'Ace' an animal at B.O.

Pollack, Par close to deal

H'wood joins tourism effort

Sawyer sitting pretty in webs' bidding war

MCA joins anti-PTAR drive

Designer Verdesoto exits Miramax

Showbiz is taken for ride

Financial Briefs

Short Takes

Exec Shuffle

Guber waves red flag

Orbit Sat TV to launch

O'seas B.O. heating up

Goldberg set to host Oscarcast

Corrections

Tomei gets presenter nod

Spielberg top helmer, NATO/ShoWest sez

Alternative artists fuel soundtrax

State losing post-prod'n

Solomon exits WB Int'l TV slot

Kerrigan figures into Eye ratings

Solar-powered studio source of 'NRG'

Atlantic Group cashes in on Grammy performances

'Lucy' uncut slated for Nick

1994 NATPE sets records

Nova TV launched; first private Czech b'caster

Uncertain territory for 'List'

Film starts up 26% in untarnished Golden State

Stormy Stanley is everyone's target du jour

'Kane' star Cotten dies

QVC Par chase not faring well

Golenberg joins PR firm Bragman Nyman Cafarelli

'Somers' decision near for MCA

Hannah in 'Attack' mode for Swiss fest

FCC prodded on access rule

Kofalt ankles cabler

TV blurbs outgross print

Trimark earnings climb for quarter

Births

Loeb & Loeb opens Nashville branch

Houston sweeps with 7 American Music nods

NBC interacts

Datebook

'Somers' goal: 50%

Comedies lay egg in Oscar races

Roseanne, Jerry lead WGA noms

New day for Gordon in U deal

Rhino horns in on shopping net

Gay group backs 'Roseanne' kiss

Third test for TV-on-demand

Lensers org slates three seminars

Execs at media confab redefine TV's future

La Cadena Deportiva sets national rollout

U.K.'s Granada TV back in pic biz with 'Sarah'

Kenneally pilots prod'n for Rysher

Correction

Oscar faves make the cut for film/TV editor noms

Financial Briefs

Pfeifer new topper at H'wood Records

Cable rate freeze TBA

Live Ent. taps Fink, Slutzky

American Cinema honors Arista CEO

NATPE shadows Monte Carlo

Alicia Allain and Pat Dollard

'Sunset' dazzling, nabs 7 Critics Circle noms

Attenborough gets plump role -- as Santa

Harding joins Fisher club

'Ace' aces at B.O.

Curry inks with C/NET

Cineplex, partners buy complex

Harold Schneider

Short Takes

MTM moves in wake of quake

'Fiorile' flowers in N.Y.; 'Papaya' grows in L.A.

Ozcaster puts new chief on beam

Jones taps Luskin CEO

Felixes wooed by Gothenburg

Canada, U.S. hold TV talks

TW: Quite a quarter

Nathanson tops New Regency

Studio Olympics: No perfect scores here

UA, Lucchesi in Quiller deal

NBC to air Moore's mag parody

Seagram: Another round?

Carmike net off 15% in 4th qtr.

Cable gains boost Gaylord profit

Caucus adds members

Exec Shuffle

Home Shopping Net settles lawsuit

'Smoke' lights up cast

Medallion acquires 'Singing Out' doc

'Babylon 5' slips a bit in second week

CAA's laugh lab

Short Takes

Fingerhut buys into MTV shopping

TCI faces class-action suit

Wallowing in skategate puts webs on thin ice

'Schindler's' on WGA list

Correction

Tapestry acquires Public TV Int'l

'House' duo inks new WB pact

'48 Hours' beef goes to high court

So. Cal radio revs up

Chris-Craft doubles yearly earnings

Oz media conglom TMS bumps profits by 128%

United TV profit up 11% in 4th qtr.

