Table of Contents
Week of 04/01/2008
Articles
BBC Worldwide America taps Telegdy
China pics set for U.K. tour
A new polish for Image
'Knights' wins Riga top award
Mounting costs hit Portugal's RTP
Constantin extends Eichinger deal
TF1 counts on Spanish cop thriller
Levy, Courbit to set up TV company
CBS cuts news staff across country
Historic Venice hotel back to life
European markets take separate routes
Marvel to bring 'Iron Man' to TV
Sean Levert dies at 39
CBS Monday stays hot
Arts Alliance signs ballet, opera deal
Damaging day for Pellicano
Stan Lee, Disney set projects
Richard leaves post at Arena
Robbins to open NAB with keynote
Fox + 'Idol' = odd winning formula
Olympic torch arrives in Beijing
TNT greenlights 'Truth in Advertising'
Fuji TV to make third 'Bayside' thriller
'Legally Blonde' hitting the road
'Bubble Boy' puts lid on ASCAP
Sakson named VP at Participant
'Machine' man will duet on Shaw tuner
Rajiv Joseph wins Paula Vogel Award
'Bully Pulpit' getting commercial run
'My Scary Girl' joins Barrington lineup
'Magnolia' to premiere at Goodman
SDSU expands TV and film school
U.K.'s Contender picks up film pair
Ben Stiller takes on 'King Doug'
U.S.-funded Iraq TV station burns
Hotel Des Bains reopens after blaze
Imax to bow digital systems in Russia
Disney Latin America nabs 'Zoo Mix'
Kimmel vital stats
Breillat's 'Mistress' to open SF fest
Kimmel's favorite shows
YouTube gives 'Live' lots of publicity
Starhub adds Eurosport channel
Indovision bulks up on BBC channels
Sony taps Jordan to retool 'Kingdom'
'Kids' and 'Tudors' top cable ratings
College basketball lifts CBS to No. 2
Venevision gets U.S. rights to 'Lies'
Farm strike pulls Argentine audiences
LongTale climbs Hu's 'Himalayas'
SAG to begin talks with majors
WGAE accuses ABC of strike violation
'Wicked' flies out of Hollywood
Screen Gems adds creative exec
Fox puts Panettiere on 'Kiss List'
Fox, Blum bring 'Anything' to theaters
Big Beach gets first-look with Back Lot
Benderspink to adapt 'Last Blood'
Programmers get lift from Fox's Ross
Shine to mine MIP debut
Universal puts 'First Man' into orbit
Fox announces 'Man and Wife'
Bjork debuts 'Wanderlust' video
Mexicans set up antipiracy org
Endemol lands reality house
Scandinavia: Crime series hot as ever
Brazil: Nets to increase foreign buys
Korea: BCC to usher in more open era
Japan: Biz dominated by broadcasters
Czech Republic: Prima makes run at Nova
Hungary: Buyers seeking movies, series
Canada: WGA strike fallout uncertain
Argentina: Fiction exports expanded
China: TV focuses on Olympics
Australia: HD channels hungry for content
'Kiss' to open Jeonju festival
Consortium completes C&M purchase
NBC taps Thompson to ride 'Knight'
TFN Global takes Fight to Europe
Schneider, Fox join 'Bright Star'
Merrill to lead EMI digital push
Scott Free, Tandem team on 'Pillars'
Gotham's time to 'Shine'
Sundin joins Universal Music
Italian paper falls for Cannes prank
Celluloid Dreams takes 'Betrayal'
MTV rockers take hold of charts
'Speed Racer' to close Tribeca
Prosecutors play Pellicano wiretaps
Animania HD takes 'Nanigugu'
Ebert to resume writing duties
Full NBC schedule takes shape
Elton teams with Costello on series
Peabody Awards honor TV's best
Elvis Costello nabs Sundance gig
'Idol,' 'Kitchen' debut cook
EC to investigate Channel 4 funding
Mediaset buys Hollywood package
Top 5 most-viewed 'Kimmel' episodes
After rough start, 'Kimmel' grows up
ESPN picks Tuesday as movie night
MGM's Rick Sands resigns
Spain: Digital delivery on the upswing
Rodriguez to head up LucasArts
Horton Foote protests Lucille nomination
Amanda Righetti
Connor Trinneer
Emily Osment
Alastair Mackenzie, Charles Mnene
Ron Melendez
Italy: Mediaset ramps up pay packages
United Kingdom: New buyers take charge
AFTRA sets date for negotiations
Germany: Nets aim to terminate rivals
Dion's Beijing concert cancelled
Disney promotes Jason Brenek
Disney eyes India TV
Dennehy set for O'Neill double bill
France: Ad woes worry pubcasters
IM Global adds TV unit
Group banks on South Korean TV
Met honors Franco Zeffirelli
Agent Guy McElwaine dies at 71
Impulse Netizens connect with Hulu
Gibney wants forum for documakers
Murdoch's Shine independent of dad
China's Baidu taps COO and CFO
'Ketchup' director making 'Princess'
Death threats to S. African journos
Eurimages doles out $5.6 mil to pics
'Big Rig' fuels up for summer release
U.S. programs have global appeal
MTV Latin America launches Nick Jr.
