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Week of 03/19/1998

Articles

PGA awards sets starry slate

 

Dallas fetes film

 

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

 

Kirch must b'cast soccer on free TV

 

Plea ends tax trial

 

PPV ruling riles Canucks

 

Lembeck grabs 'Knees'

 

Planet stock rocked

 

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

 

Vescera back in NBC nest as promo VP

 

Frears in talks to helm Touchstone's 'Fidelity'

 

It's 'Time' for D'Works

 

Epic ceases Harrell talks

 

October picks up 'Hilary'

 

SFX poised to capture Avalon

 

McDowell inspects 'Island'

 

Throngs come far for 'Wide'

 

Disney ups Mayer

 

General Cinema in Paradiso plex plot

 

Rhames: from 'King' to ring

 

Southern star quality

 

Digital dinero for Sogecable

 

Molen up a DreamWorks

 

Sportel takes off

 

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'

 

All-star lineup set for Caparro honors

 

U sets China foray

 

TriStar has 'Last Word'

 

Smith, Houston in 'Love'

 

Arnold to duel devil

 

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

 

Lucas, Cameron carry on tradition

 

Moviegoers vote for 'Titanic'

 

Marcel Pepin dies at 65

 

Michael W. Hoffman dies at 52

 

Jonathan Hole, dead at 93

 

Robert Burton Inkelas, 69

 

Arthur Seidel dies at 66

 

Yankees deny sale rumors

 

Nielsen flap flares

 

Cannes nods prods

 

'Closer' to get basketball boost

 

RAI posts gains, rising costs

 

'Working' works

 

Miramax Home Ent. reels in NL's Kasha

 

New Regency hikes 3 exex

 

ModernTimes sees $39 mil loss for '97

 

Biz stocks rock

 

Pollack, Calley reunite as Mirage joins Sony

 

Oz webs to get free digital spectrum

 

Walker tackles 'Varsity'

 

Levy resigns post at UPN

 

'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

 

Voight boards ark

 

Danforth to climb aboard TW

 

Williams inked for 'Dick'

 

BBC, Discovery allies in U.S.

 

Cates dismisses NABET worries

 

Marjorie McCarthy Gless, dead at 84

 

Marjorie Allen Barrett dies at 82

 

Jack S. Sidney, dead at 61

 

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

 

Balking backer nearly scuttles B'way 'Child'

 

DIC's deal goosed

 

Solomon exits Colombia net

 

Trib ups stake in WB net

 

Patrick, Wood in sci-fi pic

 

'Mummy' grabs 'Funeral' thesp

 

Costner back in ball game

 

Saunders to receive up-and-comer Spirit

 

Dodger sale OK'd

 

'I Still Know' to star Settle

 

Canal Plus rev up 17% in '97

 

Regency painlessly buys Trauma label

 

Sat wars hurt TF1 profits

 

MCA Records ups Corbin

 

Tambor into Griffith skien

 

Wach takes reins at ailing WNYW

 

Acad hosts Laybourne chat

 

Scribe Diether to visit 'Oz'

 

Marvin A. Davis dies at 87

 

Blockbuster, Astral in deal

 

Olympic quintuple

 

TV Azteca shifts Vinay

 

Codikow, Levy to film 'Skin'

 

Sales hot for Lees' sex vid

 

King to chair ShowEast

 

'Primary' satire swaddled in sleaze

 

Nelvana strategy hits gold

 

Japan sells off TW

 

Proietti Polygram's new man in Italy

 

'Party' ready for weekends

 

Kristofferson in 'Joyriders'

 

Indie world converted by 'Apostle'

 

Hallmark net expands

 

Labor board dismisses NABET gripe

 

'Monty' men keep their Oscar dates

 

Springer sprung

 

Small-screen domain

 

Ad victory not to the swift

 

De Mornay among 'Thieves'

 

Government may postpone new copyright plan

 

Publicists tip their hats

 

New groove at WB

 

Image, Berner bonding

 

A down-home fest

 

Pepsi, Scooby Doo sign up for mall net

 

Terry Leslie McQueen dies at 38

 

James Algar dies at 85

 

Chuck Hayward dies at 77

 

U sets gift for UCLA film docu

 

Ship dips overseas

 

Dowry puts Murdoch off Mediaset wedding

 

U taps Collins

 

Industry folk form Creative Alliance

 

Bronfman 'honored' by culture vultures

 

NL sets 1st Beane project

 

Trouble ahead for upfront?

 

Encore touts numbers from Nielsen survey

 

'Primary' not primo

 

'Bright Lights' set for tuner transfer

 

SoundScan in tune with VNU

 

Juno kudos surface for McLachlan

 

Oz exhib Greater Union inks Dutch treat

 

2 U.S. pix for Munich's IMF

 

USA picks up Ticketmaster

 

Arista taps Goldstuck exec veepee & G.M.

 

Strong start for 'Damon'

 

Newman replaces Gibson

 

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

 

DreamWorks inks Levitt pitch

 

Rubin label to spin for Columbia

 

Hollywood welcomes Daily Variety Gotham

 

Germany's Bertelsmann to buy Random House

 

NBC, 'Mad' stars ink on money deal

 

Gere speaks for Tibetan hunger strikers

 

Sky bird hits tech problems

 

'Long Island' tops exclusive list for 3rd week

 

Fox Kids ups Dutch TV stake

 

Brunell joins USA Studios

 

High court to hear SAG suit

 

Writers resume talks in bid for pact by May

 

TV tension rising

 

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

 

'Titanic' tally ties Oscar record

 

Cameron is king of the Oscars

 

Norman Lear king of TV hall monitors

 

'Lolita' can't romance DirecTV, other distribs

 

Italy's plexes multiply

 

World Briefs

 

Divine Hammer in Telepictures pact

 

Blair pooh-poohs Murdoch link

 

Spottiswoode plants flag atop 'Vertical Limit'

 

HDTV rollout: The slow road

 

CanWest tries WIC takeover

 

ABC scores in NFL war

 

TCI boasts cash bump

 

Fine Line draws int'l sales plan

 

Clark to make Disney 'Mad'

 

Midwest megamall tops Ovitz' development slate

 

Litner sports sr. VP stripes at Alphabet

 

Ratings ride wave

 

Mirvish foots Celtic dancers

 

Par taps Moussa, ups Wineberg

 

U Pay TV inks with Latin Galaxy PPV

 

Kahlo play extended for Grove's record run

 

Aniston wedded to 'Husbandry'

 

Japanese nets ask gov't help on switch

 

Canal +, HBO in row

 

Baratta tapped for Biennale

 

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

 

Counting on 'Crow'

 

Arquette tops MGM's 'Toby'

 

Stephanie Pond-Smith dies at 45

 

Judy Tur dies at 58

 

Darina Devens Wiesel dies at 47

 

Celestine Tate Harrington dies at 42

 

Mouse taps Berman

 

Jonathan Slott dies at 89

 

Hamilton in toon 'Hercules'

 

Gordon-Levitt joins cast of '10'

 

CNN/U.S. lifts Iliff

 

It all ads up to gains for basic cable

 

Promo vets on Launch Pad

 

Promising preems pump Peacock

 

French pix in 'Lights'

 

Diskery discontent

 

Par greenlights 'Teen Files'

 

Spelling: Toss Tylo Win

 

'Sinbad' captured

 

Rasulo tops Disneyland Paris

 

Inside Moves

 

Hier gets long-distance congrats

 

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