Table of Contents
Week of 01/29/2008

Articles

BSkyB forced to cut ITV stake

 

Hungarian Film Week opens doors

 

Ben Ammar may raise Lux stake

 

Berlin Film Festival names jury

 

Kirch secures $4.4 billion loan

 

Pushy Questions for Stephen Susco

 

'Todd' runs amok in Europe

 

Elisabeth Murdoch to shine at Mip

 

High Point sets up in Sydney

 

'Kicking It' nabs distribution

 

Chief executive leaves Vocento

 

PT Multimedia rebrands as Zon

 

State of the Union stalls night

 

Romanek drops out of 'Wolf Man'

 

Strike gives NBC chance to change

 

Marie Osmond to host talkshow

 

Actor Christopher Allport dies at 60

 

New Line sets up new 'Nightmare'

 

Liked the movie? You'll love the show

 

Concert singer Margaret Truman dies

 

B.C. lures business with tax incentive

 

Blizzard buries Chinese New Year

 

Tarantino does Sundance

 

Tribune under Raimi's spell

 

NHK's Fukuchi taps vet as No.2

 

Telemundo joins Brazilian 'Dance'

 

Movieguide unveils Epiphany nods

 

Disney stock downgraded

 

Beecroft buzzes to GreeneStreet

 

Manager Allen J. Bloom dies at 72

 

Nick strips its first Latino novela

 

Yahoo stock plunges 11%

 

Hegeman shacks up at New Regency

 

Recording Academy ditches Yahoo

 

Can French convert awards to cash?

 

Strike takes toll on network ratings

 

Pierre to head Bad Boy Records

 

French films coming to a fest near you

 

Frustration rises as WGA talks go on

 

Universal Media taps new drama VP

 

Malone wants Diller off IAC board

 

French talent poised to break out

 

Bluegrass artist Don Watkins dies

 

Sony piggybacks on NATPE

 

French-Arabs battle stereotypes

 

Glitz takes backseat to hits at Unifrance

 

NATPE mixes up old and new

 

Parker to produce art-world 'Runway'

 

Butler, Heigl take on 'Ugly Truth'

 

QED funding Stone's 'Bush' film

 

South Africa helps out the little guy

 

D.B. Woodside joins 'Objector'

 

NBC orders more 'Apprentice'

 

GRB grabs Curt Northrup

 

Reelz loads Oscar-themed lineup

 

Bloomberg pol vault?

 

Film figures gloomy in South Korea

 

McCain edges Romney to win Florida

 

Fortissimo picks up two Berlin pics

 

Spots, music videos join Anima

 

'Moon' to rise at Miami Film Festival

 

U.S. share of Swedish market stable

 

ITV buys German gameshow

 

BSkyB brings back 'Gladiators'

 

Lake Bell

 

Russian comedy breaks records

 

Universal focuses on German films

 

Oscar nominations push 'Juno' to top

 

LivePlanet film unit takes final bow

 

Fox duo crush competition

 

'Seafarer' to close

 

Montel Williams calls it quits

 

Dendy Films pair rev Transmission

 

Ellen Page, 'Juno'

 

'Son of Rambow' gets optimum outcome

 

Iraqi cameraman killed in bomb blast

 

'Guide' honored at CineMart

 

French TV unions call for walkout

 

Laura Linney, 'The Savages'

 

Universal sets up shop in Germany

 

Vivendi revs up 8%

 

TWC nabs rights to 'Barcelona'

 

Charles Durning

 

Keke Palmer and Tasha Smith

 

Rupak Ginn

 

Francesca Cecil

 

CBS News confirms Schieffer to retire

 

Marion Cotillard, 'La Vie en rose'

 

2007 BAFTA Nominees

 

Julie Christie, 'Away From Her'

 

Cate Blanchett, 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age'

 

AARP salutes grownups

 

Viggo Mortensen, 'Eastern Promises'

 

Tommy Lee Jones, 'In the Valley of Elah'

 

Mass vote could tilt Rising Star award

 

Johnny Depp, 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'

 

Alexander Korda Award nominees

 

Daniel Day-Lewis, 'There Will Be Blood'

 

The Carl Foreman Award nominees

 

Storch resigns from Canadian Stage

 

George Clooney, 'Michael Clayton'

 

BAFTAs hit high notes at the Opera

 

Sun Music shines on 'Yesterdays'

 

BAFTA Awards full of contradictions

 

12 films share German funding

 

Disney makes VOD deals in Korea

 

'Atonement' honored by local critics

 

Foreign stars cash in on Oscar noms

 

Downey Jr. shines at ShoWest

 

Lightning gets Pinkett's 'Contract'

 

NAB nabs Sonnenfeld keynote

 

Indies find new strength at NATPE

 

