heart'

 

Germany's Telepool ups Ignatiew

 

Esbjornson to direct 'Trumpery'

 

Salamone nabs Bleecker theaters

 

Walton Goggins

 

A.J. Buckley

 

Wilson Cruz

 

Laura Harring

 

Ryan Eggold

 

Clementine Ford

 

China delays embattled 'Lust'

 

Tandem factors in Japanese sales

 

Angelus Festival taps winners

 

Nordisk boards S/S Fladen

 

Seven leads Aussie TV shift

 

WGA strike potential remains high

 

SAG and AFTRA trade accusations

 

Academy sets overseas entries

 

Anime films follow new inspirations

 

Japan box office takes a hit in 2007

 

CoFesta unites different industries

 

Tokyo fest brings Mideast to Japan

 

Tokyo fest aims to up global profile

 

'Doomstown' sweeps Gemini Awards

 

Cher readies for 'Television'

 

Aussie Arias honors songsmith

 

UTA to defer salaries if strike occurs

 

N.Y. Times stock plummets

 

Basinger's 'Burning' with Theron

 

Haggis to mentor at Abu Dhabi

 

TV viewing drops slightly in '06-'07

 

Bleu leaving Disney for 'Metal'

 

CW logs off 'Online Nation'

 

TLC to open new office in L.A.

 

Warner raises Asia distribution exec

 

Moennig, Bailey to star in 'Remorse'

 

Alexander James Ashton

 

Jagger Song Scallions

 

Kaelyn Scully

 

'Wolverine' claws on May '09 date

 

Duo to develop 'To Die For'

 

'Wolverine' claws on May '09 date

 

Basinger's 'Burning' with Theron

 

Fangs for the festivities

 

Elle honors women

 

EU embarks on restoration drive

 

Van Lier to head StudioCanal sales

 

Thoeren to head Internationalmedia

 

Screen Digest buys AMR

 

BBC to cut program budget by 10%

 

ITV cheats viewers out of $15.6 mil

 

Warner picks up thalidomide film

 

Putin appears on TV call-in show

 

'Promises' opens London festival

 

BBC Films receives funding boost

 

Prof-Media restructures operations

 

Reichen Lehmkuhl

 

'Lark' to open Seville festival

 

Cyprus hosts German Film Festival

 

Rat Packer Joey Bishop dies at 89

 

Actress Deborah Kerr dies at 86

 

CBS Wednesday on the rise

 

Teresa Brewer, 76, singer

 

Fox Business lands Liz Claman

 

Weekly Vpage roundup

 

Duo win big at Morelia

 

Universal tunes up Cobain feature

 

Naomi Watts set for 'Birds' remake

 

1967: U.S. sends Douglas on tour

 

Nelvana draws up DVD pact

 

'39 Steps' sets dates, cast

 

Rome Film Festival kicks off

 

IDA to honor PBS producer

 

Comedy Central stays with Stewart

 

Middle East imports Hollywood

 

Fox TV pacts with Michael Cuesta

 

Nederlander to stand on sidelines

 

Dramatic brawl brews at box office

 

Case against Oscar entry dropped

 

Obama edges Hillary in Q3 biz funds

 

Webs seek ways to prune primetime

 

'Riddle' giveaway hooks buyer

 

Correction

 

Collette to star in Showtime's 'States'

 

Location mavens get day in the sun

 

Mark Canton fills Capri festival chair

 

'Practice' scores full-season pickup

 

WGA talks to resume on Monday

 

Dan Patrick joins Sports Illustrated

 

Televisa's Q3 earnings down

 

Public Theater extends 'Hamlet' run

 

Dan Castellaneta rides to U.K. stage

 

Strathairn, McDormand take to stage

 

Sundance Institute calls for entries

 

Terry George travels down 'Road'

 

Cast set for 'Miss Nobody'

 

Jeff Kleeman named exec VP at UA

 

Bruce Dern directs family affair

 

Biz finding online unity

 

Film Department signs 'Pre-Nup'

 

'Halo 3' fuels Xbox win over Wii

 

Google logs revenue leap of 57%

 

