Table of Contents
Week of 01/08/2009

Articles

BAFTA picks Rising Star nominees

 

'Knight' dominates People's Choice

 

French box office rises 6%

 

Gothenburg widens festival program

 

ER tussles with U.S. distributor

 

Virgin, ITV sign on-demand deal

 

Clock is ticking on 'Watchmen' case

 

Berlusconi immunity threatened

 

Berlin Forum unveils first titles

 

Canal Plus renews Cannes deal

 

Burns adds 'Inning' to baseball series

 

Matthews won't seek office in 2010

 

Banijay returns El Terrat to sender

 

DGA unveils director nominees

 

ABC nabs ratings win with Walters

 

'Heights' recoups its costs

 

BBC unveils world film nominees

 

Disney gets right to Obama events

 

Natalie Zea signs with ICM

 

Obama urges for digital switch delay

 

1969: Nixon bows in 'Laugh-In'

 

'50s melodrama hard to capture on film

 

Aasif Mandvi signs with Endeavor

 

Blu-Ray warms tech expo

 

Obama featured in 'Spider-Man' comic

 

Plug pulled on Australian 'School'

 

Jermaine Dupri out at Island Records

 

Fashion kicks off with Golden Globes

 

'Catch Me' catches Broadway transfer

 

Cecil B. DeMille Award: Steven Spielberg

 

Golden Globes Nominations: Director

 

Golden Globe Nominations: Actress Comedy/Musical

 

BBC Persia irks Iran

 

Presenters added to Golden Globes

 

Clint, 'Bride' on box office ride

 

'Quantum' sets U.S. box office record

 

Netflix taps Josh Brolin

 

'Chloe' sets star lineup

 

ABC, Disney to air inaugural events

 

'Mad Men' Season 3 set for summer

 

'Che' motors to extended run at IFC

 

Golden Globe Nominations: Actor Comedy/Musical

 

Golden Globe Nominations: Best Picture Comedy/Musical

 

Golden Globe Nominations: Actress Drama

 

Original Mouseketeer dies at 64

 

Golden Globe Nominations: Actor Drama

 

Golden Globe Nominations: Best Picture Drama

 

Globes TV noms debate future of format

 

First Look ups Marie O'Reilly-Thein

 

Golden Globes back with a vengeance

 

Corus, MTV extend broadcast deal

 

Academy spotlights camera, lights

 

Brooklyn festival gets 'Garrone'

 

IFC lands Canuck Oscar entry 'Life

 

BAM goes live for inauguration

 

Brazilian comedy breaks local record

 

'Sword' gets one-night-only showing

 

Huayi sues Chinese sites for piracy

 

Elizabeth Gabler guides Fox 2000

 

Wells' 'Police' close to series order

 

Sides more vocal in SAG strike talks

 

Super Bowl push planned for film ads

 

Colin Farrell, others find 'Way Back'

 

Style Network signs deal with Hughes

 

Roland Scahill goes to Gersh

 

Jeff Aldrich hops to RCA post

 

'Slumdog' wins big with Critics

 

Premiere acts to refinance debt

 

E! picks up 'Candy Girls'

 

Gas crisis hits Eastern Europe

 

Kristin Scott Thomas joins 'Nowhere'

 

Spain welcomes 'Mentalist'

 

Cold weather warms Euro business

 

Russians flock to 'Inhabited Island'

 

Nickelodeon picks up more 'Penguins'

 

Spike revs up 'Jesse James' at TCA

 

Football gives Fox easy win

 

Comedy Central previews new series

 

LOGO lets 'RuPaul' loose at TCA

 

WB, Fox eye 'Watchmen' settlement

 

Ex-'Sopranos' actor gets 10 years

 

Obama: America's Last Action Hero

 

Holiday boosts box office

 

14-show slate sees uptick

 

'Pal Joey' gets mixed response

 

Falls, Dennehy prosper at Goodman

 

Belt-tightening pinches biz bashes

 

'Mad Men,' '30 Rock' top DGA noms

 

Tight times test Chicago festival

 

Sony fails to heed Stringer's advice

 

Foreign box office big in 2008

 