ABC promotes Oscars overseer

 

January box office jumpstarts year

 

CBS ups promotions execs

 

'Bait Shop' opens up

 

WGA nixes anti-CBS Wall Street meet

 

Anxiety over Axium exit

 

Haggis, Nozik take Hwy61 to UA

 

Macdonald to direct 'Bobby Fischer'

 

Paramount sows 'Cloverfield' sequel

 

Santa Barbara fest kicks off

 

Showtime's Emmy screenings online

 

DreamWorks nabs rights to 'Activity'

 

Menaker to host new online series

 

Strikers may lose benefits

 

Romney challenges McCain

 

A Rendez-Vous for Lelouch

 

Sony income climbs 25%

 

Claire Danes joins Linklater film

 

Flahive, Billard launch Wavelength

 

EM.Sport takes stake in Wige

 

'Labyrinth' takes BBC4 prize

 

Middleton joins A Company

 

'Asterix' debuts with $4.1 million

 

European court ruling hits Mediaset

 

Hardy links up with Harries, BBC

 

Jorge Garcia

 

TFI signs VOD deal for 'Lost'

 

Vertice posts $50 million profit

 

Fox wins again with 'Idol,' 'Truth'

 

Shows won't air Ledger video

 

Clooney new UN peace messenger

 

Village Roadshow's Roc Kirby dies

 

Hudson acquires Tribune Studios

 

Screen scene set for more mergers

 

Dublin festival sets guests in 'Blood'

 

1967: Segal takes 'New Life'

 

Bae accused of contract breach

 

Google shares take a hit

 

Jaime Pressly

 

Mike Gunther

 

'Maguerite' has 'Pirate' soul

 

Sterling Knight

 

O’Neill Theater awarded grant

 

Berkshire festival spotlights revivals

 

Webber, Elton rework 'Game'

 

Shirley Jones hears the 'Music'

 

Sundance sets retreat

 

Martin, Gandolfini set for 'Healing'

 

'Fighting' doc tix to benefit charity

 

Maybury to direct Bronte's 'Heights'

 

TiVo stock gets 29% bump

 

Bergeron to host 'Supper Club'

 

Matador, Midnight team for 'Blood'

 

'Hannah' takes on 'Eye' at box office

 

SAG sets date for '09 ceremony

 

Strike shows fatigue factor

 

EA newbies play well

 

RKO to remake horror titles

 

HK shock at 'obscene' celeb photos

 

Walden, Summit to co-finance 'Will'

 

Berlin: Main festival lineups

 

Manuel Abud joins KXTX-TV

 

Slow burn keeps 'Old Men' simmering

 

Sony hires Bersch for acquisitions

 

Semel leaves Yahoo board

 

Paramount taps new executive VP

 

PR problems for 'Frankenstein'

 

Axium sold for $7.05 million

 

Election brings out stars' stripes

 

'Across' begins shooting on Feb. 6

 

'Vinegar' screen rights optioned

 

Hartnett to star in 'Bunraku'

 

Democrats' great debate

 

'Dead Body's' haunted premiere

 

YouTube provides distrib-free zone

 

Kennedy/Marshall successes continue

 

Kramer's 'Guess Who' turns 40

 

Fuller follows his convictions

 

Horn takes business approach at WB

 

PGA stays neutral in the strike culture

 

Denzel delivers winner with 'Debaters'

 

Wolf close to 'Gunsmoke' record

 

PGA Awards honor arthouse crowd

 

Cartoon Net picks new Asia VP

 

Former soap star lights up Sky One

 

Microsoft makes bid for Yahoo

 

World Fund fuels circuit power

 

Berlin's hidden bargains

 

German biz woes deeper than box office

 

Hot rocks, cool docs spice up fest

 

Berlin's Buzz Bin

 

Berlin new melting pot for creatives

 

Training academies: bane or boon?

 

Kosslick confident about Berlin's 58th

 

Queer cinema makes mark on Berlin

 

Polish fund transforms local business

 

Kosslick carefully cues up Israeli fare

 

At Berlin, small outfits find strike benefit

 

Oberhausen focuses on four directors

 

RDF buys History Television

 

Berlinale film comes under fire

 

'Paradise' thrills Spanish viewers

 

John Caparulo

 

Ahmed Ahmed

 

'Cloverfield' crashes into Europe

 

Hoshino replaces Suzuki at Ghibli

 

Auds find 'Lost' on Thursday

 

Networks fight FCC profanity appeal

 

TV writer Robert Guy Barrows dies

 

South African soap shut down

 

Actress Jeanne Bates dies at 89

 

Latin Flower to launch at Mip TV mart

 

Endemol changes Brazilian partner

 

Latinos romance Asian networks

 

Israeli sitcom about Arabs a hit

 

