Table of Contents
Week of 03/12/2009

Articles

Sony sets date for 'Spider-Man 4'

 

'Lost' finds new home in Spain

 

Sony ups distribution in Italy

 

Tough time for Euro broadcasters

 

WB pals up with Pathe in U.K.

 

Grammys to air a bit early in 2010

 

Sirius to stream to iPhone, iPod

 

AOL still can't crack China

 

Dennehy, Goodman Theater set slate

 

Asian film biz weathers financial storm

 

Slot switch works for Fox

 

Casting more complicated for 'Swap'

 

10 most memorable wife swaps

 

'Swap' yields sincere messages

 

Yeldham to head L.A. Film Festival

 

'Swap' overcomes skeptics, copycats

 

NBC delays finales to cue Conan

 

Precautions precede 'Swap' episodes

 

Chinese disrupt 'Mulan' shoot

 

1969: Bob Hope recovering

 

Madoff pleads guilty, heads to jail

 

Hulu.com launches Friends

 

Philanthropist Leonore Annenberg dies

 

Guadalajara festival expands market

 

Actors and directors head to Mexico

 

Guadalajara's homegrown film fiesta

 

ReelzChannel launches 'Friday Night'

 

Fox shakes up executive roles

 

Films competing in Guadalajara

 

Upcoming Mexican film projects

 

Eric Simonoff heads to WMA

 

Mexican TV cos extend global reach

 

Time Warner names new AOL CEO

 

Mexican market grows, ups output

 

Icahn offers bid on Lionsgate debt

 

'Act of God' to open Hot Docs fest

 

Pusan shuffles festival toppers

 

Hong Kong film market thrives

 

Backstage follies at the Geffen

 

Thai studio eyes global market

 

Sales cos and buzz titles at Filmart

 

TV promos pay off for Hulu

 

Murdoch's memo

 

'Witch Mountain' faces 'Watchmen'

 

George Clooney returns to 'ER'

 

ITV to rely on BBC news resources

 

Phelps regrets 'stupid mistake'

 

Exhibs ask for 3-D conversion funds

 

Nickelodeon rebrands channels

 

Latenight high for Jimmy Fallon

 

'Center of the Earth' sequel set

 

CNN goes on recession road trip

 

Lorber nabs Franz's 'Intangible Asset'

 

Emmys drop general variety award

 

Change afoot for Fox department

 

SAG warned about pact violations

 

Eva Longoria to exec produce doc

 

Trio added to Ben Stiller film

 

Sci Fi taps senior VP/g.m., digital

 

Joe Stillman joins 'Alien Zoo'

 

Dennis Iliadis secures 'Cure'

 

Warner Bros. taps Kajganich for 'It'

 

Anna Nicole's boyfriend charged

 

Hal Gaba dies at age 63

 

B-Side to launch distribution arm

 

NBC goes on BBC's 'Road Trip'

 

'Watchmen' battle superhero bias

 

'John' loads up 7 Lola nominations

 

Cruz 'in talks' for Castellitto pic

 

French networks protest new TV tax

 

Stewart creams Cramer on 'Daily Show'

 

Lauer staying home due to economy

 

Local Japanese films flourish

 

Local Asian talent on the rise

 

Clooney helps 'ER' win the hour

 

Commercial films boost financial forum

 

Majors prep projects for Asia

 

Hong Kong events hit by fiscal woes

 

Hollywood-Asia marriage matures

 

'Prairie' musical plans national tour

 

Documentary should impress critics

 

DVD rentals re-energized

 

Obama-rama fuels Indian film drama

 

Angst is now Hollywood's top export

 

Gore campaigns for .eco domains

 

Music vet Alan Livingston dies at 91

 

Fox shakeup tough to analyze

 

Oliviers seek to tweak event

 

'Lion King' roars in Seattle

 

Canadians knock out system

 

'Exit the King' attracts audiences

 

Argentina cries for reform

 

Ronaldo still scores in Brazil

 

Gay channel overcomes ad jitters

 

Bleak times for British broadcaster

 

Debate strikes at heart of pundit puffery

 

'Hair' transplant on Broadway

 

New shingles focus on fall season

 

Audiences 'Taken' with French film

 

Could box office bonanza dry up?

