'CHIMERE' CZECHS IN

Births

Oz budget cuts TV, preserves film coin

CanWest, WIC ink 5-year program deal

'Chimere' Czechs in

CME pulls out of Puls

Televisa names Velasco prez of news

Agent Marston to Curtis Brown Ltd.

BFI honors Puttnam

Hero, UFC ink pact

Fox hikes Steinfeld

USA tops ratings

Collette grabs 'Boys'

Gallic history web up

Cable aud up to 24%

Gallic pix get pricey

Sony Pix racks up Spice Girls movie

October rolls with Neil Young docu

Cannes Briefs

Cine Visions, ICE team up

TCM to show rediscovered Capra silent

Hallmark, CBS pact to 'Immortal'-ize Halperin

Continental divide: MediaOne launches

EchoStar turns up volume in fight with News Corp.

Family buoys MTM's sheet

AMC bumps up profit

Parmeter Eye promo VP

Sports net scores

Babyface tops BMI honors

'Rambo' rights to Dimension

Univision chief urges buyers to think Latino

Judge trims suit against Lee

DeLellis ankles Fox vid arm

Viacom nets up Robina to senior veep

FCC hits the bottle

JSkyB accepts Fuji TV, Sony as partners

Trio of thesps going 'Deep'

On next 'Oprah': Rosie O'Donnell!

Singer Stefani powers to UTA for acting

Huffington tries pic biz

Allen pic, doc Fine finds

CBS wins in homes, not demos

New dramas to fill WB's Tuesday night

Canton in talks with Summit

Dino-mite tracking

Kelly suiting up for 'Joan of Arc'

Lansbury to do 'Lady' redo

CORRECTION

Box squaring off against MTV U.K.

Cohen ankles Polygram post

Spiced out at Cannes

SPICED OUT AT CANNES

Counter ads to booze spots gain support

BIRTHS

Moscow's revived fest sets sked

Polygram Films taps Livingstone sr. veep

New lingo for Salvatores

October kisses up to 'Kill'

'Dobermann' pinched by Dimension

TF1 SEEKS INT'L PIX

Redhead inks Noe to helm 'Eye' drama

Game stocks pic pipeline

Miller tries Blind Date concert promotion

BBC's new $8 mil logo designed to save coin

Telefilm lists its assists

Warner cost-cutting hits Mexican store

BARRANDOV CHIEF SHORT ON SPECIFICS

UCI OPENS DOOR TO JAPAN

ZDF sleuths hanging shingles at DF1

HIGH-TECH HOLLYWOOD

LOCATION NEWS

DreamWorks taps McGrath for publishing

'Xena' getting stronger

Toon comedy on history set for Kids' WB

Winger raps CineFin for 'Rapture' $

CableAces get a revamp

Harry Blackstone dies at 62

Brenda Carlin dies at 57

Jeffrey Selznick dies at 64

Marco Ferreri dies at 69

CORRECTION

'Journal' scratches Glass

Student Academy Awards announced

HBO makes '11th Hour' decision

SPICE GIRLS TASTE NO.1

Fox 2000 puts Adams in 'Place'

WBDTD ups Kantrowitz

Oz's Southern Star drawn to U.K.'s Circle

TCI trims qtr. loss from '96

BT closer to MCI buyout

O'Connor set to helm 'Dancing'; Streep eyes role

Roseanne Rx: talk light

INSIDE MOVES

Eye wins night with 'Don's' help

Fox buys Rhymer pitch

'DREAMS' SO REAL

U.K. players brace for lottery results

Milchan, TPS ink pact, irk Canal Plus

News-Time fight gets ref

WILL SKED STOP SKID ?

KRANE TAKES BULL BY HORNS

SONY, FUJI TO FLY SKY

Belcher to UTA's movie lit dept.

'Magoo' goes stunt-crazy

Soap kisses off ad coin

Fosse scholarship tryouts Sunday

Women in Film calls for noms

Mexico to get Movie City

Grove gets fest's first award for digital tech

Williams captains the 'Dreams' team

Hacker caps 2 pic pacts

Broadway 'Mattress'bounced

Daily Variety at Cannes

Cablers clamor for Kabel

Britain's Ch. 5 plans to counter Columbia writ

Searchlight reels in 'Fish'

Sony gets romantic

Dutch indies seeking hefty quota protection

Canal Plus sues Milchan over TPS deal

Soap kisses off ad coin

Third suit vs. 'Pupil' principals

Births

TCI to carry Game Show Network

Gold Coast, Plus 8 team up

WUAB drops WB affiliation

Livent profits up in 1st quarter

All American's all up

Metromedia losses widen in 1st quarter

Exec Shuffle

Greenberg joins Working Title

Young takes 'Purple' helm

'Probe puts KCBS News first for 4th time in 11 p.m. slot

'Last Don' roll gives CBS five wins in row

Rupe heads for home

Warner incurs 'Wrath'

'Nanny' inks syndie pacts

Par veep eyes New Line prexy post

Baird going the 'Limit'

