'Lost' large for ABC

Oscar Rocks

Chile, Egypt tap films for Acad consideration

Mifed's mixed bag

TV co. buys Viv U facil

India dumps censor chief

Record no. of companies at Mipcom

'Sundays' a hit

Stewart slaps net news

Jane Leeves and Rachael Leigh Cook

David Rockwell

Benny Boom

Catherine Bell

Danny Sheridan

No debate: 'Lost' a hit

Location pros earn kudos

Cirque comes together with Beatles

Cablers plug Scripps into profit rise

Chan cuts red tape

Kushner, Jones to be feted

Discovery scores new prexy

Cinemark makes its mark

FCC won't block doc

Will auds pull 'Team' strings?

Litt good fit at Par TV unit

New species over at Sci Fi

'Blaguards' storming Winter Garden

Mischer takes field for halftime show

1 bash, 2 agendas

E! looks for Vegas star

Celebs a VH1 reality

Hollywood Video OKs less-cash buyout deal

Nicholl finalists tapped

Wilson nabs playwriting prize

Amazon puts Netflix in e-pix fix

Burt, Willie 'Duke' it out

Troika of exex get MTV love

'9/11' among contenders for IDA nods

Inside Move: Ovitz judge changes mind

20th barters '24' to Viacom

Levitan returns to NBC with feathers unruffled

Stagehand settles 1

Soup-to-nuts disc-making stirs DVD services pot

Kemp preps Sorbo laffer

Par tees up Outlaw pitch

'Scary' duo back at Regency

'Benefactor' shrinking as 'Vegas' rolls

Helmer tunes concert pic

Damon late of Media 8

High hopes for 'Ant'

New Line in fantasy land again

Inside Move: Maybe they can sell tickets

Peacock ready to play 'Hoax'

Carrie-Anne Moss

Hofer fest fetes McNaughton, Barrish

Henry Edward Miller

Alexa Rose de Crinis

Andrew Hayden Schenck

Samuel Jay Keimon

Max Benjamin Gallen

High-def discord

It's just like home abroad

Holiday shelf-shifters

Tuned into high margins

Record DVD holidays may be the last

The chain gang

Weekend box office preview
October 15, 2004

'CSI' powers CBS victory

'LAX' takes off

PPV cabler yanks Moore pact

Lawrence Baruch Chadwick

Getting motivated!

Get me some housewives, dammit!

Inside Move: Oscar goes Rock climbing

Tuning In: Beam me up, Rupert

Inside Move: Leigh pic plays both sides

Where's the 'Team' spirit?

Inside Move: Iraqi 'Voices' raised

Inside Move: Will Gallic pic bodies bless 'Engagement'?

Inside Move: Cirque pitches another tent in Sin City

Inside Move: Dictator's son turns dealmaker

Featured Player: Dan Mintz

Brit channels Euros to H'wood

DeAPlaneta revs up for fast growth

Debbie goes Down Under

Prizewinning helmer decries censorship

Filmgoers like to cry

Pathe unwinds 'Sprung' toon for contempo tots

'Shark Tale' plays swimmingly overseas

Local pix draw kudos abroad

H'w'd pix OK'd for fall bows

Syndie slumps through fall shows

Televisa wins big in Rupe deal

Kids stay in the picture at Cinekid

200 docs get a seaside airing at Medimed mart

Kidvid on the upswing as Euros follow H'wood lead

Piracy will rock Casbaa's confab

Nova pulls local reality show in porn spat

Watchdog growls at cabler Viasat3

Nets' fishy stories about ratings

It's a hot time in Chi town

B.O. up; 'Fiddler' 583g

Biz rises; 'Golden' 454g

Manhattan's BAM?

