Table of Contents
Week of 06/18/2009

Articles

TI leaping into 4K fray

 

Hungary sends 'Chameleon' to Oscars

 

Whoriskey to take helm at Intiman

 

Canal Plus launches half-price offer

 

FT-Orange rolls out Welles VOD site

 

BIFA adds acting trio to patrons list

 

Federal Film Board unveils funding

 

Fox's 'Dance' nabs ratings spotlight

 

Europe plans for digital conversion

 

Kinowelt chief exec to leave

 

Ascot buys eight U.S., international titles

 

ABC unveils exec shuffle

 

Fox moves on 'Deadlock'

 

Panavision CEO steps down

 

EuropaCorp sizzles

 

'Tonight Show' still ahead in demos

 

Wuhl set for Ars Nova slate

 

NBC News VP gets 'special' treatment

 

'Proposal,' 'Year One' enter box office

 

Tonys ditch special event kudo

 

Hal Ashby gets four-day salute

 

'Dance' duo set for 'Burn'

 

WWE pranks media with Trump sale

 

Barco, Christie to make 4k projectors

 

Jaime King, William Fitchner

 

RZA

 

David Alvarez

 

Taryn Manning, Andrzej Bartkowiak

 

Russell Carpenter

 

Boyle: China censorship 'regrettable'

 

Anchor Bay sails 'City Island'

 

Jeff Pryor exits MGM

 

Ghent film fest shows Asia bent

 

Mitchell to make 'Time' with MGM

 

Directors back Mousavi

 

Common, Queen Latifah just 'Wright'

 

SAG talks to start early

 

Sam Mendes, Focus in 2-year pact

 

Brody, Whitaker, Wood to 'Experiment'

 

Reveille holds onto Thompson

 

Codeblack joins Shaq's team

 

Participant ups Liana Schwarz

 

E!, Maxim to produce specials

 

Jonathan Axelrod upped to COO

 

Italian film commissions unite

 

Lopez Linares explores 3-D cave pic

 

Kevin Spacey to pick U.K. proteges

 

JDC ordered to suspend business

 

Fox trots to top with 'Dance'

 

Tonys boost Broadway box office

 

Nonprofit defends high 'Birdie' price

 

Tony tunesmiths cash in on followups

 

T.R. Knight won't return to 'Anatomy'

 

Older stars nab plum Broadway roles

 

Australian TV indies defy economy

 

'Desperate Parents' gains audience

 

BBC braces for funding cuts

 

Left and right struggle with free speech

 

Digital conversion comes with hiccups

 

Networks start marketing fall early

 

'Terminator' scores big in Asia

 

Shanghai fest grows internationally

 

Filming set to boom again in Canada

 

Toronto faces filming space crunch

 

MySpace promotes itself through films

 

'Ghostbusters' game spurs remake buzz

 

Vampire-themed campaigns push 'Blood'

 

Moore uses stunt to tubthump docu

 

Hollywood gets behind candidates

 

Protests spark new Iranian filmmakers

 

Munich fest attracts global fare

 

Midwest tweens go gaga for Lloyd

 

Munich fest highlights

 

Stalwart magazines stay relevant

 

Munich rises out of Berlin's shadow

 

Film biz, military unite for mutual gain

 

Munich fest prizes quality, culture

 

Leiber and Stoller release autobiography

 

Labels aim to profit on videos online

 

Reports: Walter Cronkite gravely ill

 

Setanta loses bid to keep soccer

 

Mendes brings 'Away' to Edinburgh

 

Ramis makes rounds at 'Year' premiere

 

Diaz brings laid back style to cinema

 

Popkomm pulls plug on 2009 event

 

Diaz gives back to veteran community

 

Discop East TV mart does the biz

 

Cameron Diaz matures into matriarch role

 

Paramount ousts Lesher, Weston

 

Audiences say 'yes' to 'The Proposal'

 

EuropaCorp to enter TV production

 

'Proposal' finds love at the box office

 

Critics chime in on 'The Wiz'

 

Sony scraps Soderbergh's 'Moneyball'

 

Julianne Hough to star in 'Footloose'

 

