Table of Contents
Week of 12/03/2007

Articles

Gucci film on Fox's runway

 

Yushita to head Sci Fi in Japan

 

Nominees for the 35th Annual Annie Awards

 

Annies find 'Ratatouille' a tasty treat

 

TV4 launches sci fi channel

 

MTV launches video awards

 

Hunt to be BBC1 head

 

Global ad spend to grow 6.7% in '08

 

Tornasol pacts with Alicante studio

 

Kathleen Robertson

 

Balthazar to remake 'Ben X' in U.S.

 

'Eros' takes Gijon prize

 

Get you and your car home safely

 

Filmmakers fly with 'Kite'

 

'Tis the season to save lives

 

Peking Opera sings venue's praises

 

Twister boosts 'Housewives'

 

Lanois offers high-res album online

 

United Arab Emirates welcomes world

 

Crowe commits to 'State of Play'

 

Casting director Mali Finn dies

 

Broadway bounces back from strike

 

2waytraffic makes a tough call

 

Filippelli leaves Toronto Film Festival

 

Nyman lights Black Nights festival

 

Cartoon Network exec Jennifer Davidson dies

 

CBS to unveil revamped schedule

 

Pierce reups with 'Curtains'

 

Summer Play Fest teams with Public

 

American Girl Place crew votes union

 

Fernando Del Rio

 

Kathleen Carey

 

Kerri Zane

 

Nick Robinson

 

Samir Armaly

 

Taylor sews up ESA post

 

Imus back in the 'Morning'

 

Hong Kong box office goes 'Mad'

 

Chan helps ice piracy in China

 

Yeung to Asia sales post for BBCW

 

Plum roles aplenty on TV

 

New show capsules: Cable

 

New show capsules: Broadcast

 

'Tin Man' proves its mettle

 

TV executives adapt to TiVo

 

Congressional probe targets Martin

 

Kingsley signs on to 'Shutter Island'

 

Liz Taylor performs 'Love Letters'

 

Anime gets innovative on YouTube

 

Columbia puts 'Dewey' on tour duty

 

Writers bring counteroffer to talks

 

NBC Universal lays off 25% of Oxygen

 

Envoy makes Hall a MegaStar

 

Iraqi actor Rasim al-Jumaili dies

 

Haggis, Moresco sue Yari Productions

 

Rodriguez, Leguizamo walk in 'Park'

 

RDF channels four for U.S.

 

Carr drives Kevin James' 'Mall Cop'

 

Viacom thaw on DreamWorks

 

NBC Universal fare exits iTunes

 

Scott Moore signals Yahoo shift

 

Pitt lends a housing hand to New Orleans

 

Crowe commits to 'State of Play'

 

Kingsley signs on to 'Shutter Island'

 

MARV signs Quercus deal

 

News Corp. seeks to revive Imedi

 

BBC1 presents winter costumes

 

Managers try to rein in ticket market

 

Bertelsmann eyes RTL move

 

Family fare to the fore in Europe

 

Trio team on Cordero's 'Rabia'

 

PBS picks up 'Fifi'

 

D.C.'s top honorees

 

'Revolver' preem loaded

 

Movies Rock honors films, tunes

 

Nordisk explores Heyerdahl series

 

'Compass' makes points

 

'Law & Order' returns to NBC

 

Tamara Feldman

 

CTV banks on U.S. fare

 

First Look sells rights to films

 

Norwegian Film Fund backs 3 films

 

IGC Publicists Awards honor Apatow

 

Polygon and Doosabu pact on pics

 

Summit addresses film festival issues

 

Reality's dysfunctional democracy

 

Palm Springs honors Day-Lewis

 

John Turturro set for 'Endgame'

 

Broadway Cares moves competition

 

Fox, Disney boost online presence

 

Uncensored 'Hotel' to run late-night

 

Senators rock FCC vote

 

Legal group honors Blair Westlake

 

Milchan high on tech buy

 

Court TV ups Marc Juris to exec VP

 

Myriad pacts with Studio 407

 

'XXY' sweeps Argentina's Sur awards

 

WGA strike talks resume

 

Argentine TV actors end strike

 

Bravo says 'Hey' to YouTube star

 

CBS names 'Early Show' co-anchor

 

KTLA replaces Fishman with Miller

 

'Prince Caspian' trailer goes wide

 

'Housewives' boosts ABC's ratings

 

Technicolor to build Singapore hub

 

Indie Shay Lewis

 

Luke Emmanuel Kosner

 

Baker Thomas Schwarz

 

Josh Brolin circles 'Milk' killer

 

Jolie plays spy game for Paramount

 

Law firm changes name, focus

 

Edward Norton to star in 'Grass'

 

Anspaugh to direct 'Phenom'

 

Ann Arbor, ACLU settle suit

 

UCLA film archive hires Horak

 

Victoria Clark to star in 'Juno' musical

 

CBS may turn to Showtime

 

Film Independent expands staff

 

'Mary Poppins' goes on the road

 

Edward Norton to star in 'Grass'

 

Josh Brolin circles 'Milk' killer

 

Denzel Washington

 

Jason Reitman

 

Todd Haynes

 

Paul Greengrass

 

David Cronenberg

 

Tim Burton

 

Marc Forster

 

Sidney Lumet

 

Are directors given too much rope?

