Geffen goes ahead

Offering light relief

Teuton TV rips scribe pay rule

Dutch revise tax scheme

Scandis top Prix Italia TV fest

Euro Disney to add second theme park

ITV Digital criticized

Canal Fox in 'Love'

DTH bows in Uruguay

Cartoon confab draws

Smile sets its slate

Film grads win funds

Fest in 'Idle' hands

San Francisco fest taps exex, guest programmer

Bax, Velkes depart Fox Filmed Ent.

Virginia fest will fete Pollack, Rowlands

Amiel drives to 'Core'

ABC mulls another 'Mole'

Proposed tax law change may cost Alliance $3.8 mil

Unions slow pace of B'way concessions

Music to their ears

BMG's Bernardez strategizes

Oz gets 'Furious'

Gotham events should shine

Kent ankles Charter in Allen argument

Edwards reorg plan confirmed

Two SAG leaders plan health plan referendum

Zomba taps gospel exec

Road to recovery

Gerald Mayer

Two exex sub for Grann as Penguin CEO, prexy

CNN anchor Waters exits

Carlin utters HBO spec

Producers try to make Equity deals quickly

Brady alums cast vote for White House TV pic

Inside move: Nets rallying round the flag

Inside move: Auds cool to 'Pearl' return

Laff leader ankles UPN

Terror trackers fan privacy paranoia

D'Works home for Team Todd

Mipcom topper upbeat

Out of the ashes

MTV Films, Immortal pair for 'bare!' in N.Y.

Beijing backing off pic pledge

Pisano pushing productions

Docus on terrorists hot at Gaul's TV Rendez-Vous

Miles set to pen 'Porn' pic

Harper suggests showbiz summit

20th TV takes stake in Rake

Preems pass the test

CineGroupe going live on 'Galidor'

Telethon draws $150 mil

Kerri Kenney

Rebecca Gayheart

Letter to the Editor: Claudette Didul Man

Slamdance unveils script winners

Berkley to visit 'Titus'

Disney eyes Argentine net

David Alan Basche

Fred Savage

Patricia Kalember

Arab channel launch

Fox, WB meld Swiss distrib ops

Gorillaz top MTV Euro noms

Sogepaq collects 'Bullets' at San Sebastian

ITV, BBC pick up BVI pic packages

BAFTA unveils interactive noms

Raindance sets lineup

New studio's greenlit in Hong Kong

Web RTP taps Rangel

Jeunet leads confab

'Damage' postponed in France

German digital TV is delayed

French fest opening

Argentina programmer named

Teuton exchanges boot Kinowelt, VCL

Charter dips more

Heights for Hytner

U ups Rubin at home ent. Arm

XM Radio on the air

Pair to rep SAG at agent hearing

Blockbuster Video raises Travis

NBA dribbles toward dicey TV contracts

Gallen hard at work with 'America,' 'Zoolander,' 'Teen'

Clouzot to run Critics Week

Big 3 share solid start

N.Y. comedians 'Up' for relief

Without union deal, 'Music Man' to close

CME's $500 mil damages shakes up republic

BBC boss upbeat despite channel nix

Clouds hover over yakker host's Sun

Cabler topper's new ABTA prexy

Plural-Argos pact targets new markets

New book fair with int'l flavor comes to N.Y.

Ex-Clinton aide is in AOL lobby

HBO finds pushing U.S. fare in Asia can be tricky

Boxed set, side projects lead resurgence

Zomba/Jive gets some Mojo

EMI's off-key perf

Williams wooed to 'Woods'

Auds not set to play ball

Telemundo polishes gems

Gilbert hits Harper's runaway plan

Music veteran to run new booking arm

Froglet takes a leap

Benderspink inks Franklyn

Inside Move: ABC, Hallmark exploring 'Dinotopia' series deal

Inside Move: Par set to pull NATPE plug

Viv U banks BSkyB stake in Germany

France telecom tops NTL bidders

Excite@Home axes 500 jobs, eyes bankruptcy

GoldPocket interacts with 'Ben Stein's Money'

