Disney plans for ESPN Zone in Gotham get Squared away

Blockbuster profits

Vivendi posts vivacious numbers

'Boys' tops noms for Oz film, TV awards

Media have H.K.'s ear

Boss in U.K.'s high court

'Newlywed's take the plunge in Latin America

Brazil pay TV back on track

Judge OKs net signal deal

Polygram deal loses value

www.plummet.com

Unearthed 'Worms'

Diana tuner 'Hearts' in legal battle

Cyber-book case

As more pics shoot in Calif., coffers swell

Drabinsky's small victory

Congress OKs c'right extension

Jenkins strikes $1 mil pub deal

D'Works TV taps 'Band' for mini

Chrysalis bows U.S. telepic

Mipcom Notes

Lescure feted, peppered at Mipcom

Kirch forming holding company for investors

U.S. trio seals deals

Franchise, Morgan to ink distrib'n pact

Comic Relief trio go round on 'Squares'

Big bows for 3 syndies

Miramax, ABC near a series deal

UPN Tuesday blues

Fox wants more of 'That'

MPAA: 'Orgazmo' stays NC-17

WB TV taps Rovner, Lisotta, Goldstein

Brando back on TV; Welles back on screen

Col inks indies Green, Renzi

Baumbach inks film, TV deals

Twain doc fuels VH1 ratings

Demme's days of wine and idol

News Corp. offers $3 mil to Lewinsky

Next up: 'Titanic' theme park

A runway hit

Banker Butan moves to Ignite as prexy, partner

DGA panel urges Fanaka suspension

Big bows buoy biz

'Devine' to start the laughter at N.Y. fest

AMC to b'cast Marvin doc

CBS layoffs hit 'This Morning'

'Voices' sings Chicago Fest lead

Bourne busy with HBO, PBS docs

Lyric, Goodman to jointly commission two musicals

Milia '99 calls for tech entries

Bedingfield tapped exec VP, CNN/U.S.

Star Wars toy fans get peek

Comedy Central moves uptown

Home sweet home

CBS gearing up '60 Minutes II'

Give my revenues to B'way

WPA takes act uptown

Long-distance runners

Rise of the Lower East Side

Fringe Festival attracts acts from around the world

Ensembles of just one

Out of the box at crossroads

Corporate renegade heads up Saatchi & Saatchi

Gotham screen scene's new sheen

For better or worse

Scribe heaven

Rialto Pictures takes high -- and low -- road

Shooting Gallery hits target

Money balks

Gaumont-Bonton's plex deal in Czech, Slovak areas ends

S. Korea to lift ban on Japanese culture

FilmFour unfolds

Lake tapped to top Sydney fest

ProSieben looses p'grammer

Winchester nabs indies

Loews sees highs

Clarke walks from U.K. Fine Line

Levinson upped to WB theatrical biz VP

Book purchases top Web buying trends

Azcarraga may sell stake in Televisa

GE reports record 3rd quarter

Nat'l Geo to explore new shows

Col TriStar taps Moses

Global docu noms

WB TV taps Weir

Trio aboard Night Ride'

Barber joins Artisan as VP

CBS News lays off 150 staffers

Biz stocks stumble

Phoenix gets 'Real' with Steilen, Yellin

Behaviour finds 'Happiness'

Loggia travels to 'Africa'

Danza perfect for 'Practice'

Cassidy ankling Vegas' 'EFX'

Village goes Beyond

U buys 'Wally' for Larger pic

'Hamlet' gets 90s telling

Fox lowers ax on 'Costello'

Inside Move

Clear Channel buys Jacor

Clooney and Eye web ink series deal

Lion devours library

Net c'rights protected

Pike joins as partner in Shoreline restructuring

Quiet Mipcom sees more partnerships

'Charmed' preem

Spain preps tax breaks for pix, TV

Japan's Toho to sell H'wood pix on DVD

Government collapse ill omen for Italo arts

UCLA scribe finalists picked

TM-3 may open doors for Rupe in Germany

Film finance confab dates set

Apted, Moore among 26 noms for IDA awards

Crowded world

Cripton quits as NAC topper

Flanders fest pulls out all stops

AFI fest plans writers' event

Imax breathes new life into filming of sharks

Cumming on NBC laugh track

Discovery plans base for Silver Spring, Md.

TV fails its Scripps

MGM to shop ITC, stall stock

Exec has clause for concern

Bel Air, WB pays duo $1 mil for 'Jackson'

West goes 'Silent'

Fenton taps Baran

New 'Sliders' a go

D'works, DeVito make 'Dinner' reservations

Inside Moves

Schiffer in the 'Black'

New Line brings luck to 'Feng Shui' script

Feld put higher up on Marquee

Hedberg inks with Fox TV

UPN, baseball on rebound

RIAA sues to stop Rio sales

Harris, Heche find 'Miracle'

Editors union blasts 4MC

Lucchesi pacts atop Lakeshore

Lucchesi pacts atop Lakeshore

Telemundo taps Valdez spokesman

Polygram retains Cheng

'Fool Moon' makes a third run at Broadway

McDowall memorial Nov. 7

A 'Mighty' fine bow

Rupe's hope in charity

Alma mater cheers Spelling

Hallander to top Westwood One

CineAsia to fete Fox's Levin

B.O. has 'Antz' in its pants

Big Ticket taps Morhaim

Brooks, Edmonds go on 'Lamb'

Havas' half-year earnings slip 3%

Revisiting feisty Fuchs

'Impostors' atop exclu B.O.

