Debonair Romero dies at 86

Holiday boom at tune retailers

Becker bags 'City Hall'

Indies call for Nielsen probe

Live makes Burlage boss

Seagram raises stake in TW

Flying leap up charts for 'Oprah'

Mayor grants filmers permit to apply by fax

Another rough year awaits RAI

Mandell Weiss

Partners plot prime prod'ns

'Doubtfire' hot at B.O.

Awards blurb policy urged

Many happy returns for Par; Sony umbrella up

Higher Viacom bid expected

So. African pubcaster chair defends hirings

KMPC staff told station will be sold to CapCities

Pop alternatives grow

Bottom line on long films: There's no end in sight

'Aladdin' hits $ 200 mil int'l

Legendary talent/literary agent Irving Lazar, 86, dies

Aghayan to dress Oscar

Eisner talks tough about park

Stern complaints spur delay in Infinity deal

Model story of H'wood success

Once again, 'GMA' rules the morning

Eased policies boost Indian market

Axel Corti

Barbra's Grand stand gives rise to tour talk

ShoWest taps Kopelson 'producer of the year'

Int'l top 100 earn $ 8 bil

Crix crown Spielberg

'Biker Mice' big cheese as H'w'd comes calling

ATAS summit a sellout; high-power panels set

Big-ticket flicks debut strongly on both coasts

Iowa, Disney on write track

Webs take note of talent-driven flops

Scribes thrive on 'F'stones'

KTLA tops Parade ratings

Sanctuary wedding comedy & CD-ROM

Eisner's $ 200 mil stock option a mighty pluck

Correction

Davis: Par courted NBC

Building on $5.04 bil

Wrenn perched as Par sr. VP

Woo agency now Triton

Dishes are in deep

'Love Boat' afloat in bigscreen waters

Strong holiday sales goose RIAA December certs

New year brings good news at B.O.

Bank shifts debt, gives MGM financial boost

Feeling crunched by B.O. numbers crunchers

Canal+ plans Euro pix

Credit 'Kane' with another film trend

20th Century Fox pockets Maxwell's 'Stolen Moments'

'Learning' inks Epps

Conti to tune Awards

Obituaries

Vidgame reps to meet

Births

Hitched

Promoters stoked for Streisand

N.Y. Times: Redstone reluctant

MCA gets into interactive

Indie Project West evolves into prod'n

NBC takes Wright turn back

L.A. gov't film pair head East

'Gettysburg' war chest

Viewers drink Orange

Cable net viewers spread thin

BV switch in Spain

Lynn leaves 'Ghost'

Euro banks, Disney at odds over audit

Clarification

Song scribes win key ruling

Financial Briefs

Exec Shuffle

Obituaries

'Maiden' starts Taper season

U.K. may ease ownership regs

UGC stays at Office

Ferruzzi ups TV stake

Searchlight finds Woody

MGM taps Findling VP

Blaze bolts 'Bane for Maiden voyage

Short Takes

Kanter to exit post at MGM

Lens, color systems nab tech Oscars

Mitchell upped in Sony Pix move

Oscar notes

MPAA ups two

'Angels' flies alone in grim B'way year

Flacks aflutter over star PR war

McDonald's-sponsored pic eats up Quebec B.O.

MCI plans $20 bil upgrade

Births

Scribe workshop slated for Jan. 15

Cannon is fodder for Panda suit

Superhighway arteries merge at UCLA summit

Making fun on fan sites

Anstrom said new NCTA prez

'Nanny,' 'Half' win pickups

Anderson tapped by Swanson

Gore, execs to meet on infopike

'Luck' trio rides MCA wheel

NAB joins lobby tax trade suit

Orgs oppose bid to muzzle TV

Music merit nod goes to Houston

Murdoch switches Star TV helm

MGM/UA names Nimziki sr. VP

Columbia Breakdown

Paramount Breakdown

TriStar Breakdown

Miramax Breakdown

Steel has bad heir day at Turner

Elizabeth Anne Plumb

Indies, Euro backers to meet at S.F. confab

Country stars to focus AIDS ads on rural areas

Schwartz to Sinclair as exec VP

Oscar ballots in mail Friday

MCA's Japanese park to cost more than $ 1 bil

Col reskeds 'Slickers 2'

Universal Breakdown

Short Takes

Sony Pictures Classics Breakdown

Rooney is out at ABC

Brando doesn't shrink from psychiatrist role

PBS donates archives to Library of Congress

Hitched

Par won't go 'Private' with Stern

Masket to exit MCA TV VP slot

Buena Vista Breakdown

20th Century Fox Breakdown

Warner Bros. Breakdown

Samuel Goldwyn Breakdown

Disney ani antes up

Fox, affils in latenight tiff

KLAX-FM tops Arbitron charts

On the Viacom watch

Pullman joins 'Casper'

