The special needs of the specialty pic biz

Fox ups 3 sales, distrib exex

Braver's new world: Senior correspondent

Jury's in on 'Men' premiere

Cassavetes retro to feature rare pix

Tehranian on MGM terrain

Trilogy advances Grant

Showtime shores up

'Rough' to beat: 32.9 mil viewers

Hitched

Sony taps 2 key digital players

Births

NAB's Wharton upped to sr. VP

Mass. governor threatens to veto 'Civil' legislation

Linda Stirling Nibley

Bernard Tabakin

RTL stokes Endemol

PFE ups Caplan

Japan urges digital standard

Cinar loaded for 'Bear'

Network, creditors come to terms

Italian film center gets gov't coin

Dion ankles as Malofilm prez

Scripps posts revenue gain

Profits plunge in TCI satellite division

Post house Unitel confirms buyer talks

Court: CanWest can do

SAG lauds education ruling

BMG more Restless after license pact

Gould nabs 'X,' 'Hit' roles

Lee, Col TriStar TV talk syndie

'View' debut not 'Rosie'

Toronto fest loads up on docu heavies

'Walker' draws strong demos for USA

Local lands big coin

Will UPN deliver Valentine?

Vince embarks on 'Ocean'

Warner Bros. inks first-look with HSI

Hicks leaps into TV with $1.7 bil Lin buy

Fox picks up demo 'Intensity'

Flatley dances over to CAA

Par's 'Night' moves

WGA inks early pact

Padden sets eye on early digital bow

Ailing Andrews pushes back 'V/V' tour bow

A party in 'Cop' land

Rapper's delight: MTV kudo

GLAAD about the fall season

U 'fuzzies' warm to strike

Silberling plays it 'Straight'

People pops for new carriage deal

Phase One buys 'Cezanne'

Liberty invests in Colo. sports plex

E! Online joins NetChannel lineup

WB net reslots 'Foxx'

Nick leashes 'CatDog' to 40 episodes

'Howie Mandel' nabs Chi outlet

Alliance reups with New Line

Goldcrest, IAC part ways

German legit giant to go public

Major xenophobes

'Air' launches Montreal

Aussie exhibs give 'Peace' a chance

Sony rewriting DVD format

Euro music markets singing local tune

Down qtr. at UA Theatres

Stock sale, U music boost Seagram qtr.

Livent revenue down, profit up in 2nd qtr.

Panavision qtr. profit up 142%

Lin backers seek bids

CDnow set on $10 mil track

Tyler ties up trio

Gladstein enters '54'

Sony basks in 'Afterglow'

Field afoot on HBO's 'Moon'

Valentine may be delivered to UPN

New Wrinkle in Rifkin ruckus

WGA offers mixed reaction to new pact

Satellite PPV buy rates skyrocketing

Indie duo tackle 'Sex'

Puff Daddy back on top

Hanson with 'Hurricane' team

Correction

Greenstein new co-prez at October

Liddiment to program post at ITV

B.O. betters $4 billion

Paltrow plans for 'Murder'at Warners

Two pix for Twohy: 'Nightfall' & 'Havoc'

Film Acad reappoints Rehme to prexy slot

Customs wants its stories told

Zimbabwe channel bow delayed

Schlondorff ankles Babelsberg post

WB nabs 'Siberia'

Malay's TV3 greenlit for 24/7

CBS ups Blieberg to Foundation VP

Kushner-Locke profits up, revs dip in 3rd qtr.

'South' under siege

New Line, Aurora go 'Deep'

Births

SPE taps pair in personnel

Luther Allison

Barbara Merlin

Marie S. Pryor

Douglas Evan Coote

Edward H. Greenberg

Short Takes

Warner Bros. Online ups Banister

UCLA, LACMA casting Pacific Rim 'Shadows'

'Jenny' hits demo milestone

'98 Oscars confirmed for Shrine

TNT will air SAG awards

Bell Atlantic, Nynex get final merger OK

IFE income slides

C-Span turns on the radio

BMG's indie route

Telemundo sees red qtr.

C&W to gain 24.5% stake in Optus

Warner Music reups, expands Foster deal

U, Mancini revisit 'Chucky'

Mud Pony reins pic

Chissick in D'Works distrib post

Linklater linked to Imagine pigskin pic

KABC revives 'Eye on L.A.'

