B.O. down; 'Good' 256g

Biz off; 'Spamalot' 779g

Indonesia grows local filmmaking

Europe nostalgic for yule elves at B.O.

Horror scares up Manila auds

'Kung Fu' hustles Asia

Christmas! Bah humbug

Gauls think Pink

Singapore slings out TV staffers

Kebab shop skein aims to skewer racial divide

Foreign webs crack Canada

Summer pix in early gridlock

Taglines help build buzz

Featured Player: Ondi Timoner

Mavericks start sat spat

Common sense is bowled over

Auds tune in Spanish fare

A backward glance

The good, the bad and George W.

B'way biz worth $749 mil in 2004

New plays in spotlight down under

Agog with blogs

'Dogz' skates to Oz debut

U.K. yuks up kudos

H'wood's global warming

Kudos' critical mass

B.O. light in the 'Darkness'

Birth pangs for Clint's $30 mil baby

Psychic friends network?

'Napoleon' marches on

'Love,' Italian-style

Superpower under siege

New 'Scene' for pirates

'Meet' greets new year atop B.O.

Desert fest taps Payne top helmer

Spain panel to fight rampant piracy

Lightning hits Teresis

Vox docs to suppress sex

Argentine TV host flipping channels

Woody pic goes west

Joining cable ranks

Marks tapped at NBC U unit

A stadium standoff

XM better balanced

'Price' still right for Barker

Quebec ups tax credits to lure film prod'n

Goldeneye fest debuts Bond-style

Bandleader Shaw dies

New year, new job hunt

Chris Miller and Tiffani Cody

Fest screens Scandi pix

Auds love 'Company'

Par goes for Grey matter

A surprise power play

New year kicks off without pic party

Correction

Fox affil dumps 'Daddy'

Bye bye 2004

Classic re-creations

Spidey takes on Frodo in DVD kudos

'Idol' hands tweaking mix

Leads may leap from Fox fave

Dark horse candidates: Supporting actress

Meryl Streep

Lola Duenas, Mabel Rivera, Belen Rueda

Natalie Portman

Sophie Okonedo

Virginia Madsen

Laura Linney

Regina King

Cate Blanchett

Dark horse candidates: Actress

Ziyi Zhang

Kate Winslet

Audrey Tautou

Hilary Swank

Imelda Staunton

Emmy Rossum

Window to world B.O.

Catalina Sandino Moreno

Laura Dern

Is the dye cast for Clint's 'Baby'?

Julie Delpy

El Deseo's yin and yang

Annette Bening

Wives in the balance

The double life of directors

Love on the rocks

The issue that dares not speak its name

Controversial portraits

Pic puts human face on Rwandan horrors

Searchlight burns bright

The best years of their lives

Angst for the memories

NBC steps up on Sunday

Camp, Hock win Callaway Awards

Berlin's new reality

Italian film industryites irate at cuts

TV auds say 'Non' to U.S. pix in Gaul

Queen doles out honors to Brit bizzers

Canal Plus, Europa reup

Pic tix prices rising at o'seas wickets

Griffin back on Bravo list

'Sweet' sets April date

Party on Broadway

'Aviator' flies high with Las Vegas crix

'Shrek' vid sales beat B.O.

Holdovers hold on

SBC homes in on digital entertainment

Dallas crix honor Eastwood's 'Baby'

Bloomberg signs tax credit into law

A wave of compassion

Indie duo buoys B.O.

Par move leaves exex out of loop

Andrews still practically perfect in every way

Publishers Weekly pages Nelson

Sylvia Herscher

Time Warner takes gold in o'seas derby

Watch your language

U Pix prexy suffers ski injury

Gemstar settles lawsuits

Pilot lights ignited

Plan C for Plan B?

Center sets fest dates

U stokes homevid stocks

Wopat a real Mamet man

Showtime reups Blank

Fox adds onto 'House'

Shifting Sands

Dimension up a scary 'Creek'

Party on, planners

USA, HSN invent fresh reality take

Dark horse candidates: Supporting Actor

Patrick Wilson

Mark Wahlberg

Liev Schreiber

Peter Sarsgaard

Clive Owen

Nicole Kassell & Steven Fechter

Freddie Highmore

Morgan Freeman

Thomas Haden Church

Rodrigo de la Serna

Alan Alda

James L. Brooks

Taylor Hackford & James White

Dark horse candidates: Actor

Jose Rivera

Kevin Spacey

Joshua Marston

Liam Neeson

Brad Bird

Keir Pearson & Terry George

Paul Giamatti

Tod Williams

Stuart Beattie

Jamie Foxx

Ronald Harwood

Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke

Clint Eastwood

Pedro Almodovar

Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Guillaume Laurant

Leonardo DiCaprio

Mike Leigh

Johnny Depp

Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor

Alejandro Amenabar & Mateo Gil

Tom Cruise

Paul Haggis

Don Cheadle

Bill Condon

Jim Carrey

Gael Garcia Bernal

Javier Bardem

Kevin Bacon

Smiles upside down

David Magee

Charlie Kaufman

Patrick Marber

John Logan

Ext. Kodak Theatre -- night

Large bow for NBC's 'Medium'

Off to shorts start

Rotterdam's Tigers feast on world bows

Schibsted ups ante in TV4 grandstand

B.O. hit 20-year high in 2004

3 pix grab Bug noms

Lower exhib quotas

Vogel's 'Hot' for Signature Theater

Flea bites on Swados' 'Jabu'

Time Warner set to capture Essence

Legit thesps see earnings rise

Cabler's laff track

NBC makes a psychic connection

Big-budget pix sew up Costume Guild noms

Ringing in the New Year by critiquing the critic

Touchdown for ABC

Grammy's cue lifetime kudos for 10

Cates to catch DGA kudos

An Azteca crusade

Jorge Gallegos

Ford makes Sirius commitment to sat

Kaufman gets boost at Nick

Catherine Varlin Winter

News that matters

Bigscreen abortion contortions

Oscar-worthy effects

A few t's yet to cross

Wilsons' debut to open SXSW

NASCAR shows Animal side

GSN taps sr. VP, ad sales

'Magnolias' blooming with two B'way vets

Acad tech dinner avoids pickets

Disc bliss for biz

Legit pic 'Embedded' on Sundance Channel

ABC Family lands 'Line'

Deadbeat 'Daddy'?

