Daily Variety articles from June 2006

Daily Variety archives from June 2006

Plays' big payday: tuners spur B'way attendance record.(sales of movies at broadway theaters)
June 1, 2006... Broadway's back in a big way. Fueled by holdover hits and a terrific selection of new shows, the 2005-06 season grossed a record $861.6 million, up 12% from the previous season. Paid attendance broke the 12 million barrier for the...

U taps fountain of youth.(Universal Studios Inc. signed contract with Topher Grace for the movie "Kids in America")(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Topher Grace is burning the midnight oil for "Kids in America," a pic following one night in the lives of a group of recent college grads. Brian Grazer is producing the pic for Universal Pictures through Imagine Entertainment, after Grace...

Lionsgate will try its 'Luck'.(negotiating with New Line Cinema Corp. for the movie "Good Luck Chuck")(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Lionsgate is in final negotiations to pick up comedy "Good Luck Chuck" out of turnaround from New Line, keeping Dane Cook in the lead role. Mike Karz is producing. Josh Stolberg ("Evan Almighty") penned the script. Mark Helfrich,...

'Affair' tempts New Line.(New Line Cinema Corp. got the rights of "A Family Affair")(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... New Line has bought "A Family Affair" a comedy spec to which Sarah Jessica Parker is attached. Sahara Lotti penned the script, with Jennifer Klein producing via her Apartment 3B banner. Parker would play a real estate agent who has a...

Biz marvels at superhero exit deal.(Avi Arad leaves Marvel Studios )
June 1, 2006... Avi Arad, the longtime head of Marvel Studios and bombastic public face of the company, ankled the company Wednesday to become a producer. Many in Hollywood and on Wall Street were speculating as to the reasons for his departure, but the...

Chicks disc clicks at No. 1.(top music albums)
June 1, 2006... Country radio may not be helping them much lately, but that didn't stop Dixie Chicks from claiming a third No. 1 album in their career as "Taking the Long Way" (Columbia) debuted with sales of 526,000 copies for the week ended Sunday, according...

The Human Behavior Experiments.(documentary program)(Television program review)
June 1, 2006... The Human Behavior Experiments (Documentary," Court TV/Sundance Channel, Thur. June 1, 10p.m.) Produced by Jigsaw Prods. Executive producers, Lynne Kirby, Laura Michalchyshyn, Robyn Hurt; producers, Alex Gibney, Alison Ellwood, Eva Orner;...

Betty Buckley.(concert)(Concert review)
June 1, 2006... Betty Buckley (Blue Note; 200 capacity; $50 top) Presented inhouse. Band: Kenny Werner, Tony Marino, Todd Reynolds, Don Weiss. Opened, reviewed May 30, 2006. Runs through June 4. With a long line of credits on Broadway, TV, film and...

Worth.(play)(Theater review)
June 1, 2006... Worth (Urban Stages: 73 seats, $18 top) A Genesius Theater Group presentation of a play in one act by Suzanne Lee. Directed by Marc Parees. Choreography, Grant Chang and Courtney Wissinger. Set, Lee Savage; costumes, Erin Chainani;...

Miramax leads Kiwi 'Shark' to U.S. waters.(Miramax Film Corp. got the rights of "Eagle vs. Shark" )(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Miramax Films has snapped up North American distribution rights to offbeat New Zealand comedy "Eagle vs. Shark," which sold at Cannes. Pic, now in post-production, was written and helmed by Taika Waititi in his feature directorial debut....

Bad girls do reality: Oxygen joins 'Club' with diva docusoap.(Oxygen Media Inc. in partnership with Bunim/Murray Productions planning for the "The Bad Girls Club")(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Oxygen is stepping up its devotion to reality TV divas. Women's cabler has teamed with Bunim-Murray Prods. on "The Bad Girls Club," ordering a big 22 episodes of the "Real World"-style docusoap in which a group of "bad girls" are brought...

Disney Channel to bow broadband player.(offering television programs on DisneyChannel.com)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Disney Channel will launch its new broadband player on DisneyChannel.com on Friday, offering more than a dozen free, full-length episodes of original series "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody;" "That's So Raven" and "Kim Possible." In...

It's curtains for Playhouse 91.(closed for redevelopment)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Playhouse 91, the 299-seat Off Broadway venue on the Upper East Side that in recent years housed "The Syringa Tree" and "Menopause, the Musical," will shutter for redevelopment. Theater operators Patricia Greenwald, Leonard Soloway and...

