Focus on 'Laurel'

DOJ, FTC share media merger oversight

Bronson honored

AFI fest taps German pix

Cine-Sud goes postal on 'Rachida'

Indies' green piece

Bavaria inks Italian sales for 'Past'

Woessner moves to CoproMedia

For First Look, 'No News' is good news

Modern inks Playboy pacts

Designer Ferretti to be honored

Vortex, Cage forge 'Chain' link

Jessel, Brown bear watching

Vid artist Julien returns to film

Moonstone preps slate of updates

SPC nabs Babenco prison pic

Bardem policing Four's 'Edgardo'

Rival biopics top of the pops

Menemsha 'Springs' for pic

Patagonik eyes funds

Linda 'Flash' Francis

Sheldon Friedman

Howard Pays

Digital deadline grows

DVD impact to fuel panel of filmmakers

John Gorton

Masterfood on SBS menu

SAG honors O'Neil for service

Hummel hums at MGM TV

Middlehoff key speaker at fest

Scandinavia's Modern sells stake

CNBC Asia Pacific taps Brown

Rose goes Premium in Oz

'Amelie' triumphs in South Africa

Peacock struts its stuff

Richard Sylbert Memorial Service

MTV moves Exarhos up to exec VP

Comics line up for Montreal

Guber keynotes vid biz confab

MSNBC hires Effron as VP

Inside Move: 'Sweet' producers plead for success

EMI sings the blues

Playhouse picks Busch's 'Flowers'

Librarian of Congress to set Web tune fee

Segmented SAG preps for board vote

CBS delivers with laughs

A 'Picture' perfect arrival for Evans

Vidgame console firms show off new offerings

Sony gallops to rein in all 'Rider' rights

Showtime enlists in 'Soldier'

Viv U stock up after reports about spinoffs

Hopper, Warhol and the artist's retrospective

Hopper to be honored at Warhol retro

An NBA assist to TNT, TBS

Runaway bill looks costly

Carter catches on at 'NFL'

Cain, Lathan in on 'Out'

Playwright to helm pic

Viv U Web unit tunes pact

FX revamps program dept. with new hires

CineVegas fest will dawn with 'Sunshine' pic

WMA's Gramm gets Original

Peacock preens

Intertainment gets RICO case greenlight

TV buyers go for 'Fastlane'

WGAE ratifies ABC news pact

Ruffalo inks with WMA

Jack M. Sattinger

John Sharnik

Pix at a Crossroads

Bakley pic in the works

Digital pix panel sharpens focus

Muppet sale looms

Forrester toons in pic

WB vet key Mosaic piece

Warners on sci-fi flier

Household diva's TV bio simmering

UPN socks away 5 pix from Miramax

Ferrell gets some 'Action' at Regency

Quiz wiz will expand role

Neil Patrick Harris

Freddy Rodriguez

Michael Jeter

January Jones

Susanne Gervay

Shirley Zak Hayes

Darwood Smith

Roy to exit Reed Midem

BVI-TV, Belgium's RTL TV1 seal p'gramming deal

A 'Cheeky' deal

Telepool ropes in Costner

Carion 'Swallow' returns

Eagle Pix cracks 'Code' at WB

'Dodger' gets a hit

Leaud joins 'World' of Cabrera

Admira taps Martin Marin for prez post

Miramax, Ealing ink pact

'The Kid' moves into territories

Sony docks on Italo-French 'Island'

Palm picks up a 'Killer' project

Weinstein talks up 'Gangs'

Recoing adopts an 'Animal' role

'Confidence' boosted by Lions Gate's sales

Snapper, 2 Drivers unite

Pandora 'Tempting' sales for thriller

'Motorcycle' sales rev up

Euro vision 'Song'

No perch for Kirch

Nat'l Geo ups exex

Edlund effects Asia biz

2 oppose TV license

Lagardere denies report of buy plans

8 to join EU pic program

Hip-hop charts top

Union vets beef up SAGIndie effort

Weekly syndies hit double-digit gains

Logan clocks 'Minutes' gig

Rux wins arts prize

No standouts in fall pilot crop

MGM, IFC sign deal

Peacock to sell plumage

Miramax, cartoonists reach deal

Vidgame org chief optimistic at trade show

It's Dion's empire at Caesars

Clarification

BMI fetes songwriters

KCOP moves main newscast to 11

No breakthrough, but '24' beats rivals

Laser-Pacific slides in 1Q

Rich enriched by Col TriStar

Bettis has 'Carrie' in mind

SAG brass reviews regs with pols

Finerman tries on 'Prada' for feature

Fox TV vet hangs shingle

EMI spins Lundvall up to Blue Note CEO

Radio-Canada strike ends

SAG N.Y. offices reduced

Kodak changes picture for Hanks fete

Nets to pols: Let's party!

Tony finishing touch

Journalism study: Nets soft on news

Peacock feathers its prexy's nest

Infosys fetes Lieberfarb

Echevarria to doctor 'Meds'

U, Misher play with streetball pic

Leder signs up with UTA

Mate ships out of WBTV veep post to be producer

Biz Blockbusted?

Bonus onus on toppers

More than 'Enough'

Remembering '9/11/01'

AIN packs agency punch

ASCAP pops awards

La vie en Cannes

Nets arrest 'Report'

Franco marches to 'Raid'

Post, interactive vet enlists at Technicolor

Scott Free, Fox saddle up for Western pic

HBO's 'Baghdad' café

Roma bows pic push with De Palma prod'n

Aznavour, Camera d'Or feted at bash

Columbia goes 'Mentale'

Cannes 2002 a fest feast

Bits and byte-backing

Fiji offers tax incentives

Grupo hits on 'Trespasser'

UGC Intl. topper Binet to ankle

Paramount wants 'Good Girl'

MediaPro takes stake in Ovideo

Cineclick Asia nabs European sales

Out of South Africa

There's 'Curves' ahead in U.K.

Kinetique backs 'Brown Bunny'

DeAPlaneta eyes Asian fantasy pics

Cannes contributors aid historic theater

Producers ask for end to frontier spirit

Canal Plus, Cannes renew pact

Sogepaq heads to Far East

Peppermint slate features 'Impotent Man'

Optimum nabs 'Lawless Heart'

Roissy cages 'Red Bear'

Trio heads to 'Beautiful Country'

Oz 'Murders' at Miramax

Speaking in tongues

MK2 wants Chaplin deported

BIM booming with fest buys

TV woes put squeeze on Spanish distribs

Sony takes to flight

AFTRA rejects deal

Ready for romance

RTL head to top TV interest org

Kirch to ankle web

Canuck 'Luck' rolls

Fest flaunts shorts

Albert Bert

EC OKs digital coin

Adelphia meltdown rocks stock, board

Helmer's Cliff hanger

Hlinomaz going 'Stateside'

'Bride' set to open Munich fest

NBC ends season on strong note

Liberty's stock rises with apology

Rangel wangles DGA nod

Par's Grossman upped to sr. VP

EC delays TV tech overhaul

'Elephant' packs trunks for upcoming closure

Oz comic has crowning moment

Mouse House, Home Depot spruce up branding, ad biz

Inside move: ABC docus ready for summer

French foes seek action to address Viv U's woes

Katherine Arielle Konvitz

Au revoir Cannes; Hope turns 99

Par Classics buys 'Home'

Rees goes Wilde for musicalized 'Man'

Syndie 'Jury' to have weekend deliberations

Lachlan stands Post as Chandler resigns

Fete for 'Schmidt'

'Ark' lenser shines at fete

Dog days ahead for canine star

Ramsay cruises on love boat

NBC skeds summer 'Rerun'

Nick licks Saturday ayem rivals in 5th straight year

Fox stations to switch

WNBC, WABC share N.Y. news sweeps title

Artisan COO wins case vs. Morgan Creek

KABC news worthy

FCC asked to fight payola in radio biz

Canucks pluck TV series

'Rosie' end is big perf

'Bus' makes cable drive

Cannes fave Lelouch says 'prizes matter'

Col TriStar TV ups Paris to veep, music licensing

Grey testifies as hostile witness in 'Scary' suit

Fox shifts Marvel's 'Devil'

Katherine Arielle Konvitz

Caitlin Mary Osborne

'Fatal' pic in 'Works

Milo Jack Roban

Elijah Richard Jones

'Witchblade's' on hold as Butler enters rehab

Testing the titans

TV topper imagines exit

Exhib Mann looking for its man

Weekend Box Office Preview
May 24, 2002

Italy's 'Respiro' Cannes crix winner

Lakeshore boards RAI's 'Singing'

L.A. Screenings brings the world to Hollywood

Road grosses

Sondheim sells out

Rupe back in loop

Dispatch: Televisa tunes up formats for young auds

Scandi helmers opt for English

Piracy fight hits crucial point for gov't

Pirated blockbusters flood region

H'wood game to cash in on licenses

'Clones' racks up top overseas sesh

'Big Shot' doesn't win over locals

'Rings' winners are stingy fest spenders

Inside Move: Stewart sets up Artist Network

Inside Move: Friedkin makes a legit connection

Amid hot streak, WMG's Ames is right on target

Inside Move: Brit lit snit with Booker prize

H'wood opens vaults for The Voice

Inside Move: Pitchs before pix making producer twitch

Inside Move: 'Potter' searching for new helmer

Quieter, gentler Cannes soirees

Cooks stir it up in H'wood kitchens

Harris stars at Boston's Norton Awards

Honor roles

Broadway grosses

Road biz survives trying year

Hallmark adds H.K.

Muslims ban MTV and V

Despite slump, buyers go for drama

Dispatches: Paybox subs move front analog to digital

Endemol's Cape 'Fear'

Dispatches: Producers have enough of ad agencies

Rival webs link up for campaign

Delany to power up Foxtel's digital push

TV season springs surprises

And now for the hard part of TV skeds

Sci Fi zeroes in on exclusive aud

Webs reduce pix in sked mix

African projects win grants

Cannes game proves heady intoxicant

Inside Move: Vidgame biz faces tough sell to Net set

Inside Move: Vet yakkers exit, hopefuls circle slots

Inside Move: Kazaa hit by 'Rambo' attacks

Inside Move: Adelphia woes are porn's gain

Bruckheimer sends messages from front lines

Pix shine but mart's a whine

'Pianist' tickles Cannes

Almodovars, Banderas, Cruz mull 'Tarantula'

HIT targets Gullane for $230 mil

Discovery Europe taps Paxton for MD

Yoda's coda: Bustout B.O.

Focus snags Palme winner

Solons sound alarm on consolidation

Clear Channel set to bow theater mag

WB, 'Matrix' log onto Net gaming

Barrandov will rep Artebox

Fininvest feels Kirch pain

2 team on China ad sales

L.A. Times vet joins Fleishman

'Bourne' may be eyed via 'Spy' PPV

Taurus teeters as loans called in

NTL will target ITV Digital subs

FCC gives in, delays auction of airwaves

EU salutes 'Land'

Viv U utilizes new strategy

AOL TW head Parsons uploads exec shuffle

Pariah, Peacock partner

Maui to honor Eastwood

SAG nods to agents

Inside move: Nielsen spat bakes Beantown

Dodger plans Off B'way complex, new theaters

Lions Gate closes mass 'Glass' deals

Celebs cut up, raise funds at AmFAR gala

Tribute to King celebrates joy of 'Sex'

Pop culture club at MOCA

Revelers wide-eyed at 'Insomnia' bow

Lakeshore's RAI tie

Tell-all findings on Adelphia unfold

BIM buys Cannes pics on acquisition hunt

Judge throws out Zenga's 'Scary' suit

Game Show cabler to try 'Lingo' on aud

Pols' country concerns

Julie du Page

Ivana Milicevic and Melissa George

Stark Sands

Radha Mitchell

Jill Clayburgh

TNN pulls string up 'Puppet'

Logan clocks 'Minutes' gig

Clones, Spidey toned

Evans to star on Walk of Fame

Double Vision

Our Father

Sweet Sixteen

Insomnia

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

Carlo Giuliani, Boy

The Cuckoo

Spider

The Specimen

The Devil In The Holy Water

Russian Ark

Spring Is Here: Rodgers & Hart and the 1920s

In Memoriam: New York City

American Standoff

Claudia Acuna

House/Garden

Mon-Rak Transistor

The Escapist

Rachida

El Bonaerense

The Man Without A Past

About Schmidt

Blue Gate Crossing

The Last Letter

Kabala

Last Call

Comin' Home to Harlem

Surfacing

The Impossible Elephant

Children on Their Birthdays

Musiq/Cee-Lo

Going Independent

Damaged Care

All's Kool That End's Kool

Apartment 5C

All The Love You Cannes!

Istvan Bibo's Fragments

Sacrifices

Unknown Pleasures