Bob Cook to depart Twentieth TV

 

Ellen Richard exits Second Stage

 

Long Wharf Theater slashes budget

 

'World' doc on Fast Track

 

'October Country' wins at Silverdocs

 

'Original' wins big at Shanghai fest

 

McGoldrick returns to USA Network

 

Sony's Stringer gets president title

 

Cinematographer Irv Goodnoff dies

 

Goodman, Grey get down to business

 

Choreographers steal the spotlight

 

'Cove' sails at Nantucket

 

Musician Ali Akbar Khan dies

 

WGA vet staffer Barbara Ditlow dies

 

Disney's 'Oso' sets return

 

Charles Gibson to direct 'Goblin'

 

Universal, Benderspink take 'Trip'

 

Focus Features boards 'Dubber'

 

'Memphis' set for Broadway run

 

BD Cine films shine at Argencine

 

Cines del Sur hands cash to 'Bank'

 

'Long Night' grabs Taormina prize

 

Carlton to head Warp Euro

 

Blu-ray 'Gladiator' enters foreign arena

 

FFA devotes $56 million to digitization

 

Fresh fare flops while Fox tops ratings

 

Jessica Simpson returns to reality TV

 

Just for Laughs fest gets 'Funny'

 

FX nabs rights to 'The Proposal'

 

John Wells enters WGA West race

 

Summer heats up Broadway sales

 

WB TV, Australia's Nine renew pact

 

'Road Truckers' drive to iPhone

 

ESPN scores with U.K. soccer deal

 

CBS Corp. names new CFO

 

Chris Brown pleads guilty to assault

 

Character actor Hal Riddle dies

 

Fox taps diversity exec

 

T.R. Knight joins Taper 'Parade'

 

Oscar continues talent search

 

'Cove' gets aud award at Silverdocs

 

Outfest fetes Don Roos

 

Maya ups Escobedo

 

IndoorDirect taps prexy

 

St. Ann's sets 09-10 lineup

 

Matt Lucas to 'Prick Up Your Ears'

 

'Jon & Kate' to go on despite divorce

 

L.A. Festival kicks off with 'Paper Man'

 

'It Might Get Loud' premieres in L.A.

 

Hollywood Bowl opens

 

Voices uncaged for 'The Zookeeper'

 

Post-production houses branch out

 

Grisham books 'Testament' for film

 

Lima will direct 'Frank' for Fox 2000

 

Cher joining Aguilera in 'Burlesque'

 

A.R. Rahman inks with UMPG

 

ICM's Webb exits agency business

 

Ben Spector to top TV for Tollin

 

Universal acquires 'Go Mutants!'

 

Morton toplines 'Caligula' reading

 

Helen Mirren to perform on NT Live

 

MMC buys DeadlineHollywood

 

Ed McMahon dies at 86

 

NBC's Silverman on ITV CEO shortlist

 

MySpace cuts 300 jobs outside U.S.

 

Locarno pacts with Europa Distribution

 

ABC, CBS top Monday ratings

 

Toronto unveils N. American premieres

 

A Company moves into production

 

'Understudy' to bow at Roundabout

 

RAI under fire for ignoring scandal

 

Euro exhibitors ponder 4K dilemma

 

'Stupid' to launch worldwide in fall

 

Galicia-Brazil fund backs two films

 

WGA East taps labor veteran

 

California ready to recast governor role

 

'Jon & Kate' make history for TLC

 

France names culture minister

 

Game over for Brit feevee Setanta

 

'Greatest' start to Karlovy Vary

 

ESPN mulls plans to bow U.K. net

 

MTV expands Latin awards

 

Zac Efron to star in Mandate thriller

 

AMC orders 12 episodes of 'Rubicon'

 

Fincher circles Facebook movie

 

Peter Morgan exits HBO 'Special'

 

Cable fills Big Four's post-NBA void

 

Off B'way makes impact, report finds

 

'Bruno' will boom but hopefully fade

 

Writers United ready election slate

 

Katherine Heigl finds 'Life' at WB

 

'Transformers' expected to crash B.O.

