Splashy spec unspools

HBO on 'War' path

H'w'd Italian lessons

Peacock airs anni plummage

Comic-scribe Toll succumbs at age 44

Signpost's new road

Kamp unveils Odyssey shingle

Fortissimo buys 'Bollywood' rights

Kirch Pay TV files for insolvency

Endemol adds Chile

Ambiel exits Studio Canal arm

Village reorgs Asian biz

PMP pumps two deals

Clear Channel radio boosts 1st Q signal

Warners ups marketing vet

Hallmark parent logs loss

EU law taxing to U.S.

'Dickens' bites dust after Tony noms

Bergen up for Oxygen

'Dahmer' on Peninsula plate

Rupe near TV loop

Smith to perform at Getty

Lakeshore plants a 'Kiss' o'seas

Selip set for Donahue redo

French-lingo African pix hit Cannes

Leon Fan

Mel Diamond

Geffen gives UCLA $200 mil

AFTRA pack voices concerns

Imagine does bunny hop

Jacque Mapes

Otis Blackwell

Hi-Def's Pied Piper

Jive takes Kleinbaum higher

Magnolia nails 'Assassin'

NBC heats up Rudy bio

Acad winnows finalists for student kudos to 32

'Piece' suit is dismissed

Eisner to cablers: Mouse isn't a rat

Peacock strutting thru May sweeps

L.A. off-lot feature prod'n recovery mild

Hamilton, Syrmis fire up Arclight Films

Fox raises 'Shield,' '24' for VOD window

Oz fests to include FIPRESCI juries

Nine TV continues exec shuffle

Meredith Vieira

Bruce Davison, Beau Bridges, Richard Crenna

Monday's marvelous for Spidey

'Goat' gets drama crix top kudos

Marisa Coughlan, Samuel Ball

George Eads, Jane Krakowski

Tribeca looking festive

DGA urges hiring diversity

Corrections

Kevyn Aucoin

Gimme tix: Stones roll out tour dates

Inside Move: 'One Life' too many

Pair unleash Gryphon Films

Nispel to direct remake of 'Chainsaw Massacre'

Honeymoon over for biz newlyweds

Chase Joseph Webber

Sydney Bella Fitzgerald

Ozz and effect

KCBS topper ankles after less than year

12 chosen for 'Dance lab

Czech helmer is Skyy high

Hall takes UCLA residence

Schiffer to take swing at Noonan's 'Caddy'

SAG report reveals payments to Orsatti

Disney's wiggy for piggy bank

Robbins tapped as Maverick

U 'Fast' to sign duo

Williams spec to liven up HBO

Mary Jane Kimmel

Jim Donnelly

Spanish telcos to merge pay TV ops

Baye plants 'Fleur' lead

Helkon breaks distrib ties with Buena Vista

Oz Hoyts ups Williams

Cleese tops 'Shoot'

Game over for C7

AXN nets Gravity

Guangzhou lots a go

Cash-poor Adelphia selling cable systems

Cannes sends in 'Clones'

Kinowelt bankruptcy begins

Big Tymers hit top of charts

City mulls anti-runaway penalty

AFL-CIO backs SAG enforcement

Thai exhib readies IPO

Kirch feevee teeters into bankruptcy

Fest tour seeks to sow, reap bluegrass

'Clones' flies Boeing

ABC's Tuesday turn

Pentecost in for Bush at Manhattan

Beverly Robinson

Stars come out for Tribeca Fest

Seven pilots take flight to digital via Media.net

NTL cables lifeline

'Monsters' helps lift Pixar profits 89%

All hail Regal

Kandoo, Puddles pool for $5 mil-$8 mil slate

Thesp quintet fills tank as 'Octane' hits the gas

MovieTickets hoards 'Clones' ducats

WMA rep vet steps down

F/x house Cirque Media launched

John Kohn

'ER' remedy for 'Watch'

Org hails Earth, Wind & Fire

'Picasso' cast's a big draw

2 at Tapestry make partner

Medavoy's Immortal as talent prez

Shoreline grabs 3 pics on rights buying spree

Inside move: Foxtel looking for fix

Osbournes get $3 mil book deal

Execs support Cablevision

Touch of Grey brightens 20th

Liberty throws weight behind interactive TV

Ex-Beacon prexy lights at Universal

Some new kids on the block

Gotham affair

'Godfather's' day

Downtown's hot duo

Creatives toast fest as Tribeca launches

Rose may yet bloom at PMP

Capital bump for D'Works

Dish: Mann over 'Miami'