APSA appoints jury

 

Bibb, Goldberg to star in 'Nobody'

 

TV forum books two toppers

 

ICAC files fraud charges

 

Shriver meets with candidates' wives

 

'Strange' readies for Broadway

 

Wind Dancer smells 'Mistral'

 

Designers add five hall of famers

 

Andre and Maria Jacquemetton

 

Natalie Zea

 

Howard Schultz

 

Rebecca Budig

 

Samantha Mathis

 

Nick Swardson

 

Naomi Watts set for 'Birds' remake

 

Tokyo fest gets underway

 

Oscar hopefuls holding off

 

Wild Bunch teams up with BIM

 

Sony's Spain freeze

 

ContentFilm picks up 'Daisy Chain'

 

'Ratatouille' moves into Italy

 

Grade takes flak over ITV 'robbery'

 

Brenda Strong

 

'Viva Laughlin' bet doesn't pay off

 

Ethan Hawke returns to theater

 

'Frankenstein' electrifies box office

 

Eyre rides 'Notes on a Scandal' success

 

Wooster wooing audiences with 'Hamlet'

 

Tim Brooks' book is TV biz's bible

 

Super-size shows shrink schedules

 

'Jersey Boys' tune up Chicago

 

Rentrak hopes to crack ratings

 

South Africa's reality job fair

 

Stoppard's on a Broadway 'Roll'

 

Britain takes small digital steps

 

Tetes a Claques popular in Canada

 

Russian company remodels

 

South African nets game for reality

 

South Africa's 'Footprint' coming to U.S.

 

'Ratatouille' cleans plate overseas

 

Network tries topical title

 

Annaud looks for answers

 

'Elite' stirs controversy, box office

 

Persian Gulf getting into filmmaking

 

Film draws ire for shooting in Israel

 

Business booms for Arab states

 

Results of strike vote delayed

 

Does star power equal box office?

 

Israeli TV programs available online

 

Tamil's slap heard around the world

 

Freepress plays 'Whack-a-Murdoch'

 

Orson Welles' Oscar up for auction

 

'Sex' and the city of tabloid rumors

 

Bergman tribute: Never say 'Can't'

 

Hollywood bets big on McCarthy

 

'Frankenstein' a monster production

 

Morahan scores 'Goal' film

 

Jordan to 'Captain' its first feature film

 

Playboy cribs from Gore's playbook

 

SAG, AFTRA duke it out over digital

 

Ad execs bristle at AMC's 'Mad Men'

 

Hollywood invests overseas

 

Hollywood expands its global grip

 

FFA set to unveil large film fund

 

Nikkatsu teams with animator

 

Belinda goes big at MTV Latin awards

 

London calling with film fest

 

Diablo Cody

 

Kloiber in control at ATV

 

'Hairspray'

 

Joe Hutshing

 

Casey Affleck

 

ICM promotes Clemens

 

John Travolta

 

Ellen Page

 

Ben Affleck

 

Brad Bird

 

Scott Farrar

 

Neil Meron & Craig Zadan

 

Mark Isham

 

Richard Gere

 

TV not to blame for violence, study says

 

Vilsmaier sets German folk tale

 

Marion Cotillard

 

Christopher Hampton

 

Constantin Film names co-director

 

Jennifer Connelly

 

Marc Forster

 

Tang Wei

 

Stephen Goldblatt

 

Dante Ferretti

 

Rome fest stands for Sophia Loren

 

Paul Schneider

 

Hollywood fest spotlights new talent

 

Amy Ryan

 

Sam Riley

 

Chris Messina

 

Anna Kendrick

 

Andrew Garfield

 

Ben Foster

 

Televisa expands cable, satcaster

 

Summer Bishil

 

Grupo Clarin raises $463 million in IPO

 

Malin Akerman

 

ITV, Disney-ABC provide downloads

 

WGA backs strike authorization

 

Audiences feast on '30 Days'

 

Audiences sink teeth into 'Night'

 

Armand Assante

 

Lauren Lee Smith

 

Ashley Benson

 

Maggie Siff

 

Christoph Sanders

 

Correction