Daily Variety articles from September 2004

Daily Variety archives from September 2004

GOP flexes muscle: Arnold pumps party but remains a maverick.(Grand Old Party)
September 1, 2004... The GOP wished upon its brightest star Tuesday--summoning California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on a delicate mission: to sway undecided voters in swing states without upstaging the president or alienating the hardcore Republican base. ...

Rudy's rant riles B'way.
September 1, 2004... Rudy Giuliani wowed them at the Republican Convention with his John Kerry-bashing speech Monday night. The day before, however, his "Kerry is a flip-flopper" screed drew nothing but raspberries from the cast and orchestra of two Broadway shows....

Richards, UPN ink skein deal.(United Paramount Network)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... HOLLYWOOD -- Former Bond girl Denise Richards has inked a rich talent holding deal with UPN. Pact calls for the Viacom-owned web to develop a series project for Richards or cast her in one of its 2005-06 pilots. It's the first time...

Revamped Venice gives Lido a lift.
September 1, 2004... VENICE -- The first edition of the Venice Intl. Film Festival under new artistic director Marco Muller begins today amid hopes that a facelift for the event--including a 1 million [euro] ($1.2 million) catwalk in front of the Palazzo del...

DVD buyers express 'Passion'.(Digital Versatile Disc)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... HOLLYWOOD -- The first 12 hours of sales for a movie about the last 12 hours of the life of Jesus Christ have proved near-miraculous. Fox reported Monday that more than 2.4 million copies of the DVD of "The Passion of the Christ" had been...

'Surfer' catches pic wave.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... HOLLYWOOD -- Romano/Shane Prods. has optioned "Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family and Fighting to Get Back on the Board," the upcoming memoir from competitive teen surfer and shark attack survivor Bethany Hamilton. In October, MTV...

Bush defies conventions of the TV presidency: even supporters have to concede that the tongue-tied prexy looks bad on the tube.(Tuning In)(Television)
September 1, 2004... GEORGE W. BUSH will deliver another major address as he accepts his party's nomination Thursday, which despite the stage-managed format should be an adventure. Public speaking is not the president's forte, inasmuch as he suffers from a peculiar...

Blackout's no Garden party.
September 1, 2004... Just as NBC News' Tom Brokaw was wrapping up a live interview with Bush aide Karen Hughes from inside Madison Square Garden late Monday afternoon, everything went dark. A mini-blackout struck the entire circle of skyboxes that the TV news...

Par's 'Aeon' in flux.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... HOLLYWOOD -- Production on Paramount/MTV's "Aeon Flux" will be shut down for several weeks due to Charlize Theron's suffering injuries during shooting in Berlin. The accident occurred Monday on the set, two weeks after production started....

Elfman, Mathis 'Touched' by tyro.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... HOLLYWOOD -- Jenna Elfman and Samantha Mathis are shooting the romantic drama "Touched" for first-time writer-director Timothy Scott Bogart. "Touched" is the story of a man who wakes from a coma without his sense of touch and the nurse who...

Perfect placement: Nielsen product tracker lands key ad agency.(Business)
September 1, 2004... An "American Idol" contestant lifts a certain brand of cola to his lips and... cha-ching!... Nielsen scores another point in its newest ratings service for advertisers. Nielsen began compiling product mentions in broadcast programming...

Sirius enrolls college sports for sat radio.(Business)(satellite)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Satellite radio company Sirius has signed a deal with CSTV: College Sports TV to create the first college sports audio channel. "We'll offer a full menu of college games to alumni across the country and allow them to stay in touch with the...

TV, fiscal shift fuel RTL profit surge.(Business)(Television)(Radio Television Luxembourg)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... BERLIN -- Half-year net profits at Europe's biggest broadcasting company RTL Group soared from 25 million [euro] ($30 million) to $237 million due to accounting changes and strong performances by TV subsidiaries in Germany and France and at...

Viacom slips on bank grade.(Business)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Investment bank Sanders Morris Harris has slapped a downgrade on Viacom, saying the company's shares don't yet reflect a riskier strategy being pursued by film unit Paramount. Analyst David Miller lowered Viacom to "hold" from "buy" and...

