'Perdition' burns in July

Palm Springs bows slate

Manga channels TV deal with duo

'Bedroom,' 'Black Hawk' lead AFI noms

Bernabe tapped as Biennale prexy

Disney woos former pol

BSkyB guilty of gouging

Japan juices blurb in space

Many in Euro TV biz embrace EP standard

B'way narrows gap amid humbug frame

PrimaCom, UPC end talks

Chrysalis controls South Pacific

Purchase order

E-Poll branches into TV aud survey

The signs of the season

Mighty Carson's art

Worth considering

Diversity Fund picks grantees

Par Classics 'Cannes' do for Jaglom

High Visibility

Just asking ...

Are studios playing favorites?

News Emmys set date

Eye going to 'Town'

Caan to topline USA's 'Hearts'

The day Oscar stood still

Variety launches Oscar site

Cablevision taps Yapp

Rachael Leigh Cook

Gauls galled by Viv U pact

AFI kudos get quirky

Maui film fest will offer Dec. Oscar screenings

Studios draw line in digital sand

Vivendi pens first page of synergy saga

Tix buy-up ticks off Off B'way

Wiz wows worldwide

Lisa Ling

Fran Drescher, Diane Keaton, Bill Robinson, Elaine Pope

Melanie Lynskey

SAG hires D.C. firm to advise on subsidy

Goodwill ambassadors set out to aid kids

Lion profit to roar to new record

Nick Stahl, Clea DuVall

Moya Lear

Yahoo rolls out digital music on Launch pad

Mandalay on road with Summit

New tool gives an 'Edge' on research

Penn to make name for himself with 'Doe'

Disney's insurer judged not liable

U, Moritz hit the gas on 'Furious' sequel

Heyman, Fox 2000 try 'Hypnotism'

U wedded to 'Bachelorette'

Younger demos revive 'Live!'

Studio trio traveling first class

'Moulin Rouge' in orbit, topping Satellite noms

'Laugh-In' to NAB nod

Manager Hertzberg sprints to Marathon

Rich man, poor man

USA snatches 'Repo' docu

M'max reskeds 'Kate'

'Shopgirl' rings up sale

Marcus brothers team up with Imagine

Here's who picked the pics

Tracking 'Hunters'

BBC wins back Oscars, Baftas

Stuart Adamson

Seymour Reit

Rufus Thomas

Cannes takes Tati to beach

Row brewing over Czech b'caster TV3

U.S. rescue attempt

Toronto panel taps top local pix

Britney for Blighty

Col aboard Film 20

Kirch locks soccer

Kinowelt kidpic to U

Claxson for Fashion

Nick adds carriage

Indian cablers hit pirates

Pair pacts on Asian pix

NBC lineup taps into key demos

'Jaws,' 'Apes' saved

Dimension suits up for penguin toon

'Mind' tops for b'cast crix

Pressplay's in play

Debt-heavy NTL hitches future to new biz plan

Miramax Films taps executive veep-CFO

NBC brews liquor-ad ire

Goodspeed to tune up two '70s tuners for '02

'Stanley,' 'Proud' draw Disney renewals

Wheeler to pen Artisan's 'Garbo'

Gilbert Becaud

'Rings' rollout dwarfs rivals at packed B.O.

Lester Persky

John Guedel

BBC axes marketer Taylor

Chi media gets smell of musical 'Success'

Messier: Viv U now 'tier one' conglom

Clarification

Backward glances in London

Inside Move: 'Titanic' titan takes time out

Inside Move: A tonic for the times?

