Table of Contents
Week of 07/01/2008

Articles

Oscar Isaac joins 'Balibo'

 

High Point nabs Larkin's 'Satellites'

 

Delanic takes 'Spread'

 

Soccer overshadows films in Europe

 

Arriaga's 'Plain' to bow at Venice

 

BBC to ramp up co-productions

 

Koelmel renames production house

 

Agent Harold Gefsky dies at 90

 

ITV stock price hammered

 

Mike Morley to leave Endemol

 

BBC to air lost Beatles interview

 

Bayreuth festival offers opera online

 

TMG picks up U.S. series

 

Reality boosts networks

 

Magazine mogul Clay Felker dies

 

Publicist Edgar Vincent dies at 90

 

Josh Hartnett to star in 'Rain Man'

 

Warner joins Nokia's music service

 

Youth without youthful pretensions

 

Cineworld steady as U.K. auds drop

 

USA ranks first in second quarter

 

'Korean Wedding' set for Lionsgate

 

WBTV ups duo to exec VP positions

 

Terra Firma cues up CEO for EMI

 

GreeneStreet restructures

 

News networks see growth

 

Lionsgate inks pact with Comcast

 

Mediaset shares tumble

 

'Sticks' set for Italian remake

 

Chicago Theaters applaud Clapp

 

FCC receiving fewer complaints

 

'Imagine This' set for London debut

 

Hollywood cools after SAG deadline

 

'Hancock' to ignite B.O. fireworks

 

Singapore slaps 'Love Guru'

 

Ambush, Hurt jump into 'River Why'

 

Stars choose sides in guild feud

 

Murdoch's Premiere takeover closer

 

Image gets BTP payout

 

NBC Agency taps Adam Stotsky

 

Don't be afraid of the Dark Knight

 

British B.O. sees sharp drop in May

 

WB, Dan Lin go 'Hiding in Time'

 

Blockbuster drops Circuit City bid

 

Holmes pic nabs Baron Cohen, Ferrell

 

Val Kilmer joins 'Silver Cord'

 

'Hancock' will fly to FX in 2010

 

Emmy rumors circulate online

 

China B.O. robust despite quake

 

TV Asahi to cut compensation

 

India Film Co. makes $4.54 million

 

French TV boss stands up to Sarkozy

 

Germany to spend more on culture

 

Actors' Equity strikes tentative deal

 

Murcia constructs Contentpolis

 

Viva la Coldplay

 

Karlovy Vary to honor Glover, Quaid

 

RAI drama chief reinstated

 

'Hancock' a box office hero

 

Zeffirelli opera in peril at La Scala

 

Toronto believes in Lee's 'Miracle'

 

ABC's 'Wipeout' stays strong

 

Michael Imperioli lands on 'Mars'

 

Rush Limbaugh gets Radio extension

 

1956: A walk in the park for Disney

 

Turner snags VP post at NBC

 

Album sales down 11% in 2008

 

Clay Felker remembered

 

Borders may break into movie biz

 

Broadway's 'Urinetown' lawsuit settled

 

U.S. venture pumps China site

 

Ratings blues for 'Love Guru'

 

Nobel returns to SvT

 

Hank Azaria, Christopher Guest

 

Elaine Hendrix

 

Ashley Greene

 

'No Man’s Land' heads to West End

 

Spiegelworld returns to N.Y.