Offbeat film 'Babine' big in Quebec

 

French films turn to comic books

 

Starry Sundance films look to score

 

U.K. box office up 5% in 2008

 

Patrick Swayze hospitalized

 

Ray Dennis Steckler dies at 70

 

3-D movies hope to pop on TV

 

CES rolls on as retail stores struggle

 

Mobile technology lacks cohesion

 

Ohrn's 'Bullet' to strike Gothenburg

 

Pre-Grammy Gala to fete Clive Davis

 

Walden finds itself at a crossroads

 

Teuton tiff turns into big yak attack

 

Retro yuks bring in big bucks at Aero

 

Art Directors Guild unveils nominees

 

Videogame beat goes on, but muted

 

BBC bullish on Barack Obama

 

Barton talks TV transition program

 

Italy upset over Mafia on Facebook

 

Broadcasters won't heat up 'til spring

 

CBS making all the right moves

 

New flavor for Fox News: Change

 

Celebs make 'Notorious' entrance

 

Sony Classics finalizes 'Tyson' deal

 

HBO unveils 'Ted Haggard' at TCA

 

A-listers gather for AFI luncheon

 

Shoreline acquires 'Queen and I'

 

'Paris 36' will open Alice Tully Hall

 

BAM sets winter schedule

 

Croatian film vet Albert Kapovic dies

 

Unifrance's diverse platter

 

Samuel Collardey

 

Gregoire Melin

 

Joann Sfar

 

Jean-Francois Richet

 

Frederic Corvez

 

Nathalie Gastaldo

 

Patrick Sobelman

 

Martin Provost

 

Proposed voting boycott riles SAG

 

Unifrance stays strong in hard times

 

Distributors holding tight

 

Mideast battle for hearts, minds

 

Bend it like Berlusconi

 

Fox brings ''Til Death' back to life

 

David O. Russell signs with CAA

 

Close plans to reprise role onscreen

 

'Becky Shaw' gets six-week extension

 

Role re-defined Close's career arc

 

'Allies' reading scheduled

 

Heidi Schreck named P73 Fellow

 

Palm Springs fest draws stars

 

'Damages' reunites Close, Danson

 

Glenn Close makes power point

 

HBO renews 'Life and Times of Tim'

 

Actor Don Galloway dies at 71

 

Canadian network scores with hockey

 

'Torino' parks in top spot at box office

 

BET revs up inauguration coverage

 

'Departures' lands Japanese laurels

 

IFC's high on 'Life'

 

Modine flies to 'Mockingbird'

 

'Gran Torino' wins box office race

 

'Madagascar' still tops overseas

 

'Watchmen' deal in works

 

Economy hits Hong Kong's I-Cable

 

Sheridan sets heavenly affair

 

Grant joins Michael Russell Group

 

Digital payoff's scarce

 

BAFTA tea party brings out contenders

 

A critical success

 

Disney moves on Shanghai park

 

SAG considers ending strike threat

 

Specialty box office holds strong

 

Wes Chatham

 

Erika Ringor

 

Marta McGonagle

 

Drew Waters

 

David Monahan

 

2009 Golden Globes winners list

 

ABC wins New Year's Eve ratings

 

Hollywood welcomes back Globes

 

Backstage at the Golden Globes

 

'Men,' 'Rock' score at Globes

 

'Slumdog' wins big at Golden Globes

 

Kevin James returns to CBS

 

Bob Pisano picks up honor

 

Doumanian, Barrow set 'Our Town'

 

BBCW to produce Indian 'Stars'

 

Wide mops up post-AFM deals

 

De Oliveira pic could debut at Berlin

 

Ace Eddie Award noms announced

 

BBC chief supports merger plan

 

RAI puts $400 million in local series

 

Claude Berri dies, aged 74

 

Three films chase RAAM award

 

Russian box office rises 47%

 

Bille August project heads for Berlin

 

Rome nabs Cicutto, Detassis

 

Globes still struggling in ratings race

 

SAG leaders in emergency meeting

 

AMPAS, mtvU offer Oscar contest

 

Making its way through ticket thicket

 

