'Mission' controls B.O. with $23.1 mil

Playstation strain

Microsoft marks spot for games with X-Box

Spiegel ankles MP3.com spot

Sony, Toyota, Cable in Internet deal

Cahners acquires LA411: TV, film biz directories

Williams joins Odyssey mag

DGA nominees say they sweat the details

Latin tunes take Germany

Fuji scores World Cup b'cast qualifying rights

Appeal cuts short Bond's prison term

'American' travels

Sc-Fi labs 'Lexx' for 13

Hallmark Ent. adds advertising offices

New Regency putting 'Lives' in turnaround

Tenpercenteries

Trio signs on for 'H'wood'

ABC high on Stossel to fill Oprah void

Producers say ad prod'n won't halt if strike occurs

Drawing battle lines

Teens power 'God' to win in timeslot

Cinar troubles pile up

U Music, Prisa creating labels

Oscar Watch

Pates' Rockfish Films takes Pope as partner

King World set to drop 'Short' and 'Roseanne'

Bowing to criticism, Dr. Laura apologizes

S.B. Fest concludes with awards

Clay has its say

New Line buys laffer 'Then'

Welch plugs into Myers' 'Sprockets' for helm bow

Sked head departs

DreamWorks going on 'Blind Date'

Morissette, Twain tops at Juno Awards

Par near deal to distrib British teen laffer 'Kevin'

Direct hit for Brit

Shadyac sets Butler's pilot

'Devil' made Col do it

Spacey, Bening take SAG honors

Tracey takes on skirts

Whoope for Whoopi

Safer, Roker spice up Food Net

B'Way looks to H'wood

The superstars: As needy as they are greedy

George Siravo

Acad to break in Oscar's new home

Exec Shuffle

Wedding called off

Tsujihara tapped to top TW online effort

Buys boosts NTL profit for 4th qtr.

Vivendi dials up 28% gain in profits, eyes growth

Fox Family taps Nichols

Players

Parker tapped host of MTV pic kudos

Tonos inks tunesmiths, adds sites

World Briefs

Dunaway rejiggers sked for Paris fest

ZDF to dial up doc-news net

WMA London deals for U.K. publisher

Spain's TV to grow

Ibope, Nielsen to cover Web auds

'Poppoya' goes first-class in Japanese movie awards

Dimension ups Burkin

Unapix's offspring

Scribes prep deal 'Time' with confabs

Nets score Daly double

Radio One dials KKBT, 11 others

Toons toast topper

Ganeless gains at Comedy net

Lee catches 'Break'

Oscar nominees bask in friendly lunch spotlight

Disney raises 'Helen' by buying laffer pitch

Former U CEO Silver goes 'Hardcore' for military

'Toy 2' is story in overseas box office

Palm taps Koh

Tribulations on TV

Damon takes Behaviour

Buckley named DGA blurbmeister

Chi crix admire 'Beauty'

Pax TV reports 4th quarter breakeven

Printing money

Langella, Vance will tackle 'Beast'

Baldwin harbors 'Pearl' talks

Peacock nabs Ellroy drama

Thesps to stage rally near N.Y. union talks

Miramax to anchor 'News' with Col

Helmer Tennant believes in an 'Afterlife' with Sony

Scorsese on Japan mob pic; Douglas awaiting 'Traffic'

Sony Pictures morphs e-media into one unit

UPN names Walsh for affil veep post

CTV board for BCE takeover

Lifetime taps McFarland VP

Pax's Sagansky joins Fandom site board

B'way B.O. gains across board

Rupe eyes stake in India

Pax's Parkinson aid worth $1 mil

Dave Peverett

Al Adolph

Brady Michaels

John Colicos

Richard Allen Dudley

'Four' tops shorts fest

Kirch raises brass

Japan sat deal unfolds

Distribs Helkon, Redbus ink acquisition alliance

Strand grabs Ye's 'Suzhou'

Reed Midem pospones MIP Asia until next year

Rhino, Chapter III score

ABC keeps momentum of sweeps

Caine enjoying bigger paychecks

Discovery spec KOs wrestling in ratings

Kozberg tapped to top Arts Center

Cannes fest bares its Victoria principles

Camera d'Or jury taps prez

Oscar Watch

C. Howard Adamson

Zuiker inked to pen 'Dogtown' for Fox

Sprockets fest unveils Family Weekends slate

A&E, History up 2 exex

MTV in tune with '2gether' skein

DVD to overtake VHS in 3 years, study sez

EchoStar on a tear

Good housekeeping: Stewart revs up 30%

Praisery ups 2, redubs itself

Girl power rocks

Helmer del Toro sharpens 'Blade 2'

AtomFilms, DirecTV pact for Oscar-nommed shorts

Yahoo! online fest finds Paradise Digital

GetMusic expanding o'seas

Alcorn aboard 'Eddie' in the starting gate

Order a Pulitzer! This great column

'Hollow' carves most Saturn Awards noms

Par ups Thomas, Linkenauger in TV

The Kubrick connection

DEN nabs Mancuso in 'Net

Warner Music Int'l promotes Cooper

No holds barred for 'Mat' ads

Ziskin taps WMA agent Holodnik

UBO ups Andrews to exec veep

Pomerance ankles AMG

Onliner Reelplay secures Biondi's Waterview coin

Fickman to grow 'Tomatoes'

Boutique bouquet

Cuaron steps out, Lion seeks general for 'War'

Cooper will Landscape FX with telepix

'Polar' heats up

Inside Moves

Spielberg lines up 'A.I.', 'Report'

'Sopranos' boss Chase, HBO take out contract

Summit rises for 'Escapade'