Showbiz stocks: Tuesday, August 31, 2004.(Business)(Illustration)
September 1, 2004... SHOWBIZ STOCKS Tuesday, August 31, 2004 YTD Name Tkr PE Last Chg % Chg AMC AEN ... 19.20 +.02 +26.2 AcmeCm ACME ... 6.50 ...

Actors' Equity ratifies contract.
September 1, 2004... The members of Actors' Equity have overwhelmingly ratified the new four-year production contract with producers. More than 96% of the union voted in favor of the new contract. Of the 2,421 valid ballots received, 2,332 were yes votes and 89...

Strong kick at finish: NBC takes victory lap around Olympics' closing night.(National Broadcasting Company)
September 1, 2004... NBC's big fat Greek adventure known as the Summer Olympics came to a successful conclusion Sunday, with the net again running circles around the competish for the week. As action shifted from the more popular swimming and gymnastics to...

Priest's tomes draw pic followers.
September 1, 2004... HOLLYWOOD -- God's Hollywood hot streak continues with word that producers Paul Jay Shrater and Scott Goldman are teaming up to develop projects based on the novels of bestselling author Father Andrew Greeley. Cornucopia Pictures" Shrater...

Producers see pic action in Aftermath comicbooks.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... HOLLYWOOD -- A new lineup of superheroes is hitting Hollywood. Producers Adrian Askarieh and Daniel Alter have licensed Aftermath, a new line of comicbooks from publisher Devil's Due. They're planning to adapt the titles, set in a...

Fanning will wage 'War'.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... HOLLYWOOD -- Dakota Fanning is going to war with Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg in Paramount/DreamWorks' "War of the Worlds." Fanning will portray the daughter of Cruise's character in the production, which is being fast-tracked to start...

Granada ups reality maven.(Granada America)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Granada America has promoted Charles Tremayne from senior vice president to executive VP, rewarding him for expanding the New York office into an active production center for reality shows. Some of the nonfiction shows that Granada has sold...

Newmarket banks Trust trio.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... HOLLYWOOD -- Newmarket Films has acquired North American distribution rights to three pics from Trust Film Sales--the Dogma film "Old New Borrowed Blue" as well as "In Your Hands" and "Daybreak." The pickups continue Newmarket's...

Miami Slice.(Television Program Review)
September 1, 2004... (Series; Bravo. Mon. Sept. 6, 8 p.m.) Produced by September Films in association with Enterprise Prods. and Bravo. Executive producers, Cori Abraham, Wendy Cassileth, David Green, Jamila Hunter, Nick Logan, Sally Miles; associate producers....

Usher; Kanye West; Christina Milian.(Concert Review)
September 1, 2004... (Staples Center, 15,500 capacity, $69.50 top) Presented by MTV. Bands: (U) Usher, Rudolph Bradley, Juan Najera, Arthur Strong, Aaron Spears: (KW) Kanye West, John Legend, A-Trek Reviewed Aug. 30, 2004. Usher, fresh off his opening of...

Head in the Clouds.(Movie Review)
September 1, 2004... (Canada-UK.) A Sony Pictures Classics (in U.S.), Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm (in Canada) release of an Arclight presentation of a Remstar/Spice Factory, Bertil Ohlsson/Dakota/Tusk production in association with Movision. (International...

Nielsen report.(Illustration)
September 1, 2004... TOP 25 SHOWS IN 18-49 1. Olympics-Monday (NBC) 9.6/26 2. Olympics-Wednesday (NBC) 8.7/25 3. Olympics-Tuesday (NBC) 8.7/24 4. Olympics-Thursday (NBC) 7.5/22 5. Olympics-Friday (NBC) 6.9/22...

5x2.(Movie Review)
September 1, 2004... (France) A Mars Distribution release of a Fidelite presentation of a Fidelite, France 2 Cinema, FOZ production, with participation of Canal Plus. (International sales: Celluloid Dreams, Paris.) Produced by Olivier Delbose, Marc Missonier....

CBC feels sports chill.(World News)(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
September 1, 2004... MONTREAL -- These are tough times for Canuck pubcaster CBC Sports. It saw primetime ratings for the Athens Olympics plummet by 16% compared with the Sydney Games, and it may have to cancel flagship Saturday night sports show "Hockey Night...