BBC delivers online on-demand

 

Cinemart digs into digital at Rotterdam

 

Sarkozy stops English-language news

 

Spain's Tesela nurtures directors

 

NBC considers extending 'Nights'

 

TV producer Dwight Hemion dies

 

'Sweeney' makes a killing overseas

 

DVD biz waits for clarity in 2008

 

Turteltaub goes nuclear in primetime

 

Pachamama Cine set to expand

 

EC wants Austria to better police ORF

 

MSNBC shows signs of life

 

Primaries give TV news big boost

 

CTC Media takes stake in Channel 31

 

Wesley Snipes not guilty in tax case

 

'Wonderful Town' wins at Rotterdam

 

Disney eager on Iger

 

Bush Theater gets reversal on cuts

 

Howie ya' doin?

 

Director prefers shock of the new

 

Venice Festival floats ambitious plans

 

CleanFlix saga takes ironic final twist

 

Studios vie for box office blossom

 

Toshiba not ready to punt HD-DVD ad

 

Thai PM keeps dishing it out

 

Road levels out

 

Kusturica launches Kustendorf fest

 

There will be blood in 'Oscar Season'

 

'Frankenstein' rethinks its formula

 

Documentary

 

Adapted screenplay

 

Animation

 

Original screenplay

 

Director

 

Foreign language

 

Best picture

 

Road to Oscars tough to navigate

 

LucasArts president steps down

 

Jacobs Theater books Nichols' 'Girl'

 

Original 'Line' takes stake in revival

 

Showbiz's geezer geyser

 

Roadside bomb kills Iraqi cameraman

 

Kiarostami takes on 'Cosi Fan Tutte'

 

Jordan filmmakers win around world

 

Lebanese TV goes on, despite attacks

 

Mideast freedom of speech lacking

 

Newspapers showing critics the door

 

January puts chill on Broadway

 

PSP has its fingers on pulse after all

 

Soloists stir syndication business

 

Hollywood prepares for SPAC attack

 

Argentine singer Chango Nieto dies

 

Balaban's 'Bernard and Doris' debuts

 

'No Country', 'Sopranos' win at SAG

 

Audiences flock to digital 'Montana'

 

Breakthrough in WGA talks

 

'No Country' tops PGA Awards

 

HK police arrest 7 in porn scandal

 

HK Film Awards announce honorees

 

UTV to change name

 

Scripter Awards big on 'No Country'

 

Strand nabs rights to 'Eros'

 

Vpage weekly roundup

 

'Montana' mania hits theaters

 

'Asterix' release delayed in Ukraine

 

Ken Watanabe set for 'Shanghai'

 

Debate sets ratings record

 

Full Frame feels 'Magic'

 

Bryan Cranston

 

John Schneider, Kristen Kerr

 

Eden Riegel

 

Vincent De Paul

 

NBC current unit to rule over daytime

 

'Lost' return boosts ABC

 

'Cloverfield' does well overseas

 

'Fragments' comes together at Goyas

 

Strike: An end in sight?

 

Oscar nominees gain big box office

 

'Noise' wins Australia critics awards

 

Celebs stump for politicians

 

Directors in panel quipfest

 

Feng, Yin appointed to NPC

 

CCT to include blizzards

 

Johnston to direct 'Wolfman'

 

Glamour launches film festival

 

Lowe seeks 'Truth' at WB

 

AFTRA offers early talks

 

Dillahunt joins cast of 'Last House'

 

Albrecht taps Lee for IMG

 

TWC taps Solomon as its first COO

 

Avex to buy 'M,' 'Happiness'

 

Popcorn turns VOD into DVD

 

Super Tuesday big online

 

More arrests in celeb porn scandal

 

ShoWest honors GUO

 

Gov't review challenges Sky TV

 

'Right' nabs Nordic Film Award

 

Lovefilm signs Amazon deal

 

K5 picks up 'Wonderful World'

 

Tax break boosts Hungary

 

Willson heads Universal Berlin unit

 

N. Ireland Screen launches fund

 

Metrodome takes Weber films

 

ITV stock rises on bid rumors

 

'Black Ice' triumphs at Jussi awards

 

Latido links up with Wanda

 

Matthew Dallas

 

Elle Driver unveils first sales slate

 

Robert Englund to direct 'Vij'

 

Wilson to top Tribune Broadcasting

 

Ratings touchdown for Super Bowl

 

'Zorro' makes mark on West End

 

Industry Standard returns

 

Picture Europe heads for Denmark

 

Daytime guru Earl Greenburg dies

 

Vet exec Roth still rocked by TV biz

 

Apatow benefits from box office hits

 

Besson takes 'Heart' in 3-D toon

 

Ford cracks whip again

 

IFC Films wins 'Ballast' battle

 

