Quintano builds from 'Scratch'

New Lightstorm prez

TV 'Gettysburg' goes theatrical

Fox sked to get a head start

Euro Disney admits losses, predicts more

Paula plows new turf on ABC show

First Look picks a foreign pair

KTLA sets 'Compadres' test run

Morton moves to CNN

CBS hitting Dave with an 80 spot

Syndie 'Evert' trips; 'Trek: TNG' flies

Small cablers hit D.C.

Exec Shuffle

Disney eyes China

Viacom trades 2 radio stations

WMA signs Anglade as client, ups Morgerman to an agent

Warners sued by peeved veep

Comedy hops 'Soul Train'

IATSE, Laurel King near agreement on 'Stand' off

Merims joins Nick Pix as movie chief

'Rudy,' 'Mystery' pull PGs; dial-a-rating test starts

A lesson in the fine art of getting away from it all

MCA seeks $ 15 mil from Arthur Co.

Short Takes

Births

Police seek heist tipster

ARD climbs on board 3sat

Seven floats $402 mil offer

Francis Baur Jr.

Eric C. Price

Hector Lavoe

; Estelle Skolsky

Mandela rallies support of celebs, politicos

'Helena' to do battle with NC-17

Teleprod'n org Monitors technical achievements

Furano prez at Sony Signatures

'Tamara' bids early adieu

Ducat sales up 150% for L.A. gay film fest

Not much up in this year's upfront

Financial Briefs

Screens gain Regal touch

Murdoch withdraws Post bid

Tippin 'goes wild'; Hatfield 'in between'

Par to distribute Torchlight vid titles

Album Spotlight: 'Conehead' soundtrack due July 20

Sam Rolfe

John Beaird

Chris Steinbrunner

Lynn Shank

David Hanna

Will Rogers Jr. dead at 81

MPAA ratings on MovieFone service

Exec Shuffle

Bishop prexy, Live Home Video

TriStar reups Adelson, Baumgarten

Cable TV production chart

Peace breaks out at Montreal fest

'Lightning' strikes for Hogan

20th Intl., Toei ink output deal

Palestinian TV bows on West Bank

'Dennis' dull, 'Last' OK

Numbers box

Box office highlights

O'seas report

ABC rules morning roost; CBS supreme in daytime

Summer B.O.: hot, hot, hot

$203.5 mil week makes B.O. history

VSDA confab cheery about homevid future

Par, Rudin, Soderbergh put on 'Dunces' caps

'Aladdin' lyrics altered

Salhany sounds off on violence at TCA

U.S. box office report

Hitched

Short Takes

Next year, Disney promises, will dwarf all others

Geffen, Tisch ready with coin for AIDS docu

Verhoeven exits Col's 'Mistress of the Seas'

DissedDisneys decry 'Prince' as fictional

Rosenman new B/G pic prez

2 longform directors out at NBC

Franklin anklin' Lorimar TV deal

Financial Briefs

D.C. must clear HSN-QVC merger

Tech won't put vids on the skids, sellers told

Col/Tristar ups Clark to exec VP

Allen shifts to Virgin Games

Par picks 'Top,' 'Firm' for CD-I

'Orlando' leads exclusives; most N.Y. pix see gains

Locals be damned, pubcaster study says

Hitched

Wapello ups Silva, Shea

Miramax pacts for Tarantino's 'Pulp'

Births

Murdoch wins cuts, halts post-mortem

Short Takes

Silvio Caranchini

DeVito looking to get 'Shorty' into production

Chase chats up comedy aspects, downplays talk

Turner seeks a piece of Rock

Hits aplenty bolster B.O.

