Woody revealed: the nebbish as control freak

'Kid' team flows to 'Fountain'

'WAVES' LAPS UP FELIX NODS

Rush, Thurman cast in 'Miz'

Marubeni tojoin sat biz

PALM SPRINGS SLATED

E!, MGM ink key deals as 3rd Mip Asia closes

Short Take

'Day' passes $400 mil mark o'seas

'Oprah' lands Madonna

EMI disavows MCA Music merger talks

Center for Communications to honor ABC's Arledge

'DAME' RINGS BELLS

CLT gives Ufa merger go-ahead

Channel 4 inks WB deal

German pay TV players squabble over Premiere

SIJTHOFF SETS AMSTERDAM IMAX

Radio Canada Intl. folding

King World taps Perry senior VP

Hitched

Martini's 'Judge' to CBS

Turner Intl. ups Asian topper Byrd

TWIST IN ONLINE TIX

Warner to run Turner Media

BVTV clears 'Salley, 'Honey' in big markets

NBR TO NAME '96 HONOREES

Malofilm sets fundraiser

Oz gov't gets OK to sell Telstra stake

MCI WINS SAT LICENSE

Coscient plans stock sale

Chrysalis posts sales hike plus pre-tax loss

RUPE INTO ASIAN POP

Inside Moves

INSIDE MOVES

HBO slates Star's 'Sex'

'Oprah' unbeatable in syndies

MCA's expert witness in Viacom suit thrown out

'ROSIE' EXEC OUSTED

TOUCHSTONE INKS 'PRENUP' DEAL

Clinton shmoozes with honorees

Familiar 'People' from Eye

Telco trio pulls plug on Tele-TV venture

DePalma & Koepp set new Par pic

B.O. highlights

UA Theatres' Blair ankles

INTERPUBLIC EYEING UTA

B.O.'S POST-TURKEY TORPOR

Monaco sails to Island VP-G.M. post

FOX BY AN EYE-LASH

CORREX

'Day' leads o'seas Xmas boom

NBC settles suit with Jewell

Wang on 'Box' drama; O'Neal in boxing bout

Exec Shuffle

Bennett raps Bronfman's broken promise

A jolly good 'Fellow' party

Short Takes

Exclusive auds in the mood for 'Love,' 'Shine'

'King' gets Academy screening

RTL, weblets will be merged

Karlovy Vary Fest official told A rating is restored

Discovery Asia taps Herman as director

SPORT 7 OFF THE AIR

Echeverria takes reins at Fox's Mexico distribbery

CBS EYES TELENOTICIAS

Diaz named president of

Network Ent. airs on Oz exchange

MEXICO

USA Intl. gets Globes

UNITED KINGDOM

AUSTRALIA

USA Nets tap Tan manager, mktg.

Aussie B'casting Corp. downsizes

W'HOUSE, INFINITY MERGER NEAR

Televisa, Lockheed in tech pact

GC REELING IN PROFITS

Fiscal sesh sets dates

Napping B.O. preps for holiday feast

Oscar watch

S.D. O&O shifts 'Access'

Blatt mulls Miramax job

SOUTHBOUND AGAIN

Inside Moves

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

Lipsitz sells 'Secret' hoops spec

Singer set to direct Fox's 'Men'

Douglases save coastal land

Rev boost predicted for Big Four webs

A whole new U for MCA

HBO shoots $50 mil 'Moon'

WESTWOOD SCREEN TEST

Koontz pacts with Bantam

C3's Bradshaw difference

DreamWorks, WB plot TV 'Invasion'

CABLE GETS REAL IN ANAHEIM

Board of Review burnishes 'Shine'

Slusser retires from MCA/U

CANAL+ LOCKS FOX

Exex pitch in to transfuse Free Clinic

Acad bows poster for 69th Oscars

MCA sues over rights to 'Evita'

Judge voids breach suit against Jacko

U TV SELLS 'TEAM' HOUR

Fox ups Dempsey to aud VP post

Stars cruise with Cruise

'Mother's' day at Par

Academy appoints Miller legal rights coordinator

UPN'S SALHANY HONORED

Tenpercenteries

ABC UPS KANE, FLORSHEIM

Chambers heading up new Griffin entertainment arm

Jacob Wallen

Anthony J. Mercurio

Milton Skolsky

John F. Kraus

Joe Conners

Irving Gordon

Virginia Downing

MTV orders 22 segs of 'McCarthy' show

Gottlieb, Somerfeld make cut for DGA program

RIAA says no to Illinois proposal

Rudner inks 3 Arts deal

Ad exex rate future of new cable networks

DIGITAL DEADLINE DRAWS REPLIES

U.K. RATES CENSORSHIP

Guide reveals Aussie auds

$50 mil sates Hungary TV

Italio percentery has eyes its on size

Indonesia hikes quota for local content

Oz probing CanWest's stake in Ten

Bennett bad raps Bronfman

Kilner's at 'Home' with role in comedy sequel

Fox News bags trophy: ABC'S Hume

ALLIANCE DRAWS 2

Workman Col TriStar sr. VP

TCI DIGS INTO DIGITAL

Perkins on News Corp. board

Turner, Better Health fortify alliance

TV ad spending jumps 13% for first 9 months

OWNERS OK INFINITY BUYOUT

Hi-tech convergence grows disharmonious

Henson board taps Haber

Dodger in talks to get artful with Endemol

IT'S ALPHABET COUP

EMI Latin prexy Behar adds new label: CEO

Hundt's stance irks liquor org

BIG WRAP FOR 'ROCK'

