The lies of the land

Franco lobbyists cite 2 Cannes pix as TV-bound

Saleh sails to Disney sr. VP-treasurer

Clinton tunes up for VH1 spec

Hare's 'Skylight' preem to open season at Forum

Daybreak for Sirkin-Ross: Development VP

TV AZTECA ADDS EL SALVADOR AFFIL

Sochi to host Russian fest

EURO DISNEY LOSSES MOUNT

Norway's A-Pressen ups profile: TV 2 stake grows

African Barter lands syndie slate

MGM Gold pacts for Philippines

Multicanal runs into Paraguay

DECISION DELAYED ON C4 CHIEF

San Sebastian Festival to honor Bogdanovich

ELECTRONIC CINEMA FEST SHOWCASES HDTV WORKS

BAFTAS, MEET OSCAR

3 donors to help KCET go high-def

TENPERCENTERIES

LAI BACK AND ENJOYS IT

Marlow going out with bang

STATIONS TRY MAKING HAY ON MAY SWEEPS

Elfman, Fox TV do 'Dharma'

Farrellys' 'Bass' caught

U Pix takes Dyja's 'Play' for Imagine

KEANE ADDS 7 YEARS TO MOUSE PACT

Beeb-Discovery launches set

MCA wraps Interscope deal

KEEN FOR 'KEENEN'

CLEAR CHANNEL BUOYED 22%

LIN spins record revenue in 1st qtr.

Accord is music to orgs' ears

Garin grabs exec VP slot at Furman Selz

TCI'S ROSY REPORT

MIRAMAX EXEX EXIT

Hunt to helm 'Convenience' for TriStar Pix

ABC leaves 'L.A.' behind

Lloyd gets green for 'Martian'

Treaty rewrite rattles RIAA

20th cranks up kidvid line

INSIDE MOVES

CORRECTIONS

Terms of attachment

Tribeca ups Epstein to prod'n prez

Echostar maintains status quo

Seven up on Metromedia buy

Edwards' legacy: 18 new plexes

MUSICAL CHEERS

Eye pops, NBC hot , ABC drops, NBC tops

Hispanic group aims ire at Disney

LIN spins record revenue in 1st qtr.

Heche's 'Wild Side' to be seen on cable

Gabriel Figueroa

EASTWOOD: NO CANNES DO

SUMMER ASSAULT

U signs off on October acquisition

Lewis: Remake'em laugh

Nichols theme parks it at U

MUSIC HATH CHARMS TO SOOTHE SEAGRAM

Lit lairs Broder Kurland, Sanford-Goss partner

SHOOTING GALLERY TAPS BICKEL FOR INT'L POST

DISNEY SETS ABC PIX

NBC HOLDS ONTO 1ST IN ROUND 1 OF SWEEPS

MIRAMAX INT'L TAPS KLAIN SR. VP OF MARKETING

ELSON EXITS ARTIST DIRECT

VWilliam Cooper Higgins

'LOIS & CLARK' EXITS ABC MAY SWEEPS

U.S. SLAPS 4 PIRATES

FOX TO OPEN 'MOUTH' IN U.K.

HAWN TO HELM 'HOPE'

U ON-LINE PARTNERS WITH CYBERNAUTICS

TCI GROWING BIZ ARM

Fox B'cast's Kendall adds duties

Fox B' cast's Kendall adds duties

Regal Cinemas profit gets royal 1st qtr. hike

Jordan: Eye's prospects good

LOCATION NEWS

Cinematheque hosts Greenaway

WGA landslide vote OKs pubcaster rules

Brian May

Jeffrey Cochran

Harry Paul Tatelman

NBC AND AZTECA FACE STAND-OFF

Brits smell the Roses at Montreux fest

BBC's Faber Company man

MADONNA HITS APEX

Goldblum moves from ICM to William Morris

SPRINGER LASHES BACK AT ANCHORS

Glover bringing 'Da Funk' to NFL

U.K. stars spar in campaign

WITH 'ELLEN' OUT, ORG POUTS

U puts its theme mark on Orlando

Pearson ups Drachkovitch

Optus Vision gets artsy with Ovation

Wharf to challenge ruling in UIH case

GUJRAL OK'S TV BILL

U goes for Spice Girls pic

Artear triumphs at TV awards

Pitt golden at Japan B.O.