 

Storyteller kept close to home

 

TV admen sticking to old blueprint

 

TV goes overboard with Internet

 

Cramer boosts 'Daily Show' ratings

 

'Back to Bacharach' cast set

 

Hollywood mines Europe for remakes

 

'Mountain' tops Friday box office

 

'Mountain' tops weekend box office

 

'Duet' to transfer to the West End

 

Vertice 360's Blanco exits post

 

France Televisions cuts film buys

 

'Father' is best at Sofia film fest

 

Oscilloscope nabs rights to 'Child'

 

Can stars break SAG stalemate?

 

AFTRA covers CBS3.com

 

'Trek' writer sues Paramount

 

Fox's smooth transition

 

Actor Ron Silver dies at 62

 

New gig for 'Mountain' man

 

NBC's early upfront

 

Kaufman to Actual Reality gig

 

RKO sets Marcus for 'Zombie'

 

Michael Strahan to tackle comedy

 

TCM makes 'Moguls'

 

Pritzker jams on jazz in pic pair

 

Hayter, Carver form Dark Hero

 

Quays get Coolidge kudo

 

Lifetime books two Cornwell telepics

 

Sammy Davis Jr.'s widow dies at 65

 

15 films picked for Cannes workshop

 

'Access Hollywood' gets global push

 

Endemol soap sells to 13 territories

 

David Chase cuts 'Ribbon' at HBO

 

Chow Yun-fat signs on as Confucius

 

Don Imus has prostate cancer

 

Slow start for NBC's 'Kings'

 

Universal takes 'Barbie' worldwide

 

Senator nabs 'Greatest' rights

 

France's 'Seraphine' finds distribution

 

'Marley and Me' tops foreign B.O.

 

Herbie Hancock joins L.A. Phil

 

Second Stage sets schedule

 

Yale Drama honors Ya-Chu Cowhig

 

'I love You,' 'Observe' hit SXSW

 

Hollywood fest tickles funny bone

 

Optimum taps Noble for publicity

 

Samberg to host MTV Movie Awards

 

'Transformers 3' gets a date

 

Telemundo inks with Endemol Spain

 

Broadway box office climbs

 

ABC sets series finales

 

Tenpercenteries

 

TWC nabs John Lennon biopic

 

Craig Lucas honored by Hermitage

 

Sony Classics picks up 'Chanel' film

 

JJ Abrams producing heist film

 

Dorothea Holt Redmond dies

 

Sci Fi Channel switching to Syfy

 

Tribeca trots out shorts

 

Henry Rollins joins 'Sons of Anarchy'

 

Mickey Rourke in power position

 

TV biz flees California

 

Dennis Quaid's a star at ShoWest

 

History's 'Predator X' airs March 29

 

'Fast and Furious' premieres in L.A.

 

Millard Kaufman dies

 

WGA cutting 10% of employees

 

Eisenberg to star in Ginsberg film

 

Paramount, Brad Pitt spy 'Night' shift

 

Canadian premiere for 'Love'

 

Blythe Beck cooks with Oxygen

 

Ireland, U.K. to air 'The Simpsons'

 

Bold move for Rob Mitchell

 

Hearst taps digital executive

 

Fox turns on 'Blacklight'

 

Rogue to dress its fans

 

Fox in indie distrib push

 

NTV chief quits after phony report

 

Far East Fest offers producer forum

 

San Sebastian pays tribute to Brooks

 

Queer Fest takes trip back to 1980s

 

Disney's Hardie moves to TV news

 

Endemol's 'Dead Set' scores abroad

 

Injured Richardson on flight to U.S.

