Variety articles from October 2000

Variety archives from October 2000

WILL GOOD TIMES HIT SAG SNAG?(Statistical Data Included)
October 30, 2000... As deadlines near, actors & writers beat war drums The big strike is over. Now Hollywood is gearing up for the BIG strike. Optimists are hoping that the recent actors-vs.-advertisers strike will provide useful lessons on how to avoid...

UPN bounces off the ropes.
October 30, 2000... HOLLYWOOD All things considered, UPN should have been smacked down a long time ago. As affiliates bailed, ratings collapsed and financial losses mounted, The Netlet That Wouldn't Die received its last rites from industry execs and...

BEWITCHING BOWS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 30, 2000... However "Blair Witch 2" performs at the box office, one thing is clear: The film is debuting on more screens than any previous fall release.(*) Opening engagements Blair Witch 2 3,317...

AT&T puts synergies on hold & splits in four.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... In June 1998 John Malone and a buffed and beaming C. Michael Armstrong showered each other with praise at a flash-bulb-popping press conference at AT&T's New York headquarters. "He's such a visionary," gushed Malone, then chairman of...

Sony streamlines, promotes exex.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... Sony Pictures Entertainment is attempting to streamline its top executive reporting structure with a raft of promotions that company toppers hope will help mobilize a more disciplined production program. One byproduct of this...

Rate it `X' for exasperated.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... Still trying to appease the culture warriors, Hollywood tries to sort out new ratings language and cope with bureaucratic enforcers. So now get ready for Act II: The Enforcers. The networks and studios, having acceded to pressure from...

FAST MONEY.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... INSTANT FALL CLASSIC `Meet the Parents' is on course to become the first $100 million pic of the fall season PAY TO PLAY Playstation 2 flew off the shelves Oct. 26, reaping Sony $150 million in sales from only 500,000 consoles....

Horror lures producer back.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... NAME: Irwin Yablans DESCRIPTION: Producer who helped launch the "Halloween" franchise LAST SEEN: Trick or treating HOLLYWOOD Nearly a quarter-century after aiding in the launch of the famed "Halloween" franchise, producer Irwin...

Is Diller back on the dance floor with NBC?(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... Rumors continue to percolate that Barry Diller is again talking with NBC, talk fueled by the USA Networks topper's insistence that the company's new shareholder, Vivendi, is solidly behind any U.S. expansion plans. Wall Streeters are...

Producer questioned on assault complaint.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... Indie producer David Dadon, in London representing his firm Giants for the London Screenings, was hit with a legal complaint Oct. 26 alleging one count of unlawful confinement and three counts of indecent assault. The alleged incident is...

Vivendi U struggles to link with investors.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... NEW YORK As financial and entertainment industry folk alike struggle to get a handle on the mega-merger of Vivendi and Seagram, they're finding to their chagrin that one of the most enticing potential benefits of the deal has also been one...

C5 moves Airey into chief exec spot.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... Dawn Airey has been upped to the post of chief exec of Channel 5, replacing David Elstein, who exits with a hefty golden handshake. Airey's appointment, effective immediately, is a reward for building the 3 1/2-year-old terrestrial...

Active London mart belies Teuton tumult.
October 30, 2000... LONDON Forget for a moment about Intermedia's splashy announcement that it will co-finance "Terminator 3" and "Basic Instinct 2." Forget, too, how Initial Entertainment Group waltzed into London with a deal in the works to cover at least $66...

Mouse runs overseas maze in record time.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... Right now, the Mouse House is the Big Cheese among the Hollywood studios as the global theatrical champ. Disney's overseas theatrical arm reached the $1 billion B.O. milestone in the last week of September, per industry estimates. ...

FRANTIC PACE COLORS YEAR-END RACE.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... It's near that time of year -- the frantic holiday season, packed with movies hoping to grab B.O. cheer and maybe some Oscar nominations. And this year, the season is even more important, because there are no Oscar heavyweights yet, and...

Summer '01 shapes up for Fox pix.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... NEW YORK Twentieth Century Fox has fired the opening shot in the battle for prime summer 2001 real estate by skedding release dates for its four event films, including a revised release date for "Planet of the Apes," which begins production...

