Liza celebrates memories, creates new ones

China confab shock

NTL stokes Newcastle stake

Bertelsmann AG eyes restructuring

Helmer irate over destroyed footage

Flextech inks deal with NTL

Mip Asia Briefs

U ups Daruty to sr. VP

Primedia CEO puts focus on new media

Lions shares offered

GC reduces operating loss by 89%

Edward Theodore Cooper

Latenight might

Believe it: TBS grows Cain for 'Ripley's'

'Today' on ayem streak

Thesps among filmmakers on Sundance's shorts list

Iris speaker urges local TV to expand

Players

Priestley at London's 'Side'

Jolivet to top showbiz lobby

Eye's on the Tiger

Shyer to pilot '747' for Bel Air Entertainment

Disney taps McCarthy sr. VP

ChickFlicks, All Girl team for 'Neurotica'

Oscar kudocast: You can't dance to it

Inside moves

Exec Shuffle

E! expands telepic slate

Helmers male it in

Trekkie Piller, son ink WB prod'n deal

Judd pencils in 'Notebook'

Fisher ankles Sony position

Helmer heist: Burglars see the light

Mouse's new 'Toy'

Lifetime taps pol pal Dixon VP public affairs

Forum fest going dark

Bergman suicide prevention fund set up

Quantum leaps at 'Kite' rights

Syndie access shows get the stuffings knocked out

Trio takes o'seas

Russia's Gazprom ups stake in Media

ProSieben program director departs

Stocks soaring as investors clamor for French TV shares

X Filme sets distrib arm

World Briefs

Tom, 'Toy 2' tangle at top

L.A. crix inhale 'Insider'

Kudos crush weighs on crix, making of pix

Ticketmaster taps Fox exec

WB seeks 'Young' blood

Legal eagles fly into biz

Rick Danko

Centropolis in disk deal

USA has designs on Designs

Pitch fest offered online

U kicks off buddy program at MPTF

Pioneer gets Regent fare

'Trixie' joins Sundance

Low show for Go

Greenspan joins Di Novi as veep

Prod'ns go for the Globes

POP.com taps Wong for new 'Net b'caster

Oscar Watch

MXG names Swartz to oversee TV unit

Paxson's DeLorenzo ankles financial post

Netcaster AtomFilms to get $20 mil boost

Financial Briefs

'Magnolia' blooms

'Wedding' on track

Film Roman turns to Hyde as new topper

PacketVideo turns to tube vet Tercek

Inside Moves

No interruptions at 'Girl's' preem

Warm bow for 'Snow'

Players

Bared Bard aboard

Blockbuster revamps into 3 to maintain pace

Blow Up, Given to pilot 'Chicks' in digital video

'Kings' takes gold

Vet managers grab Berlinski

Knievel 'Dares' to add color

Trio get new roles ai U Music-Vid

Paul Bowles

Bill Hadnott

Adele Balkan

Beatrice Colen

Joseph Heller

Exec Shuffle

White House V-chip conference delayed

Camerimage fetes 'Elizabeth' lenser

Theater a click away

Venice Fest sets dates

Wenders check in digital 'Hotel'

Calling all TV sets

Telewest, Flextech to link in $4 bil deal

Par TV ups four to veepee posts

Panasonic, Kodak join in disc prod'n

Mouse just does it

'Matrix' DVD breaks sales records in U.K.

Lat-Am dot-com El Sitio goes public

High-speed premiere

World Briefs

Fireworks over nets' coverage in Sydney

'ET' taps Becker as bureau chief

Plummer, Wallace don't break bread

TenPercenteries

Paras to helm 'J.D.'

Foreign flavor to Palm Springs

USA Home Ent. scores NHL vid deal

Holiday hit parade

Davis enters BizRate from Disney site

Western rides again

ABC News taps Moseley

Gitter captures 'Wildlife'

Discovery Net ups McGowan

ABC ups Hedges to sr. VP

WB ups Sucillon to licensing veep

'Toy' tops B.O. frame, and that's no tall story

Ledger's 'Knight' watch; 'Carlo' is back after 28

New agent agenda

'Lines' up for Moore, Fox

Inside move

Helen ends hunt, will go 'Forward' with Spacey

Pearson makes Scotti domestic distrib prexy

Ziskin inks 3-year prod'n deal with Col

Fox rebounds; CBS wins homes

'Ripley' shows talent for bow

Crystal clear to host Academy Awards

Nets think young but lure older

Paltrow, Farrellys 'Hal' bent

Sound investment

CBS slates 'Angels' at 8

'Wings,' 'Together' set house records

IATSE locals OK pact with producers

Oprah to lead Matrix nods

Boston SFX subsid names Platt and Conner toppers

John Larkin

Beatrice Colen

Goldwyn inks for 'Sixth Day'