News Corp. posts strong earnings

 

Broadway box office still slipping

 

French writers honor duo

 

Karasawa's the 'Boy' for Toho film

 

Mediapro, Gravier pact with Woody

 

Bonn exits Film Society post

 

Publicists adapt to new media frenzy

 

Disney's 'Ferb' bows to magic numbers

 

Bush's '09 budget freezes broadcasters

 

'Night Garden' grows well for BBC

 

Chinese brave blizzards for 'CJ7'

 

Fifteen Minutes open N.Y. office

 

Kennedy Center to spotlight Japan

 

Newman to direct 'Of Mice and Men'

 

Tribeca undergoes minor makeover

 

Yahoo tunes in to Rhapsody

 

Beastie Boy bows distribution unit

 

Fox News taps Rove for Super Tuesday

 

Silvio set for early Italian elections

 

Chan, Polybona bow talent agency

 

Michael Camacho out at CAA

 

WGA, studios hammer on details

 

Holiday 'Game' plays big in S. Korea

 

Strike talk at Oscar noms luncheon

 

Clint Eastwood

 

Harvey Weinstein

 

Scott Rudin

 

Actress Shell Kepler dies at 49

 

James Schamus

 

Japanese box office down in '07

 

John Lesher

 

Kathleen Kennedy

 

Messing moves into Overture's 'Park'

 

Daniel Battsek

 

George Clooney

 

There Will Be Blood

 

Cablers duel FCC over regulations

 

No Country for Old Men

 

Paley festival sets starry slate

 

Michael Clayton

 

Disney banks on 'Hannah' concert

 

Juno

 

Atonement

 

Regency CFO adding to portfolio

 

Clive Davis preps Grammy pre-party

 

Lifetime Movie's Bryson to retire

 

Tribune taps broadcast boss

 

Regan upped to senior VP at WB

 

Radford to build 'Taj'

 

Mattel finds H'w'd playmate in CAA

 

Overture taps Jackson

 

Amy Adams visits 'Museum 2'

 

Doug Regan

 

Arthur Buenahora, Jr.

 

Jim Urie

 

Allan Navarrete

 

Scott Landsman

 

Jody Gerson

 

Adina Pitt

 

Chuck Dages

 

Thomas S. Warner

 

Bob Flood

 

Monica Talan

 

Tim Connolly

 

Charlie Echeverry

 

Amit Kapur

 

William Stratton, Petra Weishaupt-Smith

 

Scott Powell

 

Ana Clara Ortiz

 

Theresa Chillianis

 

Patty Gillette, Michelle Spinale

 

Frederic Ifrah

 

Mel Kohn

 

Jerry Passaro

 

Jason Zegel

 

Chris Wong

 

Rebecca Agbe-Davies

 

Elias Andrade

 

2008 SXSW lineup

 

SXSW announces lineup

 

L.A. drama critics announce noms

 

Reviews

Eli Stone

2008 Nightlife Awards

Made in America

The Silence Before Bach

Victory

The Oxford Murders

A Raisin in the Sun

Lost

Pleasure for Sale

Blonde Ambition

Patti Smith: Dream of Life

Glimpses of the Moon

The Year of Getting to Know Us

Durakovo: Village of Fools

Pretty Bird

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

Phineas and Ferb

The Lover & the Collection

Jerry Springer: The Opera

Half-Life

The Maddening Truth

Air Traffic - 'Fractured Life'

Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert

Bridal Fever

Miss Austen Regrets

Ryan Adams

Recycle

No More Heroes

Birds of America

Over Her Dead Body

Crooked Lake

Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Save the Planet

An Extraordinary Study in Human Degradation

Deathbed

Offending the Audience

Tootise: 25th Anniversary Edition

The Drive-By Truckers - 'Brighter Than Creation's Dark'

Absurdistan

Yasukuni

Perfect Match ...

Hamlet

The Merry Widow

Smart People

Adventures of Power

Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North

A Complete History of My Sexual Failures

The Killer

Be Like Others

Jean-Luc Godard 3-Disc Collector's Edition

Lipstick Jungle

Welcome to the Captain

Strange Wilderness

The Sky, The Earth and The Rain

The Eye

Fool's Gold

Hunting and Gathering

Super Bowl XLII

Los Lobos

Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra

Fragments

Trad

The Little Dog Laughed

Carnage, a Comedy

Flying Crows

Asterix at the Olympic Games

Turok

Plainsong

Incendiary

Curvy Widow

African Footprint

Of Monster Mode

Megumi

Men's Group

57000 Km Between Us

Ciao Bella

The End

End of the Line

Lamb of God

Nothing to Lose

How to Be

The Skyjacker

Forever

The Reinactors

My Marlon and Brando

Worlds Apart


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