'Friends' extends

'Gladiator' levels 'Battlefield'

Liberty post-party

Imax new home one-stop shop

Initial issues 'Traffic' tix

Shooting Gallery expands digital in MM Media deal

UGC Int'l has 'Sex' all over the world

Constantin, Propaganda slate 2 redos

Rank will unload U park stake

Telemundo finds Gems

NBC's sked set; 'Sports' plays at HBO

Maverick ups G.M. Rieger

USA Films taps Pomerance

Spielberg, ABC in 'Frank' fold

Tapestry ups Guerin for lit

X-Box rocks E3 expo

Unions file charges

MM Media, Crystal form credit union

Financial Times bows Web site

Par, Miramax make unique 'Lucky' pair

'Harry,' 'Betty' goose fest

Lions Gate plucks 'Roses'

Planeta, Creek mull pact

Greene Light

'D'Artagnan' to ink Oldman, Suvari

Minghella enters Miramax' 'Heaven'

'Witch' team's pitch scores

Regent-Moonstone joins Boy George biopic

ABC bets on 'Millionaire' as Fox, CBS will roll dice

Cannes: French bread served with H'w'd whine

Business Briefs

Paxson at peace with $54 mil loss

Overseas sensation

Franchise, Nippon link up for 3 pix

Chen to chant 'Fu Shong'

Beeb dominates BAFTA television nods with 13

DEN adds content, relaunches site

Nursed to a victory

Emmy time for 'Rosie' & 'Bill Nye'

New 'Rider' a Miracle pic

It's 'Battlefield' mirth at soiree

'Road Trip' drives into Hollywood

AOL, NL expand ad pacts

Cinema Expo taps Verrecchia

'Gladiator' slays B.O. o'seas, Down Under

Despite first-run success, USA pulls plug on 'Nikita'

Flower pic powered

Lowry tops Gaylord Films

Masson's 'Repentent' lures Adjani back to bigscreen

Watson joins Diggs in sci-fi 'Librium'

Berman assembling $100 mil fund

UA welcomes Revolution

Thesps get in spirit of 'Christmas'

UA sells off pix to Shochiku

'Space' sales travel

IFG, Working Title bonding

'Harry' needs no help finding buyers

Col TriStar rides 'Rivers' o'seas

Clear Sky ahead for Killer

Pax TV eyes 'Twenty One'

Players

'Letterman' buoys 2 vets to exec producers

RAI sees net profits rise 72%

'Kate' gets 6 kisses

Music acad announces awards

Stocks block duo

WMA clicks adviser role for 'Net Gizmoz

Hollywood.com posts loss

Panavision revs widen

Sony ups two distrib execs

Par taps Kirkpatrick exec VP, global pub

U taps Pierce for sr. VP, digital

Granada will slim

Todito.com teams with Elektra chain

Advanced takes off with UFO buy

'Gladiator' push on

Transparent tunes up

Allen may be in 'Big Trouble'; Smith's Ali

Eye rep gives up NAB seat

Col TriStar joins 'Order'

RGH snatches up rights to 'All'

Artisan deal a real Marvel

'Mexican' headed for Euro markets

Lipsky's Lot 47 picks up 'Doll'

'Others' enlists Italy's Lucky Red

Christopher Walken

Marguerite Moreau

Timothy Paul Perez

Telemundo sets fall sked

NBC note of 'Grace'

Sundance pix picks up for lab

Showtime pushes TiVo record button

Par ponies 6 figures for 'Woman' rights

Stern's 'Stomp' pounds path to Imax format

Calif. gov's budget offers prod'n coin

SAG consultant sez org needs overhaul

Plans for Viacom studio in Oz scrapped

Roth sends Roberts 'Sis Boom Bah'

PBS pacts for National Geo's 'Specials'

Webcaster Yes says no to slump, cuts valuation

Berman building $100 mil fund

'Jesus' tops Regis

'Felicity' survives as WB plays it safe

Montecito, D'Works reup

Weinstein seeks U.S. auds for European pix

Zoetrope, VCL pact

Col TriStar Group goes loco for 'Vida'

USA goes Wong way with 'Love'

'Ball' rolling to Columbia for overseas

Croisette commotion: No bizness like street bizness

Fest bashes see crasher clashes

Fine Line, Granada go up on the 'Roof'

Bullish Filmax inks pic pact with trio

Wide screens

Michael Madsen

Eugene Byrd

Paul Johansson

Corey Page

David Gianopoulos

Pentamedia bows Webcaster NumTV

Cisneros music arms bond under one roof

Traveling to Spain

CAA to back yucks online

Liberty Hill's Sinclair kudos to Jewison

Filmmakers will honor Figgis

Blast with the past

UCLA Performing Arts sets upcoming season

Atom's new tango

Online tix tech firm taps coin from Disney and Loews

Col TV shuffles producer posts

Telefonica likes Lycos for $12.6 bil

Cherry, Twain, EMI gain BMI's kudos

Berger, Saviano form prod'n co.

