Broadway headed Uptown

U tows Seagram line

Candie's sours on MTV

Bullock near 'Nature'

Dench reigns again, as Liz I

Euro plexing push

Saban, SAG make nice for the kids

Jones on Castle Rock's payroll

CBS swapping 'Hayes,' 'Eye'

Law, Blanchett near deal for 'Ripley'

Wasserman ankles board

'Blues' red hot

Strong quarter at CBS; stock buyback on tap

Nick, S&S reup book deal

Imax expands north

Noyce to helm CBS pilot

Capella buys int'l actioner

Complete List of WGA Nominations

Spy assassinated again

Springer on bigscreen?

'Titanic' album 4 weeks on top

World Briefs

Local 'Boys' tops in Quebec

Delicious Vinyl hopes to rocket in V2 deal

Taxmen teaming up

ABC, affils far from NFL payment pact

KCAL afternoons to grow up

'Love Boat' to launch series

Turell chairs TPEC

Mutual agreement

Playboy snaps up rival Spice

Romanian Film Studios up for grabs

TPS stake heats up

Bigger bite of Apple

TV tunes in profits for News Corp.

Preston warms to 'Frost'

UIP blasts EC 'Objections'

Order halts work at Playa Vista

Weil moves up at SPE legal

Cronin's start at Fox Kids put on hold

Helmers get it write

Fox's ship comes in

ShoWest to honor Roberts

DGA names commercial noms

G-men case moves ahead

Kraft inks for TCI spots

Theatrical 'Story'

UPN going to market

ACE taps Eddie nominees

Murdoch rounds third

Van Galder sr. veep at Searchlight

Bill targets FCC's ban

Banner '97 B.O. for Germany

Menken-Mouse Megadeal

U pix Stream to Italy

Gary awards: blurbs of unknown soldiers

Short Takes

Kraft inks for TCI spots

Pixar profits dip

Marketing noms unveiled

Specs the H'w'd way during '97

NTL buys Comcast's U.K. cable assets

Endemol sets foray into U.K. TV

Brazil licenses draw bids

Exec Shuffle

Chinese welcome 'Titanic,' open tour

Wasserman to relax, consult

Kaufman eyes Warners' 'Jury'

Inhouse units keeping web comedy pilots

Paxson expanding

Herzfeld inks 'Works deal

Olympic pressure on CBS

Seagram sheds TW

Gov't plans big boost for Canuck film biz

Brits won't compete

'Sliding Doors' exits Berlin fest

Mandalay on move

Five pull down ASC noms

MCA catches Free Radicals

Film preservation prize goes to Cruise

Gerber ready to ankle Pearson All-American

Warners puts Latin look to 'Your Eyes'

Art directors honor Jewison, Bumstead

World Briefs

'Titanic' rides high o'seas

Matsushita hopes to dent Sony with Olympics pact

Reed Midem hits books

Olympics a mixed bag

Malcolm promoted at KTLA

Campbell gets ready to 'Tango'

Lensers to honor Coppola

Reitman shelters 'Defender'

Commish blasts UIP

'Summer II' Cannon-ized

Exhibs to honor Bruckheimer

BVI goes it alone in Oz

Drachkovitch back at BVTV

Irish cablers trumpet digital TV potential

Hershey at 'Breakfast' table

Dungey is Sr. VP Material

'South' heads north

KABC yakker Elder back in driver's seat

More food for thought from KCBS

Euro media powers prep for shuffle

Is Stallone's muscle turning to Yun-Fat?

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

Landmark, indie channel team up

Monicagate a bust

European pics tame Tigers in Rotterdam

MediaOne fiber net will boost post links

Eisner sets three-pack of features

TenPercenteries

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

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

Pathe breached contract with Assonitis, judge rules

Jann to helm New Line's 'Dairy Queens'

Helmer Wong slices U's actioner 'Blades'

18th AFM sets sked

Fox options 'Cosm' rights for De Bont

Nu Image, Trimark ink vid deal

Eyemark taps Burns veep

Infogrames in Milia spotlight

Patience Wearing thin at BBC

'General' to Par for $2 mil

Regal Nets Big Qtr.