Azteca gets 'Legal' at Mip TV mart
Argentina's Comfer taps Mariotto
Japan official denies 'Yasukuni' report
Tg4 ordered to end broadcasting bias
Indies flourish in filling U.K. schedule
'Kingdom' unfurls in Beijing
ABC unveils trio of sitcoms
Animated 'Alpha' finds its voices
Polone to judge CBS' 'Secret Talents'
Majors mostly unhurt by writers strike
Serious DVD bling for 'Chipmunks'
Distribution exec Sandy Cobe dies
'ER' set for 15th season
NBC bringing shows to the Web
Geffen pushes back Margulies play
Universal developing Gary Webb film
Monahan takes Bruen's 'Boulevard'
Church to play Keane in 'Big Eyes'
SVA acquires Clearview Chelsea
Crudup to play Hoover in 'Public'
Monday night football bash
'Visitor' welcomed in N.Y.
A clever endeavor
Al Roker in negotiations for 'Feud'
BBC signs Taiwanese HD deal
Swedish Television to pinkslip 400
Mezzogiorno joins Bellocchio film
BBC lures Granada's Mutimer
Lis Murdoch backs Obama
Highlight profits rise 19%
Writers' strike hits Pinewood
Directors' Fortnight plans festivities
Paramount opens virtual vault
Jay-Z nears deal with Live Nation
MySpace launches music service
Gibson wants no 'Passion' disclosure
New Kids return to block
Liberty boosts DirecTV stake
Xilam plans 'Oggy' special
Talent Campus picks five finalists
Fox cruises on Wednesday
John Kaye Cooper joins ITV
Sony taps Wigan for international gig
Japanese TV increases global sales
Weiner gets served in Pellicano case
Gretchen Mol applies for 'Tenure'
Entertainment Farm raising cash
Chris McDonald
Michael Stahl-David
Royal Ballet pirouettes to China
Jurnee Smollett
1964: Nat Cole passes the test
MTV grooms 'Fur TV'
Marisa Coughlan
Talicia Raggs
Palm tunes into 'Anita O'Day'
Dori resigns from media group
Holender to lead Fremantle at Mip
Correction
Fox Filmed Entertainment taps Smith
Trio puts faith in Graham biopic
Hyperion president departs
Lucas touts 'Clone Wars' series
WB nabs Dowling's 'Treehouse Gang'
Telemundo shows to air in Mexico
'Leatherheads' looking to score
Gough and Millar leaving 'Smallville'
Working Title chooses Wright path
Stephanie Denton makes Bold move
Telecom teams with Softbank on fund
French facilitators
COLCOA lineup
L.A. chefs partner with fest
Fest offers French hits, fresh talent
French animators choose Provence
Craft technicians who stand out
Shooting in France: 10 things to know
PACA hopes to lure filmmakers South
Ile de France revitalizes local film
Besson to start La Cite du Cinema
France offers rebates, charm
Bob Yari states his case
Times changing for film critics
Gyllenhaal, Bettany head 'South'
Sony firms up early '09 plans
Fox extends 'King of the Hill's reign
Echo Bridge connects with Alliance
Williams calls Fox's 'Dollhouse' home
Dancer Robert Sidney dies at 98
SAG president nixes qualified voting
CW pencils in 'StyleDome'
Gerardo 'Toto' Rotblat dies at 38
Allen Whitehead dies at 88
'Good Things' in store for Langella
Trio debuts line of 3-D eyewear
WGA, Clooney at odds over credit
Roth rises to senior VP at CBS
Mitchell, Pike join 'Surrogates'
Keaton to begin 'Widow's Adventure'
'Short Circuit's' Johnny 5 still alive
Sony dives into TV talent pool
Finn and Hiller split up Casting co.
