Blah 'Witch 2'

AMC sees boost in stock

AMG shuffles exex

Reed Elsevier buys Harcourt General

MTV lifts 3 in ad sales redo

GalaxyOnline pacts with ZapMedia.com

Fox Family sues CBS over 'Race'

CatchLight illuminates new pic finishing fund

Par greenlights Rhea yakker

Danish Film Institute taps Hermann

SAG nat'l exec director Orsatti to retire

Peppermint pact tastes bad to Amberton

Nets bowled over

Shady's Kadin joins ABC

Series bows pound Series

La Salle sets 'Photo' shoot

Norway co. to revamp as staff takes over

Overseas buys U.S. rights to laffer 'Bread'

New post-prod'n facility gets A Plus

Mantegna helms 'Lakeboat'

Mediastream in 'Red'

Danish 'Place' in Oscar race

'Millionaire' ups ante

'Tale' wins Cinekids fest

'Requiem' splits Spanish nod

H'wood's new rating: 'X' for exasperated

Winstar lands rights to 'Sand,' 'Swim'

'Monty' takes off

Parker storms 'Gale'

Film mart is land of rising sum

Jones, O'Donnell to receive Hornes

Amanda Bynes

'Lion King' kids

Jamie Bell

Max Alexander Karz

Cooper Jordan Roth

Croix Alexander Kyles

Maxwell Jack Meyers

Corrections

Prexy Yapp exits troubled vid giant

'Net focus of union talks

Seibert to o'see Primedia teen site

National Lampoon pacts with Neurotrash

Uproar.com posts $11.9 mil loss

Voiceover casting site bows

HBO seeks basic 'Sex'

Oz's ABC sees deep cuts

Applegate will join Diaz as club-hopper

Dimension nabs horror duo

Storyopolis brings 'Betsy,' 'Tollbooth' to life

Italos talking up prod'n

Leifer aboard Eye's DeGeneres laffer

Channel 5 ups Airey to chief executive

MGM plants 'Tree' for Christmas '01

'Fifth Estate' tops Gemini Awards

Alpine's hot on 'Drug,' sets Strick

Cronenberg caught by 'Spider' thriller

Japanese vidgame firm spins on 'Axis'

Tele Munchen will partner on digital

New program gives filmmakers a hand

Sony eyes investment

Promo units at Epic, 550 merge

'Blair' fails to cast a spell o'seas

Myers ready to clock in 'Timepiece'

Inner-city inner peace

'Quills' writes conclusion of AFI Festival

Unions get tough with scabs

Bierman flies to Phoenix

Producer will give NBC a spin

LAPD officer shoots, kills actor at party

Tasca vows defense of film funds

Oz's Macquarie inks UIP distrib deal

A Look Ahead

Thirsty out to dry

Coppola frames deal for Lopez's Kahlo pic

Billy Gilman

Alvin Alvarez

Daniel Radcliffe

John Francis Daley

Christy Carlson Romano

Rollo Weeks

Hayden Panettiere

Kyle Walsh Bracco

Tellenbach ankles Kirch after feevee stalls

Trio to bid $1 bil for racing rights

Tokyo pledges to cut red tape for lensing

Best of fright fest o'seas

Carousing for a cause

Bravo, Sudden team on web site relaunch

SciFi.com inks with Wild Brain

Starz names McNamee new media veep

2nd 'Ripley' eyes stars

UCLA scribe takes first in Goldwyn

iBeam, Regent to preem 'BoltNeck' online

MusicBank, Sony Music reach agreement

'Freshman' fracas

Libra, Cutting Edge sign first-look deal

Brilliant launches toon music arm

NBC orders 7 more 'Sisters'

Fox plants De Bont's Blue Tulip again

3rd Lipsky on board Lot 47

ICM's Kamins lifted to exec veep, int'l

Goldberg mines 3 scribe deals

Hearst Ent. taps Amir

'Painting' reps helming bow for Rose

Kudrow to take the rap for Rudin in 'Marci X'

'Sight' seen by record FX aud; skein mulled

Eye rookies fly

Figgis on track for 'Station'

Myers in the 'Pink' as A-list heats up

Touchstone hitches up sled for 'Winterdance'

WB sets 'Smoochy' duo

Germany's HelkonMedia posts increase

Tele-Munchen buys stake in CineMedia

Kinowelt sells 1 mil shares in Alliance

Baseball brushes back B'Way B.O.

