Table of Contents
Week of 05/07/2009
Articles
RTL revenue slides 11% in Q1
TFM nabs French rights to 'Trader'
Venice unearths more Italian classics
ITV Global picks up 'Chopin'
'Potter' to open Giffoni Film Festival
Fortissimo boards 'Dream Home'
Nintendo's profits on the rise
Adult Swim orders 'Titan'
Relativity Media rolls dice on Rogue
Bollywood finds a home on Hulu
CBS Corp. posts $55 million loss
'Cat' purrs under London roof
LaChanze, Orlando Jones join 'Wiz'
Beau Bridges finds 'Guys and Dolls'
Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist dies at 48
Gussi nabs rights to 'Papelucho'
VH1 subscribes to more 'Tough Love'
German funder back in business
Germany's Premiere to get new name
Polanski case not thrown out
ABC gives early pickup to 'Family'
Queens Council to salute Rosenbluth
Hamptons fest to spotlight docs
Film Forum re-elects board chair
Specialty pics set to bow
Bennett Miller
Kimberley Nixon
Damon Wayans Jr.
Peter Bratt
Misty Upham
Flu keeps Mexico cautious
Jason Stuart
Cablevision considers MSG spinoff
Warner Music hits online slump
Activision beats Wall Street estimates
Auto industry slump hits Sirius
IATSE endorses Bloomberg
MGM to unleash 'Bunyan and Babe'
Cannes' arty '08 films got cool reception
RealNetworks device to record DVDs
Chris Gorak prepares for 'Dead Loss'
Jackson sets sail with pirate story
WWE pinned by 47% loss in profits
Vin Diesel to star in 'Wheelman'
Forster, Horberg team on 'Disconnect'
Dark Castle hosts 'The Apparition'
Audi drives AFI screenings
West gives 'Mechanic' an overhaul
CBS Films acquires rights to 'Station'
Marisa Tomei, Liv Tyler team to thrill
'Clueless' film cues parents
'Mother's Day' gets Twisted for redo
Sutherland charged in head-butt claim
Munchkin Mickey Carroll dies at 89
ABC's 'Anatomy' makes ratings gains
SAG sets town hall meetings
'Star Trek' beams up $7 million Thurs.
Barnes & Noble bid stuns Wall Street
Universal casts park tour guides
TV Nova fires reporter over flu joke
Swine flu curbs telenovela kissing
Regent mines world cinema niche
Signature Theater's mammoth ambitions
'Wicked,' 'Jersey Boys' break records
Broadway continues late-spring leak
Mafia pic 'Gomorrah' slays Davids
Plays plot ways to play up noms
Broadway shows crave Tony bump
Sasha Grey's breakthrough 'Experience'
Cannes event highlights
Distribution reports: Australia
Distribution reports: Latin America
Distribution reports: Japan
Distribution reports: China
Distribution reports: Russia
Distribution reports: Spain
Distribution reports: France
Distribution reports: Italy
Distribution reports: Germany
Distribution reports: United Kingdom
Ailing film market sees prices plunge
Stars no longer ensure box office profits
Lending slows for film production
U.K. regulates film funding
Demand for P&A high, deals scarce
Film equity players
Accessible heroes topline action films
Cannes lineup 2009
Veterans share sales wisdom
Film pickup prospects
10 people you meet in Cannes
Celebrated auteurs clash at Cannes
Eurovision unites and divides Europe
France, Italy lure Hollywood
'Wolverine' triumphs overseas
Spanish comedies boost industry
'Phantom' sequel delayed until 2010
Sigourney Weaver to walk 'Main Road'
West's 'Locust' captures Hollywood
Summit strategy avoids temptations
Not frightened by Friday
Aussies try to corral kids' fare
China gets 'Ultra' sensitive
Scheduling not what it used to be
Maxyne Lang to get Publisher Award
Shows to scrimp on scribes
Jeonju fest honors Filipino director
IFC nabs 'Five Minutes in Heaven'
Cannes: City of hope
Mexico sets dates for Fox tentpoles