Morris launches SPAC attack
'[title of show]' heads to Broadway
Globo signs French IPTV deal
Banned film wins Febio prize
Wim Wenders renames company
'Rambow,' 'Amore' to shine in Europe
ER promotes van den Berg
Spain's Imagenio to carry Animax
Switzerland's Ascot picks six pics
'Dalai Lama' gets bigscreen release
CBS dominates on Thursday
Rock takes stand in Pellicano case
Edinburgh theater fest testing borders
'Dew' drops into London
Gelbart takes Wright path to Chicago
Tours get 8% bump at box office
RAI to show European soccer in HD
'Curtains' draw significant raise
Playwrights enter Kentucky derby
KWHY-TV takes gag package
Indonesia's Citra takes over Linktone
'Children' bows in small Chinese town
NHK workers fired for insider trading
Games, hardware sales up in Japan
Norway film chief aims for efficiency
Hamas has hand in puppet tale
Van Sant finds actors on MySpace
Fake 'Zelda' trailer scores
Widmark left indelible impressions
India's DVD business blooming
'Horton' thumps overseas competition
'Bienvenue' takes on U.K.
Baron Cohen's guile still in fashion
Lower-budget titles try on 3-D
'Yasukuni' shut out in Tokyo
Soccer doc picked up by Flower
First quarter's mixed message
Producer Lorenzo reinvents self
Argentina expands studio space
Abu Dhabi TV launches big
Russia's CTC acquires Channel 31
Anti-trust group to cancel soccer
Dori Media signs deal with Illusion
Pranks: Thanks but no thanks
Marathon exploits French soap market
Maguire leaps for 'Hungry Rabbit'
Banner days for Elisabeth Murdoch
Canada to consider letting in US cable
Fertile imaginations ride baby boom
Studios take new technology global
Networks to shift screeners online
Online video bonus for TV audience?
Weighing anchors
MGM spends big for Ludlum book
Arab business TV booms
'Million's Poet' a runaway success
Endemol drills fresh Mideast product
Al-Rashed builds Al-Arabiya reputation
Candidates canvass latenight
Crisis splinters Lebanon coverage
BBC returns to Arab TV
Muslim preachers take to TV
Justice Department sues Fox
MBC to air all Indiana Jones films
Jordan's queen goes on YouTube
Al-Iraqiya studios ransacked
Actress Sofiko Chiaureli dies at 70
Warner Bros offers UK same-day DVD
Method Fest announces winners
Campaigns crave talk show bookings
Greetings from another planet: H'wood
'Hairspray' does China
UTA trio on move to Endeavor
Audiences keep betting on '21'
Microsoft sets deadline with Yahoo
Fox Interactive tweaks ad operations
Charlton Heston dies at 84
Emperor takes Leong to court
'21' sacks 'Leatherheads'
'Smart' people gather
Alchemy handles rights to 'Flashpoint'
Babelgum unveils first fund project
Discovery visits Herzog's 'World'
Murdoch raises pay TV stake
Novavision inks L.A. deal
FremantleMedia pacts with MDA
Ad agency shows off doc at Mipdoc
TWC launches international TV unit
Comcast sells TV block to Asia
Michigan offers new film incentives
New witnesses heat up Pellicano trial
Majors kick off talks with IATSE
'Four Girls' opens Gulf Film Festival
Luminaria kicks off 'Spoken Word'
Shawn Hatosy
Richard T. Jones
Oscar Nunez
Reshad Strik
Sundance duo win at Film Frame
Alison Brie
India's UTV shuffles exec suite
Van Weed is new Protagonist exec
Sloan gives keynote at Amazia
Italian showdown is camera-ready
Image restructures roles
'Mermaid,' 'Ladies' win at AFI Dallas
'Who' is the boss at foreign box office
Spyglass loves 'Leap Year'
Feist sweeps Junos
'Married' set for Spike run
Fuse sparks to new muse
Bergen hitches 'Bride'
MSG Network adds films to slate
PointRoll taps Variety executive