Agents kill SAG waiver proposal

Thumbs down for crix

SAG, AFTRA rally in New York

'Hedwig' sets close; 'Wake' to open

Gugino wings into Wang pic

Crix hunting for voice

Disenfranchised Tony voters win court battle

A Daytime drama

Daytime Emmy nominations

Short's in, Lucci's out in Emmy races

Daytime Emmy nominations

Daytime Emmy nominations

Alex Dreier

Richard Collier

Bill Lewis Downer

Janet Reed

Griffin bows gaming, biz & hotel advertising arm

Adamson assumes agent duties at ICM

Santana stays No. 1; Strait shoots to 2

Players

Universal Studios ups vet legal exec Randall

Spreadin' the blues

New regs from FCC

Nelvana revenues up

Regis tackles toons

Praisery mPRm expands

'Brockovich' sequel could be in cards

Court TV taps Dershowitz

Baseball, Autry endow USC film school

City of Lights shines fest light on 'Venus'

Syndie stalwarts win sweeps

Hedrick puts food on the table at WB

Film Roman bows Web net

'Spartacus' to air via Pearson in '01

World Briefs

MGM inks Hunt for a 'Return' engagement

Dimension 'Obsessed' by McLennan's pitch

Stern warning: 'Beach' is strong

Pax inks deal for NBC quizzer

Van Peebles' film slated for Cannes' Critics' Week

Britt Allcroft to buy Media

Sony, Dubbing pact for German facility

TOC may close ops

'Comeback' travels Pathe to production

Sales of DVDs boom in France

Grammer plans NBC pilot

Col sparks to 'Flint' from novelist Eddy

Noir near for 'Fargo' team

NBC game for daytime

'Serendipity' for Cusak

'Traffic' picking up more cast members

Olmos joins Nava's 'Family'

'Time's Up' for Disney

Law flies the coop

Hot quizzers, series melting newsmags

Wrestler, wizards top Fox Family slate

Inside Moves

Four post prod'n houses start R!OT

Bushnell's Evans stages exit

Doubleday/Broadway knocks out Norton

'Erin' go Braugh

Variety salutes thesps

AFTRA seeks cable deal

Writers' residuals rise 22%

Prince Philip mixes with H'w'd royalty

Cinesite taps top exex

Launch inks Japanese Web deal

Death Row, Musicmaker pact

US mag bows its weekly edition

Showbiz stox mixed as Dow in record rise

Scripting a strike

Canal Plus hoarding films, Le Lay claims

Best event sees Mip gain

NTL buys stake in Swedish cabler

French producers seek ad $ shore-up

Brothers sells titles to local players East Asia

TWI, Yes TV ink VOD deal

Sverak pilots pic

Tenpercenteries

Par, Obst farming 'Pastoral'

EnterTech, Talk in deal for content

Lifetime nabs 'Will' syndie run

Razorfish to rebrand Mouse's Go.com site

Vidnet fine tuning

Inside Tracks

LAIFF honors Pogachefsky

Oscar Watch

World Fest, Williams trib to highlight Bowl season

Courting new series

EIF charity launches with indulgent evening

Toon Martians set for British net ITV

Cox will inhale Oxygen carriage

'Letterman' stronger, but 'Leno' wins week

Feds offer indies loan guarantees

ICM taps Tenzer sr. VP

Nick pix tooning up

Paquin finds 'Forrester' role

Regency, Warner TV team on WB drama pilot 'Day One'

Destination heats up summer prod'n slate

Eyeing the big event

Scribes claim Bochco, Warren are no 'Angels'

CNBC to bow stox skein

Silver, U 'Party' hardy

South by South West honors participants

More trouble for the Oscars

Allen, Sweetland split

Bertelsmann selling shares back to AOL

TV's Storyline getting serious about series

USA Films doubles back into 'Traffic'

New Line returns to sci-fi 'Planet'

UPN up for grabs

Disney takes 'Jail' bait

Ziskin taps WMA agent Holodnik

Endemol con Internet

Price of Glory

The Taste of Others

Marc Anthony - Vibrant Anthony Best with Salsa

The Director

Gone to L.A.

The Altruists

Baby Doll

True West - Hot Thesps Drive Into 'West's' Double Play

The Noise of Time

Americanos: Latino Life in the United States

Benjamin Smoke

Captain Pantoja and the Special Service

The Charcoal People

Jubaku -- Spellbound

Fly Me to Polaris

The Frame

Funny Felix

Love at First Hiccough

Love Me

Ordinary Madness

The Three Men of Melita Zganjer

The Spring of Life

Fandango

A Trip to the Country

Home Game

Bread and Tulips

A Sign from God

Unknown Friend

It Takes All Kinds

Pop in Reykjavik

Steal This Movie

The Lady of Hamre

New Year's Day

El Valley Centro

Psycho Beach Party - Camp Thriller 'Beach Party' Rides the Surf with Satire

Pic Weaves Together Immigrants' Stories; The American Tapestry

Noriega: God's Favorite - 'Noriega' Captured

George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire

Blame It on the King

Mexico

The Crossing

Legacy

Monday

Waste

Miss Julie

Allman Brothers Band

Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd Quartet

Satan's School for Girls

Inside TV Land: The Honeymooners

Noriega: God's Favorite

Son of the Beach

Shujaat Husain Khan & Zakir Hussain

Third Eye Blind

Taller Than a Dwarf

The People vs. Mona

Letters Home

Andrea Marcovicci

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

Freshmen

Yo La Tengo

Best Actress

Final Destination

Riverdance on Broadway

Pat Metheny Trio

Stone Temple Pilots

Final Destination

American Buffalo

The Road to Mecca

Riverdance on Broadway

Stone Temple Pilots

Pat Metheny Trio