Disney sets up shops for Downtown venue

Tulips wilt at HMG

BV 'Net to group merchandising

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

Shafer plugs in 'Circuits'

Vet thesp Shull dies at 70

Feeling her Oates

'Seinfeld' scribes, Fox net plan laffer

Exec Shuffle

'Hands' leads Oz pic pack with 11 noms

Fight club fallout

Mullany inks NBC laffer deal

Rupert makes sr. VP at WB

Mouse, Keaton in talks for 'Strangers' project

Players

Baseball matchups score big Nielsens

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

Cisneros TV Group taps Leonard sr. VP

TBS soars with 'Michael'

Net 10 still most profitable in Oz

Bruckheimer, Berk set sail for 'Island'

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

F/x wiz Conti takes 'Flight'

BSkyB, Canal Plus merger talks back on

Giuliani time for Bobby D.

B'way 'Party' cast set

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

Rookie dramas nab full season orders

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

Brit indies feted at kudos; stars shine

Kudos salute diversity

ReelPlay.com plays to film buyers and sellers

Stern, Weiss moving 'Eloise' to bigscreen

'Dr. Laura' is in already for fall 2000

M-Net nabs Fox's fare

Star seeks Hong Kong pay license

Star Choice's boom hurts yearly profits

Domain name game

WB's 'Hill' put on hold

Mortensen negotiating to replace 'Rings' lead

U, Par extend UIP pact

Pitt's next stop

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

Exec Shuffle

Ster bows Euro plexes

1.8 mil BSkyB subs beat expectations

Teutonic blocker not blocked

Beacon shines on Green as Exec VP

'Jeopardy' just barely

BSkyB in Premiere talks

G-J inks Ridley overall

Jaffe, Mayfield plan new 'Partner'

Internet script site shuttered

French exhib eyes Virgin

M'Max to bow Italo distrib

Clinton reflects at 'Kings' screening

Pax backs 'Mrs. World'

NATAS to fete TW's Levin

World Briefs

Rupe eyes Germany

Grupo MVS plans 'Net arm

Levinson charges into 'War' for HBO

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

Bregman, Dubinet fund pics

U, M'max 'Cut' Kidman deal

Big pics the rage at Mifed

Swain signs to top 'Tart' for Interlight

Katz memorial

Hollywood prophet predicted DVD triumph

'Story' time

Top int'l docus awarded

Moye sues UTA over commission

Fall turning green

'Wave' 1st series with Web music

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

Canuck players plan splitting up of WIC

Sissmann ankles Disney units

Franchise crowned

Rubin, NBC to spirit drama

Jacob Cannes prexy as Viot ankles post

TV Azteca ups ad rates

Dutch TV detente

Mamet to helm 'Heist'

Fox 2000 greets 'Bonjour' novel

Frosh series sag

Niccol takes Jersey 'Road'

SAG: This time it's personal

Disney pays $10 mil for 'Sense' hyphenate

Indie pics dominate over studio fare at ShowEast

H'wood toasts 'Best Man'