Gordon looking to jumpstart OnNet

'Raymond' bow offers hope to off-net comedy

Encore sets chopsocky doc

Tony "the Goose" Siragusa

A somber Emmycast gets a go

Kirk Wise

Laurie Holden, Karl Bury

Jacqueline Obradors

Gotham pic prod'n ready to roll

Inside move: Backlots batten hatches

Inside Move: Banner days

Update: 'Friends' misses 'Sein' post

Inside Move: Int'l accent

Inside Move: Heavy hitters

Biz shows strength across the board

Biz blues may run deeper than per-plexing answer

Bow of new season a struggle for nets

Biz steady; 'Blast' $1.3 mil

'XXX' marks spot for Jackson

Duo form digital, vid shingle

'Monty' detours from road

Jordan return skews skeds

Inside Move: Crystal ball looks cloudy

Inside Move: Output outcry

Stampede of indie players coaxes profit from margins

Talk Miramax shows agile indie move

Film's constancy: analytic dreamers

New director needs time to revive Tokyo festival

'Rouge' investors aren't done yet

'Suriyothai' adds heat to brisk biz

B.O. bottoms out

High anxiety

Updates/Late news: XM Satellite Radio

Diesel to drive 'Riddick'

TF1 targets 'Net worth

Hallmark's Loesch bids adieu; Corbi new chief

Newsies weigh costs of war

Mack fights back

Newsmags do well in aftermath

B'way faces perilous fight

BSkyB switches off analog signal

Kaza enters Hospital

Good news for ITN

Mildred Rickman

John Strauss

Kathleen Freeman memorial service

Robert Abel

Toon duo raise 'Ghost' pic

Rio to kick off with 'Baker Street'

Producers line up Valenti for confab

Unrest sinks film fest

ZDF boosts Discovery

H5B5 up for Porat bio

Artear taps manager

'Cool' sequel will roll

DirecTV interacting

Montreal pic fest serves 'Soft Shell'

Auds flock to speech, telethon

Sub revs strong at Canal+

Emmis posts loss, fears further drop

MGM names 2 VPs in worldwide TV distrib'n

Fox Kids Europe profits, revs make hefty gains

'Cotton' to open HBO docu series

Rapper Jay-Z holds No.1

Stamford hosts tryout of 'new' Turgenev play

Inside Move: Giuliani in third-term mode

Argentine net hires thesp

Doubleday to publish Dobbs' story

MusicNet cues up tests of digital tune service

AFMA re-elects Morgan board chairman

'Dreamgirls' twirl for Actors' benefit

Mercedes Tondre, Jodie Rosenthal

Joya Dass

New Line hot on 'Burning'

H'wood keeps on donating

Heroes zero in on Gotham

'Moss' rolls out in N.Y.

Court rules for NMPA in copyright battle with U

'SNL' preps new season, host sked

'Music Man' stays alive on Broadway

Oscar docu deadline near

Viv U, Interplay ink vidgame distrib deal

Electronic Arts to release CD version of 'Majestic'

Sega uses Qualcomm 'BREW' in wireless games

Gotham's law of perpetual motion

Gotham's players find strength in tragedy

Crime and punishment

Rosenthal's many hats

AAC trims its board

'Guardian' bow, 'JAG' put sparkle in the Eye

20th TV programs prez

B.O. litmus test

Working Title recruits Burns

Laemmle buys Fairfax

Webs tinker with more season bows

Beth Blinderman and Ted Cofsky

Fleischer chastises Maher

Letter to the Editor: Maria Cooper Janis

H'w'd makes a Pas

'Goldwyn' back on screen

Benefit beat goes on

Clock strike funnybone as Bush gifts Koizumi

P.I. character gets patriotic

The party's over at Par

Monitoring progress

The Mouse mantra: Hands on, spirits up

Sony takes 'Last Orders'

Carmike heads for Ch. 11

'Diva' sings to Film Four

Preem and party go 'Extreme'

Mediator joins SAG, reps talks

Prince Edward's crew stalks Prince William

Soviet TV silenced

M.J. 'Bud' Rifkin

'Beast,' 'Nine,' 'Jump' tops in Brit indie noms

Helmers, novelists will attend Monaco confab

Coalition of orgs boost Bangkok fest

Warner's Nobs retires

Indian anti-terrorism ads set

Japan exchange inked

Canal Web goes under

Teutons ride it out

Stock buyback spurs Disney debt downgrade

French exhibs prep for shift to euros

Chi fest to honor Dunaway

'Enterprise' a star player for UPN

VH1, N.Y. media players team for concert

Baranski, Mitchell top 'Todd'