 

Layoffs at MTV as network revamps

 

'Understudy' to premiere in New York

 

Signature Bank hires Barbara von Borstel

 

Justina Machado set for 'Heights'

 

MTV greenlights eight projects

 

Trump stunt boosts WWE ratings

 

SAG taps Coe, Haru for Morgan Award

 

As Iran blocks media, press improvises

 

Queensland film funder taps topper

 

Time Warner, Comcast team up online

 

Disney museum to open in S.F.

 

Maya acquires 'Casi divas'

 

Radical Pictures taps Courtney Pledger

 

ABC adopts 'Find My Family' show

 

Digital Domain lawsuit to begin

 

THQ to focus on making 'core games'

 

Norway agrees digital pact with majors

 

Zinkia applies for stock market listing

 

Cowell teams with retail entrepreneur

 

Cuatro takes 'Flash Forward' to Spain

 

'Talent' tops ratings with low showing

 

Moscow studios given the go-ahead

 

CTC president to step down

 

'Transformers' opens with $16 million

 

BBC chief goes on the offensive

 

Oscar expands best pic noms to 10

 

ProSiebenSat.1 partners with Gurin

 

Atlantic Theater unveils slate

 

Berlin to get new music festival

 

TW, Comcast bring shows online

 

Billy Crystal hits the road with '700'

 

CBS keeps it simple with TV slate

 

Another Dali script crashes and burns

 

CBS exec Anne Roberts Nelson dies

 

GroupM predicts 5.5% ad spend dip

 

Jonathan Tucker

 

Distribution exec Carlin exiting HBO

 

Robert Davi

 

Mayim Bialik

 

Noah Bean

 

Jordi Vilasuso

 

New fest to fill Popkomm hole

 

Abu Dhabi's 6 key players

 

'Runaways' finds its Lita Ford

 

PR firm Freud taps Elizabeth Wolfe

 

VH1, History in tune with 'Woodstock'

 

'Antichrist' gets pre-Halloween date

 

Abu Dhabi grows global film presence

 

Ephrons' 'Love' sets 12-week run

 

Comic-Con to air on G4

 

'Transformers' bows to $60.6 million

 

Italian TV shows on display at Roma

 

L.A. Greek fest to preem Vardalos pic

 

Reelz sets up shop in Albuquerque

 

Select films shot in New Mexico

 

Orchard to exit American Repertory

 

UCLA taps costumer designer

 

New Mexico set apart by cheap loans

 

New Mexico backs new film workshop

 

Maui fest honors '(500) Days'

 

'Dark Knight' wins big at Saturns

 

Lifetime Achievement: Ken Branagh

 

Rome Fiction Fest grows Italian TV

 

Michael Mann in 'Public' eye

 

'Watchmen' director's cut to bigscreen

 

Bold choices in Italy bump TV ratings

 

'Transformers' gets super-sized premiere

 

42West lifts agent Slan

 

Ryan Reynolds to star in 'Buried'

 

Fox sets sights on 'Hitman 2'

 

Vertigo Entertainment, Fox 21 ink deal

 

Gigantic Group bringing films online

 

Reviews

The Summer in Nanjing

One Night in Supermarket

The Dead Weather

Doghouse

Irene in Time

Sweet Storm

The Wiz

Stunning

Invisible Killer

Wind Blows in the Meadow

Make It or Break It

Paper Man

Been So Long

Died Young Stayed Pretty

A Tale of Two Donkeys

I Sell the Dead

Chameleon

Carmen Meets Borat

The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

Van Diemen's Land

Stolen

10th Anniversary Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame Opening Night

Grizzly Bear

Mine

My Sister's Keeper

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Shafrika, the White Girl

Dear Lemon Lima,

After the Storm

Still Bill

Quick, Quick, Slow

Beautiful Kate

Bananas!*

You'll Miss Me

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Philanthropist

NYC Prep

Hung

Cedar Boys

RiP! A Remix Manifesto

Youth Knows No Pain

Oxygen

Wolfy

Mississippi Damned

Apologia

Evie's Waltz

Heaven, Hell... Earth

Sabor tropical

Diana Krall

An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin

Public Enemies

Le Donk & Scor-Zay-Zee


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