'Kickboxer' kicks off new All American era

U taps Reith VP of financial unit

Academy series sets 'Zhivago' screening

Gallic peace near

ZDF reels in 3 film packages

National Board of Review Awards

U.S. pans Euro piracy plan

Mediaset throws riches at pharoah

Exec Shuffle

News Rather good for Eye

ABC boosts Thursday, wins week

Sony sails past $1 bil in o'seas B.O.

WB takes a Village

Williams ankles Fox for IKON

'Mermaid' resurfacing - yet again

Schumacher shrinks $; Bond intrigue grows

HBO steps up for N.Y. 'Stomp' spec

Banner sets Richardson for 'Heaven'

Baptists bash Disney

People like 'Black,''Blue,' Foster, Ford

Echostar adds TCI movie nets

Smut quickens hearts at cable show

TCI diet sweetens stock price

Leno, 'Tonight' toddling to Chi

Al Simms

Violet Carlson

Williams ankles Fox for IKON

Exec Shuffle

U taps Reith VP of financial unit

Academy series sets 'Zhivago' screening

U.S. pans Euro piracy plan

Mediaset throws riches at pharoah

Gallic peace near

ZDF reels in 3 film packages

ABC boosts Thursday, wins week

NBC gets down to biz as Dow deal gets done

Suit vs. Rothman settled

Teller takes walk

D'Works, Penguin pact

Correction

MGM buys gothic love story spec

AMC plans Tokyo megaplex

NBC, U plan sitcom for Brennans

Eye adds 'Style' to Mondays

Producer trio set Trademark

Weber eyes 'Sight' for MGM

Kline may be headed 'West'

Stiller's Red Hour tills 'Green Acres'

Liman a firm 'Go'

Coppola bids bye-bye to CAA

Sony sails past $1 bil B.O. o'seas

Board of Review revs 'L.A. Confidential'

News Rather good for Eye

WB pulls Pula from post

WB takes a Village

Echostar adds TCI movie nets

Nielson, new rival differ over methods

Saffron bows new company

'MTV' link goes 'Live'

Hollywood abuzz with Grisham novel leak

Academy mines Goldsmith

Joan Cusack in 'Road' talks

Mandel inks at Disney TV

Top cable exex eye Gates' window

Net revs take quarter hit

Lion downsizes loss

'Wolf' to howl again

Music biz on sales roll behind 'Sevens'

World Briefs

Calling Broadway

RTNDA prexy defends b'casters' news ethics

Exec Shuffle

Corrections

Myers the man

B'way's big B.O. bounce

TV offers $9 million, so Povich packs yak

Rosie-hosted Tony's rate a four-year high

Surfing for kids

Dylan released; full recovery expected

MGM tooning up series about Leo

Clinic fetes foursome

Miracle Films' true feat

'Amistad' sails into L.A. on starry night

TCI swaps systems

WB Pay TV plays music

ESPN goes West with its first regional net

Caution, cablers

Intel bows digital TV plan

TCI preps package of Spanish-lingo nets

TW, US West a Net team

Cable Notes

Polygram in Spanish deal

Oz pic biz probed

Euro Commish passes anti-piracy plan

CBS getting 'aggressive' for Olympic promotion

Julius Barnathan

David J. Lubetkin

Robert Lewis

Tom Cranham

James Robert Baker

DeVallon Scott

Nielsen, new rival differ over methods

Short Takes

MTV link goes 'Live'

Academy mines Goldsmith

Saffron bows new company

N.Y. Times vet back

Sinclair affil battle gets boost in L.A.

'48 Hours' loses ground in new slot

Hiller takes AFI chair

Cinemark facing lawsuit

Big roundup for Golden Globes

L.A. gun law exempts pix, TV

General Cinemas' 4th-qtr. profit off

Lion downsizes loss

Lapides ankles Winterland

Net revs take quarter hit

Tale of two webs

Corrections

Metzler back as Oscar's business mgr.

