Kazakh helmer a battle-tested vet

Danish regional film fund bows

Bollore, Euromedia buy Gaul-owned producer

S. Africa feels attack effects

EU adds 9 nations to film finance fund

Nordisk taps Vedel financial director

India's Anand to top film org

Dixit weds new skein

'Warrior' hitched

'Amelie' conquers Brit B.O.

Clear Channels deal

BMG adds 5 exex in reorg

'Link' inks with WGA

Arte, BBC pact for 10 projects a year

Rai Trade inks with Liberty Intl.

A security blanket

EM.TV, inks pact with First Asia

MTV inks 14 deals for Nick's 'Neutron'

Mojto to ankle Kirch

Toon gets Greenlight

Encore pacts for pix

Mipcom panel extols broadband

RIAA touts success in CD-R crackdown

Virgin promotes vet Alder up marketing tree

SAG to assess board trim

Campbell will raise AFI funds

ArtistDirect taps Swindel

Bombing blasts B.O.

Two will succeed Greenblatt at WB units

Van Allen upped at Fox

Corman eyes Plateau atop Flanders fest

Mouse bats 'Stunt' pitch

Scorsese docu to kick off NYU Fest

Viewers give nets bad news

Dolores Michaels Wolfe

Amy Chandler

MPTF anni spawns gifts, tributes & laughs

Compaq packs pix for iPaq

80th birthday bash

Autodesk takes plunge into streaming media

Global B.O. jumble

Music sales to go online

ImagineAsia gets new helmer

An unscripted event

'Uplister' is latest dot-bomb

TF! pirates 'Maltese'

Victory, Neptuno animating 'Cat,' 'Ambi'

Limbaugh loses hearing

Off B'way battles back

CNN will share access to Afghan news stories

Doris M. Corvo

Manny Albam

SAG pacts unit shuffled

Cecil Kenneth DuMain

Three to laugh on

Jordan's got games on TV

'Band' boffo in Blighty

Letter to the Editor: Michael Harrah

Letter to the Editor: Harriet Rose

Benderspink elevates McElroy to manager

KFWB newsies ink contract

Rock stars set D.C. benefit

Yanks do Palais ballet

McTeam in action for Fox

'Danny' first fall casualty

'Day' duo docks deal at Studios USA TV

Snoop in loop at USA

Gotham unites ad biz

Bickel aglow over Aura

Marton Csokas

Lori Heuring

Matt Battaglia, Michael McGrady

Mouse cuts to Chase in prod'n deal

Inside Move: CBS, Acad ponder right move for Emmys

Fox 2000 takes its 'Time'

Kevin Costner

Dennis Feldman

Samaire Armstrong

Eva Gardos, Jason Horwitch

Mitch Rouse

Stephen Crawford

Simon shines new 'Apple'

Exec exits Public Theater

Yale Rep taps Bundy

Inside Move: Tube turnabout

Inside Move: Sale's unfurled

Inside Move: 'Wind' chill factor

Inside Move: Direct approach

Holiday pix falling off tree

Bizzers show pride at subdued Gotham events

Scorsese lauds healing power of pix

Helmer's passion is pix

Pusan plans top Asia helmers

Battle for distrib rights simmer

EM.TV tooning in with Planeta 2010

AOL targets Europe for convergence

Cablers, Satco forge ties

Homeward bound

Docu partners making 'Space' for HD

Matthew Kerrigan Frierson

Aubrianna Wilson

Benjamin Dov Callahan-Gold

Charles Sinatra Kogen

Cindy Goldberg and Theo Gluck

Jenny Rush and Robert Morton

Robin Anderson and Frank Beuthin

Pamela Revel and dan Eisenstein

Allison Smith and Randall Grimmett

Cromosoma, RTV makes 'Jones' pact

Granada nabs docu rights

AAC pacts with Nat'l Geographic, Discovery

Denton upped at Hallmark

Fiction volume declines

Nat'l Geographic pacts with Telcast

Clark gets adaptations

Gellu Naum

Kirch, ITV and BBC refill Cup talks

Swedish fest is breathless over Godard

Venevision Intl., Nostromo venturing forth on formats

AFTRA low-key on eve of contract talks

Music players back digital license deal

Liberty Media vet Vogel tapped as Charter CEO

Sony circles Square

Senator adds 2 in L.A.