ABC picks up 'Flash Forward'
Former WGA West president dies
'Star Trek' has grand opening
'Star Trek' beams up $76.5 million
Brotherly love at Cannes
Warner pics fly to Jupiter
Grace grants pics access
'Star' treks to top of foreign box office
Working Title praises Hayes
SAG sets ratification effort
Pixar drawn to Vancouver
Actress Linda Dangcil dies at 67
Obama transforms annual 'nerd prom'
Groundswell taps production exec
Second Stage sets season
Collins, Roberts joins 'Family'
Village Roadshow finds funding
'Man' on top at Hot Docs festival
Imagi topper ankles
London fest gets $2.7 million
E!'s 'Soup' gets Web spin for G4
Fremantle raises Clark for global gig
Banderas solves 'Big Bang' mystery
Fox TV taps cast consultant
Axium demands payback from actors
Networks countdown to upfronts
Venice to tell 'Story' in 3-D
'Road' leads to Anchor Bay
Versus to launch 'Fanarchy'
'Billy,' 'Shrek' tops Outer Critics Circle
'Housewives' wins night for ABC
Tcha, Kim quit at SidusFNH
Mitsuko Mori hits milestone perf
Komuro given suspended sentence
Quake coverage could push 'Panda'
Theater World Awards hand out honors
'Mary and Max' wins Stuttgart prize
'Kimmel's' Kellison joins 'Hunt'
Producers team on 'Assassins' redo
Film attendance holds steady overseas
Short added to TBS comedy slate
'Cove' reels in Hot Docs award
Emmys split variety categories
Writer Edwin 'Bud' Shrake dies
Helfgot memorial
'Star Trek' sets bow for Mexico
Bud Shrake remembered
Lane, Neuwirth to lead 'Family'
'AMC Storymakers' sets guestlist
Nordic distribs band together
BAFTA/LA honors funny folks
London fetes Canadian film board
Veteran agent Ruth Bowen dies
Exhibitor David Williams dies at 83
Families beam up 'Trek' box office
Musician James 'Jimmy' Wallis dies
Wall Street warms up to media
Musician Stephen Bruton dies
Brenner lands Relativity gig
Tony noms bump Broadway box office
NBC passing on 'Legally Mad'
Jupiter Theater vet dies at 62
Fremantle N. America taps Sci Fi exec
Geffen made N.Y. Times bid
California awaits filming incentives
North American rebate roundup
British Columbia lures big productions
Filmmakers watch costs in tough times
Duo delve into market research
Gosling, Williams get 'Blue'
Fox, Blue Sky drawn to 'Rio'
Silver mines horror classic
'Trek' logs FX sale
Consolidated loves 'Phillip Morris'
'Gladiators' leaps to bigscreen
A&E feels 'Cooler' in Honolulu
IFC to raise 'Dead' film
Bruckheimer, MTV play Games
Winder to top Rainmaker
Bassetti withdraws Cecchi Gori bid
Usen in talks to sell distributor Gaga
Wise Policy heads for bankruptcy
France passes online piracy law
Networks share the ratings wealth
Mischer to exec produce Emmys
A&E pursues cop dramas
'Cosby' shows how times have changed
West End's 'Spring' to shutter
Singapore offers new initiatives
James Spader enters Mamet's 'Race'
Changes in store for 'NewsHour'
New York Women honor designers
Danny Boyle Shanghai'd for jury duty
3-D pops 'Up' in Cannes
'Idol' tops TV ratings competition
Turner boosts Levy's duties
Academy Foundation grants nonprofits
Spacey to star in 'Casino Jack'
Glover makes friends with 'Alice'
Gowarikar answers 'Buddha's' call
Bratton blurs reality on 'The Office'
Fox inks 'Target,' 'Sons of Tucson'
'Office' romance stays strong
British model tweaked for U.S. 'Office'
Triple-play for Mexico cablers
Ray Liotta
Docs used to address global issues
Dianne Wiest
Joshua Leonard
Sharni Vinson
Lindsey Kraft
Vail Bloom
On-air personality Mike Handley dies
'Weapon' first film for Flagship
Musician Travis Edmonson dies
SND to sell rights to 'Reconciliation'
FilmSharks rolls out Trailer Co.
