Avery Schreiber

Robert Patten

Jeffrey Alan Chandler

Miramax buys 'Samsara' for U.S.

U.K. video market up 18% in '01

FilmFour taps Brenner for intl. sales

Holiday cheer spills over to Off B'way

Teuton film outfit Helkon cuts staff

Noises Off: Celebrating in style

Kridler steps down as Capra prezy

Making most of season

Runner-up race gets even closer

Oslo won't play 'Game'

'Heaven and Earth' a first for Ford Center

DirecTV beams super subs

Court nixes EM.TV suit

EMI, BMG lend Listen an ear

Ad slump bruises Emmis rev

Imax retires $42 mil in debt

PBS expands slate of kids programming

Turner taps Wakschlag

Globe presenters take shape

Philippe Erwin, Paula Allen

Michael Connor, Beth Sanford

Bill Roberts

Jeanette Ourada

Rotterdam readies Tigers

Court TV rounds up Cossack

Labor pains plagued H'w'd in '01

Jack Rhodes

Juris tapped by MuchMusic

New ruling imperils TV-6

ABC scores with football

Gavin exec VP at Zomba

Pacific Rim exec exits WBTV post

Afghani helmers shoot for local film revival

Taylor jokes about her metal plates, airport security

New 'Day' dawning as CNBC rejigs lineup

CBS conquers 'Fear' with lineup of laffers

Inside Move: Fit to be tied

Inside Move: Fests test their traction

Inside Move: Changing of guard

Euros may coin more co-prod'ns

Sundance waxes up for crowded slopes

Less can be more

He's got that Magic touch

Kiwi scribes enlist at local screenwriting boot camps

Lost in digital merger maze

Packer pumps troubled net Prime

BBC World unspools its digital service

PAS taps into home market for toons amid gloom

Beeb, TF1 win eyeball war

Galas launch Kimmel Center

$10 mil gift to Kennedy Center

Buckley bows out of 'Palas'

Kiddy litter rules H'wood

Merry B.O. tidings

Hoffart exits Europafilm

Dale Neis

Bret Harrison

Paul Maibaum, Jill Savitt

Mike Ferris, John Brancato

CAA to beef up Motorola marketing

Oscar Watch: Ballots mailed

Fresh 'Sex' scores ratings high for HBO

Vid rewinds stats

Wider pitch for urban niche

NBA changes game in coverage contract

Road grosses

Doubletake notes music focus

Speaker takes the floor at Madstone

'Birdie!' nests in new space

'Great' mini conquers HBO

D'Works sets play date for pricey 'Catch'

ICM's Brit buyout

SAG election snag tunes into reruns

Studios chart big pilot plan

Alliance to slash staff

Nelvana bears down with 'Berenstain,' PBS

Hoyts reels in Union exec

Nine lets Leckie go

Wiczyk segues to Endeavor

Terror pix pondered

Scotti goes Global in prexy post

U gets 'Fast' start in '02

Marilyn Madderom

Cinema of discovery

Organizers respond to market demands

In Park City, fest the star and starmaker

Spirits fly to 'L.I.E.'

Scoring pros reveal their CD trays

Music summit a platform for artists' rights

Lab strikes chord with emerging composers

'It' boys and girls rule roost

Quirky with a capital Q

First person: Miguel Arteta

First person: Eva Gardos

New, savvy players up the ante in Park City

At 20 years, institute still launches raft of new talents

Peak conditions for sponsors

Acquisitions hit list

Betty Rivkin

For specialty outfits, it's a sellers' market

UCLA, Sundance pool preservation resources

Frosh class of 2001

Docs as agents for social change

Beverly Hope Atkinson

Eye spies chance for 'Crime' to pay twice

MGM puts movies into Orbit in Middle East

Marilyn Putnam

Tariffs go to polls

Bound for Beltway

Edgeworx brings Definition to digital biz

Miramax feeling 'Teen Angst'

NL joins 'Ramsey's War'

Fox ups ante for kids to $20 mil on Saturdays

'Ball' helmer on 'Land'