TV ratings system in spin cycle

The Duchess does H'wood

STUDY: PRIMETIME SEX-SOAKED

CORREX

Oscar Watch

GARLAND, ZAPPA IN LINE FOR NARAS NODS

DANE OFF THE CLOCK

JD Prods. moves to Columbia

Kopelsons book N.Y. duo

Bare nyuk-les bout: Sony vs. Stooges

'Vice' suit to proceed

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

Stephanopoulos signs on at ABC

NUMBERS

ABC, C-W INK 'ROTTEN' DEAL

MECHANIC TOOLS TO THE TOP

TBS future: Braves-less

Costner plays U's 'Game'

'Colors' fading for U

Oz's Southern Star sees hefty 28% profit hike

Channel 5 launch price climbs

GOTHAM'S WBIS+ SETS JAN. 27 LAUNCH

WEBS WOO WALL STREET

Milano moves to 'Melrose'

BIZ OFFERED ROOM TO PLAY

Comedy fest fetes Reiner

'Smithee' hits detour in Santa Monica

Key Off B'way landlords join ranks of producers

TV Acad adds animation category

BIZ BIGGIES DECRY CHINA

SIDE SHOW: CABLERS PELT RUDY

Exec Shuffle

Trimark OKs 'Bayou' for fall U.S. release

Golden, Sour Apple noms set

Construction starts on Sony's S.F. site

Duo's 'Revelation' sold unto Eichinger

MCI axes call-in CD service

IFA PARTNERS MURPHEY

WESTERN SHOW NOTES

TNT MAY CLOSE BOOK ON BIBLE PIX

WBTV ups Abel to VP

'Simple' scribes connect on 2 pitches at U

5 AMA NOMS FOR CAREY

WB's 'Rosie' Cruises to record ratings

Hefty layoffs continue at Canada pubcaster

New gov't to revamp TVNZ

Tokyo plans Disney sea park

Direct-to-home bid OK'd

'Maher' makes gains in latenight slots

Kiwi TV lobby loses Oz appeal

Cecchi Gori regains Italo soccer rights

TELEPIU CATCHES LIVE MOUSE

SHORT TAKES

Young & Rubicam lands Par accounts

WB taps Wyatt senior VP

E/I OK'D FOR KIDVID

BELFOR, JENKINS LEAD PROJECTIONISTS UNION

Piorkowski joins WB TV

Anastos joins WWOR

RTNDA's Bartlett ankles

WB TV inks Diamond

Affils shock ABC, don't air Ebony spec

Fox PR slot for Cerwin-Nichols

CNN/SI sports net kicks off

Eye on People net confirmed for spring

Beeb battling Rupe on digital TV front

SHORT TAKE

ARLEDGE AIRS DEBATE IDEAS

L.A. bow set for second 'Ragtime'

Syndies WB, ITC going to court for new series

Foley segs to City; Blatt in at Miramax

TriStar occupies 'Embassy'

VALENTI BLASTS CRIX

Stallone negotiates for 'Negotiator' role

N.Y. critics go for 'Fargo'

Creek toons 'King and I'

Cable moguls in a mood

Biz buzzes over Ovitz exit

MOUSE HOUSE LOSES BIG CHEESE

Houston caught at 'Wife' affair

Kennedys work the 'Room' at preem

Wilson's taking up the sword for ' Zorro'

Cinar ups '97 prod'n by 34%

Pinkslips mark 1st on-air exits at Young's KCAL

Ex-Agent Nettled Net Exex

China denies pressuring Disney Co.

Cablers' debate adds spice to panel patter

AMC GETS MEGA LEG UP

Messina tapped WB labor VP

Fox taps Tenney mkt'g VP

Exec Shuffle

Trimark's Barnholtz ankles to bow new co.

Slamdance curtain rises on '97 slate

SUFFERING SYNDIES

HITCHED

Pope plucks Golden Frog at Polish lenser festival

U.K. CENSOR INCENSED

BIRTHS

Ovitz departure surprises many

The Summer of Ben Tyler

The Eleventh Commandment

Jane Eyre

The Flying Karamazov Brothers' Sharps, Flats, and Accidentals

Bunny Bunny

To Love, Honor and Deceive

The Eleventh Commandment

Death in Therapy

Poverty and Other Delights

Just for Laughs

Hades

Colonel Bunker

Wind Over the City

Jerry Maguire

My Fellow Americans

Acme Action Figures

The Summer of Ben Tyler

To Love, Honor and Deceive

The Summer of Ben Tyler

To Love, Honor and Deceive

The Ex

Love! Valour! Compassion!

The Ex

A Doll's House

To Love, Honor and Deceive

Marvin's Room

East Is East

Death in Therapy

Poverty and Other Delights

The Preacher's Wife

Just for Laughs

Hades

Colonel Bunker

Wind Over the City

Jerry Maguire