VARIETY BOX OFFICE.
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CHILLS FILL TILLS; `DANCER' ON ITS TOES.
October 30, 2000... In a frame peppered with surprises, the U.K. bow of "What Lies Beneath" was the major star at the foreign box office. But the prize for most unlikely box office topper goes to Lars von Trier's "Dancer in the Dark" in France, where the native...

Tech is cheap, it's control that costs.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... NEW YORK Motion Picture Assn. of America prexy Jack Valenti has been saying that the technology for a secure movie-downloading business via the Web will be ready within a year. But at a video-on-demand "summit" sponsored by Paul Kagan...

CONGLOM CRUNCH TIME.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... Ad slides, pic woes tinge major studios' earnings HOLLYWOOD Fears that a slowing economy and other factors that may be hampering prospects for continued broadcast-advertising growth served as a somber backdrop for recent earnings reports...

KNIGHT FALLS ON `QUIXOTE'; EUROS' TENTPOLE TOPPLES.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... LONDON Delivering a severe blow to an ambitious attempt by a team of French, British, Spanish and German co-producers to create a European tentpole movie without prior involvement of a U.S. partner, production of Terry Gilliam's $32 million...

Colombians prodded into `Virgen' sacrifice.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... BOGOTA, Colombia Barbet Schroeder's "La Virgen de los Sicarios" ("Our Lady of the Assassins"), a critical fave at the Venice film fest this year, has ignited controversy here ahead of its November release with calls for a boycott. Based...

VCL PLAYING IN NEW SCANBOX.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... HOLLYWOOD Ramping up its European distribution ambitions, Munich-based media company VCL Film and Medien has acquired 100% of Danish distributor Scanbox Entertainment. With a 14% market share, Scanbox is Denmark's leading independent distrib....

Pandora packs box for L.A. move.
October 30, 2000... Pandora Pictures, the specialty label of Gaylord Entertainment, is moving from Paris to Los Angeles. The company will continue to produce pics abroad as well as in North America. Hunt Lowry, president of Gaylord Films, which recently...

For ABC, game is shifting.
October 30, 2000... HOLLYWOOD Less than one year after "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" almost single-handedly lifted ABC from third to first place, the tremendous burden of carrying the net on its back appears to be catching up to Regis, his quizzer and the net....

LOST ON THE SUBWAY.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... Fox's ratings for the 2000 World Series are down considerably from NBC's last year, with the demo picture indicative of the net's overall strengths (younger men) and weaknesses (older women). World Series HH M18-34 W18-34...

HYBRID NEWSIE ISN'T CHOOSY.
October 30, 2000... Though profitable, MSNBC struggles to define its focus On paper, NBC News prexy Andrew Lack oversees MSNBC, but it's Erik Sorenson, the news cabler's vice president and general manager, who works in the trenches daily. Unlike...

Cook in busy Fox syndie kitchen.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... HOLLYWOOD The Fox hole is finally filled. Nearly eight months after Twentieth Television prexy and chief operating officer Rick Jacobson passed away -- and following endless speculation over who would lead the Fox syndie arm -- marketing...

Tech woes hit UPC.(cable operator )(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... AMSTERDAM While the problems of cable operator UPC do not stem solely from the general meltdown in new-media and telco stocks, poor performance in this area has certainly exacerbated its situation. UPC's stock rose from an initial entry...

KREMLIN COLORS TELEVISION KUDOS.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... MOSCOW Russia's top media-conglom Media-Most triumphed at the country's annual TV awards, the TEFIs, here Oct. 21 with its leading commercial channel NTV and other TV subsids taking 11 prizes in the ceremony's 27 categories. However,...

Polish TV thinks big -- screen that is.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... GDYNIA, Poland Question: How do you finance a big-budget film in Poland? Answer: Make a miniseries. The spate of Polish minis being made alongside feature films now in production include a pair of costume epics dramas and a sci-fi...

