BBC crisis forces Dyke out

Willson flies with Falcom prod'n

Van den Ende goes legit

Fest lines up vintage docs

Fox's 'Idol' still socko

Picture postcard

Massa toons in epic 'Patoruzito'

Sparks net flies o'seas

N24 news net sale denied

Who'll pop for Pixar?

Garner is techies' valentine

Martha case delay

J.Lo singing 'Tralala'

Shocker brightens 'Days'

John Romano

Vanessa Aspillaga

Jose Padilha

Idris Elba, Daphne Rubin-Vega

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Real results mixed

Dodgers sale OK'd & News Corp. is out

Bush seeking arts fund gain

Producers say Canuck prod'n facing crisis

Verizon and DirecTV bundle up triple play

Sony can't block blurb suit

Showtime: 'Word' given

Napster prexy, COO ankles

Exec VP exits Discovery Health

Thorpe leaves Sony for Canon

Islas to lather up at Telemundo

School cuts syndie ratings

Zapata biopic bow delayed to April

Endemol dials up telephony plan

B'casters resist Congress move

Auckland launches Asian pic fest

SuperSport jumps into the game

MTG gets trio of digital licenses

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January 30, 2004

No Fiat for Croff

Zamoiski to be NMA's man in N.Y.

Heave-ho for ABC's 'Sisco'

Pack of pilots land homes

Marvel sues Sony over 'MIB'

Pollack's persuasion sways U.N.

Kattan joins Lane in 'Frogs' pond

Marx Bros. pressed into service on DVD

'Aida' won't make Big League

Fest opens d'Or date

Warners flexes Chinese plexes

GSN bets stack on blackjack

NBA books trio to boost kids' reading

Studios blitz pigskin party

Darabont plays for Par

Sony has Gaul with Gaumont

Net slates 'Mates'

'Geisha' may reunite scribe, Spielberg

WGA prexy in Gray area

'Happy' pair pact at Peacock

Jack Dana Harrison Vein

Spanish doc under fire

'Apprentice' fires up Thursday

Third generation under scrutiny

Stay on target

Blockbuster rewinds Hong Kong

Reality TV's founder, producer Bunim dies

Bonnie Bogard

Rotterdam fetes first pix

'Bride' launches screenings

Contract time running out

Oscar noms could spur new auds abroad

Besson touts giant Paris studio complex

Brits bring production expertise to India

A (month-long) place in the sun

Imagi takes 'Pride' in Dreamworks' skein

Radio group Rock & Pop bops onto tube

Movie channel Max brings back intermissions

SABC gets greenlight to bow regional stations

'Wicked' bucks icy biz

Biz off; L.A. 'Chi' $1.2 mil

Foxtel will nix analog subs in digital gamble

Acad prexy Portnow accents harmony

Famous just for being yourself

Exhibs push for earlier U.S. releases

Inside Move: Banged up Beeb

Inside Move: Walters' parting words

Inside Move: Bring out your 'Dead'

Inside Move: Wedded blitz for Azcarraga?

'Animal' magnetism

Inside Move: Cannes-do attitude

Noms shadow Globes

Oz tries to counter filming slump

Berlin fund snares new director

Newsies jostle for pol position

New 'Idol' worship helps Fox

Tiny TV Record ramps up assault on SBT's 2nd spot

Pol urges media to open up west

Davies out as Hutton blames BBC

World aims for perfect pitch

From renegades to Royalty

Admissions math on B'way

Spring shoots amid icy biz

Next at the National

Esplanade looks to improve its fortunes

Oscar voters give rebel yell

Inside Move: Eisner's animated anxieties

Inside Move: Big 'City' boy Meirelles

An uneasy balance in Brit b'casting

Inside Move: Italo TV faceoff

BAFTA brews genteel bash

A&E celebrates 20th anni

Hip-hop tops a soft B.O.

