'Summer' night in H'wood

Short Takes

Harold Robbins

Millard Lampell

Michael Bender

Michel Stuart

John Elliot Pearson

Kal Ross

Mary E. Pauley

Lawrence Holden

Thomas A. Swords

Dick Marx

Producing team buys Ray-Art Studios

Survey finds women in cable paid less

Exec Shuffle

Kennedy tops Pacific Pioneer b'cast roster

WGA mails runoff ballots

'Cold War' signs Branagh for Hopkins

Cecchi Gori to open 'Fireworks' with bang

'Black' records Prague

Foxtel-Galaxy merger threatened

Plasma screen bowed

FCC clears CD Radio

Silver King taps Duran as WYHS VP

Bloom scores pair of roles

Rogers & Cowan ups Gruber

Lucasfilm force goes with Hasbro, Galoob

Exhib's city pride

Drama to air live on Sci-Fi net, Web

Acad honors 5 scribes with Nicholl grants

Touchstone, Caravan jump in 'Fountain'

Clark's 'Paradise' lures Kartheiser, Wagner

H'w'd Fest flies ... so far

TBS ponie$ up for 'Game'

Village, Intermedia split

Epic library battle looms

Vajna gets his robot

A brief history of synthetic scoring

Re-recording classic scores

Composers sing non-union blues

'Less' is more from 'Trainspotting' trio

Births

'Cinderella's' fall ball

Joel Loy

John Ashley

Gloria Telford

James J. Starbuck

John del Valle

Helen Merrill

Ray Heatherton

John T. Kirby III

'Dybbuk' to open Israel Film Fest

KTLA axes 11 a.m. newscast

Oz women set to honor Obst

Rysher Ent. names Efros senior production veep

ESPN serves up Grill

Hitched

Bidding to begin in Brazil

Scandi digs digital

Developer confirms Marketplace plans

Endemol electric

Shoreline bows at Mifed

Diana pic takes turn in wake of auto crash

ASC giving Kemper life laurel

Birch up for 'Election'

Eye pops rare news win

Peacock wins ugly

Miramax brings in Layton

NBC O&Os likely to renew 'Access'

WGA East director joins West in talks

Sister act Team Todd inks at NL

Phil Q spins to Warners

Daily Variety tunes up coverage

Five composers who stand alone

Staying Alive

Preservation key in growing original score market

Woodstock revisited

Creative window narrow for TV composers

Long, winding road

TV signature themes more subtle

Emmy music rules questioned

Skywalker, Hit Factory score with scoring stages

Libraries a quick fix for a cheap price

Musicians emerge in non-pop film perfs

Zanucks single out McCarthy

Paramount plays 'Dead' with Gordon

World music sales hit sour note

Studios bow int'l press tour

Correction

Hello, 'Monty': Drew drops drawers

WGA West cuts its own

Spikes pulls up stakes at October

Rogers & Cowan veeps alum Rice

Village Roadshow ups Roberts

Ballantine lands 'Star' fleet

Miramax screaming mad over ad

Ballantyne boosts qtr. profit 61%

Maine event for Gannett

Getting it on in Act III

Newcomers form U.K. distrib outfit

Shanghai high on drama

Hitched

Cable stands firm

Exec Shuffle

Bardem to lead in 'Dancer'

Telling all, giving all

TW cable jump boosts third-quarter earnings

Trio ready for '8mm'

Hanks-Ryan 'Mail' call

Clarification

Ellen sets ABC straight

'Rope' lassoes No. 1

People Choice date set

Disney ups Green to VP

C-W ups Anderson

UPN sked shuffled

WB likes 'One of Us' for Di Novi

Fininvest pretax profits fall

Murray mounts 'Rushmore'

Cinar makes hefty gains in 3rd quarter

Meredith prez Jones exits

AMC plans 2nd Japanese plex

Beijing Film Studio inks prod'n partner

AFMA keeps Wolf at development door

Werner gets nod to head distribution at WB net

Baker bows in BevHills

Japan: Divorce, Liz style

Channel O holding tune in Africa

Thai pay nets eye merger

Oz's DMG makes radio buy

WB snubs BSkyB

Hitched

Jane joins starry cast in 'Red Line'

Polygram buys Swiss distrib

BMI bows tracking system for Web music

Soccer scores with ESPN deal

Reina climbs to pub veep at Warners

Levine inks WB TV pact

New feud within WGAW

Gore commends, lectures TV biz

Sony int'l TV exec Bingham steps down

Dandy syndie 'Blue' debut

Eye web orders full seasons of 'George,' 'Hines'

Miramax eye on 'Onegin'

'Must-Flee' TV?