Rock solid with 'Pootie'

Buying in volumes

Inside Moves

Regis kids around

Frog hops into laffers to court young femmes

Rhoden upped at WGAW

BBC America goes syndie for 'Thugs'

Plus unplugs talks of buying U.K.-based sports Web site

Hubbert tapped as Epic's senior veep of promotion

Tony-nommed shows see bump; others grind

Halliwell tunes up pic work

Neurotrash hits Germany

New World goes 'Under'

Slamdunk, Atom-bomb link

Sundance Channel picks up 'Five' rights

ARD nabs WB pix pack from Kinowelt

MPAA targets 'Net Pirates'

Regent ramps up with 3 pix

Miramax cages POW rights

'N Sync-able interest in boy band

Strand gets 'Famous'

Telefonica, Bertelsmann huddle

Joey Slotnick

Alexondra Lee

Lisa Guerrero

Golan pumps new World slate

Smith joining U.K. pic panel

Kinowelt belts 1st big WB TV deal

World Briefs

RTL 2 under porn watch

Intertainer buoys Finkel

Peacock preens over 'Millionaire's' losses

MPTF taps vet Tillman for CEO

Dean of White House signs off

Mobley-Anderson moves up DNA chain

Hughes markets, develops for iFilm

Wild Brain noodles 'Toon Net deal

ICM keeps it in the family with deal for 'John Trow'

TW Carries Torch

News Corp. unveils multimedia asset pool

Keiles joins Massive Media as Veepee

Carlton courts suitors for subsid Technicolor

SFX settles stockholder lawsuit

Players

Helmer Van Diem won't play Beacon's 'Spy Game'

Fox skeds 'X-Files' for 8th season

Burns joins Ovitz's AMG

CBS places Bette

BMI launches Web licensing

Vet Voci makes partner as Mandalay Television

SBS posts $20 mil losses

Pocket Books goes to Weiner's 'Bed'

Disney animation ups Chu to veepee

Par taps Kirkpatrick exec VP, global pub

Hawke heads to Off B'way

'60 Minutes' clocks in

Trio upped at Tribune Co.

Cuban thesp Perugorria set to helm

'North' stars on Hedman list

A 'Proposal' for Home

NuVision flexes its mu$cle with fest pix

Pair fall in 'Love'

Fox skeds 'X-Files' for 8th season

'Ticker' kicks up domestic deal

Knightscove goes for family planning

Fintage House bows Web unit

Artisan, Altman in 'T' party

Rohmer high-tech for period 'Duke'

Michael Ian Black and Ken Marino

Ali Landry

Patrick Malone

Robert J. Wynne

Debevec joins USC institute

Galotti quits as publisher of Talk mag

Indie bows new leaders

Granada profits up 10% as media spinoff looms

NBA players hand thesps strike assist

Dovey in for Brown at ESPN Star Sports

Dimension, Tapestry weave 'Ritual' thriller

Canuck committe rejects CBC proposal to cut news

U titles go Estremo to Spain PPV

HBO orders up more 'Oz'

CBS seeks to thwart 'Millionaire'

Alphabet continues Tuesday dominance

UPN pumps macho menu, picks up ABC's 'Hughleys'

HBO shoots for the hip

Blocked 'Beauty'

French titans dial up deal

Hampton fest has eye on international pic mix

France Telecom studying sat movie delivery

Kidvid EM.TV sets int'l board

Shooting makes a 'Good' deal

Sky rides Marvel's 'Ghost'

Chereau, Woolley to go 'Wild'

'Who' materializing for BBC Films

Scripters probe o'seas issues

Indie helmer-thesp Bartel dies at 61

Merchant-Ivory say 'Oui' to Franco comedy 'Merci'

IA smacks 'Kisses'

Lions Gate marries 'Widow'

