Pic topper DeKoven ankles Peacock

CAA hires Smith, Galvin for public relations posts

Leo's latenight leap

NFL joins MTV generation

Willis starrer cops three People's Choice awards

Making their mark

Thai pirates plunder 'Anna'

Variety adds 3 reporters

DiCaprio on 'Beach' stroll at Berlin Fest

Ford ponders agency home

Palm Springs fest previews entries

Rewriting the rules

Events, seminars fill Palm Springs fest slate

Kristian Levring

Jaume Balaguero

Conor McPherson

Stephen Daldry

Hostile negotiations

Technicolor draws Schonfeld

Teen dreams, rock vets tune up

WGAW fetes Monash with Chayefsky award

Par TV names Schlotman VP

Big money problems

1999 was music to Arista ears

'WXO' enters wrestling ring

Col to tame 'Lion's Game'

Tricky timing

Buddhist leader helms first Bhutanese entry

Breakthrough for Bening

Taking liberties

Despite banner year, toons still ghettoized

Stephane Brize

Edward Berger

Strong 'SVU' Friday bow boosts Peacock

The Hitch with longer pix is they're not better

Ace high on this pair

Williams to bow online stand-up act

Mouse shows legs

Obst opens Stone's 'Gate'

Foreign-lingo entries from around the world

Almodovar's lucky year

Real to reel

AOL: You've got Time Warner

CBS, Fox to reveal NAACP initiatives

Reichblum ankles CNBC post

Ticketmaster group ups Pleasants to prez

Blue Sky ahead for Keane

Lane joins Iland Def Jam

Webber goes legit with Stoll Moss buy

Crix pick 'Being,' 'Topsy'

Murdoch kicks ball to CLT/Ufa

'Hurricane' punches up screens, B.O. tally

AMPAS taps pair for Bonner sci-tech nods

Poster gives Oscar a new look for 2000

Fight for your right to party

'Sopranos' tuning up

Blockbuster, TiVo ink video-on-demand deal

Clooney's first of '11'

D'Works TV gets busy

Inside Moves

Forman brings Euro touch to U.S. movies

Events, seminars fill Palm Springs fest slate

Ani shorts benefit from inside buzz

Maiden voyages

They have issues

Ella Lemhagen

Kirch talks pay TV with Al Waalid

'Shout' up for grabs

Brit exhib Odeon, ABC to merge

Bandeira extends D'Works contract

Iwin gamely lands $25 mil, taps exex

Warners ups Otto to finance VP

ShoWest to honor Cinemark's Warner

Daly awaits Dodgers' opening day

Intercon loves 'Girl Next Door'

NTL, Microsoft TV team for interactive services

Miramax 'Enchanted'

Sundance to honor Spacey's 'insight'

New era breeds new media mogul

Fox hits top with 'Middle'

Brosnan's ready to paint 'Sienna'

Fox hunts for summer auds with rerun hits

New year bow mixed

World Briefs

Trimark ups Sanger to development director

Cartoon Net programs to join Televisa slate

DDA Media Tek taps new exex, pacts with PR firms

O'seas hugs H'wood

Lensers will honor Green

Wish on a WinStar

Oscar qualifiers drop as Acad mails ballots

Vachon to get 'Edge' award

Exec Shuffle

Dixon exits Col TriStar publicity

Clark, ABC ink 5 more New Years

L.A., O.C. Weekly ups Jablonski to publisher

Ingraham moves up at NBC

Carving new domain

Latin American splash

Online film fest issues call for entries

Playboy.com files with SEC for IPO

'Exposure' at NATPE

Spielberg, Paltrow to present at Globes

Indies go every 'Witch' way in '99

U's new Lynch mob

Yahoo likely to be next in line to click

Euro stocks boosted by TW/AOL link

Activists take Case to task

Swanson tapped VP for Arista publicity

Deutsche Bank exits bid battle for cablers

'Toon Network asks for a vote

Two top German exhibs talk up a partnership

FX takes TV rights to 'Realm'

3 hot syndie shows nab upgrades

PBS collars big dog

Inside Move

Col heads off to college with Redmond for 'Die'

Trio gets in step for Kane pic 'Romantic'

Rosenberg hits 'Ice' again

Fox Family buoys execs

'Millionaire' minces new competish

Art directors org votes Sylbert lifetime kudos

Johnson wins Jets toss; Cablevision bid nixed

Fox Kids setting up Italo web, Web

Ondigital seals PPV pact, posts sub hike

Fox seeks new tale

Stamos inks TV pic deals for banner

Lifetime channels Brooks

Talk about big changes

'Passengers' USA-bound

Donald Earl Watters

Warren 'Bob' Ball

Exec Shuffle

Clayton Moore Memorial Service

CLT/Ufa inks deal for Vox

Cabler to Webcast Sundance awards

News Corp. ups Pompadur

DDA MediaTek taps exex, PR reps

U.S.-based BBC Sales raises Cain to VP post

Brits easing BSkyB stand

Viacom names Brooks CEO of Oz's Studio City

Sogecable ups distrib coin

Miramax getting helmer O'Haver for 'Alison' pic

Thesp Green grows with UTA

Black and Blu to hit slopes

Imagine ankles Disney for new Fox TV abode

Michael McDowell

Jack Grossman

Jordan Derwin

Sound editors tap noms for best of 1999

NATPE anticipates new media binge

Merger hangover

NBC picks up more 'Freaks' for Mondays

Letterman nabs Hillary

Inside moves

Icon goes for 'Gold'

