NTL loses cable TV subs in Q1

Lopez inks production deal with Telemundo

UPC returns to profit in Q1

CBS rolls the dice with new sked

'Idol' growing as finale nears

Fanfare for 'Fanfan'

SARS sparks no-shows from Asia

Trio's cash stash boosts docus

Wellspring nabs rights to hip-hop spoof

First Look gets a 'Dose'

Arclight launches fantasy, horror label

IEG commits to 'Husband'

Sony Classics nabs Szabo's 'Julia'

Focus opens 'Door,' has 'Spotless' deals

Italy, India strike prod'n, distrib deal

TPS proves place in big leagues

MK2 revives int'l film interests

Movision's 2nd round of funding

Setting a new videogame plan

Aussie gov't cuts film, TV funding

Carmike features 1Q gain

'Leaving Metropolis' opens gay fest

Leo's firm gets ready for takeoff

Formality's always in style

CME hopes to receive Czech check

Gallic groups accuse Bardot of racism

Rupe: No Five drive

Bradford wins miniseries block

Co-prod'n 'Curry' heat

Toon topper exits

Perfect fest pairing

Lobo lensing laffer

TVE, Nat'l Geo pact

Hostage pic set up

No thorn in Lion paw

Summer concert touts top-tier talent

Univision in the lead

'Marooned' shown in Iraq

Isleys take top spot

Mouse House plays defense

Internationalmedia back in the black

Sirius shines on Q1 profit

Martin adds studios ops to Sony brief

Roberts to CAA after ICM

Showbiz coalition adds heat to Chile trade pact

Par dresses for prom pic 'Pennsbury'

Stable UPN adds laffer night to sked

Disney Theatrical exec exits

Upfront and center

Fine young cannibal

CAA taps Yanover for strategy

Vet thesp Robert Stack dies at 84

Oliver Nash MacLean

Liberty profit up; Starz off

FCC in NRA's cross hairs

Zanuck advises Polanski on next move

Adeline Elizabeth Grimmett

Benjamin Wright Taylor

Hadley Sophia Gold and Gabrielle Lee Gold

Bellini joins Explore venture

Raines won't quit N.Y. Times

H'w'd gamesmanship

HBO's 'House' warming party

Fox targets key adult viewers

Pol role reversal

'T3' turns tables on preem tradition

Capitol paints 'Violet'

Lakeshore docks $150 million in credit

Inside Move: 'Idol' hands point Abdul to host

Intermedia gig a dream job for Gere

'Bastards' adopted by Columbia

HBO catches 'Fever'

ESPN specs on deck for net's 25th

Czech Republic loses appeal

UPC under anti-trust scrutiny

Endemol lands big drama commission

Viv U Q1 sales drop 4%

Fox, 'Law' rule Wednesday

DEJ secures 'Stranded' rights

Distrib Pyramide builds upbeat slate

Chiller chalks up Myriad deals

Duo fingers Handprint

Filmax inks horror helmers

Kitano resurrects cult fave 'Zatoichi'

Sales building for 'Friedmans'

Sogepaq markets rights for Europe

U.K., France, Spain taking in 'Mother'

Alliance to brew 'Milwaukee'

Blanchett may topline 'Miss Potter'

E Pix unveils 3 projects

China Star goes epic

Spirit-ed deals

NTL Europe to sell ITV stake

Indian exhibitors delay strike

IIFA awards showcases Bollywood

Bals Fund awards 30 projects

D'Argento awards note top 2 helmers

BSkyB checks out L.A. Screenings

MTV Latin buys 3 shows fron Sony

Acad taps student winners

Mouse strikes out

Pols warn pirates of peer-to-peer perils

Hollander heads Infinity

Walters to grill Hillary

Malone chasing Viv U Ent.

Money man McNall gets back to business

Awesome 'Dawson' leaps Frog records

Rock rules, but pop looks pooped

Fox learned lessons of reality TV

Losses, revs narrow, at Gemstar in 1st qtr.

