N.Y. MPAA board dumps 'Justice's' L.A. NC-17 dub

CL asks court to fast-track MGM suits

Concern org honors Segel

Victory Village among Archerd's favorite charities

Archerd salute benefits cancer research

The Big Story

Darby has 'Contact' at Sundance

Redford's 'Racer' lessons led to filmmaking successes

Jordan not crying over new offers

WB board put Ice-T out in cold

News Corp. bonds sell out

Multimedia sees growth in income, revs for 1992

Prime Ticket mulls interactive plan

Siegel goes Uptown as VP, G.M.

ERAS Center to benefit from Archerd event

The way we were...the first year

Army Archerd: A 'whole' columnist

Dutch vote to change pubcasters' structure

Canadian police seize pirated vids

Disney offers 'Aladdin' deals

ABC orders 4 more 'Jackies'

Short Takes

CapCities/ABC sees jump in 4th-qtr.

Pix with twists hot items

Ebersol: PPV football's future

Group sues to halt indecency rule

New Line up in heavy trading

Triumph taps Cameron VP, branch admin

Army Archerd: Diligent detective

Army Archerd: Five horrible words

Army Archerd: The spice of Variety

Army Archerd: 40 Years as Hollywood's town crier

Joel gets NARM's top honor

'Clever Cleaver Bros.' look for home at NATPE

Sauter: Riot TV 'godawful'

DGA, AMPTP still far apart in talks

Fox buys spec script 'Simon Says'

Prepare for 'Fire' to shock, Petersen sez

Clapton, lang, Cole at Grammys

PBS offers 'Reverse Angle' on docu series

Mountain comes to Par

Viewing zooms for ayem shows in Inaugural week

Archerd to be honored with charity benefit

Good Morning ... from around the world

Syndie fever at MCA, Col

High cost, badges among few gripes as NATPE wraps

DuPont Batons passed to ABC, 'Nightline,' KTTV-LA

Graff dips into Euro TV

MIDEM bars 3 from confab

Music web set for Aug. bow

Judging of Int'l Emmys to be held around globe

Kathryn Darling

Kay Swift

Tribeca loves 'Cupid' script

Arts on chopping block

Acad honors Oscar-winning women

Correction

Gramercy taps Ptacek, DDBN for ads

MCA ups Brown; King gets 'Happy'

Short Takes

Publicists Guild cheers Thomasons

Milestone buys rare Hitchcock movies

Hank Werba

PKE preps Atlanta murder telepic

TW Cable joins DCR

'Sniper' takes shot at 'Aladdin'

'Foxfire' pic rights on Chestnut Hill

International Briefs

TVI bows in Portugal

Polygram's visionary deal

'Dracula,' 'Beast' hot at int'l B.O.

Working publicists earn higher-than-scale pay

Showbiz a global village

May ready to ease into solo career

'Kung' nabs hot ratings

Sundance prizes split

Army's brigade

Italy altars viewing habits

MPEAAdrops Malta piracy complaint

Rhino, Westwood One in concert pact

Invisible man holds his own in company of wolves

Financial Briefs

NBC trying to net Wilder

Failure of debt swap forces Live bankruptcy

Mormons picket 'Fences'

Barry prez WIF board

The return of Frank Mancuso

Pleskow-Spikings ink Tristar pact

WGA East, ABC ok contract

Fox TV to acquire Atlanta affil

Turner wins 'Serial' rights for Waters pic

Chasen sr. pub veepee at MGM

Playboy sees rise in operating income

Exec Shuffle

Financial Briefs

Andre Rene Roussimoff

Ritchard (Dick) Brown

Preservation of pix studied

Disney inks product venture in India

Col Tristar U.K.high set by 'Dracula'

ASC to honor screenwriter Kanin

Daily Variety film box office report

Hoberman exits Ziffren law firm

DGA cool to Valenti labeling plan

Graff ppv completes placement

Webs revive war over fin-syn regs

Levine high tech, int'l law rep

Prez sends tribute to 40th anni party, will visit soon

Par buys 'No Harm' for Redford

Big game Bowls over competition

U.S. Box Office Report

Col TriStar distribbing NGS in vid

Winter of b.o. discontent

'Crying' still on N.Y. roll

Births

Edward Richley

CBS pits reality against Wed 'Mysteries'

