Kingsmen sue Rhino over video

'Mr. Baseball' video bow scheduled for March

Hess exits TriStar for Pleskow

3DO makes its debut at electronics show

'Boys' won't be boys on schedule

Dave flap now in crix' lap

ICM inks to represent Spike Lee

TW, TCI swamp Street with $2 bil in bonds

Grammy noms rain down on Clapton

Assault suit against N.W.A. is dismissed

Par names Levine production VP

Baldwin, Basinger plan 'Getaway'

Blanton/Harrell pacts with BMG

Kidd in, Saks out in 'Goodbye'

King World net income at record high; revs dip 15%

'Men,' 'Dracula' post big o'seas B.O.

Televisa buys into Panamsat

Discovery buys remainder of Europe stake

Euros get Indy Series

HSN buys more time for meeting

'Love' connects with KCBS-TV

Gerald E. (Jake) Jacobson

Phyllis Hill Ferrer Overton

CBS marks 200th daytime win

TEC shuffles sales staff

Gov't foresees flat B.O. in '93

Holidays no ratings gift for syndies

Short Takes

ATAS division to create, sell shows based on assets

Reason to believe we all will be received in Graceland

MusiCares honors Cole with person of the year

'Hot Shots 2' has numerous targets

Affils may preempt for 'Deep Space'

SAG '92 resids at $ 188 mil

'Knots' not returning for its 15th season

Hoffman may helm first film

Upsurge for vid biz in '92

'Men' back atop quiet nat'l B.O.

Year-end burst lifts '92 B.O. to 2nd-best $4.9 bil

Salhany, Grushow talk up Fox

MCA Rec Services ups three

Acad honors Arriflex's Kaestner

Union merger is top priority, Gordon says

Standard & Poor's sees stable outlook for TW

Warburg downgrades Par rating

Rereg lobbyist takes flack in GOP post quest

Advances, not inventions, at CES

ABC again turning to Jackson

Fox News ups Hinton to top post

Producer ankles 'Color'

International Briefs

Swords into satellite dishes

France Film, Astral ink homevid, TV pact

'Beast,' 'Bodyguard': Boffo B.O. overseas

Short Takes

Exec pair out at Permut

Laurence Marks

Gary Gerberg

Stars turn out for soggy Palm Springs fest start

Hughes, Par ink PPV pact

Gibson makes 'comeback' at 22 with new 'Soul'

Bruce sees smooth Cream reunion at Hall of Fame

Wolfe to partner at Michaels firm

H'w'd to invade D.C. for inaugural events

Taritero sues AFT over contract buyout

Sundance picks writers for lab

Governor taps Eastwood for lifetime arts award

'River' nets scripter as best film based on book

KCAL big winner at Golden Mikes

Jewish TV org salutes series

Bliss gets RTNDA White nod

The Celeb biz: Boom time for big names, has-beens

Clinton tour puts Gubers to work

Savoy taps Cukier sr. VP marketing

Fox, growth opponents square off

Nick, BSkyB ink U.K. co-venture

Computer effects leap ahead

WGA officers rebut hotline

'Men' good for 1st again; 'Aladdin' 2nd

Dave to say 'Eye,' Sagansky says

Hopkins, Peck to give Globes

NARAS joins in Colorado ban

HBO wins rights to 1st inaugural-week event

Raycom to produce Elvis spex from Graceland

Dec. film starts down

Col drafts Buxbaum, Clark in revamp of N.Y. pub dept.

FCC candidate cashed in on license challenge

Di Stefano withdraws bid for MGM

Appointment of new CFO a boost for Kodak stock

CPPC completes placement

Fox TV Stations boosts Stern

Imagine board to examine bid

Exec Shuffle

It's 'Crying' time in N.Y.; 'Damage' reigns in L.A.

Winslow tapped exec VP WB Rec Ent.

