B. Hills Bar lauds Cook

DIVERSIFYING MARTHA:STEWART LIVING LARGE

ROE IN TOW AT WINKLER

SUMMIT SPOTLIGHTS MIAMI'S LATINO BIZ

Dahan on Cloud Nine as development dir.

Oscar watch

ShoWest sets Ryder rites

SCHWIMMER GETS 'D GIRL' AT PLAYHOUSE

GIULIANI: NEW YORK SHOOTS UP

CLINTON UP AGAINST VERDICTS

MARCUS SCRATCHED

OZ SENDS 'WEDDINGS,' 'FOOTY' TO U.S.

Gallic crix pin Prix Melies on 'Captain'

NICK NABS HARRINGTON

William Derman

CORSINI ALL BUT IN AS KCAL CHIEF

ICM CARRIES FISHER'S ACTING, WRITING

Reynolds won't seek third DGA prexy term

Variety's Bart among PGA award nominees

HONG KONG SETS FILM MART

John Babcock

Miramax won't play in Brit film lottery

Taylor to tape TV'er before brain surgery

Stone hosts AFI fete for Scorsese

NBC to fire up 'Shoot Me'in 'Behaving Badly' slot

Dodger, Endemol ink legit deal

Loews names King senior VP

CENTURY SET TO CLOSE OUT AUSSIE EAST COAST VENTURE

Connery backpedals on Touchstone's 'Ishmael'

'ER,' 'Sanders' top DGA noms; 'Bastard' honored

Berlin fest fare mixes traditional, offbeat pix

Exec Shuffle

Sanford Meisner

Bud Abbott Jr.

Edward Simmel

NOVA'S STYLE PAYS OFF

EX-CANAL+ TOPPER + 1/3 NULS = RIGOLO FILMS 2000

U tour treats officials to glimpse of future

DBS TOUTS GROWTH

More screens mean more green at Carmike

Exec Shuffle

IFE HOLDING OUT FOR CASH

Thurman, Fiennes serious about bigscreen 'Avengers'

INSIDE MOVES

SARKIN'S LIFE LINE

FOX SCARES UP BIG DEMOS

Big Ticket to ring up Bell

Native Americans bestow awards

Rose Van Dyke

New Line finds Rogers for 'Lost in Space' role

A KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PEOPLE

Headline News breaks format

Popping off about AMC switch

VERDICT'S IN ON COURT TV STRIP

NEWS CORP. PROFITS UP

Program pair exit Disney TV

Cinar boosts slate, profits

SONY MUSIC SCORES

Trumbull ankles a profitable Imax

Sony's new Calley team hits the ground running

Buena Vista inks to distrib Italo pix

Fox ups Lakin to prod'n VP

'Hercules' hangs out at the malls

Garcia, Moreno nab Eagles

2nd 'Jackal' raises hackles

Exec Shuffle

Euro Commish proposes free sports on b'cast TV

Gerber to be feted by Ear Institute

Coolidge, Shea expected to vie for DGA prexy post

LIVE TAPS ITS DISTRIB TEAM

SAT. MORNING MAKEOVER

McEntire reups for platters, pix

Westinghouse sticks with Eye

KCAL'S BUTLER JOINS SINCLAIR IN VEEPEE POST

'N.Y. Undercover' inks deals

Margulies signs pair of pic deals

Metromedia Ent. Group bows '97 slate

TriStar opts for rookie scribe's 'Crossroaders'

HIGH-TECH HOLLYWOOD

Warners options 'Death'; Gaiman adapts his comix

WHITE HOUSE FIRM ON DIGITAL DEALING

Oz pic funding study suggests few reforms

Adams ankles CAA for new career in kidvid

Oscar Watch

SHORT TAKES

O.J. verdict draws huge TV audience

LONDON FESTICUFFS

BSkyB flies high in quarter

Pixar posts strong quarter as 'Toy' coin continues

Syndie winners: 'Real,' 'Mad'

TURNER DUO REJOIN PASCAL AT COL

'ESPU' sets int'l partners

Forest City building Gotham studio

CORREX

ABC SLOTS 'SPY,' MOVES 'MINDS'

TRISTAR PICKS UP 'LETTERS'

HUNGARY STINGY ON TV DEALS

Stern savors screen debut

AUSTRALIA

Exec Shuffle

WGA NOMS

A. Polier

Study: O'seas pirates cost U.S. $14.6 billion in '95

Regal ups screens, profit

SHORT TAKES

U tries sprucing up Springer

CORREX

COHL PUSHING U2 TOUR

INDIES: WRITE STUFF

ACAD ADDS MORE OSCAR DOC RULES

S. Africa siphons ad biz

Garner finally kicks butt habit

Screentime enters Aussie TV export biz

Oz digital toll: 10 mil new TVs

AUSTRALIA

EUROPE

Disney TV Intl. adding Ahern

Force is with 'Peak' preem

Jackson to host Spirits

TRIBUTE TO FORMAN

Maverick partners Oseary, Dashev

A TV TOUR DE FORCE

Mouse reverses mag move

Universal captures Spider'