'Producers' crosses pond

The sermon on the amount

'Shark' spanks puppets

Regency gets into CG swim with 'Otter'

McGorry upped at RBI

A real college deal

Fox gives 'Bernie' a break

Palm Springs picks Kirk

AFI strikes back, gives lifetime nod to Lucas

Chi fest hails docu 'Born'

'Nobody' tops Flanders fest

'Sprung' finds a home

Lincoln Center jazz nests at TW complex

De Niro: No Italian dressing

'Sex' adds week at Magic Theater

'Les Miz' hits the road

Buena Vista TV unit shuffles exec deck

WGAE less than enthusiastic on pact

Helmer locked with 'Loaded'

Screener plan hits the wall

Listening with latte

Variety bows careers site

Top shareholder will direct Marvel

Playboy to combine media units

Multichannel gets HBO back

Viva, MTV sing new tune with merger

WGA faces credits trial

France rings in anti-cell days

Comics hail 'Professor'

'Drake' takes the B.O. cake

Bling zing bow

Lions Gate leavens 'Eulogy' sendoff

Arpa pours on kudo

Preem dwellers

What's it all about?

L.A. film crix to fete Lewis

H'wood invades Japan B.O.

Tom Everett Scott

Helmer to 'Q' up 'Shrek'

Sharks have bite o'seas

AFM, ad association agree

Hopkins hops to chief role in 'Indian'

TV vet reaches Pinnacle

TWI taps 137 stations to air Glamour awards

Duo get real in TBS pact

DMG paves way for H'w'd forays in China

Showtime rooting for Tudor tale

Carlito coming back

Will the show go on for Moore?

Doubts over Disney split

Spivak Sobol fits into Firm

Shochiku tunes up toons

'America' brouhaha

Dreyfuss exits London 'Producers'

'Girl' charms Pusan jury

Teuton debut of History Channel

U.K. clears sexy 'Songs' for release

More highs for 'Housewives'

'Bone' is best at Woodstock

'Desperate' on a roll

Radios & royalties

Comcast, Disney pact for kids net

WB leads H'wood to boffo Japan B.O.

Lion, ThinkFilm a DVD duet

Sat cable will interact with election coverage

Blockbuster quick to undercut Netflix

'Cuckoo' keeps flying over West End

Dwyer ankling La Lolla Playhouse

'Big' plan has no end

Pop culture mag is back on the Radar

Tale of 2 Mikes

'Shark' takes o'seas bite

Nirupa Roy

'Tis the season to be early

Disney taps lobbyists, flacks for image control

Pascal sees STARS

Holes fill minefield gala

Sarandon getting 'Unhappy'

'Nanny' finds sweeps work at Fox

Toon net acquires not-so-'Super' hero

Trio of Trio exex add Bravo duties

TBS opens Nash stash of reality ideas

Mischer takes field for Bowl halftime

Miller 'Packs' pic prize

Mijos toys segue to DVD world

Downtown theater ditched

Columbus Day indication: Rocky legit season ahead

Col spy thriller seeks sly Foxx

'Samurai' suit dismissed

Permut says hello to 'Dali' script rights

Thesps share 'Secret'

Probe puts Spinelli atop Warner unit

'Reckless' scribe acts coy

Cronies play off rep

Lions Gate hums award 'Song'

Woo drawn to 'Circle'

A walk on the 'Wild' side

Reality shingle shift

Fox DVDs to hoist antipiracy flag

Hopper hops on sitcom gig

Cumming poses for 'Photo'

Willis, Freeman look to get 'Lucky'

Fremantle climbs Ten Alps

Lifetime set for more 'Sex'

CBS corners 'Curb' thesp

Baseball very good to Fox

'Spamalot' reskeds

FCC in a fine mood for new partnership

'Physician' heals Victory

Sandrew undeterred by vet's exit

Smith enrolls in 'Degrassi'

Revived VCL rides to rescue Cinerenta

Gallic Sparx lighting fire on H'wood pics

Col's 'Catch' of the day

EA expects dip during holidays

Updating politics of docs

Praisers single out Fox chair pair

'Beautiful City' nabs Warsaw kudos

Teuton GM workers get more Moore

Cabler going private

Group fights dish merger

History Channel launch approved

Six statuettes put Arias in Jet set

Pols pondering Bollywood film fund

Michael Weisbarth

Inside Move: Dreyfuss mulls teaching

Shareholders sock Sinclair's doc plan

Toon helmer toes kudo

Lensers to fete Cates with governors award

DGA names Soderbergh national VP

Scribe planted for Disney's Blume pic

Playoffs pay off

'Town' crosses Bridge

Big baseball bounce

'Hawaii' beached but 'Race' revved up

Cisneros fights sat merger

Agents: SAG doing re-reg end run

'SNL' spec on Nov.1 ballot

XM Radio steps up to plate

Mipcom sales healthy

Here TV surfs on to 'Tides'

