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NTL suffers as mounting debt is downgraded
The UK's biggest cable operator NTL has said it is "fully able" to meet all its trading obligations and interest payments, after rating agency Standard & Poor cut its rating from stable to negative.It is the second time in six month's that Standard & Poor has downgraded NTL, which is ...
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Mulholland Drive is top choice of New York critics
David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (pictured here), a film that was rescued by France's StudioCanal after being rejected as a pilot for US network TV, has been named this year's Best Picture by the New York Film Critics Circle - although the film didn't win a single other award during deliberations ...
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Harry to get speedy release in China in Jan, 2002
Warner Bros has set a release date for its worldwide blockbuster Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone in China. The film will open in advance of the Chinese New Year on Jan 31 and continue to play through the Chinese New Year holiday period (Feb 12-18), a period which has ...
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LA critics choose In The Bedroom as best picture
Todd Field's In The Bedroom continued its winning streak with the end-of-year critics associations, winning the Best Picture of The Year award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) on Saturday night. David Lynch's Mulholland Drive - another frequent citation in the awards to date - was runner-up.Lynch was ...
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Palm Springs Fest to open with Monsoon Wedding
Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding, which won the Golden Lion at last year's Venice Film Festival, has been named as the opening night film at the 13th annual Nortel Networks Palm Springs International Film Festival which will be held Jan 10-21, 2002.A total of 150 films will screen from 45 countries ...
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Paramount Classics buys Jaglom's Cannes comedy
Paramount Classics has acquired rights in North America, Australia & New Zealand, Latin America and Japan to Henry Jaglom's Festival In Cannes - a romantic comedy set among the highrollers of the international film business and shot during the Cannes International Film Festival itself.The movie, which had its world premiere ...
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Winstar bought out, renamed Wellspring Media
Winstar TV & Video, the entertainment arm of Winstar Communications, has been bought out by a group of private investors and re-named Wellspring Media. The buyout includes the theatrical division, Winstar Cinema, as well as the TV, home video, production and direct distribution units.Winstar TV & Video president Al Cattabiani ...
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Summit, Mandalay extend relationship till 2004
International sales, production and financing outfit Summit Entertainment has renewed its relationship with Peter Guber's Mandalay Pictures for another three year term starting Jan 2002. Summit has provided international sales and distribution for Mandalay since Guber founded the company in 1995, servicing its movies with international partners through its domestic ...
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Cruise hits the top spot again with Vanilla Sky
Tom Cruise proved once again why he is one of the world's biggest box office stars as his R-rated love story-cum-sci-fi fantasy Vanilla Sky opened over the weekend with $25m from 2,742 sites. The Paramount Pictures release, one of the rare pictures for which Paramount has worldwide distribution, had been ...
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Bacall, Gazzara join von Trier's Dogville
Hollywood veterans Lauren Bacall and Ben Gazzara have been the latest additions to the all-star cast of Danish maverick Lars von Trier's highly anticipated follow-up to the multiple award-winning Dancer In The Dark. His new project, Dogville, has already attracted high-profile talent, including: Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Chloe Sevigny and ...
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Diller Thriller for Vivendi Universal
At end of play yesterday (Sunday), it looked certain that Barry Diller will be named the film and TV overlord at Vivendi Universal as early as this morning - a move that would appear to relegate its current entertainment chief Pierre Lescure to the managerial sidelines within the French-American conglomerate.In ...
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Venice Biennale gets unexpected new president
In a sudden and unexpected move, Italy's Culture Minister Giuliano Urbani has appointed ex-Eni and Telecom Italia manager Franco Bernabe to replace Paolo Baratta as president of the Venice Biennale, the organisation that manages the Venice Film Festival. News of Bernabe's appointment at the weekend caught many industry insiders off ...
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Echostar to sell 10% to Vivendi Universal
Vivendi Universal is to buy 10% of the US's number two satellite broadcaster Echostar.The deal is expected to help Echostar in its ongoing bid to acquire the biggest satellite player DirecTV. But it is not conditional on the takeover going through.The $1.5bn investment is seen by Vivendi Universal as the ...
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French film production on track for record year
French film production has reached a massive 162 titles during 2001 (compared to 150 last year), and will top a record 200, including films in which French partners are minority co-producers (against 171 last year) according to the CNC (Centre National de la Cinematographie).Fuelling the growth, the bullish trend for ...
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Czechs appeal against Stockholm ruling on CME
The Czech Republic has appealed against a decision by a Stockholm tribunal in the case of Central European Media Enterprises (CME) and TV Nova that could cost the country up to $500m.On Sept 13, a three-member international tribunal found that the Czech Republic had violated its treaty on the mutual ...
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60's retrospective, 'shooting stars' at Berlinale
European cinema of the 1960s will be the theme of the 2002 Berlinale's Retrospective. In addition, a special 'Shooting Stars' film programme will be staged by pan-European promotion body European Film Promotion (EFP). Commenting on the 60s Retrospective, which has been organised by the Filmmuseum Berlin - Deutsche Kinemathek, festival ...
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Cannes' Fremaux explores Italian talent
Having visited Germany and the UK, Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremaux has turned his attention to Italy, visiting Rome to meet key players from the local film industry and find out more about new Italian talent. During his three-day visit, Fremaux reportedly met a number of producers, including Angelo Barbagallo, ...
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Italian pay-TV merger plan withdrawn
Italy's antitrust authority has announced that Vivendi Universal and News Corp have withdrawn their plan to merge their Italian pay-TV arms, pre-empting the watchdog's widely expected ruling against the operation. Despite initial industry confidence that the merger would receive swift regulatory approval, last September the antitrust authority opened an investigation ...
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Vivendi Universal, USA Networks in $10.3bn deal
Vivendi Universal has confirmed this morning that it is taking full control of the entertainment assets of Barry Diller's USA Networks (USA) in a deal valued at approximately $10.3bn and unanimously approved by both boards.Vivendi Universal will have a 93% control of an entity to be called Vivendi Universal Entertainment ...
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Charlotte Gray
Dir: Gillian Armstrong. UK-US. 2001. 121minsWith such elegant novel adaptations previously like Little Women and the under-rated Oscar And Lucinda, it is disappointing to see film-maker Gillian Armstrong falter somewhat in her respectable but muddled film of Sebastian Faulks' best-selling novel Charlotte Gray. The story of a Scottish woman ...