Broadway headed Uptown

Playboy snaps up rival Spice

Spy assassinated again

Springer on bigscreen?

U tows Seagram line

'Blues' red hot

Strong quarter at CBS; stock buyback on tap

'Titanic' album 4 weeks on top

Candie's sours on MTV

Bullock near 'Nature'

World Briefs

Dench reigns again, as Liz I

Romanian Film Studios up for grabs

Euro plexing push

Nick, S&S reup book deal

Local 'Boys' tops in Quebec

TPS stake heats up

Imax expands north

Bigger bite of Apple

TV tunes in profits for News Corp.

Preston warms to 'Frost'

Saban, SAG make nice for the kids

Jones on Castle Rock's payroll

Delicious Vinyl hopes to rocket in V2 deal

Taxmen teaming up

ABC, affils far from NFL payment pact

UIP blasts EC 'Objections'

KCAL afternoons to grow up

Order halts work at Playa Vista

CBS swapping 'Hayes,' 'Eye'

'Love Boat' to launch series

Law, Blanchett near deal for 'Ripley'

Wasserman ankles board

Weil moves up at SPE legal

Turell chairs TPEC

Noyce to helm CBS pilot

Mutual agreement

Capella buys int'l actioner

Cronin's start at Fox Kids put on hold

Complete List of WGA Nominations

Helmers get it write

Seagram sheds TW

Gov't plans big boost for Canuck film biz

Brits won't compete

Endemol sets foray into U.K. TV

Brazil licenses draw bids

'Sliding Doors' exits Berlin fest

Banner '97 B.O. for Germany

Fox's ship comes in

Exec Shuffle

Menken-Mouse Megadeal

ShoWest to honor Roberts

Chinese welcome 'Titanic,' open tour

U pix Stream to Italy

Wasserman to relax, consult

DGA names commercial noms

Gary awards: blurbs of unknown soldiers

G-men case moves ahead

Kaufman eyes Warners' 'Jury'

Short Takes

Inhouse units keeping web comedy pilots

Kraft inks for TCI spots

Kraft inks for TCI spots

Paxson expanding

Mandalay on move

Pixar profits dip

Theatrical 'Story'

UPN going to market

Herzfeld inks 'Works deal

ACE taps Eddie nominees

Olympic pressure on CBS

Five pull down ASC noms

MCA catches Free Radicals

Marketing noms unveiled

Film preservation prize goes to Cruise

Specs the H'w'd way during '97

Gerber ready to ankle Pearson All-American

Murdoch rounds third

Warners puts Latin look to 'Your Eyes'

Van Galder sr. veep at Searchlight

Bill targets FCC's ban

NTL buys Comcast's U.K. cable assets

Roth in helming 'Zone'; Kubrick posts 'Shut'

Landmark, indie channel team up

Art directors honor Jewison, Bumstead

Monicagate a bust

Nu Image, Trimark ink vid deal

Eyemark taps Burns veep

World Briefs

European pics tame Tigers in Rotterdam

'Titanic' rides high o'seas

Drachkovitch back at BVTV

Irish cablers trumpet digital TV potential

Matsushita hopes to dent Sony with Olympics pact

Infogrames in Milia spotlight

Reed Midem hits books

Patience Wearing thin at BBC

'General' to Par for $2 mil

Regal Nets Big Qtr.

Goldhammer ankles 'Vibe'

MediaOne fiber net will boost post links

Hershey at 'Breakfast' table

Olympics a mixed bag

'Titanic' still waterproof

Graden grows MTV garden

Eisner sets three-pack of features

Malcolm promoted at KTLA

TenPercenteries

Douglas to board U's Mostow pic 'U-571'

Dungey is Sr. VP Material

Campbell gets ready to 'Tango'

Canton, WB tackle 'Ten'

'South' heads north

Fox raises some 'Hill'

D'Works to unveil toy line for 'Soldiers' pic

KABC yakker Elder back in driver's seat

Lensers to honor Coppola

Reitman shelters 'Defender'

Pathe breached contract with Assonitis, judge rules

Fried to help WebTV speak Hollywood

More food for thought from KCBS

Jann to helm New Line's 'Dairy Queens'

Commish blasts UIP

Helmer Wong slices U's actioner 'Blades'

18th AFM sets sked

Euro media powers prep for shuffle

MGM taps Kletter for new 'Mildred'

'Summer II' Cannon-ized

Exhibs to honor Bruckheimer

Fox options 'Cosm' rights for De Bont

BVI goes it alone in Oz

Is Stallone's muscle turning to Yun-Fat?

