Exec Shuffle

Betty Carter

LA.com teams up with Variety.com for news

Sternthal in as WB veep

Discovery inks 3 int'l distrib deals

France 2 to air Lumieres

Montecito conjuring 'Evil' at U

Kirch gets go-ahead to raise SAT 1 stake

BBC license reviewed

Utah's Smith resigns after 14 years

Exex' exits shake Gotham book world

Jay-Z's 'Life' raps at top of album chart

Those were the days, when words were words

Politico Bliley slams plans to expedite airwaves auction

Under the 'Gun'

An evening of 'Magic'

Syndie newcomer

Murdoch drops sat sale

It's Warnerful

Dominick, Studios USA ink development deal

Mandalay nabs 'Heaven' for Pfeiffer

SAG board OKs TV voice pact

Int'l TV pushes Endemol profits, revs skyward

Lemke to pen 'Twister' sequel script

Bacall joins 'Sundowning'

Ledoyen, Canet eye 'Beach' trip

'Order' to open Hungarian fest

ABC News nixes piece

Wolfe leads pack of book noms

Online registry guards works

Stabler, Baum map out Destination

CBS axes 'Benben,' slots 'Becker'

Payday hikes for femmes

New Queen of talk

EchoStar pacts for OpenTV's services

Fresh 'Star' sounds

Yankees a hit on NBC while UPN strikes out

Thesps hungry for 'Jello'

Murphy eyes 'Dolittle II'; 'Mary' scribes hit TV

Old enough to know better

Lennix inks for 'Titus'

Watanabe to News Corp.

Blue Sky/VIFX ups Feder

Nose out of joint

CBS lands Canuck miniseries

HBO scores with 'Janet'

Former Par chair eyed by Miramax

Robert (Tex) Allen

Neil Rosen

Jan Compinsky-Tangen

Nicholl nod to five scripters

Loews, Cablevision rework theater deal

Fricklas upped to sr. VP at Viacom

Buena Vista, CLT-Ufa pact

World Briefs

TNT & Cartoon Network to speak Hindi in India

TV Acad ups Loe to wide-ranging post

MTG plays Baltic

Italo prod'n group launches film office

Chancellor to drop its $237 mil Mexico deal

Golden opportunity

Court clears creators for character use

'Hope' to air in high-def

Delhi court wants answers

Japan cable rises 30% for 2nd year

Toshiba sells its stake in TW

Robinson may take '13' reins

WB's Wed. pair hold own vs. Fox

Lions Gate picks up 'Lovers'

Alliance rolls trio of pix

Scribe Kruger, Dimension playing 'Reindeer Games'

MGM makes 'Time' for major payday

TenPercenteries

Artisan taps Golov

Players

Laybourne airborne

Web trailer sparks spat over 'Psycho'

'Goodtime' to rock

No 'Mercy' at UPN

Pfeiffer joins Ford in 'What'

'Room' for Kidman on B'way

News Corp. talking to EchoStar

Older, chastened Weston speaks out

Hamptons Film Fest starts

'Angel' Schisgal gets 'Devil'

Pax's growing pains

MTV and U.S. team for kids

Discreet Logic stock battered by stock slump

Esquire columnist to 'Marketplace'

Brooks, Simon, Stiller will headline Comedy Arts Fest

Percent dissent foments

Dimension puts record spend on 'Faculty' P&A

Jordan prevails in suit over 'Playground'

Demon dolls spell B.O.

Volatile sat biz costly for Malone

MPAA offers pre-1960 pic resids

Germany likes local fare, not sharing

'Judy' courts most viewers yet

'Ryan,' 'Dr.' hit big

Bourne staying busy with docs for HBO, PBS

O&Os renew Oprah till '02

Estefan will play 'Violins'

Stone joins Custer pic

Multiplex machinations moving along in Slovenia

CineAsia fetes Golden Harvest

Canal, WB in Scandi pact

S. Africa forms Variety Club

Par Classics getting 'Real'

Valius gets boost at ChumCity Int'l

Trio joins 'Letters'

Versatile Wilson enters De Bont's 'Hill House'

Hamptons on 'Edge'

Carsey-Werner ups Rogow to VP

'Wind' water-logged

Comedy fest to salute 3

Rio device banned

Epstein, Polonsky share LAFCA honor

S&P gives Viacom thumbs-up vote

Trib earnings fall

Telescene's earnings up for quarter

USA int'l shuts N.Y. home

Kingfisher buys Brit vid firm

Scanbox selects Reinhart

Col TriStar renews vows for 'Married'

Potter to join Moose, Squirrel

Mandalay buys 'Sarah'

'Happiness' over preem

P & G unloads 'World' leader

BAFTA honors Travolta

Disney awards 18 of own

Smith latest candidate for '60 II'

Arau inks for U's 'Falling Star'

Wynn bets big on Bellagio

Dryer to host 'Heroes' strip

Neufeld buys 'Uplift Series'

B'caster not Paxing them in

Mosher on board theatrical ad firm

'More' is less: Show closes

Playboy titilates with free night

Author Pelzer inks deal with Dutton

Bereft of buzz, pix nearing critical mess

CGG's family affair

Italo tix sales up 35%

Pearson sells off Tussauds

'Ginger' spices up IAC slate

'Happiness' bubbles atop B.O. exclusives

Spanish b'casters eye joint deal

PEN West to honor scribes See, Hall

Talent set for Ertegun, Bland fete

AMC profit up 32% from a year ago

Merger modified

AOL, TW pact

Bose boosted at BV Int'l TV

Pioneers tap McQueen

Formosa Cafe feted by Variety and KCET

WIF sets mentor kudos

AFI Film Fest focuses on Sutherland career

Chicago film fest covers 'The Hole' with top prize

Flanders screens re-scored 'Le Bal'

Fox 2000 eyes Mantle piece; U floats

Bernstein joins U-based indie

New duties for ABC pair

Sundance to bow four film slots

Players

Williams' 'Nightingales' may sing at Circle in the Square

Big day for sluggers

Yankee rout a loss for Fox

Davis, Fox ink TV pact

Thomas walks into indie 'Egypt' role

Fuchs leaving Zoetrope as prexy

Mayfield big 'Blue' cheese

Bacchus would love it

Pumping up Arnold

FX names Bosgang senior VP

'Angels' wing cume

Jackson gets her 'Gun'

SPC's big 'Journey'

Beacon drafts Hyams to helm 'End of Days'

NBC's 'Beach' sunny, 'World' waits

ABC ups Silverman

Encore nabs Polygram pic, TV fare

Lyrick taps Resnick

EchoStar sues nets over consumer limits

Joan Hickson

Pols, celebs mark new 42nd St. spot

Headline News gets toe-to-head revamp

Canuck Star reports $27 mil loss

Double-edged B'way

Holy cow: D'Works plans pic on Chi fire

Freston defends cable content

WB scraps 'With Kate'

Gale, Bannon part ways

Palm Springs fest taps new programmer

Dunst finds 'Salvation'

Adrian Spies

Frank Yankovic

Mark Zarate

Six nab nods for Diversity

C-W ups Rogow to veep

Bravo/IFC tap Bock, Berwick for sr. VP posts

SF studio sorrows

Star TV gets Disney pay rights in Asia

Reporter wins Seven suit

Bressack gets WGA animation prize

World Briefs

Trio join Blackwell firm

NBC dominates, but only WB sees leap

Station sales lift Granite

Tribune buyback plan ups stock prices

ABC, PBS set digital skeds, but who's going to watch?

Shamrock makes hostile Brierley bid

United on the rise

Lindbergh bio may influence Spielberg's pic

Israel Film Fest sets 15th edition in BevHills, NYC

Roth returns to Eye Web

Star-studded auction to benefit City of Hope

Flatley settles legal battles

'Trainspotting' cast onboard

Parfitt in 'Fall' in winter

Williams finally off the hook

MGM, Seagram talking in the PFE library again

U options Mir book for Smith

ABC buys a vowel

Fox stock on block for $1.9 bil

Screen Gems names Vassar veep

Asbury marketing launched

U sparks new park

Playboy Channel offers free night to boost biz

Albert Johnson

Asbury marketing launched

William Morris Agency throws a block party

Screen Gems Studios taps Vassar as veep

Japan fixes Fox hole

'Hyperion Bay' heads South for new image

Players

Foxx will tackle QB for Stone

MCA suit tests state's 7-year entertainer law

Inside Moves

Miramax nabs pitch

Salonga returns to 'Saigon'

Creative first-time Love

Ex-U duo back in 'Patch'

Lexington unit rolls prods

Media mauled at mag meet

SportsLine loss: $8.8 mil

EC faces pubcaster funding issue

Richard Denning

Eleanor Norris Keaton

Donn Weiss

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

Keb' Mo'

Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach

30 Years to Life

The Inspector General

Sheila Sands: Live at the Roxy

Trinity

A Will of Their Own

Emma's Wish

The Last Night of Ballyhoo

Lyle Lovett

Wind on Water

Reach the Rock

Alanis Morissette

Impossible Marriage

All in the Family (Those Were the Days)

Halloweentown

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

Bride of Chucky

Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery

The New Addams Family

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

Mr. Puntila and His Man Matti

Impossible Marriage

Oedipus

More to Love: A Big Fat Comedy

Jolson: The Musical

The Royal Tour

If Memory Serves

I.D.

Greta

Detective Riko

A la Place Du Coeur

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

Nothingbut the Truth

Long Live Life

Long Time Since

Hi-Life

The Octopus

The Last Days

Zakir and His Friends

The Eye

The Rooster

Reach the Rock

Four Corners

Atilano for President

The Girl Next Door

The Wounds

Sun Bird

Hair Shirt

Beauty