 

Crossovers take control of the helm

 

Adam Shankman

 

James Mangold

 

Ang Lee

 

Mike Nichols

 

David Fincher

 

Joe Wright

 

Julian Schnabel

 

Ridley Scott

 

Paul Thomas Anderson

 

Joel & Ethan Coen

 

Tony Gilroy

 

Sean Penn

 

Mortensen leaves Denmark's TV2

 

Nousiainen to star in Harlin epic

 

ITV buys game show specialist

 

Berlin market holds digital debates

 

BKN carves out 'Stone Age' deal

 

Europe gets Xbox pic downloads

 

Discovery rethinks global set up

 

Sichler to leave StudioCanal

 

Paul Freedman

 

NBR picks 'No Country'

 

25 tours top $1 million on StubHub

 

FCC chair gets Congressional scold

 

Piracy law unveiled in Washington

 

Molly Sims

 

Nat Faxon, Ryan Newman

 

Daniel T. Parker

 

David Blue

 

Robin Bain

 

Slamdance fest announces line-up

 

Michael Bay attacks Microsoft

 

Baghdad Film Festival on as planned

 

ESPN football earns record ratings

 

Groban's 'Noel' keeps No. 1 position

 

Lincoln Center announces opening

 

New Line's got 'Chemistry'

 

Media Rights Capital, WB pact

 

BT has new vision for downloads

 

Talk to Me

 

Starting Out in the Evening

 

Romance and Cigarettes

 

Award winners around the world

 

Once

 

Linda Cardellini

 

Control

 

Variety screening of 'Juno'

 

Waitress

 

La Vie En Rose

 

Lust, Caution

 

Lars and the Real Girl

 

The Kite Runner

 

Juno

 

In the Valley of Elah

 

Into the Wild

 

I'm Not There

 

The Great Debaters

 

Grace is Gone

 

Eastern Promises

 

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

 

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

 

Mekhi Phifer

 

Away From Her

 

Top promotions at Paramount

 

Maura Tierney

 

Singer Linda Lawley Pelfrey dies

 

John Stamos

 

Best moments in 'ER'

 

'ER' cast in constant rotation

 

The indies that got away

 

War legacy fuels Wells in creating 'ER'

 

'ER' seeks story transfusions

 

Ratings ups and downs for sci-fi

 

'Wanted' moves to summer release

 

Sundance expands online plan

 

Ferrell sells 'Semi-Pro' with standup

 

Film scripts into TV pilots?

 

BabyTV grows in Latin America

 

'Summer' heats up Japanese fest

 

Swank sinks teeth into 'Fangland'

 

'Juno' premieres in Westwood

 

Sweet on 'Sweeney Todd'

 

BAFTA changes foreign film vote

 

'La senal' acquired by FilmSharks

 

Japan to tag digital pirates

 

MTV Latam opens Argentine studio

 

Strike stalls two more features

 

China sets 3 month ban on U.S. films

 

Johnny Depp goes 'Public'

 

'Pounds' gains Dawson, Harrelson

 

Intel report sinks CNN Iran special

 

Directors join up for 'Freakonomics'

 

Patterson teams with Curious Pics

 

Coasts differ in strike coverage

 

Directors covene regarding contract

 

'Home Song' collects AFI honors

 

Seven Network wins ratings battle

 

Kiefer Sutherland to serve jail time

 

Fox sings 'Lyrics' again

 

Ritchie aims 'Revolver'

 

Leno to pay staff through Christmas

 

Johnny Depp goes 'Public'

 

Swank sinks teeth into 'Fangland'

 

Actress Nelly Beltran dies at 82

 

Irish Film Board wins funding hike

 

CineMart lines up 39 projects

 

Guy Ritchie

 

Grammy nominations announced

 

50th annual Grammy Awards nominations

 

50th annual Grammy Awards nominations (part II)

 

Showtime, OutChart team on 'L Word'

 

'Compass' points to big U.K. gross

 

'Entourage' lifts Spain's La Sexta

 

