Small pix enter summer's dark horse race

Thomas a Turner Original

Magic talker taps Sheila E.

'Leather' opens N.Y. fest

MTV sets Texas sports fest

Births

Asman tapped for 'In Depth' post

New MTV strip 'Oddville' to debut June 16

Tenpercentieries

Disney ape for remake

Producers tracking the rights stuff

Court TV to answer viewers

Charette Saban Ent. prod'n VP

'Air' crew takes flight to a Hard Rock place

Allegro loses prexy, gains prod'n partner

New tricks for old Italo dogs

Lahtinen ankling Nordisk

Vary favorite son

Wharf Cable bows blurbs

CBS loads plate of lobbyist Franks

Planet H'wood adding exex

Sony back in the PC biz

Johnson to Rysher

Cancom beams WSBK signal

Pay TV is 'Lost' in Fox pact

MGM TV seeing Green atop syndie 'Fame L.A.'

Hundt takes on b'cast news

Content discontent

Radmin taps Pham as literary manager

ICM to represent Cher

Celtic goes global in U Music deal

'80s golden oldies

'Ryan' to give Pepper a shake

Ancier pares 'Ricki' duties

Brit Chaplin joins Malick's 'Red Line'

Peacock readies for '8.4' mini

Farrow works 'Miracle' for Disney

Belson moves to Henson Pix

Beacon finally snares 'Men'

Croghan on 'Scanner'

Baldwin, Lee sink teeth into 'Vampires'

Solomon barrels to Bedford Falls

Polwrek ankles U

Barclay, Bochco Prods. pact

F/x remakes hooked on the non-classics

NBA drives NBC to easy win; hockey hot for Fox

Nets get $6 bil-plus in upfront ad coin

Prime directive for ABC

B.O. in May 3% below '96

MGM lands new CFO

A Blockbuster hire

Son of TW chief exec found dead

Joe Stevens

Tony Johnson

Perry making new friends in rehab

Emmy ballots hit the street

ABC sets Snipes in made-for

Oprah denies rampant gay rumor

Do-gooder duo shuns spotlight

Film Roman exec Schultz exits post

WRC's Malveaux joining NBC News

George Fenneman

Dennis James

Asia gets the dish

New French premier taps a culture chief

EU pubcaster plan attacked

Atlantis takes 50% stake in Calibre toon-f/x house

Sony state stipend

Southern Star posts $7.8 million profit

Miramax, Alliance reup

Sussex-Rufco on 'Assignment'

Not as easy as ABC

Nets crowing over upfront blurb derby

ABC kidsked adds multishow block

Sabath runs with Wolf

V2 label taps Griffiths CFO

Golan set on 'Armstrong'

Young scripter's 'Fix' is in at WB

Revamp at MCA Records

Scott, Arnold: 'Legend'-ary duo?

Midler shopping for a new agent

Eye On People catches critical gaze

Jones' Vibe takes Spin

Correction

WB shacks up with Shaq on license deal

McCartney bow: 'Pie' in the sky

CBS in pix time share

Paradigm shift afoot

B'casters buckling on ratings

'60s revivals spur rivals

Sheppard case bound for Eye web

Dream come true

60-year payday

Force field

Big Knight

Hearkening to TV's Golden Age

Existential P.I.

It's a cool medium after all

Mind over medium

Glass half full

Seven steps to Emmy heaven

Cinderella with a Bronx accent

Enterprising Stewart deal

Jackson helms Fox's 'Canon'

Barcelona fest sets Oct. market

RAI taps Capocasa managing director

Digital war heats up

Most-Media leads Mosfilm suitor list

Canal+ Spain inks D'Works deal

Scandi TV's Wegelius ankles

Imagine TV adds 2 exex

Baker cooks new co.

Another 'Access' downgrade

Short Takes

Pair sealed for Mirvisch's 'Stamp'

Harris presents student Oscars

Hitched

Tweed sews up deals for WB show, TNT pic

Scandal boosts 'Live'

Garofalo gets 'Permanent'

Webs want their MTVP: Unit scores 1st time out

Fox drama 'Ally' adds Thorne-Smith

Acad sets Cannes fete

Bello establishes 'ER' permanent residency

Fox pushing for intense summer

Jackson action at FCC

Disney taps Johnson VP, labor relations

Saban ups Charette to veep

Murdoch scion flyin'

D'Works buys 'Kiss'

'Buffy's' Gellar set to 'Scream'

Back-to-school time for Michelle Pfeiffer

Milner in for Moraskie as Capella Intl. topper

Hide-and-seek prod'n team

Imagine ups Bostick, quietly

New cable net puts on the dog

Lemke hits H'w'd with 2-pic pitch

Cinematheque series pays tribute to Varda

DGA: A Reynolds wrap

Rupe preps big deals

Kassar co. buys Hill's spy spec

Sly eyeing New Line's 'Frequency'

Pinter to pen 'Child' for Fox

Fox plucks Pinkett pitch

Stigwood joins forces with Moran

Sequel hopes to catch 'Fugitive's' appeal

WNYW cash wins 'Carey'

