Biz jobs leaving, study sez

Lux cancels run at C4

Viv U, GE deal will close in early Oct.

'Rules' dominates Tuesday

Retrolounge heads back to 50s, 60s, 70s

Actors do quick draw on ad pact

Bruhl bows to 'Ladies' with Dench

Discord on harmony

Henning flies Parsons pic

Seville slots 2 for Canada

Brazil trio charged over fake interview

U teams with Ferrari for pic promo

Italo marts scheduled for revamp

Telefonica not content; adios, Admira

DMX charts as 'Champ'

Suzan-Lori Parks

Disney orders out

Lion chief shares surplus coin

Major BSkyB shareholders warn of nepotism

Ad sag hits media stox

Gilbert wins SAG vote, promises union merger

Charles Edward 'Cheddie' Funk

Alphabet comedies lead pack on Tuesday night

Hermione K. Brown

SAG's split widens

Ted Allen, Thom Filicia

Col's Giannetti to exec VP

Canal Plus, NBA reup TV deal

WB technical ops ups Antonellis, Dages

MTV ups Ignjatovic to VP

'Cooler' to lead off Hamptons

OK, book 'em, sez Court TV

'Duplex' is one hot property

Tough rules to get OK on piracy, kid thesps

Bye bye screeners

AFI launches Heston prize

Mindful of minefields

'SNL's' Michaels looks forward to elections

Affiliation relation

London legiters build bridge to B'way

'Before' pitch to be reborn

ABC, Touchstone TV sign 'Mad' man Lange

DreamWorks' full-court Press

Par, Madison take 'Leader'

Fest is fully Woodstocked

Pic spotlights new facet of Rock

'Hulk' in family way

Koren's gay laffer going to Fox

Scribe duo sinks teeth into sequels

Schwimmer's 'Remodel' plan for old friend

9/11 docu unspools at White House

Arnold, foes trade barbs

Vets power ABC, NBC on Wednesday

Pix unspool at Films Division of India

His 'Heart' isn't in it

U.K.'s Iraq probe report delayed

France targets TV cheats

Baxter lured to Sony

Warner, Century Hero slate co-prod'ns

Flanders pic fest fetes Curtis, Jarre

September taps Plantin top exec

Bliss' 'McDull' pigs out at Filmart

Corrections

'Shop' spree for Pax TV

Rio fest gets 'Lost,' new sidebars

It's veterans' day

NBC HQ at Baghdad hotel hit by bomb

Woodstock in 'Living' color

Cablers agree to Si TV

Scribe tribe on 'Pride' warpath

Standardized digital projector test bows

Syndie swings up for 1st time in 8 yrs.

Louise Platt

Bardasano's Univision VP

Lange aims FilmWorks at indie exhibs

H'wood fest names noms

NBC, Russert press advantage over foes

Calif. debate scores with auds

E! picks up B'cast Crix

'Extraordinary' $100 mil suit filed against Fox

Runaway recall politics

Teuton exhib's coin pumped

Donal Logue

Kristanna Loken

MTV Books to publish Jay-Z's autobiog

Plans differ for Japan's toon titans

NFL football takes field in Blighty

Teutonic NRW Medien shuttering

Mumbai film fest set for November

Crest nabs 'Jakers!' toon contract

Filmswelike shines on 'Weather'

Cablecom unveils Junior channel

Sorin set to tell shaggy 'Dog' tale

Jackson drama makes convert of UPN

Camcorder use targeted

Fox net goes undercover

Col, Moritz pay dowry to 'Married'

WB 'Prison' locks up a new scribe

Becker boards 'Marigold'

SNL primed for 29

R.J. Cutler

Rock rolls for U's 'Spy Hunter'

Keep Eye on O'Donnell

Abraham to helm 'Dramarama'

Inside Move: Bravo 'Coupling' with NBC

Inside Move: Spike likes another blonde

Revolution bears 'Son' for Roberts

B'way gunning for 'Assassins'

Dolan preps hybrid bird

Bellucci gig gets 'Grimm'

Inside Move: More segs, bucks for 'Queer Eye'

Pioneer's animated over redubbing, sale

IFP finds 'Shelter' warm as N.Y. mart concludes

Fox toons up for Katz pilot

Sinise in 'Stain' spotlight

Jonathan Abraham Mirvish

Deven Milind Raval

Isabella James Borella

Amiel Alexander Shine

Lili Kolton-Shaffer and Ruthie Kolton-Shaffer

Weekend Box Office Preview
September 26, 2003

Premiere pulls TV guide

Subdued Thursday openers

B.O. up; 'Urinetown' 749g

'Pirates' only bright spot in slow week

Exhibs, distribs face off at confab

Emma defends maligned 'Imagining Argentina'

San Sebastian reveals, fetes local-lingo talent

Skeins lay down the 'Law' on Wed.