New prexy at EMI classics.(Costa Pilavachi)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Costa Pilavachi has been appointed president of EMI Classics, succeeding Richard Lyttelton, who retires at the end of July. In this global role, which he will take up later this year, Pilavachi will report to Alain Levy and David Munns, EMI...

Fox wins with same old song and 'Dance'.(So You Think You Can Dance and American Idol are the top television programs)
June 1, 2006... Fox wrapped the broadcast season a convincing winner with "American Idol" last week and then kept the momentum going with a good start for "So You Think You Can Dance." The May 22-28 frame, which included the final three nights of the...

Ray Liotta.(signed for Touchstone Films "Wild Hogs" and DreamWorks L.L.C.'s "Bee Movie" )(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Ray Liotta has joined the cast of Touchstone's "Wild Hogs," also starring John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy. Liotta will play a motorcycle gang leader who goes after a group of poser bikers from suburbia....

Amanda Detmer.(will act in Lifetime Television Network's "Trace Evidence")(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Amanda Detmer ("What About Brian") will star in the Lifetime telepic Trace Evidence." now lensing in Canada. Thesp can next be seen in Universal's "You, Me, and Dupree" and the indie films "American Crude" and "Jam". Her credit include...

Kevin Phillips.(will act in Lions Gate Films Inc.'s "P.D.R.")(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Kevin Phillips has landed a role alongside Terrence Howard and Bernie Mac in Lionsgate's "P.D.R.," directed by Sunu Gonera. Pic is about a man (Howard) who starts a swim team for troubled teens; Phillips will play one of the teenagers. ...

Dying City.(Royal Court Theater presentation)(Theater review)
June 1, 2006... Dying City (Royal Court Upstairs, London: 78 Seats: 15 [pounds sterling] ($28) Top) A Royal Court Theater presentation of a play in one act by Christopher Shinn. Directed by James Macdonald. Set, costumes and lighting, Peter Mumford;...

International weekend box office.(movies)(Statistical table)
June 1, 2006... Reported Percent Box Office Change Weekend ending in TITLE/DISTRIBUTOR/COUNTRY ...

World Party.(concert)(Concert review)
June 1, 2006... World Party (Joe's Pub; 220 seats; $25) Presented inhouse. Band: Karl Wallinger, David Duffy, John Turnbull. Reviewed May 30, 2006. World Party front man Karl Wallinger has spent most of his career writing songs about...

FCC won't reconsider eye's fine.(Federal Communications Commission fined CBS Broadcasting Inc.)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... The Federal Communications Commission rejected CBS' request for reconsideration of a $550,000 indecency fine against the net's owned and operated stations for the 2004 Janet Jackson Super Bowl nipple flash. An agency investigation...

Paraguayan Hammock.(Movie review)
June 1, 2006... Paraguayan Hammock (HAMACA PARAGUAYA) (France-Argentina-Netherlands-Paraguay-Spain) A Slot Machine (France)/Lita Stantic Producciones (Argentina)/Fortuna Films (Netherlands)/Silencio Cine (Paraguay)/Wanda Vision co-production in...

TV & cable production chart.
June 1, 2006... PRODUCTION CHART KEY Abbreviations: SUPR EXP-Supervising executive producer(s); EXP-Executive producer(s); CO-EXP-Co-Executive producer(s); SUPR PROD-Supervising producer(s); PROD-Producer(s); CO-PROD-Co-producer(s); DIR-Director(s);...

Top 25 shows in 18-49.(television programs)(Statistical table)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... TOP 25 SHOWS IN 18-49 1. American Idol-Wed. (Fox) 14.2/35 2. American Idol-Tue. (Fox) 12.3/34 3. House (Fox) 10.2/25 4. Lost (ABC) ...

Top shows in 25-24.(television programs)(Table)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... TOP SHOWS IN 25-24 1. American Idol-Wed. (Fox) 15.4/36 2. American Idol-Tue. (Fox) 13.7/35 3. House (Fox) 11.3/25 4. Lost (ABC) 8.5/18...

Top cable nets in 18-49.
June 1, 2006... TOP CABLE NETS IN 18-49 1. TNT 1.35 2. ESPN 1.13 3. USA 0.81 4. FX ...

Evening news.(television news ratings)(Table)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... EVENING NEWS WEEK 36: May 22-26 Viewers Adults 25-54 ABC 7.52 million 2.1/9 CBS 7.03 million 1.8/8 NBC 7.78 million 2.0/9...