Time Warner takes toll: Castle Rock staff halved

DGA elects veteran Shea to prexy post

Lawmakers opposed to new U park

Study: Much kidvid fails to educate

'Con' airborne at No. 1

Playwright retreat set

Mischer runs HK spec

Grier on way to 'Forum'; Burnett mulls takeover

Corrections

'Scream' of relief

U acquires 'Exclusive' for McEntire

'Soul Man' segues to Gotham

Silver Screen investors file suit against Disney

TriStar moves 'Zorro' to '98

Levy joins ICM as senior VP

Samrock exits WB in revamp

Cruise & Danes top MTV nods

Webs up promo profile

NBC, Par top award tally

Peninsula lands 'Lover Girl'

Thesps commit to 'Scituate'

Schneider, Nick sign 2-year deal

HBO arm inks union pact

TriStar taps Malone for 'Good' role

Sony regroups licensing

CBC to sell stations

Exec Shuffle

Nick Australia names Skagerlind G.M.

HarperCollins goes 'Plundering'

Magda Gabor

Daniel Schiffer

Sodano moving to Mediaset

Heatstroke at Euro B.O.

Axed Dutch exec may sue

Oz's Odyssey inks supply deals

World Briefs

Poundstone inked for 'Rosie' reports

Foreign journos re-elect Berk

Births

'Pop' goes U2 homecoming

Egyptian femme TV presenters wigging out

Bogdanovich's new prod'n: bankruptcy

New theory: gross decency

Fellowships have scribes hitting strides

The day the blockbuster went bust

Diamond goes 'Big' time; Carey eyes Line

Exec Shuffle

TCI sells Big Apple

TV Land, TV Guide pick 'Greatest'

Births

'Con Air' reduces altitude

Brit drama 'Hillsborough,' Bochco's 'Blue' Banff best

Granada eyeing Yorkshire TV

Reupping up north

Lansbury to sip 'Tea' in Zeffirelli pic for Medusa

Scandi board pushes for digital standard

Lottery spins U.K. film arm on new Pathe

Germans salute 'Rossini'

CNN Int'l speaking German

'Opium War' preems as H.K. reunion nears

Friedlander nabs crix' award

Wood steps into 'Ragtime'

Family kudo for 'Home'

Sergei wooed into 'Sex'

Hitched

Ron Baham

Adolphus (Doc) Cheatham

Jeff Scott Buckley

Ronnie Lane

Alvy Moore

'Pillow Book' rouses exclusives, ousts 'Love!'

'Rescuers' adds duo

Hundt to PBS: Say no to ad dough

VH1 in 3-year run on RuPaul drag strip

Council issues list of family-friendly shows

ILM expands, taps Townsend VP

Spectra fee proposed

Italo TV ad coin up 10% thru April

Comedy III to license Lugosi image

Frankel goes to KW marketing VP post

'Conspiracy' on the move

WGN carries 'Carey' rights

'Truth' getting a revamp

Fox ups Corbi to distrib prez

Brit hit revisited

Kasdan Pix taps prexy, ups projects

U-Bubble deal may burst

Saget a 'Videos' outtake

Par, MTV give Payne window for 'Election'

Registry Board gets to work

Corrections

Seattle fest auds laud 'Comrades'

Reaction mixed to Pace pact

Wall St.: Cable able

Fox 2 scores with Dodger doggedness

O'seas pro on 'Con Air'

Solomon eyed for U TV post

Hong Kong pic biz awaits boom

RIAA wins bid, shuts websites

Monkey see, monkey do? Biz goes ape

Groundlings and the Tijuana Brass

Is it Just Me, Or is It Hot in Here?

Groundlings and the Tijuana Brass

Is It Just Me, or Is It Hot in Here?

Life and Stuff

The Other Shore

Franchesca Page

Addicted

Life....and Stuff

On Tour

Life and Stuff

On Tour

Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman

The Steps of the Palais

Love and Understanding

Lucky Lady

Life...And Stuff

Black Water

Heaven's Burning

The Cross

The Opium War

The House

Snide & Prejudice

Belly Up

Quiet Days in Hollywood

The Doll

Little Boy Blue

Perfumed Ball

Retroactive

The Deli

Orbis Pictus

The Slab Boys

Pale Saints

Marathon '97-SERIES B

The Thousand Wonders of the Universe

The Ruby Wax Show

Monkey Business Takes Center Stage in 'Buddy'

The Wonderful Years of Lousy Living

The Countess of Baton Rouge

The Other Shore

Rossini: Or the Fatal Question, Who Slept with Whom ...

What Do Women Laugh About?

Monk Dawson

Dead Silence

The Last Bus Home

Deep in the Foreign Land

Franchesca Page

Father's Day

The Climb

Maachis

The Harpist

Topless Women Talk About Their Lives

The Seagull/Prayers of Sherkin

Kiss and Tell

The Ruby Wax Show

The Ruby Wax Show

Bush; Veruca Salt; Souls

Gross Indecency:The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde

Woman From the Other Side of the World

Supergrass