'Kingdom' scares up solid ratings

Jackman back to host Tonys

Ellen the talk of Emmys

Golden parachute for Carlton's Green

Oz showbiz decries deal

Malone wrangles French Noos

EU weakens piracy fight

Ex-prime minister set to host yakker

Institute backs pix

Classification clash

'Lili' blooms at fest

Vidgame unit sold

Mouse fire not doused

Young men desert TV for gaming

Clear Channel pays FCC 'Bubba' fine

Martha biz in stew

South goes 'Purple'

Anthony John Lizzul

What language did they speak in Sodom?

Blake Tiegel

Good ABC prognosis

Gant Gaither

Int'l partners for Playboy

Berlinger grooves on 'Metallica' book

Big 'Press' success

Disasters, mysteries top Nat Geo net lineup

WGA set to fight over reality TV, animation

Janet bares plan to host 'SNL' in April

Halle of Fame for ShoWest

Variety ups editor pair

Sullivan cooks up 'Dinner'

'Revelations' books Pullman, McElhone

Daldry takes to the hills

Gutierrez rites set for Tues.

Williamstown slates anni season

Venice fest finally gets its new man

NATAS forges link with Promax marketing org

Ellis gets Sony Urban gig

FX cast gets fired up for 'Meltdown'

Better score for channel 4

Loews lays China plans

Preem dreams in Tribeca

'Cold Case' name game heats up 'Files'

Respect for Rodney

Knowles, Reno on trail of 'Panther'

Schrier lands FX reality gig

Producer pair take stake in 'Dracula'

'Minutes' to Revolution

Tollin/Robbins inks pic pact

Rich on deck for Par's marketing post

Beehive restyled

'Music' duo in harmony for Bravo celeb series

Warners on the 'Run'

Take-Two profits dip: 'Theft' thunder stolen

Advent buying Sportfive

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Colpix ends Edko joint distrib venture

Audiovisual mart slates lineup

'Survivor,' Trump top Thursday

Stewart found guilty

'Duty' calls at vidgame kudofest

'Marmalade' slides in to Pacific Fest

Witching hour

B'way's 2-way street

The 1940s roar during Kennedy Center season

Great not-just-White Way

Cloud 9 quits Middle Earth for new berth

Palestinian fest checks in

Teuton auds respond to pix grim and 'Scary'

Niche place to be

Hard-up state network RTV dials up sub's help

After slow start, Brits get digital

Plexes pump B.O. volume

Screening room has rich appointments

Priya inks new suppliers

Durandez celebrates 'Birthday'

'Fog' positions emigre helmer

Risky pix bait Mouse trap

French new wave

E-Village plans narrows to fit new corridor

What happens when pilots crash?

From bada-bing to ka-ching

USA's broad base bodes well

Sweeping success: NBC, CBS

Navy floats his boat

Biz slides; 'Gypsy' 501g

B.O. up; 'Chicago' $1 mil

Inside Move: Theron romances the stone

Inside Move: Pop and politics

Inside Move: Gallic disciple

Inside Move: Lynch mob

Inside Move: Much ado in Notting Hill

Mouse shareholders: In Roy we trust?

Inside Move: Ouch potatoes

Inside Move: Mascot seeing red

H'wood is dashin' for 'Passion' clones

Disney's basket cases

Inside Move: Ad-vantage U.S.

Inside Move: Catching up with . . .Zaentz

The second coming of Icon

Inside Move: Familiar tune for Edgar

Sony spins measured Spidey campaign

Niche pics stoke summer heat

White-knuckle summer

Mel's second coming

'Temptations' tempt NAACP

Prisa pumps '03 revs as profits drop

Cablevision debt deal is approved

BMG taps Hart to lead tuned-up RCA Victor

Radio companies get new static from FCC

Street sez viva TiVo

ShoWest fetes Gordon

Conviction has Martha in a pickle

Larger 'Mouse' tale

Frog skeds 'Rings' bow during sweep

Corrections

U, Double Feature taste 'Good Life'

Landau to find himself in 'Trace' guest stint

New Line taps publicity veep

Korea distrib to try Japan

Argentina fest sets 'Moon' launch

Thesps join von Trier's 'Manderlay'

