Telecinco sets IPO as ad biz recovers

'Idol,' 'Survivor' top Wednesday

Mercedes McCambridge

Namco splashes into PC market

Joan S. Cullman

John Charles Vallone memorial

WGAW prez written out

'Friends' sez adios amigos

Televisa win a real repeat

Paris focuses on French-lingo pix

Cell phones to get CNN

Beeb taps docu chief

Fidel DVD marches past Stone roadblock

Foreign flowering

'Adam' gets NC-17 tag

Stewart adds years to 'Daily Show'

Newman going legit

Furtado nabs 1st ACIE film honors

Students eye 'Rhino' cut

Inside Move: Janet sets 'Letterman' visit

CBS gets up in Sun. ayem

Frank ties up with Firm

Actors give thumbs up to contract extension

'King' reigns over records

Bono, Stern feel FCC slap

Bullish on Fox stox

Capital spent, Senator close to insolvency

New shop for Rosencrans

J.J. Jackson, MTV VJ, dies

Pair cast for Kids kudos

Sheldon Scholarship to Argentinian scribe

FX sizing up reality

'Love' wins its wives, Gershon gets 'Hot'

Winona Ryder

Rhett Reese

Fox Entertainment names diversity veep

Fox picks up rap laffer in early move

Red Wagon goes to camp

'Cry-Baby' wells up

Bravo finds 'Poker' face

DreamWorks seeing 'Red'

Par and Bar 'User' friendly

Scarlett bets on 'Napoleon'

Qtopia Media targets sales to gays, lesbians

Alternative tack at Fox

McQuarrie reports for duty at Par

Helmer strays from DGA

Producers revert to Initial plan

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VU Games to unleash 'Predator'

German authorities capture pirates

DIC, Yahoo pact for toons

'Apprentice' recap tops Thursday

'Bad' blood in Spain

Chuck Niles

CMAs event Fair game for Eye

Bootylicious without the booty?

Indecency breeds hypocrisy on Capitol Hill

Nets practice role of standard-bearer

Snocore sings 'Punisher' praises

Stations waiting for 'Ali' rally

Knocking spots off terrestrial TV

Kabel plots cable monopoly

Acts travel road to recovery

Court sees fair play in cricket spat

Is sexy fare still a ratings scare?

Producers up in arms over Seven-ABC deal

'Firefly' feature alights

Taking dramatic turn

Brit production rebate proposal raises questions

Baghdad bomb guts Al-Jazeera bureau

Reality hits a high note with opera

Novel approach for Boyle's 'Millions pic

Tokyo plans mart in crowded event scene

'Polly' helps perk up mourning Spanish auds

Art distrib launches

Elections bring funding hope

Pan-Asian rollout for toon feature

Blockbusters squeeze out indies

Puerto Rico adds specialty screens

'Blonde' ambition

Pop's tops in Oz

B.O. up; 'Hairspray' $1.2 mil

Biz jumps; 'Fiddler' 782g

In undiscovered territory

. . . The nets don't need enemies

With friends like these . . .

Inside Move: Va-Va veil

Piracy: It looks like an inside job

Inside Move: 'Farenheit' flash point

Inside Move: 'Real' change for Thomas

Inside Move: Crix cry foul over favoritism

Inside Move: 'Monster' mash

Lining up for a 'Passion' ration

Exec pay: the megabuck stops here?

Inside Move: Holland tunnel

Inside Move: Political 'Education'

Travelling 'Pants'

Primetime for Paley

Barbarella rocks

A.D.C. drive for Ford

Sunshine pix

Broadway shows

U's 'Dead' reckoning

Tale of 2 vidtailers

Tax break for media congloms dies in D.C.

Women in hunt for BBC chairmanship

Exhib Kinepolis posts profit despite ill 2003

Merchant defends Turner as goddess

Gallic cable ops link up

CanWest to take Kiwi operation public

Beatles, Cash, Gaye make Congress' list

CBS courts big ratings with hoops tourney

Summer looks like a hot ticket

Bedford Falls into place at Warners

Emery plants a 'Kiss'

Fox sails to 'Shore'

New game plan at USC

Media 8 set for 'Scared'

IFC unspools Friday as home of originals

Disney shows 'Game' face

Fox TV pair join VP ranks

Robinne Lee

Hannah Spearritt

Misleading Bush ad draws journos' ire

'Passion' spreading word in Latin America

Preservation guides aim to protect film

Aspiring soccer players reach for 'Stars'