Nielsen rating's report.(of television programs)(Statistical table)
June 1, 2006... Total Viewers Nielsen Ratings Report May 22-28, 2006 abc Monday 8.32 8:00 Oprah Winfrey's 10.97 8:30 Legends Ball (11.59) ...

Primetime scorecard.(television broadcasting industry)(Statistical table)
June 1, 2006... WEEK 36 Viewers * A18-49 A25-54 Al 18-34 abc 7.33(+2%) 2.7/8(+4%) 3.1/9(+3%) 2.2/7(Even) cbs 8.96(-5%) 2.5/7(-4%) 3.1/9(-6%) ...

BBC aims to take on AOL, Google online.(British Broadcasting Corp.)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... In a move likely to draw further criticism from commercial rivals, the mighty BBC is ramping up its activities on the global stage in a bid to take on U.S. Internet giants such as Google and AOL. BBC director general Mark Thompson on...

Credit Suisse weighing a bid for Blighty's All3Media.(World News)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Investment bank Credit Suisse has emerged as the latest potential bidder for U.K. "super-indie" All3Media, joining a list of suitors that includes production giants FremantleMedia and Endemol. According to the Times, Credit Suisse's private...

Impala sounds off: trade org opposes EMI-WMG merger.(World News)
June 1, 2006... European independent record companies' trade org Impala has confirmed it intends to "forcefully oppose any merger between EMI and Warner Music Group" to protect the interests of its members. Impala said a combined EMI and Warner operation...

'Mosquito' buzz at Acapulco fest.(Mosquita muerta)(Acapulco Film Festival)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... The tiny Acapulco Film Festival kicked off its second edition Wednesday with the preem of Mexican helmer Joaquin Bisner's "Mosquita muerta" (Dead Mosquito). Lineup of 75 pics includes many Mexican shorts, plus a small competish in which...

Royal role for Becker.(Kuno Becker will act in Christopher Miles' "The Last Pharaoh")(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Mexican actor Kuno Becker ("Goal!") is in talks to star as the young King Farouk in Christopher Miles' "The Last Pharaoh" Budgeted at 4 million [pounds sterling] ($7.5 million), pic will be produced by Miles and U.K.-based Pyramedia...

Discop sets speakers.(HUNGARY)
June 1, 2006... Top William Morris TV agent Mark Itkin will be the prime participant in workshop "The Agent in America: Putting It Together" at the Discop trade show in Budapest. Lineup for the Discop Campus06, part of the upcoming Discop, was unveiled...

'Legend' looms at CCTV.(plans of a television program portraying Bruce Lee)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Chinese state broadcaster CCTV plans to step up its global profile later this year with a 40-episode skein chronicling the life of Hong Kong chopsocky legend Bruce Lee. "The Legend of Bruce Lee" will be produced by China Intl. Television...

Hitched.(Claire Mullaly and Scan McKittrick got married)(Randi Michel and Kenny Felberbaum tied the knot)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Claire Mullaly and Scan McKittrick, Nov. 5, Carmel. Bride is director, worldwide publicity, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; groom is a film producer. Randi Michel and Kenny Felberbaum, March 12, St. Barth's, French West Indies. Bride is...

Showbiz stocks.(entertainment industry)(Statistical table)
June 1, 2006... Showbiz Stocks Wednesday, May 31 2006 YTD Name Tkr PE Last Chg %Chg AccessIT AIXD ... 12.00 +.08 ...

Baldwins learn from McCourt's 'Teacher'.(Howard and Karen Baldwin's Teacher Man with Baldwin Entertainment Group)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Howard and Karen Baldwin are developing a feature version of Frank McCourt's bestselling memoir "Teacher Man" via their Baldwin Entertainment Group shingle with Ron Bass. Bass will adapt "Teacher Man," which details McCourt's 30-year...

Births.(Julie Martin and Ivan Fonseca had a boy, Rocco Anthony Fonseca)(Victoria Cook and Jason Miller had a boy, Levi August Miller)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Julie Martin and Ivan Fonseca, a boy, Rocco Anthony Fonseca, April 22, New York, N.Y. Mother is a writer-producer with the Levinson/ Fontana Co.; father is a first assistant director. Victoria Cook and Jason Miller, a boy, Levi August...

amfAR from over.(American Foundation for AIDS Research's Cinema Against AIDS fund raising event)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... American Foundation for AIDS Research's (amfAR) fired-raiser Cinema Against AIDS collected more than $4 million last week from industryites at its annual Cannes fest-timed soiree on Thursday. Opening the Moulin de Mougin affair on a sober...