Studios USA paying Dues for skeins

Machine boards 'Train'

B'way back on track

'Living' lives on for '02 season

Atlantic sets 'Famine' feast

Rubin flags two patriotic pix

Downtown TKTS booth set to reopen

Hallmark preps pix for Nov.

Giant Screen ropes rights to 'Horses'

Coupland serves 'Cookies' to Disney

'Band' on the run from ABC to MTV

Big day for DVD debuts

Lampoon of Lipton tops spec

Civil War story speaks of call to defend freedom

Viewers play favorites; UPN, WB boost

Gloria Foster

Correction

Schultz goes to hoop with 'Mike'

Fox inks thesp McClintock

Reversal of fortunes

'Good Day' for U.S.

Kirch dashes 'Crusaders' bash

Inside Move: Still tinkering under the hood

Inside Move: 'Oceans' of art

Corgan smashes way onto Web with 'Glass'

Bam! to do 'Reign' dance for PS2

Auds favor comfort food

'Tomb Raider' tops in Japan

Media.net speeds up prod'n for 8 Canuck companies

Warners on pic's 'Point'

Distribs seeing red over code review

Journos battle gov'ts, costs for vantage point

'Star' player helping TNN in trek up

Stragglers should get a reprieve

'Darkness' looms for Eagle Cove, Panoptic

Yanks still rank on the Teutonic tube

Emmy noms look further afield

Inside move: Herek sketches Fox 2000

Canal Plus calls in the CIA

New arrests shocks biz

The tube's going local in Indonesia

Inside move: Emmy kudocast's fate on Acad's agenda

Vegas stars shine in benefit

Catherine Wittick and Joseph Lucas

Debbie Deuble and Tim Hill

High-profile move

Frog's 'Girl' gone despite many efforts

Aussies seek Asian auds

Revival tests 'Flower' power

Getting even more real

B.O. in recovery

Vet Shaw swims to S. Pacific

Sports net airs after fees row

Distrib biz schizo in wake of TM hang-up

ILM will make magic for 'Hulk,' next 'Potter'

Pyramid power

Col TriStar joins NATPE floor flight

Teuton topper on move

Gordon does a Fox trot

Arab, terror docus heat up the market

Big the ticket for Keaton TV

Primed for 'Crime'

William Solomon Golden

Molly Rose Mancina

Kelsy Cameron Fogerty

Laserna named Canal Caracol prez

Trio of Canuck film vets maps out 49th Parallel

4 Ventures names Kawash to top post

SMG looks to cut staff

SET in midst of reorg

PSN yanks cable signal

BAFTA fetes helmer-lenser Green

Taking a gamble

Boland exits MTV for E4

Broadband biz catches BBC's eye

Right-To-Work is OK in Okla.

Rubin to host video awards

Scripps profit falls; ads slide after attacks

Digital mind-bender

Melendez moves to Sony Discos

Helkon revs to fall short

Report: Net file-swapping goes on

Set-top initiative launches

'Corrections' made

Ja Rule lifted on fans' 'Love'

CHUM elevates Cooper to veep

Air strike coverage lifts CNN

Mood unexpectedly bright post Mipcom

Milan arrests muddy prospects for Mifed

SAG wars waged on Web

Reiner, Ridge look to lift kids

'Reefer' lights up

Fest goes on 'Drive'

Stars rally around the flag

Caught in the middle

'Amelie' smiles on L.A.

Dayton upped in SAG reorg

Honoree Freston lauds TV's informational reach

Loonland teams for 'Rock'

'Snow White' dwarfs past Disney DVD sales

Big miniseries blow hot in Europe mart

'Sanders' set for TV repeats

Yahoo! posts net qtr. Loss

Coens eye 'Intolerable' pic

Sheridan sees 'Action!' as Summit ups pic profile

Director Herb Ross Dead at 76

Pix pump profits

TV acad sets exec committee

Nets give quick OK to live news muzzle

Alphabet sked shuffles loom

'Lucky Man' hopes time is opportune

Exhibiting contrast

Sony aids Westside Children's Center

Fox salutes request by Bush for 'Wanted' spec

APG, StudioCanal on path of 'Vigilante'

Fox swings at 'Pitch'; Kismet scares up rights

'Lily' blooms for Cowboy

'Mulholland's' Watts makes way to 'Plots'

