U rolls into court, sez Lion loose with 'Fast'

SAG bids: Drama-o-rama

Spain's producers want more local pics in cinemas

Tighter quotas sought for Spain

BBC axes 40 commercial Internet staff

La7 to bow low-cost programs

'Snow' blankets Sweden's Bug nods

MTV raises two int'l exex

Jury's out in Berlin

Endemol taps exec

Teuton cablers out of tune

U's 13th spins myths

Kinowelt pulls stock

RTL sells off French unit

Pix-on-demand service signs on Ramos

USA reduces losses

Pigskin, rad preem fuel Fox

Exotic dance card

New NEA chief dies

Fox News Channel climbs to top of heap

Oscar Watch: ASC awarded

ESPY Awards sport new home: Kodak Theater

Watts lights up ShoWest kudos

AFM sets screenings for students, guilds

DreamWorks, HP toon up tech deal

NBC sees gold mine in Games

Michael P. Hammond

Corus touring Canada to promote Women

James C. Puffer

Inside Move: Rose and thorns

Above The Line: Playing the percentages

'Sex' legal as o'seas webs invade screens

Disney, Admira team for Latin travel

Feevees give genre a reality check

Inside Move: Welch soap 'Box'

Screen Trade: A 'Beautiful' slice of old H'wood

Tentpoles lift toy story

Nattering nabobs of NATPE

Dark Star angers auds, industry

Starry spring looms for Tonys

B.O. rises; 'Fever' 840g

Inside Move: 'Hawk'-ish times

Inside Move: Pics, polls on bill

ABC seeks a marquee hit to play

Par picks TV prexys

Producer Goudreau heats up Canuck B.O. with hockey

Pix take slow road to B.O. success

Legit back in Kabul

Grandage on parade

Inside Move: More 'P' for APG

Inside Move: Hollings brakes Bush push

Inside Move: Thrushing about

Inside Move: Still waiting for Steven

Helmer Winterbottom hitting the 'Silk Road'

Gov't may lift TV prod'n out of tax break scheme

Filmmakers don't budge an iota on screen quotas

Biz off; 'U-town' 324g

D.C. digital meet reset

Exhib AMC to buy Gulf States loop

Mobile tunes sole Midem highlight

Kremlin rules the tube again

Politicos hunting for illegal satellite receivers

No more film at 11 as stations cut back

Douglas helps create theater for youth

Lifetime pulls pair of No.1s

Queenie Leonard

ABC ad slots close to full for Oscarcast

Duncan takes on 'Daredevil'

Lituchy exits in UPN trim

WB votes for 'Kennedy'

Near North exec faces charges

Judge bowls over 'Rollerball' campaign

Inside move: Oscar's home weighs down balance sheet

Cablers on the ropes

Future not as rosy for 'Rhea' on ABC

Domingo will appear in L.A. Opera season

Farina drives NBC pilot

'Smoochy' to bow at Comedy Arts fest

Toon web lifts promo exec

20th TV flies a pair of pilots to NBC, Fox

Pair to wear Regal crowns

Kirch sets Rome Telepix

Eye shifts finale of 'Survivor'

Atlantic spins pair of promo exex

Distrib, marketing exex bow Spanish shingle

VH1 taps host for H'wood yakker

Warner makes entry in 'Diary'

German-lingo webs draw toon deal

IFC 'Lost' in Americas

Dimension Films more than naughty

Coens redo 'Gambit'

The revenge of videotape

Oft-jilted H'wood still courting prize-winners

U doesn't mind nom error

Tie Sandy Dong and Dimitri Villard

Jackson Gary Richard Garland

Jesse Zander Waldman

Braden Jacob Bursteen

Minnelli wows U.K. journos

Elsewhere at Midem ...

'Dr. Phil' makes house call

Spain B.O. grows in '01

Miramax stakes Signpost to U.S.

Marketeer Klain to top Taormina

Nordisk has tale by 'Tiger'

Victoria pic fest builds

Dreams sings 'Song' at Rotterdam festival

Bastien adds Spanish project

DGA: Nets still fail to meet diversity vows

2 make cut for ASC Heritage kudos

New Line ups post marketing exec

'Xmas' to open N.Y. indie fest

Square USA morphs Honolulu studio shut

Regal reorg earns court's thumbs-up

EM.TV still streamlining

TF1, M6 lead stock drop

Bush speech a big draw

Kirch: Not an option

Jackson's 'Drive' stays on top

Oscar Watch: Russell Crowe

Photog Morath dies at age 77

Lion eyes new stage

WPIX hits with Mets b'cast renewal deal

Canal+ Rumors nixed

Gov't anti-drug org buys Super Bowl ads

'Harry' conjures up EA cash

Jaglom's 'Cannes' will open Santa Barbara fest

NBC'S Vaughan a special VP

Cineville wakes up to 'Alphawave'