Berry hurt on 'Gothika' shoot

BMG strategically taps 3 execs

'Matrix 2' is reloading record books

UPN mixes genres to bridge audience gaps

Court eyes DVD-copying software ban

Coolidge joins SAG-AFTRA supporters

Euro stars dominate fest opening

Singh has remakes on the Horizon

Klum a model client at WMA

Beyond Lions Gate

Joe Voci

Eric Eason

Melissa Rivers

Powell rejects Dems' request for vote delay

'Rings' bounty

FilmFour pix finds new home

Miracle finds cash fund and partners

June Carter Cash

Eva Gittin

Robert Suhosky

Nick Grippo

Ministers huddle on Euro cinema

Bryan Hull

Int'l buyers lining up for fall preview

Mouse minting disposable DVDs

Smits, Esparza may board for 'Tropics'

Lions Gate has brand 'Loyalty'

Green's 'Undertow' catches pact with UA

SPC picks up pair of Gallic titles

Disney's snow job

Cage to cop 'Rights' stuff

Focus set to play ball

WBTV turns it up with sked

Weekend Box Office Preview
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Telespan puts on disco shoes for punk pic

Euro pics get $4 mil in German funding

Swedes may cut TV4 tax

Date set for celeb damages hearing

Czech filmmaker given honorary doctorate

Moolah for Morris

Icon lights up, distribs 'Cigarettes'

Wild Bunch will tackle 9/11 doc

Japan joins list of '5x2' buyers

NBC cruises Thursday

Malkovich sure 'Libertine' at end of Odyssey

Trio cast to breath in 'Oxygen'

Kudos spice up Miramax lunch

H'w'd, Silver and 'Matrix' B.O. gold discussed

'Matrix' glowing prime number

Fortissimo in the 'Skin' trade with Araki

Senator, Gold ink on pix

Three pics served on Slate plate

HBO London adds Lumet, Martel pix

Corman sets up credit financing

'Dunces' in Nantucket fest corner

Miramax to keep 'Promises'

'NO-DO' squeals for New Zeal

Chiltern opens pic sales unit

Distant Horizon finds a 'Hero'

Distrib Miracle bankrolls $500 mil

Reed MIDEM taps Disneyland exec

Cruz reigns at 'Clouds' pour

Cannes fest gets a jolt of Hollywood-style glitz

It's a jolly Bolly bash at the Savoy

Shaws return to chopsocky

UA gets 'Balls' rolling

Celestian reaches for star status

'T3' maverick methods

'World' wants U.S. home

BV, Pathe ink to distrib toon

Fest toppers blast entourages, attitudes

Euro kudos for 'Magdalene'

WMA 'Coming Out' with Zeta-Jones

Quantum leaps into fiscal pact

Gavin re-starts with 4 pix

Morena launches label for comedies

Wargnier skeds saga of 'Man'

BBC Films to co-produce 3 pix

U ships war saga to Japan

'Gilgamesh' rides again in epic

Brits pour on the cheer

Rise of PR 'Machines'

Real-life Killer

Spyglass to enter 'Dance'

Spice Factory assembles co-prods

Pathe, FilmFour eye 'Enduring' pact

Sundance's 'Affair' gets distrib

Addica talking 'French' as a director

Pathe on road to Bollywood

Endgame plays for 2

Cable upfronts razzle dazzle 'em

Cannes caters to H'wood hoopla

Digital switchover is giving Cable TV a sporting chance

Fest sees done deals

Rupe's Italian job still a mystery

Pubcaster confab won't bow to commercial heat

Financing efforts pay off with prod'n increase planned

Tyke web Super RTL grows up

Taxing times for kids

Hackers crack Ibope

Legit 'Beloved Country' to bow at S. Africa fest

Tepid wickets wait for 'Matrix' melee

Huntington opens Baitz's 'Letter'

Biz even; 'Journey' 439g

'Hairspray's full-figured Tony tally

Tamil coin crunch leads to suicide

Inside Move: CAA polishing femme gems

Inside Move: Prof proffers easy recipe for hit movies

Red carpet snappers

Hype and glory in post-'Friends' era

Inside move: 'Dead' reckoning

Inside move: Unmade screenplays mounting

H'wood glamorizes its fashion fumbles

Inside Move: Raines, Boyd under fire

Webs gone wild

Show and tell for the nets' midseason

Jacko specs tell dramas to beat it

Locations squeeze on shoots

Life of Boswell

'Producers' wows L.A.

TV's TBS in touch with pix

Catching up with: Paul Allen

London gets Jerry-rigged

Inside move: Clicking with E3

Inside move: Malone makes play for Viv U assets

Inside move: Dueling Black Dahlia books

'Matrix' hits motherlode

GreeneStreet touches Raw Nerve

Luck of the Irish for 'Clare'

'Dan Leno' deal inked

Moviehouse opens door for 'Aileen'

Myriad prod'n prexy ankling

London festival moves up date

Execs weigh the woes of acqusitions world

Director Gugliotta debuts 'Lucky'

Newport Fest kicks off 'Time'

Sweeps in final stretch

L.A. Screenings open with Mouse House

Is fest's best yet to come?

