Smith kids' top Nick nom

DGA taps Bochco for diversity kudo

Latifah to host Spirit Awards

2 students named for first ASC honor

Border patrolling

Losing candidate seeks U.S. probe of IA Local

'Blast' of synergy

'Father' in for 'Sister' at S.B. fest

KW confirms Biondi will advise on acquisitions

Levine joins Jersey Shore

FAB fetes family-friendly

F/x shop Manex buys Computer Film Co.

Rank results rankle

Alma Media's profits down

Cable connection

Fox Home alleges H'w'd fraud

Piracy foe ankles RIAA

Prez to head Sax Club fundraiser

NBC leads sweeps race, but CBS close in homes

Hyams dealt 'Aces'

Smith ShoWest actor of year

Levinson eyes big 'Piece' of laffer action

Baker dealmaker

Doug Weston service

Parisot chasing 'Quest'

Master P inks with Endeavor for H'w'd work

Affleck, Damon's 'Wheel' set to roll

ABC orders reality, comedy pilots

Nick, Par pair again in 'Snow'

Krevoy teams in multiplex venture

Oscar Watch

Elfman may test 'Faith' on hiatus

Beineix to make lingo 'Deal'

TF1 switches gears, reduces Pathe stake

Bertelsmann balks at soccer's TV pricetag

Hemingway to top TBS pic

ProSieben profits hit new high in '98

'Mission 2' makes way to Fox Studios Australia

E-zine's focus will be indies

Jakarta's RCTI net to trim staff

CBS, NARAS harmonize on Grammy nominees CD

NNW sets 2 pics for AFM

June B. Schrank

Tribune critic Siskel dies

CFC director to ankle

Oscar watch

New Regency nabs 'Honky'

Clooney exit boosts 'ER'; 'Storm' solid

A-listers turn out for AFI's Hoffman tribute

Inside Move

De Palma blasts off for 'Mars'

WB, Fox order family laffer pilots

Hanks among SAG presenters

Col TriStar TV Distrib, Waxman ink exclu pact

NBA entertainment ups Ueberroth, Winik

C'theque Spanish fest to fete Saura

'Line' best in Berlin

Ga-ga over Conga

Garcia hot ticket at Gotham bow

Fox Home shuffles marketing division

Prepping B'Buster

Odyssey taps Baxter CFO

Terry joins NBC Enterprises

The write track

Gail Adelson

Cold take on rating

Technicians' strike keeps CBC on ice

HBO's 'Witness' protected

Heavy traffic expected at Monte Carlo TV fest

Pair earn angel wings

Game Show Network bows 2

'Payback' & 'Bottle' best of blah B.O.

Figgis awakens to 'Miss Julie'

Sony nabs 'Thin' men

O'seas cute as a 'Bug'

Pubcaster ZDF, Viva in harmony

RAI, Studio Canal Plus ink deal

Trio mulls Latin kidvid

'Fire' set to blaze Indian trail

'Only' backed by Interlight

Capella gains new credit line

'Pokemon' powers Kids' WB

Touber opts for reprise at Encore

Players

Cable's Cartoon Net pilots onto the Web

Gannon prod'n director at Fox Searchlight pics

ASC call on Toll

Pic stars set for 'Dinner'

Managers unite to fight legislation

Cures for contagion of H'wood mind meld

Shirley Stoler

Geralyn Belcher

'Affliction' enjoys top exclusive spot

In the Nick of time

DBC packaging pix for SkyDigital

Euro soccer cancels Champions pact

WGA Awards have lots to say about Kazan

World Briefs

'Barber' cuts into Kremlin

Archer pix coming to TV

Madonna stokes 'Fires'; early rep rumbles

Eye mini 'Too Rich'

Mip TV aims to promote Latino links

Leary up at bat for 'Klep Story'

U inks Sony for int'l DVD distrib

Beacon, Costner eye Coppola for 'Days'

Out of Cage and into 'Shadows'

'Treasure' found

Showtime gooses ad coin

Baron to top TeraNex

Sony Online ups ad exex

Comcast profits, stox up

Turner targets Mexico for toons, CNN

Paramount gets a grip on Matthews for equipment

Monteith to market for Col

Antenna challenged

'Dream Team' gets in game for BKS

Biz, science team in antidrug focus

Turner grapple league reups wrestler Page

MGM gives go to 'Enquirer'

'Payback' pays most box office

'Psycho' rabble

'Bug's' past century mark in o'seas B.O.

