Throngs come far for 'Wide'

Disney ups Mayer

Rhames: from 'King' to ring

Southern star quality

Molen up a DreamWorks

Classic pix spark syndies

Schiff hooks Fox pic 'Swordfish'

Warner Bros. buys 'Man Made' pitch

Murphy's on Mondays again

Miramax joins team on Beaufoy's 'Dry'

TriStar has 'Last Word'

PGA awards sets starry slate

Dallas fetes film

Kirch must b'cast soccer on free TV

PPV ruling riles Canucks

Lembeck grabs 'Knees'

Planet stock rocked

Vescera back in NBC nest as promo VP

It's 'Time' for D'Works

Epic ceases Harrell talks

SFX poised to capture Avalon

U to launch 13th St. in Germany April 30

Tot fine-toons 'Dexter'

Biz leaders dedicate N.C. school

Biz leaders dedicate N.C. school

Plea ends tax trial

Veronis, Suhler appoints L'Esperance b'cast M.D.

Toon twosome bows Zoom

Peacock preems preen

'Titanic' disc drive

'Damage' hits Jour de Fete

New Regency buys into crime thriller

Valenti kicks off AFI lecture series

Frears in talks to helm Touchstone's 'Fidelity'

October picks up 'Hilary'

McDowell inspects 'Island'

General Cinema in Paradiso plex plot

Digital dinero for Sogecable

Sportel takes off

All-star lineup set for Caparro honors

U sets China foray

Smith, Houston in 'Love'

Arnold to duel devil

'Simpsons': No dough, new 'Doh!'?

Lucas, Cameron carry on tradition

Marcel Pepin dies at 65

Jonathan Hole, dead at 93

Yankees deny sale rumors

Cannes nods prods

'Closer' to get basketball boost

RAI posts gains, rising costs

'Working' works

Miramax Home Ent. reels in NL's Kasha

ModernTimes sees $39 mil loss for '97

Pollack, Calley reunite as Mirage joins Sony

Oz webs to get free digital spectrum

Levy resigns post at UPN

Voight boards ark

Danforth to climb aboard TW

BBC, Discovery allies in U.S.

Cates dismisses NABET worries

Jack S. Sidney, dead at 61

Balking backer nearly scuttles B'way 'Child'

Solomon exits Colombia net

Patrick, Wood in sci-fi pic

'Mummy' grabs 'Funeral' thesp

Costner back in ball game

Saunders to receive up-and-comer Spirit

'I Still Know' to star Settle

Canal Plus rev up 17% in '97

Sat wars hurt TF1 profits

Marjorie McCarthy Gless, dead at 84

Marjorie Allen Barrett dies at 82

Roseanne taps Stephan

PaxNet names new sr. veepee

Five exex climb at HBO

Moscow film fest canceled

Pony Canyon ankles 5 markets

Iceland's 'Honor' ready to roll

DIC's deal goosed

Trib ups stake in WB net

Dodger sale OK'd

Regency painlessly buys Trauma label

Moviegoers vote for 'Titanic'

Michael W. Hoffman dies at 52

Robert Burton Inkelas, 69

Arthur Seidel dies at 66

Nielsen flap flares

New Regency hikes 3 exex

Biz stocks rock

Walker tackles 'Varsity'

'Dateline': a 5-night affair?

Ex-UTA boss Bauer starts own outfit

Diller to buy into Italo home shopping network

Silvio, Rupe in talks

Collins talking KCBS show with eye to net

Redford in huddle with DreamWorks

Williams inked for 'Dick'

De Mornay among 'Thieves'

Government may postpone new copyright plan

Publicists tip their hats

Image, Berner bonding

Terry Leslie McQueen dies at 38

Chuck Hayward dies at 77

U sets gift for UCLA film docu

Dowry puts Murdoch off Mediaset wedding

U taps Collins

Industry folk form Creative Alliance

NL sets 1st Beane project

Trouble ahead for upfront?