'Jurassic' dawns in Japan

QVC seeks HSN merger

Gerber, ITC team for teleprod'n

Exec Shuffle

Court delivers blow to cablers

Sauter, Corvo stand behind 'Front Page'

Cablers test U.K. market

UFA to expand, renovate

New 'Speed Racer' in firstrun

London gaining legit popularity

Bid for NBC confirmed by Wussler

Numbers box

Evans to join WMA as agent

Moonves rises in WB combo

BET goes int'l via U.K. cabler

Fox revs up diverse slate of minis, telepix

Volleys traded in Abdul case

Vidmark sets $ 2 mil promo

Col TriStar to launch Vintage homevid line

U Cartoon arm moves focus to kidvid titles

Correction

Ted Demme to direct 'Spidertown' for Col

Advisory ban to outfox kids

Fontana vies for WGAW VP

CBS gets ratings boost

Oberman moves up at MCA discs

CBS' Tortorici named prexy of b'cast org

ITC nabs 'Viv' vid, TV rights

Financial Briefs

B'buster: Spelling still public

Peacock soars for GE

Post keeps plugging

AME bankruptcy over; Westar bids $ 17 mil

Grosz named Fox ad buyer

BBC's topper target of tirade by reporter

Shuman sues former lawyer

Flack for fund report

Births

Patrick Lippert

Thomas Gerald Traynor

Mario Bauza

Richard Hayden Rorke

Jerry Strivelli

Harvey Robert Appel

Robert Peyson

Raymond Parker

Irving J. Moore

Gerry Mc Duffie

E.O. Stacy

'Free Willy' inspires PETA to picket

'Point Break' producers sued

Blackfriars on the road to Russia with 'Abundance'

Laserdisc biz begs studios for special considerations

Sexy titles boost MGM/UA's vid sales

BVHV conjures 'Aladdin' vid plans

Small cablers seek relief from FCC regs

Exec Shuffle

Eaux buys 80% of FNAC

Canadian vet org sues docu makers

Singapore panel balks at '90210'

Murdoch mushrooming

Krieger exiting CBS/Fox for Fox Inc. post

Short Takes

1999 critics tour: a cable channel for everyone

Schott, Irvine join Hearst co.

BVHV Intl. exex upped

Shopping net shuffles deck to study merger

Who's Where

Cablers test U.K. market

UFA to expand, renovate

New 'Speed Racer' in firstrun

Wilders, Olson visit 'old friends' on 'Boulevard'

Margolis set for pageant

WMA inks Evans pact

'Lethal,' 'Instinct' nab Homer Awards

Vote called for telcos cable entry

Market again bullish on HSN stock

Disney's Virtual World puts new spin on VR

Sony, CAMI in classical Crescendo

Council opposses state's Fox bill

Harris fires up for 'Blown Away'

Financial Briefs

Org aims to meet comics' medical needs

Location News; 'Axe Murderer' fete to benefit Frisco film commish

'Shirley' set for August bow in L.A., N.Y.

Exec Shuffle

WGAW residuals up 8.3% in second quarter

WGA West residuals, first half '93

'Helena,' 'Zoe' pull 2 NC-17s

BVHV, DIC ink vid distrib'n deal

Simon exits as exec VP at NBC Ent.

Showtime, TriStar re-up cable deal

Gordon Moye

Jack Bittner

Manuel Summers

Joe Brown

NEA funding survives vote

Dish; She said, he said -- Warner Bros. said adios

Short Takes

Spike Lee does comic book thing

Retrans deal saves face

Mayor's rep to meet with showbiz exex

CBS' eye-popping qtr.

TNT ups Newman to VP originals

NAB seeks rooftop ruling

Births

Correction

Group W ups Sheingold, adds duties

Stern puts shock back on top

Oregon ads get town talking

DirecTv inks PPV agreement with U

Arnolds offer flood aid

Heyman inks $ 200 mil pact with Babelsberg

Portman, Zenith unite

RAI board names Dematte new prexy

Candy coats Montreal comedy fest

B'way puts on big b'day bash

Court TV plans daily Menendez updates

My Fair Lady

Hocus Pocus

Sunset Boulevard

P.O.V. for Better or for Worse

Missing: John Robertson

America Undercover Multiple Personalities: The Search for Deadly Memories

The Beautiful People

Suburban Anger

Sang Sista' Sang

Leonard Cohen

Dreamgirls

King Lear

Arms and the Man

Tommy Tune Tonight!

Pj Harvey; Radiohead