Stage scribes hit big screen

HOLLYWOOD INKS WRITE STUFF

LAIFF sets Jan. 24 deadline

VINTAGE TV IN NEW BOTTLES

Rosefelt lighting Lantern

'ABSOLUTE POWER' (SORT OF)

Geffen to stage 'Jeeves' tuner

Cut-bedeviled CBC tops Gemini nom list

United Cinemas brings Hungary, Czechs plexes

Premiere courts curb on DF1

NetHold inks pay TV pacts

EURO GIANT IS BORN

SUNDANCE HITTING THE WEB

CPB grant buys 'Jazz'

LIFETIME ON A HIRING JAG

WEB HEAD TOPIC HOP

PEARSON JOINS KTLA STAFF

Puppy love leads Barrett to ankle

Clear Channel affils, UPN in longterm pact

Constantin buys 'Evil' rights

Costantini joins Time Warner Cable

Wolf back at WCBS news

PAR BUOYS BLACK TO VP

TW to redeem bonds

Exec Shuffle

Whitaker to helm Bullock in 'Hope'

BUILDING ON A BUSTED IDEA

Korcheck upped at U

Firms join to create distrib'n software

Eye web inks royal deal with Ardent

PANEL MULLS SWEEPS-LESS RATINGS YEAR

Unite with States to sell foreign fare, panel says

SONY WOOS RENEWALS

Interpublic has $15 mil 'Great Day!'

Top markets get 'Wild'

SERIES SHOW WWOR THE MONEY

Gipson upped at Def Pix

In Pictures, MaloFilm in Canuck distrib'n pact

WB forges new U.K. link with producer Heyman

CASTAGNOLA TO SR. VP, U MUSIC

Golden Reel noms cite sound editing

Petroni back on Caravan

Cunningham Prods. names Haslett veep

KEEN ON TEEN GREEN

Ticketmaster gives credit

Class action suit filed against AOL

STRINGFELLOW TO KW EXEC SALES VP

King World net profits climb 5%

GRANITE SETS $150 MILLION STOCK OFFER

UATC CUTS H.Q. STAFF

Circlescan 4-D promises better TV images

'ROBIN' BOBS TO A 4.2

Stone, Bahnemann feted with Acad's Bonner Medal

CTW EXPANDS ITS FALL SLATE

HUME EDITS COMPETISH

Conquistador Cruise may seek helm

Hoops oops gives Clooney a 'Bat' ankle

NBC rules hot week

ABC inking games thru 2002

Studios hunting for October

U'S 'PRIMARY' TO ROLL IN APRIL

'RECALL' IN NEW DIMENSION

MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM

MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM

WES ANDERSON

JAN SVERAK

FILLED TO THE BRIM

CHANNEL CHANGES

Sights & sounds

CINEMA OF INCLUSIVENESS

IN YOUR FACE

HAL SALWEN

The buck stops here

REBEL WITH A CAUSE

REBEL WITH A CAUSE

REBEL WITH A CAUSE

REBEL WITH A CAUSE

REBEL WITH A CAUSE

REBEL WITH A CAUSE

REBEL WITH A CAUSE

REBEL WITH A CAUSE

TALENTS TO WATCH IN '97

MARY HARRON

LEON GAST

From cutting-edge to cell-phone central

ALFONSO CUARON

Outreach of new exec Brecher spans globe

BRAD ANDERSON

SHIRLEY BARRETT

BAPTISMAL BY SNOW

NEIL ABRAMSON

Michael Winterbottom

Wes Anderson

Jan Sverak

Hal Selwen

The buck stops here

Ten talents to watch in '97

Mary Harron

Brad Anderson

Shirley Barrett

Neil Abramson

Leon Gast

Alfonso Cuaron

'A.I.' will be next Kubrick vehicle

CORRECTIONS

Hannah, Whitman join 'Man'

Robbins set for indie ride on 'Horses'

TVB: Cable's new auds coming from ... cable

Turner axes WB channel Down Under

L.A. CRIX FETE FAVORITES

Malaysian technopolis tries to curry biz favor

LOCUS FOCUS OF SHOW

WMA taps Finch VP, pix arm

Warner Bros. ups McTier to senior VP

McCain: Charge for b'cast license

'Second Wife' wraps

EYE RISES WITH ATLANTIS

Sydney stocking up on megaplexes

Canuck coin 'Drives' Shum

Barrandov adds exec trio

Asian TV team christens venture ESPN Star Sports

WeB snares 'Rosie,' 'ER'

Synthespians target H'w'd

FREEMAN HAS REVELATIONS

Thalberg honor goes to Zaentz

Davis toons voice for Storyopolis

Skouras tops Writers & Artists unit

Witt-Thomas, WB land Russell for 'Spoils'

SQUARE-DEAL LEASE FOR SECOND STAGE

NEW AGE FOR PRIVATE

Sundance buzz: more buys, less $

'FARGO' LANDS SATELLITE

TOP CANUCK FIRMS SEEK VOD LICENSES

Bertelsmann wrests Restless from Warners

THE AX FALLS AT GRP

PBL, Lenfest gain slots on Galaxy board

Viacom finishes UPN deal

Kimiko Sarah Singer

FilmColony taps Solomon, Robinson

College students get crack at Forman

LONDE GOES TRANS ATLANTIC

Cartoon's kid-stuff Fridays

Lensers honor Wise with governors nod

Infomercial panel sees bullish

Syndies yanking tanking yakkers

Webs' branded promos the red-hot topic du jour

U TV's Meidel named NATPE '97 chairman

U TV's Meidel named NATPE '97 chairman

U shifts Dubrow to program VP

Alternate TV distrib'n not feted

Distribs take small-screen ratings in stride

Game renewals stir access pot

GROUPS GRAB 'VIBE'

HOLLYWOOD'S NEW TRADE DEFICIT

SHORT TAKES

Exec Shuffle

Whoopi knows Oscars 'In and Out'

'Ghost' crew stages strike

A 'Spot' of trouble

Standard & Poor's cuts Cineplex Odeon rating

Digital revolution at inagural

Redeemable revamp

Academy to honor Kidd

Berlin hosts Asian, indie

DeGeneres moves to CAA

Berkowitz's busy day: exits WMA, joins CAA

Zomba arm to rep film, TV composers

Elliott helms Damon 'Eye'

A fox in the bullpen?