Caruso handles Details

Tayloring talk deal

'Grill' inspires 'No Man' pic

Dogstar unveils slate of pix at home, away

CORRECTIONS

Canal+ inks Miramax deal

Levin vows to lift TW

3 PLAYERS WIN U.K. LOTTERY

CABLE DIVORCE, USA-STYLE

BELL BUOYS LIZARD

'Jury' out to thesp trio

Canal Plus sues Milchan over TPS deal

Birenbaum to exit Discovery

Avnet/Kerner taps Reiner as VP, ups 2

CISNEROS STEPS UP

'Dance' could launch Latin star's screen career

Nets fine-tune lineups

Bogart nod to record producer Foster

US West paving way for TW deal

Split decision at Cannes

B.O. takes the 'Fifth'

'Pie' push: A Capitol idea

ABC schedules frosh-soph mixer

Sony turns Leeward

'Titanic' sinks into the fourth quarter

Tauzin's stunt backfires

To the rescue: a case of Cannes do derring-do

'Night' takes flight at Gotham preem

Gallic holiday? Try media melee

ABC kills story, sparks flap

Fox, UPN each likely to add 4 new shows

KCBS gets ratings boost in news at 11

'Chicago' tops Drama Desks

Lit Picks

BMI fetes pic-TV scorers

Oasis targets Internet piracy

Televisa's bird bounty is $650 mil

Court halts report on Pro7

Horlick prez NBC Europe

TV panel gutted in scandal's wake

Euro decoder deal

Sony takes ad wing

Cisneros taps Rubio

'FIFTH' FLIES HIGH

Chrysalis cuts red ink flow

Another round to TW

IFE's family matter offers stock answer

Kushner-Locke profits fall on little fare

B'cast budget fudge

Tartikoff, Smithsonian team for CBS kids show

'Caryl & Marilyn' axed as ABC tries new 'View'

'Lincoln' principals cast

Correction

Par snags rights to 'Little Tree'

Spelling, Trilogy acquire Chaos

Trio to lead Miramax department

Friday win for CBS a rare Eye opener

Joel ankles UTA for CAA

Daytimers put Oprah at 4

Kings size Haimovitz

MPCA founders face uncertain futures

Oasis targets Internet piracy

On the Croisette this year: A festival of hype

U, Amblin scare up 'Casper' deal

'Flea' bags Obie for play; 'How' wins 4

NBC's 'Odyssey' hits homer; 'Angel' holds off 3-D 'Rock'

Blatner VP, gen. counsel at Griffin

HBO schedules 'Larrython'

ABC to name Padden to top web post

Coming soon: trailer jam

ABC ditches half its lineup, pitches family

Fox lineup reshaping Thursdays

D'Works, U lasso 'Cowboys'

Sony Soundtrax taps Brunman

Cage wrestling match

Foreign Press Assn. anoints 4

'Species' cloned

Ward pacts with Citadel for TV, film

UPN block delays KCOP news to 7:30

UPN taps Bethea for programming

Appeals court sides with DreamWorks developer

WB buys 'Prosecution' pitch

Diller, HSN ink for 45% stake in Ticketmaster

Totals light week before 'Lost World'

Quick, Mom and Dad! Cover the kids' eyes!

'King,' 'Wonderland' top S.F. Film Festival

Exec Shuffle

Tiffany Theater closes for facelift

Heat melts o'seas B.O.

HBO discovers 'Fathers'

Discovery taps Wear int'l prez

'Valour' collars top spot among exclusives

NetChannel lines up Web alliances

Prez: Keep China's trade status

Sony, Hitachi get nods from TSE, OSE

Picking up signals

O'seas Film profits halved

Carrey stuck on 'Limpet'

Hallmark's Hewitt changes role

ASCAP taps Ballard songwriter of year

'V/V' cast change causes controversy

Kini & Adam

Columbo: A Trace Of Murder

Tina Turner; Cyndi Lauper

Afterglow

Kini & Adams

Columbo: A Trace of Murder

Tina Turner; Cyndi Lauper

Sprung

Shlemiel the First

The Odyssey

The Sweet Hereafter

Promises, Promises

Shlemiel the First

Destiny

The Odyssey

The Sweet Hereafter

Four Million Houseguests

The Odyssey

Nil by Mouth

Welcome to Sarajevo

My Son the Fanatic

Heinrich Von Kleist's the Prince of Homburg

All My Sons

A Streetcar Named Desire

Jitney

Blackbirds of Broadway

Gypsy and the Yellow Canary

East Palace, West Palace

Night Falls on Manhattan

True Women

Come A-Waltzing with Me

The Herbal Bed

A Knight Out in Los Angeles

Weapons of Mass Distraction

True Women

Addicted to Love

True Women

The Eel

Mark Eitzel; Tuatara; Minus 5

Erasure

Bigger Than Bubble Gum

Mark Eitzel; Tuatara; Minus 5

Ghosts

She's So Lovely

King David