Table of Contents
Week of 07/08/2008

Articles

'Hancock' reignites Euro BO

 

Grint to star in 'Cherrybomb'

 

BBC Worldwide reports record profits

 

Kechiche tops Venice first film jury

 

Further growth for U.K. DVD sales

 

Burnett hit with $70 million lawsuit

 

BBC boss defends pay hikes

 

Lagardere taps TV channels team

 

UKFC hands out p&a to films

 

Holiday lacks spark in TV ratings

 

Broadway duo try on 'Kinky Boots'

 

Wolfson joins Fox News team

 

WGA timing socked SAG

 

Mark Taper Forum set to reopen

 

Some still cover news amid the noise

 

Italian tax perks in works

 

Actor Don S. Davis dies at 65

 

Study shows more piracy

 

Oscilloscope aquires 'Frontrunners'

 

'Early' gig for Mazzarelli

 

Ted Koppel signs on for BBC gig

 

Marvel will say plenty in 'Fifty Words'

 

'Summer Shorts 2' unveils line-up

 

ZDF: 40 million tuned in soccer

 

Argentinian court upholds pay TV ban

 

Fuse lights up originals

 

Sci Fi renews 'Ani-Mondays' block

 

Ubisoft drives Hybride

 

'Planet 51' heads into Sony orbit

 

Live Nation banks on Nickelback

 

Howard memorial

 

Sony sets alternative VP

 

Paul Haggis joins Filminute jury

 

Joss Whedon takes MGM to 'Woods'

 

AFTRA accepts deal

 

'Lake' picked up by Screen Media

 

Singapore, Malaysia fight piracy

 

Senator scales 'Nanga Parbat'

 

Ricky Jay opens up for 'Assistants'

 

Julie Berk upped at Universal

 

'Deutschland' lands funding

 

'Baby Borrowers' reunion scheduled

 

Terrestrial TV revs down in Canada

 

Fuji fans can call up drama info

 

SAG and AFTRA's longtime feud

 

Tokyo govt. preps Innovation Center

 

Global buys China multiplex

 

Weinstein Co. does double duty

 

Here Films acquires 'Breakfast'

 

CMT renews 'Redneck Wedding'

 

Bertino no stranger to Rogue

 

Tartan library to Palisades

 

Punit Goenka appointed Zee CEO

 

Dawkin-Jones joins NBC Universal

 

SquareOne slate shapes up

 

Films pay their way on Spanish TV

 

Kirch may have to exit EM.Sport

 

TV One offers full Obama coverage

 

Parthenon migrates into features

 

China agrees to live broadcasts

 

Fox Cable Networks ups Hopkins

 

Sony BMG moves to old CAA digs

 

Reality tears up Tuesday

 

Studios sweeten SAG offer

 

Lil Wayne returns to top of charts

 

CAA Sports deals with Gestifute

 

Chin Han makes date with '2012'

 

ASCAP delivers keys to the kingdom

 

ASCAP Workshop, Day 1

 

Betancourt to hit ABC after NBC

 

ASCAP alumni: Where are they now?

 

Eric Logan nabs Harpo gig

 

Baranski makes entrance for 'Mia'

 

Spike Lee's 'Strange' needs distrib

 

Clark reteams with 'Piazza' duo

 

Glover urges socially relevant films

 

China's B.O. continues to boom

 

Tokyo center for start-ups opens

 

Hong Kong OKs 4th radio station

 

Chin Han

 

Argentina to end TV monopolies

 

Matt Czuchry, Jesse Bradford

 

Armand Assante, Christina Vidal

 

Career Sports taps Mark Lazarus

 

'Angels' takes flight with tax credits

 

John Debney, composer

 

A&E bolsters original programming

 

Melissa Grego grabs B&C gig

 

ASCAP taps 12 for workshop

 

SABC execs in suspension fracas

 

Casey Wilson

 

Downey Jr. set for 'Sherlock Holmes'

 

Paul Rust

 

John Mulaney

 

Jay Phillips

 

Alcon gets Ian Shorr's 'Substitution'

 

Sub-Saharan Africa to see Olympics

 

Sony Pictures TV promotes Steinberg

 

Joe LoCicero dies at 44

 

Sally Cranmer Grammer dies at 80

 

Local pics break record in Norway

 

Rev. Jackson goes off-color

 

Hitchcock org donates to USC

 

Paul Villadolid joins Fuse

 

China mourning period ends

 

Dutton's memoirs set for Crown

 

Bruce Burgess to direct 'Tales'

 

Participant sets up 'Colony'

 

Film music outfits pair up

 

Anne Fletcher takes on 'Matadors'

 

'Fat Sells' itself to HBO

 

NY Times takes Miramax to 'Prom'

 

Creatures find comfort at Columbia

 

MySpace launches 'Krofft Kwikies'

 

Caine an unlikely pop culture hero

 

Batman's father figure

 

