Table of Contents
Week of 12/17/2007

Articles

UFA returns to film production

 

Brigitte Mohn boards Bertelsmann

 

Meyer takes Indian Film Co. role

 

'Orphanage,' 'Roses' lead Goya race

 

'Irony' sequel gets record release

 

Olympia Dukakis

 

Dallas critics pick Coens' 'Country'

 

Satellites fall for 'Juno'

 

NBC's latenight hosts return to work

 

Vertice 360º turns to stock market

 

Spain invests in export drive

 

Satellite Award winners announced

 

News Corp. blast injures one

 

'Survivor' finale a winner

 

'Valkyrie' release pushed back

 

Chris Rock sets tour

 

Berlin fest toasts rebel filmmakers

 

Southeastern critics prefer 'Old Men'

 

Belfast producer launches shingle

 

Buccieri new CEO of Granada US

 

UMG settles with XM Radio

 

'Mermaid' fishes up Broadway dough

 

Guilds show solidarity on new media

 

'Warlords' slays box office in China

 

Meyer joins BK Enterprises board

 

Toho lines up 27-pic slate for '08

 

Focus shifts to website

 

Manhattan gets 'Simpson-ized'

 

Marrakech fest has a 'Ball'

 

Canadian distrib's new Image

 

'XXY' in the Balance in Pinamar

 

O2 dials up IPTV offering in U.K.

 

One injured in News Corp. blast

 

Trio pact on Shanghai distributor

 

Dreamworks Animation's stock buyback

 

Screen Digest forecasts 3-D boom

 

South African cable competition drops

 

Bandai Namco buys up subsidiaries

 

A-Rod bats for Oseary's team

 

Hong Kong Disneyland hits slump

 

WGA rejects waiver requests

 

Carrey finds his 'Love' interest

 

Baldwin joins Cassavetes's 'Keeper'

 

Hero nabs 'Einstein' for brainy biopic

 

Lifetime takes 'Wife Swap' reruns

 

Duo acquires stake in Trifecta

 

USA picks up 'Game Plan'

 

Freshman director gets 'Cool' start

 

Nick Jr. grabs more 'Gabba'

 

Lucas, Hamm set for 'Boy in the Box'

 

'Color Purple' opens at Ahmanson

 

Scamarcio cast in 'Eden'

 

Carrey finds his 'Love' interest

 

Baldwin joins Cassavetes's 'Keeper'

 

Velocity joins ComVentures

 

Wild Bunch pacts with Senator

 

Slow start for newbies

 

'Frauen' follows 'Fairytale'

 

'Quest' seeks out Finnish audience

 

U.K. pay TV receives mixed review

 

French quartet vie for Prix Lumieres

 

Feelgood fare warms Euro B.O.

 

'Hobbit' back on track as twin bill

 

Affleck to sub for Norton in 'State'

 

African-American critics pick 'Debaters'

 

Roma Maffia

 

Producer Joel Dorn dies at 65

 

E3 returning to Convention Center

 

'Bucket' of emotions at premiere

 

Cable dominates Globe TV noms

 

Globes analysis: Director

 

Globes analysis: Actress -- Drama

 

Globes analysis: Actress -- Comedy/Musical

 

DGA will share with agents

 

Globes analysis: Actor -- Drama

 

Marcus Theaters pass on 'Sweeney'

 

KushTV partners up with Contrafilm

 

Globes analysis: Actor -- Comedy/Musical

 

China dials up money for cell phones

 

TorrentSpy.com loses appeal

 

CME inks deal with MTV International

 

Globes analysis: Picture -- Drama

 

Globes analysis: Picture -- Comedy/Musical

 

FCC approves controversial ban

 

'Survivor' finale keeps CBS on top

 

'Book of Secrets' premieres

 

Grammys to honor 12

 

Tribune to lose Entertainment sector

 

Actors' Equity awards three

 

'William Finn' revue shutters

 

Paleyfest lauds Judd Apatow

 

NBC U raises Roux for EMEA ops

 

Austin Film Critics draw 'Blood'

 

Comcast SportsNet names new VP

 

TQS files for bankruptcy

 

Berlinale lines up youth schedule

 

Bonding with China's CFG

 

Sony TV Int'l taps Spanish prod'n VP

 

USA shows set for NBC lineup

 

Kimmel returning to late night

 

Mayer-Siskind lands at Summit

 

'No Country' conquers San Diego

 

Visual Effects Society taps 'The State'

 

Ford honored by cinematographers

 

Palm Springs Fest announces slate

 

JoAnne Worley joins 'Wicked'

 

