Table of Contents
Week of 03/19/2009

Articles

Pixar's 'Up' to open Cannes festival

 

French filmmaking rose again in '08

 

RTL pacts for Warner titles

 

Eric Bana doc gets box office love

 

LE Vision boards Bulgarian project

 

BBC plans pay cut to exec, talent

 

Cinecitta plans Rome theme park

 

RDF shuts down management unit

 

Eurimages to fund Puiu's latest

 

'Better Off Ted' off to so-so start

 

Reactions to Richardson's death

 

Richardson died of blow to head

 

Goldman bids for Universal Japan

 

'Tipping Point' author to give keynote

 

Electronic Arts changes it game

 

NAB embraces new viewing options

 

1969: Nixon's inauguration

 

Starz output deals keep films flowing

 

Starz timeline

 

Starz to 'Party Down' on the cheap

 

Starz aims to expand with originals

 

Subscribers spring Starz's growth spurt

 

'Big Brother' makes bank in Brazil

 

Gianopulos to give ShoWest keynote

 

Mary J. Blige added to Perry film

 

Schwartz to oversee playwright guild

 

Fox, 'Idol' dominate ratings

 

Universal nabs 'Rites of Men' spec

 

Barazza, Urban join 'Darkness'

 

Celia Weston joins 'Extra Man'

 

Tara Reid cast in untitled horror film

 

Ad industry touts progress in talks

 

Actors picket Obama's 'Leno' taping

 

Broadway dims for Richardson

 

Culture Project enlists theater vets

 

Actress Betsy Blair dies at 85

 

Media biz in coin catch

 

Three's a crowd at the box office

 

'Jockeys' riding for Animal Planet

 

Christopher Lloyd sets 'Snowmen'

 

Carlos Bernard, James Nesbitt, Nicole Randall Johnson, Jay Schachter

 

Date set for 'Sorcerers'

 

Documentaries to close AFI Dallas

 

AFI Women announces participants

 

CFC to honor Norman Jewison

 

ABC names research boss

 

Blockbuster to cut costs

 

Peter Horton to write, direct 'Coal'

 

Sam Fell to direct 'Demonkeeper'

 

Bomback adapting 'Agent Zigzag'

 

New York's festival landscape

 

Starz back on 'Inside'

 

Pay cable's cooking

 

Hardwicke to direct 'Stay'

 

Writers pact with Universal TV

 

Pete Segal fit for 'Fockers'

 

Pair shop NBC shows

 

Obama gives stimulus bump to NBC

 

Former workers sue 'Idol' producer

 

Millenium trilogy set for cinemas

 

Woods TV taps Brulere-Powers

 

Studio 4C, Lucent team for toons

 

BBC to increase Web spending

 

'Sea Level' takes Prague fest prize

 

China targets erotic audiobooks

 

Broadway dims lights for Richardson

 

TV writer-producer Mort Lachman dies

 

Venice fest adds Italo pics section

 

Hollywood IATSE signs AMPTP deal

 

Can nonmusicals boost Broadway?

 

Paule Constable's design for lighting

 

Broadcasters upbeat for populist fare

 

Brittany Snow 'Walks' to indie drama

 

Cherry Lane Theater expanding

 

Documentaries thrive in tough times

 

Daylight shines on box office

 

'Mary Poppins' strong in Chicago

 

Key players push Dubai TV into future

 

'Arcadia' returns to West End

 

Ali Jaber educates next generation

 

Dubai TV stays ahead of the curve

 

Disney proteges moving on

 

Korean 'Thirst' poster banned

 

Showbiz spins stimulus package

 

TV rebranding a tricky proposition

 

Economy shakes up film fests execs

 

SAG's Rosenberg takes a break

 

'Millionaire,' 'Marley' are top dogs

 

Bollywood cameos Hollywood stars

 

Russian producers turn to govt.

 

Milano to star in 'Ghostbusters' game

 

British novelist finds favor

 

JoAnn Alfano adjusts to Lifetime

 

Where are the media jobs?