Pix delay raises protests.(World News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... MUMBAI -- Hollywood and Bollywood studio reps are fighting the seven-week release delay slapped on their pics by the south Indian state of Karnataka. A delegation--including Kapil Saha of the Motion Picture Assn. of America, Vikramjit Roy...

Globo helps 'Olga' make a boffo bow.(Brazil)
September 1, 2004... Helmer Jayme Monjardim's biopic "Olga" sold 385,968 tickets in its first weekend (Aug 20-22), the largest opening of a Brazilian pic this year. Helped by the media promotion machine of local giant Organizacoes Globo, Lumiere launched...

Exhib courting couples.(Brazil)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Exhib Cinesystem is selling tickets for half price--to couples who kiss in front of the company's staff. "It has to be real French kisses," stresses the exhib's marketing director Jany Lima. The sales promotion is valid for Thursdays only....

Fest skeds Turkish pix.(Holland)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Five restored classic Turkish films have been included in the Film by the Sea Festival to appeal to Holland's large Turkish community. Pics include 1964's Metem Erksan pic "Dry Summer," Atif Ielmaz's 1977 film "The Girl With the Red Scarf,"...

Explore finds new identity.(World News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... LONDON -- Euro distributor Explore Intl. will relaunch as National Geographic Television Intl. at next month's Mipcom in Cannes. The wholly owned subsidiary of National Geographic Television & Film is rebranding from today to reflect...

Schram scramming from USA's 'Monk'.(United States of America)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... HOLLYWOOD -- Basic cable's top-rated original series is losing one of its stars. "Monk" regular Bitty Schram, who plays Adrian Monk's sleuthing sidekick Sharona Fleming, is ankling USA Network's one-hour skein, the cabler confirmed Monday....

Sony skips matinee pact.(Matinee Pictures)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... HOLLYWOOD--Warren Zide's equity-backed financing and production shingle Matinee Pictures will not be landing at Sony after all. Although there were several months' worth of discussion about a first-look deal at Sony for the "American Pie"...

Distrib lands 'Fish,' 'Wish'.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... HOLLYWOOD -- Newmark/Echelon Entertainment Group will handle domestic theatrical distribution on two romantic comedies from Skyway Prods.: "Fish Without a Bicycle" and "Third Wish." Both pics were written and produced by the pics' star,...

Jane reigns as skein makes boffo bow.
September 1, 2004... The first installment of NBC U's syndie yakker "The Jane Pauley Show" posted a 2.4 weighted metered market average rating and 7 share in primary telecasts Monday, the highest debut for a syndic talkshow among the small handful that have...

MTV vid awards on slide.(Video Music Awards)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Sunday's "Video Music Awards" from Miami was so tame that MTV never had to activate its 20-second-delay button. Maybe that's why the MTV special lost another 400,000 total viewers on Sunday following last year's dropoff of 1.3 million...

Fox wins with GOP confab coverage.
September 1, 2004... Fox News Channel won the ratings race on the opening night of the Republican National Convention in a landslide, tripling CNN's audience and quadrupling the number of MSNBC viewers. But overall, there were fewer viewers watching Monday's...

Scaling the Chinese wall.(Guest Column)(Hero)(Column)
September 1, 2004... The success of "Hero" this past weekend, the biggest opening weekend ever for an Asian film, underscores Miramax's long-term commitment to Asian cinema. Many people have asked why we didn't release "Hero" until just over a year and a half...

Spun again.(Editorial)(Editorial)
September 1, 2004... With an army of 15,000 journalists in New York covering the Republican National Convention, media organizations should be expected to do a banner job of cutting through the spin and keeping the campaigns honest. But recent history raises...

Lido launches with showbiz biggies.(61st Venice Intl. Film Festival)
September 2, 2004... VENICE -- Like a rerun of the "Saving Private Ryan" debarkation on the Lido six years back, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and a hefty DreamWorks and UIP entourage swept into the 61st Venice Intl. Film Festival to tubthump "The Terminal," kicking...

GOP pols put pall on B'way.(Grand Old Party's convention has some impact on Broadway's shows)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... All those elephants in town continue to trample Broadway biz. Although dollar figures aren't in on the Republican Natl. Convention's impact on legit, reports from the Theater Development Fund's TKTS booths in Times Square and the South...

