Table of Contents
Week of 07/29/2008

Articles

Sony profits plunge 47%

 

Venice Film Festival announces slate

 

Von Trier's 'Antichrist' moves ahead

 

Duo fight over Tartan assets

 

Indies take more BBC commissions

 

Europe welcomes 'Dark Knight'

 

Locarno adds two titles to lineup

 

Earthquake rattles Los Angeles

 

Universal eyes Tarantino's 'Bastards'

 

UTV claims U.S. box office success

 

SAG party backs national board

 

William Saunders dies at 85

 

Toronto fest sets documentaries

 

Sen. Ted Stevens indicted

 

Universal ups Bernards to senior VP

 

Different 'Dolls' dancing to Broadway

 

MSG demotes sports president

 

CAA launching Sports Media division

 

Hollywood sends in 'Super' reserves

 

Eric Eisner

 

Cablevision closes Newsday acquisition

 

Ben Stiller

 

Kimchi Western 'Good' at Korean B.O.

 

Rosario Dawson

 

Revs jump at Russia's CTC Media

 

Larry King

 

Publisher Zeta nixes steel offer

 

CME snaps up Bulgarian channels

 

Kerry Butler

 

Celebs design jewelry for charity

 

Portugal digital jury prexy ankles

 

Travel to spook U.S. with 'Haunted'

 

Michael Douglas & Catherine Zeta-Jones

 

Julianne Moore

 

Scarlett Johansson

 

Denis Leary

 

Center Theater reveals Taper Forum

 

Pierce Brosnan

 

Anika Noni Rose

 

Roger Daltrey

 

Summer ratings cool off

 

Natalie Portman

 

Nicole Kidman

 

Theater ads boost Swedish exhibs

 

Nicita departs CAA for Morgan Creek

 

Emma Thompson

 

Voom zooms to pact with Rush net

 

Networks team up to take on cancer

 

Can 'Knight' be box office's best?

 

Paramount films fuel Viacom

 

Fuji TV tunes up music biz

 

HFPA assists wide range of arts orgs

 

ASCAP Workshop, Day 10

 

A&E, Bio up Thomas Moody

 

Korea, France in mystery co-prod

 

Starz dips toe into Waterfall

 

MPAA sues sites for fueling piracy

 

Couple floats film festival idea

 

Moviemakers practice filmanthropy

 

Italians break up illegal file-share site

 

Campbell Scott to reprise 'Atheist'

 

Sony eyes a BMG buyout

 

Edgerton Foundation funds new plays

 

DGA to hold 2008 honors Oct. 16

 

CAA forms Sports Media Ventures

 

WGN books Steinfeld for specials

 

Senate bill seeks to stop runaways

 

Studios sign digital deployment deals

 

EA's revenue rises but so do costs

 

L.A. Times publisher in sight

 

'Maria''s Simon Lee arrested

 

Hong Kong enables Disneyland visas

 

Woo to receive engineering Emmy

 

India grabs joystick

 

IATSE president Short to step down

 

WB to develop 'Marvin the Martian'

 

HBO has eyes for 'Fat Girl'

 

Josh Lucas to star in 'Side Effects'

 

Dick Wolf reveals 'Intent'

 

Donald Petrie styles 'Fashionistas'

 

Bangkok festival gets green light

 

Nintendo sues over DS piracy

 

James Cameron toplines 3DX panel

 

Locarno plans Chahine tribute

 

John Goodman returns to 'Joan'

 

U.K. regulator fines BBC $792,000

 

Wii, DS powers up Nintendo profit

 

Mediaset sues YouTube, Google

 

Warner/Chappell taps Scott Francis

 

Virgin U.S. taps Rob Stevenson

 

Royalty to greet 'Half-Blood Prince'

 

Miley Cyrus tops the charts

 

UKFC gives theaters cash boost

 

Audiences continue to 'Wipeout'

 

Disney revenue inches forward

 

Ryan Gagerman joins Paramount

 

SAG continues to grant waivers

 

Doris Lessing

 

P.D. James

 

Style prepping celebrity 'Dish'

 

Hylda Queally

 

Rena Ronson

 

Sharon Sheinwold

 

Stephanie Savage

 

Kathleen Kennedy

 

Allison Silverman

 

HFPA hosts installation luncheon

 

Katherine Fugate

 

Bangkok fest set for September

 

Charlotte Huggins

 

Russia joins Geller 'Phenomenon'

 

Francine Maisler

 

CME reports revenue up 41%

 

Karen Baker Landers

 

Catherine Zuber

 

Elisabeth Murdoch

 

DQ Entertainment sees profit

 

Lauren Zalaznick

 

'King' to reign Off-Broadway

 

Sheryl Sandberg

 

Bonnie Hammer

 

Vanessa Morrison

 

Nancy Dubuc

 