DIGITAL DOMINANCE.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... Sub numbers soaring for Spain's Canal Satelite MADRID Following strong fall sales, Spanish digital platform Canal Satelite Digital (CSD) pushed past 1 million subscribers Oct. 26. CSD is owned by Sogecable, a joint venture of managing...

MAVENS ON THE MOVE.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... Vet TV exec ELE JUAREZ has unexpectedly resigned his post as CEO of HBO Ole, part of the HBO Latin America Group. The board has named GASTON COMAS as interim CEO of the HBO Ole Latin American and HBO Brasil channel platforms. ROBB...

BOOK OF SHADOWS: BLAIR WITCH 2.(Review)
October 30, 2000... An Artisan Entertainment release of an Artisan Entertainment and Haxan Entertainment production. Produced by Bill Carraro. Executive producers, Daniel Myrick. Eduardo Sanchez. Directed by Joe Berlinger. Screenplay, Dick Beebe, Berlinger....

CHARLIE'S ANGELS.(Review)
October 30, 2000... A Sony Pictures Entertainment release of a Columbia Pictures presentation of a Leonard Goldberg/Flower Films/Tall Trees production. Produced by Goldberg, Drew Barrymore, Nancy Juvonen. Executive producers. Betty Thomas, Jenno Topping, Joseph...

ONCE IN THE LIFE.(Review)
October 30, 2000... A Lions Gate Films release of a Shooting Gallery presentation in association with Cinema Gypsy Prods. Produced by David Bushell, Helen Sugland, Laurence Fishburne. Executive producers, Larry Meistrich, Stephen Carlis, Donald C. Carter. ...

MALENA.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (ITALY-U.S.) A Medusa (in Italy)/Miramax Films (in U.S.) release of a Miramax Films and Medusa Film presentation of a Medusa Film/Miramax Films production. (International sales: Miramax Intl., New York.) Produced by Carlo Bernasconi,...

THE SCULPTRESS.(Review)
October 30, 2000... A Phaedra Cinema release of a Plus Entertainment presentation of a D&S Screen Prods. production. Produced by Tony DiDio. Executive producer, Denis Shusterman. Directed, written by Ian Merrick. Camera (color), David Scardina; editor,...

WHEN THE SKY FALLS.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (IRELAND.U.K.) An Icon Entertainment Intl./Irish Screen presentation, in association with Sky Pictures, the Irish Film Board and Redeemable Features, of an Irish Screen Pictures production. (International sales: Icon, London.) Produced...

RHYTHM `N' BAYOUS: A ROAD MAP TO LOUISIANA MUSIC.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (DOCU) A Mug-Shot Prods. presentation in association with Have a Heart Through Art. Produced by Robert Mugge. Executive producer, Denise Gutnisky. Co-producer, Tim Healey. Directed by Robert Mugge. Camera (color, HD video), David...

BUTTERFLY.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (DOCU) A Doug Wolens production. Produced, directed by Wolens. Camera (color, 16mm), Wolens; editors, Zack Bennett, Wolens; sound, Robert Donald; additional camera, Rich Gunderman, Paul Sanchez, Donald, James Ficklin; associate...

NOT WANTED IN GERMANY: HERMANN GRAEBE.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (IN DEUTSCHLAND UNERWUNSCHT: HERMANN GRAEBE) (DOCU -- GERMANY) A Filmproduktion Dietrich Schubert production in association with WDR. Produced by Katharina Schubert Directed by Dietrich Schubert. Screenplay, Wolfgang Heuer,...

THE EXHIBITED.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (DOCU -- DENMARK) A Jesper Jargil Film production in association with Danish Film Institute, Danish Cultural Developmental Pool, the Culture Fund, Danish Ministry of Education. Produced by Vinca Wiedemann. Directed, written by Jesper...

WINTER ORANGES.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (JAPAN-U.S.) A Studio Malaparte presentation. Produced by Tazz Nishihara, Hideyuki Miyaoka, Kevin Michael Winterfield, Rob Nilsson. Directed by Rob Nilsson. Co-director, Nobuhiro Suwa. Scenario improvised by east. Camera (color, HD...

