Brian Keith, 75, dead in apparent suicide

Preem is hit and myth

Franklin out as director of 'Palace'

St. John joins E! cast

Musical milestone

ABC aims to limit liability from investigative reports

The stew over Stu: exex celebrate action

Joey Faye

Eugene (Gene) Ames

Mark Tan

Marjorie O. Best

Pearl Jaffe

UCLA fetes 5 student scribes

Coprod sets sights on 'Seas'

ATAS builds slate for vote in August

ATAS talk set for tonight

Gay pix avoid niches

Births

Italo rivals working out digital pact

Colombia TV prices stun bidders

Tele 5 pumps prod'n

Brit digital gets licenses

Exex may exit Televisa

Syndie fireworks for Arnold

Warner TV arm taps Kaplan

Par Stations tap Paulk for kids' spex

Polygram to distrib 'Recall' series in U.S.

Fishman anchored

Imax order for Regal after swallowing Cobb

News Corp. synergizes post

Fox tails 'Die Hard'

TCI sells sticks to Falcon

MGM taps Crowley sr. VP

'Dateline' delivers

On Broadway: D'Angelo new prod'n veep

Platt and Tucci board Fox's 'Ship of Fools'

Emmy nom ballot box closes Friday

New Line socks Miramax with suit

Silver Pix falls into 'Vortex'

Miramax Intl. ups Jeanson to sr. veep of distribution

Castle Rock nabs 'Jewel'

Robyn Astaire to fight ruling

Cinepix nabs 'Love,' 'Sick,' 'Junk' rights

Infoblurb ban leads to Gibbons lawsuit

'Vibe' to be felt Aug. 4

'S.W.A.T.' regroups

BFI chief ankling after 9-year tenure

Hunegs hops over to WB exec VP post

Talks rate I for inconclusive

Smith, Col Records pact

India's Max breaks new ground

ABC comes of age

Shock to the system

Disney, McDonalds keep tie-ins heavenly

'Dance' dips into N.Y.

Film Threat under the gun

TriStar on trail of dino$

Tune-'Smithee' deal set

Hawks book fete cooks

Nathan taps into Par TV pact

MDP hikes Inouye to CFO

TNT stays atop cable ratings

Cousteau dies at 87

Castle Rock TV inks Rosenstock

AMPAS calling all tech achievements

Reid opens New Millennium

Comcast seeks sports alliance

Granada battle begins for Tyne Tees takeover

Falcon grabs smaller TCI cable operations

Much Family planning

Mantegna in CFP's 'Tom'

Woodbine in TriStar's 'Hit'

Par ups exec pair

Juergens VP of primetime at Peacock

Paxton packs in CAA

Star steps out, joins Endeavor

McRee holds 'GMA' inside track

Armstrong lands at Manatt

Tassler on the sly with Eye

Granada posts Pasternack

Corrections

Vegas gambling on TV spots

KW's Roseanne talker on KPIX

Carlisle 'Kisses' top of chart for 2nd week

Everett eyes gay spy role

Par film ups Manning to prez of production

Karmazin talks tough

Panel demands credit

Fall TV pilots change courses

Eastwood earns raves on 'Midnight' set

Guilds, unions back Robyn Astaire

'Black' lights up H'w'd

Supreme Court nixes ban on Internet pornography

HITCHED

Boero in int'l Sundance post

TV duo pacts with Warner

INSIDE MOVES

Klasky Csupo ups Nosek to veepee

Slovak TV privatization nixed

KabelKom makes play for younger aud with Z Plus

SHORT TAKES

Sports retransmission law gets OK in Spain

C4 ADDS INDIE CHANNEL

AFI honors Matthaus with Platinum Circle

CNNfn revs up in Latin America

Par delays opening of Las Vegas 'Trek'

France Telecom wants CGE

Richard Francis DiGiovanni

Alvin Guggenheim

Chester Feldman

Stanley M. Green

Jack Farren

'World' notches marketing win

ROSY 'ROSIE' YEAR

TV ratings talks delayed

King World reports flat 3rd-qtr. profits

Baton profits nearly doubled

Germany's Bavaria, Drefa team up

KARP MUM ON MERGER

ABC shifts Vargas to p.m.

'Extraordinary' to get 6-week tryout on CBS

WNBA scores big in ratings

Sands named MGM sr. VP

GUILDS BACK PACTS

O'Boyle tapped for 'Extra' slot

Bummer Nielsen summer has webs seeing double

Ferguson joins 'Revenant'

Elise in Demme's 'Beloved'

HBO Pix buys 'Holding Out'

DISNEY DISSED AGAIN

Estefan exits WMA for CAA

Brecker to join U as senior veepee

Berman ankles George to top Hachette Prods.