Singapore Press to launch Razor TV

 

Karin Gilford

 

Arianna Bocco

 

Princess Grace unveils award winners

 

Daphne Briggs

 

Primary Stages to honor Patti LuPone

 

Dawn Airey

 

Hannah McGill

 

Alexandra Patsavas

 

Alyssa Finley

 

Phyllida Lloyd

 

Anna D. Shapiro

 

Mary Parent

 

Upcoming Broadway duo postponed

 

Sue Naegle & Amy Baer

 

The women of 'The View'

 

Oprah Winfrey

 

Michael Fassbender

 

Miley Cyrus

 

Jonathan Bennett

 

Alexandra Paul

 

Lorna Scott

 

Stephenie Meyer

 

Kyra Sedgwick

 

Tilda Swinton

 

Sarah Jessica Parker

 

Madonna

 

VES to honor Kennedy, Marshall

 

Erykah Badu

 

Tune's 'Turn' at Chicago's Goodman

 

Marketa Irglova

 

Alison Krauss

 

Ellen Page & Diablo Cody

 

Mariah Carey & Leona Lewis

 

Patti LuPone

 

Kelli O'Hara

 

Meryl Streep & Amy Adams

 

Women increase influence online

 

Rogers neighborhood gets richer

 

Author gives Fund-raising 101 lesson

 

Actresses earn music cred, acclaim

 

AAC takeover pushed back

 

MySpace uploads exec lineup

 

Los Angeles Obama reception set

 

TBS bets on Styling goods retailer

 

LaBeouf injury slows 'Transformers'

 

ASCAP Workshop, Day 11

 

MultiChoice pushes up PVR sale

 

'Boy' takes ride to San Sebastian

 

Locarno: International competition

 

'Traveling Pants 2' premieres

 

Charles Joffe memorial

 

Matt Apice named Universal VP

 

SM Pictures sold to Premiere

 

Korean film festivals reveal lineups

 

CBS taps Josh Berman for 'CRU'

 

Trio see movie in cop impersonator

 

Brett Ratner moves to Paramount

 

Stern sets 'Rock 'n' Roll' remake

 

Videogame giants without a home

 

Mei Ah profits plunge

 

Greg Berlanti woos ABC executive

 

Sony TV locks up Steve Mosko

 

MTG buys Bulgarian TV company

 

Sony signs Asian deal with ZAC

 

EEAP sells film package to Belarus

 

VCL improves performance

 

Sturm to head Paramount Germany

 

Locarno selects two manga films

 

BSkyB gathers new subscribers

 

Spanish TV hit by ad revenue dip

 

CBS to sell 50 radio stations

 

Fox takes the lead with 'Dance'

 

IMG inks 20-year deal with CCTV

 

MGM hires former MTV exec

 

IA president Thomas C. Short retires

 

Gucci Group Award nominees set

 

TF1 profits dive in 1st half

 

Vivendi picks up 'American Carol'

 

Lower taxes boost Mediaset profits

 

ACTRA wants less U.S. fare on TV

 

Kelly Ripa's Milojo adds exec trio

 

Premiere snaps up SM Pictures

 

Korean festivals unveil film slates

 

Can 'Mummy' wrap Batman's reign?

 

Internet tames Olympic games

 

Sergei Bodrov

 

Otto Bathurst

 

Simon Lee tuned out of 'Sound'

 

Del Shores

 

James Lafferty

 

'Stuttering' John Melendez

 

1968: Vaughn builds 'Bridge' to Prague

 

Getty exec given entertainment gig

 

NBC greenlights Dick Wolf pilot

 

Tran Anh Hung to work with 'Wood'

 

MPA Mexico appoints director

 

HBO, Hamburger rejoin 'Carnival'

 

'Hero' helps double Activision profits

 

Disney feuds over Hong Kong park

 

'Jones' passes 5 billion yen in Japan

 

Lionsgate finds 'God and California'

 

Ken Russell to direct 'Mindgame'

 

Columbia acquires 'Anabasis' epic

 

Granada buys into Electric Farm

 

Paramount orders 'Deception' script

 

Trio falls for 'House of Blue Leaves'

 

Studios go to work despite strike talk

 

Disney pushes 'Persia' to 2010

 

TV director Dave Powers dies at 75

 

Tribeca schedules 2009 dates

 

Patrick Le Lay steps down at TF1

 

BBC Worldwide taps marketing boss

 

'Guru' looks for love in Europe

 

Rome honors Pacino

 

Ten Alps buys Graef's Films of Record

 

Locarno pays tribute to Nanni Moretti

 

Locarno Film Festival honorees

 

Locarno fest highlights and jury

 

Departing Locarno a.d. stays course

 

Televisa takes telenovela timeout

 

Even bigger robots on studio schedules

 

Sam Raimi banks on Disney's 'Seeker'

 

Hollywood GOP ready for its closeup

 

U.K.'s Chorion feeds 'Olivia the Pig'

 

Foreign sales buoy Korean titles

 

Biz banks on Luhrmann's 'Australia'

 

'Dark Knight' battles punditocracy

 

De Niro to join Mel Gibson on 'Edge'

 

Israel announces Ophir nominations

 

Say What?

