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Week of 05/21/2009

Articles

Roadside mops up 'Happy Tears'

 

Benigni to take 'Dante' to America

 

Japan's AK Films seizes 'Milagrosa'

 

CW confirms new fall lineup

 

'Prophet' speaks to Sony Classics

 

IFC captures 'Mammoth'

 

'Idol' ratings down, still dominant

 

'Ribbon' tied to six more territories

 

Belman's 'Game' to open Silverdocs

 

H.K.'s TVB lays off 110 employees

 

Zhang Yimou to stage 'Turandot'

 

'Terminator' nabs $3 million

 

AFTRA approves two new pacts

 

BSkyB brings 'The Pacific' to U.K.

 

Buddy Miller leads Americana noms

 

RTL chief to deliver Edinburgh talk

 

Cantona to star in film 'Moves'

 

Actress Lucy Gordon dies at 28

 

Bollywood's Prakash Mehra dies

 

USA ups Sharkey

 

Michael Moore doc gets release date

 

Tarantino gets Cannes off and running

 

Ascent taps exec trio

 

ASCAP serenades Smokey

 

Dinklage, Brooks set for Williamstown

 

Performers org re-elects Bikel

 

Legit directors' union gets new name

 

Cherry Lane handles 'Shrek' songs

 

UCLA to fete 'Simpsons' director

 

NBA playoffs smack WWE

 

Warners game for Midway takeover

 

Colorists launch Academy

 

HBO faves relaunch DirecTV's 101

 

Poland orders Endemol's 'Vodka'

 

Recap: Upfront ups and downs

 

'Carol' train tour kicks off in LA

 

UCLA to host annual pitch competition

 

Cancer telecast raises $100 million

 

Banff to honor Shaftesbury Films

 

SAG, AFTRA approve ads contract

 

Irvine Welsh scores soccer comedy

 

SAG members divided over new deal

 

Sony acquires 'St. Trinian's'

 

Fox TV inks Dan Sackheim

 

ABC unwraps Disney toon for X-Mas

 

Canal Plus Spain takes 'Millennium'

 

Campo, Agat study 'Sciences'

 

'Dance' premiere gives Fox Thursday win

 

'Terminator' takes $13.37 million

 

'Dance' tops modest Thursday

 

Studios bank on summer b.o. abroad

 

'Killed' dominates Fortnight prizes

 

Film booms in Brazil despite economy

 

Big Beach mines quirky b.o. niche

 

Cannes signals new industry model

 

Veteran auteurs dominate Cannes

 

Analyzing the titles of Cannes films

 

Cannes Critics go for 'Gary'

 

'Springtime' Hitler spoof hits Berlin

 

Globo pacts with Azteca on novela

 

Imax responds to screen size critics

 

TV ad ban creates no windfall for webs

 

Fall TV lineups locked -- for now

 

German news finally brings diversity

 

Pay-as-you-go recharges Italian TV

 

Budgets bound to affect TV content

 

Disney promotes 'Carol' with train tour

 

Box office blitz shuts out specialty films

 

Broadway embraces web community

 

Theater crowd out front in gay activism

 

'Coraline' musical comes to life

 

Warner Bros. bites into iPhone apps

 

Cannes' Cinefondation fetes 'Baba'

 

Tony noms puff up 'Hair' sales

 

Jim Wiatt to exit WME?

 

Viewers enamored with 'Eurovision'

 

'Wicked' breaks records at Norfolk

 

Warner Brothers

 

Sony

 

NBC Universal

 

Twentieth Century Fox

 

Disney

 

CBS Studios

 

Full slates set for L.A. Screenings

 

Upfronts 2009: Cut and run

 

CanWest buys shows at L.A. Screenings

 

'Museum' edges 'Terminator' Friday

 

Cannes' FIPRESCI honors 'Ribbon'

 

'Dogtooth' wins Un Certain Regard

 

CTV nabs 'Flash Forward'

 

'White Ribbon' wins Palme d'Or

 

'Museum' conquers 'Terminator' in U.S.

 

'Angels & Demons' still strong overseas

 

CanWest, CTV shop at Screenings

 

Twitter, Brillstein develop TV series

 

Neil Armfield to quit Company B

 

SG buys Japanese theme-park group

 

Danny Boyle joins Shanghai jury

 

Other Angle moves into distribution

 

'Terminator' takes top Korean spot

 

RTVE takes stake in BBC series

 

Telecinco signs Calparsoro deal

 

'Museum' bests 'Terminator' at B.O.

