USA earnings slide 70% in first qtr.

K-L to launch kids cabler

TNT takes 'Refuge'

Players

DGA series prompts pic deals

Leguizamo may get Singleton's 'Shaft'

Radio dials up net profit for CBS

Summit gets int'l taste of 'Pie'

Stars set for teen 'Cyrano'

Box coin looks to auds

HBO Asia taps Murrell prexy, CEO

Exhib Carmike reports loss despite cost cuts

Lewinsky back in court

Bratt exits NBC's 'Law'

More Gauls in Rome

Mad syndie dash

Stage set for Navy Yards studio

Disney profit deal sparks trial

Fox vid taps Johnston for Asia

Fred McKinnon

BBC newsie now in hiding

HSI/Tomorrow puts faith in 'Judas' pic

Rory Calhoun

Foreigners in line for Brazil cable licenses

Tony panel balks at 'Brown' book writers

Pasadena skeds tuners

Viacom gets the 'Beat'

Bieber, Tarr join up in prod, ad venture

Court ends booking law

Vader tyro in 'Madison'

Burton's Eagle adds TV component to Par deal

Leonardi rides with 'Rangers'

Cinema Guild nabs 'Nomad'

Gibson, Cassidy ink for 'Joseph' revival

Martin gets senior veepee post at Par

Cisneros brings Cl@se to class

Disney stock dips

No 'Deal' for Buena Vista

Clinton seeks summit with Hollyw'd on youth violence

Focus on Lifetime

Shaw buys Fundy for $311 mil

Albert atop Mandalay Media Arts

Henson TV Group taps Perth as new prexy

Aronson finds Destination

USA net expands

Eastman House feted

Landmark in bloom at BAM Rose

H'wood Entertainment profits surge

Brown's new bonds

CME prexy files suit against ex-Nova chief

Spring's B.O. woes

Big PPV push set for July's Woodstock '99

America Online may buy stake in Chancellor

Warners ups Enriquez to VP

B.O. blooms, wilts

Short reaffirms belief in H'wood

SAG Latino confab picks up 2 stars

Lehman Bros. takes stake in Kirch Media

MediaOne bid war brewing

Sweeps swoon

It's cool to grouse in the Mouse House

Netcaster Real rolls out player/recorder

Struggling Cultura going commercial

Tenpercentaries

$50 mil to fertilize Woods' indie plans

Indie pix going online

Oliver Reed

Sundance net eyes Cannes

PGA group taps Peschken

Livent leads in Tony noms

Mandalay goes big

Turturro going north for 'None'

Inside move

UPN pins fall hopes on wrestling

Old Navy, new H'w'd

L.A. fest salutes Italy

Fox snares 'em

DVD machines played up

Barrys prep 'Crew,' shuffle ranks

Faraone, Nader team

E-commerce site enters Virgin territory online

HBO Ole, Galaxy pact

Midia 99 trims offering

Lions Gate brings 'God' chats to TV

Drescher goes to 'Pieces'

Kubrick's 'Eyes' to open wide rated R

Fraser gets 'Mummified'

McGurk enters lair to plan Lion's attack

When subtlety pays off

Fine impression

Marshall, Barrymore may go 'Riding' with Col

Cinesite grabs Effects for London expansion

CEI taps Hicks prexy

Clock ticks on Comcast counterbid for MediaOne

Murdoch explores deal with Nat'l Geo TV, NBC

Lehman's media buy

Stroud MGM exec veep

Hindi news focus of new channel

Carlton takes stake in Spain Onda Digital

Auds 'Know' o'seas

'Menace' benefit sold out

Canucks voting on strike mandate

Fla. to get film commish

Col Tristar shops dropped 'Net'

Joel disc hits 20 mil

Halmi sees future in online minis, pix

CBC resumes work on made-for prod'n

E! Online goes int'l with Asian provider

U Music eyes InterTrust digital rights system

Cable claims Big 4 losses without rival

Web spins scribes

Slowdown rocks Granite

PEN West names nods for TV & pic scripts, lit, plays

With no more Illusion, Stone quits producing

Inside Move

Paramount shares its 'Toys' with Obst

Initial caps 'King' with int'l rights

ARD, ZDF fee hike sought

Bonus onus on 'dead witness'

Boone a boon for Iwerks

Ling takes in 'View' as co-host

Valenti to face pols on violence in media

Arts center opens in Miami

Film biz feeling Littleton's pain

Leder, D'Works drawn toward brotherly 'Love'