Lawmakers demand royalties

 

Michael Douglas lends his voice to NBC

 

Writers to picket Golden Globes

 

MovieBeam VOD service shuts down

 

Latenight returns pressure WGA

 

Feng Xiaogang returns to comedy

 

Pitt in talks to star in 'Tree of Life'

 

MPAA rejects Gibney's 'Dark' ads

 

Toyota enters ring with 'Gladiators'

 

Barton crowned for 'Homecoming'

 

Film exec Gerald Green arrested

 

Toronto critics salute 'No Country'

 

Bruckheimer, MTV pact for games

 

Barton crowned for 'Homecoming'

 

Pitt in talks to star in 'Tree of Life'

 

German funder backs Doerrie pic

 

Todd Black talks 'Great Debaters'

 

ContentFilm takes on CBC library

 

French website tax rejected

 

Viacom, Microsoft ink $500 mil deal

 

Neptuno signs S. Korean deal

 

Vatican slams 'His Dark Materials'

 

Jill Marie Jones

 

'Noel' brings good cheer to charts

 

Drudge alert: Lighten up, already

 

FitzSimons leaves post at Tribune

 

Phoenix critics adore 'Old Men'

 

'Blood' flows at Variety screening

 

Beatty to present honors to Allen

 

Fox marks holiday with 'Mass-acre'

 

WGA seeking interim agreements

 

'Loser' finale scores for NBC

 

CTC nabs two local production units

 

'Tower' leads Nippon with 13 nods

 

HK Disneyland steers new attractions

 

'Gypsy' returns to Broadway

 

Arau pulls off 'Trick'

 

Sarajevo calls for CineLink entries

 

Sherri Shepherd

 

Ken Jeong

 

Toni Trucks

 

Rocky Carroll

 

WGA strike taking toll on L.A.

 

Andrew Seeley

 

Keir Gilchrest

 

Senator vows to fight FCC ban vote

 

'Chaperone' to close on Dec. 30

 

CBC hunts for next 'Maria'

 

Charlie Stoddard

 

Tate Parker St. Clair

 

Evelyn Lucile Keener

 

Trio joins 'At War' engagement

 

Grammy Hall of Fame names entries

 

Weinstein's wedding, Peters' party

 

People's Choice Awards revamped

 

Cowan leaves Toronto Fest post

 

Joe Letteri now full partner at Weta

 

Oscar director back a 12th time

 

Nick's spin on Jamie Lynn Spears

 

Correction

 

Viacom, Microsoft team for online deal

 

A 'Dream' come true at premiere

 

Cast set for 'Secret Life of Bees'

 

Fleming's 'Hamlet 2' added to Sundance

 

Cabler AMC to build on drama success

 

Studios suit up for Super Bowl

 

Raimi 'Hell' bent on thriller

 

Petry elected as Emmy chair

 

Documentarian St. Clair Bourne dies

 

Zalaznick honored with Muse award

 

Actress Jillian Kesner-Graver dies

 

Actor Alberto Locatti dies at 71

 

Little gets behind 'Tekken' movie

 

Westphal joins FremantleMedia

 

Siriwan to resign Puea party post

 

Thomson plans animation strategy

 

Raimi 'Hell' bent on thriller

 

Cast set for 'Secret Life of Bees'

 

Arts Alliance gets Sundance exclusive

 

Kenny G in love with Starbucks

 

Peace Arch mulls ContentFilm bid

 

'Into the Wild' tops SAG nominations

 

Brandenburg tops up film support

 

Channel 4 hit by $3 million fine

 

Screen Actors Guild nominations list

 

BSkyB may have to sell ITV stake

 

Prisa bids for 50% of Sogecable

 

Sabrina Soto

 

'1.Mai' opens Berlin's Perspektive

 

Disney-ABC signs Russian deal

 

Capri lines up Hollywood talent

 

Sogecable takes Euro '08 soccer

 

Lou Reed speaks out at SXSW

 

Live Nation writes its own ticket

 

Zell completes Tribune buyout

 

Las Vegas critics gamble on duo

 

HIT Entertainment's Peter Orton dies

 

Manhattan Club looks 'Up Here'

 

Julie Ann Emery

 

Jamison Jones

 

Beverley Mitchell

 

Vidhu Vinod Chopra

 

Jim Hart

 

Nicole Muirbrook-Wagner

 

Yahoo liable in China copyright case

 

Star India calls on cell phone co.

