Robert F. Metzler dies at 83

Gustav S. Eyssell dies at 96

Barbara Nicholas dies at 72

Badiyi direct to TV record

'Working' team reups for 3 at NBC

Santa Barbara fetes Foster

Pregame shows for N.Y. O&Os

Exec Shuffle

Hughes team tags Depp; 'Spider' rumors fly

Granada novel idea

Cablers sked Bridges spex

Fans can vote on 10 favorite 'Seinfeld' segs

NL, Atlantic hoop it up

Polygram nabs 'Noddy' vid

BBC taps Turner Laing

Hardtop renaissance

Daily Variety plans Web marketing forum

New Line struts its new stuff

Short and sweet

Ahern named prexy/G.M. at San Francisco's KGO

ASI taps Feldman for N.Y. office

2-minute warming

Poland pitched as pic location

Profit news boosts Oz's Prime TV shares

Kiener News America prexy

'Titanic' track tops

'Opposite' opens Tahoe fest

Showtime axes Gelbart 'Fast Track'

AMPAS pulls plug on Oscar-crasher

Traveler's Rest nabs Kaufman

Inside Moves

Madsen lines up 'Vengeance' pilot

Caviezel joins 'To Live On'

Warner Bros. gets 'Down With Noah'

Four thesps cast in U's 'Bride of Chucky'

Danes goes 'Mod' for MGM film

Richard Paul Krawetz dies at 45

PerfecTV deal makes Japan big Sky country

Oz's Beyond posts anemic profits

ABC tops Emmy noms

Sony shows off at ShoWest

Vescera eyeing NBC post

'Life' preem can't hold 'Home' rate

Newman, Fiorentino team for heist thriller

Par boards 'Bad Boys'

Chancellor gets stock reply: $1 bil

Goldwyn's 'Titanic'

HT Capital to secure RKO eatery financing

TNT & Cartoon ups 2

Polish net casts local line

Clinton firm on free airtime

FCC reviews rules

ABC's 'Guys' sitcom beats expectations

WGA's united front

Feb. sweep soft for talk

Miramax deals out reel as ShoWest '98 wraps

Weisz joins U's 'Mummy'

Simpsons may lose their voices

Mexico fest showcases Latin cinema

Profits up for Oz exhib

Zane joins Canuck pic 'Taxman'

KTLA newsroom adds two

Chinese web hits U.S.

Paxson, Diller shop & swap TV outlets

MGM inks 3 to complete 'Molly' cast

IFP/West to honor producers

Vid blitz for AFI pix push

Fox exec Lakin has write stuff

Buzz boosts Lion's stock

Kushner-Locke Intl. inks pic-pack deals

Lions Gate Releasing ups two

CLT-UFA cranks up

Mexican exhib will expand southward

U.K.'s United News posts profit despite Ch. 5 losses

Nets fight for clip rights

Rupe rounding third

Hollywood Pix has 'Fling'

'Rock' duo near sitcom deal at Fox

Victory for V-chip

Almodovar, Blue Tulip eye 'Paper'

Alonso tops Senorita show

Tri-Laurel tries 'Ballgame'

'South Park' headed for Newsweek cover

Starry lineup off Broadway

Emmerich gets 'Life' as scout

Salvatores enters 'Calcutta'

WB/VR team snags pitch

Branson rallies exex behind artists' rights

Italo gov't gives 'Toto' a go, targets censors

Pix ride ship's wake

Clear Channel plans to raise $1 billion

Kodak to unveil grant winner

Indie adds record arm

Anderson sets new pic at NL

Leo vs. Leo in dead heat

Solt buys half of pic archive

The play's the thing on B'way in spring

City sees showbiz boom

Argentine MSOs plan stock offers

Stewart inks deal with USA

B'way back in tune

'Titanic' top fare at 48th Eddie gala

Pic clunker insurance facing test

BMG Canada ups Zbitnew

Fox Pay TV, Sogecable pact

Sogecable inks with Reuther

La Raza sets biz nominees

Eye rolls on series

CTW inks two deals in China

Disney Channel resurrecting DiCaprio role

Italo digial plan under fire

Liberty to be full owner of Encore Media Group

Cablers eyeing buys

Siegel inks deal with NBC

Hello, New York

New Yorkers get in on Oscar party

Carey holds 'Line' for ABC

Oscar ballot deadline looms

Exec Shuffle

Stewart joins Fox p'gramming

Pathe eyes PPV bow for loitering 'Lolita'

