Play that funky music

'Angels,' Ashton fly in Gotham

Cate Aubree Mittweg

Digital TV deal under fire

Jerusalem slate fuels dabate

TV sales guys tune up distrib Northstar

Top satcaster flying high

TV Azteca earnings drop

Ashanti keeps Beyonce at bay

All-Star Game holds its own in ratings

Teuton deal for Sony

Legendary Cuban crooner Cruz dies

Lane listed to essay 'Trumbo' at Westside

House panel throws curve at FCC regs

Rosie lawsuit gets Fall date

Samit garners Sony strategy gig

Muir anchors ABC overnight

Save the Children makes progress

Oxygen exec joining Martha

Bill aims broadside against piracy

AMPAS elects 14 governors

Court TV appeals photo ban

Elisabeth Welch

Milton Altman

Linklater lights 2nd 'Sunrise'

Blackstone buys TV grid

Aussie actors stage strike

Janet Fenton

Darkwoods gets Sternn

U finds 'Meaning' of DVD

Inside Move: O'Keeffe suit dropped

Spain TV expo set for return to Miami

Dean's mean H'wd money machine

Big Vision, iO ink hi-def pact

Charter CFO Silva ankles

Bowen Andres Wolfe

Mouse House grabs 'Prince' of a pitch

Travers Makena Tobis

Campbell Francesca Iezman

Colin Brian Luse

MSNBC to embed journos with Dem hopefuls

Owen Charles Bunn

Persistent sticks with Samy Boy

Riley Smith

Martin, Schiff stay grounded at WBTV

It's a matter of survival for U

UIP sets up Asian veep

Leguizamo reporting in

Regal perks in park perf

Retro blast rocks Roxy

Frog bash jumps to hip beat

Bravo's a 'Straight' shooter

'42nd Street' rolled out

Duo well-grounded

Stone to escort Baldwin in skein

Love pops for comicbook

Room at 'The Motel'

Barbarian at gate

Rick Fox, Justina Machado

Blockbusters booked

TV nets must confront interactivity

Fox B'casting taps two in series TV

'Queer' looks fabulous

Michelle Sobrino and Brian Stearns

Belgian pic 'Sea' sails to Warner Bros. Int'l

FX gets reality 'Fix'

Pic's a 'Go' at Fox 2000

F/x wizards keep wands

Lion leaps to vid Down Under

Cablers bare it all for men's attention

Comic-Con Characters: Paul Dini

Comic-Con Characters: Alex Ross

Comics in development

Comicbook mavens keep studios in mind

Comic-con characters: Jeff Walker

Comic-Con a nexus of all things cool

Hat Trick deal heats Brit indie sector

Quick fix from pix

Comic-con characters: Brian Michael Bendis

Latest manga, anime hit U.S. like a tsunami

Tex Schramm

Emmy nomination summary

Emmy nom list II

Emmy nom list III

Perez backs two pix

Czech TV taps new director

Hopper down for 'Gangster' pic

Blighty law opens biz to foreign ownership

Sky News will review report on sub missile

TV ad tally hits $2.5 bil

Floetry tops Lady of Soul noms

Fair tunes up Berlin move

EU officials reject call to cut tax on discs, vid

Reactions from Emmy nominees

An Infinity of woes

Marjorie Fowler

Tribune delivers big earnings gain in 2Q

Star TV gets an extra week

'B-Happy' smiles in Toronto

Televisa 2nd qtr. net income rises

SBS buys Nordic radio ops

Rogers posts quaterly gains

CanWest earnings down

Inside Move: Gauls galled over Bronfman

Fox feeling feisty

Inside Move: Fire destroys Evans office

Dimension taps Levine sr. VP

Katz jumps into 'Geronimo'

Leipzig to help map pic path at Natl. Geo

Askin to replace Zabel atop ATAS

Bettag moves to 'Week'

Int'l Emmys taps chairs

Drake throws hat in SAG prexy ring

Seacrest strip adds clearances

Netflix registers first profit

Conde Nast bids adieu to GQ's man

Giacchetto clients return coin

'Fame' game for Off B'way musical

'Shop' tunes up for August

Acad cuddles up with basic cable

Fox breaks into Emmy primetime

Lifetime made-for scores

Series of successes for HBO

Margot Nicole Baker

AMC multiplex annexed

Fallon's hailing a 'Taxi'

