Allen's dreams grow

Golden Books trio plows $25 mil into unit

High marks for frosh Karlovy Vary market

CLT-Ufa inks pic pact with Dutch First Floor

Czech TV to trim pic total

Televisa to alter upfront

World Briefs

BBC opens its books

Vogel adds to portfolio

Senate looks at digital snags

'Armageddon' track tops sales charts

Fox near goal line

Goldwyn takes 'Lolita' to movies

O&Os put a move on 'Magic'

UA grabs 'Young at Heart'

Farrellys set for twin pic

Tina to the 'Max

Feuerstein tapped for Brooks' 'Muse'

Altman, Trudeau on Fox pilot

Donner uses pic to push gun control

Reality bites for comic

Missing scribe's SUV found; remains inside

Molina could 'Do-Right'

Headley, Fehrman in 'Encore!'

Warehouse proves ready

Arnett survives gas scare

All-Star Game a ratings hit for Peacock

Zide-Perry moves to WB

Video dealers debate

Fox on board 'Challenger' project

Disney Channel signs writing team

U Music, Vid taps Hariton senior veepee

Dreyfuss joins 'Lansky' gang

Stone, Samaha team up

Another media hit

Bergen will exit Eye to head praisery org

Cinar posts rev increase

Roseanne, Whoopi, Osmonds meet the press at Synditel

'Squares' lines up prod'n team

Elizabeth 'Falls' for U teen sex comedy

Van Dyk upped to Artisan VP

Tune's tuner lacks book

Legit Briefs

Label with a cause

CanWest earnings soar

Glover to work with U.N. in Africa

Seagram slides by

Adelphia readies $750 mil offering

Raleigh to run studio in Manhattan Beach

Sony staying game

Diaz joins dark side in 'Malkovich'

Planet Zelnick

Coppola cume: $80 mil

DiCaprio hits 'Beach' as Boyle takes helm

'Howie' failing to light Nielsen fire

Livent taps Webster

Rush takes evil turn in 'Mystery Men'

Carlton, Pearson, Canal Plus eye PFE

March of History

Fox Family squeezes 'Club' in youthful sked

U Music backs Hack

Damon, Affleck win Humanitas pic prize

'Daily' could keep Kilborn through '99

Rudin wins 'Battle Creek'

Jersey, Capers to unlock 'Houdini' for syndie series

Guez pumps $50 mil into Canyon

Williams, Kestner join 'General'

Par ups exex

SAG board debating merger with AFTRA

FCC seeks digital must-carry input

Antioco faces lions

Low key Czech fest

Mad Guy TV shops 'Truth'

Burnett ankling USA

Ryder toplines 'Souls' for Ryan's Prufrock

'Bride' woos Marshall for 'Pretty' reunion

Madonna won't play Maggie

Ad quotes: You'll spin the emotional wheel!

Stark ups donation to UCLA student fund

Sundance solicits pix

Nets' gold raises anchors

Outfest starts out 'Relax'ed

ProSieben posts big results

Alliance ups Dawson

No disaster at B.O.

Studios set for Hudson site

MacLeod new m.d., Channel Four Int'l

McGee named VP of Court TV programming

Thai broadcasting to be liberalized

Milch to lead TV seminar

Todd-AO taps senior VP

Domed controversy

Hollywood to the 'Max

Texas board dumps Disney

Ballantyne sees 23% drop in net profits

HBO signs pet Rock

Bill Cosby to produce kids series for Nick

Acad elects board of old-timers

Phoenix loves 'Venus' pitch

ESPN revises its NFL game plan

Fox passes on sitcom, may go on 'Food' run

Wapner back on TV in pet project

Duo to Ignite indie market

Gemstar fires back

Helmer Bogdanovich puts on 'Your Shoes' for Disney

Yellow Brick Road repaired for winter

Norm warms to TV

Conan primes anni spec

Karlovy Vary top honors to 'Streatheart'

Artisan nabs Bacon for 'Stir of Echoes'

'Nightline' enters summer primetime

Wedding bells peal for Evans

Signature set to bow 'Over'

Questionable taste

Visionary Award for McLachlan

Macchio going to 'Dizzyland'

WGN inks 'Caroline' deal

AMPAS grant aids archivists

FCC hosting minority sesh

NBC orders telepic of 'Law'

Tugend, Clark predict 'Rain'

Exec Shuffle

B.O. gets 'Lethal' injection

Turner torn up over CNN story

'Godzilla' destroys Japan

Verhoeven to helm 'Hollow'