Halcyon moves forward with 'Tears'
Focus, Edko seal three film deal
'Fantomas' spies bigscreen makeover
Kidman bolts from Woody Allen film
Odd Lot shakeup
Fortissimo forges on
Campion's 'Star' rises with Berney
Filmax, Balaguero team for 'Flatmate'
August to direct 'Svinalangorna'
'Faust' finishes Russian 'trilogy'
Kristen Johnston to read 'God'
CBS inks writer Ken Sanzel
WGA warns against non-union gigs
Kutcher's 'Blah Girls' find TV guide
Universal rides Dark Horse's 'Secret'
'Scrubs' pair part of U community
Starz keeps 'Party' going
ABC teams with RDF for 'Family'
Sarah Palin lands book deal
Trio bound to Stowe's 'Captives'
Beresford's back with 'Black' comedy
Russians ramp up film org
Cannes suffers from billboard blues
'Witch' weaves web visions
Ibiza festival honors Terry Gilliam
Hubert Bals hands out funds
'Idol' still champ, but 'Loser' wins big
Music Box nabs German duo
IFC ushers in 'Golden Age'
Myriad walks up 'Main Street'
WB picks up 'Prodigies'
Phasers set for 'Demons'
Imagenation tips Participant pair
Fox, McDonald's partner on promos
Polanski's 'Ghost' scares up funds
'Ribbon' woven in at Sony Classics
Cannes takes 'Pictures' of Bergman
Svensk broadens global ambitions
Sharif guides Egypt's next generation
Hamed tackles movie taboos
Egypt's new wave opts for edgier films
Cannes film fest kicks off with 'Up'
Flemish films benefit from foreign dialects
Nutley married in work, life to Bergstrom
Scandinavian films adapt to English
Von Trier rethinks horror in 'Antichrist'
Scorsese to direct Sinatra biopic
StudioCanal defies odds by growing
Nehst Studios aims for 'Basket'
Panel OKs bill on royalties
Feltheimer to receive Banff honor
History Channel unveils epic slate
Directors Guild hails French piracy law
Hartford makes 'Mistakes'
SAG exploring AFTRA jurisdiction
Fonda finds herself against the wall
Derwent Awards for Bernstine, Tveit
NHL playoffs a win for Versus
ASCAP celebrates Carter Burwell
MGM gunning for 'Terminator'?
Ferrara to transform 'Jekyll'
StudioCanal remounts 'Cliff'
Pyramide nabs rights to 'Humpday'
NEA nom for Landesman causes stir
Rachel Israel joins Teri Weinberg
Disney catches comedy pass
Marketers happy to get 'Lost'
Lindsay Lohan turns to 'Other Side'
Levison expected to leave Fox
Brown thrives in tough times
Revolver aims at production role
Machado set for 'Tropicalia' docu
Potential fall line-ups emerging
La Fabrique lines up 'Livid'
Reviews
Objectified
Best Worst Movie
Little Ashes
Waiting for Godot
Next Day Air
The Merchant of Venice
Love N' Dancing
The Fantasticks
Offices
So Happy Together...
Ovo
Time and the Conways
French Girl
Last Ride
Break
The Real Housewives of New Jersey
Powder Blue
What Goes Up
Ovo
Courting Vampires
Charm School Gives Back With Ricki Lake
Made in Hungaria
Dirty Dancing -- The Classic Story on Stage
26 Miles
For Lovers Only
Masquerades
Blank City
Coyote County Loser
Shame
Strongman
Up
The Jazz Baroness
Which Way Home
Giant
The Big Shot-Caller
A More Perfect Union
Being Jewish in France
The Way We Get By
Mutants
Invisible Girlfriend
Spring Fever
Tyne Daly: Songs
Soundtrack for a Revolution
The Dishwashers
William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet
A Good Man
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