Requiem for a cheeky 'Batman'

 

Resilient performer remains in demand

 

Michael Caine: Character meets actor

 

LA Area Emmy nominees announced

 

Sumner Redstone shuts out Shari

 

September to deliver 'Pregnant Man'

 

Dalai Lama to attend Rome festival

 

BBC pays tribute to British war dead

 

'Smart' preem; LaBelle honored

 

German films increase market share

 

UKTV to shake up channels

 

Murphy misses 'Meet Dave' premiere

 

Sean Gascoine joins United Agents

 

Internet TV passes cable in France

 

Sony Music, BMG union may be back on

 

HBO's marine preem

 

'Secret Life of Bees' stings Toronto

 

Walon Green

 

Scott Bakula joins TNT's 'Men'

 

Telefonica offers free music

 

T.J. Miller

 

Ralphie May

 

Jon LaJoie

 

Anthony Jeselnik

 

Del Toro's 'Golden Army' of creatures

 

Brandon T. Jackson

 

Russell Brand

 

'Passing Strange' set to close

 

Just Comedy conference headliners

 

Just For Laughs highlights

 

1968: Don Murray talks 'Outcasts'

 

Giffoni develops Multimedia Valley

 

Giffoni celebrates myths, maestros

 

Just For Laughs savors new buzz

 

'Red' a hot ticket in Greater China

 

Astral reports sky-high numbers

 

Turner, Yahoo pact on content

 

Giffoni a cinephile summer camp

 

'Hellboy' heats up box office race

 

Asians race to bow local channels

 

Japan's TBS to cut executives' pay

 

ASCAP Workshop, Day 2

 

Sundance launches comedy block

 

Japanese web NHK gets Joost up

 

Shaye, Lynne form Unique Features

 

Imax, Hoyts team up in Australia

 

Arab TV's MBC adds new language

 

'Hannah Montana' to shine on Starz

 

Shochiku bows YouTube channel

 

Michael Shannon

 

ESPN Films picks up sports docs

 

Vivendi gets back in the game

 

Sony shuffles marketing department

 

Warner, DC hold superhero summit

 

China demands 'Mummy' changes

 

ACE Edit Fest to take place Aug. 8-9

 

Raul Esparza gets behind 'Plow'

 

Scorsese, Simon get HBO greenlights

 

SMPTE what?

 

SAG nixes AMPTP's final offer

 

Nicole Parker

 

Lindsay Dunn

 

Susan Winston set for 'Shootout'

 

Toei's 'Aibo' generates spin-off

 

Disney sets action comedy spy film

 

WGA targets 'American Idol'

 

Versus gives 'Contender' 4th round

 

Valuable Group grabs Movie Beam

 

Disney divides videogame unit

 

Antismoking PSAs to light up DVDs

 

Paris falls for 'Young@Heart'

 

MTV Germany adds Bayr to team

 

Berlusconi wins immunity battle

 

Gofman to lead MTG's Russian arm

 

Rome invites Cronenberg, Cimino

 

TVE, Forta win Champions League

 

'High School Musical' hits Britain

 

European summer in full swing

 

BBC empire straddles globe

 

Film London adds three to board

 

Toronto finally takes centerstage

 

Entertainment One makes power play

 

'Men' surges in syndication

 

Turner fills laughs fest void

 

Minnesota race hinges on quips, flips

 

Decent 'Dog' debut for CBS

 

The early days of Comic-Con

 

Baltimore resonates in TV, film

 

Schwarzenegger speaks on SAG

 

Comic-Con summons industry 'Spirit'

 

The incredible shrinking news biz

 

Japanese gov't iPod tax bid stalled

 

Olympic broadcasters wait for all-clear

 

IM Global shares 'Nailed' by CEO

 

'Nothing' makes sense to Carla Bruni

 

Hasbro, EA to play Scrabble online

 

Microsoft, Yahoo courtship takes turn

 

Irish drama finds awards

 

CW faces D-Day in fall

 

Is Italy underselling its film permits?

 

Lee's house gets museum makeover

 

Swinton launches Cinema of Dreams

 

SAG simmers as Hollywood stews

 

Summer bummer for Myers, Murphy

 

Vidgame merger in 'World' of its own

 

Czech industry lauds regional pics

 

IM dismisses $5.6 million Cusack suit

 

SIGGRAPH taps Cornell professor

 

Bergman script adapted for opera

 

J:Com pacts with MTV for series

 

Canal Plus expands on-demand plan

 

Lionsgate takes 'All Inclusive'

 

Egyptian biz sees hot summer

 

'Mamma Mia' has global appeal

 

Koepp hopes to keep 'Town' rolling

 

'Army Wives' enlists for third season

 

Composer David Kahn dies at 98

 

Bruce Friedman dies at 48

 

Abu Dhabi TV to launch +1 channel

 

Sami Al-Haj joins Al-Jazeera

 

'Avenue Q's' absence darkens road

 