 

Mexico's Cinepolis plans Indian foray

 

Creditors cut deal with Ion

 

Broadway has high hopes for summer

 

Filmmaker Marc Rocco dies at 46

 

Schwartz to lead UCLA film, TV school

 

Russian actor Oleg Yankovsky dies

 

Wilco's Jay Bennett dies at 45

 

High-profile members split at SAG

 

Roger Donaldson in talks for 'Umbra'

 

Jim Wiatt on the way out at WME

 

Sloane is Fox's new drama queen

 

Dalton nabs City National gig

 

3-D heads to TV with 'Wu Cheng-en'

 

'Angels' survives swine flu in Japan

 

'Art of Stealing' to open Jove festival

 

Selhami, Samper join 'Carnival'

 

Crook locked in for spell with 'Merlin'

 

Munich to honor Michael Haneke

 

BSkyB brings back live theater

 

Pacino to play Kevorkian in HBO pic

 

Upping the ante on showbiz's ageism

 

'Jon & Kate' returns with a bang

 

'Othello,' Parks' latest on Public slate

 

'Buffy' reboot on the horizon

 

AFI pins medal on Golin

 

Broadway has memorable weekend

 

'Real Housewives' heads to D.C.

 

Jessica Szohr added to 'Piranha 3D'

 

Noah Emmerich

 

Composer Michael Barr dies at 82

 

William Fichtner

 

Jetix becomes Disney in Europe

 

Jason Butler Harner

 

Actress Jane Randolph dies at 94

 

Jacqueline Pinol

 

Greg Fellows

 

Oscilloscope nabs Gondry's 'Thorn'

 

Will Hollywood fight Prop. 8?

 

Wilmer Valderrama signs Real deal

 

Screenings buyers want best for less

 

Friggo honored at RAI Expo

 

HBO's 'Hung' sets launch date

 

Ferrell, Kidman among Tony presenters

 

Chase, Astin to appear in 'Burnt Boys'

 

Shubert teams with NYC & Co.

 

FX gets 'Night at the Museum'

 

SAG employs robo-calls for support

 

Broadway posts 2008-09 sales

 

Starz gets $20.6 mil government boost

 

Seth Rogen to voice 'Paul' for Pegg

 

Debmar-Mercury taps WB executive

 

Rogers busy at L.A. Screenings

 

Dustin Hoffman books 'Version' gig

 

Ryukoku wraps Kurosawa project

 

Shields steps down at AOL

 

BBC to launch U.S. kids' channel

 

CBS tops ratings with 'Mentalist'

 

Cannibal film cleared for German release

 

Russian investor backs Facebook

 

Chinese TV giant eyes private capital

 

Eminem breaks 2009 sales records

 

'Deal' set for MyNetworkTV

 

Neil Simon revivals fill out casts

 

Blanchett's theater sees money woes

 

Bensimon takes on 'bad girl' image

 

Granada America gets ITV rebrand

 

John Lithgow kills for 'Dexter'

 

NBC finance guru Harman dies

 

Paramount charts franchise course

 

Paramount vet Paul Sperrazza dies

 

World rights sold for 'Moon'

 

N.Y. tightens belt on tax credit plan

 

Bravo mingles with 'Miami'

 

'Transformers' to bow at L.A. Film Fest

 

Broadway B.O. breaks records

 

Broadway League consolidates B.O.

 

Universal gathers units under Sperber

 

William Morris' Elwes, Ronson to exit

 

BAFTA to honor Emily Blunt

 

42 West taps Norman for new media

 

WB sets VOD window in Japan

 

WMA Indie co-heads exit

 

WGA presses RHI claims

 

RHI launches L.A. outpost

 

'Doctor Who' returns to BBC America

 

Obama may enlist industry organizers

 

ABC exec's world gets bigger

 

DreamWorks animates its output

 

Cruise pairs with Diaz on Fox pic

 

WB expands 'Pucca' push

 

Mesa banks on Gossels

 

Voight, Dafoe feted at CineVegas

 

Obama comes to Hollywood

 

Reviews

Nymph

Diamonds

Obsessed

The Observer

Dance Flick

In the Beginning

Tiny Kushner

Land of Madness

Carcasses

The Wind Journeys

Navidad

Hitched or Ditched

Tale in the Darkness

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

The Time That Remains: Chronicle of a Present Absentee

The Goode Family

Mental

Away We Go

Face

Ashes and Blood

Oxhide II

A Town Called Panic

Ajami

Enter the Void

To Die Like a Man

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo

Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

The Hangover

New World Order

The Silent Army

Here

The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures

The Glass Menagerie

Cornelia

Karaoke

Adrift

Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet

Tell Me Who You Are

Nature's Most Amazing Events

You, Nero

Petition

Safe Harbor

Maneater

Tears of April

Group Portrait with Kids and Motorcycles

Vieux Carre

Pure Confidence

A History of Israeli Cinema

Independence


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