GRATEFUL DAWG.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (DOCU) An Acoustic Disc presentation. Produced by Gillian Grisman. Executive producers, David Grisman, Craig Miller. Co-producer, Pamela K. Directed by Gillian Grisman. Camera (color video), Grisman, John Brittingham, Justin...

MURI ROMANI.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (ROMAN WALLS) A Jon Jost presentation. Produced, directed, edited by Jost. Camera (color, HD video)/sound, Jost. Reviewed at Mill Valley Film Festival, Oct. 14, 2000. Running time: 80 MIN. For those left unchallenged by the...

IT'S ALRIGHT MA (I'M ONLY TRYING).(Review)
October 30, 2000... A Colorfast Pictures production. Produced by Abe Levy. Co-producer, Christopher Jaymes. Directed, written by Abe Levy. Camera (color, HD video), Levy; editor, David Klagsbrun; music, Danny Formajio. Reviewed at Dolby Laboratories, San...

DETECTOR.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (DETEKTOR) (NORWAY) A Sandrew Metronome release (in Norway) of a Christiania Film production in association with Nimbus Film and Digital Film Lab. (International sales: Trust Film Sales, Copenhagen.) Produced by Edward A. Dreyer....

THE BENCH.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (BAENKEN) (DENMARK) A Zentropa Entertainments production, in association with the Danish Film Institute, Scanbox, DRTV. (International sales: Trust Film Sales, Copenhagen.) Produced by Ib Tardini. Directed by Per Fly....

RESTLESS.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (FINLAND) A Solar Films production in association with Channel Four Finland. (International sales: Non Stop Sales, Stockholm.) Produced by Markus Selin. Directed by Aku Louhimies. Screenplay, Aleksi Bardy; story, Bardy, Louhimies....

MIRACLE.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (DENMARK) A Scanbox/UIP (Denmark) release of a Nimbus Film Prod. production, in association with Zentropa Entertainments. (International sales: Trust Film Sales, Copenhagen.) Produced by Birgitte Hald, Morten Kaufmann. Directed by...

LITTLE ODD MAN.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (NORWAY) An Egmont Columbia TriStar release of a Nordic Screen Prod./Egmont Entertainment production. (International sales: Nordisk Film, Copenhagen.) Produced by Thomas Backstrom, Petter J. Borgli. Directed by Stein Leikanger....

ANYWAY, HE'S DEFINITELY DEAD.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (SWEDEN) A Sonet Film release of an LB Film & Video production. (International sales: Sonet, Stockholm.) Produced by Lars Bjalkeskog. Directed by Kjell Sundvall. Screenplay, Staffan Engstrom. Camera (color, video-to-35mm), Crille...

FIASCO.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (ICELAND-GERMANY-DENMARK) A Zik Zak Filmworks, Icelandic Film Corp. (Iceland)/Tradewind Pictures (Germany)/Zentropa Prods. (Denmark) production. (International sales: Trust Film Sales, Copenhagen.) Produced by Skuli Fr. Malmquist, Thor...

TIME AND TIDE.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (SEUNLAU NGAKLAU) (HONG KONG) A Sony Pictures Entertainment release of a Columbia Pictures Film Prods. Asia presentation of a Film Workshop production. Produced by Tsui Hark. Co-producer, Nansun Shi. Directed by Tsui Hark....

POSSIBLE WORLDS.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (CANADA) An Alliance Atlantis Communications release of an In Extremis Images/East Side Film Co. production. (International sales: Alliance Atlantis, Toronto.) Produced by Sandra Cunningham, Bruno Jobin. Executive producers, Victor...

FREEDOM.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (FRANCE-LITHUANIA-PORTUGAL) A Gemini Films (France)/Studio Kinema (Lithuania)/Madragoa Filmes (Portugal) production, in association with Ministry of Culture (France), Cultural Ministry (Lithuania), Eurimages, Hubert Bals Fund, Kulturus Ir...

TONIC DOMINANT.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (TONICA DOMINANTE) (BRAZlL) A Ledo Audivisual Teatro presentation in association with Cinematografica Superfilmes. Produced by Zita Carvalhosa, Patrick LeBlanc. Directed, written by Lina Chamie. Camera (color), Katia Coelho; editor,...

