Par Studio ups Essel to sr. veep

Polygram to take 'Earth' to world

Diller sets up test for CityVision

Mary Oakes

EAGLES 'GREATEST' FLIES TO TOP

U pub boosts Sakson, Gengl

U SNAGS RIGHTS TO 'MICROSERFS'

Jersey embarks on 'Coolhunt'

Schwimmer picks up pair of parts

CORREX

Clinton spins bottle at kids, seeks FCC liquor ad probe

Shelton wins suit vs. Fox

MGM Worldwide sets Nat'l Enquirer specs

'Fox Breakfast' ups Swann

BBC sweeps Brit Acad noms

EU, PARLIAMENT TALK TV

PerfecTV falls short of subscriber target

China one-ups Disney with its own Tibet pic

Levin sheds light on TW's plans

Robert M. Light

Wardenclyffe's 'Within' leading off 3-indie slate

TURBULENT TO DISTRIB U.S. 'LILIES'

Disney TV, DGA training open

SAG panel backs OT reduction

NELSON TO WB AS PROMO DIRECTOR

Kassar lands'Triage' book for 6-figures

Wayans bros. in, out at CAA

Watters new studio ops prexy at U

Collins again plays vixen for Spelling

'Feeling' fine at preem

Pix pile up for 40th S.F. film festival

DIGITAL TV'S HAZY PICTURE

Ken Hansen

Martin Caidin

Latin Sky raises $375 mil

Exex defend big-tix pix

ABC lays weekend eggs

BIZ'S BIG PICTURE: GREEN

Exec Shuffle

Lancit taps Solomon chair-CEO

Red Ant bites Delicious Vinyl

Spanish tooner, TFI in pact for series

Sonia Wolfson

Jean Widmark

MUSIC BIZ FINE-TUNING ITS TOURING

'Hunting' snares Minnie Driver

Murdoch gets greenlight atop Premiere Power 100

Jodorowsky,Arau go sci-fi

Tarantino eyes crime comedy

H'WOOD PIC POWER

Kasdan son also rises; winding new 'Toy'

Reeve takes over world at Dennis Davidson Assoc.

STORM CAN'T SHUTTER HUB SHOWS

Bruckheimer teams on buy

WGA CORRECTS BLACKLIST CREDITS

INSIDE MOVES

Reed in pact with 'Kicking' duo

Street sale after Barton takes Liberty

Jackson 'Negotiates' $5 mil

A NEW HOUSE FOR MOUSE

CANADA

GERMANY

WB bags 'The Trio'

'Directors' focusing on U.S.

CFP hitches 'Wagon'

LUCCI GETS 17TH SHOT

THE DIGITAL DILEMMA

Warner, HBO rock with 'Reverb' series

CARLTON BUY OF RANK A DONE DEAL

Cinergi's library goes to Disney

ABC to show 'Arsenio' hall

Helmer bats an eye at webs'request to excerpt Bauby pic

Giuliani's no Cuomo

U INKS MAJOR SCANDI TV PACT

Latin toon web adds new series

MGM Music ups Sandoval

New Line promo exec Laufer upped

Lembeck inked to helm 'Audrey Hepburn' pic

MTV won't suffer 'Idiot'

Gallery report reveals deal

Gelbart races with Showtime drama

Watchdog says b'casters'donations buy influence

Companies land rights to digitally b'cast radio

BOWL TO SERVE UP SUMMER OF DEBUTS

NEESON IN FORCE FIELD

B.I.G. week of sales puts'Death' atop album chart

MSNBC ready to take wraps off new HQ

Fox ups Darnell to spex sr. VP

MEXICO

Godzilla dad Tanaka dies

LOCATION NEWS

HIGH -TECH HOLLYWOOD

INSIDE MOVES

'U MUSCLE PUSHES 'TREK' FROM TOP

Brillstein-Grey and Fox feud over new show

CanWest sublicenses 'Traders' to CBC

Komuro picks up 'Speed II'

Mediaset profit off slightly

IRISH WEB GETS BACKER

WB TV ups Wolfson to VP

GREIF UNVEILS 1997 SCHEDULE

Sayles to script 'Exodus'

Wynne drops 'Bombshell' on Trimark

Telemundo's stock slips under pressure

Paxson opts out of TV deal

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

Cox leaves 'Las Vegas'

Kirkpatrick buys 'Bruno'

AN ELECTRONIC TONIC?

Beacon ups McWethy to VP

Four series win Peabodys

Logigian joins Doumanian co.