 

Assistant jobs put tyros with the pros

 

Unemployed use 'gap year' wisely

 

Networks search for 10 p.m. gold

 

Germany's Tandem expanding

 

Zodiak expands slate, shares risks

 

Veritocracy limits online exposure

 

Italian shorts aim to boost morale

 

Montecito model makes its mark

 

Audiences 'Knowing' what they want

 

How I got blogged down

 

Tempest of the 'toldja!' journalists

 

Hollywood's blog smog

 

AFTRA in pension tension

 

'Knowing' tops weekend box office

 

Kanye West closes SXSW

 

'Gran,' 'Marley' top foreign box office

 

Berkeley tops College TV Awards

 

'Wall-E' wins kids kudos

 

Giovanni Ribisi

 

Holly Robinson Peete

 

Hope Olaide’ Wilson

 

Ashley Benson, Jack Plotnick

 

Reality TV star Jade Goody dies

 

Scarlet to head Middle East fest

 

DirecTV mines cancellations

 

RDF comes Full Circle for branding

 

Dunham deal for Comedy Central

 

Travel Channel joins 'Tribe'

 

Coen brothers to adapt 'True Grit'

 

WB taps archive for DVD service

 

Warners opens on-demand vault

 

Sony DVD packaging goes green

 

Telemundo, Televisa launch venture

 

Trio sign up for ASCAP's 'Music' expo

 

Sony Pictures streamlines TV units

 

Locarno ties up with Asian event

 

British Film Institute honors Scott

 

TW buys 31% of Lauder's CME

 

Endemol deal spins Spun Gold

 

Mip numbers hold up in recession

 

BSkyB OK to appeal ITV sale ruling

 

Smashing Pumpkins loses drummer

 

Big news boosts '60 Minutes'

 

Amanda Bynes to star in 'Canned'

 

Disney Japan plans digital network

 

Japan shines at Asian Film Awards

 

Japan's comedy fest fetes fantasy

 

Anne Hathaway gets 'Happy'

 

Hoops, Obama lift CBS in ratings

 

'Carnage' proves a powerful piece

 

Turkish state TV preps new channel

 

Nielsen heads to Middle East

 

Al-Hurra kicks off 'Al Youm'

 

Filmart focus on China

 

WWE expands ancillary in recession

 

Will '12 Rounds' bodyslam box office?

 

WWE timeline

 

Cameron Diaz eyes 'Swingles'

 

Tribeca fills All Access slate

 

Broadway continues to climb

 

Men migrate to WWE programming

 

Saudi clerics urge ban on femmes

 

McMahon wrestles WWE to the top

 

TV director Harry Harris dies

 

Link TV unveils 'Cinemondo' slate

 

Lincoln Center spotlights Satyajit Ray

 

'Northern' lights up Lifetime

 

Dow soars 500 points Monday

 

David Letterman marries girlfriend

 

Cartoon Network joins NBA team

 

China OKs Rape of Nanking pics

 

Mamet fest to hit Boston

 

Screen Media Films loves 'Dancing'

 

Guthrie sets '09-'10 season

 

Chelsea Handler gets 3-year deal

 

'Rings' DVD lord jumping to Fox

 

ShoWest lauds Michael Bay

 

Broadway praises 'God of Carnage'

 

'Monsters vs. Aliens' premieres in L.A.

 

DirecTV, NFL ink $4 billion deal

 

More cast set for 'New Moon'

 

Liv Tyler gets 'Romantics'

 

Cassavetes conserving 'Kingdom'

 

Paramount places Fickman on 'Call'

 

Parsons leaving TW board

 

Regency eyes 'Formula' for Singer

 

Spike strikes up the 'Band'

 

WGA levy suit gets messy

 

USC hosts Foch tribute

 

Blockbuster courts Latino auds

 

Warner Horizon taps Carlos Williams

 

CBS stages live show for 'Survivor'

 

WB reups Barry Meyer, Alan Horn

 

Shanghai gets free market zone

 

PCs to replace videogame consoles?

 

Hard times at Bertelsmann

 

George Lopez preps for late night

 

More local shows on Europe's TVs

 

Swedish classic 'Dog' barks again

 

Free online TV a threat to industry

 

Garimberti picked as RAI president

 

Branagh gets BAFTA producer nom

 

Fox leads TV ratings in key demos

 

NASA space station named 'Colbert'

 

Berkeley Rep. announces slate

 

'Hillary' goes to the Supreme Court

 

Jon Hamm joins the cast of 'Howl'

 

TV academies settle legal battle

 

Reversal of fortune for NBC, Halmi

 

'Outrage' leads Hot Docs lineup

 

Tucker Tooley reups with Relativity

 

Oz film fund exec subject of probe

 

Freida Pinto heads to 'Miral'

 

Geffen Playhouse unveils schedule

 

Spanish player takes U.S. stake

 

F. Murray Abraham enters 'Offices'

 

Hallmark sets ambitious schedule

 

Wii notches up 50 million sales

 

Cincinnati Playhouse unveils lineup

 

ShoWest honors Rachel McAdams

 

Jennifer Hudson returning to 'Idol'

 

Global viewers like sports, fiction

 

Stacy Keach returns to 'Frost/Nixon'

 

Salon Films sets Asia alliances

 

'Saint John' to open CineVegas

 

Garavani given fashionable fete

 

HBO's 'No. 1 Ladies' premieres

 

SAG, AFTRA pause ad strike plans

 

'Aliens' invade Russia before U.S.