H'wood Records stumbles

At Cloud 9, the feeling is Mutual

Dragon enters maiden prod'n

Financiers may be getting off Scott Free

S.F. HEART OF CASINO PROPOSAL

Polygram staffs its U.S. distribution arm

Peacock predicts '97 profit growth

STARS PUSH PIC PERKS

Boulevard of broken dreams on the mend

WEBSITES AN EASY SELL TO REALTORS

'Confidential' a showcase for vintage L.A.

Showbiz fuels builders' market

Culver City gets wired for the future

METROPOLITAN LIFE

METROPOLITAN LIFE

King telepic enters the ring

Peacock going for gold

Digital decoder accord in Germany

Peacock going for gold

Digital decoder accord in Germany

Peacock going for gold

MOSTOW INKS DEAL AT U

THE LION IN SLUMBER

'Shaft' shifts to Paramount

Tyson bite: PPV bonanza or big bust?

'FACE' FLIES, 'BAT' GOES SPLAT

CORRECTIONS

ABC TIPPING TAO TO VP

Pace Entertainment on prowl for partner

Fox takes in Talen's 'Boys'

HALL MOTORS TO FOX

Bello: Time for 'Midnight'

INSIDE MOVES

INSIDE MOVES

McGregor joins 'Rogue's' gallery

Clinton taps Moonves for digital panel

Katz suit file reveals Mouse profit profile

United News & Media in HTV takeover bid

B'buster still bumpy

Nielsen getting an upgrade

Japanese TV exec ankles amid scandal

ATAS wins injunction

'Crook' chased back to Nashville

Midem Miami gearing up

Interactive in a wink

Lit picks

O'seas B.O. heats up

Hearsey nabs Grundy gig

SBS' THYES EXITS AMID FLAP

LATIN AMERICA

CHINA

AUSTRALIA

JAPAN

GERMANY

GERMANY

SHORT TAKES

Henson series set HBO airing

TNT picks up 'Babylon 5'

U ups ops' Lyum, White

L.A. station goes live from Mars

HK PARTIES LIKE IT'S 1997

Fight takes bite out of H'wood's Vegas vacation

Gotham fetes Lee's 'Girls'

Fear and loathing in the Magic Kingdom

Stock pic hot buy

Bond'll be home for Xmas

Exec Shuffle

Guerra gears up for talker

EU pix fund in flux

S. Korean film wins Prix Italia

Canuck DBS owners get dueling signals

Toon base growing in Shanghai

PolyGram creating German-lingo film

TVNZ tuning in to MTV

Mexico's Grupo bows multiplex

Dutch offer tax breaks

Cecchi Gori to sell pix to Mediaset, RAI

Galway fest focus on Jordan

Hungary handover

Disney net revs up series

'Batman' flying high o'seas

'Face/Off' still has some fight left on Sunday

Hitched

SSTV gets pic prod'n partner

Twentieth TV ups Friedman

TBS nabs off-net rights to 'Moesha,' ''Hood'

'Wayans' takes off

'Herc' prequel video sets stage for new U series

Disney sells ABC's Farm Progress

Lucasfilm taps Ward marketing director

Sports net race is on

Navarre gets a makeover

Feingold mines VP post at Saban Ent.

Liman to helm 'Bachelor No. 2'

Good Machine tunes up new music unit

McCormack fills sked with pix pair

TriStar pays for 'Crimes'

TriStar snaps photo book on teenagers

Telepix taps Fortson sr. VP

Correction

Circle seeks asset buyers

Fox bounces Bergeron

Hong Kong handover hits new party highs

Showtime stands by its man

'Space' jams its way to top of the charts

Levine fills Warners TV exec VP slot

Everett, Roberts redux

Pure tour allure

Viacom asks court to OK USA auction

'King' helmer wants to add latest twist to pic

Master Class

Directed by: Desert's Edge

Directed By: Desert's Edge

Cadillac Desert

HBO Comedy Hour: The Mr. Vegas All-Night Party Starring Drew Carey

Phillip Officer

Phillip Officer

Hbo Comedy Hour: The Mr. Vegas All-Night Party Starring Drew Carey

All the Rage

Closer

Lost Highway: The Music and Legend of Hank Williams

The Joy Luck Club

The Old Neighborhood

The Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm

Seeking the Genesis

Jest a Second

The Game of Love and Chance

Ambition Facing West

Fab!

Dare Not Speak Its Name

Singer's Boy

Cooley High

Dobermann

Violet's Visit

Shooting Porn

Broadway Damage

Breaking Up

Men In Black

Defying Gravity

The Garden of Redemption

Some Prefer Cake

Out to Sea

Out to Sea

Fox Trots Out Retro 'Sea' Duty

Kiss or Kill

I Think I Do

It's in the Water

Red River Valley

First Option

Tonka

Latin Boys Go to Hell

Once Upon a Time in China and America

Moving Out

A Brother

Truth or Lies: Local News on Trial

Hitchhiking Vietnam --- Letters From the Trail

Lollapalooza 1997

The Walking Wounded

A Twist of Jobim

Lollapalooza 1997