Lifetime seeks lifeline

Beeb news staffers fear clampdown

Governing council curbs Arab satcasters

Spat lands pubcaster in hot water

'Idol' pops up in yet more territories

Biz up; 'Producers' 809g

Better unwed than in the red

Inside Move: It's curtains for screeners

Inside Move: Thesps hit hot spots

New RIAA chief finding his groove

Not just a pretty face for superstars

Inside Move: Berlusconi's ciao time in U.S.

Pop goes the Times

Inside Move: 'Big' crossover on 'Dear'

'Runaway' aud escapes pols

End of SARS helps B.O.

Oz script lab gears up

Film House eyes indies for Mexico

Powell's doomed power play

Clock ticks on 'Minutes' lineup

Syndie season bows without a standout

TNT opens 'Door' to more made-fors

Murdoch has his eye on Sky in Itialia

Stateside buyers circle stricken ITV

Boyce's edgy gamble pays off for CTV

Second pay TV player a no-go

London's express to B'way

Great leap forward

Equity hits 'Miss'

Inside Move: Mis-Guided?

Inside Move: 'Bill' pix speaking volumes

Inside Move: The plot thickens in porn

Inside Move: C'est bon for Fourtou

Can GE bring good VOD things to life?

'Rock' plays Dome gig

Cirque du Soleil sizzles on strip

'Rundown' rocks the B.O.

Bird's 'Animal' pitch flies

Lensers laud 3 careers

Regal rolls out hometown pic

'Hulk' uploader avoids jail

U, Imagine tip their hat to Ferrell for toon role

Academy initiates tech panel

Fox salon-set skein makes reality 'Cut'

'Cabaret' adds Pascal

IATSE wins at Aspect Ratio

Cablevision dials new biz

NABET ratifies Alphabet net deal

'Gun' wins fest shell nod

Martha Stewart exex get new stock offer

Liza booked for 'Arrested'

AnnaSophia Robb

Lizzy Caplan, Daniel Franzese

Greg Cipes

Marshall adding publicist, 2 VPs

Frank Rittman

Alcon will grow TV arm

Politics pays at NBC nets

Greenaway lectures on film's plight

Rookies rate TV preems

Filmax taps Spanish gov't funds

RTL tops Teuton TV nods with nine

'Son' rises in Argentina

'Infernal' edits for China

Herb Gardner

George Plimpton

Robert Palmer

Donald O'Connor

Ad pay key SAG issue

ShowEast's showing up early

Scandis in, India out of Oscar race

'Planet,' 'Joy' lead Filmex lineup

Aussie heads int'l helmers

Priestly testament for helmer

New Italo niche net

Carell cast in pair of pix

'Pirates' rules o'seas B.O. for 7th week

Method man Kazan left mark on stage, screen

Joe Townley

'America' to open Two River

Duo to produce TV 'Film Academy'

Miller to host Artios Awards

HBO, Hypnotic take 'Wheel' rights

Sarasota calls for submissions

Chris Sloan

Cathy Veisel

Ridley Skye Heltai

Mara Sternthal

Glenn Adamo

Par pic 'Paddle' in thesp's hands

Peacock plucks 'Frasier' producer

Marvel mines own archives

Inside Move: Frasier backs Terminator

Inside Move: Dowley eyeing Endeavor

Cartoon draws up tiny toons

Mann CEO set to ankle

Diehl stars in Wenders pic

Henriksen lanced for role in 'Alien' sequel

Leingang continues as NBC Studios producer

FX cancels 'Orlando' trip

'Silence' sound at M'Max

Scribe is 'Wonder' woman

Match strikes first

Programs worth watching

Tykes tell tough tales

The young guns

Art pic sales suffer at San Sebastian

Fair weather friends

BSkyB taps headhunter

NTL learns to share

'Cold Case,' movie power CBS

Vidgames set for 'ER' & 'Express'