Broadway mapping recoup

Column: Noises

B.O. rebounds; 'Rent' high

Broadway Grosses

Short Takes

'Apostle' firmly atop exclusives

Nardino Service Skedded

PFE picks Roviglioni

Galaxy uplinks Buenos Aires sat

TW waives Six Flags

Zu Salm upped to Euro prod'n prexy for CTIT

Malaysian filmgoers to get off-site tix

Nick Webb dies at 43

Russia filling showbiz meet

Jon Rothschild dies at 54

Italo auds get religion

Marriage at Milia

Dominic Palmieri dies at 58

Monster promo for Sony

Allen Byers dies at 72

Publishing industry getting set for topsy-turvy '98

Strike up the bond

World Cruise boffo

Tamara Wilcox-Smith dies at 57

Feds smoke out cigar tie-ins

Acme TV picks up 2 Roberts stations

Jack T. Collis dies at 75

Murphy books to Disney post

Pearson sheds SES satellite stake

Ferdinand Mayne dies at 82

Miami aud gives heart to 'Secretos'

Dream lights up 'Sparkler' o'seas

Affils support NBC

Starz on promo blitz

Healthy new plan hailed by photogs

Trib taps Levinson P&D VP

IATSE, Hearst ink cable pact

Eye soaps lead way with four DGA noms

SAG Awards set March 6 cutoff

Porn purveyor to present plan for Internet interdiction

Woodbine set to serve 'Life'

Journo, Fox forge deal for Hub art heist pic

Machine gets Chen's 'Girl'

Pix to pilot for Johnson

CBS gets the gold

Polanski to enter American 'Gate'

Latenight gold medal to Leno

'Double O' spells $7 mil for Tucker

WB's French connection

Kosberg inks with Griffin for TV, pic development

Miss M gaga for 'Ya-Ya'

Loesch will join Henson TV division

Inside Moves

Porchlight on for pix

KMEX novellas put Games in jeopardy

Shaq signs with A&M Records

Kellogg takes 'Gadget' helm

ShoWest gets new sponsors

'Amistad' libel case settled

Triple noms wash over Cameron

Polanski opens 'Gate'

College awards out

Brillstein-Grey inks pact with Hervey

Cineville's 'Glam' stuck with NC-17

Promax TV boosts image with blurbs, Latin growth

Writers Guild to unveil statuette

Shochiku is revamping to maximize its profits

'The Boxer' punches up Berlin bow

Italo film starts off in '97

Dolby pumps Net volume

'Decouvertes' nabs Milia mart honors

GLAAD sets special nods

Santa Monica Pictures taps Sison

LMNO adds to exec team

Bennett to feed 'Lionhearts'

Young takes a big hit in 4th qtr.

Clear Channel net up 40% for quarter

Olympic downhill

Crawford VP, NBC finance

Zeitgeist picks up Jacquot's 'Heaven'

Star power fuels India's elections

Bigmouth's back

Skater to figure in MGM pic

Spin doctor Guccione gets into Gear

TW 4th quarter: $135 mil profit

Ginsberg exits HRTS gabfest

Imax closes '97 on high note

Alliance to expand

Lions Gate smells 'Blood'

Sinclair reports mixed 4th quarter

Newman to play Costner's dad

Saban ups Goldberg to VP for features

Diller may flag USA Studios for prod co.

Sladek buys 'Prayers,' 'Make Believe'

Rysher elevates Eagleton

Bissonette bumped to VP-G.M.

ABC dabbling with 'Diller' on Fridays

'Dilbert' moves cubicle to UPN

Phoenix/Rehme buys Sanders novel series

Media buyers make 'Seinfeld' spot-check

Touchstone taps 'Robot Killers'

Kino Intl. goes to 'Hell'

Sculptor casts doubt on 'Devil'

Ticketmaster to share data with travel service

Touchstone in love with 'Call Waiting'

Sussman to Brillstein-Grey

Wagner's 'Losing' gains 4

Whiskeytown

Common; X-Ecutioners; Rahzel

Blues Brothers 2000

Melvin Van Peebles' Classified X

Baby, It's You

Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story

The Best Man

Harriet's Return

The Man in the Iron Mask

Stephen King's The Night Flier

Stephen King's the Night Flier

Whiskeytown

Harriet's Return

Blackrock

Minutes from the Blue Route

Central Station

Out of the Past

Too Tired to Die

Bocage, the Triumph of Love

Beautopia

Party Monster

The Opposite of Sex

Burning Blue

Jack Dejohnette

Sisters of Mercy

The Opposite of Sex

Ben Folds Five; Robbie Fulks

Jack DeJohnette

Sisters of Mercy

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