Lazenby cast in 'Gut Feeling'

Tribune, NBC ready 'Malibu'

Wacek joins Raffaella

WB Intl. Theaters hikes Adelmann

Hegeman hops to Live

More pix, less $

Redditt rises at Sony

New Line taps Walken for 'Blast'

Zemeckis test waters at WB

MGM 'Grant's' Stuart pen

'Loveline' lengthens

Music biz on a sales roll behind 'Sevens'

Joan Cusack eyeing 'Road'

Mandel inks at Disney TV

Flood-Gates worry top cable exex

'Wolf' to howl again

Schumacher trims sails

Ticketmaster buys itself an upgrade

Gish goes for 'Punk'

BBC targets U.S. with 'Noddy'

Monte Carlo mart perks up

Agat a winner for film, TV

B'sconi scorns hearing

'Springer' a zinger

Emery jumping ship at BBC

New York Film Critics Circle

Urman exits Davidson for Cinepix

'Belief' headed for Fox Friday

Douglas, U pact for first-look

Barrandov for sale

And Cates makes eight

Satcasters debate cablers at confab

CNN lures ABC's Greenfield

Paramount boosts, renames ad unit

National Geographic soaring in Oz, U.K.

Broadway Video tapping into tube-side

Sundance scripting project sets lineup

'Storm' blows open N.Y. fest

U TV prez Thayer ankles

Dinos downshifting

Canuck fighting fierce at the L.A. Screenings

Leila Sorell

Barbara

Paul N. Lazarus

Bernie Hern

Barrandov for sale

Emery switches BBC roles

Agat a winner for film, TV

B'sconi scorns hearing

Calderwood named Pathe prod'n head

Mexico tests digital TV

'Werner' back for more

TV13 allies with Cisneros

Saralegui lands at Warners

Wink inks nets for new service

Satcasters debate cablers at confab

Malone's Net plan

H'wood club polishes up for Apples

Fest Springs lineup

Mixed bag in China

Univision's Cisneros indicted

Ticketmaster buys itself an upgrade

Par boosts, renames ad unit

Mancuso on board

Warners TV looks to score heroine

Sundance scripting project sets lineup

Calling Broadway

Broadway Video tapping into tube-side book biz

Gish goes for 'Punk!'

Urman exits Davidson for Cinepix

'Eve's Bayou' leads Image noms with 7

B.O. weekend looking loud

Fox Web site gets re-filed

Buchwald adds agents

Fox stations sign on for Lee's 'V.I.P.'

Stahl, Holmes join 'Behavior'

HDTV in pic future

Weisman set to helm 'Out-of-Towners'

'Belief' joins Fox's Friday

Douglas, U pact for first-look

Monte Carlo mart perks up

Greenfield exits ABC to join CNN

And Cates makes eight

Station group urges FCC probe of Nielsen ratings

Paragon, Lacewood lock horns

Puff Daddy tops AMA noms

Exec Shuffle

Joanna Cook Moore

Hollywood Pix buys Thomas' 'Legacies'

Ho wraps indie laffer 'Sound Man'

Nick grows in Latin America

Paragon heaps Accolade on Vinet

Cecchi Gori bows TV co.

ZDF ends '97 with surplus

Getty uncorks culture amid L.A. pop patina

'Harry' hastens to No. 1 at exclusive B.O.

Lapaine joins 'Palace' players

Tribune lands 'Mills' court time next fall

Katz prepping picks

Par firms up 'Hard Copy' renewals

Fox hopes to score with sports vidgames

Asian piracy thrives

Cable rates up 9.6% since 1995

Giddings goes below for TBS

Telepiu adds digital subs

Eye buys Bond pic for $20 mil

Showbiz stalwart Stuart gets SAG honor

TV vet Kemp prepping pix at U, UA, D'Works

U turn for Hanks

Tenpercenteries

'Marius' makes grade

Strong 'Bond' in U.K.

Morgado's Maroley deals in Platinum

Wilson takes a stroll from MCA records

Gibson getting a grip on A&E

Microsoft appeals browser injunction

Press org unveils noms

Fox picks Plum of a biz VP

Burton to produce Fox's 'Goosebumps'

'Les Boys' sets Quebec record

Firms boost Japan's DVD rentals

U tunes Wright to latin beat

Big Journey at WB; Foster exits 'Double'

SFX nabs top promoters

NBC counts on 'Bean'

BMG making bigger noise

Viacom gets Street heat

L.A. makes 'L.A.' 3 for 3

Ear-splitting 'Scream' at B.O.