 

Commissioning program helps trio

 

Foxtel, Showtime in TV 'Tangle'

 

Ellen Page signs with Endeavor

 

Japanese TV toppers take pay cuts

 

'Metropolis' footage found in Argentina

 

Kilmer, Xzibit join 'Bad Lieutenant'

 

ContentFilm looks to N. America

 

L.A. Times to cut 250 positions

 

Doherty in talks for '90210' spinoff

 

'Hancock' hits Hollywood

 

FX pays $47 million for five Fox films

 

SAG situation stalled

 

Execs bow out of Stamford Center

 

Guiding Lights picks mentors

 

Steven Gaydos gets Karlovy honor

 

'Mamma Mia' mania at premiere

 

Asian content streams on GyaO

 

Nurses back Living History Project

 

'Narnia' to be found in Mexico

 

Oscar candidates lagging this year

 

Magnolia Agnes Rosen

 

Lola Alexandra Nedick

 

ESPN STAR to air 2010 World Cup

 

Strike TV strikes chord online

 

China-Taiwan media relations warm

 

Russia's MTS signs MySpace deal

 

'Ocean Flame' to open Summer IFF

 

ITV borrows further $218 million

 

De Haas to head Kinowelt

 

Independent boots up digital division

 

French IPTV leader to buy rival

 

Trio launch European VOD venture

 

BBC develops Sino relationships

 

Mediaset cools on Sky Italia deal

 

Roth, Breslin head for Giffoni

 

StudioCanal takes 'Cracks'

 

'Hancock's' haul soars to $24.1 mil

 

'Early Show' taps exec producer

 

Japan gets glimpse of 'Clone Wars'

 

'Lalola' tops Martin Fierro TV awards

 

Toronto festival expands its services

 

Spanish web eyes Colombian auds

 

Soccer, sunshine hurt German B.O.

 

Tribune receives $300 million loan

 

Ascent merges post-production ops

 

'CQC' hits Portugal, eyes U.S.

 

Singh takes TV role in India

 

INX nabs license to 20 Bond films

 

Premiere stock hit by soccer doubts

 

Venice plays host to freed hostage

 

Former Lovefilm CEO joins Endemol

 

Russia sets up new film body

 

Songwriters fight threat to royalties

 

Hollywood posse rides into Europe

 

James Murdoch to speak in Munich

 

BSkyB mulls move into Spain

 

Klosters to lead Fox U.K. video arm

 

Beeban Kidron joins UKFC board

 

Roberto Olla to head Eurimages

 

Sean Penn reaches out to SAG

 

BBC anchor Charles Wheeler dies

 

Mann moves up at EMI Music

 

Box office fireworks for 'Hancock'

 

German event shows 23 local films

 

'Hancock' sparks $18.8 million Friday

 

Spike Lee to film 'Strange' musical

 

Judith Ivey cast in 'Menagerie'

 

'Hancock' a holiday box office hero

 

Shares in Shaw Brothers surge

 

Hong Kong art org finds funds

 

House takes aim at Karl Rove

 

De Niro weighs in on possible strike

 

NBC storms Weather Channel

 

Frances Conroy

 

Rachel Miner, Mimi Rogers

 

Kate Jennings Grant

 

Justina Machado

 

'Fly' opera snared by critics

 

Producer Eric Lieber dies at 71

 

Filmmaker Stig Olin dies at 87

 

Imagi draws on new investor

 

America Saga sets patriotic pics

 

Josh Holloway

 

Thais plan tax breaks to draw shoots

 

Lincoln Center spotlights Holden

 

Afro-Punk Festival set for July

 

Zambian festival calls for entries

 

Delouche for Lincoln fest

 

MultiChoice adds HD to bouquet

 

Mandarin squeezes investors

 

'Hancock' exerts its Will overseas

 

Record wages for writers

 

'Red Cliff' ready for its closeup

 

SAG seeking more talks

 

HK cultural district funds greenlit

 

Showbox clips Woo's 'Red Cliff'

 

GDH in danger of being delisted

 

Osbournes head to Fox

 

George Moll signs on at Fremantle

 

Brussels makes 'Involuntary' choice

 

Univision tops in L.A., N.Y.

