NTL stokes Newcastle stake

U ups Daruty to sr. VP

Edward Theodore Cooper

Shyer to pilot '747' for Bel Air Entertainment

Disney taps McCarthy sr. VP

Inside moves

Judd pencils in 'Notebook'

Lifetime taps pol pal Dixon VP public affairs

Liza celebrates memories, creates new ones

Bertelsmann AG eyes restructuring

Helmer irate over destroyed footage

Flextech inks deal with NTL

Latenight might

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

Thesps among filmmakers on Sundance's shorts list

Iris speaker urges local TV to expand

Players

Eye's on the Tiger

E! expands telepic slate

Helmer heist: Burglars see the light

Mip Asia Briefs

Priestley at London's 'Side'

Jolivet to top showbiz lobby

ChickFlicks, All Girl team for 'Neurotica'

Helmers male it in

Fisher ankles Sony position

Mouse's new 'Toy'

Bergman suicide prevention fund set up

Quantum leaps at 'Kite' rights

Syndie access shows get the stuffings knocked out

China confab shock

Primedia CEO puts focus on new media

Lions shares offered

GC reduces operating loss by 89%

'Today' on ayem streak

Oscar kudocast: You can't dance to it

Exec Shuffle

Trekkie Piller, son ink WB prod'n deal

Forum fest going dark

Trio takes o'seas

X Filme sets distrib arm

Ticketmaster taps Fox exec

Legal eagles fly into biz

U kicks off buddy program at MPTF

Low show for Go

Prod'ns go for the Globes

Paxson's DeLorenzo ankles financial post

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

WB seeks 'Young' blood

USA has designs on Designs

Pitch fest offered online

Oscar Watch

Financial Briefs

PacketVideo turns to tube vet Tercek

Bared Bard aboard

Trio get new roles ai U Music-Vid

Bill Hadnott

Beatrice Colen

Russia's Gazprom ups stake in Media

ProSieben program director departs

Stocks soaring as investors clamor for French TV shares

World Briefs

Tom, 'Toy 2' tangle at top

L.A. crix inhale 'Insider'

Kudos crush weighs on crix, making of pix

Rick Danko

Pioneer gets Regent fare

'Trixie' joins Sundance

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

MXG names Swartz to oversee TV unit

Netcaster AtomFilms to get $20 mil boost

'Magnolia' blooms

'Wedding' on track

No interruptions at 'Girl's' preem

Players

Blockbuster revamps into 3 to maintain pace

Knievel 'Dares' to add color

Paul Bowles

Adele Balkan

Centropolis in disk deal

Greenspan joins Di Novi as veep

Film Roman turns to Hyde as new topper

Inside Moves

Warm bow for 'Snow'

'Kings' takes gold

Vet managers grab Berlinski

Wenders check in digital 'Hotel'

Calling all TV sets

Panasonic, Kodak join in disc prod'n

High-speed premiere

Paras to helm 'J.D.'

USA Home Ent. scores NHL vid deal

Holiday hit parade

'Ripley' shows talent for bow

Nets think young but lure older

Sound investment

Boston SFX subsid names Platt and Conner toppers

John Larkin

Par TV ups four to veepee posts

Fireworks over nets' coverage in Sydney

TenPercenteries

Davis enters BizRate from Disney site

Gitter captures 'Wildlife'

Discovery Net ups McGowan

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

New agent agenda

Inside move

Pearson makes Scotti domestic distrib prexy

Crystal clear to host Academy Awards

Paltrow, Farrellys 'Hal' bent

White House V-chip conference delayed

Venice Fest sets dates

'ET' taps Becker as bureau chief

Plummer, Wallace don't break bread

Foreign flavor to Palm Springs

WB ups Sucillon to licensing veep

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

'Lines' up for Moore, Fox

Helen ends hunt, will go 'Forward' with Spacey

Fox rebounds; CBS wins homes

CBS slates 'Angels' at 8

'Wings,' 'Together' set house records

Beatrice Colen

Joseph Heller

Exec Shuffle

Camerimage fetes 'Elizabeth' lenser

Theater a click away

Telewest, Flextech to link in $4 bil deal

Mouse just does it

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

Lat-Am dot-com El Sitio goes public

World Briefs

Western rides again

ABC News taps Moseley

ABC ups Hedges to sr. VP

Ziskin inks 3-year prod'n deal with Col

IATSE locals OK pact with producers

Oprah to lead Matrix nods

Monte Carlo TV fest crowns Kelley king

Xmas not merry for exhibs

Sci-fi series vision

'Late's' Brennan moves to Oxygen

World briefs

'Mononoke' creator Miyazaki toons up pic

Klein travels to new Destination

Albert back in NBC court

TW eyes digital plans

HSX posts 'Net gain

Douglas to return as host of Spirit kudos

There's no free launch

'SNL' skit nixed

Sony reaches for 'Moon'