'Monty' streaks to strong bow

ABC makes downsizing move

Microsoft to ax biz site

Journal bows TV, theater listings, ads

News stars tag mags

Raise could make Allen stay 'Home'

Peerless 'Restless' hits another milestone

Technology brings back Elvis

'Mirror' grabs top Leopard at Locarno

Disney revamps in Italy

Italo bishops ready channel

Clinton bows culture project

BSkyB revs up 22%

Merryman joining KCAL as co-anchor

Donny & Marie nab another O&O

Overseas posts qtr. loss

'Casablanca' soundtrack due

William Reynolds

Jeruth Persson

Gianni Cajafa

Cy Warner

Olga Georges-Picot

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Sadat pic in pipeline

Moscow plans birthday bash

B'busters beat heat

Fridriksson's 'Island' tops Nordic pic awards

Konami taps Stateside chair-CEO

United Artists ready to flex its first Thai plex

Azteca shares up in first day on NYSE

Cinemania's future still cloudy

Cablers TCI, TCA piggyback

Orion qtr. $25 mil in red

Porchlight set to expand

Red Ant sale stopped

Radel to dance to own tune

EMI taps Backer exec veep

Rookie Bobker draws 'Blood' for MGM

The self-made man: Duvall floats 'Apostle'

Big 4 into the pool?

Variety ShowBiz Expo hits Gotham Sept. 25

Miramax shuffle

'Civil Action' facing state action in Mass.

Austin, Czinger in biz duet

WB nabs Cary actioner

Strand nabs U.S. rights to 'Killer'

Sorvino set for 'Lulu' of a film deal

Correction

UA Theatres mulls sale, stock plans

MacLaine at helm, Linz to star in 'Bruno'

Valentine poised for UPN helm

Egoyan inks for Icon pic

'AF1,' 'Conspiracy' hang tough

New Line taps Bottin for 'Freddy vs. Jason'

'Lost,' 'Black' top o'seas B.O.

On-location lensing leaps 34% in state over 6 mos.

BSkyB profit climbs 22% for fiscal year

Wayans, Fox part ways on comedy

Amblin along with the three faces of Steve

Byte-size casting

Fox remakes 'Breakfast'

Thornton holds reins of 'Horses'

Clooney tunes prod'n pipeline

Polygram, Donner turn 'Inside Out'

Avalanche of films

Doerfler's number up at ABC

Carsey-Werner ups Conte

Exec veepee Barker exits U prod'n post

'Yes' opens indie film mart

Russell cast for lead in indie 'Curve'

Masur endorsed for 2nd term

Emmy watch

Match for 'Monty'

U ups Colbert to casting VP

'Mercury' begins orbit

HGTV growing past 30-million sub mark

Walls, Kennedy join Chilstar's 'Stricken'

Aloha to digital TV

Gaylord owners OK TNN, CMT selloff

Matthews gets bigger credit

UATC taps Merrill Lynch

Pioneer profit up 27.5%

TV blurb production costs up 6% in '96

'Full Monty' bows to full houses; 'Men' second

Diversity kudo for Ann Miller

Mets games a loss for TW subs

Venza wins kudos for WNET work

Scottish pix score double for film fund

A video game blame for B'buster

Austrian B.O. up 15% on '96

'Cop' lands $13.5 mil in hot sesh

Dove doubles 2nd-qtr losses

Births

Tenpercenteries

Baker to cook projects for Moll/Beallor

Exec Shuffle

Disney TV ups Himelfarb

Heart prob means no 'Labor' for Scott

Bong & Donnell

Event Horizon

Ardele

Radar Bros.

John Lydon

Johnny Crawford Dance Orchestra

The Right Connections

Paperback Romance

The Price of Heaven

Money Talks

Liza in Concert

Sardari Begum

Stir

Misalliance

The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show

Vibe

South Park

Free Willy 3: The Rescue

How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate

Hotel Shangai

Hotel Shangai

The Guardian Angel

The Fifth Province

A Skull in Connemara/the Lonesome West

Exile in Sarajevo

Mr. Mumble

Journey to Wisdom

George Wallace

Pirate Tales

Road to Nhill

Mabo: Life of an Island Man

Mimic - Sorvino & Company Can't Get Bugs Out of 'Mimic'

Pride Divide

Poznan '56

Supermarket Woman

Sinead O'Connor

Steel

Mimic

Leave It to Beaver

World Party

The Gay '90s Musical

Patti LaBelle