Par's 'Real TV' wins N.Y. Eye access slot

TCI reinstates cablers

Warners ups Kandel

5 in Dimension's 'Heaven'

'Access Hollywood' nabs renewals

PSN pushes 'Amazing' strip

Disney/ABC Int'l TV inks pact with SBT

NATPE: Putting dangerous knowledge to work

S. Africa piracy decried

Golden Harvest ups Malaysia presence

Clarin sells Brazilian cable assets

Digital talk tops b'caster meet

Packer outfit buys Oz casino stake

Sandollar taps Wolf sr. VP

Short takes

Sundance tech innovation

Disney steps up sell-through vid plans

Oz moguls make up

Exec Shuffle

Births

Hitched

Date switch for tribute to Hawn

Moore to recur on 'Naked'

Ex-Coral prez Perez Nahim bows SkyQuest novela outfit

DV tracks 500 movies this year

B.O. performance hits high in '96

Clark to host Family Channel gameshow

Cosby's son killed

Fox's Carey calls for change in NATPE talk

Rooker inks for 'Killers'

Universal downshifts on 'King Kong' remake

More Jane mania: Orion buys Austen's 'Sanditon'

'Wallace' exiled from Alabama

Golden winners tell the tales behind triumphs backstage

Washington goes H'wood

Malick returns for 'Red Line'

'Ninja,' 'Metro' duke it out for B.O. title

Miramax says 'Yes'

Redford fights buzz factor

Globes spread the gold around

Outtakes

W.C. Fields confounds 'em in Egypt

New Bond girl is a real kick

'Short' video mag to bow at Sundance

'Real TV' on a roll in syndie ratings

Sony sends PlayStation to Mexico

Shea fills Leonard's post

Tenpercenteries

Saban goes Italo with new office

Canadian opera co. taps Girard

O'seas warms to Sly

Wallace tapped Cable & Wireless CEO

CNN nearing approval for launching Cuban bureau

Pearson playing Lotto

Numbers game puts Nick way out front

Hitched

Fox ships big numbers of 'Die Hard' vidgame

Lobero sets debut season

Births

Lit picks

WMA making music

'Sanders' signed for 6th season

Disney Channel sets major prod'n revamp

Gotham Ent. going to school with 'Kings'

Gotham Ent. going to school with 'Kings'

Financial briefs

Gaylord rumors heat up

Record half-year at Arista

Correx

Peacock struts back to top as 'Truth' triumphs

CONTENT DISCONTENT

Milchan getting Restless

KARSCH, KIMMEL SET PIX

Studios dreaming of a green winter

AFTRA's board OKs merger plan

Oscar watch

Poles protest holocaust pic

Sounding off

Sound and glory

The majors draft high

FX take quantum leap from '2001'

Honor among honorees

F/x coming of age at the Oscars

MTV Europe planning two new musicvideo channels

English royalty flap

Music honchos feted at Midem market

Cisneros TV taps Martinez, Basalo exex

The force is back

Nick Latin America names Grieder veepee

Dance, Lee draw 'Blood'

Globes scooped!

A passel of preems

H'w'd pix keep Gallic B.O. on upswing in '96

Austria mulls TV regs

Zucker hops a ride on 'Puddle Cruiser'

SAG voting closes Wed.

Roizman ASC prez, Kemper COO

Arista Nashville names Dungan senior veep/G.M.

Short takes

'Vibe' into 70% of U.S.

Births

Sunday golden for NBC

B'cast crix laud indies

Whale of a sale in Seattle

Baton pins lower profits to competition, metering

Danes back Pollack in pan & scan case

Long live rock, TCI told

Atkinson, Cahill head new Fox arm

WB eyes 'Marshal' Snipes

'Dexterity' on Cloud Nine slate for Par and Rymer

Starry 'Angry' jury

Int'l cast meets on 'Streets'

'Ninja' takes 'Metro' for a B.O. ride

Huffington tries Comedy

Italo B.O. pays off 'Ransom'

Seinfeld talks money

Sony Classics does 'Cheap' docu deal

'Dave's' under wing of 'Angel'

Fox Fosters sweep plan

Tartikoff reveals battle with cancer

Tartikoff reveals battle with cancer

The Naked Truth

The Naked Truth

All Over Me

Talk to Me: Americans in Conversation

Talk to Me: Americans in Conversation

Arcadia

The Cripple of Inishmaan

Metro

The Relic

Screwed: Al Goldstein's Kingdom of Porn

Napoleon

The Day a Pig Fell Into The Well

Memories

Go, Run, Fly

American Beer

Scapin

King of the Hill

Dusty Springfield: Full Circle

Last Stand At Saber River

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Last Stand at Saber River

Little Girls in Pretty Boxes

Last Stand at Saber River

Little Girls in Pretty Boxes

Robinson in Space

Fierce Creatures

Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

Who's the Woman, Who's the Man

Shanghai Grand

King Ubu

The Mayor

Jungle Story

Complete Olivier Noms

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Out of Order

Second-Hand Smoke

Lost Highway

Dream With the Fishes

House of Yes

House of Yes

Runaway Car

A Child's Wish

Runaway Car