Bunny boss Hefner turns toon

Acad hasn't got grip on reality yet

Emmys dig 'Six Feet Under'

Dolan bets big on bird

D'Works eyes demon barber

Weekend Box Office Preview
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IFP kudos to Close, Buscemi

All in the Family

Khan ankles film part due to threats

Ratnam pic halted due to set accident

Mandela's birthday party to be b'casted

DisneyBB to launch July 22

Premiere, Oddset bet on gambling

German fund flips coin

Bertelsmann seeks suit dismissal

U.K. pix strike up the brand

Copycats use up nine lives

Reality's rerun-away summer

Remakes need a makeover

Talent vanity fair

Showbiz orgs storm market

CNN battles Euro news rivals

Foreign auds tire of blockbuster fare

News? Oui can do it, too sez Prez Chirac

Overseas options

Feuding families fight for control of Canal 5

Mall multiplexes mushroom

More choice is gluing auds to tube

Franchises get overtime

Coyle is SABC's lookalike 'Link' to Robinson

Comedies tap into pop star talent

Docs are hot to rock in new initiative

Channeling support for industry org

Bosnia station shutters

ESPN's sporting chance

Politicos wade into b'cast reg spat

Hip-hop nation colonizes theater

Biz up; 'Harold' 308g

B.O. rises; 'Chicago' 770g

Star-crossed covers

Blurbmeisters casting a wide Net

Divine design display

Ladies' night

Inside Move: Three Guevara pix? Che sera!

Inside Move: McDougall offers red-carpet respite

Kate's fate: the true story?

Inside move: Seinfeld's possible pen-names

Inside move: Commercials biz looks lean

Inside move: netcos bring back spirit of 1999

Another thriller for Diller watchers

Girls revel in 'How to' bash

Brits plunder preem spirit

Inside move: Kocher forsees Napsterized H'w'd

H'w'd jockeys for athletes

U.S. auds land link to world perspective

Karlovy Vary fetes Freeman

Bruck's boom-boom room

SEC asks vidgame accounting replay

Avid stock's avidly pursued on earnings

Street stocks up on box stox

Peru pulls net's license

WMG slips disc ops

Gabizon comedy tops Jerusalem fest

Spanish feevee's on a spree

Ledford 'Out of Control' in Bollywood

Christian pierces mysticism's 'Veil'

Teuton funds go to six pix

Bumpy road for VCL

ONO rolls new pack

Maria lathering up for 'Illusiones'

Shorter 'Queer Guy' heads staright to NBC

Allen to do 'Anything' for Venice

Mandeville taps two for dev't VP posts

Maverick bets on heist pitch

'Machines' humming; 'Angels' soar

Thesps play it cool

Stuff spins off game mag

First Run chows down on 'Animation' horror

Todd Gold

Michael R. Oesterlin

Mark Campana, Jennifer Rawlings Gates

Paul E. Schreiber

Bill Hague

Eric Pankowski

'Splendor' tops Laughs fest

Kennedy invited to NL's 'Afterparty'

TCA honors 'Idol,' 'Boomtown'

Brolin gains Reagan gig in CBS mini

D-No drawn by Metrostop

'Thumbsucker' fingers 3 to fill out cast

Dimension, tykes tee off

Distant tells 'Truth' again

Chloe Sevigny

Playtone goes to 'War' with U

Freddy Rodriguez

'Ray' without Romano?

BBC: Kelly was its source

Jobs picture remains grim

HBO 'Band' invades Japan

Beer run is capped

'60 Minutes' cop story is Plum pic

To have and to hold: Wine makes the A-list

From 'Sex' to single in the city: L.A. Meets its 'Match'

Night By Night

Clubs are hubs away from prying lens of 'stalkerazzi'

TV's H'wood navel gazes

Tube grooves to self-centered tunes

Rock icons sound off on L.A. pop scene

At age 10, jazzy Bakery still lighting a cool fire

Endless summer inspires shabby chic

Expats unite: H'wood puts on an accent

'Mystic' man mulls life in fast lane

For Bay City doppelganger, Warner shifts 'Hutch' clutch

No news is good news for city film commish

Power lunching

Saban readies another run at ProSiebenSat. 1

'Planet!' tops Puchon Fantasy Fest awards

Not so Splendid fiscal results

Chabrol pockets cash for pic

Riley Smith

Multicanal still in deep

'Freshman' moves lense spots to Prague

B'way B.O. seeing mid-July fireworks

Auds' reservations about 'Restaurant'

Heyward would rather be no. 1

AFTRA: Same refrain

Gordon Kibbee

Highlight, Constantin pact

Court boots Bradford suit

Box office sizzles o'seas despite heat

Si TV goes 'Undercover,' takes U pix

Musical chairs: Azoff exits promo gig

28 arrested in HK showbiz scandal

Was Martha leak victim?

