Admissions, B.O. for '04 up in Spain

Senator rescued from insolvency

Leon's 'Princesses' lenses

Sat channel Sky One comes to 'Rescue'

News Corp.'s Plan B

Spanish-lingo comes across loud and Clear

Recruiting ace to WB

Kadokawa subsid sets up film fund

Foreign Oscar fleet

'Queen' gets back on track

Smith joins AIDS battle

Tokyo Filmex announces lineup

Co-prod confab adds speakers

Weekend pits 'Sky' vs. sports

Agony of victory

'Change' in for 'Town'

No BAFTA/LA Emmy party

'Rex' roaring at Sci Fi

Eye doesn't blink

Grammnet bows to power of 'Isis' pitch

Sire 7 busts out first pic

Tucker moving in as New York critic

SCR preems 'Naked Girl'

SAG Rule One force is strong with Oldman

S. Africa fund to lure pix

Murdoch eyes Sky Italia buyout

No buyer remorse

New cast at 20th TV

Cheryl Ann Walker and Kenny Smith Jr.

Fox marries into 'Honorable' dramedy

Felicia Henderson

Michael Massee

Carly Schroeder

Gary Preisler

Seth Gabel

Fest has potent pix mix

Maverick rides to Touchstone

Frog finds friends in 'Ben' pals

Brit Gregory set to tackle 'Brian Jones'

Par, MTV grooving with Iovine

Tartan picks pair for U.S.

Posey says yes to 'OH'

Piracy patrol up at Disney

Big deals for 'Punk'd' pair

CBS pays Ray respects

Weed Road pulls Foster prod'n prez

Fine Line hoops it up with 'Yao'

Actors nab Oscar buzz at Toronto

Talkshows moved to action by tome

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Allen bows homevid unit

Zeta launches film company

West End primps for 'Hairspray' arrival

Almodovar fetes Allen

Richard Karlan,

Andrea Wonfor

Michael Milgrom

Cynthia Friedland

Fritha Goodey

Grace Katz

Leo caught in cagey deal

Captain Kirk shows he's still got game

Bush warfare hits media

Inside Move: Courting kudos

Inside Move: Disney, Gold still cheesed

Inside Move: Animated agita

Inside Move: Fresh beef

Inside Move: Jeunet's 'Very' warm welcome

H'wood bets on a few good sports

Fests test if pix click

'Strange' casts pic spell

Lab plans top facility

'Village' still spooking overseas auds

Pix in progress find funders

Gov't funder greenlights 11 pix

Stars come home to shoot

Mehlitz brings zombies to Babelsberg

Producer goes on hiatus

MTV gives it the college try

H'wood joins the campaign with CEO race

Madison Ave. pleased with 'Days' ad scheme

Outdoor nets track dueling strategies

'Laura's' legal battle

Broadcast confab gets more creative

Media World brings 'Dog' to heel at home

Go east, young man

Kapoor's sari sudsers hit gold

Fresh players feed news boom

Zee bowls $308 mil cricket bid

'Scoundrels' speeds to B'way

Biz booming at National Theater

Biz up; 'Edna' 322g in S.F.

B.O. off; 'Boy' $1.4 mil

Legitimate investors

Solid or squishy?

Signature gets gov't assistance

Auds reach for 'Sky'

'Hotel' is toast of Toronto

Imax pix big on Foster

Variety Group expands scope

Bashes build on drama

Gov. targets downloads

Arnold pumps up pic org

Mouse sez Eisner won't chase chair

Eyestrain on Bush papers

Lelouch takes France to the movies

'Survivor,' 'Will' see big season preems

Spain hails helmers

Germans bust up Net pic ring

Format wars grow uglier, TV panel sez

Orgs fight antipiracy bill

Paul Sorvino

Kathleen Rose Perkins

Rachel Harris and Bryan Callen

Cayden Boyd

Tyler Hilton

Italy in Spidey's web; 'Collateral' collects

Prayer's not answered

Cablers upfront about NYC blurbs

Malone, Bennett drop Interactive

Investor looks to block Viacom

Charter departure

'Sopranos' hits a high note

Thesps say their final farewells

How the 'Angels' soared

'Contender' k.o.'d?

Old 'Friends' in HBO staple

Lifetime makeover: movies on Mondays

Ex-partners counter Hirsch suit claims

Reality shingle LMNO adds exex for growth

Rivals merge TV, news ops

Canucks warm to sponsors

U.K. buzzes with Anger

WGA sets awards deadline

Woodstock plays 'Pay,' fetes 'Fair's' Nair

Hit and Myth in the deep north

Pure TV players profit

State of the arts

Boom time in toon town

Pics in the pipeline

Private enterprise

Landscape makes its mark

Production players

Local movers and shakers

Ready for take-off

Premiere league

AOL, mag plan Net skein

Quality control

Fox tops but webs wilt

Reality plays with big boys

Famous faces grapple with a taste of reality

Cinema Net announces titles

Emmys take a dive on ABC

Eye's mea culpa

Online blurbs click

EchoStar dishing out debt to fund buyback

Mexican exhib inks with Imax

Red ink continues at Intertainment

Civilian posts half-year profit

Carsey-Werner ups Kraus

Cluff sentenced to probation, gets fine

Gallic auds say francs for nothing

Ten orders up fifth 'Big' season

King of Cons begins lockup

Reeling at ratings

Prosieben launching pic unit

Freeview cuts into BSkyB in U.K.