Kelly Rowland

Tim Daly

Richard Harris, Chris Noth, Valeria Golino and Christopher Walken

Tim Dekay

Will Yun Lee

Madchen Amick

Julia Stiles

Jonathan Silverman, Seth Meyers

Bradley Cooper

J. Mills Goodloe

Renee dancing over recognition

Carroll dons robe for 6 'Court' segs

NBC factors in more 'Fear'

BV nabs Spanish 'Intacto' remake rights

Sony, Overbrook ink

Germany stalls Liberty deal

Eliza Claire Noxon

Matthew Ringel

Jon Chalon

Andrew Jenkins

Martin Magner

Ronnie Johnson

'Pie' army on the march

Jake Aaron Kovinsky

Rylan Jacob Daniels

Joseph Raymond Culp and Katherine Bradford Culp

Ken Suddleson

Peter Morgan

Joey Plager

Legit duo take center stage

Arlene Manos

Jason T. Barron

Alyssa A. Hochheiser

Jay McNamara

Art mart aids kids

Spotlight on kudos for media

Alphabet soups up skeins

Film gains but red ink flows at AOL

SAG chief silent over fate of 3

TNN orders 20 episodes of 'What'

Radar revs 'Chainsaw'

Cruise, Par high on sci-fi

Shapiro, Grodner pair under new shingle

McGregor falls in 'Love' with Fox 2000 comedy

Stone Stanley promotes two

'Jeannie' wish is B'way; Paltrow plays London

A new 'Slackers' tack

Edelstein docks ship at Long Wharf as a.d.

U.K.'s NTL confirms debt restructuring

Argentine helmers slam gov't over pic production

Leno to provide laughter at broadcaster's confab

Oscar Watch: Harden to name noms

'GMA' gaining in key demos

Czech b'casting org gets reprieve

Blessed by the web

'Asterix' marks big bow

Roxie digs 'Tunnel' for Stateside

Lion ups Bader to exec VP

Fox Sports deal could shutter PSN

Lion, Best Buy will Bond over DVD anni

Guadalajara fest director ankles

Prague fit for 'King'

Russia B.O. booms in 2001

Myriad taps sr. VP

Cablevision plugs in Lhota

Fests link to feed market

'01 results splendid for Splendid Medien

Progress: It ain't what it used to be

Super Bowl to hit box office

Joelle Sellner and Ira Goldklang

ABC News staffers OK strike

WGA East taps trey for kudos

Tonys make a date with CBS

CNN, Al-Jazeera sever ties

Producers Guild selects 'Sam' for Kramer kudos

'Today' still top ayemer; 'GMA' gains in key demos

'Justice,' 'Crossing' ride high in ratings

Show, party continues for Martin

Virgin prexys out; EMI eyes producer

Lifetime taking 'Medicine'

WGA gives Laurel to Charles bros.

DGA honors nat'l VP

'E.T.' flies to Shrine

UTA adds 2 partners

Moog, Apple earn Tech Grammy

Inside move: Bush and the boob tube

Broadway rolls 'Out' rock

Inside move: Lewine hits Mann deal snag

Avram sues Jackson over concert tour

Book CEO exits at Viacom

APG's prexy Schulman makes plans to ankle

Tight belt buoys Mouse

Board bolts Venice fest

Par hears 'Human Voices'

Teamster local backs tariff effort with cash

Shuman joins KCOP team

'Lord' a-leaping to Frog

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Working Title project 'Wired' to Sapochnik

Miramax, Hart Sharp to provide 'Proof'

Ferrari pic gearing up

NL keeps 'Q' date but loses 'Member'

Mudslinging at SAG

Arlene Manos

Bella Zahra Murphy

Jake Aaron Kovinsky

Rylan Jacob Daniels

Stella Gregg

ATV to be Austria's first private terrestrial

Till taps Spinks

Max Ophuls Film Fest finds 'Utopia'

'Hawk' hovers atop Bowl-bashed B.O.