Variety editors shift portfolios

Hazel McDowell

Goldwyn inks for 'Sixth Day'

Viewpoint, Panavision set up shop

'Poison' pill package pays off with MTV deal

Rudin epitomized 'Hollywood Law'

C-W Intl. calls Hall to Miami

TW, Bertelsmann to merge book groups

Hyperion & Young look first in pact

Web TV, EchoStar bow vid recording

'Curtis' on KW bench

End of an Era

Deal makes 'Sense'

Showbiz attorney Rudin dies at 79

Inside Moves

Mandela doc vies for TV fest award

Harold Wertz

R.J. Vealey

Felix Galimir

Film mart launches Web site

Cable briefs

Amerena ankles as Imcine topper

BBC sporting deal

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

Caucus to fete McCluggage

DGA retires Griffith kudo, seeks new award name

Behaviour changes to Seville

Slamdance fills out feature, shorts lists

Columbine vids spur senators

Kudocast a winner

Henson Muppets move to AcmeCity

Helen Parker

Showtime to tape La Bute's 'Bash'

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

Mystery behind the man

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

Disney hopes 'Love Bug' will strike auds again

Fox, HBO pact output deal through '09

Alpine turns on 'Microwave'

Viacom puts Blockbuster split in play

Museum using Hanks' voice for space travel

U taps Schulz as VP of development, planning

Cinematheque plans Caine retrospective

Movie popularity up in Oz

MPA taps Rouse VP of Euro TV

Spyglass focuses on 'Mage'

Infanet alleges theft in suit vs. IAM.com

'Brothers' a go on CBS

Rhythm & Hues drums up own slate

Insurance suits chase Chase bank

'Bicentennial' boots up

Henry 'Bud' Bostwick Jr.

John Archer

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

EC reveals AV plans

Moerk makes mark as Variety film editor

Replay Networks fill key posts

Roadrunner nabs Arcade Music

Foreman goes into training for boxing bio

Western Cable Briefs

Turner's burner

Tucker gets a real 'Rush' to $20 mil

Starz! slate shines

Ten Percenteries

The buzz on Woody

WGA singles out Marcus for guild service award

Providence to release 'Omega'

Married Boston anchors make news by separating

RAI vet Minoli in line as topper for Stream

TV techno tandem

Prix Delluc bids 'Adieu'

Starz channels MGM library bid

WB wins 'Will' war

Katz falling for Kleiser's 'Metal Lover'

Fox bets on 'Greed,' moves it to Fridays

Saxon lands 2 titles gigs

Tuchman and Snow given boosts at CNN

'Hurricane' warning

'Titus' takes on L.A.

Phaedra gets 'Terrorist'

Carsey-Werner taps 3

IATSE local approves 3-year League pact

WB Int'l TV boosts Abad

Canal Plus shuffle

Polanski feted by France's Academie des Beaux Arts

Artisan ups Golov to exec veep of prod'n

Von Trier's TV series sizzles

FX scores 7 million subscribers from TW

Kirch sues U over pay TV pact

ABC's cash and 'Carey'

Courtshows rule ratings sweeps month

Sony options 2 cult classics

WB grabs Goldberg pitch

Exec Shuffle

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

Pascal gets chair-CEO stripes from Col Pictures

1972 Olympic terrorism subject of pic

TW sets up digital fund

Praisery/marketer DDA shuts U.S. arm

FCC revisits digital equity dilemma

A&E creates Internet unit

MTV denies monopoly charge in U.S. probe

Italy's advertising market continues record growth

MTV to broaden 'Daria' into animated telepic

Satellite noms unveiled

Hansel & Gretel

Magnolia

Girl, Interrupted

Hansel & Gretel

Swing!

Girl, Interrupted

Magnolia

Bicentennial Man

The Clandestine Marriage

Man on the Moon

Angela's Ashes

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles

A Christmas Carol

Almost Acoustic Christmas

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