Acad honors Fairbanks at fete

Tons of toons for Dic, Nick

New Vista for exec VP

Carey lands on Island; joint venture label set

Resources Council hosts Hanks, Clinton

Arenas wins an 'Empire'

Imax reels off 2nd strong quarter

Exex climbing up Mosaic's family tree

Brazil cabler finds funding

Mouse makes Mucha sr. VP

Lucas fans Cannes bow

Sony grabs D'Works exex for ani unit

Marvel spins BV suit over use of Spidey

Webcasters revolt

'Down' to open Seattle fest

Will Spidey have legs?

Karn's handy for 'Feud'

Judge sinks 'Storm' lawsuit

Duo 'Outfit' new banner

Chase Todd Van Amburg

Jaden Rayne Boreanaz

Julia Ann Runkle

John Roberdeau

Sony casts its web

SAG's silent role on agent rules

'Hill' scribe duo to flex their pens for NBC

Abbott to run 'Reba' next season

Settlement reached over 'Wind' parody

NBC, Frog net register gains

Prism nod beamed on Ozzy

NBC won't talk so ...

E! sips last spoon of 'Soup'

Regal returns

Martian orders for Paramount, Cruise-Wagner

ABC on 'Dragnet' beat

'Thunder' draws TV producer

Bailey tapped to head Cinesite animation unit

Peacock's recipe: Stir Rice for 12 hours

Banyan grows with 'Spaces'

TCM clocking up pix

Activision revs up, predicts same for 2002

Mouse, THQ pact for pic-based games

Greenlight with 'Envy'

Cinemavault takes 'Messiah' global

Intermedia duo shifts into prod'n mode

Weekend Box Office Preview
May 10, 2002

Jason Flemyng, Stuart Townsend

Road grosses

Fairbanks lights up Acad 75th anni fete

Family business

The mommy returns!

Thai exhib circuits sees turmoil

Fests team up for sponsored circuit support

Will spots be hot again?

Cablers in no rush to fill top exex spot

Vid on demand talk of cablers

Positions available at cablers

New series struggle to impress

30-sec spots no longer central to ads

Commercial duds sink pubcaster C4

H'wood may get to run Blighty b'caster

HBO continues to roll into Europe

Channel U beats 8 in boffo birthday treat

'Dawson's' up the creek in Malaysia

State sez it'll wait on SAG debate

Showbiz gets Kwatinetzed

Inside Move: Taxing times for 'Liaisons'

The A List: Variety's kings of Cannes

New Machine comes into Focus

Distribs dent VCD piracy in Indonesia

Lelouch's 'rookie' team

Sony's 'Spidey' team triumphs

Live wires spark Arclight

Kinowelt collapses as Alliance walks away

Distribs find strategies for funding pix locally

Broadway grosses

Tony ponies jockey for position

About a festival

Odd Oz fete honors legit heroes

Spanish exhibs unite for booking

New reign in Spain

Broadcasters fight tough ad regs

Creditors take over Canal 4

Making 'Contact'

'Mamma's' day in Oz

Geffen Playhouse sets 4 works for '02-03

H'w'd morphs its managers

Turks protest Egoyan's Cannes pic

Web-slinger a soph swinger

Rai in poll position

Kahukura coin woes put four pix in doubt

'Clones' to receive U.K. PG rating

San Sebastian sidebars honor helmers, '50s

Loews looks at IPO plans

New studio planned in Guangzhou

HBO spotlights fare

NRK lifts Bjornstad

TechTV, Star pact

Kuranda opens L.A. office

EMI turns up mute

XM stox dip as investors get Sirius

CH TV lays off 37 employees

Nispel pledges 'Allegiance'

Fitzgerald tops Santa Barbara film fest

Lions Gate inks pact with Pocket PC

'XXX' remarks spot

Labor rejects SAG appeal

Hackman, Hoffman in 'Jury' pool

Lab guy lands Fox deal

AMC moves forward

Diller defends Viv U chief Messier, stox

SAG wary of agents' new pacts

Venice chief maps course

Panel probes producer perils

Dramatic sweep for 'ER,' 'CSI'