Inside Move: Short order

Trio travels in high B.O. style

Conglom Bonton sets sale

Sithengi seeks more local input

Showcase ups the stakes

Ayem kid biz losing fizz

Tennis nets top aud in wrap-up stats

B'cast bossa nova

Toon firm unveils slate

A perfect match

Multiterritory bow for MultiThematique

Auds love TVN's 'Amores' sudser

Inside Move: No Stone unturned

Inside Move: Broader view

Inside Move: 'Ship' shape

Inside Move: Diller's deal a dilly for Vivendi

Inside Move: Studios feel pinched discs as DVD bonus costs bloom

Inside Move: Left in the dust

Inside Move: The vision thing

D.C. Spin

Noises Off

Pics get tricky for Mickey

Studios spin wider Web for auds

Wee wizard eyes 'Star's' orbit

Raising a quiet giant

Icon, Hoyts jump into hot distrib'n scene

Distribs snub 2 Genie noms

Black Nights ride with best of fests

Bored lips sink chips

C4 defends final pick for topper

Battles dog copyright law rewrite

Malone and Murdoch toy with Kirch

Webs hope for goodies from Santa

D.C.'s Studio, Olney make expansion plans

A season of sayonaras in U.K.

Corrections

Rory A. Bennett

Fox lights up sci-fi 'Firefly' with Whedon

Research guru retires

U sees Starz again

Disney taps money man

Russian 'Affair' attracts thesps Arquette, Nelson

Salt Lake gearing up for Opening Ceremonies

Viv U buoys Lenormand

New 'Jackass' hijinx

NEA announces $19 mil in grants

Kirkwood, Rockwell paint banner

'Resistance' rolling

Lee to make 'Rage' debut

Disney dives into Dick's fantasy 'Elves'

Inside Move: 'Runaway Jury' loses case

WB doubles up 'Angel'; NBC hefts ax over pair

Keitel, Quinn, Adams answer 'Beeper' call

'London' calling to Par

Duo engaged in romancer

SAG vote redux?

Spelling to be Coronet's 'Baby'

Messier detractors turn up the volume

'Memento' remembered by Toronto crix

Fourth quarter swells U's homevid coffers

Salt Lake City shows off America

NAB numbers oppose sat deal

Kinowelt Medien files for insolvency

Comcast wins $72 bil bid for AT&T Broadband

Road grosses

WDR boosts its budget

FAME revises 2001 figures

Florida launches in-state production effort

China opens channel

U.S. pays $3.3 mil in EU rights dispute

Czech authority takes TV3's license

RTL lays off 30 as ad revs slump

Teuton TV duo unveil Gate

Gullane adds 'Sam'

Anschutz to turn Dome into arena

Working Title nets the tale of Boo.com

Artisan vets get promoted

Big seasonal wrap

'Others' gets 15 Goya noms

Rockwell 'Moons' Slamdance preem

SAG sends Marine units holiday hello

'Crossing Over' ascends to demo high in Gotham

Broadway grosses

Arielle Freya Janger

Yonah Gavriel Berenson

Harrison tributes on the way

Patrick O'Donnell Eigendorff and Sean O'Donnell Eigendorff

Bomb-itty team pacts across MTV platforms

Chopper lands in L.A.

Extra: 'Shipping News' hits Gotham

'Kate' has N.Y. date

Viv U to buy Stream from Murdoch, telco

Tickets.com taps Bension

'Ring'-ing in the day

Viacom, Kirch battle for billions

NBC kisses Katie: $65 mil

Lakers' Hearn sees streak end

Music kudo mavens are way off key

ABC Family revamps with pix and reruns

IATSE merges pubs, lensers

Inside Move: Analysts hash meaning of Rupe's cash

Mouse nibbles WMA

Vets Spradlin, Alexander create Essential Talent

Studio going with the Flody

'Swimfan' plying new waters as Fox dives in

Comcast redials AT&T

Duchovny to produce 'Two' hoops series

Plenty of 'Gray' matter

Rating the 'Rings' wing-dings

'Moulin,' 'Mind' top Globe contender list

'Lord' rings up $18 mil in U.S. bow

'Alias,' '24' gain Global glow

Aussie foreign rules on debating table

Players directory moves

Blomfield axed, Williams tapped

'Builder' vids boost hit

Kirch not at Liberty

EDB to co-fund docu ventures

Times Square readies close-ups

DirecTV joins duo

Pols sound out TV

BSkyB, Princess cook new C4 breakfast show

Christine Mason

Shawn Finkel

Televisa ready to cross the border

Louis F. Gutierrez

'Promises' to Cowboy

DOJ checks out VOD

Martha Stewart taps editor for top spot

Film Council funding Leigh, Stephenson pix

Thompson exits Civilian, Elstein takes command

Rita Barry-Corke

Pamela Parker

ABC's 'Downtown,' 'The Job' back to Wed.

