Hiller edits 'Smithee' spin

GROSS BEHAVIOR

Kurzweil moves to Universal CityWalk

Ex-anchor Waller fires lawsuit at KTLA

CHINA TO PROTECT MTV NAME

Barrandov sacks Marhoul

ESPN 'DAILY' DREAD

CH. 4 GETS BACK TO BASICS

With ITV under fire, chief Plantin quits

Disney gives ESPN mag sporting chance

Equity-only auditions OK'd

Discovery, Romanian cable pact

BSkyB sets up interactive venture

Springer no bounce for WMAQ

Exec Shuffle

Hayek to show for Conservancy

U.S. strikes medal for Dolby

'DRIVE,' N.Y. CRIX SAID

Barclays aims bread at pix

CANNES LINEUP SHUFFLED

Silver, Donner blitzin' Germany with action pix

Software org projects growth in gaming biz

Software org projects growth in gaming biz

FINANCIAL BRIEFS

SPELLING UP EARLY

Gaylord Ent. profit plummets in 1st qtr.

Matthews grips profit hike

BMG Classics boosts Palmer to sr. VP-G.M.

RADIO RUMBLE BREWS

MGM taps Cohen exec VP-finance

CNBC nixes 'Conan' reruns

Bill supports 9-year limit on analog TV

Family on spending spree

U out to redefine Fla. theme park

AN AGENT OF CHANGE

Biz shrugs off D.C. panel

Fox Family hedges bet on comic strip picture

De Mornay on 'Pascagoula'

Fraser seated 'Ringside'

Potter may play 'Cool' for 20th

Justice, FTC probing music's Big Six

WB hikes Buckley

Bookie bets on 'Paradise'

'Sanders' in custody battle

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

Ramis analyzing 'This' for Warners

Memo to KCBS: Must see lawyers

INSIDE MOVES

Hiller edits 'Smithee' spin

Sony leads way as B.O. enjoys record paydays

Fine Line realigns strategy

Fine Line realigns strategy

London gets 'Girl' for Par

ALPHABET OUT IN FRONT

Polygram picks up Parker

'Ernie's' AOL trip to ABC

'Ernie's' AOL trip to ABC

Lava is all you need

Manipulating mechanical marsupials manually

TV creatures gang up on film monsters

Pyromania fires up the industry

A LONG, HOT F/X SUMMER

Phoning in the effects

LOOK BACK IN WONDER

3-D pic pins down magnified moths

3-D pic pins down magnified moths

3-D pic pins down magnified moths

'Kombat' s digital army

Invisible tricks of the trade

Why CG budgets seldom compute

Gotham's future looks good in 'Element'

Dopticals rule in galaxy far, far away

Moore uproar at Cannes store

PROS AND CONNERY

Sci-Fi Channel looses Lynch on promos

Ziff-Davis to bow computer cablenet

Marni Eliza Zipper

'Ghostwriter' goes to Latin America

India b'cast bill at center of storm

BSKYB FIRMS TERMS

Fox, Scandi ink TV output deal

CANNES, UCLA TRIBUTE FIND ROSI CRUCIAL

CANNES BRIEFS

Early celebration for 'Fathers' Day'

Film attendance takes big jump in EU

Film attendance takes big jump in EU

MACHINE FOR HIRE

Auster to helm 'Lulu' for Capitol

Slow going as fest opens

Paris company MK2 backs U.S. indie pix

CANNES JURY SEEKS PEACE

Stanford exits ICM for Cowen

BLAH PRODUCT PARES SONY MUSIC QTR.

Cox earnings creep up over '96

Cox earnings creep up over '96

UA Theaters pares losses significantly

STOCKBUSTER VIDEO

Gagnon new Cinesite VP

Fate in the balance as 'Access' tumbles

ORIGINAL 'INVASION'

Continental ducks out on Fox telecast

Whose 'Titanic'? Theirs

Whose 'Titanic'? Theirs

CORRECTIONS

CABLERS COBBLE PIECE OF NET PIE

Strait flush for MCA

Universal plans new world view

New World buy,'Wars' elevate News Corp. qtr.