'Perros' nabs top Critics' honor

'Touch' taps Lee to helm

Venice taps pub topper

Whitson Warners sr. veep

'Triumph' ahead for Bertolucci

Palme race down to wire

Correction

Diller bags 2 Webs

Soccer wars heat up Japan nets rev up bids

'Cheerleader' to open Lesbian/Gay Fest in June

Intermedia a billionaire after stellar IPO launch

Intermedia takes stock in Johnson

Academy awards 12 film students prizes

Galotti quits as publisher of Talk mag

Geffen invites 'Friends'

Gotham getting mad

Producer Freberg dies at 69

Scott flies to 'Spy'

Gamer boosts syndies

Inside Move

Digital delay blamed on FCC standards

CLT/Ufa eyes U.K. prod'n, Canal Plus pic/sports rights

Intertainment boards Redbus with 20% stake

Four original skeins join off-net faves on Pax sked

Univision launching 'Millionaire' rival this fall

'Outer Limits' reaches extent of run

Dethroning 'N Sync proves 'Impossible'

BMI duet of pic and pop kudos

Duchovny finally puts his 'X' on Fox deal

Thomas stays abreast

Buddy answers DeVito's prayers

Helkon ties to 'Pie' guys

Broke 'Netcaster Den is done

Hessinger tops AFTRA for now

Peacemakers gala draws B'way stars

'Maine' takes top Munich docu prize

Cisneros TV shuffles execs

Tribeca builds screening room

Helmers query helmers on panel chat

Brevity is the soul of Ki-duk

Barnholz nabs thriller 'Deep'

Pop.com taps Sondervan for acquisitions

Barnholtz ponders expansion

Miramax's 'Purple' reign

Germans eye Redbus

Lakeshore in Filmax pact

Hot 'Sex' bidding ends with Goldwyn

Duo vie for Unifrance post

Fine Line swings deal for 'Pendulum'

Movieline kudos on tap for June 1

ADL to sponsor panel

Myers takes helm at Elle

Online music label spins Schnapp in

Das Werke, Detour team up

Profits up at C&W Optus

NBA playoffs ratings slip

Scotts call anti-SAG ad 'huge mistake'

Cinefoundation bows new program

NBC takes latenight; Fox ayem

Fox to speed Elian telepic

Holocaust bio 'Seamstress' sewn up by U

M'max takes shine to 'Sun' novel

Inside Moves

Taylor sews up deal to adapt 'Button'

USA Network greenlights pair of oddball comedies

Grushow aims to outfox 'Million'

Maximus coin looms for Crowe

Bertelsmann goes global via Web deal

Time Warner, Disney reach cable detente

Gavin Wells Feitshans

Hannah Isabelle Megery

Samantha Erica Yorn

A German interest

Miller Ent. selling mags, will ramp up production

Idealab! purchases disc-tailer Spun.com

Medavoy's Roman holiday

UPN kicks off Sundays with extreme football

Fond Fox Farewell

Louie Anderson Emmy's emcee

Randolph inks pilot pact

It's Only Money

Pic chic may lure foreign TV buyers

20th in its prime

USA Films inks legit's Leveaux

Samuel Ali Rapaport

Jared Tombak Berlin

Road Trip

Small Time Crooks

Screwed

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Devils on the Doorstep

27 Missing Kisses

Cuba Feliz

Captains of April

Wild Blue, Notes for Several Voices

Malou Meets Ingmar Bergman And Erland Josephson

Hopeless

The Three Madeleines

The Golden Bowl

Paranoid

The Season of Men

Purely Belter

Just Run!

Honest

Turbulence

The Waiting List

Fast Food, Fast Women

The Wedding

Hidden Whisper

No Place to Go

First Light of Dawn

Back to Algiers

Monday

Love's a Bitch

Gangster

Lumumba

The Linda McCartney Story - Biopic Tries Wings of Love

Man of la Mancha

The King and I

Hard Times for These Times

Burning Issues

The Family Reunion - A Noble 'Family' Production

Sample People

Small Time Crooks - 'Crooks' Steals Laughs

Boesman & Lena

Speaking of Bunuel

Just Run

Two Like Us, Not the Best

Dinosaur - Disney's 'Dinosaur' Destined to Devour Big Summer B.O.

The Dark Room

Quantum Project

God's Army

The King's Daughters

The Captive

A Conversation with Gregory Peck

Famous

Wango Tango 2000

Joni Mitchell

Under Suspicion

The Night Governess

Taboo

Requiem For A Dream