Janssen joins 'Tuck's' fold

Wilson returns to Yale

Oscar, Bart returning as 'Producers' leads

Inside Move: Eye, Duff say sitcom deal's dead

Col concocts its 'Bewitched' list

Court reverses 'Jingle' verdict

Hype shifts into higher gear

Screen builders find markets with room to grow

Russians preen screen machine

Global impact

Moshe 'Mooky' Greidinger

Niki Caro

Melvin Van Peebles

Venice fest will have an American accent

Nets do the shuffle

MiGi ready to 'Party'

Orphanage takes 'Stray'

NBC counts champ in at 'Contender'

Searchlight hot for Becker's 'Burn'

'Clifford' finally ready for closeup

Force is with docu producer

'Sea' guys Pine for TV, pic projects

'London' calls Cronenberg

Chadha bends toward D'Works 'Sassy' redo

Murphy lining up for 'Pride'

Purchase power for Section 8

Stratus makes 'Jumpshot'

Publisher delaying Mouse topper's book

Gen Art fest gets 'Saved'

Almodovar's 'Education' tops class

NOS gaff leaves Dutch PM speechless

Euro filmgoing down 5% in '03

Digital cinema is talk of trade fair

Raindance, Anchor Bay dock DVD plan

Extra 'Simpsons' lifts Fox

John Vallone

Adrienne Luraschi

Helene Winston

Scandals spur Gussi to bow political pic

Fest delivers top nod to Di Cesare pic

VRP hits snag on appeal

Vet Mickie will stick to Celluloid Dreams

Bafta 'Office' party

Exhibs sound alarm bell on global piracy

LA Columbia U. duo get Sloan

Naess to helm 3rd 'Elling' feature

Italo pix lead charge at local B.O.

'Passion' packs auds

Equinoxe capitalizes on Hearst coin

Egypt, Singapore OK 'Passion'

Robert Snyder

Young's McDermott top-ranked femme

Global lights 'Fuse' rights

Crossroads asks for 'Charity'

HIT eyes launch of own tyke net

Study: Ontario prod'n down 36% in '03

'Will' fills Revolution bill

'Frankenstein' a monster deal for Posey

Newmarket loads political 'Silver' bullet

IEG parent expects loss after sale

Defense strategy

Oscar De La Hoya

Greg Harrison, James D'Arcy

Ondi Timoner

Aaron Lipstadt

Paul Johansson

Clarification

TRL kudos dial up celebs

Lion, JWooD game for TV

Martin's 'Underpants' may extend Geffen stay

AOL, Live365 seek web radio ads

The Donald trumps NBC

Paradigm eyes Genesis

Maverick options 2 specs

Funds seek Mouse meeting

History tie-in one on

Sino the times on TV

Tribeca's raising 'Helen' as opener

'Christ' re-begats 'Brian'

UIP vet's passport stamped

Howdy, partner: UTA boosts seven

Par refloats 'Love Boat'

Soccer tale 'Goal' kicks in Winterbottom

Bellows 'Cooking' at CBS

Rozier lines up Cannes role

Inside Move: Osher circling Col Pix post

Inside Move: 'Santa' present at Cannes

Spring break students lift B'way box office

A 'Range' of views

Bio swims in Italo's past

'Scooby' snacks at bash

'Frozen' in photography

Genesis kudos don't just go to dogs

Janet gets guests' support

The post-Valenti void

Avi Arad

John Davis

Andrew Stanton

Jack Black

T.G. Solomon

MaryAnn Grasso Anderson

Preem screens

Microsoft faces record €497m fine

U Music does Teuton 2-step

De Posch slots in as ProSieben topper

EuroForum talks up new pix

Prague sees better Days

'CSI: Miami' clinches CBS victory

Destiny net tries the college route

Peacock's Bruno upped

Apollo announces talent

CNN taps journos

Tuckerman receives Queens kudos

Advertising Awards accepting entries

Libre to distrib Greenwald docu

Rudner nets Gracie Allen Award

Musuems unspools Urban fest

Tentpole teeter-totter

Anthony 'Tony' Meilandt services

Germans cool to 'Passion'