Czechs take issue with EC TV quota

Dutch study commercial pix

AUSTRALIA

LATIN AMERICA

Alliance, Discovery pact

Alliance, Discovery pact

KW gamers renewed through 2002

Anchor's away over Springer

Miramax nabs rights to 'My Son'

MCA lands a 1-2 punch with Strait, Blige bows

IATSE forms safety panel

AUTEUR! AUTEUR!

Hindery mends fences

HITCHED

Pitch room set for Cannes

Buena Vista hires Cohen for pay TV

Call Thomas Ishmael for USA mini

SHORT TAKES

Lowe, Ice-T, Reynolds pack 'Crazy Six' actioner

MGM taps Gleason sr. veep

SYNDIES STILL SLIDING

Rogers cuts losses in first qtr.

Univision's first quarter yields 18% revenue surge

U Rec Group taps Nichols and promotes Williams

BLACK INK FOR ODEON

CAPITOL FILM BOOST

Seagal gets 'Patriot'-ic with indie

Schneider answers 'Knock'

Goldwyn gets Sherman's 'Bent' for U.S. distrib'n

Goldwyn gets Sherman's 'Bent' for U.S. distrib'n

Goldwyn gets Sherman's 'Bent' for U.S. distrib'n

Initial Ent. acquires 'Jane' sales rights

Nance's 'Medusa' goes mini at ABC

'Dragonfly' lands at UA

'Love' leads Seattle fest

Landslide for Labor in Britain

Pressman going global with Quadra

'Doll' housed in 'Kiss' slot

'Doll' housed in 'Kiss' slot

SURVIVAL TACTICS

KTLA cameraman arrested

Carrey-led April B.O. bests 1996 frame by 8%

Goldberg in 'Saving' role

VARIETY AT CANNES

Viacom up on rumors

FOX 2000 LANDS LINSON

FOX 2000 LANDS LINSON

Senators wield big stick on TV ratings

Helmer Herek is 'Holy' roller

NEWS' PADDEN SKY DIVES

Bruckheimer inks new Disney pact

Out 'Ellen' gives ABC rating rout

Eenie Meaney: 'Owd' man in

NEWS' PADDEN SKY DIVES

Poitier does diplomatic duty

A Connery filmography

Bond, James Bond, online

Film group fetes great Scot thesp

'Heavyweight's' thesp beginnings

NOBODY DOES IT BETTER

NOBODY DOES IT BETTER

A patriot's charitable role

Agent 007 accepts mission to produce

A once and future star

Ford's father figure

UNTOUCHABLE

TV gets in the spirit

Are you now or have you ever...

MIKE LEIGH'S 'SECRETS' & BILE

Playing their song

Newman's own: magazine editorials

Heston shoots for NRA board

ABC GETS THURS. LIFT

McGregor to be 'Eye' guy

Brody to toe 'Thin Red Line'

Daily Variety at Cannes

UPN taps Levey senior VP for PR

Shelton set for hip-hop ride on 'I-95'