 

Taiwan opens up to Chinese thesps

 

Disney halts Hong Kong expansion

 

'Dancing' keeps ABC on top

 

'Louis' tops L.A. Drama Crix awards

 

Profits down sharply at Mediaset

 

Playwrights Horizons sets schedule

 

Lisa Telford joins StudioCanal

 

Ads contract irks SAG members

 

Maya Eszter Rice

 

Danielle Carrig joins Lifetime

 

Showest to honor Roger Ebert

 

SpotCo promotes Tom Greenwald

 

Why I Hate the Hotel du Crap

 

Can tax breaks keep Hollywood local?

 

Westport taps associate a.d.

 

Spike Lee's 'Kobe' to debut in N.Y.

 

Actor-photographer Coy Watson Jr. dies

 

Lionsgate feeds 'Hunger' novel

 

Audiences endorse HBO's 'Bush'

 

Spence, Allen form Ten2One

 

Journalist Harvey Geller dies

 

Salma Hayek joins Sandler comedy

 

Icahn reveals Lionsgate offer

 

DDA expands L.A. offices

 

Overseas audiences up for comedy

 

TCA sets lineup for summer tour

 

Kindle faces patent suit

 

National Geographic nabs 'Amreeka'

 

SAG eyes TV/film pact

 

SXSW festival winners announced

 

Columbia falls for Garelick

 

Universal, Harris hot for 'Inferno'

 

Adam Scott to star in 'Leap Year'

 

Reality company renews MTV deal

 

China mulls allowing Oscar winners

 

Pitt, Portman to star in 'Artifacts'

 

Mediaset plans shopping expedition

 

Russian director wins battle for union

 

Family visits Richardson in New York

 

Film 4 topper pleads funding case

 

Recession slows Telefonica NGA

 

Technicolor taps Tim Sarnoff

 

Brit digital web snaps up 'Hour'

 

TV Academy Honors noms unveiled

 

Holiday, reality logjam hobble hits

 

CBS renews 'Half Men,' 'Big Bang'

 

USA promotes Jeff Wachtel

 

JourneyCorp's Tim Hannasch dies

 

NBC tunes up for 'Sing-Off'

 

Lionsgate loves 'From Paris'

 

French to honor David Cronenberg

 

LCT scehdules Fall '09 line up

 

Jeff Zucker defends Jim Cramer

 

BBC sweeps Royal TV awards

 

Davie-Brown taps digital vet as CEO

 

Actor Stacy Keach hospitalized

 

Natasha Richardson dies in N.Y.

 

Doug Allen joins SAG picketers

 

Julia Roberts wows Letterman show

 

Falco reaches Hispanic audiences

 

Chicago's Northlight 'Awake'

 

Gotham reading for 'Wonderland'

 

'Colbert Report' on war path

 

Top Lionsgate investor backs board

 

'Adventureland' premieres in L.A.

 

Justin Long is 'Going the Distance'

 

Universal, Imagine to make 'Merman'

 

Costner, Jones are 'Company Men'

 

Collet-Sarra to direct 'White Male'

 

HBO nabs the Neistats

 

Eliot Goldberg lands at TV Land

 

In D.C., tuners are recession's tonic

 

Reviews

Cherrybomb

Sin Nombre

Miss March

Kings

Relative Stranger

Two Men of Florence

Rock Paper Scissors: A Geek Tragedy

Waiting for Dublin

The Perfect Sleep

Better Off Ted

Carmen & Geoffrey

Villa Amalia

Tough Love

You’re Welcome America: A Final Night With George W Bush

The Firebrand of Florence

Frost/Nixon

Death on a Factory Farm

Blithe Spirit

Resident Evil 5

Working

The Letters

Deep Cut

Rooms: A Rock Romance

The Good Negro

Broken Embraces

Ah! The Libido

The Underdog Knight

Cyprien

A l'aventure

Father's Acre

Set Off

For a Son

Love the Beast

The Haunting in Connecticut

Observe and Report

Greek Holiday

Taking the Stage

Party Down

White on Rice

Ocean of Pearls


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