Producer pair win Showmanship

 

Actor Edmund Purdom dies

 

Banijay sells El Terrat, buys Cuarzo

 

'Red Cliff 2' rushes box office

 

ESun cancels share issue

 

Cast set for 'God of Carnage'

 

TNT greenlights Ray Romano series

 

Downturn hits porn industry

 

Kristin Chenoweth joins 'Music'

 

Broadway box office takes a dive

 

Gregg Siebert to Cablevision

 

'Wendy Williams' set for July

 

Starz expands Sony agreement

 

Singapore's MDA shuffles board

 

China cracks down on websites

 

Globe wins drive up niche biz

 

HBO brings on Diane Tryneski

 

WGA celebrates videogame writers

 

Stage vet Tom O'Horgan dies

 

Stars set for Obama inauguration

 

TV Guide drops CW, MTV listings

 

Board: Allen out as SAG negotiator

 

Possible 'Moonlighting' reunion film?

 

'97 bank shootout called the TV shots

 

Hollywood's Golden Sunday

 

Imagenation increasing Mideast content

 

Polanski victim chides L.A. D.A.

 

Sony losses could hit $2 bil for '08

 

China powers up its media orgs

 

Oscar shorts to hit theaters Feb. 6

 

UK TV's David Withers dies at 80

 

Rogen to 'Report' back at SXSW

 

George Bush wants TV farewell

 

IDF recruits YouTube in Hamas fight

 

Elle wants to be the belle

 

Animal Planet unleashes trio

 

FilmNation goes international

 

Prime time for praisers

 

Sundance invited to Abu Dhabi

 

CBS Films taps Rubin for exec VP

 

'Wicked' in Los Angeles: $145 mil

 

Bugs lets 'Moments,' 'Right One' in

 

Berlinale reveals Perspektive lineup

 

Discovery Kids takes 'Louie' in U.S.

 

Howie Mandel hospitalized

 

Joann Sfar directs 'Rabbi's Cat'

 

SAG meeting goes into overtime

 

'Prison Break' ends run this spring

 

Music Box to play 'Seraphine' in U.S.

 

Taylor Swift to appear on 'CSI'

 

Google cuts temps

 

Evening Standard unveils shortlist

 

Reilly: Fox to cut costs, not workers

 

'Beds' opens Berlin's 14plus section

 

Fox scores with football action

 

'Slumdog' bites into U.K. box office

 

Nine vie for foreign language Oscar

 

Endeavor nabs Lange, Hurt, Hopkins

 

Warner Bros. requests budget cuts

 

Yahoo Inc. picks new CEO

 

Obama eyes candidate for FCC post

 

Rush, Sarandon set for 'Exit the King'

 

Costume designers unveil nominees

 

Actor Harry Endo dies at 87

 

Vancouver critics praise 'Milk'

 

Off Broadway orgs offer $20 tickets

 

Improbable to premiere 'Panic'

 

Kate Mulgrew to star in 'Master Class'

 

Trio finds 'Happiness'

 

Barnes and Noble hosts drama series

 

Hubert Bals Fund finally finds coin

 

SAG proceeds with status quo

 

Film Roundup: Russia

 

Film Roundup: U.K.

 

Shorts get respect at Rotterdam

 

Film Roundup: Spain

 

Rotterdam unreels diverse film slate

 

Film Roundup: Italy

 

Evan Medow joins AECG as partner

 

CineMart thriving in tough times

 

Film Roundup: Germany

 

Film Roundup: France

 

Henson taps topper for toy unit

 

Industry dressing down for Sundance

 

Jackie Chan set to wax on, wax off

 

Industry vet Jerry Esbin dies at 77

 

'Sit Down, Shut Up' gets airdate

 

Film roundup: Poland

 

Film roundup: Czech Republic

 

Film roundup: The Netherlands

 

European film calendar

 

Film Roundup: Belgium

 

'Rescue Me' braces for controversy

 

European film's creme de la creme

 

'Glee' gets songs for free

 

Madison Road ups Jason Adelman

 

Arthur G. Cohen backs new studio

 

Comedy Central goes HD

 