 

Third time's the charm for AFI Dallas

 

Barker to appear on 'Price Is Right'

 

Shana Feste books 'You' time

 

Telemundo sets 'Queen' telenovela

 

SAG hardliners seek studio probe

 

DreamWorks nabs 'Nonstop' spec

 

Robert Pattinson eyes 'Memoirs'

 

AFI Fest taps Robert Koehler

 

Quaid to play Bill Clinton in 'Special'

 

Singer-pianist Eddie Bo dies

 

AFI Dallas Fest highlights

 

Cesar trio set for City of Lights

 

Zac Efron ready for new 'Life'

 

Tom Hanks circles 'Major' toy story

 

Producers lock up prison memoir

 

Warners acquires 'Methuselah'

 

MPAA underplays 2008 box office

 

Sundance Channel to bow in France

 

Bertelsmann pushes Five merger

 

C4 doc to feature really big cuts

 

Drabinsky, Gottlieb found guilty

 

Nickelodeon unplugs for Earth Day

 

Blockbuster to sell, rent pics on TiVo

 

Perro Verde gets graphic

 

Turturro grooves to Naples' music

 

Drummer Uriel Jones dies at 74

 

Venice taps duo for jury service

 

Oscar marches into March

 

MGM gets its 'Three Stooges'

 

Lionsgate acquires 'Suicide'

 

Obama draws 40 million

 

L.A. approves incentive package

 

Natasha Richardson remembered

 

Cartoon Network rolls out new slate

 

Mamet to direct his own 'Race'

 

Boyle to lead Shanghai fest jury

 

Hearing set for Piven's 'Plow' dispute

 

Summit crosses 'Golden Gate'

 

'5th Grader' goes syndie

 

Kidman joins Woody Allen film

 

Hayoun on rise at CAA

 

Bernstein webisodes hit DVD

 

NBC U beefs up its Russian TV arm

 

Goodspeed revamping 'Lucky Guy'

 

CW, Daytime Emmys in cliffhanger

 

China pics win Filmart's Open Doors

 

Rich cablers gain more auds

 

Mexican drug war hits Hollywood

 

Somerhalder joins 'Vampire Diaries'

 

Profile: Nashwa al-Ruwaini

 

Daytime Emmys may have new home

 

'Doctors' deliver daytime ratings

 

Green gameplan for Biz

 

James Whitmore memorial

 

Sony retains rights to India cricket

 

CBC faces 10% staff cuts

 

Fox Atomic nabs 'Celeste and Jesse'

 

Universal, Imagine team on 'Strange'

 

Fox offers local-language films

 

Cruise, Diaz may star in Fox film

 

ICM lassoes veteran directors

 

Fox 2000 bulks up 'Percy Jackson'

 

True taps program executives

 

WGA cuts staff amid deficit

 

Coke honors USC filmmakers

 

'Kennedy' mini: View from the right

 

Reveille Nuts for Web

 

Reviews

Duplicity

Knowing

Madame de Sade

The Secret Agenda of Trees

How Theater Failed America

West Side Story

I Love You, Man

Lesbian Vampire Killers

Fruit Fly

Super Capers

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

We Pedal Uphill: Stories from the States: 2001-2008

Monsters vs. Aliens

Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara

Rambo Solo

God of Carnage

Brothers at War

Chick Corea/ John McLaughlin and the Five Peace Band

The Feature

Perestroika

You Will Be Mine

Photograph 51

Magnolia

Rudolf

Goldfish

Inked Baby

Two Fists One Heart

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Impressionism

Samson & Delilah

Zooman and the Sign

Monsters From the Id

Brain Dead

The Fly

Stay the Same Never Change

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

In the Motherhood

1984

Jailbait

Shinjuku Incident

P.J. Harvey and John Parish

Dragonball Evolution


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