Dutch treat 'Witnesses' to cash prize

NBC U TV ups McNamara

Rhino has Jones for docu deals

MTV loses vet exec

'Bombon' sales boom in major territories

Exec's nolo on wiretap

Losique lets fly at funders' fest plan

Off the Fence, Becker OK pact

HBO gets new distribber for India

Finnish film org hails Louhimies

Euro pix contending

O'seas B.O. buoyant

ABC shuffles its exec deck

TV's lightning Rod

ThinkFilm falls for 'Hearts' docu

B'way slides as 'Boy' exits

Chisholm wades into B'way-bound 'Ocean'

Former agent gets early jail release

Emmy skit flushed away

Sony BMG Music cues int'l management team

'Scary' dudes zero in on heroes

Eclectic pix on the Radar

N pair in 'School'

Hewitt to groom 'Zoom'

Docu label has a new life

HBO paints town red after emmys

'Mission' man touts net gains

Latifah likes Flavor of Paramount's DVD deal

Rookie scribe finds her 'Muse'

MGM's last hurrah

Terra Nova replaces Onyx

'CSI: Miami,' football top Monday

U.K. gov't pumps pic tax breaks

Teuton gov't limits pubcasters' fee hike

Fox TV Distrib ups Brogi to veep

Mouse pic to launch Rio

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'Grace,' Donald rule

Kerry leads 'Late' surge

Digital deadline tied to 9/11 report

Brokaw leaving at the top

'Miami' heats up

Sony/ATV taps senior veep

Indie producer stages 'Intervention'

Voy taps toppers Pretlow and Medel

Mouse House eyes Iger as top choice

In the Eye of a storm

Crafting a comeback

Sony game for hi-def Blu-ray

WGA stays course

Margot Davis

Matthew Stringer

Sarah Lesser Avins

Howard Lau

Concepcion Lara

Dermot McQuarrie

Rachel Glaister

Hubert Larenaudie

Culver investors plan plaza

H'wood Film Fest to fete Gibson

Music orgs plan duet

WB taps Miller exec VP

Clara Ann Marshall

Shoshana Rose Nagabi

Bana gets 'Lucky' break in Warners pic

Laughing all the way to Banks

Braves bat digital web

Univision skeds Sunday talk

Commingling leads to WGAE re-vote

There's no 'Method' to it now

Inside Move: NBC turns blind eye to 'Phil'

Fox skein bewitches duo

Trio sets trio of vote specs

Turtletaub surfs Big Beach with Saraf

Warners, Eye take a bite of 'Crime'

Focus supes up 'Truth'

'Kinsey' sexes up Hamptons Film Fest

Spike programs senior VP

Unreliable sources

Debunking the 'Jaws' myth

WB Animation names Lewis exec VP-G.M.

Par ups business affairs exec

Inside Move: Helmers return to table

Lopez flows to Dimension's 'Lava'

'Alexander's' war delayed

IFC beams up Searchlight

More Moore at M'max

Bosom-heaving pic helmer Meyer dies

Latido takes Mandala pics

NRW distributes $6 mil

EuropaCinema looks north

Eye takes Tuesday 'Race'

Fremantle in Vogue for Japanese venture

Duo to host VH1 kudos

Twice as nice: 2 Nelly discs go 1-2

ThinkFilm docs Wexler

Showing 'Dexterity'

CBS out front with 'Race' wrap

'Minutes' taps probe overseers

KDG pulls cable bid

Comcast bows ad sales link; Cassaro prexy

Teen leaving home

Labels set to cash in on ringtones

WB eyes Netflix deal for test of VOD system

Sony blesses Christian music

FCC poke in the Eye

Ann-Margret

Sophie Traub

Jerry Ferrara

Nick lathers up 'SpongeBob'

Thesp Garners SAG nod

Hot 'Star' glow

eBay guru in bidness on WB pix

Keener on screeners

'Sammy' to see sequel, screen

Variety screenings slated

Petrie's strong slate skates

Docu 'Soldiers' on

New film-school sponsor

Tame 'Shame' revels

Mouse fires up its debut

Bash thrills to 'Forgotten'

Politics revs 'Motorcycle'

B'way tosses back its 'Hair'

B'casters derail digital deadline bill

Lescure back in biz as TV show producer

Ball nets 'Towelhead' for pic helming debut

Benanti 'Starved' for pilot

Media 8 plans pix mix

Dimension cues Usher

U's walking with 'Dead'

Vinton, Pandemonium toon up for 'Coraline'

Lifetime woos Elizabeth

Col reaches out for 'Last'

Look who's back at NBC

Sucker Free City

Listen Up

Second Time Around

Two and a Half Men

Imaginary Heroes

National Lampoon's Gold Diggers

Miss Sweden

Male Fantasy

Siblings

Cafe Lumiere

Eros

Brides

Chased by Dreams

Impermanence

The Intruder

Peasant Cook

It's All Gone Pete Tong

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

Complete Savages

The Mountain

Veronica Mars

Lost

Rodney

Bat Boy the Musical

Out of This World

Melinda and Melinda

Kung Fu Hustle

Wherever You Are

The Bridesmaid

A Way of Life

Strings

Phil the Alien

Producing Adults

Writer of O

Brothers

Saving Face

A Good Woman

Noel

Green Day

Aretha Franklin

The Larry Elder Show

Movin' Out

56th Annual Emmy Awards

The Bald Soprano & The Lesson

Hollywood Hell House

Red Coloured Gray Truck

The Woman in White

Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings

Kiki & Herb Will Die for You

Angie Stone

Return to Sender

Francois Truffaut, An Autobiography

Crash

CSI: NY

Bark!

Bad Harvest

Empire

Finer Noble Gases

Marcel Marceau and La Nouvelle Compagnie de Mimodrame

Darwin's Nightmare

Modigliani

Hedda Gabler

Hari Om

Dr. Vegas

The Color Purple

The Love of Three Oranges

Mixed Messages

The Lord of the Rings Symphony

Don Grusin

Popular Music

A Midwinter Night's Dream