Pic topper DeKoven ankles Peacock

CAA hires Smith, Galvin for public relations posts

Leo's latenight leap

CBS, Fox to reveal NAACP initiatives

Strong 'SVU' Friday bow boosts Peacock

Reichblum ankles CNBC post

NFL joins MTV generation

Hostile negotiations

Ticketmaster group ups Pleasants to prez

Technicolor draws Schonfeld

Blue Sky ahead for Keane

Lane joins Iland Def Jam

Webber goes legit with Stoll Moss buy

Crix pick 'Being,' 'Topsy'

Willis starrer cops three People's Choice awards

The Hitch with longer pix is they're not better

Making their mark

Thai pirates plunder 'Anna'

Murdoch kicks ball to CLT/Ufa

Teen dreams, rock vets tune up

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

Ace high on this pair

AMPAS taps pair for Bonner sci-tech nods

Williams to bow online stand-up act

WGAW fetes Monash with Chayefsky award

Par TV names Schlotman VP

Mouse shows legs

Poster gives Oscar a new look for 2000

Fight for your right to party

'Sopranos' tuning up

Big money problems

Blockbuster, TiVo ink video-on-demand deal

1999 was music to Arista ears

Obst opens Stone's 'Gate'

'WXO' enters wrestling ring

Variety adds 3 reporters

DiCaprio on 'Beach' stroll at Berlin Fest

Ford ponders agency home

Col to tame 'Lion's Game'

Clooney's first of '11'

D'Works TV gets busy

Foreign-lingo entries from around the world

Palm Springs fest previews entries

Tricky timing

Buddhist leader helms first Bhutanese entry

Inside Moves

Almodovar's lucky year

Breakthrough for Bening

Forman brings Euro touch to U.S. movies

Rewriting the rules

Events, seminars fill Palm Springs fest slate

Events, seminars fill Palm Springs fest slate

Taking liberties

Real to reel

Despite banner year, toons still ghettoized

Ani shorts benefit from inside buzz

Maiden voyages

They have issues

AOL: You've got Time Warner

Kristian Levring

Jaume Balaguero

Stephane Brize

Conor McPherson

Edward Berger

Ella Lemhagen

Stephen Daldry

Kirch talks pay TV with Al Waalid

Deutsche Bank exits bid battle for cablers

Latin American splash

'Shout' up for grabs

Online film fest issues call for entries

'Toon Network asks for a vote

Trimark ups Sanger to development director

Two top German exhibs talk up a partnership

Brit exhib Odeon, ABC to merge

Cartoon Net programs to join Televisa slate

Bandeira extends D'Works contract

DDA Media Tek taps new exex, pacts with PR firms

Iwin gamely lands $25 mil, taps exex

Playboy.com files with SEC for IPO

Warners ups Otto to finance VP

O'seas hugs H'wood

'Exposure' at NATPE

FX takes TV rights to 'Realm'

3 hot syndie shows nab upgrades

Lensers will honor Green

ShoWest to honor Cinemark's Warner

Wish on a WinStar

Daly awaits Dodgers' opening day

Oscar qualifiers drop as Acad mails ballots

Intercon loves 'Girl Next Door'

PBS collars big dog

Spielberg, Paltrow to present at Globes

Vachon to get 'Edge' award

NTL, Microsoft TV team for interactive services

Miramax 'Enchanted'

Inside Move

Exec Shuffle

Dixon exits Col TriStar publicity

Indies go every 'Witch' way in '99

U's new Lynch mob

Sundance to honor Spacey's 'insight'

Clark, ABC ink 5 more New Years

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

Ingraham moves up at NBC

New era breeds new media mogul

Carving new domain

Yahoo likely to be next in line to click

Euro stocks boosted by TW/AOL link

Col heads off to college with Redmond for 'Die'

Trio gets in step for Kane pic 'Romantic'

Rosenberg hits 'Ice' again

Fox hits top with 'Middle'

Activists take Case to task

Brosnan's ready to paint 'Sienna'

Fox hunts for summer auds with rerun hits

New year bow mixed

World Briefs

Fox Family buoys execs

Swanson tapped VP for Arista publicity

'Millionaire' minces new competish

Exec Shuffle

Art directors org votes Sylbert lifetime kudos

Napoleon conquers H'w'd

Clayton Moore Memorial Service

Sound editors tap noms for best of 1999

CLT/Ufa inks deal for Vox

Cabler to Webcast Sundance awards

Johnson wins Jets toss; Cablevision bid nixed

News Corp. ups Pompadur

NATPE anticipates new media binge

Merger hangover

DDA MediaTek taps exex, PR reps

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

Mediaset mindset

Brits easing BSkyB stand

Fox Kids setting up Italo web, Web

Viacom names Brooks CEO of Oz's Studio City

Shaw gets OK for buyback

Imax signs deal for 3 screens in Japan

Sogecable ups distrib coin

Ondigital seals PPV pact, posts sub hike

Fox seeks new tale

NBC picks up more 'Freaks' for Mondays

Letterman nabs Hillary

Inside moves

Miramax getting helmer O'Haver for 'Alison' pic

Icon goes for 'Gold'