U.K. JAM prepping Oprah pic

Poll: BBC's not distinctive

H'wood pros talk comedy

Laff fest gets 'Lost'

Sci Fi in orbit with reality

Sweet preems at Tribeca

Lion ups publicity veteran

Pix share the wealth in foreign markets

CineVegas fetes Hopper

Spanish-language History Channel to bow

Lovitz, Williams heat up 'Cool' fundraiser

IFP selects helmers for lab program

Tune duo cue Web service

Douglass enlists with Paradigm

MBST management trio exit to hang H2F shingle

Par gives veepee stripes to exec duo

Fox taps marketing trio senior VPs

Patrick Schult

D'Works swings 'Hammer'

Doug Short

Philippe Renouard

Terri Helton

Davis, Kinnear hook up with 'Matador'

Amorette Jones

Simon Pollock

Arsenio Hall

Jamie Weissenborn

Kathy Baker

Eric Guggenheim

Tribune to drive 'South'

Jay Larkin

Emily Olsen

Valerie Masterson

Rafael Pastor

Larry Jackson

Jerry Brandt

Hazing story will get Killer's 'Goat'

U, Ray spy turncoat tale

Malick finds way to 'New World'

Scribes put Fox on edge

Mission statement for adaptation

Inside Move: NBC's 'Comic' takes beating

Miramax taps homevidder

'Sea' may sail with Crowley

Fifer will fulfill Miramax plan

'Ryan' DVD to rank in May

'Rings' final DVD to be released earlier

Daniel William Wolfson

Brody Cucchiara Thomases

Erin Sarah Goldenberg

Carri McClure and Darren Miller

GLAAD hands noms

DVD usage soars in Europe

'Jordan' return lifts Peacock

Frances Dee

Thesp Gray's body found

Mexico plex ads glow in the dark

Fonda skeds 'Vagina' perf on India trip

Teutonic tune boon

Nine inks output deal with Col TV

Seven must reduce

Cartoon gets 'Code'

Jonsson tops fest

Disney readies bow

'Eyes' draws Eagles

Paul Winfield

Juan Castro

Czech 'Boredom' prevails

Comcast's digital dig to Disney

NBC's 'Jordan' rules

French culture minister bans docu

Sanitizing senators

'Che' fray drives firm Wild

Tichi Wilkerson Kassel

Dimension ups Stein to veepee

Stations dump 'Stewart'

Discovery VP Brown upped

ShoWest to fete Garner

Redstone open-minded about cable

Ad revs multiply

Typhoon blows to Fox TV

Big B.O. but skimpy profits

ThinkFilm lands docu on indie deal gone bad

Tepid B.O. rise marks March start on B'way

Welles' daughter can sell Oscar

Lewd 'Reckoning'

Invasion of U.S pix

Charles David Sisk

Will Parker Judd

'Q' helmer has hunch about ABC

Roy has Gaul to hang on

EchoStar's Dish set to pull CBS

Leachman speaks Brooks' 'Spanglish'

Movision buoys 'River'

Wayans trio inks with WMA

Halcyon, Redler on 'Break'

Cannes closes with Cole

Pol avoids 'Spinning'

'Girl' makes 'Risky' bid

'Window' dressing

GM product drives 'Ride'

Gala sings praises for Babs

Canucks soak in soapy bow

Kids spark 'Agent' redux

'Myra' makers make up for rancor

Mr. Mudd travels to 'Lawyerland'

Chissick ankles D'Works position

'Sex' star Handler sashays to 'Saint'

Bello, Leguizamo sign in to 'Precinct 13'

Reality guru finds religion

U refilling 'Fast' tank with Diesel

Top RIAA lawyer ankles

Kadokawa eyes Nippon

Paperny Pix sets '04 slate

Oscar glitterati toast 2nd 'Night'

Life of the parties

'Fear,' Eye laffers top Monday

Five pulls rug out from under ITN

EU fires at pirates

Quieter Canuck 'Passion'

Babenco's 'Carandiru' takes prizes

Mexico fest sets lineup

NBA swishes its shot at Comcast's nat'l auds

Interactive pact targets demos

Imax downplays loss with 'Catwoman' deal

Chernin's good News

'Sopranos' tunes up as reality rocks

Viacom nets hear a loud Echo

'Rings' king on Spain plain

It's perform or perish for Mouse board

Sportscasting is up but it's not gooooood!

