Broderick eyes 'Election'

Fox TV party's full of 'Hope St.'

Preemgoers get 'Going'

TW's Adler upped to communications VP

Pearson TV Int'l taps Loze

Dodi checks into Ent. Asylum

Hoffman tax trial begins

Fox fights vid exec's defection

Mann ups Davy to sr. VP, head buyer

Stroud joins MGM Distrib

Rosenblum options Rand novel 'Living'

'Parker' parks Paymer, Henry

Lottery $$ flowing

Panel to probe Padden, Smith on digital definition

Hal Goodman

Lotus Weinstock

Curly Ray Cline

Strand eyeing 'Dogs' for stroll around U.S.

'Perdita' in San Sebastian lineup

Barrandov ankling distrib biz

No Microsoft deal, Sega sez

Telepiu, Polygram pact

Canal+ cables up

Hitched

E! adds feed on West Coast

Dividends for ducats

Doerges to top Leavesden outfit

Todd-AO inks global pact

J.P. Morgan taps Rossoff for media

Dick Clark earnings jump 15% for year

All American inks TV deal with Ozma

CBS inks Kellie Martin

Northam joins 'Gloria' cast

Cash to carry panel word of Web piracy

PPV glitches worry DirecTV subs

Fox's 'Ally' debut builds on 'Melrose' momentum

Cohen reups at MGM TV

Syndie bench mark

Carville, Matalin stump for talker

Diaz leads KABC race to replace McRee

Emmy Watch

Funeral fixes TV nation

Archer lines up leads in 'Wife,' 'Mom'

Edwards checks into 'Hope'

Quinlan set to join Travolta for 'Action'

Katz, Mouse in battle over 'bifurcation' cheese

H'wood Pix pacts pair

Loews loses Loekses

Mann's Village plan

'Angel' puts $90 mil touch on cable nets

Mandrell gives up song for screen

Brillstein-Grey taps Blume its first CFO

Partyers play 'Game'

Show throws curveball

NATAS still aghast

Stern burns up Canucks

Davola tapped to run show on 'Keenen'

MPAA promotes duo

Carsey, Wayans pact

DVD duo team on ads

ESPN, Patrick go extra innings

Medavoy talk turns up Heat

Shue joins CAA in film/TV dept.

Disney moves to oust Katzenberg's lawyers

The Rupert Report

'World of Sports' wider

Di-themed 'Datelines' power NBC

Bonton enters Poland

Hitachi's digital disc packed with memory

RAI, A&E ink for Historia

Cecchi Gori TV exec shake-up looming

Medusa Film taps Pedranzini

Spain's CSD, E! launching Euro channel

7 up for Jo'burg net

Births

Kopelson honored at Deauville

'Ice Storm' to come to laid-back Mill Valley

Chris Eigeman gets 'Disco' fever

Spector to head THX marketing

Brillstein-Grey taps Blume its first CFO

Travel plans change

Telcos lobby for cable limits

Regal lowers sights on third-qtr. results

Unapix picks up Italo co-prod 'Love'

Harvey, Saban set new 'Casper'

Roberts, Grant set for Brit pic

Nick extends alliance with 'Kenan' duo

Master P's 'Ghetto D' tops U.S. album chart

Sony picks up 'Marie'

Alliance goes native

Famous, Hugely team up

Emmy Watch

Favreau, Fox ink deal

WB snares McAlary's 'Murderer'

Jacor buys 'Dr. Laura'

HBO in the mood for 13 segs of 'Sex'

BMI in cyber-pact

'Wedding' star Diaz at altar for two pix

1st Latin Midem off to good start

PBS, NBC top news Emmys

Corrections

Meredith dies at 88

Goodman sets feature debut

Tax evasion trial begins for Hoffman

AMC's plex reflex

ABC shelves 'Top,' changes 'Soul' slot

WB TV closes in on CBS' Selleck sitcom

Westwood developing double multiplex vision

BAFTA-LA funds Bruins in Di's honor

Forget the royals, Di's in loftier crowd now

Kat Valenzuela

Births

Prisa makes D.C. plea

French confer showbiz nods

Mexico's media unites; schedules 1st telethon

DirecTV co-signers seek 91 channels

'Ma vie' cleans up at Sarajevo fest

Judd, Freeman wow Deauville fest auds

UPN pacts with Belo to build affil cache

Hitched

Short Takes

Regal loop growing by 78 screens

New set-top box, partners highlight WebTV's campaign

Viacom to shed USA, Sci-Fi

Streisand, King World pact

Young at helm of Dominion

CBS, Emmys reunite

Content law still a draw at HRTS gig

George Schaefer, 'Hall of Fame' force, dies at 76

New 'Carnival' wraps prod'n

KLSX KO's Rachtman for fist-fight

Simonian's last straw at WM

'B.H. 90210' preem primo

Miramax picks 'Rose'

CBS battles FCC's Stern fine

Touchstone, Foster ink 'Plum' film deal

Beckinsale eyes 'Palace'

Corrections

Arthouse labels busy at Toronto

Guber takes TV partner

NBC eyes $1 bil Hicks, Muse pact

Fox buys TV rights to BV trio

Leo hunts Lion's share

Brentwood address poses challenge

Studio district mounts drive for entertainment 'enterprise zone'

Liquid landmarks distinguish L.A.

