Rogers halves first quarter losses

Kaufman on Forman card

U.S. fare falls as local pix top Italo B.O.

Fiennes frere joins 'Shakespeare' cast

Red Sky has foreign accent

America Online planning German push

Channel 5 tunes in BV

Sogetel sets plans to push newcomers

Thornton taps into 'Power and Light'

Gregory's 'Times' moves forward

CBS Saturday turns to toons

Reynolds, Meaney set to brave Kelley's 'Alaska'

'60 Minutes' clocks first ratings climb in 6 years

San Diego affiliate threatens to ax UPN

Indie Colony forms

Centropolis takes 'Floor'

Studio Report Card: Miramax

WB gets 'Life' for Cage & Co.

Studio Report Card: Universal

Pic vet Johnson inks Eye web deal

Back on the beat

Ewart G. Abner Jr. dies at 74

CNN unveils revised programming lineup

Lane joins Lion drama 'Sight'

Foreign films' Oscar ouster riles distribs

USC kudo to 'Confidential'

SNL vet Macdonald slams NBC chief while guesting on 'Letterman'

Syndie 'Sein'-post

Ovitz-Geffen truce?

Sources say ICM close to swiping key agent from rival

Dion dumps Brooks

Boffo Arista Year

Americans cable up in '97; Big Four slip

Lin shareholders OK sale

Pisano joins MGM's board

Amazon.com 'store' closed by technical problems

TV's digital dilemma: Who's ready to buy?

Bowles distrib'n prez for Shooting Gallery

Grazer earns publicists' kudo

Spacey dreams of playing Darin

Col Records ups Botwin, Ingrassia

AFTRA fills open seats on board

USA, Grosso-Jacobson bringing Clark to tube

Sci-Fi, USA snare MGM pix

That's entertainment on CNBC weekends

'Springer' hot in syndie cold spell

'Hearts' bringing Ford, Pollack back together

Oscar Watch

Studio Report Card: MGM

'Seven'-11 combo puts Eye on top

Studio Report Card: New Line

Scribes offer sitcom tips

Miami preems five

Maltin to teach USC film class

Nicholson eyeing MGM pic 'Julip'

Besson guides 'Joan'

TV newcomer takes reins of Argentina's Multicanal

Endemol into Italy

Fox Int'l ups Bossiere

Oscared pair eyeing 'Magic'

British spends big to hype digital TV

Arab celebs come to aid of Iraqis

'World' moves to Boston

Cablers reap major coin in AT&T deal

Brandmeier, CBS in radio pact

Arnold ups Simon to development VP

DVD hitting jackpot

9 injured at taping of 'Vibe'

New Line shuffle continues

ABC, FOX order new series

'Apostle' tops Spirit noms

Gillespie to helm 'Detox'

'Road' leads to Polygram

Bart addresses UCLA confab

EchoStar goes local

MTV has day in court as Cronin feud opens

White House issues call vs. media consolidation

National Film Service shuttering

4 exex form 'Squares' core team

Ellin to pen, helm Interscope's 'Kid'

PBS, WB ink distrib pact

Zimbert jumps back in Creek

Sony sets new global B.O. record in '97

'Zorro' ending to stay

Surprises mark Russia legit nods

Pixar getting out of interactive business

Panasonic Taps Lobbyist Fannon

Hollywood Pix snares 'Kiler'

UA sets laffer for Yeoh

Acad names shortlist for effects Oscar noms

Casey Affleck joins indie pair

Vitale out, Ordesky up at Fine Line

WGA brings in mediator

Group designing broad standards for DVD audio

The pic that won't sink

Live Entertainment ups Laycheck, Ellenburg

RTL topper sets '99 exit

Fox to fly high in Feb.

Lensers to honor documaker Maysles

MovieFone signals busy holiday usage

Spanish radio tops in L.A.

People's Choice: 'ER' and 'Seinfeld' -- again

'Herc' hits ABC ayem

Matsushita bows mini DVD player

Balaban buys rights to Fowles' 'Martin'

Mexico adds cable licenses

Variety bows web site

Studio Report Card: Fox Searchlight

Studion Report Card: DreamWorks

Happy B.O. New Year

Studio Report Card: PolyGram/Gramercy

Winant cooks pack of pilots

Treves chairs Channel 4

Laudadio firm atop next Venice fest

Rourke tops TNT 'Stand-Up'

Studio up for sale

AMC, Sony ink pact for 1,700 SDDS units

Tune town topper

HBO goes for drama with 'The Sopranos'

Fest springs back

'Firestorm' heats up L.A.