Hollywood, and our nation, will meet this test

Hope and Glory

Market bullish on new works

H'wood nightmares and American dreams

Lifetime Achievement Award: Robert De Niro

Hotels

De Niro's dramatic impact as producer

Nightspots

Documentary Achievement Award: Edet Belzberg

Hot trend

Eateries

IFP Actor Award: Uma Thurman

Independent Vision Award: Bill Nisselson

Breakthrough Actor: Yolonda Ross

Web of support for docus

Living for the City: Thierry Klemeniuk

Networking in the City

Community supports lensers in the city

Showbiz rolls up its sleeves

What price glory?

Times Square as public theater

Film fest's aim is true despite competition

Living for the City: Patrick Stettner

In the pipeline: Tribeca

AOL TW sets Brophy as lobbyist

At 200, Post as feisty as ever

New York State of Mind

N.Y. Friars seeks blood transfusion

Living for the City: Doug Liman

Money man Henry sentenced

Union Square transformed into legit haven

Variations on the N.Y. cop show

Living for the City: Cary Granat

Unmasking the Hamptons

For Burwell, there's no place like home

Gotham gets going

Lincoln Center burns jazz torch

Off-Broadway goes upscale

For legit thesps, few rules apply

United to run Creative Web sites

Webcasting of 'Big Bro 2' shows Net can be profitable

Peacock pacts for series with Martin

Halperin rubs Magic Lamp

'Basic' pairs 'Pulp' pals

The show must go on, even at ... Ground Zero

Agencies, SAG clash at hearing

Max Favreau

Ericksen tops b'caster org

New Cannon taps topper

Arrow buys Kessler's 'Independent'

ABC taps Adilman

WB still crazy for Section 8

'Beast' needs boost

Sundance takes 'Off' for TV

U.S. majors to press China

Peacock will take 'Effect'

Lily Elisabeth Melvina Telegdy

Ryan Jack Halperin

Inside Move: Alphabet affil punting

Eja Lange

Jordan Pembroke Orloff

Irony appears to be victim of attacks, too

Publishing world contributes

Berlusconi's remarks under fire

Weekend Box Office Preview
September 28, 2001

Civilian shows Holmes the door

Agents push looser financial-interest regs

'Word' perfect

Coppola cops pic nod

Correction

Street turns corner

Madstone taps Sheehan

Oz tax breaks end for H'w'd

Adelphia taps TVN Ent. for VOD services

ProSiebenSat 1 cuts outlook

Rap music gets good spin

'Spirit' hits record

Berlin fest taps into Teutonic pix

'Warrior,' 'Room' to bookend Filmex

'Laura,' 'Cristina' back to yakking

Canadian theaters, distribs aid relief efforts

Argentina's Discovery raises exec

'Jones' goes Univision

Japan in Chan 'Rush'

C'righters call on pols

Comcast, AT&T kickstart talks

IFP Market starts off 'In the Bedroom'

White House keeps heat on ABC's Maher

Davis ankles Lincoln Center

Digney co-tops Solters PR firm

MGM quiets 'Windtalkers'

Agents, SAG move forward

Ledger to engage in 'Sin'

Col tastes 'Candy' pitch

Eckhart heads to Earth's 'Core'

Emmy Awards add Gotham element

WB sues Ovitz's ATG over 'Lost' $1 million

Brill closes Contentville

Jack Lease

Frenzy for 'Friends'

TV mart gets smart

Tight security for Cannes 'bunker'

New market topper

Blurb biz re-evaluates ad climate in wake of attacks

Smart TV impact limited

Market panels

Scripted series take a run at reality

Reality check

SAG taps vet McGuire sr. adviser

Nice niche

Int'l biz polarizes

More cablers to skip floor

Schedule set for SAG nods

Endemol to 'Master' reality

Chile's 'Cab' taxis to top at San Sebastian

Pied pipers in a pinch

Territory report: Latin America

Territory report: U.K.

Territory report: Australia

Territory report: France

Territory report: Canada

Territory report: Germany

Territory report: Spain

Territory report: Italy

Territory report: Japan

Territory report: Spain

Territory report: Belgium

Territory report: Italy

Territory report: Nordic Territories

Net's Excite@Home files for bankruptcy

Sony slashes forecast

Territory report: Germany