Harold Russell

Hildegard Knef

EMI's Levy pushes reset

Pressplay spears a Zomba Music deal

Disney results buoy stock

Rogers tugs at price caps

IDP taps Millard veep

Seeking Kirch cure

Austria TV tunes in terrestrial license

MTV Canada defends itself

Fiennes suits up for German 'Luther' bio

'Harry' friends reteaming

India knights Merchant

Magyr fest boosted by tyro helmers

Oscar Watch: Julia Roberts

Showtime ups PR pair

Par engages McDermott's 'Adventurers'

Inside Move: Viacom rumors still surge

Sondheim, Rudin resolve tuner suit

No syndie Gotham story

Sizzling fantasy pix o'seas

NBC nabs early lead

Huddle on runaway

'Others' spirit Goyas away

Duo find Windows to unspool 'Wendigo'

'Rough' reaps at Rotterdam

ABC News retracts its report on Pearl death

Lion: New Line suggested 'Q' tradeoff

Eco Forum gets funky

Sassa is chosen one

Razzies: For your consideration

Epps answers bell for 'Ropes' with Ryan

O'seas sports strong B.O. on super bows

Traces of cocaine in Demme

Star culture shines in new directions

Canal Plus toppers out

Is Scott hot to trot?

Clarification

Memorabilia blaze probed

Inside move: 'Friends' chat for more

Fox taps Young veep

A 'Tricky fete for Silva

Spelling snags Di Novi

New Line gets 'Smart' from scribes

Sparks will fly at new Shingle

Grammys books perfs

SAG rocking the vote

Reading, Hoyts face off in Oz court

Depth helps Disney take the lead in market share

Cabler preems funny 'Heroes'

Once a year, Academy pulls an all-nighter

There's mudslinging & backbiting behind kudo glitz

In kudos, is it money that matters?

Oscar's talliers lips are sealed

'Amelie' up for 13 of France's Cesars

'Touch' wins five of Denmark's Roberts

Endeavor rep will manage

Random Harvest sows youth-skewing stable

MTV Asia Awards bows

Swiss watch more cinema

Neal William O'Connor

Matthew Pomerans

SAG taps new group to tabulate election

Oxygen to air four-part docu 'Sixteen'

Benson feted with fellowship

George Nader

James Blackwood

Back in digital pinch

Kinowelt gets reprieve

Powell set to chat up globe via MTV

Univision taps marketing exec

Effects of Enron scandal hits media stox

Laughs fest windfall probed

Colin Egglesfield

Robin Dunne, Emily Corrie, Chris Engen, Adrienne Wilkinson, Derek Hughs, Tracie Thoms

Bowl empties B'way

MuchMusic goes 'Live'

Oscar Watch: Marty Pasetta Jr., Pamela Oas Williams

Theatrical darlings of PPV

Satcaster merger under fire

Peter Krause

David James Elliott

Ian Ziering

Mark Bomback

ShoWest will fete Howard

Microsoft 'Nets 'Tonight,' 'Access' sites

TBS goes long for U. Games

Landry dons 'Spy TV' gear

Actors, agents maintain truce

TLC's Bennett tapped to lead BBC Television

Rookies garner DGA TV noms

Nader's death another sad finale to a glamorous H'w'd life

Correction

Par boards Schneider 'Insurance' pic

Another Super upset: Ratings are no thriller

China wild about 'Ha-li'

WMA signs Brazilian pic star

Mechanic, Southpaw team

Spacey doc will receive Berlin special screening

Reinhart to arrive Here!

USA to make 'Contact'

Lundberg returns to Miramax as PR chief

De Bont's on his way to deliver 'Courier'

Fantasy 'Dark' sparks New Line

Frog pilots take flight

'Monsters,' 'Ocean's,' 'Lord' tear it up o'seas

A dramatic conflict puts Simmens out

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

Celebrating Cy Coleman

Coastlines

Secretary

The York Realist

A Man With Five Children

The Island

Australian Rules

XX/XY

Making It

Judith Owen

One Night the Moon

Lava

The Reception

ZT Hollandia: Voices

American Adobo

Derrida

Killing Time

Blue Vinyl

Ralph Ellison: An American Journey

Sister Helen

Noon Blue Apples

Big Fat Liar

La Brassiere

Life and Debt

Horror Hotline … Big Head Monster

Decasia

Miss 501 (A Portrait of Luck)

Hiphopbattle.com: Hiphop For Life

Taboo

Shooters

Beck: The Last Witness

Nobel

The Prince and the Pirate

MASH

Runt of the Litter

Taboo

Drowning Crow

Hot Swing: Tribute to Stephane Grappelli

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Sorrows and Rejoicings

Blossom Dearie

Doing Judy

Jay Farrar, Brian Henneman

Mass in B Minor

Steel: John Henry and the Shaker

Side Show

A Place in the World

Wild Bees

Strass

The Slaughter Rule

Ronnie

Rancho California (Por Favor)

Family Fundamentals

Where Has Eternity Gone?

Empire