FCC panelist backs HDTV pass-through for cablers

Box brawl at tech confab

Team owner tackling legit

B'way churns while B.O. burns

The other Great White

Hankey panky denied

Blair going 'full monty'

Hooray for Hollywood

Casting couch gets high-tech touch

Hitched

Seinfeld could use a visit to the ER

Variety.com launches on the Web

Ruiz ankles KTLA post

Schwarzenegger ankles ICM

Studio report card: Sony Classics

Studio report card: October

Vocalist John Gary dead at 65

Frank J. Downey dead at 92

Elizabeth Frazer, 83

Kermit Goell, 82

Clarence W. Sheiffele, 76

Daniel Martin Bresler, dead at 75

Locations expo sets dates

Clyde Wallichs, 80

Abe Haberman, 88

Mickey Feeley dies

Viacom Prods. ups Klein to senior veep

Sandy McPeak, dead at 62

Stanford Zucker, 95

Ratings laff riot

The King lives

Studio report card: Indies

Births

MPAA Ratings

TBS Intl. ups Barry

Fox computes kidvid midseason makeover

Paxson brands its stations

Kids' WB adds four skeins

Imax rides 'Titanic' wave

Exclusives winner: 'Oscar'

CBS intercepts NFL

ITV airs new plan to recover ratings

Hamsher, Murphy bow Delinquent Records

From foes to allies?

World Briefs

Branagh nabbed by 'Alien' trio

A3TV eyes feevee, o'seas biz

Slamdance mixes 'Yellow'

BV leads Teutonic charge

Scripps to Do-it with cabler

AFI sees a Silver lining

'Wayans,' 'Vibe' eye soph seshs

McClain vs. FCC on broadcast regs

Boxing fuels 16% rise in PPV homes

Disney biz door opens for Gates

Pollack, Eye fall in

Merchant Ivory pix feted

Rather in on Olympic bow

Newcomers can't slow up 'Titanic'

Zucker Touchstone's 'Miracles' worker

U, Simonds bake pact for 4 years

Globes adds presenters

TenPercenteries

Inside Moves

Saban brings Boz inhouse

'Titanic' conquers Euro B.O.

'Kids' gets darndest ratings

Acad's Bonner Medal set for f/x expert Clark

'Seinfeld,' 'Order' top WGA field

TV sudser scandal

ShoWest shows good will to thesp Damon

HBO picks up 11 features from Overseas Filmgroup

WB, Telemundo team up on mag

Dimension grabs 'Hook'

Fox Family minus one: Leon ankles

Connery traps Zeta-Jones for next pic

TENPERCENTERIES

Brits packing the hardtops

TV Azteca lands 75% of La Red

Oz's Southern Star eyes Euro market; taps Phillips

Telefe, SBT ink int'l TV distrib'n deal

Cinepix Film morphs into Lions Gate Ent.

Bond, boat steer Oz B.O. to record

Bernard Girard, dead at 79

Wolf snags PGA prize

Lester Kaufman, 64

James K. Shimokawa, 89

Cable surges to ratings record

Owen Bradley, 82

Bill Anderson, dead at 86

Goldwyn gilding 1st release

Top Florida promoter quits

CCI spawns Goodspot title firm

RAI fixes on pix

CNN taps new heads of Int'l, Espanol

Allen 'Home'-bound for one more year

'Minutes' scoops nets on Spanish-lingo captioning

Judge drops 'Air ' suit

Paul joins Gipson, Hoffman, Pancione

6 NBC O&Os go 'Extra' mile, reup thru 2000

Reprogramming cable

Freedom bids $170 mil for 2 Granite stations

Sony Music ups Yarbrough

Sundance sets exex

Peacock rules ratings roost

Breathed's 'Ranger' at Fox Family

Vincent upped to 20th Sr. VP

Fox Newman Stage bows

Sony pulls into Salles' 'Station'

'Boxer' kayos preemgoers

Fox Kids Net gets show of support from exex

Litto lines up ¼-bil

Taylor to be given SAG's lifetime nod

Daly, Semel to share award

Variety ups Cox, Hindes

Fraser, Hale set for Pentafour's 'Sinbad'

Inside Moves

Weiner joins DDA MediaTek

Figgis giving Col 1st look

U, RKO greenlight 'Doubt' redux

Surging 'Springer' even with 'Oprah'

WB Int'l TV ups Byles to Sr. VP

CBS hard on news

Peacock benches 'Jenny'

Massive HSN cash infusions

Mouse picks up pigskin

Intermedia, Mirage set 2

Night for knights who once said nee

Helmers' class of '97 update

Alain Berliner

Shane Meadows

Martin Sulik

Janos Szasz

Katja Von Garnier

Greg Mottola

Luis Meza

Kasi Lemmons

Pal Sletaune

Helmers to Watch

Peter Chan

Beatty's 'Bulworth' could stir controversy

Joe Henderson

Firestorm

Hard Rain

Fallen

Star Kid

I Married A Strange Person

Motel Cactus

Scars

In The Name of the Innocent

Little Book of Love

So Long

Dharma Blues

Two for Texas

Prey

The School for Scandal

Little Eyolf

Slava's Snowshow

Mystery School

Morning Glories

Firestorm

Hard Rain - 'Rain' Bogged Down by Leaky Storyline

Fallen

Three Men and a Leg

I Married a Strange Person

Motel Cactus

Little Book of Love

So Long

Open Your Eyes

Three Men and a Leg

The Revengers' Comedies

Dianne Reeves

Neat

Private Lives

Neat