 

Salzburg opens tourist Trapp

 

Arabs get schooled

 

Israel closer to passing incentive bill

 

'Fat Princess' feeds on controversy

 

CAA brings tenpercentery to Asia

 

Feel Good fest all for happy endings

 

Hollywood weighs China yin-yang

 

China calls upon Sa Dingding

 

Jaa returns from forest monastery

 

No flight plan for network pilots

 

Olmert docu set to screen in Israel

 

Are stars helping or hurting Obama?

 

Meirelles takes on Shakespeare

 

Lebanese singer killed in Dubai

 

Arab auds unfazed by Saudi fatwa

 

Seagoing fest highlights Italy

 

Snoop Dogg's Bollywood cameo

 

St. Ann's sets schedule

 

Rattlestick debuting new plays

 

Flea Theater offers 'Cato'

 

TV producer Andrew Ackerman dies

 

Series' critics help spread 'Gossip'

 

The Internet re-Oriented

 

Spanish bank invests in Antena 3

 

'Dark' brings light to overseas B.O.

 

Rupe's paper chase: Wise or wacky?

 

Merged XM, Sirius maintain own ops

 

Jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin dies

 

'Indy' dominates Japan's B.O.

 

Cablevision stock rises

 

Mark Taper director in retooled role

 

Writers endorse credits simplification

 

N.Y. spotlight shines on Chicago

 

FCC votes against Comcast policy

 

'Color Purple' shines in Atlanta

 

'Opera' hits high note

 

Bourne's identity takes a Wilde turn

 

Broadway dilemma: TV or not TV?

 

'Mummy' opens big in Hong Kong

 

Celestial films legal in Internet cafes

 

Latino films find VOD home on Web

 

HFPA's power lunch

 

U.K.'s 'X-Files' fans believe in sequel

 

Helpmann Awards salute stage

 

ASCAP Workshop, Day 12

 

'The Mummy' dethrones 'Knight'

 

'Dark Knight' narrowly slays 'Dragon'

 

'Scooby' straight to DVD, Cartoon Net

 

Disney plans to make 'Monster' film

 

Margaret Cho and Jack Hurst

 

Method Man

 

Morgan Lily

 

Lauralee Bell

 

Jennifer Alden

 

Country duo active in philanthropy

 

Crooners create comic crime novel

 

B & D set new country duo blueprint

 

Brooks & Dunn settle digital frontier

 

'Mummy' takes top spot overseas

 

Split decision in 'Star Wars' case

 

Spanish pol nixes pay TV on digital

 

Real Image sees funds from Nomura

 

Cartoon sales dip in Japan

 

Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89

 

Steady rise for mobile revenues

 

Kate Holcomb and Josh Hale

 

IODA, R2G pact for Wawawa

 

NeoClassics picks up 'Black Balloon'

 

E! pays $7 million for New Line pics

 

Comedian Peters gets Showtime gig

 

‘Souls’ finds a mate

 

China polishes its mettle

 

Lawyers fly banner

 

Lifetime readies 'Woman' bus tour

 

Paramount falls for 'Miki'

 

Segal finds ‘Beauty’

 

Fox takes on more 'dance'

 

Asia tie for ‘Shanghai’

 

Publicist hangs own banner up

 

‘Yamato’ time again

 

Broadcaster Skip Caray dies at 68

 

'Price' names executive producer

 

AMPTP: No talks with SAG

 

NonStop acquires Sweden's TV7

 

TMG takes ProSiebenSat.1 stake

 

Myvideorights.com inks content deal

 

RAI board ousts Sacca Fabrizio

 

BIM's Mutti dies after motorcycle accident

 

Morgan Freeman hospitalized

 

EC approves TV2 rescue package

 

Fox Channel to launch on Premiere

 

UKFC launches $3m creative fund

 

Jacksons honored by BMI

 

TCA moves 2009 summer edition

 

Orchard pacts with Sony/ATV

 

Verbinski inks first-look deal at U

 

MGM's Sloan signs three-year deal

 

Whoopi's 'Xanadu' drives box office

 

'White Christmas' heads to Marquis

 

Pair mines past to stay current

 

Tom Shadyac, film director

 

Downey cancels book contract

 

Jujamcyn ups aisle ticket prices

 

Palm Springs ShortFest returns

 

Barry Diller added to Casbaa

 

Nigel Lythgoe leaving 'American Idol'

 

Sci-Fi digs 'RelicQuest'

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