FCC STARTS DIGITAL CLOCK

Stringer in talks with Sony

Endemol plans foray into German news

Security firms in merger

Ellman to exec produce 'Gayle'

S&P cheerier on TW

CINERGI FOLDING FIRMED

CBS sweeping 'Murphy' into earlier time period

ABC NEWS HITS NET

INSIDE MOVES

Snipes heading 'Down'

CHICAGO RE-FIRES

SYNERGY SIGHTING

Dawn of the digital TV era

Karlovy Vary fest to honor Forman

CanWest in breach of Oz TV laws

Nick signs celebs for Kids' nods

Mammoth tracks 'Hurricane'

Disney TV names West business VP

WB comedy off to 'Smart' start

Nova distrib debuts with 'Dream'

Disney/ABC brass may give 'Home' depositions

CORRECTIONS

No single system ready to roll yet

HITCHED

Exec Shuffle

Matsushita eyes Euro TV

Weinsteins to receive IFP honor

ABC, K-L in suicides pact

INSIDE MOVES

'TIC' TACKS TRIO TO PIC

CLARIFICATION

Connery on the verge of 'Avengers'

DGA panel to study long workday issue

Telcos nix ASkyB deal, slim Tele-TV

NUMBERS

Fun films for the whole cult

Rudolph to shine on bigscreen

KCAL nabs Fox Sports trio

LEAHY WILL PEN 'HERALD'

B.O. GIVES 'DEVIL' ITS DUE

Taos fest marks Blacklist anni

CBS series 'EZ Streets' at dead end

Mandalay 'Scores' Taylor spec

ICM subs Murphy for Cooperman

IBM bridges digital TV gap

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

'SAINT' HOT ON 'LIAR'S' TRAIL

Jack Kent Cooke

Victor Amadio

LIT PICKS

Study: Earlier arts classes needed

Mason on top of new London pix

CANADA

DISNEY RUBS OFF INK

Nelvana toonery flat in '96

TECH UNION AT NAB

INSIDE MOVES

CORRECTIONS

Retro rock concert set

Scott's 'Kane' pic woos stars, studio

DOCU DRAMA UNFOLDS

Mip trip shaping up as must-see U.S. TV

Peacock renews 'Susan'

Truffaut returns via 'Magic' trick

ROSEY'S FUTURE ISN'T

SHORT TAKES

Lifetime taps Hayden veep

Euro culture chiefs talk treaty, pubcasting

UNITED KINGDOM

Hindery shakes up TCI exex

Coppola co. partners in San Fran f/x outfit

Distillers seek joint ad code

Sacker upped at Miramax

INSIDE MOVES

New 'Truman' villain: Harris

Re-do ratings or we'll do it, senators say

B.O. highlights

Danes dismiss Pollack's suit

Nathanson launches volley in cable wars

Jackson tour promoter nabbed on tax charges

Berry set to headline HBO's Dandridge pic

IRKED OVER OVERTIME

VALENTI ON DEFENSIVE

Pioneers to honor Corwin

MGM taps Slominski for telecom unit

Fox's 'Martin' winds down 5-season run

Matthews expands its reach

Hicks falls for 'Snow' at Universal

Fox, ho! Columbus keeps anchor at 20th

AFI adds digital media

Latinos making multichannel link

German B.O. has strongest qtr. since '50s

'Anna Karenina' on track at exclusive B.O.; 'Amy' 2nd

Phoenix Pix ups Bayman to sr. biz-legal affairs VP

USA wins bet for 'Casino'

'Col corrals UA's 'Horses'

Interscope seeks 'Divorce'; Selleck steady

'PEAK' TWEAKS O'SEAS

U.K.'s C5 NEAR ASTRA SAT DEAL

'The Saint,' 'Liar' set B.O. on fire

Talent org honors Brokaw

ROOM FOR HUME IN FLA.

Trio set for 'Prodigy'

Pulitzers freeze out legit

Pix' B.O. blast fails to last

'VALOUR!' CELEBRATION IS BETTER PART OF GLAMOUR

Col TriStar taps Rodi ad VP

Miramax buys 'Blue' toon

UNAPIX ELLIS INK DOCU DISTRIB DEAL

COMPUTER SECTOR, B'CASTERS SEEK DIGITAL HARMONY

Intel exec: PC, TV to wed

ENTERTAINMENT COALITION TAPS CFO

Alphabet net bets on TBWA for ads

CANAL+ TIPS HAND

Col TriStar TV veeps Bernstein

Eye to limit Tonycast awards

ABC takes 'View' toward Walters talker

HAMMOND WORTH PIC

'God' brings Levinson, Weinstein together

'SICK' DOES WELL AT L.A. INDIE FEST

NBC calls for Conan to 2002

CAA'S MAD SCRAMBLE

Jordan: Biz needs to rev up

'Valour!' celebration is better part of glamour

Morphine

Morphine

A Doll's House

Benny Green

Jonathan Richman

When Secrets Kill

Louisa May Alcott's the Inheritance

David

Jonathan Richman

When Secrets Kill

Louisa May Alcott's the Inheritance

David

The Hairy Ape

Gigi

One Fine Day

Old Wicked Songs

Samson and Delilah

Cavavy

Mrs. Santa Claus

Daylight

The Summer of Ben Tyler

Honour Among Theives

Fever Pitch

Liquid Gaze

Grosse Pointe Blank

Heavy Weather

Adam & Eve

Pousse Cafe

Night Bus 807

B.A.P.S

Nature's Warrior

Waiting for the Man

Five Days, Five Nights

Five Days, Five Nights

Stand Tall

The Finals

The Volcano Man

Pusher

Bullet

Attempts on Her Life

Healthy Baby Girl

R.S.V.P. Broadway

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Bunny Bunny -- Gilda Radner: A Sort of Romantic Comedy

Jewel

When Innocence Is Lost

Still Breathing

Jewel

When Innocence Is Lost

Paradise Road

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