'End' in sight for Fiennes

Toronto beckons 'Basil'

SAG delays merger decision

As salary grows, Leo's attention span shrinks

Wedding bells peal for Evans

EVANS AND OXENBERG TO SAY 'I DO'

Silvio gets 2nd sentence

Four Peruvian nets battle foreign ownership issues

Oz's Austar buys Century unit

Funding flounders

Sewell inked for 'Savage'

U gets Front Row look at U.K. with PPV deal

Silva says 'ciao' to Italo TV's RAI

'Sex' sells at exclusive B.O. again

Liberty offers to buy TCI Intl. public stake

Programming BET

Berle tribute gets emotional

McLory makes official claims to Bond rights

MediaOne to sell AirTouch bonds

Chancellor moves into Mexico radio

Reid's New Millennium boosts Virginia economy

Reedus, Marsden ready to 'Gossip'

Remnick helming New Yorker

Remnick helming New Yorker

Arnold tops 'Backcountry' in Neufeld stable

U.S. hits boost tepid o'seas B.O.

Abe Lipsey dies at 94

ABC affils line up against Lifetime spots

NBC, Turner split Warner pix

Imagine's for real in TV and pic prod'n

Gardos grabs Hartley-Merrill

H'wood Center Studios sounds out new facils

Univision: Gooaal!

Dey to make helming debut on U spy spoof

Addison exits, Tassler in at CBS

Century pins more screen sites

Trio of thesps join Disney's 'Gadget'

Fox nears NFL goal

Big NBC minis net weak ratings in second tries

Oscar campaign rules revamped by Academy

Inside Moves

Def Jam taps Liles as prexy

MGM ups Rath

Court backs Marvel on Toy Biz merger

Di Bona inks Kletzien

Esiason tackles new 'Miss America' duties

Disney out-Foxed

'Video Guide's' Maltin will apologize to Gray

Carey caves on Crave, shutters record label

U taps Hermelin for exec veepee

Netflix rents DVD online

B'way boost follows 4th

Summer pitches

U.S. shores shallow for foreign-lingo pix

WB plans C. Euro DVD bow

'Zorro' Sprints into sunset

'Soldiers' rating beef may be burger boost

Cancela departure flips Puerto TV

Asia readies for Nick fare

U.K. distrib loses 'Ned'

World Briefs

Duo ankles Zenith

Oz opens CD import door

Italo digital outlet near collapse

S&P raises CBS credit rating

King's new Oprah deal lowers profits

Casing vidcassettes

For October pact, it's no Shore thing

Fox B'casting ups Mayberry to CFO

TW firms Japan venture with Nippon TV, Toshiba

Super market

Cage to remake 'Eddie's Father'

'60 Minutes II' to blast off in '99

Cone crowned King World VP

'Flipper' to resurface with Pax Net splash

C'right showdown

Fine Line bags 'Hurly'

UPN recruits Forman

Sardo bread: $8 mil at NBC

Hart gets close to 'Next'

Bowl plans McCartney, holocaust pieces

Up & down at NBC

Greenwood's the answer in pivotal 'Jeopardy' role

Seventh Art up to 'Challenge'

Sports agent Steinberg inks Mick Fleetwood

Auds more concerned with plot, survey says

U Concert Co. ups Norman

Grodin gets weekly talker on MSNBC

Ticketmaster, Staples pact

It's show time for Apollo probe

Inside Moves

WB nabs 'Bandits' rights

Affil yanks 'Dave' in ducat fuss

Madonna, Garbage top MTV vid noms

Regs cut diversity, feds told

Shubert takes lead in Off B'way prod'n

Canucks reup board

Colombia webs to fix glitches

Minorities dip in DGA stats

There's Something About Mary

Small Soldiers

Lettice and Lovage

Everything That Rises

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Lettice and Lovage

Everything That Rises

The Cider House Rules

A Gershwin Centennial Celebration: John Mauceri/ Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

Bauhaus

Madeline

Sex/Life in L.A.

The Wolves of Kromer

Denial

Clarification

Sub Judice

Sins of the City

Louise

Guru in Seven

Everything That Rises

Dandy Dust

Melting Pot

How the War Started on My Little Island

Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World

Tribe

How I Learned to Drive

Play on!

Needfire

As Thousands Cheer

Hanson

Sex/Life in L.A.

Bobby Bland; Leon Russell

Savage Garden

Edge of Seventeen

Hanson

Savage Garden

Sins of the City

Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam

The Net

Sins of the City