Vanity leads Wolff from New York mag

Hughes trims 50 positions

TF1 revs up 4.5% in '03

IATSE scores Fox first

Littman upped at Miramax

Double play at Dimension

Trailer pioneer Kuehn dies

Merrin Dungey

Rick Hoffman

MTR plans Paley TV fest

Philadelphia fest seeks entries

Fremantle to distrib Sheehan specials

New affils sign on with TV Azteca

The N begins prod'n on 'Brown'

South Coast Repertory to preem 'Studio'

Cook joins City of Hope board

'Three Plays' now playing at Zephyr Theater

College net relaunches as mtvU

Fox decides to 'Test the Nation'

Interbrew brews new label

Daiei off marquee

Teuton DSF sports first profit ever

'Samurai' and 'Nemo' big fish in Japan pond

Japan B.O. buoyant

Tom Ascheim

Peter Glawatz

Jason Klarman, David Serwatka, Elma Cremin

Angel Orengo

Mary Clare Baquet

Mark Marshall

Ray Landes

Jolene Pellant

Steven Males

Stuart Zakim

Laura Santos

Derrick Heggans

Crowe injury delays 'Man'

'Island' siege over

Oscar Watch: Tom Hanks

Newmark orders 'Pizzas'

ABC laps up 'Lopez' laffer

Domestic abuse drama wins Spanish awards

Gender bend & love

Goodman, Louie eyed

S.B. panelists talk shop

Boffo 'Birthday' for Oprah

Thursday showdown

Productive output

Corrections

Sitcom takes on new 'Life'

WB100+ addition = 'Style'

'Samurai' cuts wide o'seas swath

INHD's image assumes higher def with pacts

Syndie 'Osbourne' done

Janet gives an Eye-ful

Zeitgeist incorporates 'Corporation'

Utopia picks Dick works

Emmett/Furla conjures up 'Genie'

Starz! beams up suit

Actors talks on fast track

Reiner back for DGA duty

Firms, Golchan ink deal

After recall, Davis lines up for a curtain call

Ellroy to pen Paramount's Korshak bio

Is blurb bang really worth Super bucks?

Movielink adds option to extend Internet rentals

TI adds to OFDM

'Episode 3' footage leaks

Col tops '03 tix in Brazil

Finnish kudos on 'Upswing'

Super numbers for football

FCC to probe Eye's boo-boo

'Camera' snaps up Nordic Film Prize

Garin to give CME a 'fresh start'

Comcast Spotlights easier ad purchase

Big win for ex-exex

Creditors push cabler bankruptcy

Atari gets bad play on Street

WGN scores in reup with Comcast

Ardant to reign over Cesar show

It's in his 'Element'

New Al-Jazeera ban

Russian Eagles 'Return'

Oscar bump's lift

Revamped regs send funds back to drawing board

Spotlight: Berlin/Brandenburg

Co-prods seek out mates at new mart

Full slate inspires global pic passion

Film services thrive on demanding customers

New glamour lures H'wood preems

Kid pix seen as more than just child's play

Campus opens screen doors to tyro talents

Grin and bear it

Pubcaster prexy says Berlusconi calls shots

Beeb still burning

3 B'way shows to shutter

Auds bowled over

BMG's Davis back in the driver's seat

Heavy action in Santa Barbara

Hunter suits costume designers guild

Lortel org may close door on White Barn

Charlotte Zwerin

Suraiya

Robert J. Harth

Gibson, ADL stir 'Passion'

Oscar Watch: Colin Farrell

January B.O. blitzed by Super Bowl, storms

Roncace cleared as COO

'Monk' gets stronger

WB navigates dramas

Holland defends his record

Inside Move: Is deejay ready to KIIS off morning gig?

Past is highly personal

A microdistrib of relevance

With a few good men

'Departed': a dying breed

'Biography' begins new chapter

MIT whiz kids double down on Vegas profits

Multi-nation adaptation

Truth, Justice and the art of brand building

Vid pirates make bid for Asia's digital biz

Net rings up hefty movie tab

Correction

Young at art

Nick Latin Am claims ratings spike

22 pics get $9 mil in state funding

'Bored in Brno' thrills Czech critics

'Lost' playing it both ways

Pol declares Hungary open for pic biz

Caine takes shine to 'Weather'

Inside Move: Globe ads skirt facts to laud thesps

NBC, Kelsey sing 'Carol'

Surf shingle's up

WB, Da Silva slam inline skate story

Singers in line for bigscreen roles

Cabler Sykes up for laffer

Newest Line is 'Man'

'Seinfeld' vets to face off

Jackson masters S.B.