Zucker puts drama on the fast track

'Call' misses debut

Dave Thomas

Till plants Signpost, inks top exex

Bertelsmann seeks full ownership of RTL

NTL cuts marketing staff

Modern Times ups Estonian TV stake

Florian Fricke

Beijing rings in exec

Helkon cuts back staff

Boonstra probe ends

Soccer boots RTVE to '01 win

Spain promises EU review of quotas

Alliance cuts staff

Wallace makes Capitol choice

Igor Cassini

Indie biz grows up, faces reality

Ramiro Puerta

BBC arts channel kickoff in March

FilmFour's new hire

Toronto gets Rich

'Robinson' record

Nets nudge for TV trial

Mouse roars back

MGM, EchoStar plan channel

RKO Pix beefs up ranks

EM.TV in bondholder flap

Newsie Arnett goes digital

TV Azteca adds more gold

Tuesday slot trips up another NBC laffer

Creed makes statement with 7th week at No. 1

New York Office expands

Ricci taps Ziegler for partner at Blaspheme

Regional Yankees net taps broadcast team

Lortel Foundation offers financial aid

Record number of pix play in foreign field

MTV tunes up computer for key demo

Napster back on new track

Jones prepares for World Economic Forum

Arlene Dayton

Jon Lee

F/x Oscar race cooks

SAG-agency deal looks unlikely

Casella CEO of Variety parent

August sense H'w'd noir

Oscar saves the day

'Orange' colors preem scene

Bianca Halstead

Bjorne-Larsen named CEO of Filmparken

Danish Film Academy 'Shake' up noms

Nordisk sings 'Song'

Stamps of approval

Cornwell stays at Penguin

When the BevHilton is hopping...

Overseas appeal plays big role

Telecast exex try to keep informal feel

Org's largesse boosts preservation efforts

Corrections

Local pix perform side by side with H'wood hits

Song list favors soft-rock players

Boggs will lobby SAG to pull Gilbert from post

GSN prexy on top of game

The Trivia Corner

Last action hero: DeMille Honoree Harrison Ford

In praise of the rugged raider of lost art

Ford pulls back Iron Curtain in next pic

Working with Ford: Sean Young

HFPA sampler

Working with Ford: Sydney Pollack

ICM's Wexler moves to AMG

Working with Ford: Wolfgang Peterson

Working with Ford: Andrew Davis

Working with Ford: Phillip Noyce

New tube players bask in the Golden limelight

Watching the gods get giddy

Waiting for the gold rush

ATAS starts prexy plan

McTiernan returns to CAA

Glucksman out as ABC comedy topper

Jose Antonio Fajardo

Martha Moedl

Tariff backers delay petition

NBC rush to renew

'Chair' will hit air first in race with 'Chamber'

Thesp trio finds its 'Tempo'

Pfeffer stays home

Fox Searchlight crowns Kidman

'Forger' draws Ziskin, Auburn

HBO keeps Ball in play

Willis, HBO heat 'Cold' mini

Weiser heads sales at new Col TV distrib

Variety adds three staffers

Li to reteam with DMX for 'Cradle'

Soul divas lead winners at music awards

Studio pix dominate PGA noms

Warner Sogefilms taps Posner

RTL shareholders threaten Bertelsmann's plans

Ailing economy infects techies

The tech evolution of 2002

Lumiere Awards shine three times on 'Amelie'

Merger near, Kirch redubs several units

Berman to top ECM unit

Soccer kicks City TV off air

Plugging ahead: Product placement on rise

American Music nods tune to Keys, Aaliyah

Viv U hires HR exec Kaslow from AOL TW

Dimension ups Marshall

WB syndie shuffles exex

Olbermann back to CNN

Tune up more twang

Content gets Blow Up pix

Tariff petition allies push Canadian talks

Chetwynd, Powell exorcise ghosts in 'High Noon'

Fox moves up 'Chamber'

Viacom duo seeks gay aud

Edwards to receive WGAW kudos

'Fields' finds a home

New 'Dance step

Japan's NHK gaining in India

Juan Garcia Esquivel

Wisne exits as Kelley Prods. Prez

Murder saga lures Willis

Clark keeps on ticking with kudos, 'Eve' wins

TV Acad may rewrite regs due to Chabin

Film Calif. First budgeted

D'Works TV puts Frank, Falvey on top

No Eye for cutbacks

Lakeshore turns to Tran

Crowe lifts Berlin

Star names power revivals for spring

LaBute pic takes 'Shape' at USA Films

Disney rides 'Haunted' pic

Alphabet reaching for 'Fame'

