WWF goes to the mat for Artisan
Don't look now, but Artisan's Amir Malin and Bill Block may be slamming their rivals onto the canvas with the atomic knee-drop.
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Helmers, Firstenberg fete Streisand
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Dish: 'Battlestar' re-igniting
After transforming "X-Men" into a hit (headed for a sequel with him at the helm), director Bryan Singer will steer a relaunch of the cult series "Battlestar Galactica." Singer has made a deal with…
Letter to the Editor: Michael Williams-Jones
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Poitier remembers Kramer as 'remarkable man'
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Prof's 'Ocean' makes waves
This article was corrected on Feb. 21, 2001. NEW YORK — Yale law professor Stephen L. Carter emerged from the ivory tower last week and shook the book world from its February doldrums. A heated…
Ellroy's cop saga booked
Kurt Russell has committed to star for director Ron Shelton in the Intermedia-financed "The Plague Season," a drama about L.A. police during the week leading up to the riots stemming from the…
Happy talk
LONDON — Nicholas Hytner times two and new plays from Patrick Marber, Sebastian Barry and Nicholas Wright are on the docket for the Royal National Theater in its 25th anniversary year on the South…
Newsies' feet held to congressional fire
WASHINGTON — Not only did Rep. W.J. “Billy” Tauzin (R-La.) have a lot of gumption to make network news chiefs raise their right hands and swear to tell the truth before testifying Feb. 14 on Capitol…
VOD strategy still MIA
WASHINGTON — Universal's apparent cave-in to Blockbuster Video over video-on-demand rights last week took on a slightly different look a few days later when the studio inked a voluntary VOD pact with…
