1996 OSCAR NOMINEES

Cavada loses

Spanish soccer bout brews

All American revs up merchandising unit

CBS loses $86 mil in fourth quarter

REACTION SHOTS

ILM vs. 'Day' team in special effects race

AUSTRALIA

FRENCH CHANNEL ANNALS

Simmons gets Excited

MILIA EXHIBITORS UP

HITCHED

SHORT TAKES

ABC ENT. MULLING NEW AD AGENCY

Production changes in store for 'Truth'

FLANERY GETTING 'LOST'

Siegel joins Brillstein-Grey

THESPS LEAD NOM SURPRISES

Swedes bestow Gold Bugs

Krasnow cuts loose from U Music

TAYLOR MADE U STUDIOS VP

Turner assets, HBO hot; music, pix weaker

CABLE DEAL NEAR

Simon joins D'Works animation

NBC holds slim lead

Walls cuts teeth on 'Blade'

Barbra, Madonna asked to sing at Oscars

Wenders wings to CAA

Gothenburg fest wraps

Harvey Ent. drops a dime

CORREX

KTLA changes O.J. tune

'OSCAR'S 'ENGLISH' ACCENT

MGM's newest lion: Nathanson

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

Stars and 'Snow' fall as Berlin Fest bows

Edited by Alan Snipee

SHOWTIME TO LAUNCH MUSIC LABEL

ABC research divides day, night in new plan

Christine Neubauer

Don Renee Patterson

Pay-per-view bouts set for Latino TVs

U2 unveils dates for 'PopMart'

MILIA WARS: A NEW HOPE

Garden plot: ITT may sell N.Y. arena share

David Frost part of 'Big Picture'

'Incorrect' Maher leads Variety Club's Bart roast

'Murphy' returning for No. 10

Rivals take 2 'Asperns'

CANADA

CANADA

CANUCKS TALK TOUGH ON TRADE

DAVIS NAMED HAMDON CEO

RUSSIA WEBHEAD QUITS

Vaughn, Phoenix in 'Deep'

'ASTEROID' BIG FOR NBC

Thornton clears film role with prez

Oscar hypos 'Maguire,' 'Patient'

CNN TO OPEN HAVANA BUREAU

Kings Road seeks suitor$

STENSON MOVING UP

U's 'Xena'

Correction

France's TF1 inks grand deal for U pix, TV series

MINING 'LOST' GOLD

MIAMI STAYS UP LATE

ABC research divides day, night in new plan

MARY Lillian Wills

DTD to likely tab Perez prez

'Stories' for Rappaport

Frankel shingleto hang at Hansen

ABC takes 'Step' to bump 'Clueless'

A LOW-KEY '97 MONTE CARLO

SOADY EXITS SHOWSCAN

P'GRAM FACES THE MUSIC

ABC wins the (Tues)day, though Fox 'Lies' in wait

Anderson's high on Miramax's 'Mighty"

B'casters get gov't reprieve

DANES GETS 'MISERABLES'

Fox hopes to create pix Magic

Hub PBS supplier ups it profile

Pandora nabs 'Days'

Sogetel inks filmmaker

ShoWest shows Gooding support

Stringer to Ch. 4?

Carey gets Crave-ing

Mann gets DGA Aldrich nod

BIRTHS

RIVAL FESTS DIG IN

INDIA

'Sparks' saps Trimark profit

Chris-Craft says UPN earnings smaller

FRENCH HIRE FOR WB

Isaacson, Neesan ankle U

Silver Pix taps Gwartz

U.S. music sales inch up in '96

Waller claims gender, age discrimination against KTLA

SHORT TAKE

Alphabet wins Wed.with laffer lineup

'Eve' CD-ROM wins top honor at Milia

U.K.

GERMANY

Star TV stays in Hong Kong

TAPER FEST SETS LINEUP

US West Media loses $81 mil in qtr.

Dow wows investors, hitting record

Sony sets 'firm terms' distrib rule

'Fargo' nom de snip poses Acad dilemma

TOP B.O. 'STAR' IS REBORN

REEL LIFE

Roos has 'Bounce' in Propaganda deal

Corman-Kastner deal has Dutch financing

FRENCH CONNECTION

Chong vows to vie for 2nd FCC term

MUSICLAND REPRIEVE

Pleshette, Millner team up

ShoWest to honor Arnold as a mensch

Oscar watch

'ELLIOT' ON THE EDGE

Fox exec Henderson ankles

Alphabet looks out for No. 2

Kennedy guests on 'Chicago Hope'

LEIGH SEEKS FUNDS FOR GILBERT & SULLIVAN PIC

ASCAP tunesmiths earn record royalties in '96

Russia fest taps exec committee

Dutch channel in soccer deal

Court upholds DF1 sub sales injunction

'Smilla' thriller leads off Berlin film festival

De Souza moves to WMA

CAA inks 5 Sundancers

Mouse ears for Master Thesp Lovitz

'WATER' FILLS SANDLER'S CUP

Spanish-lingo Televisa launches biz news net

Valentine's B.O. heartening

You can bet on these Oscar picks

The 'Inside' squeeze on O.J.

'Kings' on directors' list of docu nominations

Coveny takes CBS Prods. VP post

'Fired Up' set for hot slot

Pathe bands in lotto bid

ITALY

U FOSTERING MOVE

All-star Taylor fete is fun for all

'Asteroid' hurtles to season ratings record

Excusez-moi, Mr. Chirac

Souvenirs of old H'w'd on auction block

BIRTHS

Roberts buttons up 'Paulie'

O'SEAS B.O. TAKING OFF

Oz nets to add new TV rating

Scripps Howard taps Walker

Showscan qtr. down

PHILIPS IN DUTCH

Oscar watch

After 'Blade,' Shooting Gallery has ducks in row

'Tommy' & 'Martin'

New releases

Miramax buys 'Four Days' as Berlin film fest bows

Alley's 'Toothless' tops Disney's Alphabet slate

Rhino buys Charles recordings

AUSTRALIA

London HQ for Sony Digital Sound

SPC takes 'Tango Lesson'

Art directors honor 'Patient,' 'Space'

Sked changes set at WB

BERLINALE PLANS POTSDAMER MOVE

SHORT TAKES

MIRAMAX, PAR OPEN 'DOORS'

Reissue realigns B.O. galaxy

Jacko baby scoop may be wife's tale

Exec Shuffle

PORTNOW SR. VP NOW

Levin levitated at WB net

120 pix set for Santa Barbara Festival

OZ SAT SALE SUGGESTED

AUSTRALIA

ITALY

America Online names Vradenburg legal chief

TriStar ignites 'Wildfire' spec

Underwood, Reid churn 'Cheese' deal

Some independent thoughts about Oscars

A Nightmare Come True

Nowhere

Twin Town

A Moon for the Misbegotten

Speed-the-Plow

Speed-the-Plow

Shirley Horn

Wild!Lifeadventures: African Garden of Eden

The Chris Rock Show

Mandela and de Klerk

Smillas Sense of Snow

Shirley Horn

Wild!Life Adventures:African Garden of Eden

The Chris Rock Show

Mandela and de Klerk

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Asteroid

The Best Job in the World

Hannah

Beyond the Garden

Didier

Saraka Bo

Excuse Me, Darling, But Lucas Loved Me

Love God

Hugo Pool

Joe's So Mean to Josephine

Finished

Licensed to Kill

Peter and Wendy

Sweet Power

Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore

The Sad Lament of Pecos Bill on the Eve of Killing His Wife

Boychik

A Perfect Mother

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson