Oz B.O. ablaze in '98

Olivier contenders unveiled

Name change at bicoastal praisery

Vet Barbera ads up for cabler Odyssey

UTA taps Berman for broadcasting division

A&E embarks on ambitious mystery plan

Legacy rocks into 'Clubland'

King, comics set for NATPE

Gems expands its reach

Russian evolution

Goldie Arthur

Shepard Menken

Mark Edward Warren III

PFE signs deal with Spain's Via Digital

Golden Books shares up

Spelling set for busy millennium

RCMP goes on with own probe of Livent duo

Inside moves

'60 II' debut a winner

Allen set for thesp chores

Rainbow taps Moyer programming prez

Hughes to up DirecTV Japan stake

Cleve Hermann

William Allyn

Harvey Miller

Norman Reyes

Michel Petrucciani

Don Roberts

Thesps added to Globes presenters list

Miramax has toon tuner under 'Thumb'

Yakkers show holiday punch

Yelmo plans big Spanish plex push

Schruth upped to CBS affil prez

Edusoft is Cinar's latest aquisition

'Doug' set for bigscreen

Hesser weighs 'Passions' pact

Sacker has new Destination

Pearlman tops Unapix

Oh, the horror!

Screen Gems takes 'Road'

Sassa: Less sex, more family sought for NBC

Showtime renews two comedy series

Russians toon in

James Hammerstein

William L. Mockbee

Oscar Scaggs

E-commerce ecstacy

EchoStar logs into deal with Pseudo

Chase scene wraps

New pic a 'Stretch' for Brit helmer Care

Schwartz in as RKO prod'n VP

News Euro courts Rizzoli

Icon shifts shingle to Par

AHN prescribes five new series

David Adams

UCLA to screen 2 docs

'Providence' still divine

Rhodes leads to Par VP

'Enemy' gets friendly reception

Marketwatch.wow

Mediaset still in talks for a stake in Kirch

Murdoch soccer bid nixed

Oscar Watch

CityVision may export local format

Spruced-up Brussels fest to honor helmer Wajda

FasTV inks cablers for Internet vidclips

Shaw gambles pay off

Bard battles in Berlin

AMC sees $17 mil loss in quarter, will raise bonds

Hart will lead 'Jacob' telepic for NewStar

Steppin' lively for 'Fosse'

Judge gets Hoffman suit

Tyson sees stars

Exec Shuffle

Fox's Herzog seeks bolder brand

Football, beer & B.O.

Visual Concepts forms 2 divisions

Flaky Farrellys flourish far from H'wood's gaze

Feature director Glatter to helm P&G ads

Kindberg tapped by SPE

Down memory lane

Fox has comedy 'Say' for Farrellys to produce

Strike botched, some say

'View' in focus for Kapur

SAG closes dispute

Roberts VP of new media for Fox Family

Iceland heats up film funding

WB TV toon taps thesps

Techie Teletubs going to Toy Fair

Tawt you taw putty tat? You will, you will

Robinson bails out of '13 Days'

Bigger, but bid-less

NBC mulling live 'Sunset'

Distribs buoy Latin execs

Final shoot begins on Duke TV pic

'TeleChobis' toddles into lawyers land

CanWest reports revenue dip

MTV's 'World' invades Hawaii

Ontario hits $$ record

PBS digitizes kidvid

Not much dirt dished in this religious sudser

Radio With Pictures taps Bierer

Photog Bailey takes shot at feature helm

Stox for stations

Orgs fight c'right extension

Pacific puts Plant as prexy

Oz rushes to Chan

Wendy Walker memorial

William Wendt

Col TriStar raises Caines

EX-IBEW exec pleads guilty

Carsey-Werner Int'l expands

Sporting news

Hamdon hands on

Lakeshore milks o'seas theaters for 'Farm'

Murdoch slumps as rivals rise

TD in the ad zone

CIE partners with Grupo Financiero Inbursa

Gems expands its reach

Bauer Co. taps agent Concoff

SAG member quits panel

Inside Move

Kanner's big on Itsy Bitsy

Castle has 'Found' pic to helm

Martha Grayson Shugrue

Rick Bennewitz

Fredric Myrow

World Briefs

Benigni's 'Beautiful' back on top of exclus

Chelsea Clinton enjoys L.A. hospitality

WGN loves 'Raymond,' buys rights

Mora named news anchor for 'GMA'

Gridcast primes Eye for homes

Costumers fashion noms

KCBS tops Golden Mike news field

Alice's wonderland goes global

Fraser up to 'Monkey' biz

Betty Lou Gerson

Jo Napolean

Willard Sheldon

NATPE pitch for 'Gravity'

Wave sets digital vid prod'n arm

Lewis W. Smith

Perry friendly with 'Shrink'; Driver has heart

Fox Int'l TV ups Rosenbaum

Snap to launch free internet news service

Sony game for Web partner

New Line Clock work

'Ryan' reups nationwide

Duo takes 'Turn' Off B'way

Chi crix like 'Line,' 'Show'

CastNet taps Pyle prexy

Producers announce their picks for pix, TV

U's 'U-571' getting sea legs in Italy

DGA, producers reach deal

Telco Pegaso to distrib Videovisa fare

U.S. slows Brit trips

Midseason madness

Oscar Watch

Sandler draws Sony into toon tuner

Miller sacks Spin editors

BVMP casts Morong

MCA Records ups Harleston to legal sr. VP

'Rope' record ripped

Discovery 'Palace'

Exec Shuffle

World Briefs

Brits build Spring

Johnson joins Bandeira Ent.

Eye-grabbing lead

Lee targets game pix at Col

Feldman to ankle KCOP

Inside Move

Eldredge hits Boardroom

Fast-growing toon net beefs up original slate

ABC Sports ups Wagner to VP

Songwriters hall to induct four

S.B. fest's Field day

MediaOne expands Encore pact

'Varsity' takes weekend

Brazil cable seeks relief as real falls

Late library liaison

Sackheim signs Fox TV deal

Wall St. Excited

Borys, Polier upped at EDI

Landmark plans 8-screen Biograph arthouse in D.C.

IFC Prods. partners tyro Peirce's 'Take'

Bernstein and Kops upped to MGM VPs

Pacific picks Plant for prexy

Buzz Kulik

Smith to host 'Biography'

TNN docu tackles a century of twang

Sci-Fi web study hopes to grab Mad Ave. eye

Back to bigscreen for Bogdanovich

GLAAD bows media noms

Discovery Hungary for more

Millennium moves

Fox Family fires up

Rice gets Fox promotion

Peacock to sweep aside 'Lateline' and 'Encore!'

Inside Move

Lightweight at PPV

Tuners trip, plays perk in slow January

Upstaters land berth at Off B'way Irish center

Acad bites Belgian Oscar mire

Yakkers will skip NATPE

EU copyright tightened

U.K. trade chief will attend NATPE

Sin shown in spades

Who says L.A. disdains 'Art'?

Spear lances chart

Gates open to Big Picture

Chancellor up for sale

Hayek has 2-yr./2-tongue deal with Col, Telemundo

Williams, Marshall, agent joining Ovitz

Beacon buyback

U ups Runtagh to exec VP

Comcast escapes cell

UMG layoffs loom

Inside moves

Sasa Gedeon

Gaspar Noe

Harald Zwart

'Rugantino' in tune again with Garinei

'All That' set for public bow

ESPN creates new games

Hoblit time-trips; old script scores for Iliff

'Strange' fills in for 'Blue'

Bravo set for mini of 'Cristo'

Gotham film boom

Local signal bill hatched for satcasters

PrimeStar stox spike again

McCain drops NATPE speech

Peacock preens 'Lateline' for Tuesdays after sweeps

'Guide' nods firms lineup

Inside moves

Telescene, Donner on TV pic 'Blackheart'

Trek to Sundance under way

Cauleen Smith

Erick Zonca

Brett King

Jerzy Grotowski

Thesps' taxing role

O'Donnel's banner preps 'Y2K' thriller

Glass half empty at indie feature market

HBO, Fox lead noms in two ASC TV races

Titanic's happy ending

History Channel readies docus

State of Union dips; 'PJs' solid

Russo takes 'Rocky' road

Elliott, Par ink TV deal

Hearst adds twist to Brown Talk show

Roger Kumble

Robert Douglas

Robert L. Ernst

Showbiz incubator hatches in N. Hollywood

Sony Euro ups Russell to tune hed

Presenters join Globes roster

Wasserman match lights MPTF's way

Miramax catches mob pitch by novelist Green

2nd 'Babe' gets hefty vid push

Ten directors to watch

Anand Tucker

Chris Smith

James Moll

Simon Shore

Marjorie Richard

Fosse

Tongue of a Bird

Under the Sun

In Dreams

The Color of Lies

Scrapbook

Voices Unheard

Virus

Yohen

The All Night Strut

Nancy Wilson

Ted

Starving Artists

TGV

Zorba and Lucky

Farewell Travelling Player

Ninth Street

Tgv

Farewell Travelling Player

Starving Artists

Ted

Nancy Wilson

Ninth Street

The All Night Strut

Alegria

Phantom Beirut

Suits

Coyotes

The Mississippi: River of Song

Hoover Dam

Flyin' West

Art

Turks

A Saintly Switch