 

FCC functioning 'pretty smoothly'

 

Public Theater extends 'Yellow Face'

 

Stewart, Colbert to return Jan. 7

 

Telemundo and TV Azteca hug it out

 

Paramount's Abdy in hot water

 

CJ names business, distribution exec

 

Fox wraps first miniseries in Brazil

 

WGA winds down for the holidays

 

'Treasure' takes on 'Legend'

 

Frenzy over Globes uncertainty

 

National Geographic goes HD in HK

 

CES hires senior advisor for show

 

Patriots/Giants game a TV toss-up

 

NBC, ABC in scheduling showdown

 

Letters to the Editor: David L. Wolper

 

Lifetime fits MacLaine into 'Chanel'

 

Panel puts Technical Emmys on ice

 

Crowds gather for 'Assembly'

 

Beijing shorts will screen in January

 

Producer Frank Capra Jr. dies at 73

 

Sci Fi appoints trio of VP's

 

Japan lined up for MIP-TV

 

'Happyness' gets China release date

 

From the Army Archerd Archive

 

Japanese multiplex operators link

 

Thailand passes controversial film act

 

Rainn Wilson to host Spirit Awards

 

NEA to support new play projects

 

Thai PM weighs in on fest scandal

 

BSkyB extends download service

 

Rome moves closer to Venice

 

ZDF sacks talkshow host

 

Hollywood lines up Euro feast

 

Tapscott to speak at Berlin debate

 

Canal Plus closes in on Kinowelt

 

French TV boss gets govt. 'support'

 

Hanway takes back 'Haditha'

 

Spanish tax breaks increased

 

Vertice 360 unveils film plans

 

Hilary Angelo

 

CCTV.com gets rights to Olympics

 

Televisa case heads to trial

 

Baron Cohen retires Borat, Ali G

 

Piracy on the rise in Korea

 

CCTV towers brace for Olympics

 

Jackie Chan promoting AIDS awareness

 

RTL crops a ratings winner

 

Virgin Megastore to close in L.A.

 

Controversial Film Act passed

 

7% drop good news for road shows

 

Strike begins to plague Europe

 

Filmmakers bring Nanking to screen

 

Direct-to-DVD movies growing in popularity

 

Shows have smooth ride on road

 

Discovery prepares for public battle

 

'Mermaid' swims to $1 million

 

'The Wire' gets the newsroom right

 

Broadway plays its strong suit

 

Cable takes the TV crown

 

Jazz man Frank Morgan dies at 73

 

Quebec tries to lure film biz

 

Ashley Woodworth

 

'Compass' still points way overseas

 

U.S. needs image tuck

 

Screeners important in BAFTA race

 

Genre titles hit Argentina

 

Fatih Akin's projects cross borders

 

'National Treasure' premieres in N.Y.

 

BBC reconsiders 'Fairytale' censorship

 

A look back at 2007 films

 

'Bucket' premieres in L.A.

 

Kidman follows 'Compass' home

 

'Debaters' premieres in New York

 

Hollywood benefits from weak dollar

 

Asians love 'Lust'; Yanks cautious

 

Writers face faceless enemy

 

Pitt's star power couldn't help 'James'

 

Iowa parody hits campaign trail

 

TV exec Charles Tolep dies at 70

 

Russia's favorite film gets continued

 

Award shows likely to go on

 

More BAFTA gender confusion

 

Harmonix, Sony war over 'Guitar Hero'

 

German actor lit up for role

 

Stars find comedy gold in the afro

 

War of words defines WGA strike

 

YouTube premieres opening sequences

 

Audiences dig 'Treasure' sequel

 

St. Louis critics rally behind 'Country'

 

'Treasure' tops at box office

 

Utah critics pick 'No Country'

 

Florida critics praise 'Old Men'

 

Reviews

Herge's Adventures of Tintin

R. Kelly

The Shaker Chair

Imperial Teen

Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Friends

The Color Purple

Cinderella

The Great Debaters

The Boys From Baghdad High

The Satanic Angels

Clash of the Choirs

The Hideout

Demons of Cairo

Beckett Shorts

An Angel Hooked On Me

Jasminum

A Story of the Red Hills

The True Story of Charlie Wilson

Much Ado About Nothing

Elmo’s Christmas Countdown

Chick Corea Elektric Band

The Singing Revolution

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

In God's Name

Extraordinary Deceptions: A Magical Holiday Extravaganza

Fog - 'Ditherer'

Rivers Cuomo - 'Alone'

Girls

Shoot on Sight

Seventh Heaven

Donkey Xote

Falling From Earth

Out of Coverage

Arabian Nights

14 Kilometers

Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Park

Life In a Metro

Lissi and the Wild Emperor

Confessions of a Gambler


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