Goldhammer ankles 'Vibe'

'Titanic' still waterproof

Graden grows MTV garden

Canton, WB tackle 'Ten'

Fox raises some 'Hill'

Fried to help WebTV speak Hollywood

MGM taps Kletter for new 'Mildred'

Broadway mapping recoup

Italo auds get religion

Monster promo for Sony

World Cruise boffo

Tamara Wilcox-Smith dies at 57

Acme TV picks up 2 Roberts stations

Healthy new plan hailed by photogs

IATSE, Hearst ink cable pact

SAG Awards set March 6 cutoff

Journo, Fox forge deal for Hub art heist pic

Kosberg inks with Griffin for TV, pic development

Miss M gaga for 'Ya-Ya'

'Amistad' libel case settled

B.O. rebounds; 'Rent' high

Broadway Grosses

'Apostle' firmly atop exclusives

Galaxy uplinks Buenos Aires sat

Malaysian filmgoers to get off-site tix

Nick Webb dies at 43

Jon Rothschild dies at 54

Strike up the bond

Murphy books to Disney post

Trib taps Levinson P&D VP

Eye soaps lead way with four DGA noms

CBS gets the gold

Kellogg takes 'Gadget' helm

ShoWest gets new sponsors

Polanski opens 'Gate'

Short Takes

Nardino Service Skedded

PFE picks Roviglioni

Zu Salm upped to Euro prod'n prexy for CTIT

Russia filling showbiz meet

Jack T. Collis dies at 75

Miami aud gives heart to 'Secretos'

Dream lights up 'Sparkler' o'seas

Affils support NBC

Polanski to enter American 'Gate'

Latenight gold medal to Leno

WB's French connection

Loesch will join Henson TV division

KMEX novellas put Games in jeopardy

Shaq signs with A&M Records

Column: Noises

TW waives Six Flags

Marriage at Milia

Dominic Palmieri dies at 58

Allen Byers dies at 72

Publishing industry getting set for topsy-turvy '98

Feds smoke out cigar tie-ins

Pearson sheds SES satellite stake

Ferdinand Mayne dies at 82

Starz on promo blitz

Porn purveyor to present plan for Internet interdiction

Woodbine set to serve 'Life'

Machine gets Chen's 'Girl'

Pix to pilot for Johnson

'Double O' spells $7 mil for Tucker

Inside Moves

Porchlight on for pix

Triple noms wash over Cameron

Cineville's 'Glam' stuck with NC-17

Promax TV boosts image with blurbs, Latin growth

Italo film starts off in '97

Dolby pumps Net volume

GLAAD sets special nods

Bennett to feed 'Lionhearts'

Spin doctor Guccione gets into Gear

Imax closes '97 on high note

Alliance to expand

Sinclair reports mixed 4th quarter

Saban ups Goldberg to VP for features

Rysher elevates Eagleton

ABC dabbling with 'Diller' on Fridays

Sussman to Brillstein-Grey

Writers Guild to unveil statuette

Zeitgeist picks up Jacquot's 'Heaven'

Bigmouth's back

Ginsberg exits HRTS gabfest

Newman to play Costner's dad

Sladek buys 'Prayers,' 'Make Believe'

'Dilbert' moves cubicle to UPN

Touchstone taps 'Robot Killers'

Wagner's 'Losing' gains 4

Brillstein-Grey inks pact with Hervey

'The Boxer' punches up Berlin bow

'Decouvertes' nabs Milia mart honors

Clear Channel net up 40% for quarter

Olympic downhill

Crawford VP, NBC finance

Star power fuels India's elections

Skater to figure in MGM pic

Diller may flag USA Studios for prod co.

Bissonette bumped to VP-G.M.

Phoenix/Rehme buys Sanders novel series

Media buyers make 'Seinfeld' spot-check

Ticketmaster to share data with travel service

College awards out

Shochiku is revamping to maximize its profits

Santa Monica Pictures taps Sison

LMNO adds to exec team

Young takes a big hit in 4th qtr.

TW 4th quarter: $135 mil profit

Lions Gate smells 'Blood'

Kino Intl. goes to 'Hell'

Sculptor casts doubt on 'Devil'

Touchstone in love with 'Call Waiting'

Whiskeytown

Common; X-Ecutioners; Rahzel

Blues Brothers 2000

Melvin Van Peebles' Classified X

Baby, It's You

The Best Man

Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story

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

Ben Folds Five; Robbie Fulks

Jack DeJohnette

Sisters of Mercy

The Opposite of Sex

Burning Blue

Jack Dejohnette

Sisters of Mercy

The Opposite of Sex

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