It's cash for Kirk TW looks to entice MGM with $4.5 bil.(Kirk Kerkorian of Time Warner plans acquisition of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc)
September 2, 2004... Time Warner has shifted its bid for the Lion to all cash from a stock as it seeks to clinch a deal. The offer is thought to be worth about $4.5 billion. The giant media conglom's earlier offer would have given MGM majority owner Kirk...

DreamWorks adds partner on 'Dreamer'.(movie production)(Dreamworks SKG)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... HOLLYWOOD -- Hyde Park Entertainment will team with DreamWorks for the first time as co-financier of "Dreamer," with Hyde Park taking all international rights outside Japan. Film stars Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning and Freddy Rodriguez, with...

The high cost of Living: prexy exits Scripps net.(people)
September 2, 2004... HOLLYWOOD -- After three years at the helm of Fine Living, net prexy Ken Solomon is ankling his post. Solomon joined the cabler as president in February 2001, a year before its March 2002 launch. Head of business operations and...

Building bridges in N.Y.(New York)
September 2, 2004... Amid a midtown Manhattan awash in balloons, banners and "I love Arnold" placards, MPAA topper Dan Glickman is spending his first days on the job creeping out from his predecessor's long shadow in unfamiliar GOP convention terrain. ...

The Jane Pauley Show.(Television Program Review)
September 2, 2004... The Jane Pauley Show (Talkshow; WNBC, Mon-Fri., 11 a.m.) Filmed in New York by NBC Universal Domestic Television. Executive producer, Michael Weisman; supervising producer, Colleen Halpin; senior producers, Marlaine Selip, Lori Weiss:...

Phil Collins.(musicians)(Brief Article)(Concert Review)
September 2, 2004... Phil Collins (Staples Center; Los Angeles; 16,000 seats; $95 top) Presented by Clear Channel Entertainment and Nederlander Concerts. Band: Phil Collins, Daryl Stuermer, Chester Thompson, Harry Kim, Arturo Velasco, Luis Conte, Brad Cole,...

The Surreal Life.(Television Program Review)
September 2, 2004... The Surreal Life (Series; VH1 sun. Sept. 5, 9 p.m.) Filmed in Los Angeles by Mindring Prods. Executive producers, Cris Abrego, Mark Cronin; co-executive producers, James Rowley, Ben Samek; supervising producers, Jacquie Dincauze, Rabih...

Unconscious.(movies)(Movie Review)
September 2, 2004... Unconscious (INCONSCIENTES) (Spain-Germany-Portugal-Italy) An Alta Films release of an Tornasol Films/Messidor Films (Spain)/EMC Asset Management (Germany)/Madragoa Producao de Filmes (Portugal)/Classic (Italy) production with the...

'Pride' facing test after strong preem.(television programs)
September 2, 2004... NBC has successfully launched its expensive CGI-animated laffer "Father of the Pride," but now comes the bigger challenge for the net: Will viewers come roaring back next week? "Father," from DreamWorks Animation and the first of the...

'Christ' rises to 4.1 mil sold.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... HOLLYWOOD -- The first full day of sales of "The Passion of Christ" on DVD resulted in about 4.1 million copies being purchased directly by consumers, according to Fox. Although that is far off the pace of the 8 million copies of "Finding...

Melissa George.(Players)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Aussie Melissa George, who held a steady gig last season on "Alias," will join Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen in Miramax's "Derailed." Stuart Beattie penned the script, based on the novel of the same name by James Siegel about a man who...

Zooey Deschanel ("All the Real Girls," "The Good Girl") and Matthew Morrison, who originated the role of Link Larkin in Broadway's "Hairspray," will costar in ABC's telepic "Once Upon a Mattress.".(Players)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Zooey Deschanel ("All the Real Girls," "The Good Girl") and Matthew Morrison, who originated the role of Link Larkin in Broadway's "Hairspray," will costar in ABC's telepic "Once Upon a Mattress." Tuner, skedded to begin lensing next week...

WB bets on the net: full 'Mountain' pilot hits Web before TV bow.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... HOLLYWOOD -- The WB is continuing its use of the Net to promote its fall shows, working with affiliates to put the first full episode of a TV show legally on the World Wide Web. Frog net's 19 Tribune owned-stations, which include eight of...

