Pom-poms & yawns

Orwellian suit socks 'Brother'

Comics' 'Corto' to lense in Cuba

Investors turning dial away from radio stock

Turner nets speak Spanish

Disney to launch Portugese web in Brazil

Buena Vista hangs shingle in Norway

Telemundo to divide Gems into 2 rings

B.O.'s Labor's lost

Summer slopes up at Telluride

EC wary of TW mergers; concerns over AOL, EMI

Helmer Stagnaro gets Ideas for series

Arbitrator rules for Reading in its battle with Oz distribs

Gersh sets up cyberspace shop

Frears tribute not accidental

Northern Exposure

Homegrown pix premiere

Toronto Intl. Film Festival Lineup

Venice fetes AmFAR

Schiffer to develop drama for Peacock

VJ takes spin in 'City'

Fox, Disney lead B.O. in a bummer summer

Fed wedding zing

SAG, ad biz seek way out

Fine Line's big 'Night' in Venice

Michelle Phillips

Amy Jo Johnson

PlayersShemar Moore

Telemundo sees new day with live 'Esta Manana'

Acad deadline set for scholar grants

Marvel preserving values

Rogers steps to the plate in takeover of Blue Jays

Eastwood feted at Deauville

Pop's merger plans with iFilm.com burst

Many cable nets gain August aud

Tooners urged to reject offer

Actors union leaders seek to permanently ban scabs

Film biz should give Down Under a leg up

Area 51 launched for laughs

'X-Men,' 'Hollow Man' hailed at o'seas B.O.

Program explores underbelly of fame

Public coin for Canuck films still trails TV

Hopper revs up for Russian art

Messier tosses coin tale

Debate-leery pols still not ready for primetime

MPAA's suit sours Scour

Corrections

Montreal fest dawns an age of 'Innocence'

NBC courts Wolf -- again

Pop snaps and crackles before launch

Only top-tier talent taps the till

Erik Von Detten

Kate Kahanovitz

WB Intl. TV Distrib'n revamps Euro ops

Web will air in China

Arnold to bow at fest

Indies on the cheap

Tognazzi begins lensing on Norsk's 'Greatest' pic

Epic taps Barnett exec veep

Correction

Disney takes summer B.O. title

Miramax inks 'Airtight' deal with scribes

New Series - ABC

'The Fugitive'

U, Canal Plus execs share sub sandwich

Ad revs boost Seven's profits

Tim O'Brien, Paul N. Young

'Enquirer' gets facelift

Bertelsmann taps Espeland

Survival of the earliest; a 'Stud' in prose

Sitcom savvy keeps Peacock flying

Monday might grid

Time Warner merger battles on two fronts

'Ed'

Pillot, Peaslee pact with Par TV

Alliance revamps longform arm, ups 3 exex

WB swayed by Butcher's 'Wind'

Inside Move: FTC violence report won't call for laws

'E.T.' to phone home again with re-release

Young, Principato form production firm

Keitel exits United Talent for Endeavor

Storyline, G-J nail 'Stud' for series

VH1, Pocket book 'Behind the Music' deal

Ad biz touts prod'n levels

NBC builds case for 3rd 'Law' skein

Latest Chapter 11: UA

Binoche set for B'way revival of 'Betrayal'

Anastos jumps to WCBS

BBC taps vets for drama unit

PBS prepares to shuffle shows

Court's U turn rocks MP3 coffers

Lit whiz starts biz, exits WMA

Bush peace accord

UIP names Rougier to top French unit

'Fawlty,' 'Frasier' industry poll faves

Peterzell to top redesigned Baseline

Intertainment profits rocket

Globo plan helps poor

Euro 'Brother' skeins zoom in on records

Cable mergers continue in Japan as four to unite

Hines gets offer to 'Star' as Bojangles

Diversity picture improves reception

ASCAP, gov't revise rules

ABC signs only four new players

'Gideon's Crossing'

'Full' house has Phifer, Carroll in hand

Seagram's U Music seeks $450 mil from MP3

Star appeal high on Eye web's list

WB taps Goodwin veepee

New Series - CBS

Quick Fox jumps to fill fall holes

'Dark Angel'

Zumiez, iFuse meld with e-commerce, retail pact

New Series - FOX

Turner Intl. ups exec trio

New Series - NBC

For UPN, the check's in the male

ABC grows Younger for distrib'n exec

Early bows fire up UPN Monday laff lineup

'Girlfriends'

Division on debates

New Series - UPN

Mouse House opens door to inhouse 'Bears'

Gray rolls dice on Vegas 'Mars' tuner

'Amy' bows World Wide distrib arm

Streep eyes 'Adaptation'

Shockwave to trim biz ties, cut staff

MPA: Pics on Web in year

B'ways splits the difference amid dip

All-American dramas take center stage

Cablers deal with higher expectations

New tube address for Lumet

Off-net sitcoms get fewer laughs

Minis, biopix are wrapped for sweeps

BSkyB, NTL ink 5-year deal to share program supply

More TV choices for Gen Z

Spanish-lingo outfits up home-made efforts

Streamlining sales

New Touch at top

Pol seeks to repeal 'work for hire' law

WebTV spins Eye deal for interactive shows

Yahoo dowload plan in sync with RIAA

Broadband taps Fox Sports exec Terenzio

Akamai to help Radio Free stream

Simpson fails to kill mini

Hoffman inks with Endeavor

'Frasier' cast: Tie gold ribbon

Fine Line bolsters PR arm

U.K. thesps migrate to '51st State'

IATSE organizes 'Arrest'

ICM vet ready for Revolution

castle Rock catches 'Dream'

Metro fit for 'Fashion'

Filmer gets Indian prize

U TV taps Marks VP

Nicholas Dunn

Pusan fest set to unspool

NAACP backs SAG strike

Eminem raps up top prize

Thomas A. Weaver

Robert J. 'Shad' Northshield

James Biane Merrick

New line of family shows in Pax mix

Now waiting in the wings...

