Jackson win easy as ABC

Rap plight a priority at radio confab

Limelight believes in 'Miracles'

PGA picks Zanuck, Brown

Omni posts net loss, but revs up

McCormick named prez of Lifetime

Cesar nominees in major categories

Deep Focus

'DS9' dips in slow overall rates

Cablevision's service unit forms biz wing

Ehrlich PGA prez nominee

Guinness, CBC launch Film fund

DGA to honor Woodworth

Euro Disney expects loss

Teamsters drive for union pix

GM puts brakes on NBC ad policy

Turner vid's Weinstein looking for Goodtimes

John Steadman

Depardieu, Polanski onscreen in 'Simple'

FCC's Quello to take active stance

Short Takes

'X,' 'GMA,' 'Leno' solid

Polygram ups3 in promo division

Republic taps Huizenga

Suddleson heads for Kaye, Scholer

'End' in front for BAFTA

New Line results mixed

TV, theater operations boost Goldwyn's 3rd qtr.

Polanski pic found in Par vault

U Operations promotes four

Robert L. Brenner

Lord Bernstein

C. Wanton Balis Jr.

TV service sets grant deadline

KABC tries an all-Jackson format

British acad elects officers

Bavaria losing key exex

Hemdale buys 'Love,' 'Tehachapi'

KROQ suspends DJ 'Poorman'

Castle Rock's 'Amos,' U's 'Heirs' nab PG-13s

Who's Where

Rich signs helming deal for 'Inkwell'

H'w'd trend seen in Par tech stake

Oscar watch

Trimark restates its earnings

Exec Shuffle

Carnegie Hall packed for Steve Ross tribute

Births

Berlin's unified front

WIN scores gold at Monte Carlo

Bexy sues Perkins' agent Gersh

Miskin, Reynolds form CCI

White to head sales for Skydoor

Michael and Oscar: A dubious honor

Hollywood buys 'Golds' film rights

GM fallout continues at NBC

Par acquires rights to 'The Conjurer'

Imagine's 1st-qtr. net loss grows

Exec Shuffle

'Bodyguard' tops Razzie noms

MPAA charges of piracy up 75%

Polillo 1 of 2 Penta CEOs

Johnson joins Henson Prods.

Dish

New Milchan deal a plus

Correction

AFM to be 'biggest' market yet

Murray hogs B.O. receipts

Stilley AMC's real estate prexy

FCC panel nixes analog HDTV

Album Spotlight

Birth

Short Takes

Vet stars line up for next season's pilots

DGA doles out blurb nominees

Monte Carlo Mart works on its image

Oscar watch

'Pea' shoot tops slate of Family Film

City curfew closes Palladium

Promax Int'l: no strings attached

'Kentucky' tops LADCC nominees

U.S. pix hot but Europe B.O. pokey

Berlin fest gets off to slow start

Seoul unplugs U.S. cash

International Briefs

'Mac' primed for the capitol

'Baby' film waits for star to be born

Comedy smiles --and bites back

Syndication no joking matter for sitcoms

TV plays it safe--just for laughs

Equity aims to stem crisis in health plan

Roddenberry ex-wife wins 'Trek' suit

McCarthy exec veep at Capitol

Financial Briefs

Liberty wraps HSN deal with merger/stock buyout

H'w'd, Cinergi team to option 'Smoke'

'Beast' falls;Disney still sell-through star

L.A. revs up for the Grammys

Clinton taps Irving

BVI banner loves 'Act'

Romance at heart of boffo B.O.

Miramax buys Campion's 'Piano'

Clarification

Live trumpets vid campaign

Image has 3rd-qtr. Loss

Exec Shuffle

'Ballroom' cuts into B.O.

CBS tops DGA TV nominee finalists

Boston sci-fi fest preems 'Breakfast'

Fin-syn foes encore gripes

Brick talks up 'shooting in N.Y.' at Berlin

Turner, ABC consider Olympic pact

Public arts funding wide support in survey

'Head' rolls to TBS for fall sked

Playboy files for stock offering

Financial Briefs

Film Advisory Bd. revamps ratings

Publicists guild unveils Mason noms

Levesque to Solters praisery

Walt Disney Tv nixes ABC's 'Goof'

APAPPC elects Shubb

Wells, Valenti, Kantor talk biz

WGA struts write stuff

How AMPAS picks Oscar nominees

Births

Digital talks go global

Swiss film chief takes film anni post

'Dracula' tops $ 90 million overseas

Three projects on tap for Fries, IFM

Rep mulls Telco stake in TV shows

Richardson to star in 'Tom & Viv'

CBS' Salant dead at 78

'Delta' hooked on Rosie

Sony Music forms new disc label

Oscar watch

Packer MGM bid a 'Rumor'

Leibler named prez of Sony Plaza

Patti not on Gospel nom list

Short Takes

Sharon Disney Lund

Frances Hunt

Changing channels

WGA OK's CBS strike if accord not reached

MCAHEG hikes three in accounting

Hitched

Cates 'convinces' Crystal to m.c. Oscars again

Oscar watch

Exec Shuffle

W'wood One losses grow

CNN N.Y. faces union vote

Vandellas, Marvelettes sue Motown

BV toons up down under

Stanek MCA Int'l prexy

Pros discuss pic preservation

Buddy Pepper

George Wallington

Gerson Marks

Sydney Berman

San Diego Rep leads winners

'Coquette,' 'Disraeli' released on homevid

Oscar noms for '92's top 10 grossers

Mayoral debate at Design Center

Aspen fest cites 8 shorts

Multiple nominees by film

Independents day for Oscars

Full-court fin-syd bid nixed

Fox adds 7th night in June

FCC makes a fair play

NBC calls on 'Secret Service'

Legislation would abolish CRT

Howard, Grazer wrap Imagine acquisition

Financial Briefs

CL denies Packer talks

Osbourne, Sabbath to reteam

Short Takes

TF1 estimates '92 revenue hike of 12%

'Pagemaster' unwraps int'l mrkt'ng plan

Radio exex wary of 'alternative'

Nominations by distributor

Jackson explains his Oscar's shady past

Best pix and B.O.: No end in sight

Justice Dept. backs must-carry cable reg

'Amy' kicks off ABC-WEA deal

'Twogether' differs with MPAA on rating

Tech News

Eleazer Lipsky

Most play along with 'Crying' game

The Nominees

CBS' 'Queen' beats 'Jackson'

Germany may stomp 'Romper'

Sullivan site may house Dave

Boorman to helm early Jordan script

Intel/Telco pact will link PC to phone

Germany's RTL tops rivals

UCLA in development

Rose Steinberg Wapner

Joy Garrett

Michael J. Faherty

Syndication Briefs

Jacko's sales surge in wake of TV spots

Simply Red, Lennox top Brit Awards

Acad offers usual surprises

Falling Down

Always Coca-Cola

Screaming Sirens

Shonen Knife

Michael Jackson Talks to Oprah -- 90 Minutes with the King of Pop

A Twist of the Knife

Queen -- Parts I-III

Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie

Darkness Before Dawn

Masterpiece Theatre Blackheath Poisonings

Ordeal in the Arctic

The Temp

Jack the Bear

I'll Love You Forever ... Tonight

Weekend at Bernie's II

Great Performances Black and Blue

Billy Ray Cyrus Special: Dreams Come True

Ween Failure

Diario Di un Vizio Diary of a Maniac

Breakfast of Aliens