U cooks up bigscreen berth for 'Veggie'.(Universal Studios Inc. got the rights of "The Prirates Who Don't Do Anything--A Veggie Tales Movie" from Big Idea Productions)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Universal Pictures has nabbed distrib rights to Big Idea's toon "The Prirates Who Don't Do Anything--A Veggie Tales Movie." U plans to release the pic theatrically in North America in 2008, making it the second Veggie Tales property to hit the...

David Proval.(will act in Rogue and Spyglass' "Balls of Fury")(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... David Proval ("The Sopranos") has joined the cast of Rogue and Spyglass' "Balls of Fury." Thesp can next be seen in Henry Jaglom's "Hollywood Dreams" and Universal's "Smokin' Aces." His credits include "Miss Congeniality 2."

John Brently Reynolds.(will act in Odd Lot Entertainment's "Zero Dark Thirty")(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... John Brently Reynolds has booked a lead role in Odd Lot's "Zero Dark Thirty." He'll play a soldier killed in Afghanistan who mysteriously returns home two weeks after his funeral. John Stalberg directs from a script by "The Grudge" scribe...

Amy and Zoe Schlagel will share the role of Lissie in Paramount Vantage's "Year of the Dog," starring Molly Shannon.(Players)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Amy and Zoe Schlagel will share the role of Lissie in Paramount Vantage's "Year of the Dog," starring Molly Shannon. Child thesps' credits include "Without a Trace," "Cold Case" and "Legally Blonde 2."

Love don't mean a thing to mutants.(movies market share)
June 2, 2006... Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn won't be able to break the mutants' hold on the box office this weekend. With "X-Men: the Last Stand" a lock on first place even if it falls as much as 60%, Universal is just hoping "The Break-Up" won't be...

Variety stays in the picture.(Variety creates a photo division, Variety Images)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... For the first time in its 100-year history, Variety is creating a photo division, Variety Images, with Bruce Brosnan as general manager. Variety Images will shoot entertainment events and personalities around the world, including premieres,...

Musical chairs: Sony BMG's longtime lieutenants exit.(resignation of Don Ienner and Michele Anthony )(appointment of Rob Stringer)
June 2, 2006... Don Ienner and Michele Anthony have brought to a close the longest-running management team in the music business as the two resigned their posts atop Sony Music on Thursday. Rob Stringer, brother of Sony chief Howard Stringer, will take...

L.A. laments prod'n lag.(Permitting agency Film L.A. report on television production)
June 2, 2006... Hollywood has lost nearly a quarter of its TV pilot production since last year, lured away by lucrative incentives offered by Canada and cities such as Gotham. Permitting agency Film L.A. said in a report released today that production...

Sony's tech czar ankles.(Phil Wiser leaves the company)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Just a year and a half after he was named chief technology officer for Sony Corp. of America and asked to get the conglom's ailing online media strategy in shape, Phil Wiser is ankling to become chairman and prexy of digital homevid startup...

Couric takes on crix.(Katie Couric of CBS Broadcasting Inc.)
June 2, 2006... Incoming "CBS Evening News" anchor Katie Couric began the first day of the rest of her professional life by firing back at critics who think she doesn't have enough hard news experience to helm the nightly news. "I kind of resent when...

What you can and can't do at Cannes.(Cannes Film Festival)
June 2, 2006... AS THE UNREMARKABLE but mostly mellow 59th edition of the Cannes Film Festival quickly passes into history, a few lessons can be drawn from the event that may prove useful to filmmakers hoping to one day bring home a Palme from the Palais. ...

Kline sets public comeback.(Kevin Kline)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Kevin Kline, Neil LaBute, Ed Harris, Craig Lucas, Suzan-Lori Parks and Brian Dennehy are on the slate for the Public Theater's 2006-07 season. Year kicks off with a yet-to-be-determined Shakespeare play starring Kline and helmed by James...

Playboy joins date game.(Playboy Television International L.L.C.starts a half-hour series Foursome)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Are cable viewers ready for a reality dating series far more graphic than ABC's "Bachelor" or MTV's "Real World"? Playboy TV will find out starting July 8, when it kicks off "Foursome," a half-hour series that focuses each week (for 10...

