Table of Contents
Week of 11/26/2007

Articles

Broadway talks adjourned

 

'Red Awn' takes Thessaloniki prize

 

Costa-Gavras to head Berlin jury

 

Labadie sets up Le Pacte

 

Georgians protest TV shutdown

 

British Academy of Film and Television Arts Children's Award winners

 

BBC sweeps kids' BAFTAs

 

Eduardo Verastegui

 

Director bids to join Czech senate

 

Murdochs disagree about the news

 

Icon, Reading eye Dendy loop

 

Beta picks up 'Il Divo'

 

Huelva sparks to 'Silent Light'

 

Madrid prepares for L.A. campaign

 

Football scores big on Sunday

 

FCC cable plans provoke politicians

 

Mel Tolkin, 94, TV writer

 

Gotham nominees

 

Jonathan Sehring

 

Mira Nair

 

Dubai Film Festival stirs politics, glitz

 

Strike takes bite of Broadway

 

U.K. writers show support for WGA

 

Police raid Victoria piracy lab

 

Kevin Dubrow, 52, Quiet Riot frontman

 

Robinov to top WB Pictures Group

 

Mark Friedberg

 

Roger Ebert

 

Richard Easton goes to 'Jerusalem'

 

Linney engages in 'Liaisons'

 

Michael Bloomberg

 

'Grinch' will stay on Broadway

 

Javier Bardem

 

Hong Kong companies eye digital realm

 

Gotham Awards are Brooklyn bound

 

Industry gathers for 'Movies Rock'

 

Broadway strike talks promising

 

Cartoon Network wins with 'Race'

 

Canadian CEO says Peace out

 

Duo get ready for 'Desert Vet'

 

Writers, producers resume talks

 

Europa conference unspools to cynicism

 

Enzo Viena, actor, 74

 

Chinese piracy irks European Union

 

QED pacts with Primary Wave

 

Fifteen Minutes taps Bill Harrison

 

San Luis Fest nets 'Jellyfish'

 

CBS to air recap of Celebrity Skifest

 

Graves tapped to dig 'Fringe'

 

Ukraine falls for Germany's 'Betty'

 

Argentine TV hit by drama dispute

 

'Bayside' duo reteam on 'Guardian'

 

NTV plans online shopping service

 

TV3 tops New Zealand Media Awards

 

Stars, Planet Hollywood align

 

Worldwide scoops up 'Tom Swift'

 

Cusack, Gong take 'Shanghai' trip

 

Arbitron delays radio ratings service

 

Charles Jarrott on his Oscar film

 

Leomax heating 'Cold'

 

'Top Model' shuffles judges

 

NBC orders full seasons up

 

Oprah on Obama trail

 

Rockettes celebrating 75 years

 

Jolie Skye Friedman

 

Charlie Stoddard

 

Dashiel James Dreher

 

Li, Cusack on 'Shanghai' trip

 

Dubai ruler takes Sony stake

 

Broadway talks end without deal

 

Resnais film wins Euro prize

 

BBC, ITV, C4 unleash Kangaroo

 

New Line lands on 'Planet 51'

 

Hollywood hits lift Euro box office

 

2008 Spirit Awards nominees list

 

'I'm Not There' feels the Spirit

 

Bohrer to head Euro film network

 

Endemol looks to profit from strike

 

C.S. Lee

 

FCC meeting delayed

 

Union members rally for writers

 

Schwarzenegger backs digital moves

 

Berlinale to honor Francesco Rosi

 

Tomei, Plimpton join 'Top Girls'

 

When even winners feel like losers

 

Strand to release 'Edge of Heaven'

 

Early China bow for 'Mummy'

 

Whistler film festival snowballs

 

Penguin acquires Cronenberg book

 

'Hairspray' tops Evening Standards

 

Universal Korea park plan unveiled

 

Activision stock skyrockets

 

Jacob named Showester of Year

 

Dutt free on bail

 

Ivey climbs high at Autonomous

 

Znaimer receives lifetime prize

 

Constantin's B.O. misses hit profit

 

CNN awards honor real-life heroes

 

Brazil goes digital Dec. 2

 

Credits due for Oscars

 

Golden Globe winners of recent years

 

'Dancing' dynamite on Monday

 

Julianne Orrico, talent agent, 63

 

BlinkBox has eyes for WMA's Davis

 

Singapore and Philippines cozy up

 

Rumer confirmed for Miss duties

 

Ticketmaster to share online profits

 

HFPA members who vote on Globes

 

Globes' comedy/musical contenders

 

Boom time for India's film industry

 

Slamdance taps Drea Clark

 

Motion Picture/TV Fund eyes Seniors

 

Braun named GreenLife chairman

 

TLC hires Laurie Goldberg

 

'Zorro,' 'Dork' pump BKN profits

 

Block chosen for Sony catalogue

 

History Makers to fete Cronkite

 

Weinsteins purchase rights to 'Got It'

 

Cable could pass broadcast at Globes

 

Gyllenhaal tapped for Namath film

 