NBA TV adds cablers

Oui can do news too

U.K. arts minister backs tax breaks

SPE opens, Disney shuts toon house

Oz minister steps down

AFTRA, labels settle pact

Saban makes low cash offer

Music biz, swappers prep for showdown

'Spirited' bow for kids fest Buster

Stanley Fafara

Gail A. Sullivan

M'max taps Hausfater for int'l

'Egg' man whips up U.K. legit banner

Disney's on the money

'Cold' brings gold to Eye

Mouse bows Moviebeam service

DirectTV's beaming

HBO sells 'Sex' reruns to TBS

Fox shifts rookie 'The OC,' backburners 'Ortegas'

Gordon Mitchell

Rudolph Bennett

Chrysalis topper moving to C4I

Latin American exhibs feel piracy pinch

'Bailey' romps north of border

Imax to expand local classics

Film panel taps new chairman

Claxson ad sales spike 80%

Rialto to re-release '65's 'Algiers'

'Pirates' slashes on

Frog taps two to replace Kellner

CNBC preps Ratigan talker

B'way dips in Sept. but kid fare climbs

Reynolds remembers O'Connor

Uncertainty over ad pact

Inside Move: Screener issue raises dust

Ban fires indie ire

Nicktoons sketches growth under G.M.

Lifetime fills planning post

Reality rates reups

Ex-CAA agent Gruber hangs shingle

Garlock promo sr. VP at WBPI

'Fat Man' spec bulks up with Col payday

Nyuk, nyuk: Farrellys tackle WB's 'Stooges'

Gandolfini chooses UTA

Miramax fancies 'Ella'

Eye high on 'Ally' gal

Mayor hosts biz confab

MS dinner hails trio of champs

'Wonder' preem peeks at porn

TiVo's pain is Peacock gain

No Oates at Wright's play

Alizee Oceane Bezamat

Simone Christina Cundieff

Naomi Iolanda Buccieri

Jackson William Maurice Wilker

Nikaash Mathur Nigam

IFP/NY market kudos pop

Bennet Wendell Fenton

Mark Christopher McNamara

Georgia Grace Griffith

Hayden James Wetherell

'2 Fast' DVD en fuego

VU says adios to Sogecable

Cross-border pollination

ZDF adds to partnerships

Norway censors end freeze

Danish pic house sinks

'Evil' eyes Oscar

Deal speaks volumes

Advanced merger

Pact prompts Uni toons

ABC's football, CBS top Monday

Bollywood's Shah guilty in mob case

Lion taps biz exec

Timberlake leads Euro MTV noms

Cinematheque taps Berri as prez

'Oprah,' 'Dr. Phil' see strong syndie starts

B'cast nets lose ground

B.O. hits new high in September

ShowEast: Hope for holidays

Core series help NBC rule ratings

Alphabet bolsters 'Kimmel'

'Producers' takes Applegate to the Max

The harried life of a celebrity look-alike

IFC, Leary team on Ted Demme tribute pic

BAFTA/LA to honor helmer Weir

Diller big fan of GE's deal

Vidgame biz listening to THX program

Bloomberg vet heads to CNBC

Cablevision's defining HD moment

D-cinema rollout strategy sharpened

Charges of greed

AFTRA leaders hail new recordings pact

Endemol's aim is True Entertainment

Scribe tribe taps Wilcox

NATPE aims to ease way for TV buyers

Ads put on the spot

Feds sue Viv U for firing '2 Fast' assistant director

France plans all-news net

Cable news auds cool off

Exex eye radio ad woes

Remembrance of pop culture past

Acad screener redeemed 'Shawshank'

Screener mortis

Jackson jackpot

Trumbo-jumbo

Gordon near 3-year Col prod'n deal

2 join Manson film family

ABC in bed for 'Insomnia'

Rex Robbins

Arianna out to block Arnold

Niche nets on recall wagon

'Wanda' pair are at large

Liberty to buy News depositary receipts

AFI sets fest salute

Genies adventure rubs D'Works the right way

Book deal smells sweet to 'Love's' Rose

NBC's standup deal

Soul Festival tour planned

Acad members run screening from room

Exhibs: Thumbs down

Inside Move: 'Buffy' alum spirited to ''70s' for guestint

Inside Move: DVD-CD combo hums along

Ban triggers niche bitch

Fox embarks on Crusades

John Gilroy

Harry Goz

Mechanic diving into 'Water'

Dulgaro ABC exec

Tiptoes

White Stripes/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs/ Soledad Brothers

Take My Eyes

Grandaddy/Super Furry Animals