VENGO.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (FRANCE-SPAIN) A Princes Film (Paris)/Astrolabio Producciones (Madrid) production, in association with Arte France Cinema, Canal Plus, Senator Film, Nikkatsu Corp., Filmcoopi. (International sales: Flach Pyramide Intl., Paris.) ...

PEARL JAM STRINGS TOGETHER TIGHT PERF.(GREEK THEATRE, HOLLYWOOD , California)(Review)
October 30, 2000... PEARL JAM (GREEK THEATRE; 6,162 SEATS; $30) HOLLYWOOD Presented by Nederlander. Band: Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, Matt Cameron. Reviewed Oct. 24, 2000. Celebrating their 10th anniversary together, the...

RADIOHEAD.(GREEK THEATER, HOLLYWOOD, California)(Review)
October 30, 2000... (GREEK THEATER; 6,162 SEATS; $36) HOLLYWOOD Presented by Nederlander, KROQ and MTV. Band: Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Colin Greenwood, Phil Selway. Reviewed Oct. 20, 2000. Radiohead has always been a very compelling live...

DEAD MAN WALKING.(WAR MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE, San Francisco, California)(Review)
October 30, 2000... (WAR MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE; 3,252 SEATS; $165 TOP) SAN FRANCISCO A San Francisco Opera presentation of an opera in two acts with music by Jake Heggie, libretto by Terrenee McNally, based on the book "Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account...

THE MICHAEL RICHARDS SHOW.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (SERIES; NBC, TUES. OCT. 24, 8 P.M.) Taped in Los Angeles by Castle Rock Entertainment. Executive producers, Spike Festen, Andy Robin, Gregg Kavet, Michael Richards; co-executive producers, Ron Zimmerman, Dan Greaney; director, Asaad...

THE STREET.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (SERIES; FOX, WED. NOV. 1, 9:00 P.M.) Filmed in New York by Darren Star Prods. and Artists Television Group in association with Columbia TriStar TV. Executive producer, Darren Star; producer, Jane Robb; director, Michael Dinner; writers,...

GOODMAN, `NORMAL' SEARCH FOR RIGHT TONE.(Review)
October 30, 2000... NORMAL, OHIO (SERIES; FOX, WED. NOV. 1, 8:30 P.M.) Taped in Los Angeles by the Carsey-Werner Co. Executive producers, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Bob Kushell, Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner, Caryn Mandabach; co-executive producer, Miriam...

DAG.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (SERIES; NBC, TUES. NOV. 14, 9:30 P.M.) Filmed in Studio City by NBC Studios. Executive producers, Eileen Conn, Andrew Gordon, Jack Burditt; producers, Linda Nieber, Arthur Harris, Brenda Hanes; director, John Fortenberry; writers, Conn,...

THE FULL MONTY.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (EUGENE O'NEILL THEATER; 1,061 SEATS; $85 TOP) NEW YORK A Fox Searchlight Pictures, Lindsay Law and Thomas Hall presentation of a musical in two acts with book by Terrence McNally and music and lyrics by David Yazbek. Directed by Jack...

THE UNEXPECTED MAN.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (PROMENADE THEATER; 399 SEATS; $65 TOP) NEW YORK A Julian Schlossberg, Ben Sprecher, Ted Tulchin and William P. Miller presentation, in association with Aaron Levy and Morton Wolkowitz, of a play in one act by Yasmina Reza, translated by...

PROOF.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (WALTER KERR THEATER; 947 SEATS; $70 TOP) NEW YORK A Manhattan Theater Club, Roger Berlind, Carole Shorenstein Hays, Jujamcyn Theaters, Ostar Enterprises, Daryl Roth and Stuart Thompson presentation of a play in two acts by David Auburn....

LES MIZRAHI.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (GREENWICH HOUSE; 99 SEATS; $30) NEW YORK A Drama Dept. presentation of a performed by Isaac Mizrahi. Directed by Richard Move. Visual director, Wendall K. Harrington; lighting, Kirk Bookman; sound, Laura Grace Brown; video, Charles...