Jiggling amid 'Bounce'

Show unspools design sense

Crystals' 'Uncle' hits Sarasota fest

Don 'Hard-Boiled' Haggerty

Award-winning 'Osama' feted

Louis Lencioni

'Barbarian' takes Bangkok fest nod

Vazquez parachuting Sky for Nortel

CanWest looking for media buys

Lopez sings out to star in 'Song'

VP, treasurer elected for thesp org

Breakthrough sells 'Atomic' toon

'Wild' to open Toronto comedy fest

Disgraced Zelezny regains Nova stake

HBO pix go to Blighty

'Idol,' 'Fiance' power Fox

Grammys b'cast to be time-delayed

Fresh 'Encounter' comes via Carlton

U.K. TV expands offerings

Canal Plus lands M6 vet for acquisitions

Suez cleared to sell M6 stake

Paybox Premiere boosts revenue

Fans boldly go where thesps fear to yak

Canuck ruckus over film, TV financing

Faneuil tips scales

Super Bowl lifts CBS in ratings game

SEC pursues Azteca fraud case

Lynn Auerbach

Oscar Watch: Oprah Winfrey

D'Works pulls new prexy from bullpen

Time for TW to fete new digs

Thesp trio cultivated for 'Farmers' roles

'Queen' for Lifetime

King holiday crowns strips

Actors unions begin talks

Disney broadside

Shriver exits 'Dateline,' inks docu deal

'Springer' pick of London crix

AFM pic count falls but space sells out

Vuitton garb edited out of transvestite pic

Boston banks back venue

Help from the big guy for media bigwigs

French connection to U.S. signaled with gift

10 clean up at Daytime Emmys

Peering at piracy?

Day of 'Reckoning' comes for Odd Lot, Band Apart

Nets play chaste in ratings chase

Locklear jet taxiing

Rock stars try to shock for a living

Pushing buttons

'Monster' crazy

Tauzin quitting Congress

Hughes files complaint over WGA vote

Bynes lines up UTA as reps

Chuck Good

Keeping it clean

Benjamin Salzman

Mark Curtis

I.T.'s Greidinger named exhib of year at ShoWest

Jeff Harris

Ridley toons up for gig

'Ladies' day at Playtone

Staying in Touchstone

Film, TV biz confabs get cozy in Oz

Norton, Wood 'Down' with Jacobson pic

U makeover for 'Bride of Frankenstein'

Radar, CMX will play ball

MTV gets interactive

'Idol' hits season high Tuesday

'God' noms spur relaunch

EOS takes pix to Berlin mart

Seaman jumps ship

Miami mini mart kicks off 2nd year

BSkyB CFO to ankle

A 'Lenin' revolution

Hungary fest crowns arty 'After'

'Jamz' powers Twista to top

Newsreel rewind

Lighting legal fire

Bell Globemedia revenues flat in 4Q

Commercial free?

Stock dip dogs Viacom

Von Trier doc finds dock

'Idol,' 'Model' do boffo

Prod'n exec playing in a new Line-up

Grace Gibson-Kjustad Jay

'Matt & Ben' L.A.-bound

Pixar nets huge 4th qtr.

More bodice fallout

Defense collapses

Oscar Watch: Final ballots in the mail

Acad expels thesp over pirated pics

Reynolds still looking for museum home

Fat distrib deal for indie 'Super Size'

2 more B'way shutterings

'Sunshine' bound for space

Entertainment, docu exec upped at HBO

Duo seek Pisano ban

Eye has Scolaro on hold

Balfour palmed, Novak cubicled

No Sony reup for producers

Irwin Winkler

Intimate lighting

Too late the hero?

Script trips next 'Indy'

Defiant 'Dreamers'

'Lost' finds lavish launch

Mouse's mighty puck

'Monster' award in Santa Barbara

This year's contenders

Kevin Brownlow

Howard Anderson

Vision quest

Medley nails a 'Righteous' gig

Inside Move: Boy distant in record 'Taboo'

Bosworth joins 'Bee' hive

Vantage advances with Wellspring

Blurbmeister beat

Witch hitched for Col

MGM shops spinoff of UA to investors

FX in driver's seat

Affleck leads U 'Brat' pack

Off-lot prod'n holds steady

WB tackles mobile pirates

Steel forges Korean ties