Kudos salute diversity

ReelPlay.com plays to film buyers and sellers

Stern, Weiss moving 'Eloise' to bigscreen

Disney sets up shops for Downtown venue

'Hands' leads Oz pic pack with 11 noms

Fight club fallout

'Dr. Laura' is in already for fall 2000

Mullany inks NBC laffer deal

M-Net nabs Fox's fare

Tulips wilt at HMG

BSkyB, Canal Plus merger talks back on

Star seeks Hong Kong pay license

Rupert makes sr. VP at WB

Star Choice's boom hurts yearly profits

BV 'Net to group merchandising

Domain name game

Mouse, Keaton in talks for 'Strangers' project

Players

'Tom Green' leaving N.Y. for home in H'wood

Giuliani time for Bobby D.

Baseball matchups score big Nielsens

WB's 'Hill' put on hold

Shafer plugs in 'Circuits'

BNNTV.COM opens prod'n offices in L.A.

Cisneros TV Group taps Leonard sr. VP

B'way 'Party' cast set

TBS soars with 'Michael'

Vet thesp Shull dies at 70

'Contact' colliding with union, guessers over category, music

Feeling her Oates

Mortensen negotiating to replace 'Rings' lead

Net 10 still most profitable in Oz

U, Par extend UIP pact

Rookie dramas nab full season orders

Pitt's next stop

Figgis' improv given 'Time' on Sony's clock

It's cash and Cary for Brillstein-Grey TV deal

'Seinfeld' scribes, Fox net plan laffer

Bruckheimer, Berk set sail for 'Island'

Saban Intl., Euro TV trio get into 'Les Miz' mini biz

Exec Shuffle

F/x wiz Conti takes 'Flight'

Brit indies feted at kudos; stars shine

Fall turning green

'Wave' 1st series with Web music

Exec Shuffle

Jacob Cannes prexy as Viot ankles post

NATAS to fete TW's Levin

World Briefs

Ster bows Euro plexes

TV Azteca ups ad rates

Turner, Star, C&W vying for Hong Kong TV license

Dutch TV detente

1.8 mil BSkyB subs beat expectations

Teutonic blocker not blocked

Rupe eyes Germany

Canuck players plan splitting up of WIC

Grupo MVS plans 'Net arm

Sissmann ankles Disney units

Beacon shines on Green as Exec VP

'Jeopardy' just barely

Levinson charges into 'War' for HBO

Franchise crowned

Mamet to helm 'Heist'

Thomas, Fox to finance Coens' Pitt starrer 'Sea'

Bregman, Dubinet fund pics

U, M'max 'Cut' Kidman deal

Fox 2000 greets 'Bonjour' novel

BSkyB in Premiere talks

Frosh series sag

G-J inks Ridley overall

Niccol takes Jersey 'Road'

SAG: This time it's personal

Big pics the rage at Mifed

Swain signs to top 'Tart' for Interlight

Disney pays $10 mil for 'Sense' hyphenate

Jaffe, Mayfield plan new 'Partner'

Internet script site shuttered

Rubin, NBC to spirit drama

Indie pics dominate over studio fare at ShowEast

French exhib eyes Virgin

Katz memorial

Hollywood prophet predicted DVD triumph

'Story' time

H'wood toasts 'Best Man'

M'Max to bow Italo distrib

Top int'l docus awarded

Clinton reflects at 'Kings' screening

Syndie 'Dream' shows disappoint in ratings

Moye sues UTA over commission

Inside Moves

Pax backs 'Mrs. World'

Financing first for S. African pic

Euro noms unveiled

Rupe wrangling for Euro pay TV alliance

Cinematheque bows 'Dusk 3' for Halloween

Pin and proper IPOs

Seven Arts sets pix for prod'n

'Ring' fits fantasy fest

French exhib buys Virgin U.K. cinemas

Sutton suits up for sr. VP at MGM TV

Kinowelt doubles its market share

Col TriStar TV taps Schmitz

'Menace' ascendant

Commentary

Adalian named TV editor

Canuck producer is subject of tax probe

Vampire pic putting bite on Forlani, Rhys-Meyers

Italos to pump pix

Summit inks pic package deal with Bac

FCC mulls duopoly lotto

Broder Kurland adds 2 partners

Silver Fishin' for projects in deal with U

'Jack' in the box

Sunday punch gives 'Fight Club' B.O. KO

Series sidelined as sports score ratings

If Thandie's not handy, Col may need an 'Angel'

2 advise for 'Early' finance

Vid helmer Kahn pitch a 'Hit' with New Line

'Phantom' leads B'way gains

Musical shell-ter

'Sachs' wins Gold Hugo

Turner buys TV preem of Scorsese docu

Sithengi fest sets public screenings

EU, Russia pact on copyright

Dolby Labs sounds out record sales to exhibs

U ups Harris to senior veep

Levin casts off Mouse for Par

Violence in pix, TV confab set

Exec Shuffle

Alliance's demand

Showbiz news site staffs up for Web bow

Cablers fighting mad over Showtime offer

Sweeping changes

Ogilvy Worldwide to purchase B/W/R

Beeb bankrolls inouse pix

Turner Ent. ups Schwab to sr. VP

Iwerks inks with Sony to distrib pix

DFA applies for pay license

Partner shopping

Hong Kong officials oust pubcaster chief

Lagardere wants a piece of Canal Plus properties

Indian sites targeted for multiplexes

RTV in toon with Oz Energee

Rupe may sell soccer rights to RTL

Loews inks for Vietnam plex

Leaders look to solidify India TV

Playoffs hit a home run for Peacock

Televisa turnover

Univision's ad coin boosts net income

EMI sales, profits hit positive note

Scandal-hit Cinar's record qtr.

