Table of Contents
Week of 04/02/2009

Articles

YouTube stops music in Germany

 

BFI celebrates Broccoli centenary

 

British Academy sets awards date

 

Golden Globes timetable announced

 

NBC snaps up drama from ITV

 

Cast set for Roundabout's 'Birdie'

 

Shed calls up execs for U.S. push

 

WB, New Line set date for 'Sex'

 

Endemol in product placement pact

 

Banderas opens up U.S. 'Cafe'

 

Fox tops ratings with 'Idol' results

 

Oxygen renews 'Bad Girls Club'

 

ESPN scores big with Sports Emmys

 

Visitors flock to Tokyo parks

 

1969: Quincy Jones builds studio

 

Greenberg Glusker timeline

 

OWN unveils programming slate

 

Renaissance man: Bert Fields

 

Firm adds philanthropy to legal feats

 

'Rainbow' heads to Broadway

 

Phyllida Lloyd directs a non-musical

 

Jeonju unveils festival slate

 

Abba's 'Mamma' means business

 

Lucille Lortel nominees announced

 

Greenberg Glusker still honing skills

 

Few surprises at Tony talks

 

Playwrights Horizons, Vineyard team

 

'Spider-Man' to star unknowns

 

'Legally Blonde' heads to London

 

New Dramatists honor Horton Foote

 

English National Opera sets lineup

 

Max Brown

 

Ricki Lake

 

Mo Rocca

 

Gal Gadot

 

R.J. Stewart

 

Emily Cook, Kathy Greenberg

 

Universal's in the 'Fast' lane

 

MSNBC to go high def on June 29

 

Rosenberg vows defiance over deal

 

Paul Weitz eyes 'Fockers' gig

 

Tabloid vibe adds spice to G-20

 

Boston doesn't want Jay Leno show

 

Aaron Eckhart runs to 'Rabbit Hole'

 

AFI Dallas honors 'Gigantic'

 

Sony TV extends Vince Gilligan deal

 

Jon Lovitz cues comedy club

 

Peter Gallagher hits 'Californication'

 

Jay Roach to produce Universal film

 

Showtime zeroes in on 'Ronna,' 'Side'

 

Food Network renews 'Viva Daisy!'

 

Method honors Schnabel, Oswalt

 

Par to release Scanbox DVD slate

 

Cannes to fete Fellini's 'Vita'

 

'ER' series finale scores with auds

 

Globo comedies clean up on sales

 

Ofcom fines BBC for prank call

 

MipDoc buyers in love with 'Body'

 

BSkyB claims first with live 3-D TV

 

'Slumdog' jumps $300 million mark

 

Arte picks up 'Suburban' at mart

 

Is WHDH reconsidering Jay Leno?

 

'Slumdog's' Kapoor to star on '24'

 

Box office trusts in 'God of Carnage'

 

Michael Wilson back in New York

 

'30 Rock' brings solid ratings

 

Cable players make push for online

 

Recession brings caution to Mip TV

 

Green Day maps out unusual path

 

Eighties sounds 'Rock' Broadway

 

16-show slate drops 2.3%

 

A proposal to regulate TV pundits

 

Vatican mum on 'Angels and Demons'

 

ShoWest gets a bit bashful

 

New York Times beset by red ink

 

Industry tied up in knots

 

Memoir 'Promises' timely perspective

 

Forecasters fizzle amid flameout

 

Disney pops out at 3-D pep rally

 

Fans sink their teeth into 'Twilight' DVD

 

DVD biz seeks cure for slipped discs

 

Tech firms testing out 3-D waters

 

Studios have 'Monster' 3-D vision

 

NBC affiliates nervous about Leno

 

Illumination readies 'I Hop'

 

Disney cuts theme park staffers

 

La Scala trades trees for maestro

 

'Knowing' flap muddles Oz tax credit

 

New Line finds its Freddy Krueger

 

Universal on 'Fast' track to history

 

'Passchendaele' tops Genie Awards

 

'Fast' wins weekend with $72.5 mil

 

Fox fired up over 'Wolverine' review

 

Academy overhaul

 

'Aliens' lands big foreign box office

 

BSkyB will board MGM's 'Stargate'

 

Metallica rocks Hall of Fame

 

IATSE signs up stage workers

 

Peter Bart gets new Variety role

 

Early 'Snow' for Blu-Ray

 

Bill Clinton set for Amfar fundraiser

 

Bollywood producers go on strike

 

E.M. Lewis with theater prize

 

'Americas Off Broadway' unveils slate

 

Paez to Fox Broadcasting post

 

Cast set for Schumacher's 'Twelve'

 

WB gets tipsy with 'Hangover' sequel

 

Katims lights on 'Oz' update at NBC

 

Morgan Creek enters Nicita era

 

SAG explores back-channel moves

 

Turner nets Perry pair, action trio

 

Simon Hunter thrown a 'Curve'

 

Wouter Barendrecht dies at 43

 

Country Music Awards on high note

 

'Bon Jovi' rolls to Tribeca

 

EM.Sport scores a new name

 

Fox tweaks summer slate

 

Deadly Italian quake hits production

 

SAG announces key dates for kudos

 

Mike Newell opens magic 'Box'

 

BBC America pulls a.m. news show

 

HandMade adds to its exec roster

 

MGM sells film package to SBS

 

Shabana Chadha joins 'Afterlife'

 

Country Music Awards a ratings hit

 

CW slates reality duo

 

Spanish TV channels size up mergers

 

George Lucas' 'Red Tails' adds trio

 