Fledgling, IFP launch grants.(Fledgling Fund Award)(Emerging Latino Award )(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... The Fledgling Fund will present $20,000 in cash awards at this year's IFP Market. The two grants of $10.000 each will go to filmmakers participating in the "Spotlight on Documentaries" section of the IFP Market, running Sept. 17-21 in New...

English breakfast? BBC to challenge ayemcasts.(British Broadcasting Corp.'s British Broadcasting Corp.)
June 2, 2006... The international arm of the BBC is hoping to make a dent in the morning-show wars Stateside with an upscale offering, "World News Today." London-based show will have the same international focus as BBC World News, but it will attempt to...

Casting org on the move.(Central Castings Corp. opened a new office)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Central Casting is opening a Manhattan office and expanding its database of background actors into New York. Company is working on several Gotham-based projects, providing background talent for film, TV, commercials and industrial filming...

Final bow for 2 at org.(Joan Channick and Ben Cameron quits from Theater Communications Group )
June 2, 2006... When Theater Communications Group has its annual conference next week in Atlanta, it will be saying farewell to two ankling leaders. Joan Channick, managing director of the national service org for not-for-profit professional theaters, is...

Brits elect 'Nixon' star.(Frank Langella will play in "Frost/Nixon" )(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Frank Langella will return to London legit to play Richard Nixon, opposite Michael Sheen as Brit broadcaster David Frost, in "Frost/Nixon," running Aug. 10-Oct. 7 at the Donmar Warehouse. Donmar a.d. Michael Grandage will direct Peter...

Ratings homer for Mets' net.(New York Mets planning for a sports network)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... The New York Mets' decision to create a regional sports net in time for the 2006 season is looking more and more like a grand-slam home run. On May 31, the Mets' game against the Arizona Diamondbacks chalked up 340,000 homes, the best...

'Death' becomes Ryder in indie laffer.(Winona Ryder will act in " Sex and Death 101" of Avenue Pictures and Sandbar Pictures)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Winona Ryder has been cast as the female lead opposite Simon Baker in "Sex and Death 101," which Daniel Waters is directing for Cary Brokaw's Avenue Pictures and Sandbar Pictures. Dark comedy concerns a man whose life is upended by an email...

Mintz will serve Starbucks.(Alan Mintz appointed by Starbucks Entertainment)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Starbucks Entertainment has tapped vet music exec Alan Mintz to serve as VP of content development, overseeing negotiations for music, film and book projects. Mintz replaces Dan MacKinnon, who recently ankled as Starbucks' VP of music and...

Endeavor.(tapped LL Cool J)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... LL Cool J has signed with Endeavor. Multihyphenate recently released his 12th album, "Todd Smith" (Def Jam), and is launching a clothing line, also dubbed Todd Smith. He's also developing thriller "Overnight" at Lionsgate. Credits include...

WMA.(signed with Jeffrey Dean Morgan)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Jeffrey Dean Morgan has inked with WMA. Thesp recently wrapped a recurring role on "Grey's Anatomy." He also recurs on the WB's "Supernatural" and Showtime's "Weeds." He continues to be managed by Rob Gomez.

APA.(signed contract with Will Sasso)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Will Sasso ("Mad TV") has signed with APA. Thesp can next be seen in Universal's "Southland Tales." He recently wrapped up a stint as a series regular on ABC's "Less Than Perfect." Credits include "A Mighty Wind," "Best in Show" and "The...

Pathe, BBC team for development fund.(World News)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Fueled by the U.K. Film Council's Development Fund slate investment, Pathe and the BBC have joined forces and launched an annual development fund of 300,000 [pounds sterling] ($560,000). The fund is intended for pics with commercial...

Weinstein pic package makes splash at Pool.(Eastern European Acquisition Pool got titles from The Weinstein Co.)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Berlin-based rights trader Eastern European Acquisition Pool has picked up 13 titles from the Weinstein Co. for the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Bulgaria and, for selected pics, the former Yugoslavia and Romania. Deal...

'CSI' finale scores for Vox.(World News)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... German web Vox garnered record ratings Wednesday with the two-part season finale of "CSI" directed by Quentin Tarantino. With the show on Vox one season behind CBS, local viewers have been closely following the series' fifth season. Part...

Indie incorporated: Vocento buys TriPictures majority stake.(World News)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Vocento, one of Spain's largest media congloms, has bought a majority stake in top Spanish indie distributor TriPictures. The exact size of the stake and value of the deal were not revealed. Avanzit, a high-tech media company that also...