Syndie 'Dream' shows disappoint in ratings

Inside Moves

'Menace' ascendant

'Phantom' leads B'way gains

Musical shell-ter

Cablers fighting mad over Showtime offer

Financing first for S. African pic

Euro noms unveiled

Cinematheque bows 'Dusk 3' for Halloween

Pin and proper IPOs

'Ring' fits fantasy fest

French exhib buys Virgin U.K. cinemas

Col TriStar TV taps Schmitz

Italos to pump pix

Summit inks pic package deal with Bac

Series sidelined as sports score ratings

2 advise for 'Early' finance

Vid helmer Kahn pitch a 'Hit' with New Line

U ups Harris to senior veep

Levin casts off Mouse for Par

Violence in pix, TV confab set

Ogilvy Worldwide to purchase B/W/R

Rupe wrangling for Euro pay TV alliance

Seven Arts sets pix for prod'n

Sutton suits up for sr. VP at MGM TV

Kinowelt doubles its market share

Adalian named TV editor

Canuck producer is subject of tax probe

Broder Kurland adds 2 partners

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

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

EU, Russia pact on copyright

Showbiz news site staffs up for Web bow

Commentary

Vampire pic putting bite on Forlani, Rhys-Meyers

FCC mulls duopoly lotto

Silver Fishin' for projects in deal with U

'Jack' in the box

'Sachs' wins Gold Hugo

Turner buys TV preem of Scorsese docu

Sithengi fest sets public screenings

Dolby Labs sounds out record sales to exhibs

Exec Shuffle

Alliance's demand

Sweeping changes

Beeb bankrolls inouse pix

Turner Ent. ups Schwab to sr. VP

Iwerks inks with Sony to distrib pix

Hong Kong officials oust pubcaster chief

Lagardere wants a piece of Canal Plus properties

Indian sites targeted for multiplexes

Univision's ad coin boosts net income

Scandal-hit Cinar's record qtr.

Disney Intl. taps Chapman top legal eagle

NL moves pix to WB distrib

Rookie indie Redbus adopts 'Baby' rights

Eureka, Canal Plus talk Pan-European pic alliance

Kennedy tapped sr. veep at WB

FTC issues ratings card for parents

Musicmaker.com pacts for CD-producing kiosks

Tiering up on cable

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

Lieberman tapped VP of off-net at Par

Fox ups Roberts to exec VP, litigation

Auds' changing habits irk B'way

U veeps Joe for biz development

CNN's millennial programming set

Indies join Edwards in 'Mexico City'

Playoffs hit a home run for Peacock

Televisa turnover

Stewart pins WWF in IPO duel

Loeb & Loeb names Pena

Fla. vote is victory for cable

Players

Arnolds emotional with police pic

'Varsity' team to join TV

Partner shopping

Rupe may sell soccer rights to RTL

Kinowelt acquires Jugendfilm

.Com before storm

BNC shuffles exex, PR suites

Acad adds docu semis for Oscar

Distribs: Don't dally

Berger to cook for AMG TV

Foley out of film

Artisan warms up to Ice Cube

Redford mixes Lemmon into 'Bagger Vance'

Parkway makes AList 8

Fox to broadcast TV Guide awards

Turner may cut into 'Nitro' action

DFA applies for pay license

RTV in toon with Oz Energee

Loews inks for Vietnam plex

Leaders look to solidify India TV

EMI sales, profits hit positive note

X-Filme eyes distrib

MGM TV returns to NATPE after three-year absence

Rapaport, Wynter spend 'Sixth Day' with Arnold

Endemol nets game deal, Internet plan

Studios USA ups Brunell

Video Symphony makes donation to L.A. schools

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

Mergerless CME moves on

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

Thailand picks media chief

Norwegian to head Swede pic institute

Propaganda picks Hess as new prexy

Brits lead TV pack

TV acad ups three staffers

Players

Carlisle named sr. veep at FX

Medusa picks trio from Buena Vista Sales

Schultz crazy for 'Mayhem'

'Tis the season to push pics

MP3.com spins $4 mil in revs

Seagram stock up 12% as earnings due today

UPN cuts Chris-Craft profit

Showtime on B'way

'Life' begins ticking

Minnelli-um event

'Homicide' resurrected as NBC telepic

Exec Shuffle

Czech council sides with CME in Nova TV case

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

Pacifica to help throw Destination 'Wedding'

Mouse House ups two to VP strategic planning

Blockbuster rev up

Harvey tooning up online

Super Santana spot

'Tango' steps out

Mannesmann to bid for Cablecom

Bertelsmann eyes CLT/Ufa buyout

Inside Moves

Phillippe inks 'Anti-Trust' pact

Helkon talks credit with New Market

Par ups Yannich to VP, int'l operations

Cisneros TV, AEI Music Net in venture

EU culture commissioner backs off quota criticism

TV's shining Star

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

On the Latino beat

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

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

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

Madureira bows Beyond

Gems taps McArdle PR veep

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

Brit film body taps Bakewell

'Joan' in battle

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