Table of Contents
Week of 05/28/2009

Articles

Time Warner to split from AOL

 

Russian cinema admissions fall 11%

 

Shed to produce 'Marriage Ref'

 

'Dance' puts Fox in ratings spotlight

 

Lionsgate agrees to TV Guide sale

 

European soccer final wins TV prize

 

Splendid scoops up U.S. films

 

'Rain' could fall on Jackman, Craig

 

Madrid lines up market premieres

 

Jason Gabel, Suzanne Bass

 

TF1 eyes increased stake in AB

 

Rihanna to testify in Brown case

 

Korea's Cannes winners honor Roh

 

Columbia hooks pirate tale

 

TBS preps 'Very Funny Show'

 

Goldwyn picks 'Handkerchief'

 

Peter Stormare

 

Musical numbers to highlight Tonys

 

Regional Toon Spotlight: Canada

 

Regional Toon Spotlight: Germany

 

Mafia pics slug it out for ribbon

 

Regional Toon Spotlight: Australia

 

Regional Toon Spotlight: Japan

 

Regional Toon Spotlight: India

 

Spielberg's 'Tintin' sets a date

 

Regional Toon Spotlight: China

 

Regional Toon Spotlight: United Kingdom

 

LMNO, Southern Star pact

 

Regional Toon Spotlight: Spain

 

Highlights from this year's Annecy fest

 

'Paper Man' opens L.A. Film Festival

 

Fest salutes Soviet toon pioneer Shiryaev

 

French TV toons jump to bigscreen

 

Box office is looking 'Up'

 

Jeri Ryan

 

Karen Olivo

 

Sammi Hanratty

 

Heather Paige Kent

 

Hoyt Yeatman

 

Sofia Weed

 

WME will debut Tuesday

 

Emma Simcox

 

'Bye' says hi to new cast

 

Reading set for 'Bonnie'

 

Groff to star in 'Bacchae'

 

TV writer/producer Michael Ross dies

 

Producer Mort Abrahams dies at 93

 

Divided SAG stands

 

Liz Heldens inks pact with UMS

 

WB nabs 'Hench' for McBride

 

Waugh rides 'Bobby' wave

 

New CEO named at Wildbrain

 

'Girls Just Want' to get remade

 

Toon 'Guy' goes after laffer Emmy

 

Golf Channel swings for 'Haney'

 

Marathon places 'Spies' abroad

 

Rome TV festival adopts lunar theme

 

China targets illegal Internet cafes

 

Glowinski to join StudioCanal

 

BSkyB bids for Virgin cable channels

 

'Dance' waltzes over competition

 

BSkyB links up with Xbox

 

SAG moderates gain momentum

 

South African broadcaster pulls doc

 

German 'Millionaire' fears leak, reshoots

 

WME launches, few frictions remain

 

Video Games Live's global success

 

Phil Spector gets 19 years to life

 

Azteca's Hi-TV brings controversy

 

Disney, Nick target kids over summer

 

Conan: Too good to be popular?

 

Polanski shoots 'Ghost' in Germany

 

'Angels' shows great traction overseas

 

Directors dig into Beat era

 

Hollywood revises gaming strategy

 

3-D series to hit smallscreen in China

 

Live theatre returns to TV, via Sky

 

Chavez quake spat shakes web

 

Germany celebrates Cannes success

 

Portman to star in 'Your Highness'

 

Box office takes a dip on the road

 

Memorial Day leftovers boosts sales

 

Tunesmith takes 'Minister's Wife'

 

Broadway & the test of time

 

Woody Allen finds Kidman replacement

 

ABC bringing back 'Better off Ted'

 

Bewkes: TW was in AOL merger talks

 

Quality too good to pass up

 

Bright lights, big tally

 

Jay Leno says goodnight to 'Tonight'

 

Heavy hitters favor SAG deal

 

'Up' soars to $21.4 million Friday

 

Leno has record Friday night

 

WGA issues upbeat report to members

 

CanWest subsidiary misses payment

 

Aid for Atlanta troupes

 

Directing trio set for conference

 

'Up' flies high at weekend box office

 

'Broadway Profiles' sets bow

 

China's film industry on fast track

 

Agency takeover stirs Hollywood fears

 

'Museum' tops international box office

 

'Hamlet' players move to screen

 

Mexico to mine 'Millionaire'

 

Sony, TF1 launch distribution venture

 

Halle Berry circling 'Surrogate'

 

Japanese duo arrested for webcasts

 

Graceful transition at 'Tonight' show

 

Atari plays the name game

 

Koreatown looks to lure lensing

 

Duo to groom Heathcliff for screen

 

NBC Universal, Hallmark deal in cards

 

Columbia slow to nab 'Swift'

 

Universal in tune with Mattel monster

 

LAByrinth a.d. trio ankle

 

Brillstein TV taps Kaplan for exec VP

 

Sony looks to Blu-ray for PS3 boost

 

Carey to rejoin Rupe?

 

'Twilight' tops MTV Movie Awards

 

Tarifa presents 'L'Absence' with prize

 

'Talent' gets 69% share for finale

 

Pozzitive lets public in on the jokes

 

Berlusconi hits back at paparazzo

 

Fox, NBC top ratings race

 

Feng follows hit with 'Aftershocks'

 

Jones dives from 'Moon' into 'Deep'

 

'SpongeBob' nets Chinese website

 

Halcyon nabs rights to 'Bilderberg'

 

Paradigm hires Erwin More

 

Octuplets mom gets reality TV show

 

Emmy Awards moves to Sept. 13

 

Female impersonator La Rue dies

 

'Waldo' finds his way to the bigscreen

 

Sinise to narrate 'We Believe'

 

Nonprofits fund theater orgs

 

Broadway slides after holiday

 

McCartney, Ringo appear at E3 event

 

Streisand books it

 

VH1 goes back to 'Rehab'

 

Zucker feted by UJA

 

Lionsgate revenues roar

 

Miley Cyrus returns for more 'Montana'

 

IFP sets 10 films for Lab

 

Friars Club launches first festival

 

Afro-Punk fest to feature Spike Lee

 

Del Toro's 'Cosas' gets Hola fest preem

 

'Shrek' ticks ticket deal

 

Microsoft rocks the Xbox 360

 

'Land of the Lost' premieres in L.A.