Fiorini gets prison term

NBC Ent. ups PR exec Cherin

France 3 workers vote to end strike

Noir thriller is big Boston crix winner

Ganis named to chair Governors Ball

Cronin's Fox trot delayed

Zlotoff on 'Zero'

Eldard joins Disney hockey pic

Dafoe jumps onto 'Bridge'

October Films snags rights to 'Best Man'

'Danza,' 'Hitz' get the ax

'Dellaventura,' Eye mag swapped again

Ciby exits distribution

UPN stations in the mood to 'Forgive'

Harlow picks 'Cherry' role

Victory is 'Sweet,' with 8 Genie wins

Liberty holds tight

Fox taps Malone senior veep

Gates close-mouthed on Microsoft judgment

Tom Palmer

Audree Neva Wilson

Warren Douglas

Eliot Daniel

Bob Bell

Oz satcaster saga gets still stranger

Nat'l Geo channels hot

Sony, BVI see green

Fox Home Ent. ups Dunn to senior VP for Europe

CBS News toasts Paxson as London bureau chief

Short Takes

Will Rogers fund moves west

NBC extends U.S. Open golf pact

Kirch son bows company

Mandel talker in ex-Carson digs

Exec Shuffle

Lido lowering libidos

Apples of their eyes

'Tis the season of yule fools

NY Film Crix announce awards

'The Wings of the Dove' kudo chances

'Welcome to Sarajevo' kudo chances

Episodic Emperor

'Titanic' kudo chances

At play in the fields of the biz

'The Sweet Hereafter' kudo chances

'Seven Years in Tibet' kudo chances

The Biz

Rental champs: Rate of return

'John Grisham's The Rainmaker' kudo chances

The Word

The year-end golden formula

'Oscar and Lucinda' kudo chances

'One Night Stand' kudo chances

'My Best Friend's Wedding' kudo chances

'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" kudo chances

Songstresses and critics

Legal eagles: O'donnell vs. Fields

'L.A. Confidential' kudo chances

'Kundun' kudo chances

'Jackie Brown' kudo chances

'In & Out' kudo chances

'The Ice Storm' kudo chances

'Good Will Hunting' kudo chances

F/x kudos contenders worthy of the Stars

Oscar hopeful bares 'The Full Monty'

'Eve's Bayou' kudo chances

'Deconstructing Henry' kudo chances

Adriana Caselotti

William Hickey

Laura Nyro

Max Youngstein

Red Skelton

They shoot dark horses, don't they?

'Contact' kudo chances

'Donnie Brasco' kudo chances

'The Boxer' kudo chances

'Boogie Nights' kudo chances

Blurb Helmer: Chimps vs. Barbie

Bear battles biz's beasts

'As Good as it Gets' kudo chances

'Amistad' kudo chances

'Scream 2' showcases demo power

NBC consolidates research unit

Mol rounds up 'Rounders' role

Laff net bows sales arm

Belperio joins Fox as VP

Mexican telethon a hit

Fit TV bulks up on cable carriage

Premiere gets breaks from Euro Commish

Nick grows in Latin America

MGM Gold channel revs up in Brazil

'Martin' prized at Havana fest

Hong Kong pix ride off with 14 Golden Horses

Paragon heaps Accolade on Vinet

Gibson getting a grip on A&E

Tribune lands 'Mills' court time next fall

Lapaine joins 'Palace' players

Fox firms 'Harriet' bow

Granath makes way for De Villiers at ABC

Fox 2000 shuts N.Y. lit office

TV vet Kemp prepping pix at U, UA, D'Works

The Contenders

Boston crix nix most U.S. pix; 'Night,' 'Flynt' score

Ms. Scrooge

As Good as It Gets

Ellen Foster

Breast Men

Thelonious Monk Institute Gala Concert

Duran Duran

Ms. Scrooge

Duran Duran

Thelonious Monk Institute Gala Concert

Ellen Foster

Green Day

Duran Duran

Thelonious Monk Institute Gala Concert

Ellen Foster

Good Company: Songs That Made It from Shows That Didn't

An American Werewolf in Paris

Green Day

Christmas Miracles

Evolution of a Homeboy/Locked Down or Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop

Green Day

The Collector

Mr. Baum

The Dybbuk of the Holy Apple Field

The Fifties

The Pharmacist's Daughter

Vacation in Hell