PBS, ABC top Emmy nods

'Roger' takes Tribeca

ABC adding slew of new shows

Littlefield trying the other side

Lions Gate will try 'Hard'

Spidey spinning o'seas

Corrections

'One Life' goes live for week of b'casts

Games to play up Sony tentpole pix

'Mole' returns to ABC sked

Status quo for Peacock

'Tomb' crew digs De Bont

Frog overhauls primetime sked

Col puckers up for 'Kiss'

Catch 23, Hayek take 'Law' into their hands

Many SAG thesps idle

Luke Anthony Gargotta

Mia Simone Bradner

Grupo buys a 'House'

Premiere's doom looms

China's distrib door opens slightly

Mendel raises Schechter

Fionnula Flanagan, Eamonn Walker, Akosua Busia

Brit film biz quietly fetes return to fest

Don't quote me

A rough road for 2 fest favorites

Acquisitive minds: Steven Raphael

Festival forays pay off for DreamWorks

Cayla makes the fest business her business

Fest & Market agenda

Glamour of Croisette draws big-name brands

Words with Woody

Spotlight: Global finance

Acquisitive minds: Markus Zimmer

Acquisitive minds: Guy Stodel

Producer mixes art, commerce

Acquisitive minds: Valerio de Paolis

Acquisitive minds: Arianna Bocco

Acquisitive minds: Will Clarke

Acquisitive minds: Dylan Leiner

Bollywood adds spice to the fest

Acquisitive minds: Joel Pearlman

British colonize Riviera

Lineup shouts: Auteur! Auteur!

'Potter' bestselling Brit vid

Modern Times sells stake in TV4 Sweden

Lori Schmidt Memorial

Oz watchdog barks at Ten

Modern times bows Tango TV

Gallic ad ban law galls EC

Sony's curried out

Mediaset sets sights on new territories

Antena 3 taps content head

Court charges ex-EM.TV chiefs with fraud

Satcaster BSkyB faces new levy

Kirch's Springer stake off to bank

BSkyB sales, sub count rise

Paybox merger OK'd

SBS cuts losses by 25%

Adelphia shareholder to change board

BSkyB Kirch stake moved

Tony noms give B.O. a bit of boost

Univision revs up l0% in 1st qtr.

ABC's 'Dino' might tramples rivals

Cannes film fest sets focus on DVD format

NBC sticking to its guns

RIAA ups Rosen, Sherman

Liberty Livewire adds tech consultancy

Carmike's loss widens for first qtr.

S&P moves to enhance clarity in reporting

Par gets friendly with Perry for pair of pix

Reagans, Temple honored

Oxygen plays volleyball

Zenga's 'Scary' suit gets day in court

Telemundo tempting the young

Court: Net porn law too vague

IATSE west reps back Rule One

'Man Show' to yak pack

Arenas trains focus on content

Par Int'l TV ups Ottinger

Vet helmer Pollack is back at CAA

Exec to solo at Trio

Cannes do spirit

The Eye takes dramatic turn

Universal gives exec a high five

Spidey's world web

Walden Media merges entertainment, education

10 to Watch: Eden Wurmfeld

10 to Watch: Jorge Vergara

10 to Watch: George LaVoo

10 to Watch: Elisabeth Robinson

10 to Watch: Matthew Greenfield

10 to Watch: Lee Daniels

10 to Watch: Mark Ciardi & Gordon Gray

10 to Watch: Martin Brown

10 to Watch: Anthony Bregman

10 to Watch: Alexis Alexanian

10 Producers to Watch: A delicate balance

UCLA fetes student scribes

SAG's health plan is on critical list

'Funniest' still laughs as ABC renews show

Alphabet sked a balancing act

'Johnny' has B'way date

Par courting new 'Wives'

Fate / The Confession

L.A. Law: The Movie

Public Ghosts -- Private Stories

The Sunshine Boys

The Photograph

Spellbound

Innowhereland

Forbidden Grass (Everything you wanted to know about cannabis but they never told you)

9

Dames at Sea

The Waterfall

A Little Color

Maruf

Jimmy Scott: If You Ever Knew

Wish Me Luck

Wild Heart: Hell of Boomerang

Summer Love

Riders

Spiders of the Night

What If We Talk About Love?

Sass

Bed of Procust

Dazzling

Heart Over Head

Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones

Crazy Jones

Super Furry Animals

Manchester Girl

Wilfredo

Family Stories