Returning shows bet on new star turns

Creative sites usher in skeins

Courts and courtship are syndie favorites

TV boosts Dick Clark Prods.

Stars face 'Survivor' challenge

German TV group hits Team with suit

ABC takes week post-'Survivor'

Sales point to Nelly 'Country'

Winks named VP at small screen site

'Thomas' pulls into Santa Monica station

Without Gore, NBC won't allow Bush 'Press' time

Inside Move: Hardly a banner year for ABC

Inside Move: Sex, talk, rock hosts perk 20th

'Newton' gets look

Nat'l Geo Channel Intl. goes to Brazil

Graham gunning for '.45'

Vivendi, Ticketmaster eye Europe

Mutual team to part ways

Spinal Tap bottoms out again

'Famous' rocks aud

Miracle draws vet Mouse exec

BBC calls Boyle to telepic roots

Bye-bye big boys?

Austrian gov't to study selloff of TV frequencies

M6Web unveils its plans to boost site

Soccer coup for Sky

ORT shareholder vows not to sell to Kremlin

Music net goes online

Edward Lawrence

'Crash' lands to lead Chinese pic fest

Koppel renews with ABC

Art Greenfield

Frog leaps ahead with new laffers

Hype

New Series - The WB

Nick slotted for Zee web

Oz producer confab firms H'w'd lineup

CanWest net bows Canuck producer fund

BSkyB will offer digital recorders

Soprano hits highest note at Operalia

Telemundo taps novela topper

NBC sells out Olympic ad spots

MP3.com stock sinks 20% on judge's ruling

'September' bows Down Under

Safety site buys APBNews.com

Sapient to sponsor Britannia Awards

DreamWorks Records cuts deal with S3

Koppel deal, news Emmys bolster ABC

Disney revamps daytime/syndie banner

Abba tuner goes B'way

New Line set to snap up 'Shudder'

Inside Move: Scott may fly with 'Hawk'

TV Azteca comes to U.S.

'Visitation' rights for 'Destination' duo

Artisan crafts IPO, $150 mil deal

Allen ally in Spain

Quadriplegic sells memoirs to Hyperion

SAG, agents see progress in talks

Granada adds soccer to its Arsenal

Teuton gov't to raise royalties on hardware

BBC buys India slot for 'Teletubbies'

CSA taps 3 for French pub TV

Russian pubcasters get redo

ESPN Intl. taps Berthely

Hearst-Argyle nabs Granite state ABC affil

Wilson tops NBC syndie op

GM weighs sale of DirecTV parent

TW buys Africana.com to link to black aud

Madonna's Guy cuts deal for 'Long Hair'

Zucker takes top spot at Walker Digital

Users to create musicvids at GetMusic.com

Vet U Intl. TV exec Hughes to retire

Peacock's preems

Silver eyes remake of 'Westworld'

Inside Move: Smith comes out with tome

Syndie vet heads Back to school

Canal Plus, U exex hobnob at Deauville

Bochco nabs playwright Cunningham

Inside Move: The Rock drops out of pic

Judge rejects Kirch suit

'Gladiator', 'NYPD' teams pitch Roman cop pilot

Jacobs will book for BAM

Streep, Kidman, Paltrow circle 'Hours'

Pickups proving easy at Toronto Film Fest

Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks

Compay Segundo

Dr. T & the Women

Hellhound on my Trail

Say Goodnight, Gracie

Hotaru

That's Just Like You

Chronically Unfeasible

The Vineyard

Daughters of the Sun

A Trial in Prague

Together

The Day the Ponies Come Back

Hold-Up

Violet

Moonfish

A Lingering Face

Quills

The Wrestlers

Sιance

75 Degrees in July

Conflict

Ouch

Almost Nothing

To and Fro

The Low Down

The Heart's Root

The Season of Guavas

Tomorrow's Another Day

Gran Paradiso

Azzurro

Two for Tea

Gostanza da Libbiano

Hamlet; The Two Noble Kinsmen; The Antipodes

Ebert & Roeper and the Movies

Before Night Falls

Backstage

Chinese Coffee

In Vanda's Room

Turn It Up

The Way of the Gun

Red Hot Chili Peppers; Stone Temple Pilots

Pollock

Nicolette and Aucassin

The Watcher

A Tribute to Mel Torme

Marc Ribot

Aida

Nightcap

Placido Rizzotto

The Princess and the Warrior

Mr. Accident

Almost Famous

Brother

One Day in September