Tara Reid

Cruz's new tongue

Tan to top Golden

Frederic Bradlee

Fireworks sputters but remains aloft

Samuels succeeds Warne at Fox Asia

Showtime moves exex

Rick Fox, Justina Machado

Robert Keller

Kevin McCarthy and Diana Gong McCarthy

Inside Move: Buckley eyed by RIAA

Roger Sturtevant

AFTRA prexy will seek re-election

Vidgame org redubbed ESA

ABC exec Mason in 'Primetime'

H'w'd lawyer Leon Kaplan dead at 95

WB recasts casting

Inside Move: Splitup really wasn't Goofy

Killer stalks a literary lion

Inside Move: Regency, Pitt seek a Mrs.

The Reverend is staying in WB's 'Heaven'

Paramount will tackle 'Yard' redo

Telco team spirit

'Alex' lands hot mama Jolie

Lawrence & D'Works going mad

CBS certain there's gold in old

'Boys Town,' Tracy celebrated

SAG board reaffirms merger commitment

BBC faces firestorm

Oz panel: ABC's Iraq coverage not biased

Digital makeover for Brit cinemas

Chang pic to Sony

Fox, Eye party down with TV crix

Acad shows affection for Coppola's 'Heart'

BAFTA/LA party's a Garden of eatin'

Elliot Norton

Lynne Weaver

George Baxt

Phil Ceccola

George Hardesty

Top names orbit Mercury

Strikers air out ire

Scandi sales outfit intact

Locals tune up TV

Permira set for run at Kirch group

Winston J. 'Buddy' Deane

Richard Merson

Leonard Doss

Jane Barbe

Regal rev rises 7%

Bill a boost to Berlusconi

Toronto has 'Problem' for Perspective

NBC's Ben-Jen beats Fox

Filmstiffung doesn't stiff on funds

Montreal preps Scorsese tribute

BMG cues up marketing sr. VP

Atop the Latin list

Blighty soccer eyeing exclu BSkyB deal

Vanguard sells stake, inks IDT co-prod'n deal

Financial advisers link up

Acad axes auction of Welles' 'Kane' Oscar

Bavaria exex meet Euro kin

IATSE gets political with pact

Correction

Buymusic attempts to bite into Apple biz

No cure for the sophomore stumble

Cabler speaking Spanish

Boss orders L.A., S.F. stops

Spike TV reskeds bow for Aug. 11

Helmer-scribe Christopher tops 'Pizza' for InDigEnt

Dimension nabs 'Necropolis'

Mipcom kudo to Chernin

Ironside goes to Fox video

Inside Move: Duo attracted to 'Laws' pic

Anti-piracy ads out

Richard Merson

Charlotte Greer Lundberg

Audrey Cheyenne Latt

UPN upbeat on fall lineup

Arthur E. Rockwell

Imax, Shanghai book double bill

N.Y. Steiner Studios really rising

Telescoping at U TV

Lion revs rocket

'Shocking' shocks E! auds: best ratings yet

SPTI sells AXN Japan stake

Grazer finds a 'Friday' QB

Endgame puts up coin for 'It' pic

'Minority' visuals duo have 'Alibi' at Summit

Inside Move: L.A. Times takes time with TV critic

Dylan, DeLine making 'Friends'

Miller time for 'Alfie'

ShowEast to fete Peregrino

A scribe's story of owe

CITV grabs kids exec

MacLachlan B'way-bound

Hypnotic entrances WBTV

20th TV new home for man of 'House'

Miramax has hot date with Archie's gal pals

John Harris

Warner Bros. hits $1 bil B.O. o'seas

Leno cooks up 'Roast Beef' for kid readers

Kahn to top Gotham Women in Film

Rereg in the House

Don't box the Beeb

Buddy system

Path is Clear

Nix lame gamers

Times change

Pick of the crix: an appreciation

The Restaurant

Charlie Shoemake Quartet

Ten Tricks

Flesh and Blood