 

Will Rupe Carey over?

 

Dances With Films laces up in L.A.

 

Writer Edward J. Lakso dies

 

'A World Apart' creator dies at 65

 

NBC U taps content king

 

Erwin More

 

Joanne Wiles

 

Stan Foster

 

Eli Morgan Genser

 

ABC has high hopes for NBA finals

 

Outfest to open with 'La Mission'

 

Illusion Arts closes down

 

SAG contract battle almost over?

 

'Monster Garage' open for new season

 

Field takes Universal's 'Creed'

 

Paris Hilton pursues Mideast 'BFF'

 

50 Cent gets 'Caught' up

 

'Storm' to hit States in fall

 

Lily Rabe

 

La Canfora teams up with NFL Network

 

Conan takes over 'Tonight Show'

 

NBC keeps ear to the Internet

 

USA promotes Alex Sepiol to VP

 

Monte Carlo bets on U.S. talent

 

Licensing biz feels recession effects

 

U.K. gets ready for piracy fight

 

BBC1 boss to shun U.S. series

 

Universal promotes Swinkels

 

France stages 3-D Mozart spectacle

 

Lionsgate sets Haggis for 'Days'

 

Conan O'Brien off to a strong start

 

'Jay Leno Show' to bow on Sept. 14

 

Quality trumps the sophomore slump

 

Tonys add Poison to show

 

'Slumdog,' 'Billy' honored at Astaires

 

Appeal for Bergman's Baltic estate

 

'Tsar' to open Moscow Film Festival

 

IsHak, Sheresky book it with UTA

 

Critics pick the best TV of the decade

 

Original web series still lack funding

 

Do online clips give an Emmy edge?

 

DirecTV helps 'Lights' Emmy campaign

 

Returning Emmy contenders

 

Emmy voters view screeners online

 

Changes coming to Emmys kudocast

 

Reality TV seeks an emotional rescue

 

TV Academy hatches sixth Emmy slot

 

'Carnage' cast to return after break

 

Getty Images names Motamedi VP

 

Nicholson in talks for Brooks pic

 

Industryites push for Toronto studio

 

Ripa, Consuelos cater to TLC

 

Emile Hirsch to star in 'Hamlet'

 

Wimmer to write 'Total Recall' remake

 

Fox pair promoted to prexy post

 

Vidgame biz is getting a replay

 

Fox has summer's first 'Dance'

 

Sanaa Lathan set for London's 'Cat'

 

Lionsgate execs see profit ahead

 

Humanitas prizes a production arm

 

Madeline Carroll will 'Flip' for Reiner

 

More 'Martin' for Comedy Central

 

Amanda Bynes begins two-pic pact

 

Grazer to produce 'Stretch Armstrong'

 

Next Wave Fest sets sked at BAM

 

Shimizu prepares to enter 'Labyrinth'

 

Marignac nabs Locarno indie prize

 

Jeunet to head Deauville jury

 

Finecut slices out Cannes deals

 

Luc Besson probes third dimension

 

RTL wins victory in 'Baby' battle

 

U.K. TV sector reaps record exports

 

Televisa gives Hi5 keys to archive

 

France Televisions to cut 900 jobs

 

'SVU,' Obama put NBC on top

 

Disney announces fan expo for fall

 

Judge sends 'Rings' case to jury

 

Padilha to direct Lionsgate's 'Place'

 

Fox News still tops over CNN, MSNBC

 

Carey named No. 2 at News Corp.

 

China walls off Twitter, YouTube

 

Memo to News Corp. employees

 

Baron Cohen sued over 'Bruno' stint

 

UJA to honor RCA/Jive's Barry Weiss

 

NBC beefs up 'Football Night'

 

Debbie Harry set for fundraiser

 

Roundabout spotlights 'Ordinary Days'

 

Samuel Goldwyn nabs 'Untitled'

 

Trio discuss network venture

 

E1 taps exec for current programming

 

Grammys drop polka album award

 

Egypt catches case of Obama fever

 

Blues singer Koko Taylor dies at 80

 

Hollywood rallies against Prop. 8

 

Music teacher Joan Kobin dies

 

'Motherhood' finds berth at Bay Street

 

Ramses IsHak, Mike Sheresky

 

Mitch Hurwitz

 

Stony Brook's fest has the 'Answer'

 

BAM to feature Binoche festival

 

Cablevision picks up Eurocinema

 

Bening's 'Medea' kicks off UCLA Live

 

'Hangover' wakes up Hollywood

 

Vfx Emmy contenders do more with less

 

Recent-period shows aim for realism

 

Whatever happened to TV theme music?

 

Weaver drawn to comedy pair

 

BWR publicist shifts to 42West

 

Nickelodeon, Sony set 'Isa' sequel

 

Terrence Howard preps 'Panthers'

 

De Ravin, Brosnan, Cooper join 'Me'

 

'Short Circuit' gets 'Robot' touch

 

WB TV rings in scribe Bell

 

'Titanic' captain sets sail with CAA

 

Olsen, Pettyfer to get 'Beastly'

 

A&E's 'Beast' gets canceled

 

Cast penciled in for 'Easy A'

 

Lanny Noveck

 

L.A. AFTRA re-elects Morgan president

 

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