 

Parrish set for 'Spring Awakening'

 

Entertainment One expands grasp

 

Leoni-Sceti named EMI Music CEO

 

GSN shuffles 'Catch 21'

 

BAFTA to celebrate Arab cinema

 

Media Luna gets 'Rescue'

 

French public against TV reforms

 

Bidders circling ITV again

 

Wimbledon final nets huge aud for BBC

 

Microsoft joins Icahn in Yahoo battle

 

Channel 4 on board Ripper trilogy

 

Philippot elected EBU president

 

La Scala Philharmonic to bow in China

 

NBC uses Olympics as research lab

 

YouTube to give Viacom video logs

 

EU musicians fight online licensing

 

Showtime sets 'Inside the NFL' lineup

 

NBC aces Sunday

 

Trio turns heads at Paris Project

 

Wolk to head ADA for Warner

 

Tarantino finds first 'Pussycat'

 

Showbiz icon Larry Harmon dies

 

Broadway box office takes a dive

 

Brian Murray added to 'To Be'

 

'Italian' slated for playwrights confab

 

New venue for IFP kudos

 

Kirch courts date with Deutsche Bank

 

Iranian film on Sadat stirs controversy

 

Obama decision costly for networks

 

La Scala strike cancels 'Boheme'

 

U.S. bill targets Arab TV channels

 

Limato, Kavanaugh set for Ischia

 

Stocks wilt in Wall Street heat

 

Screenvision runs with 'UltraMarathon'

 

Suit against 'Jenin' filmmaker dismissed

 

Vivendi promotes executive duo

 

Tuesday big day for strike talk

 

Annette Bening joins Academy board

 

Japanese market may drop GDH

 

Going out to movies Gotham-style

 

MBC launching Farsi-language channel

 

Libya ends support for TV rules bill

 

Exec to play for German soccer org

 

Peace Arch names Gerry Noble CEO

 

NBC U turns to Turner for licensing

 

Bell chimes as Paramount sr. VP

 

'Hancock' a hero in Hong Kong

 

Fuji TV goes mobile

 

TV Globo to shoot 'Irmas' in Bali

 

'Price Is Right' producer exits

 

Hollywood hot for hostage drama

 

Friedkin to direct 'Truth' at La Scala

 

Gudegast to direct 'Den of Thieves'

 

Prometheus makes Travel plans

 

Hallmark has 30 films in pipeline

 

Washington Post taps new editor

 

Bruce Lee home at center of dispute

 

Military History set to bow in U.K.

 

Reviews

James Blackshaw - ‘Litany of Echoes’

Funk It Up About Nothin'

Vanessa Hudgens - "Identified"

The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not for Sale

Hughie/Krapp's Last Tape

Finally, Lillian and Dan

All's Well That Ends Well

Alone in the Dark

On the Rocks

Pentangle

Memorial Day

My Blueberry Nights

Under the Same Moon

Charlie Bartlett

Mad Men – Season 1

End of the Rainbow

A Ball at the Bowl With the L.A. Dodgers

James Hunter

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

A Gunfighter's Pledge

Romeo and Juliet

Ten Empty 

The End of Year

Mamma Mia!

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

Guitar Hero: On Tour

The Bacchae

Todd Rundgren

The Dark Knight

Stop-Loss

Koppel on Discovery: The People's Republic of Capitalism

Crave/Somewhere in the Pacific

Pageant Play

The Baseball Project – ‘Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails’

The Producers

Constantines

Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman

Infinite Border

HottieBoombaLottie

The Gits

Two Stupid Eggs

Tru Loved

The Polymath or, the Life and Opinions of Samuel R. Delany, Gentleman

Revue

Virginity

Must Read After My Death

Ocean

Holding Trevor

X-Files: Revelations

Your Name Here

1968 Tunnel Rats

Mutant Vampire Zombies From the Hood!

Lake Mungo

Shi Qi

The Juche Idea

Me Two

The Reflecting Pool

Atom Nine Adventures

Sex Positive

2nd Verse: The Rebirth of Poetry

Visioneers

The Third Part of the World

The Gene Generation

Affinity

Live to Remember