ABC News bows tech & web unit

Peacock blows its 'Deadline'

Bronfman's job safe in Vivendi contract

A Look Ahead

StudioCanal eyes RAI partnership

'Loca' event raises over $6 mil

Correction

Muse makes match

Lodz fetes 3 Polish directors

BBC to centralize ops

Video biz to honor Reitman

Actors up and out

Eagle to fly stock offering

Shareholders plussed off over Vivendi deal

Primedia pens portal pact with About.com

Disney looks for GO.com marketing

Deals unfold, projects unveiled at mart

Beatnik, record labels pact for eMixes

Shoreline takes 'Crack'

Study: 'Net video quality at issue

Inside Move: 'Timeline' doesn't have one

Disney Falls for helmer

A virtuous remake

Canuck TV awards page 'Dr. Lucille'

Chi shoos out Marin's hard-hitting newscast

Rock rolls Reiner into 'Polar' helm

Producers call for early talks

Nat'l Theater of Deaf moves to new home

U TV division ups Bagdadi to sr. VP

Kyle MacLachlan

Spain names 'One' for Oscar

Das Werk moving into Glass House

Dana B. Millman and Bret DuFine

TV talkshow pioneer Steve Allen dies

BMG, Napster in duet

Peacock demo pride

Ferman's SAT.1 chooses Hoffmann to lead

Italy's RAI plugs into RTL TV

Australia's TV1 trying to 'Shock'

Australian f/x house taps topper

Gregory joins Pacific

News cablers post gains

Hong Kong's pay TV reform hits bumps

Moonstone bowing Italo lab

Exec pair ankles posts at Prima TV

Shop net HOT to buy TM3

Oscar clarifies campaign regs

France, Iran pick pic noms

Bronfman job is safe in his Vivendi contract

Correction

More ammunition for Itemus

Cabler Bravo gets 'Cold Feet'

Valenti sets compliance confabs

CAA to rep McNally for non-stage work

Grammys return to L.A.

Felser ankles post at AOL arm Nullsoft

Urban development

Warner Music to deliver tunes via Windows

'Elegy' heads from Col to Par, Rudin

WB gives Murphy 'More' responsibility

Ryan, Jackman clock in at Miramax's 'Kate'

Alphabet adds on to tech division

Tollin/Robbins taps counsel Blye CEO

Publishers duel in grappling with reality

Friedkin 'Hunted' by Lakeshore, Par

Animators protest biz sent to Canada

Stone, Parker ready to start a 'Family'

Fox picks up two shows

A Look Ahead

Familiar affairs

Bumper Robinson

Legal eagle Bravo rises at AFTRA

Film Consortium hits the jackpot

Telescene loses $38 mil in 2nd qtr.

Viacom sets Infiniti buyback

Warner Mycal slates new Japanese plexes

'Dreamgirls' wins four Ovations

Olympics help raise ad revs for Big Three

Allen's death a blow to Hollywood

Cablers in ratings tie

Lions Gate buys Filmax fright

NATPE's glitz blitz

Touchstone ups Blake to VP

Ed Begley Jr.

'Parents,' 'Titans' rule as U takes Oct. B.O.

Supercops on beat

Napster users buy less online

Fiennes to cross over to 'Borders'

TNN taps Nick vet Hecht

Discovery finds Yucky appealing

$3 bil black jack

'Nikki' scores 9 more at WB table

Par will show 'Remorse'

Disney will launch 'Lloyd'

Allen still stays on SAG ballot

Fireworks buys Cox pic

ASC splits telepic kudos into net, cable divs

Ian McNeice

Dylan Neal

Robert Baily Jr.

Larry Rhine

China's Star taps Liu sr. veep

India's Zee, MGM bow net

Amazon enters Asian market

Fest's present tense

Pic buoys SPI's distrib plans in Poland

Kinepolis lifts curtain on 1st Italian multiplex

DGA presents student prizes

'Frasier' continues momentum

Legislators approve new tune registry

Syndie vets' ratings sag

Tyro inks to pen 'Skulls' squel

Blacklisted screenwriter Lardner dies

Harvey's good day: 10 more years at ABC

Cabler Moviewatch on march

Burns bros., ATG ink overall pact

Senator Joe lets fly again

SAG takes another run at tenpercent talks

New 'Day' for Craven

King, Oprah to yak through '04

Bogdanovich to helm thriller 'Meow' for LG

ABC, Fox give full-season commitments

Fandom buys Cinescape

Cosby set to emcee gala

Pocket signs 'Silence' deal

UMG pacts with Canal Plus for TV, music

A Look Ahead

Jean Peters

Bea Marcus

Marie 'Mother' Snyder

Griffin to immortalize Richard Gully

Fox Studios Oz overhauls Backlot strategy

French stock org OKs Vivendi-U deal

Go Racing moves on British horses

Latin America's IAMP clicks on Sitio

Limp Bizkit lead hardens

Hallmark feels 'Blue'

Madison takes office as KNBC prexy, G.M.