Corrections

Movieguide kudos set

'Coffee' to brew for SF Fest

San Jose fest to fete Arnold

Vice-depiction Prism noms announced

Arlene Sellers

Solons pile on smut bills

SightSound duo go H'w'd

Broadcasting their gripes

Confab tunes toonmakers

Exhibs embrace digital as a way to cut costs

Vernacular voices

Hindi pix turn to more respectable sources of financing

Bollywood beat takes back seat

Gotham fest fetes Caine

'ET Weekend' sweeps to syndie ratings win

Deal Blumes at Disney

'Nightly News' stretches lead

Par names vet U exec for prod'n

'Kids,' 'Ace' in DIC lineup

Dennehy pitches his tent at ICM

Stars moonlighting

Lion purr-fect fit for Pixar, says CEO

Florian Baxmeyer

Gotham going for laffs

Rocio Sanchez Azuara

Bushnell puts on 'Overcoat' for U.S. bow

J.Lo in first-look deal with Fox TV, Regency

Dana Gibson

Mike Fresco

King sticking with 'Martha'

Duo nail 5% prod'n shingle

Banff burnishes HBO

RealNets pitches suit

Over 100,000 copies of 'Grey Album' downloaded

Just desserts for Martha

'Angels' and Oscars

Fixing Oscar

Next stop for 'Agent' thesp

Helmer exits 'Ring 2'

Regency gets into the swing with Kidman, Lopez

'Jesus' mini reborn as stand-alone telepic

Scribe 'Aloft' on Rudin pic

Zide skeds Matinee date for 'Nightfall'

Johnson plans biopic on HIV-positive boxer

Bewkes makes Pixar case

Whiskey rocks into middleage

ShoWest Schedule of Events

Caplan joins Icon as distrib prexy

To Russia with love

Fox rocks Tuesday

Fests tout Argentina's pix

'Fog' to get trial run in the Hague

Spanish accent on toons, docs

Norah nesting at No. 1

Venevision soaps up DVD

Bigel/Mailer using 'Code' to enter Brazil

Berg emerges as SPE exec veep

Hat Trick, Shed set to wed

Upfront steps back

Thesp gives to 'Charity'

Times taps Tanenhaus

Liberal net will dial in

Bird watching no longer

Szymanski morphs to Imageworks sr. VP

Fywell's lacing up skates to helm 'Ice'

Stuart Gillard

Randy Gerston

Gyorgy Palfi

Dodger unveils legit plex

Arena tops D.C. noms for Helen Hayes kudos

Comcast reups AMC, Fox

AFI counts down to film's greatest songs

Indecent loopholes

'Shield' fields low rating

'Practice' donating characters to show

Jackson ropes 8 country noms

Wasserman, York jazz Ellington's Holiday'

'Sweeney,' Sondheim remain a cut above

'Passion' youth appeal

Scribes ink Par's 'Pet' project

USA counting up '4400' cast

'Daddy' on deck for Senator

Platinum fired up

Morgan Creek opens 'Case 39'

ABC locks up killer deal for miniseries

UPN 'Game' for simultaneous bow

Helmer getting behind the indie horror 'Camera'

'Wax'-work for Hilton

La Salle exits SAG board

Aniston logs entry in Col's 'Diary'

'Ring' master returns

Labute in driver's seat

'Girl' makes Ben feel Lo? Doesn't show

NRBQ rocks for VH1 benefit

'Spartan' screening effort

More Kaufman 'Mind' games

Judas

King Lear

Betty Buckley

The Blue Butterfly

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Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi

Black Mor's Island

Spartan

Burning Down My Masters' House

Cracking Up

Significant Others

Game Over

Wonderfalls

Touching Evil

World Music

Psychos Never Dream

Planet of the Apes

Liberated Zone

Lucky Jack: Three Attempts to Stop Smoking

Talk Straight: The World of Rural Queers

Navel

The Gift

A Silent Love

Justice

Hollow City

Aaltra

Hair High