A PLACE AT THE TABLE.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (MCC THEATER; 99 SEATS; $35) NEW YORK An MCC Theater presentation of a play in two acts by Simon Block. Directed by Michael Sexton. Set, James Noone; costumes, David Zinn; lighting, John-Paul Szczepanski; music and sound, David Van...

MADAME MELVILLE.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (VAUDEVILLE THEATER; 680 SEATS; 32.50 [pounds sterling] ($48) TOP) LONDON An Ostar Enterprises, Freddy DeMann, Andrew Fell, Michael Fuchs, Adam Kenwright and Gregory Mosher presentation of a play in one act written and directed by Richard...

IN FLAME.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (NEW AMBASSADORS THEATER; 390 SEATS; 27.50 [pounds sterling] ($40) TOP) LONDON A Matthew Byam Shaw, Act Prods., Lee Dean and Ambassador Theater Group presentation of a play in two acts by Charlotte Jones. Directed by Anna Mackmin. Sets...

HEARTS: THE FORWARD OBSERVER.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (PEOPLE'S LIGHT & THEATER CO.; 349 SEATS; $38 TOP) MALVERN, Penn. A People's Light & Theater Co. presentation of a play in one act by Willy Holtzman. Directed by Melia Bensussen. Sets, James F. Pyne Jr.; costumes, Maria J. Jurglanis;...

TO FOOL THE EYE.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (GUTHRIE THEATER; 1,200 SEATS; $42 TOP) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. A Guthrie Theater production of a play in two acts by Jean Anouilh, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from a translation by Stephanie L. Debner. Directed by John Miller-Stephany. Set,...

MOM'S THE WORD.(Review)
October 30, 2000... (ROYAL GEORGE THEATER; 450 SEATS, $39.50 TOP) CHICAGO An All-Brite Prods. and SFX Back Row presentation of a play in two acts by Linda A. Carlson, Jill Daum, Alison Kelly, Robin Nichol, Barbara Pollard and Deborah Williams. Directed by...

Org creates L.A.-U.K. connection.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... LONDON Many are expatriates, removed from their native Great Britain by following Hollywood's call. Others are movie- or television-connected Americans, Europeans or other Anglophiles who promote British films in the U.S. Together, they...

INTERNATIONAL ALLY.(10th annual Britannia Award from the British Academy of Film & Television Arts Los Angeles awarded to Steven Spielberg)(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... Spielberg accepts honor for impact on the industry Steven Spielberg's British allies took Omaha Beach in "Saving Private Ryan," saved Jews from the Holocaust in Academy Award-winning best picture "Schindler's List" and suffered the...

Archive's mission: tolerance education.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... HOLLYWOOD Steven Spielberg's vision to give voice to survivors of the Holocaust has evolved into the world's largest multimedia archive and the richest resource of Holocaust history through personal testimony. Spielberg began the...

Future the focus of Spielberg's passion.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... LONDON Over the past three decades, Steven Spielberg has more than earned his credentials as a world-class filmmaker; he's received hard-won Oscars for serious film projects, busted box office records on a regular basis, presided over the...

`Brothers' bands U.K. talent.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... LONDON If you want to know how much Steven Spielberg means to the production community in the U.K., just do the math on "Band of Brothers," the HBO 10-part WWII-set miniseries that's wrapping up production here under executive producers...

Home sweet home.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... NEW YORK A host of respected Off Broadway theater companies are currently homeless, or are about to become so. The WPA, the Blue Light Theater Co., American Place Theater and Theater for a New Audience are all out hunting for new houses....

GUILD UNCOVERS CASH BONUS.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... NEW YORK A pileup of cash that could top $2 million is being held in an account by the Dramatists Guild that has several legit, attorneys and agents seeing red -- and green for their writer clients. For half a century, the playwrights'...

Mac's Brit bow splits crix but B.O. booms.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2000... Nelson play eyes Gotham It's a big hit -- a genuine big hit," says Adam Kenwright, co-producer of "Madame Melville," the latest West End play to welcome a visiting Hollywood movie star, in this case "Home Alone's" Macaulay Culkin. ...