Alliances changed

Cable pics swamp Writers Guild noms

Bruckheimer pacts with journo

Stamos inks TV pic deals for banner

Fox prescription

'Voxxy' site geared to Gen-Y girls

Indican set to distrib 'Saints'

Lifetime channels Brooks

Thesp Green grows with UTA

Talk about big changes

Fox Kids inks deal with 'Ren' creator

Checkout.com inks with AOL-owned Moviefone

BMI tunes Web licensing system

Black and Blu to hit slopes

Imagine ankles Disney for new Fox TV abode

'Passengers' USA-bound

Nick GAS scores pact with NHL programming

Donald Earl Watters

Michael McDowell

Warren 'Bob' Ball

Jack Grossman

Jordan Derwin

Peter Heimes

Silvercup bowls over N.Y.-lovin' producers

Slam dunk for Yoakam

Paris springs to pix

Sky taps Exxon's Diego as new CEO

Lagardere group to take stake in Canal satellite

Japan auds end 1999 at home

Endemol Portugal to bow 'Big Brother'

Oz B.O. high and low

Lola answers call

Pix Rendez-vous in Paris

IFilm lands Lone Eagle Publishing

WHV shuffles exex

Weather clear at 'Today' as Roker reups contract

NBC may leave trade org over aud cap issue

Studios USA bets on Casino

Douglas' touch to be in 'Angel'

MTV's political note

MTV names vet Richard for VP post

Outfest unveils slate of screenings, events

Groups together again

Martin ankles Fox Sports Net, FX

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

Pegasus to buy Golden Sky

'Bone' steps into ring

Cube's circle of friends

Financially independent

Worker killed at Oscar theater site

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

CanWest has content qtr.

WMG, Launch Media tune up

Content defender

Inside moves

Disney, Galaxy plan Latin channel

'Election,' 'Limey' get into Spirit nominations

'Blue' scores for red-hot ABC

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

U runs to Walker for 'Racer'

Vet Haas ankles ICM

Orgs criticize 'Sopranos'

HBO to award short pix kudos

Artisan and Details pact on film series

It's Schneider's studio

Travola may 'Travel'; student leaving 'ER'

Cruise moves to front line

Eye spies few shifts in merger

Syndies ink key carriage deals

Carrey feted at ShoWest

It's a small world

MOMA focus on film

New Films strikes Euro distrib deal

7th Art plugs into 'Circuitry'

'Hurricane' sweeps up Scripters

Returning to the tube

Scottish Media snaps Ginger for $370 mil

'Ley' lands large distrib deal

Col Worldwide taps Kreger marketing VP

Virtual film classroom

Sam Jaffe

Moore gets 'Break'

Nets deny gov't control

Reubens ankles quizshow

Paramount Classics in Total agreement

Teren tops Variety's publisher Cahners

Gates hands CEO post to Ballmer

Holiday sees vidgame sales hit $7.2 bil mark

Loews shows loss

Hillary visit a big boost to 'Letterman'

Plugolas: H'w'd fetes product placement

'Netmeisters gathering

Kinowelt knits plans to bow broadcaster

Tele-Munchen leads investors in Lions Gate

Playboy Channel hops into Chile

No special rules for Hillary's Letterman seg

Dutch pic biz cops coin

Studio City selects 3 board members

CLT/Ufa nabs rights to Par pix package

Western expansion

Starry trios prepare for 'Monologues'

Izzard set for 'Circle'

After pitch, Beacon unafraid of 'Dark'

Searchlight spots Kahn

Oscar Watch

'Geeks' heads to New Line

Carey to receive rare AMA honor

Lifetime sets gameshow, reality series for June

'The Pianist' plays out as Polanski pic

'Lion,' 'Spend' top Oliviers

Seasonal split

UPN monkeying around

Baldecchi going 'Mad'

'Millionaire' hits new jackpot

China's Feng will 'Be There'

Billie Neal

Art Batanides

My Dog Skip

Jackie Mason: Much Ado About Everything

Gypsy Boys

TLC

The Rise and Fall of Impressionism

A Father's Choice

Lobster Alice

Next Friday

James Joyce's The Dead

City of Angels

The Spring

The Subject Was Roses

Dirty Blonde

The Loretta Claiborne Story

The Sopranos

Sexual Perversity in Chicago/The Duck Variations

Tell Me Something

Kennedy and I

Nova: Lost on Everest

Cleopatra 2525

Jack of All Trades

Wrong Mountain

Higher Ground

Rock Opera

Higher Ground