Plavsic tapped managing director of Seven

Mifed shows a mix

Woodard psyched to star in 'K-Pax'

Nets widen gap over cable

Classic gives up the ghost on Harvey deal

ABC stations chairman Pollock retires post

ASC splits telepic kudos into net, pay

Val Jean new head scribe of 'General'

Zlotoff slotted to top IFP writer lab

Cox plugs into big profit

Lindsay scripts JB deal

Scour finds a buyer

Inside Move: Intermedia gets Iwanyk

Strike benefits?

Miramax finds duo to move into 'Duplex'

Gaiman adds helming to list of 'Confessions'

Now ABC's the Tiffani net

Lennon, Garant ink with Jersey TV, Fox TV

Land Rover, Real Networks raid 'Tomb'

Universal, Hypnotic host 'Pie 2'

BBDO, Bombo have got game

TheBeatles.com launches Nov. 13

iFilm taps Meek for sr. VP of sales

OnAir Streaming Net taps Plinio, Bogdan

'Slaughter' quite alive for prod'n

Excellent, Simpson

'Bagger' tees off

'Nightmare' reappears

Goodman laffer bows big

Murray Wecht

Bonnano sells mob tale book

Telewest rings up Eurobell cable buy

L.A. Opera taps Murphy

Dimension asks Sheldon to write 'Ritual'

Lesley Ann Warren

Shouts for 'Shriek'

Oz's Ten buys outdoor advertiser

Hogg ankles Oz's Becker

Margaret Bacon and Robert Smith

Oct. prod'n a record low

Thesps, agents talk on pact

Inside Move: MGM exex plan China trip

Beece to program Oxygen

DGA Honors go to Capra, Bewkes

Warner rings Bell for tech post

Showbiz continues Democratic campaign

Jersey TV taps Hannibal VP

Beverley Star, Michael Jones, Stephen Foligno, Rosemarie Ortiz

Fiscal debate hexes Artisan; Gallery growth

ASCAP seeks to work with Napster

ABC palms pilots

ICM's Kamins lifted to exec veep, int'l

13 join mag's Hall of Fame

Memorial service for Fryer

Painting a 'Picasso' pic

Fox 2000 will keep driving State Street

BET bought

Charlotte Kanner

Aidan Evan Weitz

Ethan Nash Cosgrove

Jesse Millenaire Bickel

Andrew McCarthy

Mika Boorem

Shane Johnson

In Demand exec veep Jacobson sets goals

Trent Ray Wechsler

Ojai Film Society readies first fest

FCC sets sat blackout rules

Charter stock chip

Winchester raising coin

AFTRA soft on scabs, irking strike activists

Mountain sports film fest opens in Banff

Censors resign over prexy gambling claims

Wrongful death suit vs. WWF settled

WGA Canada OKs producer contract

MGM Latam, Brazil's Neo ink deal

PDI DreamWorks taps two for commericals

Col marketer Goldstine is sr. exec veep

Gosling flocks to Gayton pic

Bon Jovi will vamp for Carpenter pic

Col's halo effect

Lindsay-Hogg adds weight to 'Godot'

Corrections

Saudi prince to invest an extra $1 bil in AOL

Lions Gate to syndicate Hooters gamer

More 'Gideon' on tap

Willis, Rifkin join forces wth Roth

Elvis & Frog to pump it up

APG, Canal get in gear

Fox Fam scares up auds

'Angels' helmer wings to 2-year pic pact

Sexism's still alive and kicking in H'wood

B'way back in play

N.Y. expo to unspool shorts and videos

Nelvana wins character settlement

Variety taps executives

Sofia Rose Biller

Sean Marquette

Game Show

'Tis Pity She's a Whore

To Fool the Eye

Mom's the Word

In Flame

Madame Melville

Dead Man Walking

Harlem Renaissance: A Reflection

Charlie's Angels

Malena

Vengo

Tonic Dominant

Anyway, He's Definitely Dead

Fiasco

Little Odd Man

It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Trying)

The Bench

Detector

Grateful Dawg

Roman Walls

Restless

Miracle

Not Wanted in Germany: Hermann Graebe

Winter Oranges</