Alliances changed

Fox prescription

'Voxxy' site geared to Gen-Y girls

Fox Kids inks deal with 'Ren' creator

Checkout.com inks with AOL-owned Moviefone

Nick GAS scores pact with NHL programming

Peter Heimes

Napoleon conquers H'w'd

Mediaset mindset

Shaw gets OK for buyback

Imax signs deal for 3 screens in Japan

Cable pics swamp Writers Guild noms

Bruckheimer pacts with journo

Indican set to distrib 'Saints'

BMI tunes Web licensing system

Slam dunk for Yoakam

Oz B.O. high and low

Weather clear at 'Today' as Roker reups contract

NBC may leave trade org over aud cap issue

Douglas' touch to be in 'Angel'

Martin ankles Fox Sports Net, FX

Orgs criticize 'Sopranos'

Travola may 'Travel'; student leaving 'ER'

Cruise moves to front line

Eye spies few shifts in merger

Paris springs to pix

Japan auds end 1999 at home

Lola answers call

Pix Rendez-vous in Paris

WHV shuffles exex

Studios USA bets on Casino

MTV's political note

A&E's 'Crossing' bridges homes for record rating

Worker killed at Oscar theater site

'Election,' 'Limey' get into Spirit nominations

Seven pics make the cut in Oscar f/x nominee race

U runs to Walker for 'Racer'

Syndies ink key carriage deals

It's a small world

MOMA focus on film

Silvercup bowls over N.Y.-lovin' producers

Sky taps Exxon's Diego as new CEO

Endemol Portugal to bow 'Big Brother'

IFilm lands Lone Eagle Publishing

Outfest unveils slate of screenings, events

Groups together again

Financially independent

CanWest has content qtr.

Content defender

Vet Haas ankles ICM

HBO to award short pix kudos

Artisan and Details pact on film series

It's Schneider's studio

Carrey feted at ShoWest

Lagardere group to take stake in Canal satellite

MTV names vet Richard for VP post

Pegasus to buy Golden Sky

'Bone' steps into ring

Cube's circle of friends

Lyons, Beane team on New Line's 'Diva'

WMG, Launch Media tune up

Inside moves

Disney, Galaxy plan Latin channel

'Blue' scores for red-hot ABC

7th Art plugs into 'Circuitry'

Virtual film classroom

'Netmeisters gathering

Kinowelt knits plans to bow broadcaster

Dutch pic biz cops coin

CLT/Ufa nabs rights to Par pix package

Searchlight spots Kahn

Lifetime sets gameshow, reality series for June

UPN monkeying around

Baldecchi going 'Mad'

New Films strikes Euro distrib deal

Col Worldwide taps Kreger marketing VP

Hillary visit a big boost to 'Letterman'

Playboy Channel hops into Chile

Western expansion

Starry trios prepare for 'Monologues'

Izzard set for 'Circle'

Oscar Watch

Carey to receive rare AMA honor

'Millionaire' hits new jackpot

Billie Neal

'Hurricane' sweeps up Scripters

'Ley' lands large distrib deal

Reubens ankles quizshow

Holiday sees vidgame sales hit $7.2 bil mark

Tele-Munchen leads investors in Lions Gate

No special rules for Hillary's Letterman seg

After pitch, Beacon unafraid of 'Dark'

'Lion,' 'Spend' top Oliviers

Seasonal split

China's Feng will 'Be There'

Returning to the tube

Scottish Media snaps Ginger for $370 mil

Sam Jaffe

Moore gets 'Break'

Nets deny gov't control

Paramount Classics in Total agreement

Teren tops Variety's publisher Cahners

Gates hands CEO post to Ballmer

Loews shows loss

Plugolas: H'w'd fetes product placement

Studio City selects 3 board members

'Geeks' heads to New Line

'The Pianist' plays out as Polanski pic

Art Batanides

Jackie Mason: Much Ado About Everything

My Dog Skip

Gypsy Boys

The Rise and Fall of Impressionism

A Father's Choice

Lobster Alice

TLC

City of Angels

The Spring

Dirty Blonde

James Joyce's The Dead

The Subject Was Roses

Next Friday

Sexual Perversity in Chicago/The Duck Variations

The Loretta Claiborne Story

The Sopranos

Nova: Lost on Everest

Cleopatra 2525

Jack of All Trades

Higher Ground

Wrong Mountain

Tell Me Something

Kennedy and I

Rock Opera

Higher Ground