Oz's AFI Awards love 'Father'

 

Doubling up Off Broadway

 

Michelle Williams joins 'Island'

 

Licht to head licensing for Hasbro

 

Jack O'Brien leaving Old Globe

 

To hell, with the truth

 

CBS Sports ups LeslieAnne Wade

 

Actors sound off on playing real people

 

1967: MacRae at the wedding

 

Univision affiliate No. 1 in news

 

News stunts its reputation

 

Samm Levine

 

Layla Kayleigh

 

Deborah Kara Unger

 

Maia Javan

 

Rick Ramage

 

Korean insurer to pay on film flops

 

Sweden greenlights pricey comedy

 

Bravo renews reality hits

 

Debra J. Menin

 

Grand Ole Opry expands on TV

 

Andrew Jackson

 

Stephen Harris

 

Bruce Belliveau, Mark Stevens

 

Kiwis close down DVD pirate op

 

French viewers get satellite TV options

 

Bill Grantham

 

Terry Brown

 

Awards Season is finally here

 

Experts weigh in on reality-based films

 

UGK rapper Pimp C dies at 33

 

Sony signs digital deal with AAM

 

CAA builds posh N.Y. screening room

 

NBA ratings up despite scandals

 

2007 IDA Award winners and finalists

 

White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

 

Goldwyn, Red Envelope buy 'Trumbo'

 

War/Dance

 

Soccer star to topline in own biopic

 

Will 'Compass' find audiences?

 

Taxi to the Dark Side

 

Sicko

 

The Rape of Europa

 

The Price of Sugar

 

A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman

 

Jim Benson joins Lippin praisery

 

Services for Mabel Chapman

 

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

 

Please Vote for Me

 

Nanking

 

No End in Sight

 

Tribune takes on owner ban

 

Lake of Fire

 

For the Bible Tells Me So

 

Body of War

 

Autism: The Musical

 

'August' heats Broadway

 

Will weak box office end flock to docs?

 

NBC sets winter strike schedule

 

Oscar lately leaves Canada dry

 

Halle Berry draws Desert Palm Award

 

Nonfiction roles get reprised regularly

 

Stars see challenged as a challenge

 

Oscar contenders help struggling films

 

WGA likely to see final offer soon

 

Variety screens 'Atonement'

 

James Murdoch rises at News Corp.

 

Imax makes screen play

 

Hathaway hops on 'War' path

 

Richard Zannino exits Dow Jones

 

Japanese report seeks media reform

 

Scott Rudin drove 'No Country'

 

Oscar axes 'Alvin' in animation

 

Landmark promotes Mundorff to CEO

 

Weinstein's 'Igor' gets a game deal

 

Latenight audience flight

 

ABC gears up for 'Wipeout' pilot

 

Max Von Sydow

 

Philip Seymour Hoffman

 

Albert Finney

 

Chiwetel Ejiofor

 

Robert Downey Jr.

 

Philip Bosco

 

John Travolta

 

Homayon Ershadi

 

Paul Dano

 

Russell Crowe

 

Casey Affleck

 

Frank Langella

 

Ryan Gosling

 

Benicio Del Toro

 

Chris Cooper

 

Don Cheadle

 

Denzel Washington

 

James McAvoy

 

Emile Hirsch

 

Johnny Depp

 

Daniel Day-Lewis

 

George Clooney

 

Michael Sheen

 

Tom Wilkinson

 

Hal Holbrook

 

Ethan Hawke

 

Ben Foster

 

Javier Bardem

 

Tom Hanks

 

Morgan Freeman

 

John Cusack

 

Jack Nicholson

 

Tommy Lee Jones

 

Philip Seymour Hoffman

 

Josh Brolin

 

Columbia goes green on 'Impact'

 

Hathaway hops on 'War' path

 

Michelle Williams joins 'Island'

 

Mitchell joins MARV Films

 

Josh Lucas to star in 'God's Spy'

 

Hunt dives into BBC1 maelstrom

 

WFTV honors Rowling, Owen

 

BSkyB boss attracts plaudits

 

Weinsteins rein in 'Niko'

 

'Compass' takes Europe by storm

 

Leslie Mann

 

Germany takes Uruguayan pic

 

Macrovision buys Gemstar-TV Guide

 

Grammys pit Clinton against Obama

 

WGA fears AMPTP will walk

 

Bay accuses Microsoft of fueling fire

 

Quebec gives Arcand a tough time

 

Mexico's music marred by murders

 

'Raw' wrestles on for two more years

 

Singapore suits get a bad rap

 

Are rising oil prices paying for movies?

 

Russians finally foil pirates