Kinowelt acquires Jugendfilm

Disney Intl. taps Chapman top legal eagle

X-Filme eyes distrib

NL moves pix to WB distrib

.Com before storm

Rookie indie Redbus adopts 'Baby' rights

Eureka, Canal Plus talk Pan-European pic alliance

MGM TV returns to NATPE after three-year absence

Stewart pins WWF in IPO duel

Loeb & Loeb names Pena

BNC shuffles exex, PR suites

Kennedy tapped sr. veep at WB

FTC issues ratings card for parents

Acad adds docu semis for Oscar

Musicmaker.com pacts for CD-producing kiosks

Fla. vote is victory for cable

Rapaport, Wynter spend 'Sixth Day' with Arnold

Distribs: Don't dally

Berger to cook for AMG TV

Endemol nets game deal, Internet plan

Foley out of film

Tiering up on cable

Artisan warms up to Ice Cube

Kids' WB! ordering Sony 'Steel' skein for Jan. bow

Studios USA ups Brunell

Lieberman tapped VP of off-net at Par

Redford mixes Lemmon into 'Bagger Vance'

Parkway makes AList 8

Fox ups Roberts to exec VP, litigation

Fox to broadcast TV Guide awards

Auds' changing habits irk B'way

U veeps Joe for biz development

Video Symphony makes donation to L.A. schools

Turner may cut into 'Nitro' action

Players

CNN's millennial programming set

Arnolds emotional with police pic

Indies join Edwards in 'Mexico City'

'Varsity' team to join TV

L.A.'s newest studio gets 'Bounce' in bow

Exec Shuffle

Mergerless CME moves on

Czech council sides with CME in Nova TV case

UPC eyes piece of Vivendi's 49% stake in Canal Plus

Bertelsmann eyes CLT/Ufa buyout

Thailand picks media chief

EU culture commissioner backs off quota criticism

Norwegian to head Swede pic institute

Duo get 'Personal'; 'Weeds' tumbles to TV

TV's shining Star

Propaganda picks Hess as new prexy

Brits lead TV pack

TV acad ups three staffers

Players

ABC picks up nine more segs of WB laffer 'Norm'

Carlisle named sr. veep at FX

Inside Moves

On the Latino beat

Pacifica to help throw Destination 'Wedding'

Phillippe inks 'Anti-Trust' pact

O'Brien plans road trip to L.A. in Nov.

Helkon talks credit with New Market

Medusa picks trio from Buena Vista Sales

Schultz crazy for 'Mayhem'

AFI juices L.A. Film Fest with 'Cider'

'Tis the season to push pics

MP3.com spins $4 mil in revs

Par ups Yannich to VP, int'l operations

Mouse House ups two to VP strategic planning

Seagram stock up 12% as earnings due today

UPN cuts Chris-Craft profit

Col Int'l looks out for 'No. 1'

Blockbuster rev up

Harvey tooning up online

Madureira bows Beyond

Gems taps McArdle PR veep

Mets post a 'W' for NBC; ABC's 'Once' slips again

Super Santana spot

Brit film body taps Bakewell

Showtime on B'way

'Life' begins ticking

'Tango' steps out

Minnelli-um event

Cisneros TV, AEI Music Net in venture

'Joan' in battle

'Homicide' resurrected as NBC telepic

Mannesmann to bid for Cablecom

The Rudy Coby Show

The Timeshifters

Excellent Cadavers

Silk Hope

The Timeshifters

Ryan Caulfield: Year One

Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm

The Capulets and the Montagues

The TimeShifters

Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story

Silk Hope

Excellent Cadavers

Ryan Caulfield: Year One

Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm

The Capulets and the Montagues

The Rudy Coby Show

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Molly

Dame Edna: The Royal Tour

Bringing Out the Dead

The Omega Code

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Lobster Alice

Chesapeake

The Clearing

Spend Spend Spend

Dralion

Preaching to the Perverted

Constant Star

Comic Potential

A Hotel on Marvin Gardens

Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street

Oriundi

Top of the Food Chain

Abilene

Berlin-Cinema

Jonah and Lila, Till Tomorrow

Molly

Me & Isaac Newton

I'll Take You There

Rembrandt

Love and Action in Chicago

The Omega Code

Moon Father

Crane World

The Making of a New Empire

A Girl Is a Girl

History Is Made at Night

Born to Lose: The Last Rock 'N' Roll Movie

By My Side Again

Tops & Bottoms

Wayward Son

The Butterfly's Tongue

Three to Tango

Karakum

Souvenir

Hanuman

Whatever

Hellhounds on My Trail: The Afterlife of Robert Johnson

Matroni and Me

In a Savage Land

The Woman Chaser

Metal

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred a. Leuchter, Jr.

One Piece!

Envy

Love and Action in Chicago

Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box

Beyond the Mat

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Hanuman

Jimmy Page & Black Crowes

The Soul Collector

Bitter Women

Buzzcocks

Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street