Local commotion

ShoWest to honor Ramirez Villalon

MGM taps Carroll for sr. prod'n VP

Multiyear marquee

TVT getting in tune with a capital idea

Ebert to go on with guests

ABC ushers Monica into sweeps sked

Werb, Colleary get 'Top' assignment

'ET' sweetens pot for Carl's four-year pact

Encore sets cable pacts

Lion snared in web

Sound editors shout Golden Reel noms

Entertainment in 'Complicity'

Oscar party stocks Beck

U and Carrey cinch 'Grinch'

Schultz ankles NBC pr post

L.A. crix honor theater groups

Inside Move

Kaufman taps Lynn-Nash

Oscar Watch

Stolken-Archuletta to ankle CFC post

'Will & Grace' duo ink overall Fox deal

Cox dives into McPherson's 'Salt Water'

B'way bucks chill

Pay TV tug of war

CME gets 2nd shot at Hungary market

Change in focus a winning bet for Monte Carlo mart

Jovy to get 'Sorted' out

Sony heads growth list

Svensk to bow vid arm

WB Records taps Savage VP, promos

Richard Janaver

Oz Tropfest draw mob to see shorts

Packer's internet deals push PBL stock prices

ShoWest '99 to salute Macy supporting perfs

Showdown du jour

Grammys take center stage

Trimark, B'cast.com pact

Murdoch + Canal?

U reups Snider to 3-year deal

Inside Move

Spacey, DeVito lend 'Hospitality'

Oscar Watch

NBC bobs back to C-W with 'God'

Handicapping Grammys tonight seems down-Hill

Fox molds and foams

Miramax, U 'Bounce' up

Fox TV, Thomas ink deal

Beresford eyes Storm's 'Pony'

'Heart' beating again

Wilson lassoed into Chan oater

Fanaka case against DGA dismissed

Fox Lorber locates 'The Source'

'Seven' stalls, 'Pizza' warms

NBC weathers 'Storm'

Austin fest seeks script, film entries

Sats, b'casters take battle to Congress

Eisner touts Net venture at sedate Disney confab

MTV Net generation

Turner's TBS plans spinoff

NBC to show Broaddrick interview

Variety Club fetes Gurin

Pay radio future tied up in court

Exec Shuffle

Hunt to promo PBS brand

C&W Optus' losses dip in Oz

PubCol

Grammy Award winners

Norman L. Newman

Ray Figelski

Jon Scott Dickinson

Robert Michelson

Gerald 'Bounce' Gregory

Buddy Wayne Knox

David D. Caldwell

Maurice Rider

Santa Monica fest has Moxie! to fete pix

Canadian consul fetes Oscar winners

Telfrance wins at Monte Carlo

Vatsa debuts in India's teeming cable market

H.K. mulls harsher piracy fines

Japan toon 'Monsters' takes to air

BBC packing 'em in

JVC digi-shop test reported

'Trend' hits big for RTL

MGM reports loss

B'casters hope court will block DirecTV net feeds

Scandanvian MTG rises

NBA dunks C'vision

TV acad to celebrate efforts for AIDS relief, education

TV ready to try 'Starr'

Freedom to ring in L.A.

Hunt to promo PBS brand

TF1 acquires global rights to Ledoux pic

Disney opens equipment shop

Variety at AFM

Exec Shuffle

Inside move

Toon 'Clerks' lurks

Col buys wedding comedy

Oscar watch

Miramax buys rights to Garci's 'Grandfather'

NEA to aid 12 archives with grants

Overseas 'Clubland'

Quarles' 'Mama' at Fox

Comedy gets Excite-able as U.S. Fest goes online

Bestselling 'Baby'

Schumacher in 'Apartment'

Chinese push for co-prod'n

Willis toplines 'Nine' for bro

The Puero Vallarta Triangle?

'Suspicion' raised; new 'King' and Thai

DGA lifetime news award to Armstrong

Buchanan exits talker for prexy bid

BV film group taps Sterling

TenPercenteries

Allen, Arau 'Pieces' of pic puzzle

Noam Pitlik

Speedvision cuts chops on mags

Flat Earth rolls in action

HBO delivers ratings KO with title bout

TBS spinning south

Davis kicks off Grammy galas

'Home' nails ratings

Amritraj bows out of Franchise Pics

Backstage Grammy Notes

Hip-hop hooray for Hill

William Stiller

Terence P. Mahony

Sarah Kane

Gerald Dickler

Paul Schmidt

Too Rich -- The Secret Life of Doris Duke

Free of Eden

Bayou to Bourbon Street

8mm

The Other Sister

Analyze This

Better Than Chocolate

And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story

Border Line

Naive and Sentimental

Shemekia Copeland

Susan Tedeschi

Kirk Franklin

King Levine

Alice in Wonderland

Groundling Like It's 1999

Lansky

Cider With Rosie

Bear in the Big Blue House: When You've Got to Go

The Autumn Heart

Eminem

The 41st Annual Grammy Awards