Crystal clear deal

Sandstorm to whip up pics

Cappa walks down aisle with 'Brides'

Jersey Films' divorce finalized

AOL's Case won't crack

Sitcom's set to reach Sky

Film Roman draws investors on IDT deal

BMG adds Sanctuary

NTL revs on the rocks, subs sink

Buyers circle Paxson

Shankman sues J.Lo over 'Carmen'

SAG-AFTRA merger positioning heats up

Marketing mogul McCormack dies at 72

Daytime Emmys turn to 'World'

'Matrix' game's clicking

'Matrix' mauls B.O. marks

'Matrix' firepower overwhelms o'seas

Taye Diggs

Laura Benanti

Deal puts Stratus in Focus

AMC goes on H'w'd 'Hunt'

Lolafilms banks on Saura returning to his roots

Mother Teresa on Spice, Lux slate

Helmers mull high-tech shifts

EuropaCorp, RAI make 3-year deal

MTV runs with the bulles

Filmax fiesta celebrates firm's 50th

Olivia Jade Cabral

Anaya bloody good for 'Van Helsing'

Lion believes in Tarr's 'Dreams'

'World' nabs its first sale

Variety recognizes producers

Miramax eyes tentpole vault

NBC'S 'Pride' hears voices

Hadida plans to raise 'Kane'

HBO fetes the 'Splendor' of France

HBO draws a Fine Line

Local pics & TV safe, Valenti sez

Sewell makes directorial debut

Lions Gate on Fantastic voyage

'Faking It' wins Rose d'Or 2003

Gallic news net aims for '04 launch

CSA topper named in killer's porn parties

MTV wraps 'Real World Paris'

ITV ad deals in jeopardy

ABC's 'Bachelor' wins tough night

'Aviator' on TF1's radar

Weinstein bringin' down the house

BBC, Greenlight in natural mood

Euro companies bond to produce in Argentina

O'Donnell makes an 'Inside' move

Europeans to huddle on tech, prod issues

Fortissimo hot in Italy

Shochiku revs up prod'n sked

Firth sets forth on 'Dead Wait'

Gomez to head producers' org

Lambert, Swain ink for two pics

Int'l Helmers: Film equals politics

Myriad pulls in 'Radar'

Crix picks pics for fest

Miramax adopts 'Sisters'

Morris named director of marketing

Polanski on jury duty

BIFA announces jury

Teutonic film funds dole out $4 mil

Jerome A. 'Jerry' Rusch

'Devdas' wins seven IIFA awards

Mediaset tames Cats

Chum ups 3 to fill exec gaps

MGM net to air AFI show honoring De Niro

Viva Media sees red in Q1

'Hair' styling again

'Little' helmer Svankmajer draws Czech honor

U.K. court mulls Douglas damages

'April,' 'Boheme' get a bounce from Tony

Obie Awards laud Shaw, O'Hare, Def

'Bachelor' scores as Hitler mini hits target

Griffin signs on as 'Bunyan' babe

Napster goes legit

CBC: Lift Hollywood pic ban

Bertelsmann putting stock in bonds

'Matrix' mints mega-moolah worldwide

'Anything' goes to Goldwyn

Par hooks up 'Wives' redo

'Dynasty' doings

'Radar' picked up

Dogma calls

The party line

Ziffzer ankles sports web DSF

Neun Live ventures into radio

UCTV-13 to air musical reality show

EMI rejigs ops, staff of global biz

Helmer-scribe producing third pic

'Practice' cast off the docket

FHE taps Fiorella senior VP

Tonycast takes on a new Hugh

TV vet finds new life in marriage

Disney in the swim with 'Nemo' preem

'Les Miz' marches from B'way

Clark Prods. sires unit for children

New Line latest comics pick: 'Last Man'

Palmer ankles Trauma

Intermedia elevates Schenz

MTV to 'Bash' VJ Daly

Lifetime bows summer fare

Paparazzi docu on AMC

WB touts new shows

WB, Trilogy link for 'Taj Mahal'

Col's Zucker reels in Expo distrib kudos

Scorsese will rock Dylan doc

Peacock falls hard for 'Love'

Artisan bids roll in

SAG mgmt. trustees have merger concerns

U's high on 'Almighty'

Ban on ads reinstated

BMI tunes in Griffin

Fox, CBS finales top Monday

Acquisitions dreary, pre-sales perky

Team sets live-action 'Genesis'

Global buyers take 'Dare'

Export board Catalan restructured

LaZona Films will debut with Serrano

KORDA provides Euro pic finance info

Myriad aids set up of 'Partition'

Gallics plan genre pics