In touch with the royals

 

Theresa Rebeck's 'Our House' cast

 

Ars Nova sets 'Big Money' readings

 

FUNimation to stream Toei cartoons

 

Bollywood producers go on strike

 

NBC's Williams nabs Cronkite Award

 

Broadway sales slip

 

ESPN's 'SportsCenter' heads West

 

Gersh Agency creates film division

 

Martin Scorsese gets MPAA honor

 

Grammer to receive NAB TV honor

 

Dick Cook, Hollywood want piracy fix

 

Disney-WGAW announce fellows

 

Variety ups Bart, Gray

 

Time Warner keen on acquisitions

 

Chris Brown pleads not guilty

 

Luna Marie Katich

 

Phoebe Elizabeth and Alexandra Marie Brunner

 

Willow Cohn

 

Confirmed: Fox fires Roger Friedman

 

Keaton, Goldblum join 'Glory'

 

Disney on 'Horse' with Bruckheimer

 

Universal, TruTV set film promos

 

Gaumont finds Finder's 'Paranoia'

 

Jonathan Wax moves to 20th TV

 

Killer Films revives ‘Betsy’

 

Summer a reality at CW

 

Michael Crichton legacy lives on

 

'Yo Gabba Gabba' grabs the limelight

 

MPs rein in BBC's commercial arm

 

Marathon runs to Marchal's 'Braquo'

 

Spain gives director government job

 

Pinewood eyes FilmPort complex

 

Apple, EMI release new Beatles CDs

 

'Kings' exiled to Saturdays by NBC

 

Samuel L. Jackson to host ESPYs

 

Daytime Emmys head to CW

 

Kal Penn joins White House team

 

ABC Family makes summer plans

 

Chan goes big on 'Soldier'

 

Hoops down, but still a ratings winner

 

DirecTV mines for gold in TV discards

 

Economic crunch hits Poland's TVN

 

Weinstein Co. promotes Laine Kline

 

SAG's Connie Stevens honored

 

Sony adapting 'Colossus' into movie

 

Musician Clifford 'Bud' Shank dies

 

Tom Braden dies at 92

 

Sony nabs Edward Norton's 'Obama'

 

Overture acquires 'Paper Heart'

 

Lifetime pacts with Unilever

 

TV Land goes to 'High School'

 

Evans takes new role as legit a.d.

 

Disney discount boosts box office

 

Kenny Leon takes train to Boston

 

'Girls' show heads to New York

 

'Aliens' tops international box office

 

Tracey Ullman feted by BAFTA/LA

 

Dialect coach K.C. Ligon dies at 60

 

'Primo Giorno' wins in Beverly Hills

 

'Chameleon' adapts to bigscreen

 

Universal to make 'Academy' film

 

Larry Charles to direct 'Discontent'

 

Walden teams with Doug Atchison

 

Verbinski's had enough 'Pirates'

 

Alex O'Loughlin gets 'Plan B'

 

Layoffs get the reality TV treatment

 

Bergman to depart ASCAP

 

Shine heads Down Under

 

Jay Kandola exits ITV

 

M6 snaps up slew of U.S. shows

 

MTV campaign to promote voting

 

Locarno fest fetes Toni Servillo

 

EOS makes a date with 'Sisi'

 

'My Life in Ruins' to close Tribeca

 

HBO renews 'Eastbound & Down'

 

'Idol,' 'Fringe' top Tuesday ratings

 

Turner ups Linsky to VP post

 

ABC gets early start on summer

 

Porn star Jack Wrangler dies

 

Andy Fickman to direct 'You Again'

 

Kyle Gallner moves to 'Elm Street'

 

What's next for Roger Friedman?

 

'Fishing Fool' franchise to finish

 

Scouting trip becomes an adventure

 

IFC sets spring slate

 

Joseph Helfgot dies at 60

 

Ralph Fiennes in talks for 'Titans'

 

Joan Rivers up next for 'Roast'

 

Can 'Hannah' slow down 'Furious?'

 

Laurie Metcalf doubles up on Simon

 

Long Wharf to host Fugard's 'Seen'

 

Cleveland Play House to move

 

John Hensley

 

Sean Patrick Flanery

 

Antoinette Stella

 

Fox, MLB mulling World Series times

 

Will Kemp

 

Douglas Smith

 

Tyler James Williams

 

'Observe and Report' premieres in L.A.

 

'Heroes' cast artwork up for auction

 

'Twilight' wins on UK DVD

 

Metal mania hits Hollywood

 

Virginia Madsen to defy 'Gravity'

 

David O. Russell to direct 'Aaron'

 

CAA to bust a move with Cartel

 

ABC Family nabs Disney 2009 films

 

Buscemi, Tucci seal Lionsgate deal

 

Endeavor seeks to advise, consult

 

Reviews

Fast & Furious

Kelli O'Hara

Surviving Suburbia

Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles

45365

End Days

Reasons to Be Pretty

Russell Simmons Presents Brave New Voices

Guitar Hero: Metallica

ER

The Unusuals

Harper's Island

Tusk Tusk

Southland

Pig Hunt

Change Begins Within

Die Walkuere

Being Audrey 

Mauritius

The Tree

Deadliest Warrior

Parks and Recreation

Luminous Birch

War Music

Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them

The Passion of Gabriel

The Toxic Avenger

The Enemy

Romantic Island

Monsters vs. Aliens

Juntos

Stella's War

Tied Together

That Game of Chess

Hannah Montana: The Movie

Rock of Ages

The Last Summer of La Boyita

Interiors

Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire


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