Peacock piles it on

CANNES IN ITS 'ELEMENT'

Salhany exiting UPNetlet

Disney wins Kelley's 'Game'

'Vampires' puts bite on Woods

Press wants info on Leibman's 'Friends'

Sony fiscal pic mixed

Carlton cuts ranks

Col TriStar snares 'Montana' int'l rights

Gotham sees 'Light,' sets new pic fund

Pandora boxes up 'Bela Donna'

Alliance has 'Brains'

Russian evolution

October puts up coin for 'Seasons'

France looking to up int'l pic pacts

Virgin Media music, travel nets in works

20th hunts Crichton's 'Prey'

Beeb exec shufle

China's largest plex opens in Shandong

Mediaset eyes digital deal

South Africa's IBA cited for fraud

Alliance sets up 'Assault' for TNT

Fox's Mechanic keynoter for USC

Fox B'casting buoys McCoy

Miramax Films lands Merlet's 'Artemesia'

Elwell tapped for Polygram TV post

Col TriStar slots talkshow exex

NATPE kicks off Anifx Expo

Cybal Fabreona Braasch and Christopher Dwight Hall

BSkyB profits up 21% as growth continues

MSG net, WPIX strike Yankees b'cast deal

Harvey draws in red ink

Promark ups Haferkamp

Fuji increasing U.S. operations

Fox Music veeps Ziffren to oversee songs, scores

Jamieson walks to Avenue

Springer is sprung in Chicago

NBC renames cable 'Dateline'

KFWB taps KMEX Clinton coverage

DGA PENSION TENSION

CORRECTION

'Moesha' sold to 25 stations

Daily Variety at Cannes

U.S. skewers sea of pirates

Stevens to tie together 'Swan Song'

CAA, Ketay agency stage a partnership

DiPego to pen 'Message'

'ELLEN' KEEPS TITLE

Rudd joins Aniston in 'Affection'

Bevy of BVI deals inked at Cannes

Disney TV, Karz cozy up

Sony fiscal pic mixed

O.C., Long Beach eligible for Oscars

O.C., Long Beach eligible for Oscars

MILLENNIUM UPS PROD'N

THE NEWT-ERED TV ERA

Cameron waives his 'Titanic' fees

Padden pending as ABC network prexy

'Fifth' goes first; no pop in 'Fathers'

NBC LONG ON LAUGHS

WB goes for 4th primetime night

FILM'S BEST FETE 50TH FEST

Minghella in sweet deal

J&M gets foreign 'Tribe'

Two tooners win Daytime Emmys

Two tooners win Daytime Emmys

'CYCLONE' HITS TOUCHSTONE

DOGSTAR CATCHES FOX

Turturro set for helm on 'Illuminata'

Director Mangold cops Miramax deal

Cinetel nabs 'Past' rights

'Onegin' goes to Rysher

Intermedia to handle Allen, Mamet movies

Intermedia to handle Allen, Mamet movies

SEINFELDERS SIGN FOR NO. 9

Goldman to get Jerusalem Award

FX opens weeknight slots for 'X,' 'NYPD'

Tiger frenzy drives nets to spend big on pro golf

NBC Thursday scores top May mark

Daily Variety at Cannes

'ROSIE' SYNDIE UPFRONT

FOX OPTIONS MIDDLETON'S 'LIFE'

McCree mothers ABC's 'Pop' pilot

Vanocur to play in Peoria ratings forum

Fuji eyes stake in JSkyB

'Con Air' helmer forms prod'n banner

'Con Air' helmer forms prod'n banner

Disney goes sci-fi to make a 'Buck'

SCHICKEL, TNT TO GLINT CLINT

'NOWHERE' FINDS ITS PLACE

Bart, Weinstein toast new tome

Silver sez U will do splits

Van Damme will topline 'Legionnaire'