Museum using Hanks' voice for space travel

Monte Carlo TV fest crowns Kelley king

U taps Schulz as VP of development, planning

Cinematheque plans Caine retrospective

Film mart launches Web site

Viewpoint, Panavision set up shop

Xmas not merry for exhibs

Sci-fi series vision

'Poison' pill package pays off with MTV deal

'Late's' Brennan moves to Oxygen

Cable briefs

Amerena ankles as Imcine topper

Movie popularity up in Oz

MPA taps Rouse VP of Euro TV

BBC sporting deal

World briefs

Rudin epitomized 'Hollywood Law'

Broadway's new blood dries up as 'Epic' closes

Caucus to fete McCluggage

DGA retires Griffith kudo, seeks new award name

'Mononoke' creator Miyazaki toons up pic

C-W Intl. calls Hall to Miami

TW, Bertelsmann to merge book groups

Behaviour changes to Seville

Klein travels to new Destination

Spyglass focuses on 'Mage'

Hyperion & Young look first in pact

Slamdance fills out feature, shorts lists

Albert back in NBC court

Columbine vids spur senators

Kudocast a winner

Henson Muppets move to AcmeCity

TW eyes digital plans

Web TV, EchoStar bow vid recording

Infanet alleges theft in suit vs. IAM.com

HSX posts 'Net gain

Helen Parker

'Curtis' on KW bench

Douglas to return as host of Spirit kudos

There's no free launch

Showtime to tape La Bute's 'Bash'

'SNL' skit nixed

End of an Era

Though a year behind schedule, a new Acad theater is well on its way

Mystery behind the man

Deal makes 'Sense'

'Brothers' a go on CBS

'Beauty' producers get first-look with D'Works

Sony reaches for 'Moon'

Rhythm & Hues drums up own slate

Showbiz attorney Rudin dies at 79

Disney hopes 'Love Bug' will strike auds again

Inside Moves

Mandela doc vies for TV fest award

Variety editors shift portfolios

Fox, HBO pact output deal through '09

Alpine turns on 'Microwave'

Viacom puts Blockbuster split in play

Insurance suits chase Chase bank

'Bicentennial' boots up

Henry 'Bud' Bostwick Jr.

Harold Wertz

Hazel McDowell

R.J. Vealey

Felix Galimir

John Archer

WB Int'l TV boosts Abad

Married Boston anchors make news by separating

Exec Shuffle

America's pics find foreign B.O. hit, miss puzzle

A B.I.G. week puts late rapper atop album chart

EC reveals AV plans

Canal Plus shuffle

Moerk makes mark as Variety film editor

Pascal gets chair-CEO stripes from Col Pictures

Polanski feted by France's Academie des Beaux Arts

Artisan ups Golov to exec veep of prod'n

RAI vet Minoli in line as topper for Stream

1972 Olympic terrorism subject of pic

TW sets up digital fund

Replay Networks fill key posts

Praisery/marketer DDA shuts U.S. arm

Roadrunner nabs Arcade Music

TV techno tandem

Prix Delluc bids 'Adieu'

FCC revisits digital equity dilemma

Von Trier's TV series sizzles

Foreman goes into training for boxing bio

FX scores 7 million subscribers from TW

Western Cable Briefs

A&E creates Internet unit

Turner's burner

Starz channels MGM library bid

Tucker gets a real 'Rush' to $20 mil

MTV denies monopoly charge in U.S. probe

Kirch sues U over pay TV pact

Italy's advertising market continues record growth

Starz! slate shines

MTV to broaden 'Daria' into animated telepic

ABC's cash and 'Carey'

Courtshows rule ratings sweeps month

Sony options 2 cult classics

WB wins 'Will' war

Ten Percenteries

The buzz on Woody

Katz falling for Kleiser's 'Metal Lover'

WB grabs Goldberg pitch

Fox bets on 'Greed,' moves it to Fridays

Satellite noms unveiled

Saxon lands 2 titles gigs

WGA singles out Marcus for guild service award

Tuchman and Snow given boosts at CNN

Providence to release 'Omega'

'Hurricane' warning

'Titus' takes on L.A.

Phaedra gets 'Terrorist'

Carsey-Werner taps 3

IATSE local approves 3-year League pact

Magnolia

Girl, Interrupted

Hansel & Gretel

Swing!

Girl, Interrupted

Magnolia

Bicentennial Man

Hansel & Gretel

A Christmas Carol

Almost Acoustic Christmas

The Clandestine Marriage

Man on the Moon

Angela's Ashes

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles

Les Miserables

Miracle on the 17th Green

Augustin, King of Kung-Fu

Hans Warns - My 20th Century

Amadeus

Radio City Music Hall Grand Re-Opening Gala