Todd Siegel

Philippe Erwin

Sam Feist

Gary Kurtz

Kim Williams

Brian C. Stewart

David Jacobs

Larry L. Cockell

Paula Allen

Reps rip Peacock over booze ads

Ad slump forces RTL to trim staff

'Today' lead over 'GMA' yawns to 1.3 mil viewers

H'wood war PSA to star Ali

AFTRA posts filled

Def jams on B'way

Noms go global over kudos' golden touch

Expanded Miami fest set to shine

Douglas voices for PBS

Inside Move: 'Gangs' faces July rumble

TNT sees 'Dead Man' as 'Witchblade' mate

U reups Meyer, Snider

Fox skins 3 skeins as it cuts yuks

Lescure's lecture

Sales office provides central 'Dance hall

Doc support, student focus on Utah sked

Globes play 'Mind' games, fete HBO

'Anger' gets best of Jack

Comcast may call Time out

'Sin' reunites Addy, 'Tale' trio

Gotham SAG exec owns up to election wrongdoing

Miramax takes a little off the top of 'Leopold'

Bergman to chair Oscar ball

Weekend Box Office Preview
Dec. 21, 2001

Don Tennant

Erik Johns

CBC reaches breakthrough with technicians

Intermedia denies East, Sinclair to exit

Liquor deal locked

Mouse pricks up ears over deal for Muppets

Poland's RTL7 sold to ITI

FCC sets dates for sat merger review

Hobbit hustle fuels yule

Kirch Media profits drop as revs rise

H.B. 'Bud' Otto

Richard Ma

Lawrence R. Klein

Roy Brocksmith

Ringing in new by reclaiming old

Clearing the table

FAA clears news copters for takeoff

Techies tackle tough code to hoe

'Rings' set to lord it over 'Harry' after strong bows

RTL2 contest yields 'What'

WB, net have 'Son'

WB Int'l TV taps Rothblum Teuton topper

Industry to limit film clips on TV

S Club 7 plans pic

FIAPF moves Locarno fest into A-list group

Sugar plum visions

Cabler part of Red Sox deal

Org lights on benefit

CNBC taps PR topper

Friedkin, Blatty sue WB over 'Exorcist'

Broadway seeks B.O. gifts in holiday frames

MTV takes to 'Road' in syndication

Inside Move: Intermedia setting its sights on Spyglass

Turnaround season

Grinch steals back Xmas

Screen crunch cramps contenders

ACLU carries bill of rights torch

Jacko rerun trumps ABC

Potential giant killers lurk

Oscar race at a gallop

First time out, AFI noms earn instant credibility

SAG hooks up stars' power

AOL TW unplugs Goodwill Games

Globes spin in diverse directions

Blurry roles for toons kudo

Beastly battle brewing

Miramax will zing 'Rings'

Kate & Leopold

American Head Charge

Star 98.7 Not So Silent Night

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Silver Lining

Summer of '42

The Shipping News

Homebody/Kabul

Good Thing

Jingle Ball

The Philadelphia Experiment

The Who's Tommy

Nutcracker Swing

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

How High

I Am Sam

Lilith On Top

Anacardium

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham …

Camel(s)

Three Birds

Starwoids

C'est La Vie

Jaizkibel

Playing Swede

Wedding Night

Rending

I Love You Baby

Mean Machine

The Marriage Certificate

One Fine Spring Day

Nomads

Louba's Ghosts

Marsinah

Guns & Talks

Whispering Sands

Beijing Rocks

An Adolescent

Return To Belaye: A Rite of Passage

Deathrow

Quartet

Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the Director's Edition

The Price of Forgiveness

Movie Love in the Fifties

Histoire de Desirs

Trolls

Massoud The Afghan

Momo, the Conquest of Time

An Infinite Ache

Helen Schneider