Kuroiwa sets 'Pig' for spit

C4 takes a global approach

CANAL+ TOUGH ON TV RIGHTS

SHORT TAKES

Arrests stall Prima TV sale

Marhoul's firing draws mixed reviews

United eyes U.K. digital

U.K. may open cable to key telco

U.K. may open cable to key telco

O'SEAS B.O. CARREY-ING ON

LIT PICKS

Cablevision earnings up; offload brings $78 mil

Divorce, sat-TV style

Exec Shuffle

Nick sets 'Rugrats' CD-ROM

ABC going nat'l for kids

Drama org lauds 'Life'

Valenti group looks at ratings criticism

Patack named local MPAA VP

Minor trial off pending plea

Fraser rides whale

Col TriStar nabs U.S. rights to Gyllenhaal's 'Homegrown'

Punch putting trio of pix in production

Fast-talkers can't hold a candle to Pressman

Fantozzi stages WMA exit

Bancroft books O'Reilly thriller

Murdoch moving in on Dodgers, Fox confirms

Top exec to ankle German station RTL2

NBC busts a movie

'Element' in style

'Nowhere' fast, in first at exclusives

Cable booming in rural China

Scandinavian upturn

Telekom's sowing seeds for bouquets

MGM snags Berenger pic

Sceneries sets up fund for int'l indies

CANNES BRIEFS

SAMUELSON ADDS PIX

Polygram pic looking for partner

Fine Line dives into 'Ocean'

'BIRD' FEATHERS NEST

Jackson, Sayles in 'Carolina'

MGM taps Reagan executive veep

Smith named MGM VP, promos & sponsorships

H'W'D GOES OVERBOARD

Telco threat looms for Canuck cablers

Comcast 1st-qtr. earnings up

PAXSON BUYS WBIS

Dick Clark revenue drops

IPO interest heavy for Aussie Scanbox

'Fathers' figures fall flat for WB

Daily Variety at Cannes

'EYES' SNAKEBITTEN

TBS made a run at 'Seinfeld'

TBS made a run at 'Seinfeld'

INSIDE MOVES

CBS yanks 'Dave's' for more 'Nanny'

Granada expanding to U.S.

Hughes bros. ink with CAA

Correction

Sibyls mull Ciby 2000's future sale

News bad at EchoStar

'Don' puts hit on CBS

Stocks rock 'n' roll

Must C-TV: NBC relies on comedy

Filmline sets Brando in 'Money'

'Godzilla' hopes for big bite of B.O.

The Fifth Element

The Offspring/L7

New Theatre for Now 1997

The Offspring/L7

New Theatre for Now 1997

The Turkish Bath - Hamam

The Young Girl and the Monsoon

Curse of the Starving Class

Waiting for Lefty

Mario Puzo's the Last Don

Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac

Jack Paar: As I Was Saying ...

The Last Don

Finally Alone

The Smallest Foundation in the World

Strange Times

Strange Times

The Way to a Woman's Heart

The Conquest

Little Shots of Happiness

Morella

The Drive

The Drive

Joe's Wedding

Floating

Warriors of Virtue

Fathers' Day

Swethearts

Home Before Dark

The Turkish Bath -- Hamam

Night Music

The Last Gasp

Noel Field: The Fictitious Spy

Donka: X-Ray of an African Hospital

The Bandit

Somersault in a Coffin

Journey on a Clock Hand

Please Don't Go

Drejan

Deadful Melody

Dangerous Dowry

Bitter Oranges

Quadrille

Dad's Tired and Emotional Again

The Gods Must Be Dancing

Escape

Mind the Gap

Mind the Gap

Blue Mountain

Tortilla and Cinema

Days of Miandi

The Way

Six O'Clock News

The Szelid Brothers

Persistence

The Master Detective Lives Dangerously

L'Hiver

Harlem Duet

Dona Rosita, the Spinster

Popcorn

Candide

London Assurance

Rudyard Kipling's The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli and Baloo

The Chemical Brothers

The Chemical Brothers

Big Head Todd & the Monsters

Spearhead

The Chemical Brothers

The Chemical Brothers

Spearhead

Yesterday Came Too Soon: The Dorothy Dandridge Story