Beattie to write film about Fred Cuny

 

'Into the Wild' tops Gotham Awards

 

Schreiber to do Universal's 'Mambo'

 

The Met sings for video on demand

 

Broadway talks to resume

 

Warner Animation signs Register

 

FCC cable pow wow gets delay

 

Argentina's TV strike continues

 

Picket lines a social scene

 

WGA, AMPTP talk but don't comment

 

MPA teams for digital org in Asia

 

Gyllenhaal tapped for Namath film

 

Weinsteins purchase rights to 'Got It'

 

Arthouse companies form portal

 

Paramount gets mobile in India

 

Stockholm scores audience high

 

Preston A. Whitmore II

 

Bonnaire, Ganz make 'Chess' moves

 

'Lola' to screen at Marrakech

 

Egyptian firm invests in Insomnia

 

Groban on top with Christmas album

 

WMG to sing with Sinatra

 

Publishing change at Variety

 

Daniels joins Intiman leadership

 

'Dancing' finale lifts ABC

 

Sundance unveils lineup

 

Globes TV noms reflect world view

 

Economist forecasts impact of strike

 

UFC champ to load 'Weapon'

 

FCC considers plan for Tribune

 

China's Shanda ups Wu to CFO

 

HFPA chief on his plans for fifth term

 

Globes return to Sunday night slot

 

Awards publicists rule Globes race

 

Globes set to fete Steven Spielberg

 

Keri Russell to tell 'Bedtime Stories'

 

'Control' finds joy at BIFA

 

British Independent Film Awards winners

 

Stagehands return to bargaining table

 

Time Warner Cable promotes VP

 

Alan Blumenfeld

 

Storm moves on amid 'Early' shift

 

Tony Hale

 

Steven Brand

 

Beth Riesgraf, Gina Bellman

 

Marlene Forte

 

Oprah on the PR hunt?

 

Directors protest censorship law

 

Dori buys into Paran

 

CBS cancels Democratic debate

 

Winter brings flurry of high tech toys

 

A gift to toast the host

 

Will 'Compass' lead to success?

 

TiVo trims net losses

 

Canada's Muse creates U.S. subsidiary

 

Argentine TV dispute enters 3rd day

 

'Magorium' premieres in U.K.

 

Golden Globes consider robust talent

 

Sam Haskell to pen non-fiction book

 

Broadway back in business tonight

 

Samuel L. Jackson rocks 'Cradle'

 

HBO to make Bonds movie

 

Malcolm Lee to direct 'Soul Men'

 

Fox bulks up marketing team

 

Netflix to offer 'Heroes' online

 

ABC Family greenlights 'Prom'

 

Latenighters at work

 

Keri Russell to tell 'Bedtime Stories'

 

Samuel L. Jackson rocks 'Cradle'

 

Glee grows at Gotham Awards

 

Parky's departure ends an era

 

Ford to head Discovery Channel

 

ProSieben earnings fall 61%

 

Berlin festival boosts short films

 

History takes 'Ark' from September

 

Veteran French TV drama to end

 

Andras Simonyi joins Korda Studios

 

Ibermedia to boost distribution

 

Raven-Symonι

 

Hungarian fest rejects Tarr pic

 

Revlon chief, Barkin in movie suit

 

Ferrera honored at Family TV Awards

 

WGA East, ABC in tentative deal

 

'Shrek' a monster hit for ABC

 

Patricia Clarkson on Emile Hirsch

 

Jennifer Jason Leigh on Cate Blanchett

 

Hughes to top ACT Theater

 

Bill Nighy on Emily Blunt

 

O'Brien helps staff during strike

 

Forest Whitaker on James McAvoy

 

Jonathan Rhys Meyers on Keira Knightley

 

Julia Roberts on Paul Rudd

 

Ben Foster on Ellen Page

 

Ryan Gosling on Marion Cotillard

 

Cate Blanchett on Marion Cotillard

 

Dennis Hopper on Viggo Mortensen

 

Javier Bardem on Hal Holbrook

 

Josh Brolin on Ben Foster

 

Garry Shandling on David Duchovny

 

'Under the Radar' fest sets lineup

 

More Sundance titles revealed

 

America Ferrera on Amber Tamblyn

 

Nicole Kidman on Sam Riley and Samantha Morton

 

Matt Damon on Amy Ryan

 

'Jesse James' preps for U.K. release

 

Film, TV casting directors talk talent

 

Even TV dramas need comedy

 

1967: Can Liz and Dick match Paula and Dick?

 

Big casts make for major challenges

 

EMI Music Japan to shop talent

 

'Hairspray' gels for Evening Standard

 

Sony adds VOD to PS3

 

Gambling on China

 

Asian tiger roars as Hollywood listens

 

Cinema revoultion stirs as revs grow

 

Swedish films struggling at home

 

Actor, writer Michael Blodgett dies at 68

 

Multiplexes help box office boom

 

Rhea Perlman

 

Jamie Durie

 

Multiplexes flex muscles in Vietnam

 

Izabella Miko

 

Artie Lange

 

Christopher Kyle

 

Ty Jones

 

Studios retool anti-piracy tactics

 

CineAsia honorees

 

Klores works 'Black Magic' for ESPN

 

E-tickets give marketers an edge

 

FCC paralyzed by multiple attacks

 

Filmmakers give birth to maternity

 

Musicals orchestrate Global movement

 

Comeback year for angry speeches?