Whalley exits Interscope

Torre bio on deck at Showtime

Channel 4 raids BBC for Jackson

B'cast auction in budget deal

POST COASTS ONLINE

POST COASTS ONLINE

B.O. highlights

LONGSHOTS COME IN

Early wrap for Cooper at TriStrar

Kuhn preems Polygram banner

Captain Kirk boldly goes where he's been

Melton to Viacom as top D.C. lobbyist

Gretemeyer to ankle ABC post

Jackson's 'Hard Copy' suit dismissed

Sophie Claire Birnbach Haft

Telepiu's losses double

20TH TAPS THOMPSON

VNU takes equity stake in Dutch distrib

CanWest told to pare Ten stake

'JEDI' BRIGHTENS MAY DAZE

Bank group takes over Videovisa

Bank group takes over Videovisa

Sanchez-Camino heads to KMEX

Miller signs on for Zone radio show

LIT PICKS

Bo Widerberg

Karyl Waldman

Esther Merrill Hershon

Jim McCawley

Mike Royko

SHORT TAKES

HITCHED

'Truce' set to open rights fest

NICK CAPTURES 'ANIMORPHS'

Exec Shuffle

Big 3 gain isn't super

Philips bows its DVD player Stateside

ABC settles into Mexico digs

CPI platforms 1st-qtr. profit

TCI STOCK: DEJA VU

U GETS ITS IRISH UP

New Line, Katja named in Ripper suit

Jury in kid mag suit says Disney must pay $4.5 mil

Imax, Showscan ink settlement

WB taps Patton for VP post

DeClie is TV's new Tarzan

O'Shea joins Metromedia

Sinclair group buys Wayans strip

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

CORRECTIONS

Mandalay TV adds Voci

EXHIBS BANKING ON HIGH-TECH SITES

'Smithee' by Smithee

'Gump' trumps NBC 'Invasion'

ALPHABET IN DENIAL

De Bont debarks next for 'Zero Hour'

TONY TOASTS 'LIFE'

Par TV near talker deal with Mandel

S.F.-based Click 3 opens L.A. office

Sweeps 'Odyssey': 'True' nightmares

NEWS CORP. SAT WOES

WMA adds Schweiger to stable

Whalley, Interscope make nice

Ex-anchor Waller suing KTLA, Trib over demotion

Bassett gets prop job with 'Wings'

Twentieth TV taps Lachman

BANKING ON AIRWAVES

INSIDE MOVES

But what does Roone really think?

Karmazin karma gives CBS a shove

SAG-AFTRA panel OKs ad contract vote

Cinemark profits double

HOME SHOPPING HOPPING

Evergreen Media cuts losses

'Broken English' speaks up for exclusives' lead

Winfrey, Rosie set for Emmy show

'Cochran' taps panel for bomb trial

M-Net riled up over proposed licensing fee

V-CHIP BORDER RAID

'Star Wars' Japan stop set

Cinemark reeling in Brazil

Premiere primed for prod'n partnerships

HITCHED

Outer Crix bestow legit nods

Underdog 'Powers' nat'l B.O.

'SCREAM' TOPS O'SEAS B.O.

Cara Parker Kienitz

'U.S. Marshals' closing in on Downey Jr.

Daily Variety at Cannes

Tonys will feature many famous faces

Beck

Ellen: The Puppy Episode

Ellen: The Puppy Episode

The Absolute Truth

The Absolute Truth

The Absolute Truth

Steaming

The Quick-Change Room

Robin Cook's 'Invasion'

Steaming

The Quick-Change Room (Scenes From a Revolution)

Robin Cook's 'Invasion'

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

Truth or Consequences, N.M.

Exile Shanghai

The Trap

We All Fall Down

O Amor Natural

The Acrobats

Baby Nobody

Ties to Rachel

The Sun Sisters

Arlette

The Target

In Praise of Older Women

If I Never See You Again

Guilt Free

Elisa ... Before the End of the World

There's No Pain in Paradise

Saint Lucifer

Recipes to Stay Together

Out in the Open

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Corn

Steel Pier

The Little Foxes

The Life

The Goodbye Girl

Robin Cook's 'Invasion'

Too Close to Home

Soul Man

Grand Funk Railroad

Fathers' Day

Wall of Liberty

Jack Paar: As I Was Saying

Knots Landing:Back to the Cul-de-Sac

Four Queens -- No Trump