Hacken exec VP at Fox 2000

Mediaset '98 earnings up 19.1%

Nods 'bittersweet' time for Drabinsky

Minority jobs in sharp drop, SAG reports

BV ups Garner and Jacobson

Flyin' into history

Pix in mix for Sundance Institute labs

'Shagged' snags new Dolby sound

Exec Shuffle

Org helps women Step Up

'Ark' puts NBC first in sweeps

Toy 'Wars' invasion

Zell tops Publicists Guild

Fest fetes U.S., France

Fox News feels @Home

Big Entertainment to go interactive

Femme channel gets super soccer rights

South Coast Rep mounts 4 world preems

Rose to cultivate teens

NBC, Trimark on homevid

Public 'Party' plans

Margaret Mason

James Merrick

Karmazin puts gleam in shareholders' Eye

Lorna Luft preps show with mom

RIAA, Radio Moi ink first pact for webcast license

Fox Family taps vet Robbins

Gumbel to wake early

MTV retunes ayem lineup

McCain tax bill throws Kennard a crumb

H'wood neglecting Latino auds, SAG sez

Pixar, Disney will scare up 'Monsters'

Ready or not, Venetian opens

U taps Wilson as info officer

ESPN hits baseball

NBC grabs reality skein 'Amazing'

Fox puts Armitage in Doud's 'Body'

Pappas picks up Houston shopping channel KVVV

Burger King serves up 'Teletubbies' promos

Euro pic biz eyes f/x

Lang at News Corp. China

Primedia scores a soccer club

Italian expansion

Keezer tops new U.S. pic commish

Gotham crix circle 'Wit'

Bid quid pro quo

Kim tops NL's coastal promo

Phaedra grabs Spade and digs into 'Jerome'

Fox's 'Millennium' on hold

Teen's 'Love' sets Japanese record

Discovery taps Quattrone VP

Star TV finds new satellite platform

L.I. fest opens with 'Farmhouse'

Bert Remsen

Stein tapped VP at HIT

Gary Salt

SBS revs up 25% while net losses remain steady

Packer ups bid to control Hoyts

Pix musical chairs

Lions Gate opens for Nicholson

Goldberg drums up 'Beat' part

Epps in loop for hoop pic

Pols target showbiz after killings

Schaer to top USA's syndies

'Ark' floats NBC's boat

Svitil tapped by AMPAS

Granada, NBC toast deal for pilot of 'Small Beer'

Irked Eisner egged on in Katzenberg trial

Fox taps NBA exec to sports oversight

Kelley to get Banff kudos

Italo pix to hit confab

Post-merger Zee intends to join NYSE

PubCol

Gomez launches Lola

J&M rolls dice on 'D&D' at Cannes

CBS Cable to wheel out 'Roller Jam' merchandise

DirecTV to give subs some local channels

Scott to helm biker pic; Lange to lead 'Kilroy'

Coppola's Zoetrope turns 30

Col TriStar lathers up soaps net

Cannes to set attendance record

'Star' crossed?

Scanbox Asia can access $2.5 mil

Close sr. VP at Comedy Central

Chaross gets distrib for pic library

Katz tosses snowball in closing arguments

DeVito, Midler smile on 'Mona'

Nick is kids' choice

Maine theater at financial crossroads

Nebraska spreads ad net as far as Cannes

Rudolph joins FilmFour

Via receives capital lift

WB Music targets Ames

Wurtzel now in NBC's fold

Showbiz helps plan D.C. summit

Presley wins $1.74 mil in wrongful-use jury case

Judd 'Suddenly' ankles

Wachtel ankles Alliance Atlantis

Fox in on Nat'l Geo Channel

'Mummy' dearest

Gen Art fest likes 'Ninas'

Lions Gate opens for Nicholson

BSkyB frees up boxes

Large-format pioneer feted

Kirch gets bank backing

Financial Briefs

$3 mil Dr. Laura yakker prescribed for Par TV

Boorman steams onto 'Sea Wolf'

Downs to ankle '20/20'

Baram to Firm up ventures

Latino acting surveys spawn shouting match

Pollock, Liss top list for ABC stations

Regency's unhappy ending

Millard joins Trimark

VTR ownership united

Auty named chief of U.K. Film Consortium

Zmeck sets off to find Gold

Fox sees post-ship profit sink

Rap's 'Ruff' week

No laughing matter

NL offers 'Sweet' pic deal to Keller

Viewer's Choice moving staff to L.A.

Alphabet edits down affils confab

Microsoft signals

'Passions' goes to Paris, adds Juliet Mills to cast

Knowledge is power, except in Hollywood

Mickey Mouse Works

Celebrate the Century, Episode 1: 1900-1914

Lake Hollywood

Mickey Mouse Works

Lake Hollywood

Notting Hill

The Big Brass Ring

Underworld

Willy Chirino

Sleep with Me

The Mummy

Lake Hollywood

Ring Round the Moon

Lips

Kilt

Hushabye Mountain

Jekyll and Hyde

The Freedom of the City

The Dream Catcher

A Good Baby

Milestones

My Father's Dragon

Chief

Rat Race

Panic Bodies

Wagner

Redball

On the Run

Saturn

The Florentine

Chutney Popcorn

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

Mickey Mouse Works

Down Will Come Baby

Avalanche: The White Death

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer