Austria ups film funding by $2 mil

Channel 4 confirms FilmFour closure

Madonna in Bond cameo

'Velvet' wins Jameson short prize

EMI taps Tomlinson

Harry Hirsh

Yevgeny Svetlanov

Deauville taps Lescure

Rupe plans India IPO

Bensard to head Cinematheque

Garner at UIP helm

Hip-Hop's Cerami bows rap label

Livingston Biddle Jr.

Nets sizzle over 4th fizzle

Fred Films inks deal with IATSE

L.A. off-lot shoots off

State takes casting role

Inside Move: Koppel gets 'Close' to Letterman

IFP sets 5 contenders for Open Palm Award

Thesp Steiger dies

New Line taps Fournier sr. VP, legal

Powell taken to task

Scorsese leads H'w'd Fest honorees

Bonds also rise for AOL

Limerick lines MDP with $17.5 mil

H'wood says goodbye to 'quintessential actor'

Oscar storyboard set

Fox's drama queen

RTV, Nelvana split up

Dave Wilson

Showtime greenlights Games pic

Comedy Central taps Corrao sr. VP

CNN int'l auds get Stewart's news on wry

Axial Ent. taps Wall Stret vet

Odd promo partners

Warner sets '03 dates for 'Matrix' sequels

'Jackass' trio field Fox

Par boards Chan's 'World' trip

Sci Fi cabler takes 'Leap'

Locklear gets her 'Gunn'

'CSI: Miami' showrunner makes an early exit

Hallmark channels its holiday p'gramming

PBS' blurred blurbs

French begin Vivendi probe

Levisetti reups as Industry's TV chief

Fox prepping pinch-hitters for strikeout

'Buffy' revamp results

Miramax fights Bac

'X-Men' recruits Cinesite, Rhythm & Hues

Laker tries to set a TV screen

With indies fading, fiction sales fizzle

Edinburgh fest line-up unveiled

Gazprom buys out Gusinsky media stox

France's TF1 confirms KirchMedia bid

Intermedia shutters London office

Arclight gets Stone

Margaret 'Skippy' Lynn

Moscow fest tries St. Pete

Canuck animator cuts 65 jobs

John Kane

Kennedy aide counsels RIAA as VP

Maxine Hughes

Studios reach location deal

AT&T/Comcast marriage OK'd

Viv U gets big cash stash

NBC 9/11 anni to run 2 days

Chang Cheh

William P. D'Angelo

Axel Petersen

Celebration of time

Robert W. Lenski

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Trueman T. Rembusch

Marvin Paymer

Sandra Oh

Uncut 'Osbournes' headed to Canada

Megan Mullally

Harry Seybold

Nickelodeon ups Sumpter

James Roland Almanzar

Albert Band

Springsteen, E Street Band roll out

Thesp guilds aim for more perfect union

SAG taps information chief

David Avery

Godwin tapped tech topper for Movielink

Indra Devi

Daly's happy with his Dodgers

Yahoo! back in black

Elaine B. Auerbach

Chad Block

All-Star game strikes out

Sandie Rocco

Pressplay topper jumps to Infinity

Lou Lombardo

Conservative group gets NPR's apology

Official lambastes thesp workshops

Tony's noms committee set

'Gangster' ready to bow, see?

'Road' to celebration

'Real' finale posts record

Darkness 'Reigns' at Disney pic bow

Christopher Lofton

Erin Davis and Dean Serletic

'Nellyville' continues expansion in 2nd week

MSNBC sets yakker block

Mouse swims toward 'Guardian' pitch

Nathanson helms sting pic

Erlicht to oversee Col broadcast TV dev't

ABC, affils kick around NFL deal

DEA topper courts H'w'd

WB makes room at top

Glover's Eye on TV skein

Viacom pounded as Street skids

Krantz plants flag at WBTV

Curtain falls on Artsworld

Collins laces up gloves

Rydell locks up gig to direct RKO 'Room'

Lego lands at Miramax

Phillips heading to 'School' with Miramax

Praisery Wolf-Kasteler ups duo

'Men' ready for battle

Avra Fliegelman

William Heyes Jr.

Ivan Moffat

Kadokawa sliding into prod'n

Producers eye Czech Film Center

Tom.com ups ATV stake

DirecTV spinoff won't tax GM's shareholders

Intermedia puts London in Box

FCC sets up digital TV

Sextant in receivership

Canucks open vaults to TV folk

Cinemaxx seeing red

Pair reup pay TV pact

Twentieth dresses for 'Dating' test

AFTRA, music labels set to replay talks

Brazilian pic policymakers set to meet

Anima Mundi fest tooning up in Rio

'1972' wrap on sked

Oz export arm beefs up

Mexican MTV expands ops

'Amores' in Chile

Irish board sets up funds

'Bones' pic a hit at home, too

'Party' a film first for Rencontres

Estey McLoughlin takes new Telepictures title

Moreau to top Marrakech

Viv U board member: No suspicion of fraud

'Monty' strips price on B'way

'Hong Kong Café' set fo fill TV order

Oz nets must up local fare

Leno to showcase Montreal talent

New Line's high on Merjos, Rosenfelt

'Bro' joins summer's ratings hit parade

'Sesame' opens door to HIV Muppet

Electric floats 'Noah's' pitch

Bizzers join push on public service

AFM to INS: Make sure guests face music

Fischer's meaty role: 'Meet' exec

Correction

Net looks for cash, way out of junk label

MTV Brazil hopes for rev increase

E-Village complex eyes savior

Expedia halts Diller takeover

Adelstein appointment gets Bush's OK

Remembrances of Par's past

A&E sets fall docu slate

'Guru' scribe inks trio of femme pix

Roach house pegs Perini

Vinterberg grabs 'Maldonne' novel

New U partner packs a punch

'Penis' plays L.A.'s Coronet

Weekend Box Office Preview
July 12, 2002

Jonah Benjamin Joelson

Kinowelt buyout a Neue start

Alexander Nicholas Kagan

Transdermal set to skin two dramas

Famuyiwa 'Feeling' out gig for Fox Searchlight

Eye oiling up 'Enron'

Focus is on Hemingway's 'Have'

Atlantis finds man to save 'Christmas'

'Eagle' lands a helmer

Casting guru to star at RKO

Jimmie Lee Robinson

Eleanor Richman-Adams

Noises Off: Not just kids' stuff

Exex nix BBC World service after cult report

Bad news is good news for b'casters

Bank, Admira unload Azul

CNN en Espanol shakes up programming slate

Clock ticks on for CBS, Peacock

Primetime crime rate rises

VR moves to reassure investors

No fireworks at B.O.

Alveberg: The Scandi man can

Korean pix lose luster in Japan

Ride-based pix: Just grin and 'Bear' them

BAFTAs eye date change

Fests hope to fly above challenges

Disney targets families with classic tune tracks

Inside Move: Hannibal pic stirs rival Alp hunters

Inside Move: Messier: Yanks for the memories

Brits unfulfilled by all that Four play

Inside Move: Mercedes' 'Star' trailer

H'wood battles local heroes

Tight-knit pack tracks greenbacks

Jocks go Hollywood

'Road' show dashes into H'w'd

High cost of raises on big-cast shows

'Gladiators' finds a new battlefield in Nigeria

HBO birthday boost

ITV web spinning as power ebbs

B'casters have a yen for DTT

Stewart's syndies still draw auds

Blurbs blur line between PBS, nets

Europe books native cop shows

Featured Player: Cedric Klapisch

Biz dives as roster slims

Mack takes 'Miz' to Shanghai

Senator looks inward after FilmFour demise

Summer sizzling with sleepers, sequels

Tentpoles stake claim to global summer B.O.

Mouse synergy: a bear necessity

Inside Move: 'Road' to promotion

Femme filmmakers have plenty to say, but they're not shouting

A tale of two 'Jobs'

Inside Move: Warners superheroes suit up for toy wars

Inside Move: Veterans' Day at MSNBC

Vary special guests

'Men 2' hangs tough in B.O. race

AOL's exec search engine

Videotron complaints get louder

Momentum bowled over by cricket pic

BBC looks to recover via doc slate

De Agostini seeks art pix distrib

State film fund reels out $6 mil

M6, Mandarin pact

Indian Discovery localizes

Asian fare for fest

Gallic MCM in tune

Eberts chairs Nat'l Geo Films

'Spidey' vid to get record push

Mount to retire as WEA topper

'Shrek' wins board game

Paiges turn to U TV

Nelson tapped for KCBS/KCAL

Cinar looks to x-out Globe-X corps.

'Year' takes grand prix at Karlovy

Meissner's independence uncovered

Cablers shine to laffer skeins at TCA

Kellner: It's ads or cash

Spain sales topper ankles

Major team forms for 'Alien' pic

M'max grabs 'Griffin' laffer for $5 mil

Red light for 'Speakeasy'

Artisan sets 'Scanners'

Viv U cleaning house

Comerford to top WNBC

Stagehand arrested at CBS

The WB warms 'Wizard'

Col revisits 'Castle' as vidgame

A 'Legend' in making at Revolution

Eye opens Summer Party

BAFTAs early to prize

'Men,' 'Clones' create season simmer o'seas

Cheeky fete for 'Freaks'

Black Fest fetes Townsend

'30 Days' & '21 Grams' ignite bidding battles

Miramax fulfills pricey fantasy

SAG censures Dell dude

Warner has a corner on vid biz boom

Fox out front with '24' DVD

GOP targets HIV Muppet

Lolafilms exits London

Pretesa gets $10 mil investment boost

'Devdas' dances at B.O.

Nova's prospects brighten

TV Globo links to BBC's gamer

Hong Kong's 'Ghosts' spirit No.1

'Thunder' in Prague

Asian fest bows Friday

Kinowelt fight for company control

Phyllis White

Paul Chubb

Teutonic TV ad market drops

Cinar wants debt repaid

Michael Elliot

Jonathan Silverman

John Walter

'Door' opens to record aud

Viv U mulls unit sales

Sundance to unspool video label

Benjamin clicks on UMG

Wasserman remembered

Hughes cash flow, revs up

TVT spins U license deal

'Six Feet's' Hall digs gig in 'Chicago'

SAG sets sked for awards

Caparro surmounting Mount as WEA topper

Big show for 'Little'

Out and about for Outfest anni

DGA putts for charity

Big boys muscle in foreign film B.O.

Wellspring buys 'Carnage'

Maritta Wolff Stegman

Louise Klos Steiner Elian

'Hard Day's' DVD set to dawn

B'way eats at 'Eight'

L.A. joins state act in runaway fight

Inside move: Thesp rumblings stir 'Youth'

Mitchell lands 'Ed' role after paralyzing accident

WB's summer soiree

ABC redubs med drama, thriller

WMA expands Premiere's retail reach

Carrey toons into 'Hedge'

Harper won't seek re-election

Senator seals '30 Days' deal

Harrison in 'Velvet' RKO pact

Audrey Clair Zahn

Tess Jinna Goldstone

Lily Paige Gellman

'Em' kicks off fest

Digital stall in pols' court now

TV eyes branding issues

Focus pinches 'Perros' pals

Eye's O&Os turning to Gotham vet

'School' band plays at Par

Street's wild ride leads to tension

WB, Par halt sale of exhibitor

'Ricki' matures format

SAG sacks six offices in cutback

Who Are You?

Worst Case Scenario

The Waverly Gallery

Marcus Printup

Neither Fish, Nor Fowl

Fogbound

Showboy

August: A Moment Before the Eruption

Yellow Asphalt

Gary Wilson

Breeders; Imperial Teen

Fond Memories of Cuba

Karrin Allyson

We Remember Teddi King

Play Yourself

Flora Purim & Airto

Monk

Door to Door

Dolly Parton

Forgive Me Father

Year of the Devil

Bedtime Fairy Tales For Crocodiles

Shaolin Ulysses: Kungfu Monks in America

Justifiable Homicide

Some Like It Hot

Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam

Take Me Out

Reign of Fire

The Man I Love

Crossing the Line

Halloween: Resurrection

Quartet

Pacific Overtures

Eight Legged Freaks

K-19:The Widowmaker

Pericles

Stuart Little 2

The Guys

Iranian Spread

Samsara

7 Days in Tehran