'Nightingale' nests at U

ILM will be back for 'T3'

Viv U's global view

Sony makes exec official

Inside Move: It takes two to run Par TV

Inside Move: Lynch to head Cannes jury

Inside Move: Brosnan signs on for Bond

Valentine ankles UPN

Henri Verneuil

Fest, Olympics seek peaceful co-existence

War and remembrance

'Rings' by a nose, but 'Mind' impinges

Henri Verneuil

Conte Candoli

Paul Hubschmid (Paul Christian)

Carl Wolz

Forrest Joseph Willingham

Cannes' Lynch pin

Mouse bearing Pooh problems

Lensers put up Poster

Brosnan Bonds to 5th pic

Tucker back for Image

Greenberg plays usher in SCR venue

Canon to open 'War Letters'

Toying with the TV

Davis backs tax credit on low-cost pix

Jemas makes Marvel-ous career move

DreamWorks signs VOD deal with In Demand

Viv U subsid riding rails

Slow growth for Premiere

TV-6 gets deep-sixed

Nieto ankles Admira amid major shuffle

Teuton web ARD buys pix

Filmkontakt Nord taps Lidin

Nova to fire Zelezny

Timing's tyranny can make strong women weep

'Beautiful' dominates broadcast crix awards

GSN takes the heart out of its 'Roulette'

Celeb web E! unveils 24-7 int'l feed

Valentine's day over

Bratt to star in 'Raid,' Miramax's WWII pic

WB wishes upon a 'Star'

'Survivor' finale a winner Thurs.

Garner eyes lead in 'Daredevil'

VH1 tunes into trio of original series

'Women' taped for PBS

Goldwyn to 'Experiment'

Fantasy pix ride boffo B.O. wave

FX will flex its 'Shield' in March

Intertainer ups Dorr to sr. VP

Fox: Midseason fare has ratings potential

'Lizzie' to live large

'Monsoon' opens Palm Springs fest

Almeida's man

'Eleven' rolls a seven o'seas

Kuhn's upped at Atlantic

Sundance set to bow digital docu channel

Shorts going big outdoors

Frances McDormand

Dark horse perfs battle for nom

Marisa Tomei

Jennifer Connelly

Maggie Smith

Julie Andrews

Jon Voight

Tony Shalhoub

Eddie Murphy

John Cameron Mitchell

Students to package pix

Kevin Kline

Judi Dench

Miller joins Walters on '20/20'

Cate Blanchett

Nicole Kidman

Jim Carrey

Alphabet net believes in 'Miracles'

Halle Berry

Whatever works best

Denzel Washington

Complete Schedule of Seminars

Off-the-floor fun: Harry Friedman

Off-the-floor fun: Greg Meidel

Off-the-floor fun: John Weiser

Off-the-floor fun: George Gray

Off-the-floor fun: Bob Cook

Hotel offers slice of hog heaven

Ad-edit integration gains credibility in tough times

The great divide

Mandel's advice: 'A degree in psychology'

Johansen rides out tough times

Powell arrives amid merger mayhem

Task force to discuss org's future

'Phil' leads talk charge

Wolf's world 'Order' entitles producer to Creative kudos

Airplane anxiety hinders attendance

Early deals quickly close slots

Cablers ask for respect

NATPE 2002 intro

Multiply and conquer

Latin lingo linkups linger

Program Highlights

Spain's new guard

LatAm perspectives

Audrey Tautou

Tom Wilkinson

Sissy Spacek

Tilda Swinton

Billy Bob Thornton

Naomi Watts

Renee Zellweger

Syndie rules no longer apply

Guy Pearce

Jim Broadbent

Jude Law

Sean Penn

Ed Harris

Tom Cruise

Michelle Pfeiffer

Ben Kingsley

Russell Crowe

History in the breaking?

Gene Hackman

Will Smith

How auds learned to love subtitles

Kevin Spacey

Music continues post kudos