TV Azteca exec slain in garage

Promax promo meet upbeat

Star shines on Singapore JV

Auds reach for Freeview

Controversial coin

Genevieve

Ludmila Tcherina

'Deadwood' comes alive in HBO bow

'Bombay' exits West End for tour

Elois Jenssen

Kathleen Chew-Kline

ThinkFilm runs bases for Red Sox docu

Fox leaps with 'Idol'

Cable connects with parents

RIAA opens 3rd round of pirate lawsuits

WB elevates distrib'n vet

More episodes for Court skeins

Pixar backs Bax as CFO, exec veepee

Aussies put new handle on L.A. org

Canada restores TV coin

Local TV losing biz

China-Viacom deals unveiled

'Frasier' doctor is in at CAA

Thesp trio absorb 'Sponge' work

Correction

Drescher 'Up' for pilot

Solo shot for 'Leno' guy

CNN producer Miller ankles

Showbiz definitely ain't child's play

Studios back DGA ban on 'film by' credits

TNT nabs Gibson groupies

'Martha' ratings hit hard

Emmy nixes dance routine

A&E mobs 'Gotti' as skein

Lion pins down 'Mules'

Craneload of cash

Thesps heat up 'Degrees'

Rudin ties up 'Little' package

Nick, Overbrook hit 'Mark'

E! gets ready to 'Scream'

Par's brotherly love

'Babel' speaks to Focus

NPR's Edwards exits host role

Lions Gate roars with pride at ShoWest bow

A Discovery ad rev shift

Drawing a fine line on indecency

CNN's Savidge struts stuff over at NBC

Hernandez out at KTLA

TNT taps Byrens as VP, sponsored pix

Wanted: Cable diversity

Cannes soiree will fit the 'Bill'

In the saddle with 'Alexander'

A fine rant

Dollars and sense

Buying elections

Summer sneaks

Nancy Meyers

Jude Law

Jennifer Garner

Digital cinema: Devil is in the details

Devising a defense

Ron Krueger II

Jerry Forman

Service eyes gamer habits

Mouse puts 'W.I.T.C.H.' on shelves

Good 'Luck' for South by Southwest

GIMV exits Kinepolis

MTV Europe back at table over vid fees

Another huge 'Idol' for Fox

ITV's Shaps calls quota rule obsolete

Cuarons cook up pix

Italy unchains 'Christ'

Hardy 'Boys' pic's planned for Oz

EuroDisney gets a break

Gaga's U.S. unit taps new topper

'Neighbours' in U.S.

Kids fest heading for 'Oblivion'

Telecinco '03 net profits up 43%

Hall slots four plays for Bath run

BMG musical chairs

Suitors surrounding Black's Hollinger Intl.

Gallic project at Dimension

Panel says yes to YES in Yankees tiff

Focus widens lens with Rogue

The greening of d-cinema

QVC faces fines for deceptive ads

Nick at Nite's flight

ContentFilm letting 'Cool' heads prevail

Saban, MTV race for stake in Viva

'Whale' tale finally takes plunge with Hartnett

Corrections

Cassidy's 'Personality' is no match for Norah

Lomax works get D.C. home

UPN 'Model' a good-looking No. 2

Vet D'Angelo joins sitcom

WB ups antipiracy exec

Playtone has 'Last' spec at U

James Purefoy

Oliver Platt

Johnny Knoxville, America Ferrera, Pablo Schreiber, Elden Henson

TNT, TBS figure out what auds want: Pix

Tooley finds 'Virtue' in Turner police drama

Hauer, Wilkinson power Batpic

WB exec heads to D'works

20th in a 'Family' way

Net set for pic shift

Magnolia smells hit in Al-Jazeera doc

It's 'Hammer' time for DreamWorks

Cherry Road hot for Kelly's 'Tales'

Scribe pair on deck for 'Yankees'

Sony shifts Spidey 2 for more fireworks

Herz tunes in to pic for Terra Firm Films

Labor's rewrite

Eye males it in with four straight 'Men'

Ad-monitions on boosting exhib revs

Game greases up 'Dukes'

'Mayor' rocks at bow

Dogs allowed in 'Dogville'

'Ladykillers' ladles on Southern charm

Sam Sheen

Gus Philip Axelson

A pat on the 'Asssss'

Zacary Everett Robertson

Dashiell Michael Curran

Magnus Paulin Ferrell

Avery Sofia Grant

More media control goes to Berlusconi