'Wall-E' says 'Hello, Dolly'

 

'Damn Yankees' steps up to plate

 

Germany experiencing summer slump

 

Box office fizzles and burns on Fourth

 

AMPTP warning doesn't faze SAG

 

Hal Brooks cooks up solo shows

 

'Hancock' solidifies Smith's starpower

 

PiVotal focuses on femme books

 

H'w'd woos nerd herd at Comic-Con

 

'Hellboy' tops 'Hancock' at box office

 

Commentator Tony Snow dies at 53

 

Actress Evelyn Keyes dies at 91

 

ASCAP Workshop, Day 3

 

At home in Rome

 

'Mamma' merriment in Sweden

 

'Hellboy' burns competition

 

Brolin, Wright arrested in pub fight

 

Anti-smoking movement catches on

 

German judge makes Simon a saint

 

Audiences tune in for 'Doctor Who'

 

Prime TV sorry about porn slip

 

'Lassie' heirs regain rights

 

Hostages choose Meade for TV talk

 

'Happy' ending at Karlovy Vary

 

'Red Cliff' brings in big numbers

 

Brie Larson

 

Vanessa Ferlito

 

Boris Kodjoe

 

Dan Levy

 

BBC's 'War' stars in festival

 

Sundance funds 16 projects

 

SAG Awards nominations open

 

'Burn Notice' heats up USA

 

Missi Pyle

 

Shanghai logs talent database

 

SAG stays in stall mode

 

'Mamma' is queen overseas

 

Yahoo nixes Icahn offer

 

Bushie brawl sends 'W' crew to clink

 

'Cleveland' finds a balance

 

Oz's Ten forecloses on 'Big Brother'

 

Wedded blitz for Jay Mohr

 

Movie-Eye announces film line-up

 

Producer Charles H. Joffe dies at 78

 

Cooper, Helms nurse 'Hangover'

 

Fink heads visual effects for Frantic

 

Guardian News nabs ContentNext

 

Bunim-Murray adds executives

 

Fox 2000 acquires 'Midnight' rights

 

Paramount goes back to 'School'

 

Universal, Grazer give 'Tehran' a try

 

Rumors swirl around L.A. Times chief

 

Companies make offers on HKT

 

Saudi Prince sets spy pic

 

Advocacy orgs praise ABC, FX

 

Higuchi-Zitzmann dives into Telepool

 

Icahn continues battle against board

 

ITV's stock rises on bid rumors

 

'Daens' to become stage musical

 

Musicians push for rights extension

 

Whoopi laces up for 'Xanadu'

 

Major changes at Tribune Co.

 

Fox makes a split decision

 

Reed Elsevier hunts for CEO

 

Larry King booked by Weinstein

 

Slow Sunday for broadcasters

 

EMI's overall revenues rise 61%

 

Ascot Elite laps up Van Sant's 'Milk'

 

'Cargo' loads up on Belgian prize

 

Edgar Ramirez finds 'Devil'

 

A different kind of 'Knight' music

 

Becker returning with new company

 

Big, small screens boost Broadway

 

NBC's 'Crusoe' powers SABC sked

 

PCCW out for a spin

 

'Mary Stuart' to grace Broadway

 

Neil Pepe to direct 'Speed-the-Plow'

 

Sprecher, Forlenza go Global

 

LCT finds 'Happiness'

 

Star adds to Asian exec suite

 

Hoyts brings Imax to Australia

 

Crosby to worship at Temple now

 

SAG may send offer to its members

 

Lionsgate raises Jason Constantine

 

Yankee, Shea stadiums bid farewell

 

China won't play Games with pirates

 

New York finally sets lensing rules

 

Entertainment One taps senior VP

 

Bertelsmann hastens Sony BMG sale

 

New Yorker defends Obama spoof

 

Christina Ricci signs up for 'Grace'

 

VES challenges effects industry

 

Paramount pacts with Jaman.com

 

NBC U joins Microsoft's Xbox plans

 

BAM plans a series of Gould films

 

Les Crane dies at 74

 

Billy Packer leaves CBS

 

Fox News takes aim at MSNBC

 

Producers log online to save 'Mole'

 

Hiroshima toon fest unveils program

 

San Francisco org to support WGA

 

Showtime signs deal with Weinsteins

 

WB, Capcom discover 'Lost Planet'

 

Malkovich, Mandate to make movies

 

Hayes, Krakowski bless 'Yankees'

 

Marc Platt is 'Wanted' at Universal

 

Qualls, Reed, Sadler set for 'Summer'

 

Sony BMG plugs in sales executive

 

Paramount nixes Deutsche deal

 

Usen reports $557 million loss

 

'Knight' takes Gotham by storm

 

Reviews

Batman: Gotham Knight

Antartica

The Art of Being Straight

Die Soldaten

American Idols Live

The Sari Soldiers

Coyote

Terribly Happy

Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band

Finishing Heaven