Forsythe joins TNT's 'Dollar'

Daily Variety hits NYC

AFMA exec VP Kittleson exits

Exclusive auds embrace 'Long Island'

Philip Abbott dead at 73

Stephen Harris Brown dead at 95

Oliver Hopps dead at 90

Judy Tur dead at 58

Livent stock slides as execs move on

BET buyout bid sweetened

Oscar ballots due by 5 today

Sex sells for '60'

DIC taps Ellis

'Dancing' with stars

Disney fields 2 pitches

Walls between film, TV gone, panelists say

Liberty Microwave steams FCC

'60 Minutes' may follow up Willey seg

'Titanic' still walks on water overseas

'Titanic' tops B.O. again

Miss M heads to ABC; 'Mask' Broadway-bound

Col Tristar Intl. TV ups Iacono

Polygram, Penguin ink for Classics

Taking stock in CNBC

J.T. Walsh Memorial

Perry dances WB's 'Tango'

AFTRA charges CBS with federal law violations

Lifetime has 'Baby' on way

Indie fest boasts pix, music

Walter N. Hiller dead at 72

Defection at RAI

TV, publishing boost Pearson profits

Toon that triggered Tokyo illness returns

B'way on the March

Nielsen unveils refined peoplemeter to clients

Touchstone ups Vahradian

BBC to buy out int'l partners

CBS skeds Fri. 'Mysteries'

Castle Rock, WB in toon

CBS in-flight on American

Phillips faces 'Adversaries'

Charles Goldsmith dead at 90

Peter Soderbergh dead at 69

Fox Liberty eyes 2

Trib, Baruch offering up Oscar spex

Kirch, CLT-Ufa merger meets resistance

Believe it! Cinar pacting with Alphanim for kidvid

Inside Moves

Acting up & down

Golden Books tarnishes

'Friends' made at Santa Barbara fest

Daily Variety Gotham gets NY kickoff fete

Woodard into 'Mumford'

WIC shifts control in share move

Sinclair plans stock offering

Money 'Mad'-ness

Par digs up rights to 'Tomb Raider'

Steifel ups Challis

McCain abandons attack on free airtime for pols

IFP to honor fresh pic faces

'Scream' ruling favors Miramax

British distrib CTE looks to make name as Carlton

'Gump' huge on Italo small screens

Rainbow connection cabler may add Liberty nets for studio leverage

Despite losses, Paxson gains with station sales

Witt set to tackle 'Urban Legends'

Whitaker, Propaganda pact

Weber to be 'Pushing Tin'

WNYW nabs rerun rights to 'Seinfeld'

Alphabet web shutters its ABC Pictures wing

Rupe deal in the clear

Newman expected to replace Gibson

Klugman B'way odd man out

Macdonald set for MGM pic

Prod'n prexy Black ankles Mandalay

Berner pacts with Image

Streisand say 'no' to Oscars -- for sure

World Briefs

Sony adds channel to SkyPerfect TV

TV's sporting life

Politics may claim Aleman

NBC wins by a hair

'Moby' mops up

Hamdon reaches Summits

CGE may book a deal for Simon & Schuster

Noyce set to helm 'Bone'

Ireland to court film production

Sale of Dodgers suddenly in limbo

ABC, NABET draw lines over Oscar

Van Peebles, Buntzman team up

Den's 'Chad's World' a TV first

New Regency's $1/2-bil pipeline

One Hot Summer Night

The Larry Sanders Show: Another List

Wonderful World of Disney

Michael Kael vs. the World News Company

Moby Dick

Painted Angels

Michael Kael vs. the World News Company

The Larry Sanders Show: Another List

Wonderful World of Disney

One Hot Summer Night

The Proposition

Primary Colors

The Sound of Music

The Proposition

Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk

Primary Colors

The Newton Boys

Not About Nightingales

Macbeth

Four Faces of Eve

Joe Satriani

Peter Case

Lateline

Without Limits

Chairman of the Board

For Your Love

Sing! A Musical Journey

Paljas

The Last Contract

The Last Contract

Paljas

For Your Love

Sing! a Musical Journey

Significant Others

Significant Others

Wild Things