'Devil' tops Thai box office
Kadokawa to deliver Shaw brothers
Korea Telecom takes History
Lachlan Murdoch kills Packer pact
Warner, HBO connect with Orange
Lumina transforms itself into Salt
International Emmys to honor Wolf
Sky Italia grabs ESPN service
Nora Roberts books to be adapted
Comcast expands Style Network
RHI sells 'Templar' to major markets
Odeon, UCI to run Storm chain
Fremantle enters Japanese venture
Roth, Campbell board 'Sea Wolf'
Calt sells 'Women!' to Italy, Spain
Yahoo again rebuffs Microsoft bid
Discovery, Five team on three series
Ascent launches online marketplace
Radiohead to headline Lollapalooza
Beta plans Schneider biography
Brown, Fatone to host 'Singing Office'
Tracy Letts wins Pulitzer for 'August'
Britain challenges Dogg decision
ABC tops sluggish Sunday
'Three Kingdoms' rules box office
UA, MGM push back 'Valkyrie'
'Nim's Island' passes 'Leatherheads'
Studios pressure SAG with letter
Monster Japan bow for 'Cloverfield'
'Brigadoon' to preview in Boston
Yahoo chats with TBS' 'Rookies'
NBC Pilot Watch: 2008 - 2009
Ashton Kutcher exits Endeavor
Revivals boost Broadway
Siegal mixes the rich with the famous
Hit plants show with Kids Sprout
RTL kicks off Ufa Sports division
Disney racks up Mip TV deals
Disney acquires China's GameStar
Anderson to star in E! reality series
American kicks in for soccer stake
Premiere pursues Sat1 takeover
Toho celebrates milestone with festival
Three to add bang to Fireworks TV
Deutsche Telekom pacts with EM
Australian ABC sweeps Logies
'The Locator' finds WE TV
'Devil' claws to No. 1 in Thai box office
Telepool makes splash at Mip TV
Chan, Zhang to duet for Olympic film
'Project Runway' makes a move
Warner Bros, HBO ink Orange deal
'Street Kings' premieres
Pair climbs 'Blueberry' hill at premiere
Hollywood's Tony affair
WGA showcasing reality TV workers
Post-strike TV prod'n returning in L.A.
CBS, CNN downplay 'outsource' rumor
Fox delays 'Women Rule the World'
Indian majors reveal 2008 mega-slates
De Niro, Barrymore top 'Fine' cast
Lakeshore and TF1 pick up 'Scent'
Screen Gems set to remix 'Emma'
'Family Guy' sings the 'Music'
Rob Bowman storms ABC's 'Castle'
Reviews
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
The Time of Your Life
A White House Cantata
We Went to Wonderland
The American Dream & the Sandbox
Something You Did
Teo's Journey
Flight of the Red Balloon
'American Idol' kids pretend to adore Dolly Parton
American Idol: By golly, it's Dolly
CNN Presents: Black in America: Eyewitness to Murder -- The King Assassination
With Gilbert & George
Eels
Meet the Head of Juan Perez
Citizen Nawi
The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner
Refusenik
American Idol: Malubay-bye
Nim's Island
America's Next Top Model: Cycle 10 - Episode 6
Fire
Street Kings
The Night James Brown Saved Boston
King
South Pacific
The Ruins
This Night Is Still Ours
Among the Clouds
Taken
WHY? - 'Alopecia'
The Other Side
All Inclusive
Chaos Theory
Kung Fu Dunk
Candy Rain
Survivor: Micronesia: Season 16, Episode 8
The New Protocol
Gloss
Fine, Totally Fine
The Little Flower of East Orange
Another Vermeer
Marcy in the Galaxy
Dark Sector
Be Calm and Count to Seven
There Will Be Blood: Two-Disc Collector's Edition
Karrin Allyson
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Snake in the Grass
This Beautiful City
Music Box
Adrift in Tokyo
Race
The Night
The Immigrant
The Happy Time
Antony and Cleopatra
American Girls
Stalags
Young & Restless in China
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