DNA gets under way with Pope project

Auds toast 'Life'

Local pix hit at Eurasia fest

DGA women helmers on panel

Flemish Film Festival has 'Bal' with thriller

Douglas to get top SAG nod

Cathy Gelbart

Nickelodeon ups trio of exex

Spring Creek inks deal with CTTV

Bellagio's 'O' sets tix high-water mark

U Concerts sues Pace, SFX

Corman shoots next pic in India

Grupo Uno topper looks to sell stake

President gets copyright bill

Jagger tunes up pic pair; Lyne's 'Neck' tie

MTV nears settlement with cablers on suit

Dishing for dollars

Dow leaps, but biz stox mixed

BV Film Sales gets 'Warrior'

Warner on key with hip-hop 'Hollywood'

MGM tears up Polygram library card

Writers seek global protection

Lions Gate boosts Ortenberg

'Happiness' at B.O.

'Mulan' leads Annie noms

U inks Bates for 'Pursuit'

CBS' 'Marriage' bliss

Germans embrace 'Ryan' at the B.O.

'King'-sized fee

WB ups Singer to veepee

Atlantic buoys Ganis to new exec VP post

Inside Move

BBC exec charged

Film Roman to animate WB skein

'Men' gets 1st L.A. Indie Fest script prize

Kummer's new effect: medicine

Fox scores more Mets rights

TVN lines up cable systems

Albert tries rebound in 'Spin' move

'Personal' pink slip

Doll to ankle WNBC in Dec.

Preger sets up shop in hometown Miami

Globo to invest in digital studios

CCTV looks to CNN for news net ideas

Condo conflict in Brazil cable

McDaniel tapped at InStyle

China pirates walk plank

'Beautiful Thing' gets Cherry Lane Valentine

Rupe sees deflation, but IPO OK

Joseph Cates

Clinton on hand for charity fundraiser

Peacock net steals homes from the Eye

Digital must-carry fight begins

Televisa finishes Univision offering

Granada sells BSkyB stake to broker

Shaky offerings?

Airwaves auction

Ex-Rysherite Friedman now is Cort-Madden VP

Cheung set for 'Geisha'

HIT scores record earnings

Pre-fab concert halls to play Tokyo

Scribe Lamprell sets helming bow

French B.O. pacing for a decade high

Endemol's legit sale

Multiplex site wars heat up Polish market

Phillips exits U Music

Stone, Bridges, Nolte may be 'Simpatico'

City Cinemas taps buyer

Block carves out new role at Morgan Creek

Fox holds 'Baby,' rattles sked

Bergman, Lobell split

DGA suspends Fanaka

Stone's Illusion inks 3-year deal with Mandalay

Platt sets up banner at U

Pairing for Zemeckis

ABC seeks distrib rights to longforms

Miramax taps Ford

Van Houten changes roles

Taylor moves to WNBC spot

U Records makes play for Child's Deston Ent.

Morrissey blesses 'Joesph and Emma'

Basketball abort

Packer wins Oz tax fight

Westwood One, Fox News dial in

Craven pact expands into bigger Dimension

Cronkite comes out for Clinton

Web firms eye syndie arena

B'way sheds the blues

Primestar inking deals despite anittrust action

Retro roller derby

GCC Mann hunt

Legacy

Darlene Love

Dollar for the Dead

Swan Lake

King Lear

Crime and Punishment

Elaborate Lives: The Legend of Aida

Holy Man

Local H

Hideous Kinky

Oedipus

Los Angeles Philharmonic

The Roseanne Show

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

The Wounds

'Til the Rapture Comes

The Uneasy Chair

Dimly Perceived Threats to the System

Swan Lake

Over the River and Through the Woods

Emphysema

Filumena

Art

West Side Story

The Berlin Circle

Elaborate Lives: The Legend of Aida - Disney Riffs Down the Nile

Jam

Wildside

A Kind of Hush

The Ballad of the Windshield Washers

Connected to Fate

Bullet Ballet

The Iron Heel of the Oligarchy

Traps

Holy Man - Murphy Takes the 'Holy' High Road

Wind with the Gone

Mr. Fifteen Balls

Waiting for a Tenor

Zacharia Farted

Break Even

Earth

Summer of the Monkey

The Pianist

Mega Cities: 12 Stories of Survival

Yara

Late August, Early September

Mercy Point

Guys Like Us

Diresta

Wind on Water

Trinity

Family Values Tour

Shot Through the Heart

Practical Magic

Corpus Christi