Friedman upped at ABC

Moss, Evers join Cineville as veeps

Short Takes

Fox mulls playing 'Pat' hand; TriStar woos Woo

H'w'd museum gets 'preview'

Arson damages Celtic Arts Center

Video Briefs

Economy challenges '90s H'w'd

Bill tries to cut CPB funds

New Line adds Adcock

Agents Alley

'20/20' victory in libel ruling stands

Hitched

Blackfriars evicted, Gaslamp troubled

Complaint cites WNYW storm news

Jane Glenn Mullen

David Wallerstein

Gerald Lincoln Dolin

Sir John Winnifrith

Louis Mattioli

Frank M. Capacchione

George Minami Jr.

Sony Pix taps Grosser tech VP

CD's in picture for future pix distrib'n

BBC's Birt confirms Phillis, Forgan posts

German partners part

Primetime to rep BC

Russel Euro Sony Music prez

No telling whether Jackson will 'Heal'

CBS hits ratings homer

Polygram's Levy earns Spirit Award

CBS to push affils for Letterman

Kricfalusi: Final 'Ren' is gift to Nickelodeon

Blake offers autobiog to crix

Disney plans 'Pinocchio' vid rollout

RASCO's '92 sales top $100 mil

New Line files with SEC to offer 2 million shares

Exec Shuffle

Carolco credit extended

IFEextends offer

New News American prez

'Jenny' renewed for third season

'Untouchables' boosts ratings for time period

Brooks, Cyrus top NARM Best Seller nominations

Jackson victim of rumors, lawyer says

MGM 'Geting Even' for 500G

'Bertice' cleared in 71% of U.S.

'For Our Children' on video Feb. 16

WNBC focuses on Fisher saga

Film fest eyes Violent Femmes

Firstrun hours cut in on pix packs

Red McIlvaine

George L. George

Lawsuits hit talk show host

Hall still shines on West End

Vets net H'w'd Canteen donation

'Mediterraneo' top foreign-language film of '92

WB rental share mirrors B.O.

Par's figures babe-a-licious

Imagine bid by Howard, Grazer OK'd

Devane inks with ABC for new series

Union pensioners reap benefits

'Helena' boxed in by NC-17

Packer's back with int'l TV prod'n firm

Acclaim inks software pact

Pan-Euro sports channels merge

Int'l, domestic release of 'Bodyguard' pays off

Rank says don't bank on sale talk

Births

Boles ankles LaFace Records

Pfeiffer joins 'Wolf' cast

Critics' clout crumbling as acclaimed shows fade

Syndication Briefs

'Odd' makes couple of new appearances

Show-and-tell as only NATO can

Hoffman off list of 'Little' helmers, seeks new pic

='Untouchables' tenacious

Fraker gets 3rd term as ASC prez

Cablevision buys stake in U.S. Cable

Arts community goes gung-ho for 'NoHo'

Senator blasts HSN deal

Exec Shuffle

Booth buys out partner

On Command files patent lawsuit

Shaw boosts stake in ICT to 9.5%

Polygram sole owner of Nippon Phonogram

AFI teams Cameron, Adobe head

KMEX pact ratified

Freeman nabs award

Leslie forms PR firm

Cream rises, reunites at Rock Hall of Fame

Webs on Iraq: wait and see

Changes help TCI comply with '92 Cable Act

Turner Sales elevates four exex

'Golden Four' to Proserv

Harvest yields Chinese pix

TeleMontecarlo unveils strategy to halt red ink

EMI confirms Glass post

Jennifer Raine Bissell

Tad Z. Danielewski

Leslie Raddatz

Leroy (Buddy) Meade

Short Takes

Hughes satellite pact sends TV Answer full beam ahead

HBO offers 'clear' spec

Aspiring Bozos meet in Harmonious convergence

KCOP's 'Real News' breaks with tradition

Imagine to start buyout by Jan. 21

Corradina upped to senior veep at MTV

Chanticleer quits Features Program

NBC News child's play

Hepburn, Taylor get Hersholt

Dave puts NBC in tizzy

R&B group honors pioneers

FCC upholds KESQ fine

Syndie 'Montel,' 'Live' hit best-ever ratings

MTV taps Benitez as DJ

Search widened for H'w'd help in Normandy sail

Two Moon revs up 'Motorama'

Malcolm X pix reissued for Black History Month

Atlantic, Matador ink deal

Israeli filmmaker sez his people are 'accustomed' to war