French co. takes on Brit broadband.(France Telecom S.A. introducing television service in UK)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... France Telecom has confirmed plans to roll out its broadband TV service in the U.K. later this year--a move that will put it in direct competition with Brit telco BT. New service will be offered under the Orange brand, which will be used...

Copyright org taps chairman.(Federation Against Copyright Theft appointed Brian Robertson )(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... The Federation Against Copyright Theft has tapped Brian Robert son chairman, replacing Marek Antoniak of Sony Pictures, who resigned after 11 years in the post. Robertson has held senior U.K. and European finance positions at Sony Pictures...

U.S. fare a pal to Chum.(Chum Television International introduced United States network)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Toronto-based broadcaster Chum Television on Thursday unveiled a fall schedule more packed with high-profile U.S. network fare than ever before and featuring a couple of major new Canuck series. Chum, whose channels give it nearly national...

Mame.(musical play)(Theater review)
June 2, 2006... (Eisenhower Theater: Washington, D.C.; 1.110 seats: $90 top) A John E Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presentation of a musical in two acts with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, based on...

Filming in the future.(Film Production Chart)
June 2, 2006... PRODUCTION CHART KEY Abbreviations: EXP, Executive producer; PROD-Producer; COP-Co-producer, DIR-Director; AD-First assistant director, 2DIR-Second-unit director; SCR-Screen-writer; DP-Cinematographer; ED-Editor, PD-Production designer,...

Datebook.
June 2, 2006... 2 "Wordplay" Crossword champs Jon Delfin and Ellen Ripstein talk shop after a screening of Patrick Creadon's logomaniacal docu. Museum of the Moving Image, 35 Avenue at 36th Street. 7:30 p.m. Call (718) 784-4520 or go to Movingimage.us ...

Showbiz stocks: Thursday, June 1, 2006.(entertainment industry)(Statistical table)
June 2, 2006... Showbiz Stocks Thursday, June 1, 2006 YTD Name Tkr PE Last Chg %Chg AccessIT AIXD ... 11.93 -.07 +14.9 AcmeCm ACME...

Filming in the U.S.(Film Production Chart)
June 2, 2006... AGENDA EXP, John Chon; PROD, Jonathan de la Luz, Danny Martin; SCR, De la Luz, Martin. Azisa Pictures (903-704-0009) 3/20, Texas, U.K., France. BALLS OF FURY Dan Fogler, Christopher Walken, George Lopez, Maggie Q, James Hong, Robert...

Filming outside the U.S.(Film Production Chart)
June 2, 2006... AN AMERICAN IN CHINA Patrick Duffy, Tanya Roberts, Liu Yi Fei PROD, Wenxin Yuan; DIR, Ron Berrett; DP, Eric Jones; COMP, Michele Taras; CAST, Lindsay Chag. An American in China (6914 Tuj unga Ave., North Hollywood CA 91605, 818-822-0603, Fax:...

Filming in Gotham.(Film Production Chart)
June 2, 2006... BLACKOUT EXP, Judith Aidoo; PROD, Dedra Tare, Jerry Lamothe; COP, Lamese Williams; DIRSCR, Lamothe; DR Ben Wolf. Tm Life Fihns/Caswell Communications (4445 21st St., Long Island City, NY 11101, 718472-4559, Fax: 718-472-3997) 6/1, New York. ...

The Field.(Theater review)
June 2, 2006... The Field (Ish Repertory Theater," 131 seats; $55 top) An Irish Repertory Theater presentation of a play in two acts by John B. Keane. Directed by Ciaran O'Reilly. Set, Charles Corcoran; costumes, Martha Hally; lighting, Jason Lyons; sound,...

Dead City.(Theater review)
June 2, 2006... (3LD Art & Technology Center," 99 seats; $19 top) A New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Sarah Cameron Sunde) presentation of a play in one act by Sheila Callaghan. Directed by Daniella Topoi. Set, Cameron Anderson; costumes, Jenny Mannis;...

From the Army Archerd archive.(Report)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... AUG. 6, 1962 It's not a GOOD MORNING in Hollywood, reeling from the tragic deah of Marilyn Monroe. Last week she seemed happy with the thought of working in "Something's Got To Give" in December when Dean Martin would be free of "Toys In...

Gersh Agency.(Tenpercenteries)(Ashley Tisdale signs with Gersh Agency)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Ashley Tisdale has inked with the Gersh Agency. Tisdale starred in the Disney Channel's "High School Musical," and will begin lensing the sequel in January. She also can be seen in the cabler's "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody." She is...