REDISCOVERING MEXICO

Digital imagery, overseas labor help cut costs

FINDING HELP IN QUEENSLAND

Oz Oscar winners happy Down Under

Disney's dominating ABC's Saturday ayem

U.K.'S FREMANTLE UPS HEIM

Ridruejo resigns from RTVE post

AFM sets screening record

IFP REUPS FOR CANNES CHORE

EVERGREEN REVENUE JUMPS IN QUARTER

WED. WIN FOR ABC

Longbow taps Cicero partner, sets telepix

BANKRUPT CST ENT. CHANGES HANDS

Oscar watch

Henson inks Barron for pic, TV deal

Bieber in Harmony

MGM, Trilogy in pact for TV

HAVAS BUYING CANAL+ STAKE

VIVA LAS VEGAS

Regional facilities lure prod'n

Locating benefits

AUSTRALIA

Turner Ltd. ups Richards, Bird

Southern Star programming grows 33% in '97

BONNIER BONING UP

DEEP FOCUS

Bill to extend copyright term

DIALING FOR DOLLARS

LEE'S HBO DOC TO SCREEN

PLAYA VISTA PUMPED UP WITH $200 MIL PARTNER

Nets play with 5% rise in kids upfront sales

Surfing the locations net

AFCI topper strives for biz parity

Crowded floor for Locations '97 confab

VRP covers the waterfront

Easy living for TV producers

Preem has right 'Touch'

Lit Agent Mardigian closes William Morris chapter

ShoWest to honor Schumacher

Hamilton leaves 'Beach'

Montreal fest taps exec advisers

Bertelsmann bids H'wood good buy

'Waves' pair surf to Initial's 'Savior'

Sony cooks deal for 'Chef'

TV Azteca gets $425 mil funding

Milia bows amid malaise

Oscar watch

Wilson set for AFM keynote

GLOBAL ACCENT AT UCLA CONFAB

Lott chooses FCC candidate

Toy story: Rights 'Wars'

'STAR WARS' HAS 'DANTE' PIQUED

'Seinfeld' psych-out

FEMINISTS VS. 'LARRY FLYNT'

ASC President nod to Duvall

Craven, S&S in novel deal

RTVE TAPS NEW CHIEF

Flamex flexes 'plexes in Budapest

Lee's shorts head for Web

Robinson to helm Zap's 'Breathing' for Lakeshore

Ruskin ankles vid post

Rivera riled at NBC

MTV, PAR ROLL 'CAMPUS'

Col TriStar, Franklin in 2-year deal

STALLONE BACK AT CAA

Kastner inks to buy Corman co.

French render Cesars unto 'Ridicule'

LIT PICKS

COMEDY FEST LINES UP EXEX

HOMEGROWN PLAYS O'SEAS

THEIR CAUSE IS FX

Disney leashes 'Dalmatians' vid to major tie-in campaign

Open ballot count

The O.J. aftermarket: bucks for bad guys

NBC Thursday tops, ABC Saturday 'Firm' in sweeps

NAACP TAKES 'TIME'

ROGERS HALVES '95 4TH-QTR. LOSS

TCI TAPS NEW PREXY

Barrymore to try onthe slipper

Reeve takes over world at Dennis Davidson Assoc.

Jones joins Polygram in lottery bid

Discovery targets Latino expansion

Plan B cleans up with 'Dust' option

Disney TV deal: Imagine that

Clooney set for U 'Sight'

Rice cooks up another song nom

October relishes 'Secrets' of success

BMG gets 'Bastard' vid rights

Disney Channel sets Spielberg fest

FASSBINDER IN FOCUS

AUSTRALIA

LANE BEATS PATH TO CAA

MUCH ADO ABOUT MILIA

Saban clears new kids series

WIDE CLEARANCES FOR 'MECHANICS'

AUSTRALIA

Live invests for 'Christmas' invests for 'Christmas'

TBS SNARES SITCOMS

British legit thesp Lester tapped for 'Primary' role

ShoWest producer honor for Milchan

Hold the phone; here are the real Oscar nominees

W'HOUSE GOES COUNTRY

Fox station group taps Cicha veep

ACE sets noms for movie, TV Eddies

Indies prized at Rotterdam

'Shine' gleams on top of exclusive B.O

King games add renewals

Kelly selling teen game pair

SAT1 ad-free pic nights draw protest

Gusinsky heads Most subsid

FEST ON UNEVEN PLANE

MTM preps 3 Oz pix

Tauzin tough on TV auction plan

Trio offer Optus Vision stakes

Cates promises Oscar 'surprises'

Uni ups Perkins to sr. VP of casting

4 strips on MTV's order

DGA NAMES TV NOMS

'Jedi' return pushes 'Saint'

'Swan Lake' dances into Center's stage

2 EXEX EXIT SINGAPORE TV

AUSTRALIA

German star accused of racism

HARVEY IN CONTROL

Nets take case for duopoly, ownership changes to FCC

Urich to host reality show

Acad stands ground on f/x Oscar noms

Makin gets 'Lost' for Live

O'Donnell fits top slot on 'Arsenio'

Sameth on D'Works ad team

No 'Whistle' while it doesn't work

Turner takes 'Shine' to pics

Arlo Guthrie

Their Second Chance

Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement --- Parts I & II

The Ramona Roses

William Faulkner's Old Man

Mobil Masterpiece Theatre

Putting It Together

Suddenly Arriving

Absolute Power

The Road to Mecca

Bafo

My Astonishing Self

On Cultural Power:The August Wilson-Robert Brustein Discussion

The Long Way Home

Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist

Riding the Rails

Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary

Girls Like Us

Black Circle Boys

Star Maps

Poverty Outlaw

Arresting Gena

Meet Wally Sparks

35 Miles From Normal

Changing Habits

The Scottish Tale

The God of Cookery

Out at Work

Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End

Rosewood

Divinity Gratis

Last Holiday

Last Holiday

Suzaku

Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder

The Pest

Touch

Dante's Peak

The Best Job in the World

Hannah

Didier

Saraka Bo

Excuse Me, Darling, But Lucas Loved Me

Love God

Hugo Pool

Joe's So Mean to Josephine

Finished

Licensed to Kill

Sweet Power

Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore

Three One-Acts by Sam Shepard

Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder

Stranger in My Home

Boozoo Chavis

Stranger in My Home