USA finds more of '4400'

Julius Harris

Russell joins LaBute's 'Pig'

'Eternal' gets IFP Gotham nod

Joint birthday bash

More drama for Hollander

Pols offered Fox airtime

H'wood fest kudos to '9/11'

'Voices' doc chimes in

Kimmel keeps talking

Singer's Superman ready to don cape

O'Reilly accuser told to turn over tapes

Revolution way into Wayans pic

Winds shifting at indie arms

New Line woos 'Women' redo

Duo nab dyn-o-mite rights

Stallone's the man for new men's mag

Does Hare have the right 'Stuff' for U.S.?

'Haunting' scares up Sutherland, Spacek

The Kerry home companion

Oscar's hanging chad

The blacklist backstory

Fox hits another homer

Village Roadshow rejects takeover

Televisa reverses plan to up Univision holdings

Moretti pic prime'd

BSkyB quietly bows Freesat service

ABC fills out hits

Pubcasters harangued at Teuton confab

Wenders' 'Plenty' to open film fest

Kiddie classic heads to theaters

Moore motors on GM

History takes hold of Germany

Bollywood scores bucks

Disney stores become a Children's Place

Comcast net bids for kids

Records rebounding

Strait ahead for 'Number' as it wins again

'Pulp's' Avary game for 'Hill' adaptation

AFM firms seminar speakers

Close call for FX's 'Shield'

Real's revs a record, but losses widen

Nervous newsies

Univision shuts down L.A. buyers

Sony slates Lloyd laffer

AOL boosts Movielink VOD pact

Tony Curtis

Rachel Blanchard

Eddie Cibrian, Chris Bauer

Keri Russell

Jim Turner

ESPN boosts PPV matches

Mouse mauled by expert witness

Harmony, Slamdance link

Big playoff payoff

Starz alters name, sked

Par prod'n prexy segues to film deal

Mays tapped CEO at Clear Channel

Angelus fest hails student filmmakers

ABC yanks Miss America

Foxx grabs gala spotlight

Gonzo crowd invades lit bash

Museum heads to the 'Office'

Inside Move: Mouse mum over firm hunt

Inside Move: Team attains 'Nirvana'

'Alfie' sparks memories

Night has 'Ray' of light

Divided Dodger house

Syndies beat preemps

Wasserstein's kids book heads to stage

'Angel' back on the table

WMA agent Barrett exits in Cool move

Ross roasts lead to toast from Fox

Duo draw 'Jarhead' duty

Pic pair take to the tube

WMA agents on the move

Pic partners seeking 'Aztec' gold

Rollins rolls IFC reviews

U-turn: Exec heads to Col

Mirisch feted

Reckless

Nine Parts of Desire

The Dust Factory

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Buenos Aires 100 km

Emma & Daniel: The Meeting

Ivan Z.

Traveling Scenery

Tabula Rasa

Samt

R.E.M.

Tell Them Who You Are

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

Bette Midler: Kiss My Brass

Stephen King's Riding the Bullet

Primo

Public Domain

Professional Revolutionary: The Life of Saul Wellman

The Truth and Other Lies

Seduction School

Hardwood Dreams: Ten Years Later

Gums and Noses

Citizen Stan the Action Man

Caetano Veloso

Savage Acts

Othello

The Handmaid's Tale

Eureka

Grand Hotel - The Musical

Nancy Sinatra

Coke Free Jap

Come Back to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

Hair Show

Bombay Dreams

King of the Corner

Taina 2: A New Amazon Adventure

Rokia Traore

Polk County

Breaking Benjamin

John Cale

Under Construction

The West Wing

Broadway: The American Musical

Jazz at Lincoln Center: The Grand Opening Concert

The Cat Leaves Home

This Charming Girl

Day And Night

15th Annual Cabaret Convention

Sonia Flew

Twilight Singers

Last Night On Earth

Mama's Guest

Easter Egg Escapade