 

Clinton campaign sets plant

 

Broadway hurries back to work

 

Korean pubcaster reaches SoCal

 

Kimmel films makes Canada deal

 

Leftovers will prevail at box office

 

CNBC, Jim Cramer extend contract

 

Mori returns to 'Wanderer's' role

 

61 foreign films up for Globe

 

NBC promotes alternative execs

 

Hallmark signs renewal with Comcast

 

Rough start for United Artists

 

Talks hit pause button

 

Weak CD sales leave WMG singing blues

 

Hollywood, D.C. meet at Kennedy Center

 

Australia hosts Inside Film Awards

 

Hollywood's new scapegoat

 

Kennedy Center honors Steve Martin

 

Sarsgaard, Farmiga join 'Orphan'

 

NBC to push reality shows

 

New Line bumps up Greer

 

Reiner adds to his impressive 'List'

 

Sarsgaard, Farmiga join 'Orphan'

 

Klores works 'Black Magic' for ESPN

 

ABC comedy sets cast

 

Berkley's next 'Step' on Bravo

 

Satellite nominations announced

 

Bart to receive RAAM award

 

'Busker Alley' eyes Broadway

 

Tbilisi festival adds cash prizes

 

Hollywood gang to rule at Euro B.O.

 

Leigh launches LFS appeal

 

McDowell joins Talent Campus

 

Russian election coverage uneven

 

Europa posts profit

 

Barry Josephson

 

Nets sluggish post-sweep

 

Murdoch to buy Silverman's Reveille

 

Anniversary release for 'Thriller'

 

Costumer Marit Allen dies at 66

 

'Seeking Susan' will close Dec. 15

 

'Rent' lowering prices

 

'Beowulf' mighty in second week

 

Daredevil Evel Knievel dies at 69

 

Leno to pay 'Tonight' staff after all

 

Say what?

 

'Democracy' goes to highest bidder

 

Catholic League objects to 'Compass'

 

FCC honors the clock... sort of

 

Dubai Sheik builds a media oasis

 

'Zodiac' case reopened at screening

 

Is BBC going back to its Root?

 

'Urinetown!' lawsuit settled

 

In-store videos entertain new ideas

 

Survey strings many fiery theories

 

EMI lobby gets smaller

 

Australia awaits decisions

 

Open Eye Theater widens view

 

NY theaters set stage for novel ideas

 

'Fraude' pays for Lopez Obrador

 

Bright lights return to Broadway

 

San Luis' bridge to film business

 

Audiences falling for 'Jersey Boys'

 

Studio classics in need of facelifts

 

'Grinch' gains as strike comes to an end

 

Broadway dives back into Waters

 

Preserving or restoring?

 

Exec puts her brand on NBC Universal

 

Sudan enlists Urban Brew

 

Court TV aims for broader audience

 

Telkom buys 49% of One Africa

 

Producers cash Czech Television

 

Auds cool on steamy 'St. Tropez'

 

Arabs tune in Syrian shows

 

TV: Land of unfulfilled prophecies

 

Writer Richard Leigh dies at 64

 

Kookaburra musical lands leading lady

 

Videogame sequels hit geek peak

 

ASC unveils Achievement nominees

 

Dubai brings co-productions

 

Satellite Award nominees

 

Dubai promotes Arab films

 

Pakistani news channel back on air

 

Dubai festival lineup

 

Israeli films pass million ticket mark

 

Cirque du Soleil comes to Dubai

 

Hollywood to build in Dubai

 

New filmmakers come to Dubai

 

'Charlie Wilson's War' moved up

 

Local talent thrives in Dubai

 

Dubai gets new studios

 

Arab satellite TV to get rating system

 

Dubai lures global media giants

 

Local TV comes to Dubai

 

Iran cracks down on rap music

 

TV exec turns to music, pix

 

Channels' crisis coverage varies

 

Middle East execs' spending up

 

Comedy Central banks on tours

 

Michelle Stafford

 

'Enchanted' still has #1 charm

 

'4 Months' tops EFAs

 

European Film Award winners

 

London's 'Golden' glow

 

Brit's indie flock

 

Score one for Eastwood

 

TV extras get pay lift in Argentina

 

Box office remains 'Enchanted'

 

Correction

 

Correction

 

Activision, Vivendi Games merge

 

Tom Petty to play Super Bowl

 

Method Man

 

Derek Carter

 

Guillermo Diaz

 

Alexandra Paul

 

Hector Luis Bustamante

 

Devin “Poetri” Smith

 

Espinosa to lead Universal Mexico

 

Mandate promotes Brown

 

FCC ends week with quadruple play