Dogg tops weak week

Bass designs Oscar poster

LWT takeover nearer

'Germinal' mines R rating

Clarification

MGM Breakdown

CBS ends ABC's Nielsen win streak

New Line Breakdown

Gramercy Breakdown

WB TV's intent is clear

Five regional news cablers in trade org

Grammy Nominees

PBS pitches baseball docu for September

Film carrier sues BV over distrib policy

NBC revamps West P.R. arm

Rockers to reunite for benefit

Fox returns latenight to affiliates

Fox's Mechanic nails down Gelfan

Sting leads Grammy noms

Cable, telco folks unhappy with FCC boss Hundt

'Birdland' soars in bow, hits Wednesday heights

Marvel in action

Oscar watch

Star, Taiwan agency split

Hitched

Ani, vid cap MGM team

B.C. aims for bigger film load

BET Holdings stocks reach 52-week high

2 Wayans weigh in with NBC sitcom

ITC buys 'ENQ' rights

Short Takes

News shocker: N.Y. critics are downright civil

Boo-who? Miramax takes stab at horror

Fresh start for Avoriaz fest

Museum to salute Spielberg

Way of cable not wave of future, AT&T asserts

Huizenga's aspirations

Financial Briefs

Nine Net unveils job shifts

Surprise jackson visit

Carlton completing Central takeover

Lifetime, Brit producer form Metrotime

Obituaries

Kodak film sheds light with speed

Mozart honors Fellini

H'w'd elite turn out to bid Swifty Lazar farewell

Go Fish

Black Beauty

Broken Harvest

Color of Night

Crooklyn

Death Wish V - The Face of Death

Dumb & Dumber

Artagnan's Daughter

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Frankenstein

Strawberry and Chocolate

F.T.W.

Greedy

Guarding Tess

Highlander III - The Sorcerer

The Hour of the Pig

Huozhe

I.Q.

It Could Happen to You

The Jungle Book

Junior

Killer

Ladybird Ladybird

Legends of the Fall

Leon

The Madness of King George

Mesmer

Milk Money

Mixed Nuts

Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle

Muriel's Wedding

Nadja

Naked Gun 33: The Final Insult

Natural Born Killers

The Neverending Story III

The New Age

The Next Karate Kid

Once Were Warriors

Only You

Police Academy - Mission to Moscow

Il Postino

Princess Caraboo

Quiz Show

The Ref

Reflections on a Crime

La Reine Margot

The River Wild

A Simple Twist of Fate

The Specialist

Speed

Street Fighter

Threesome

Wagons East!

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

What Happened Was

When a Man Loves a Woman

White Fang 2 - Myth of the White Wolf

Widows' Peak

Yinshi Nannu

Barbra Streisand

Miss Howard Stern New Year's Eve Pageant

The Emerging Majority: Mexican Americans in Los Angeles

Betrayal of Trust

Challenge to America with Hedrick Smith Parts I-IV

Soap Trappings Dampen 'Spirits'; The House of the Spirits

Smoking/No Smoking

Tout le Monde N'a Pas Eu la Chance D'Avoir Des Parents Communistes

Sida, Paroles de L'un a L'Autre

Zhi Yao Wei Ni Huo Yitian

The Heroic Trio

Karlekens Himmelska Helvete

Manen Pa Balkongen

Tel-Aviv Stories

Taigik Cheung Sam-Fung

Intimite

Piccolo Grande Amore

Shackles

Tsuki Wa Dochi Ni de Te Iru

Monty

Prime Suspect 3

The Good Life

The Cbs Tuesday Night Movie Armed & Innocent

Nirvana

Camelot

The Sunday Show: The Next Generation

The Air Up There

Arthur and Leila

Birdland

Grammy's Greatest Moments

Midnight Edition

Sista Dansen the Last Dance

Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda Seventh Horse of the Sun

Koi No Tasogare Breakable

Carol's Eve

Reaching Up

Clairol on Broadway Nunsense

Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story

Getting by Sell It Like It Is

Mad About You Paul Is Dead

Homicide: Life on the Street Bop Gun

Bermuda Grace

...Talking with David Frost: Yasir Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin

Burke's Law

Cabin Boy

The Government Inspector

The Time Machine the Hollywood Censorship Wars

Secret Sins of the Father