Freeze extended; cable frosted

Rep rips cable rollbacks

Maxwell tuner nixed

Acad gets scare from snowed-in Tomei

IA votes to ratify new pact

CBS leads in sweeps

Syndies cited as most violent

Schlesinger prexy of WB Int'l TV

Turner to get Green Award

Jones up, doc, at Warners

Pilot plans percolate

Plain as B&W: 'List' tops list

Court nixes MGM suit against Kerkorian

'Sister' actor acquitted of rape

'Last Call' cleared in 15 markets

Short Takes

Deep in Woods, there's a Disney producing deal

'Geraldo' a winner as syndie shows slip

Some affils bump 'Vicki' breast seg

Lollapalooza may go online

Hints, hype shape bets on Par

Goldwyn reports 32% gain in 3rd-qtr. profit

Financial Briefs

RKO plans could result in 'Bedlam'

RTL4's Hendriks joins Super Channel

ABC scores huge Tuesday

Kings Road posts profit

Distribs expecting to cash in on noms

Montgomery tops charts

Blackmun OKs CBS' '48 Hours' footage

Sony taps vid prez

Tough sell in Europe

Exec Shuffle

Folkie family leads Canada's Juno noms

Obituaries

BVTV rules for 'Judge, Jury'

Eye's profits widen

NBC 'Witness' takes ad hit

Pub Guild noms Lowry

Canada's CTV gets five-year license renewal

Petersburg to host TV market

Turkey's Cine 5, majors ink pay TV output pact

Schindler's wife 'Lists' stake

Jackson probe moves ahead

Now there's computer casting

NBC, b'cast unions start contract talks

'Jenny' jumps to ayem slots

Nervous Spielberg makes nom list, natch

Village Voice topper exits

DirecTV gears for bow by firming cable deals

It's a thankless job, and somebody ought to do it

Jackson VP testifies; prosecutors keep photos

Slakoff retires from MCA TV

Sawyer, ABC tussle

ABC shuffles in March

German firm sets up shop in H'wood

Incumbents hold sway in L.A. AFTRA vote

Savoy debt swapped

Viacom pacts for six comedy segs

Acad taps Banderas as presenter

Peter Shanaberg

Corrections

'Buddha' begins Berlin

Streisand to make tour decision today

Blockbuster extending CD-ROM try

Short Takes

Santa Barbara fest sets slate

Russian TV strike settled

French bread promised to promo pic exports

Evelyn Mulhall

Disney devises vid sequel to 'Aladdin'

Viacom slams QVC's door

'Mango' Lined up

Software makers will merge

Time Warner in trio seeking U.K. Ch. 5

Paul exec VP, Castle Rock

MCA interacts with Interplay

Warner ups Kirkpatrick to veep

Exex offer future view at seminar

Lahti in TriStar 'Hideaway'; Ephron pic set to roll in N.Y.

Monte Carlo reaction mixed

Jamila Novotna

Richard G. Johnson

Miramax says NC-17 is 'Crazy'

Marciano prexy, MCA Concerts

Oleanna

Power Plays

Blank Check

Talking Sex: Making Love in the '90s

Reflections on Elephants

Absolutely Fabulous

Two Powerful Perfs Reveal 'What Happened'

The Secret Life of Houses

The Fire This Time

Spanking the Monkey

Coming Out Under Fire

Mouvements Du Desir

Those the River Keeps

Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants

La Cage Aux Folles

Why Things Burn

Death and the Maiden

Rush

Cbs Tuesday Movie Babymaker: The Cecil Jacobson Story

Eric Reed

Mouvements Du Desir Desire in Motion

Decadence

National Geographic Special Reflections on Elephants

Three Birds Alighting on a Field

Full House

Talking Sex: Making Love in the '90s

The Getaway

Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

Onyx

Masterpiece Theatre Body and Soul

NBC Sunday Night at the Movies Witness to the Execution

Fiorello!

Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice

State of Emergency

Macshayne: Winner Takes All

Fun

Marilyn Monroe: Life After Death

My Girl 2