Potter joins 'Legal' cast.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... HOLLYWOOD -- Thesp Monica Potter ("Along Came a Spider") has joined the cast of David E. Kelley's new ABC drama "Boston Legal." Potter will play Lori Colson, a junior partner at the Crane, Poole & Schmidt law firm, in the post-"The...

TV Guide sharpens up with new Brit editor.(appoints Ian Birch)
September 2, 2004... TV Guide tapped Brit magazine editor Ian Birch as editor-in-chief on Wednesday, filling a job that had been vacant for nearly four months. Previous editor Michael Lafavore left the magazine after a little more than a year during which he...

McGraw living it up with No. 1 debut.(music albums)(Tim McGraw)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Tim McGraw posted the biggest opening for a country act this year on the nation's music sales chart with 766,000 copies of his Curb disc "Live Like You Were Dying" sold in the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The country...

A bite out of apple? Microsoft Music Store to challenge iTunes.(Business)
September 2, 2004... HOLLYWOOD -- For those who remember the first days of the PC, it's deja vu all over again in digital music. A year after Apple created the online market for song downloads and quickly came to dominate it with 70% market share, Microsoft is...

Viv U finalizes sale of Studio Babelsberg.(Business)(Vivendi Universal)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... BERLIN -- Vivendi Universal on Wednesday finalized the sale of Studio Babelsberg to German investors Carl Woebcken and Christoph Fisser. As part of an agreement reached in July, Woebcken and Fisser, who paid a symbolic 1 [euro] ($1.22) for...

Splendid reports sinking revs.(Business)(Splendid Medien)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... COLOGNE -- German distrib Splendid Medien reported a drastic drop in revenue in the first half, falling to 9.7 million [pounds sterling] ($11.6 million) from $24.6 million in the first half of 2003, while net losses rose to $3 million from $2...

TF1's profits get boost from rising ad revs.(Business)(Societe Nationale Television Francaise 1)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... PARIS -- TF1, France's leading commercial web, posted net profits up 17.3% to 161.5 million [euro] ($196.8 million) on revs of $1.815 billion in the first half of 2004. Operating profit rose 25.8% to $356.9 million. Rising ad revs drove...

Site consolidation boosts Cinemaxx.(Business)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... COLOGNE -- Cinemaxx, the German multiplex chain eyed for takeover by film tycoon Herbert Kloiber, has returned to operating profit in the first half, due to theater consolidation and an uptick in auds. While revenues fell slightly from 92.3...

Showbiz stocks: Wednesday, September 1, 2004.(Business)(Illustration)
September 2, 2004... SHOWBIZ STOCKS Wednesday, September 1, 2004 YTD Name Tkr PE Last Chg %Chg AMC AEN ... 19.29 +.09 +26.8 AcmeCm ...

O'seas helps Mouse to $1 billion for 10th time.(Mouse House Group clocks $1 billion in grosses for the 10th consecutive year)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... The Mouse House may be having a humdrum year at the domestic B.O., but the studio's international arm just clocked $1 billion in grosses for the 10th consecutive year: a Hollywood record. Disney's Buena Vista Intl. reached the milestone...

'Highlander' tooning up for feature.(movies)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... HOLLYWOOD -- "Highlander" is on track to become an animated feature for release in spring 2006. Davis-Panzer Prods. and Imagi Intl. are developing the project, which will be animated through Madhouse of Japan ("Tokyo Godfathers"). David...

Canal Plus revamps: marketing maven to take sat, distrib reins.(World News)
September 2, 2004... PARIS -- After a two-year over-haul, Gaul's Canal Plus Group again has rejigged its top management, bringing in more new blood. In a shake-up announced Wednesday, newcomer Guy Lafarge, a marketing wizard from France Telecom, is taking the...

MTV in 'Transit' for safe-sex campaign.(World News)(Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... LONDON -- MTV is teaming up with the Swedish Intl. Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) for a made-for-TV movie and a multimedia campaign to highlight Europe's illegal sex trade and to hammer home the safe-sex message. "Transit" is a...

Spat over doc's a cat-astrophe.(Canada)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... The Toronto Intl. Film Festival is hanging tough after receiving angry phone calls, emails and an anonymous death threat directed to a programmer regarding a controversial film in the documentary program. "Casuistry: The Art of Killing a...

