PROGRAMMING
Women wanting to be "America's Next Top Model" lined up for a casting call in
Madison, Wisconsin on Monday. The Tyra Banks-helmed show, a full-fledged hit
for UPN, is looking for would-be models for its upcoming third season. [Yahoo!
News]
Yahoo! News

Music mogul Quincy Jones, who produced the famous "We Are the World" charity
anthem, is now organizing a concert in Rome, entitled "We Are the Future."
Performers already on the slate are Norah Jones, Jay-Z, LL Cool J and Sting. All
proceeds will go to the youngest victims of terrorist crimes. Jones is in
talks with U.S. networks and even with Al-Jazeera to air this concert around the
world. [USA Today]
USA Today

U.S. TV networks are looking to the past for their future series. NBC wants a
male-friendly sitcom in the vein of its long-running hit, "Cheers" and the WB
is looking to remake the vampire-themed "Dark Shadows." [USA Today]
USA Today

Pilots for the upcoming season aren't looking all that imaginative. They
include a new version of the CBS hit, "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," which will
be called "CSI: New York" and the "Friends" spin-off, "Joey." [USA Today]
USA Today

Though the Fox network had few scripted hits on the air this season,
"American Idol" continued to dominate in the ratings. [New York Times]
New York Times

CABLE
J.J. Jackson, one of the original MTV VJs (Video Jockeys) died on Wednesday
at the age of 62 after suffering a heart attack. He is survived by a daughter
and two grandchildren. [New York Times]
New
York Times

TECHNOLOGY
The V-chip, which was designed years ago to block some shows on television,
was bought by many, but used by few. The Janet Jackson's Super Bowl fiasco
might have changed all that. [Los Angeles Times]
Los Angeles Times

Having stereo sound for your living room television used to be cutting-edge
in the home theater department, but nowadays to really be cutting-edge, people
want 5.1 stereo surround-sound. [BBC News]
BBC NEWS

TELEVISION SETS
Korea is expected to further its status as the world's most lucrative maker
of LCD or liquid crystal display television sets by investing 25 trillion
dollars to make the world's biggest LCD-making complexes. [Korea Herald]
The Korea Herald

FILM
Clifford the Big Red Dog of the famed children's books is finally making his
way to the big screen in "Clifford's Really Big Movie" thanks to Scholastic
Entertainment and Warner Home Video. [Yahoo! News]
Yahoo! News

Kevin Smith is on a crusade to show the world that his new film, "Jersey
Girl" is not the Bennifer debacle "Gigli" was. In fact, J.Lo's barely in it. [USA
Today]
USA Today

"Dawn of the Dead" finally knocked Mel Gibson's controversial "The Passion of
the Christ" out of the top box office spot this weekend, bringing in $27.3
million over "The Passion's" 19.2 million. [Yahoo! News]
Yahoo! News

Brad Pitt has been tapped to play the title role in "The Assassination of
Jesse James," a film based on Robert Hansen's best-selling book. Australian
director Andrew Dominik will direct. [Daily Telegraph]
The Daily Telegraph

Tom Hanks had long been a fan of director brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, so he
was thrilled to be able to work with them on their newest flick, a loose
remake of the 1955 film, "The Ladykillers." [Yahoo! News]
Yahoo! News

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MIP-TV
One week from today the MIP-TV market kicks off in Cannes. Following is a
list of key distributors in attendance who are supporting VideoAge publications
at MIP:

AETN G3.18
CABLEready R31.17
Canamedia 02.10
Caracol
Carsey-Werner-Mandabach 24.01
CCI Int'l Royal Pavilion
Suite 4, La Croisette
CHUM TV A0.12
Cinamour 07.14
Classic Media R36.08
Comarex/TV Azteca 07.19
Coral International 18.01
Distraction Formats C1.05
E! Networks 26.01
EM.TV R29.01
Eutelsat
Faith & Values 16.13
FBC 22.10
Fireworks R30.24
Globo TV A0.01
Hallmark Ent. 31.34
Harmony Gold R31.28
Ledafilms 03.21
Liberty Int'l. 13.30
MIFED
Mondo TV C1.04
NBP 11.28
Nelvana L5.01
Paramount TV Int'l R30.01
Rai Cinema R30.03
Rai Sat R30.03
Rai Trade R30.03
Reach Media
Regent 03.24
RTSI 12.29
RTVE R36.07
Screen Media Ventures R36.02
Telefe H4.32
Telefilms S.A. 17.08
Televisa Estudios 05.02
TVFilmBiz 15.25
TVFI 02.15
Venevision 14.02

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