Miramax shift is 'Heaven' for Berlin

Direct approach for Fox, Leder

Scribe ready to ride range for Alphabet

WB goes for 'Gideon' with Grazer producing

Donner party to Par's pitch

Corrections

WB Online names veep

Ross makes Cameo

Afghanistan conflict sours Beirut film fest

Soft focus on mart

Serbian conflict touches TV

Granada sets Wolf for sales

China opens up to others

TV insiders present dim future for digital

Tele-Images ups stake in GTV

TV Loonland pacts with Nick, Nelvana

Mipcom panel explores cost cutting

De Winter promotes Peace

Bankrupt iBeam inks pact with Williams

Loews high on plan

Litmus test for SAG

Mackintosh's 'Witches' to close in London

'Ed' helps NBC bowl strikes

Bacon takes 'Almost Holy' lead role

Some films are worth a second look

Crown crowns FitzPatrick

SAG will honor Asner

Playboy's job cuts hit online unit hard

Murdoch touts News Corp.'s fitness

Imus' ayem show reups with MSNBC

Film biz meets rental biz in reel estate world

Duo add musical Dimension to banner

ThinkFilm eyes 'World' rights

Lucy Lawless

CheeK

Jacqueline Obradors

Kara Lindstrom

Joseph Triebwasser

Morgan Ward

Mischer bows out of Emmys

Michael Sloane

Isabel Ellsen

Will Rokos and Milo Addica

Julian Fellowes

Monique Matthews

Heather Morgan

Michael Petroni

New scribes spin stunning scenarios

Halmi splits time between air, ground for pix

New Azteca topper

Barbara Eden

Ethan Embry

Robinne Lee

Daveigh Chase

Walker signs with ICM

'Ananda' producers exit syndie yakker

Exec changes in The Works

U lines 'Cloud' with coin

'Dharma's' Lorre to pen romantic laffer for CBS

Braeden Cooper Sorbo

Piper Celia Smith

Wells, Flint may preside over 'Court'

'CSI' exec producers reup for 3 years

ABC inks Al-Jazeera deal

Revolution wields Glass 'Club'

Pix out for count

Century joins exhib trade group NATO

Hyde parking trio at Disney

NBC habla Telemundo

ABC, Fox seeking light at end of 'Time Tunnel'

Rap pair in 'Past'

Screen Gems will take slice of 'Cut'

Sci-fi short grows up 'Human' for Miramax

B'way boards stay full

WB digs 'Burial' helmer

Erin rarin' to go on yakker

FCC gives Big Bird OK on selling ads

Life in wartime

Code 'Blue' at ABC

Kristin Peace

Mercedes Tondre

Joya Das

Weekend Box Office Preview
October 12, 2001

A taxing exercise for Euro pic biz

NBC employee tests positive for anthrax

MGM 'Bandits' can't escape cops

Dick Winters

Seymour Heller

Fox Cable Nets lifts Liguori creatively

Blazing new Pathe

Natali squared away for 'Nothing' gig

Mann mans 'Life' role

Warners, Gaylord head for 'Danger'

Obst sets scribe for 'B' pic

Trio of thesps sign for 'Sin'

SAG ballots due by Oct. 31

Film Consortium plays 'Dirty' for Frears pic

Kirch says Murdoch in

BBC, Film Council fund tyro helmers

Nick's Grieder out in MTV nets reorg

Pentagon calls for rewrites on war script

Corrections

Universal celebrates Hope and music

'Dance' living it up

Jitters bug pic mart

'Shape' sizes stage

Nets opt not to air latest Al Qaeda tape

The A-List

Market Matters

Variety at London fests

Indie fest, awards liven London pitstop

British Independent Film Award nominees

London sales scene rocked by exits to U.S.

Fast facts

Upscale dining

SAG board on a diet

Mogul's new crown

Relaxing

Distrib Col TriStar taps Basil Jones sr. veepee

Nightspots

Screening venues

DGA launches prep program

Romantic laffer 'Lose' loses Jersey Films

'Buffy' slays competish in off-net syndie debut

JumpTV backs off Webcast hearing

Strong bow for 'Survivor'

EM.TV eyes distrib stake

Disney, Blockbuster end revenue sharing

IATSE inks crew from road 'Man'

Bing Crosby estate sues UMG for $16 mil

House passes peek measure

Battle lines drawn in propaganda war