Pacific plans new theater in Westwood

Probert upped to exec VP

Short Takes

Col 'Trouble' maker

Granada, Newmarket teaming for 'Trader'

London Fest: No contest

Chair change at N.Y. Times

Rival Lin bid arrives

Echostar irked at Rainbow

World Series woes

Renowned novelist Michener dies at 90

'Summer' spat heats up

D'Works progress

TV history at risk

Jewel in Fox pic crown

McConaughey, Pitt may saddle up for Howard

Reiner focuses on kids

Movies, more at ShowEast

'Feet' crew takes walk

Hampton hurrahs

'Goodbye,' 'War' win at H'wood fest

Festival dinner event leaves a bad aftertaste

'Meltdown' heats up -- again

UPN gives 'Video,' 'Macio' the boot

NBC sets Wed. sweeps specials

Friday plays for NBC

Ridley turns into WB TV

Hearst-Argyle plans offering

B'casting paces Trib gain

CableVision buys Mandeville

Making 'Confession'

'Arthel & Fred' get early hiatus

New Canal 13 owners

Larsson returns to Bonnier

Now Hindi's the hangup for 'Kama Sutra'

Satcaster BSkyB inks Warners PPV deal

$100 million mania

NBC's Ohlmeyer wants fast ball

L.A. 'Boogies' down

Brosnan wises to 'Owl'

Big bucks for books by Brits

Variety Web site going online before year-end

Miffed exex embrace Mifed

'Summer' time at B.O.

Mutual revs up

Director Besson returns to ICM fold

Donley animates Fox

Edwards unveils pic, tuner

Magic plex set for Carson

GC going to beach

Fine Line between Vitale, duo

Miramax reigns in court

'Trim' pitch makes cut for Diamond

Kelley pic puts 'L.A.'s' Crowe on puck patrol

'Trumpets' summons Eldard

USA ups Gerson to V.P. and G.M.

Hitched

Births

Couple takes 'Wedding' to heart at ShowEast

Oz police kept eye on Aunty

'The buzz' turns beneficient

Diller spins big web

WGA, Bohbot in toon on animation pact

Italo TV law in works

'Boogie' sizzles, 'Storm' warm in limited release

Hunter snares 'Romantic' role

Doumani steps to ring

Warner Bros. has 'Tarzan' on the vine

Italo B.O. lights up

Russo's StoryFirst, U in multiyear TV pact

Chris-Craft profit up in qtr.

ABC juggles TGIF lineup

WB takes 'Long Walk' for Clooney's Maysville

WB goes ape over 'Mercury'

Seeking new 'Vibe'

Thomas launches prod'n co.

KKR buys Act III for $665 mil

Capitol duets with Miramax on soundtrax

Exex, staffs mull futures

'Murphy's' cancer plot opens eyes

Noyce's sci-fi 'Searchers'; a 'Simple' swap

Lepage says yes to 'No'

DGA adopts 12-hour workday policy

Judge blocks work at Playa Vista

'Summer' a campus B.O. cutup

Hitched

ATAS fetes 'Kukla' skein

Capitol busy at Mifed

Ruby Aiyo Gerber

Israeli auds promote 'Peace' process

Alliance Corp. sets $44 mil fundraiser

Raycom firms Lin TV bid

Browser brouhaha

Marvel axes Arad over role in Toy Biz

Redeemable, praiser partner

NBC Series' weekend wins by narrow margin

U Music Group ups Bernstein

U TV now a pillar for Diller

Would I Lie to You?

The Countess of Baton Rouge

Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde

Gilda Radner: The E! True Hollywood Story

Hope

Twin Stories

Heavy Breathing

Ali

Fame L.A.

Chicago Hope

Gilda Radner: The E! True Hollywood Story

Hope

Twin Stories

Heavy Breathing

Fame L.A.

Hav Plenty

Barbara Taylor Bradford's Love in Another Town

Players

Bad to the Bone

Side Show

The Maker

Paws

Allie & Me

The Phantom of the Opera

Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way

Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way

RocketMan

Wild Angel

I Went Down

Food of Love

Hard Edge

Manly Love

Inspirations

Hitting Bottom

They Call Me Joy

Kokkuri

Citizen Ken Loach

Mojo

Pitch

As I See It

Self Storage

Six Gestures

Seventh Heaven

Let's Stick Together

The Sticky Fingers of Times

Love Stories

Moonspins Between Land and Sea

The Big Swap

The Undertaker's Wedding

Years of the Eagle

El Che

The Planet of Junior Brown

War and Peace in Vesoul

Five Stormy Days

Mandragora

Go For Gold!

Dance of the Wind

Paradise Ashes

A Virtuous Widow

Critical Care

Boxed

Paper Airplanes

Going Ballistic

Can't You Hear the Wind Howl?

Dear Jesse

Dry Cleaning

Miramar

Matchbox Circus Train

Bumping The Odds

Bandits

A Life Less Ordinary

Homer - Portrait of An Artist as An Old Man

November Afternoon

Martin Guerre

Tongue of a Bird

More Stately Mansions

Dreamgirls

Molly's Delicious

Cinderella

Cirque Ingenieux

Hope

Delirium

Dancehall Queen

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

Martha's Garden

Dancing on the Moon

Run for Your Life

The Journey to the Western Xia Empire

15 Months in May

Everything Is Dark

Racing Demon

The American Clock

The Last Session

Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

Snake in the Grass

Road Ends

First Love, Last Rites

The Bunuel Paradox

Vertical Love

The Ark of the Desert

Daughters

Dinner at Fred's

Cube

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Hole

The Darker Face of the Earth

Three-for-All

Fleetwood Mac

Cube

This Is the Sea

Over the Top

Harmony

Harmony