Mixing business, pleasure

Babylon revisited

L.B.'s little-known legacy: 'H'wood by the sea'

Irregular cash flow factors into industry homebuying

Players' escape hutch

Burns Trust donates to UCLA, USC

The only 'Game' in town

Williams to be 'The Interpreter'

Peacock flock made to 'Order'

Backstage at the Emmys

Stars take a shot at paparazzi

Instrumental Virgin

Fox's Thursday bow weak

Disney bid to remove Katz lawyers nixed

Cinematheque, biz colleagues fete Travolta

Oprah soap opera hits deadline

Iwanyk to WB prod'n VP

Valenti: C'right move stuck on music fray

Hanky panky' prompts suit over Aqua's 'Barbie'

Connolly to host Britannia Awards

Helmers hope to hook distribs

Book buys on the horizon

Dolby taps Pinkston VP, exhib relations

B.O. up in the 'Air'

Euro film acad apes Oscar video push

'Sunday' nabs top Deauville prize

Arenas set for helming debut

Beyond maps world rights for Shum pic

Judge rules Yapp can keep his new job

Oz milks 'Passion' for pianists

'Lolita' tryst proves costly

The ins and outs of 'Ellen'

Stars sing for tots

A Humongous hit

'Anastasia' to challenge the Mouse

Fox's Loesch keeps one finger on the future

Programming power house

Saban to unveil new Kangaroo

Superhero makes 3-D splash

ABC hopes for virtual success

Euro toons fit FCC mandates

Legend leaps to life

Tex Avery rides again

'Jay Jay, the Jet Plane' flies to U.S.

Porchlight to turn on 'Jay' to U.S. cable TV

Southern Star launches toon startup Down Under

Animated 'everykid' Arthur is poised for global stardom

Pace's challenge

School regs toughen up for kid actors

NBC prefers its block live and educational

Gameshow hopes to 'Click' with teens

Gallic nets sanguine

Circling the globe

Teuton channels battle

Star kids: Jesse James

Star kids: Natanya Ross

Star kids: Alex D. Linz

Star kids: Vincent Berry

Star kids: Mae Whitman

Star kids: Meagan Good

Tyke thesps find gigs galore

'Anastasia' kicks off Harper Active imprint

How to influence casting agents

Return of the retro rascals

'Time' for Toons

'Noddy' comes to U.S.

'Jolly' good move to Internet

'Crayon Box' kicks off Polygram's kids slate

Trio chirps new series

Wimzie merch in pipeline

Mr. Joyce goes to Hollywood

Fast Forwarding to Video

WB's "Umptee-3" has Norman Lear's signature

Tooning King's life

Welcome to Variety Junior

Critter country

Nick bows new 3-D technology

WB's "Umptee-3" has Norman Lear's signature

It's fear and loathing time: A WGA election

tesssssst

Mattlin answers MovieFone call

'Frasier,' 'Dick' & Emmy

Turner buys WB pic pack

Gotham's Gurney has itch to distrib poker pic 'Bitch'

Exec Shuffle

Seagram b'cast ads carry health warning

Bert Gold

Gilles A. de Turenne

JoAnna Martin

Locomotion motors digitally into Spain

Digital beam to bow

BBC's Phillis ankling post for Guardian

World Briefs

John's 'Candle' sells out

Hoofers fete helmer Ross

WB Stores taps new int'l VP

'Violence' muscles into No. 1 atop exclusives

Luncheon kudos fete femmes

'ET' parties with Emmy

Polygram's maiden pic lands No. 1

W'house sells unit for $2.56 bil

All American sale

Comics relief: Saban eyes Marvel assets

Clinton set to tap Tristani for FCC

Auds snared in ratings Web

Sat. kidvid bow down in ratings

Style & substance

Tool files suit to cut Volcano tie

Valenti: Work together on Net

How King got 'Her Groove'

U's sporting Rodkey's 'Ox'

Milnes in EIDC's affairs

UPN delivers Valentine

KW, Sony close to 'Square' deal

Sony's gene genies irk watchdogs

Teller slims INDI

Slamdance Fest calls for entries

MCA Music mining gold Dust in pub pact

Emmycast on CBS slips 6% from '96

Action, romance take world's B.O. by storm

Berger exits MTV, joins Fox Studios

Epic eyes Anthony in Sony reshuffle

Oprah keeps talkin'

DiCaprio inks 'Bombshell'

Tenpercenteries

Emmy attendees party the night away

Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers

Tito Puente , King Chango

Clover

La Boheme

Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers

Paul Bley, Charlie Haden

David Byrne

Tito Puente , King Chango

The Apostle

Kenny Garrett Quartet

Nebraska

The Westing Game

The Weird Al Show

Kenny Garrett Quartet

Nebraska

The Westing Game

The Weird Al Show

The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca

The Hanging Garden

The Big One

Michael Hayes

Mrs. Dalloway

Kiss the Girls

Michael Hayes

Chinese Box

One Under

The Game

The Tom Show

Chronicle

The North End

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

Hana-Bi

The Edge

Wings of the Dove

The Winter Guest

Gummo

Eve's Bayou

The Children of Heaven

Expectations

The Twilight of the Ice Nymphs

Wintersleepers

Gadjo Dilo

Henry Fool

The Accident

The Gregory Hines Show

George & Leo

413 Hope Street

George & Leo

The Kingdom II

Henry Fool

Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars Von Trier

Disco Pigs

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Hard Times

The Gregory Hines Show

Our Betters

Michael Hayes

Ovosodo

Keep Cool

Suicide Kings

The Locusts

Clover

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