Rotterdam pares down the arthouse

 

Film Roundup: Hungary

 

Summit picks up 'If I Stay'

 

Rainbow's Carroll promoted to COO

 

Disney picks up Burch, Kidd pitch

 

Steve Carell's Carousel forms TV arm

 

Stone Village picks up 'The Field'

 

Steve McQueen biopic in works

 

Paramount tackles 'Shakespeare'

 

Alex Holmes to write 'Infiltrator'

 

Hooper, Hampton join 'East of Eden'

 

Rosen/Obst promotes Abarbanell

 

Off-lot prod'n in L.A. has weak Q4

 

Paley Festival taps 'Fringe,' 'Blood'

 

Spanish box office falls 4%

 

Paul Johnson to join Endemol

 

Berlin Panorama unveils further titles

 

'Fearless' wins sixth week at No. 1

 

Jennifer Hudson set for Super Bowl

 

'Idol' premiere draws 30.1 million

 

Actor Patrick McGoohan dies at 80

 

CBS takes stand on crime

 

'Listener' gets movie-style opening

 

National Theater unveils new season

 

Focus Features goes global

 

Performers set for Grammys

 

Marc Webb

 

Sundance 2009 lineup

 

Emily Blunt rumored for 'Iron Man 2'

 

MPTF medical facilities set to close

 

Bohdan Slama

 

Barbara Miller

 

Sundance Film Festival alums speak

 

USC Scripter to fete Michael Chabon

 

Ricardo Montalban dies at age 88

 

Steve McQueen

 

Emily Abt

 

Antonio Campos

 

Cherien Dabis

 

TV's time travel is wishful thinking

 

Adam Elliot

 

Shana Feste

 

Matteo Garrone

 

Cary Joji Fukunaga

 

WGA to honor Larry DiTillio

 

Oscilloscope picks up 'Treeless'

 

Publicist Awards announce shortlist

 

Starbucks gets inauguration feed

 

Don Mann

 

Steve Jobs takes leave of absence

 

Jennifer Dunne

 

'High School Musical' films in Utah

 

More layoffs at Random House

 

Mixing savings with scenery

 

Rock Hall of Fame unveils inductees

 

Utah's monumental deals

 

Mathis, Hanks join '33 Variations'

 

Zipper Factory closes suddenly

 

George Steel joins NYC Opera

 

U.K. co-productions storm Sundance

 

Marc Forster

 

Museum set for Bruce Lee home

 

Brent Willman named CFO of OWN

 

Christopher Nolan

 

Fact-driven films find safe haven

 

Directors seize their distribution destiny

 

Redford stays in the indie picture

 

Sundance Film Festival milestones

 

Sundance's target titles

 

Sundance buyers recognize realities

 

Greg Mottola

 

Jupiter to offer DreamWorks pics

 

Chinese internet users on the rise

 

Slamdance's history of anarchy

 

Jaman logs site in U.K.

 

Slamdance endures

 

Spielberg digs deep for D'Works

 

Showtime CEO: Network is thriving

 

Smith films 'Ugly Betty' appearance

 

SAG sets date for AFTRA talks

 

'Gossip Girl' spinoff to travel in time

 

Hollywood heads for inauguration

 

Blockbuster links with CinemaNow

 

SAG moderates to fight on

 

L.A. film critics honor 'Milk,' 'Slumdog'

 

Rachel Tronzano and Dave Ryan

 

AFTRA signs deal with Audible.com

 

Lisa Tucker

 

Chevy Chase

 

Renee Victor

 

'Defiance' premieres in New York

 

Steven Spielberg at 'Tara' premiere

 

Donna Murphy

 

Hong Kong's nowTV gets All Sports

 

RelativityReal roster grows

 

Sony in ring with 'Blood and Bone'

 

Idris Elba gets 'Office' space

 

Jim Sheridan fingers mob boss

 

Gore Verbinski takes on new drama

 

Keith Naftaly joins RCA/Jive

 

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West Side Story

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The Beast

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66th annual Golden Globes

Forever Enthralled

Around the World in 80 Days

From Within

Tales From the Script

Changing Sides

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