'Primary' not primo

'Bright Lights' set for tuner transfer

SoundScan in tune with VNU

Wach takes reins at ailing WNYW

Scribe Diether to visit 'Oz'

Blockbuster, Astral in deal

Olympic quintuple

TV Azteca shifts Vinay

King to chair ShowEast

Japan sells off TW

'Party' ready for weekends

Kristofferson in 'Joyriders'

Hallmark net expands

Springer sprung

Small-screen domain

MCA Records ups Corbin

Tambor into Griffith skien

Acad hosts Laybourne chat

Marvin A. Davis dies at 87

Codikow, Levy to film 'Skin'

Sales hot for Lees' sex vid

'Primary' satire swaddled in sleaze

Nelvana strategy hits gold

Proietti Polygram's new man in Italy

Indie world converted by 'Apostle'

Labor board dismisses NABET gripe

'Monty' men keep their Oscar dates

Ad victory not to the swift

New groove at WB

A down-home fest

Pepsi, Scooby Doo sign up for mall net

James Algar dies at 85

Ship dips overseas

Bronfman 'honored' by culture vultures

Encore touts numbers from Nielsen survey

Juno kudos surface for McLachlan

Oz exhib Greater Union inks Dutch treat

2 U.S. pix for Munich's IMF

Newman replaces Gibson

'Mask', 'Big' bow ok o'seas

Rubin label to spin for Columbia

Hollywood welcomes Daily Variety Gotham

NBC, 'Mad' stars ink on money deal

Gere speaks for Tibetan hunger strikers

Fox Kids ups Dutch TV stake

Miller ankles role on Selleck sitcom

Harvey execs ousted

Col TriStar takes 'Off' rights

Fifield EMI exit = $20 mil

Warner Bros. mines gold from older musical acts

Cameron is king of the Oscars

Sky bird hits tech problems

'Long Island' tops exclusive list for 3rd week

Brunell joins USA Studios

High court to hear SAG suit

Writers resume talks in bid for pact by May

TV tension rising

'Titanic' tally ties Oscar record

USA picks up Ticketmaster

Arista taps Goldstuck exec veepee & G.M.

Strong start for 'Damon'

DreamWorks inks Levitt pitch

Germany's Bertelsmann to buy Random House

Karlovy Vary fest beefs up pic program

Fox O&Os ditch 'McBeal' threat

Keitel inks to star in Italian Western

UPN adds pair of affils

Pre-Oscar shows rate

Darina Devens Wiesel dies at 47

Celestine Tate Harrington dies at 42

Mouse taps Berman

Hamilton in toon 'Hercules'

Gordon-Levitt joins cast of '10'

CNN/U.S. lifts Iliff

Promising preems pump Peacock

French pix in 'Lights'

Diskery discontent

Spelling: Toss Tylo Win

'Sinbad' captured

Rasulo tops Disneyland Paris

Hier gets long-distance congrats

'Lolita' can't romance DirecTV, other distribs

Italy's plexes multiply

Blair pooh-poohs Murdoch link

HDTV rollout: The slow road

ABC scores in NFL war

Fine Line draws int'l sales plan

Midwest megamall tops Ovitz' development slate

Litner sports sr. VP stripes at Alphabet

Ratings ride wave

Par taps Moussa, ups Wineberg

Kahlo play extended for Grove's record run

Aniston wedded to 'Husbandry'

Norman Lear king of TV hall monitors

World Briefs

Divine Hammer in Telepictures pact

Spottiswoode plants flag atop 'Vertical Limit'

CanWest tries WIC takeover

TCI boasts cash bump

Clark to make Disney 'Mad'

Mirvish foots Celtic dancers

U Pay TV inks with Latin Galaxy PPV

Japanese nets ask gov't help on switch

Canal +, HBO in row

Baratta tapped for Biennale

Counting on 'Crow'

Arquette tops MGM's 'Toby'

Stephanie Pond-Smith dies at 45

Judy Tur dies at 58

Jonathan Slott dies at 89

It all ads up to gains for basic cable

Promo vets on Launch Pad

Par greenlights 'Teen Files'

Inside Moves

Crystal Method

Fastball

Ah, Wilderness!

Fastball

Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies, and the American Dream

Always Outnumbered

With Friends Like These

Cabaret

Mystery School

Sean Lennon

David Crosby: Behind the Music

Blood on her Hands

A Rat's Tale

With Friends Like These ...

Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies, and the American Dream

The Judas Kiss

Dancer, Texas Pop. 81

Rakim

Steve Earle and the Dukes; V-Roys

Meet the Deedles

No Looking Back

The 70th Annual Academy Awards

Best Year of Our Lives

Mrs. Miniver

The Art of Singing:Golden Voices, Silver Screen

William Hooker

The Art of Singing: Golden Voices, Silver Screen

Charlie Haden

Pacific Overtures