Nicholson, Nolte, Mancuso team

Short Takes

Cheetah makes it to fifth anni

Blockbuster reports a mega-ending to '92

Producer Kemp quits 'Delta'

TW, Sony coin boosts DCR

Glenn Corbett

Jo Ann Javins

Betty McGillivray

Helmer Beyer tapped chair of Berlin jury

Distrib shakeout in Canada

Valenta joins KTTV news

NUMBERS BOX

Nolte's in 'Trouble,' with Roberts

Par promotes Helton, Miller and Zilli

Live files reorganization plan

Hitched

Music Center Opera sets 93-94 sked

Viewer's Choice launches new services

Philips moves to pull plug on HDTV

Freedman, Greene join on cable MM doc

Pare reflects on 'Shadow'

CCC seesrecord results

Murphy upped to CNN VP

Nelson to settle IRS tax dispute

Kodak earnings, sales up in qtr.

Taper fest focuses on new plays

VH-1, MJI radio cut syndie deal

Edward P. Morgan

Edward Betzer

Danforth to leave senate

Cars, candidates drive cable ads up

Births

Bowles ankles Skouras post

Italo scandal rocks RAI

Correction

Sinbad sailing to Disney

FCC'S Marshall folds syn-fin hand

Katzenberg in D.C. for label lobby

Dan Lindquist

Steve Merritt

HBO blindsides big three

Nashville Europe cabler set

Changing channels

WNBC, WNET share projects

Priority Records gives Ice-T a shot

Bill Duke gets into the 'Act'

Super Bowl kicks NBC to 1st place

'Studs' chased from time slot

Infinity nets stations

Tribune's 4th-qtr. rally too litlle, too late

TW rating lowered

Knight Ridder shares up 3.9% in '92

Trimark sees 15% boost in qtr. Income

Mate hiked to sr. veep at HBO arm

H'w'd arts Council awards'Charlies'

Republic, IFE ink ad sales deal

Rothman memorial

Pete Manchikes

Arresting nominees take Soul Train

Cablers must offer home wiring

Court nixes ruling denying satellite protection rights

Murphy joins Swanson agency

Reed expected to sell 3.7% stake in BSkyB

NBC hands the ball to Ohlmeyer

PGA reveals nominees

Academy administrator Edwards dies

Dave woos CBS affils at confab

Oscar watch

Time Warner offering targets Preferred C

Canal+ '92 revs up 12%

TM '92 revs up slightly

Prism taps Mackiewicz for int'l arm

Fadem VEG sr. veepee

Blackwell eyes Jukebox stake

Ben Peter Freeman

David C. Rockola

Sci-Fi cabler gets into video

ABC lineup takes on a new look

MGM ups Farkas to VP

Morton, Planet claim wins

Modine back at WMA

'Live' may go to Lampley

GI posts $ 7.2 mil net

Farrell (Mike) Strawn

Short Takes

MTM Distrib. hikes Dwyer to VP-GSM post

On music

USC in Filmmaking biz

Mazursky, Creek team up for 'Poor'

Leno lands a lawyer

Fox to issue full 'Abyss'

People's Choice noms out

'Milk Money' makes change

Tech News

Gilula sales VP at CapCities vid wing

Ohlmeyer no stranger to NBC

'Adventure' pairs Primedia, Spelling

Berlin Fest tribute to aid war victims

'Deep Space' still far out in ratings

AFI to cite Bennett winners

Exec Shuffle

King of the Schnorrers

Rough Crossing

Maggie's Madness

Guy Clark

The Magic Flute

Relatively Speaking

New Guinea: Land of the Unexpected Island Invaders; Other Worlds

Cbs Tuesday Movie Poisoned by Love: The Kern County Murders

The Odd Couple

The Cemetery Club

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

Private Debts

Public Access

Silent Tongue