Seven, C4 plan two.(Australia)(Channel 4 Television Co. and Seven Network plan two drama series )(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Australia's Seven Network has commissioned two drama series with U.K. broadcaster Channel 4. "Campus" will center on students at a south coast university. It was created by Bevan Lee, Seven head of creative development, drama, and will...

Cave pens feature.(Australia)(Nick Cave)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Aussie musician Nick Cave has penned "The Proposition," an Australian-U.K. co-production slated to roll in Queensland on Oct. 11. Drama, set at the turn of the 20th century, will be helmed by John Hillcoat for producers Chris Brown and...

BT dishes up fare.(India)(BT Broadcast Services signs a deal with Subhash Chandra's Dish TV)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... BT Broadcast Services, the media and TV arm of British Telecom, has signed with Subhash Chandra's Dish TV, a direct-to-home sat platform. "There have been significant barriers to entry for European and U.S. broadcasters to the rapidly...

Televisa Olympic gold comes at price to rep.(World News)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... MEXICO CITY -- What looked like easy Olympic gold proved to be a narrow, bruising victory--and a moral defeat--for Televisa in its Athens coverage. Mexico's largest net went toe to toe with TV Azteca, with both offering competing...

Mideast open to Distraction.(World News)(Distraction Formats)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... HOLLYWOOD -- Canuck format specialist Distraction has closed several deals in the Mideast, a region that seems to be taking to the reality genre with growing fervor. The final episodes of Fremantle-Media's localized "Pop Idol," for...

'Buddy' bags kudos.(Norway)(movies)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Norwegian director Morten Tyldum's feature debut, "Buddy," took film and actor (Anders Baasmo Christensen) kudos at the Amandas, Norway's film awards. Prizes were handed out at the Rica Maritim Hall on Friday during the Norwegian Intl....

GOP brings party to FNC.(Grand Old Party)(Fox News Channel)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... The broadcast webs joined in the fun at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, but Fox News outdrew them all head-to-head. Also noteworthy was the ratings perf by typically third-place caner MSNBC, which topped CNN. According...

A&E's 'Dog' fetches 3.2 mil in bow.(A and E Television Networks)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Donald Trump's imperious declaration "You're fired!" on "The Apprentice" may be getting some reality-TV competition from a new assertion: "You're under arrest!" The first of two highly touted non-fiction primetime series about bounty...

Brendan Fletcher.(Players)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... Brendan Fletcher ("Freddy vs. Jason") has been tapped for a role in the Terry Gilliam-helmed "Tideland," adapted from Mitch Cullin's novel about a girl who escapes from the grim reality of her life into a world of fantasy, where she is...

Eros Therapy.(Movie Review)
September 2, 2004... Eros Therapy (EROS THERAPIE) (France) A Gemini Films release of a Maia Films presentation of a Maia Films, Pyramide production. (International sales: Gemini, Paris.) Produced by Gilles Sandoz. Co-producer, Fabienne Vonier. ...

UPN casts vote for 'Count'.(United Paramount Network programming)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... CBS News will produce a weekly program on the 2004 presidential race for all 18 Viacom-owned UPN stations. Half-hour "Make It Count" will be hosted by WCBS-TV New York anchor Lynda Lopez. Project was announced by CBS News prexy Andrew...

TV and cable production chart.
September 2, 2004... PRODUCTION CHART KEY Abbreviations: SUPR EXP-Supervising executive Producer(s); EXP-Executive Producer(s); SUPR PROD-Supervising Producer(s); PROD-Producer(s); CO-PROD-Co-producer(s); DIR-Director(s); CASTING-Casting Director. Affiliated...

The Other Side of AIDS.(Movie Review)
September 2, 2004... The Other Side of AIDS (Docu) A Hazel Wood Pictures production. Produced by Robin Scovill. Executive producer. Robert Leppo. Co-producer. Eric E. Paulson Directed, edited by Robin Scovill. Camera (color, DV), Scovill; music, B....

Bush campaign sues FEC over orgs' ads.(Federal Election Commission)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2004... President Bush's campaign sued the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday for failing to act on its complaints that anti-Bush groups are illegally spending millions of dollars in advertising. The suit, filed in U,S. District Court in...