USA takes a King-sized 'Bullet' ride

'E! News' drops an anchor amid redo

Hannigan's got 'Game'

Portman carries out 'Vendetta'

Jordan to control 'Tripods Trilogy'

IATSE elects prexy, officers

Williams on Williams

TV Guide taps producers

Genie blazed path for star tours in toons

A career at the improv

Cecil B. DeMIlle honoree: Robin Williams

Kudos cool on reality

Globes favor TV's frosh

ABC back in awards game

Director

Actor: Comedy/musical

Actress: Comedy/Musical

Picture: Comedy/Musical

Actor: Drama

Actress: Drama

Picture: Drama

So much to see, so little time

Lorenzo's toil enough for two

Foreign press org draws new blood

Golden goose

Screeners flow with watermarks

Staring into the crystal Globe

Telecinco tops Spanish TV charts

Elstein closes in on Hallmark int'l biz

Will Eisner

Clique picks pix

Orange Bowl lifts ABC

Teuton pix boost B.O.

Oz net locks up 'Shootout,' 'Firm'

Brit counterfeit hit

Niche movie nets aim for home on BSkyB

Talkback CEO to ankle indie firm

William Boyett

Peggy Phillips

Morgan Cavett

Robert M. Anderson

Warner Music spins finance to Fleisher

Fox Radio turns to Magee

Disney-ABC casts marketer in new role

Shady slim but No. 1

Theaters set new programs

Orange ABC's color

IFC seeks to hook auds with new look

WGA Awards moves to Palladium

DEG finds DVD players in 3 of 4 TV homes

Doty pulls Oscar duty

Sundance to fete Bacon

Discovery lifestyle net opens o'seas

Carlson in MSNBC camp

No deal yet. . .

Exec edits himself out of Conde Nast

Dems need charisma

China part of Imax's big picture in deal

Revolution wheels $100 mil TV deal

Celebs rally to assist UNICEF in relief efforts

MTV to get 'Real' for 3 more years

2004 is music to diskeries' ears

Frog hailing 'Comet' pilot from Kelley

Ex-FX exec gets probation

TV Guide turns page, goes 'Inside TV'

Jesse Lanier Cooper memorial

Stanley B. Watt memorial

ABC grabs Fox on rebound

FX set to bow on Sky Brazil

Tay hits MSNBC double

Stars join in relief

Celeb's enjoy USC's Orange crush

Building Muscle

Tap wrap

Motocross on Par's course

'Children's' birthday

'Lonely' finds company

After waiting game, Aero takes flight

Wahlberg drama casting set

Inside Move: Acad heals 'Day' break for f/x house

Biz tapping tech ties

Murphy PR ramps up with Sundance slate

PBS' 'Fall' preview

Fipresci: jury out

Honor roll

Lifetime achievement award: Kirk Douglas

Vitality surging in Latino showcase

Balancing act

Brit picks familiar

EMI cues succession

Berlin's Panorama goes 'Beyond'

Web sees 'Visions,' 'Brothers' in future

The ink's dry & Brad's glad

Biopic noms are life of DGA party

ABC wows on Wednesday

'New Year's' still rocks without Clark

ENO preps 'On the Town' revival

U's gearing up for weekend 'Noise'

Art directors decorate Zhang for 'House'

Mainstream is porn again at Vegas expo

Widmer set for tech Oscar

Ruehl to play Guggenheim

Night to remember

Correction

Jay Mohr

Timothy Hutton

Mouse gigs split in two

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Quadrangle takes stake in Cinemark

Profitable exchange

Studio Hamburg sets top execs

Fund lays out $2 mil

Rainbow ups Kroner

Howard Feuer

Garden party for Bair

DirecTV, TiVo air tech wares

Inside Move: Sony, Lion getting down to brass tacks

Scripps taps biz veepee

Brooks makes the cut

Barrington Stage preps 'Follies'

Music pros gear up for quality sound

Fox goes on sci-fi 'Dawn' patrol

A&E net adds sale staff

NRG into niche tracking

Fox TV taps comedy VP

'Bench' helmer on deck

Schiff-Abrams joins De Luca

Indie spirit takes hold of o'seas auds

'Wally' pitch in ballgame

High water marks

CBS, AFC close gap in NFL TV ratings

WB finds super nemesis

The spin cycle

Honoring the invisible art

Oscar Brahmins

Zhao Xiaoding

John Mathieson

Emmanuel Lubezki

Ellen Kuras

Stephen Goldblatt

Eric Gautier

Frederick Elmes

Pawel Edelman

Caleb Deschanel

Two men, one vision

Color schemes

Morrissey cast for killer 'Instinct' sequel

Four cleared to fly

Eye enters Peterson fray

Digital music rocks in Blighty

Brit vid market up 12%

Doc to dish on Madrid bombings

BAFTA sets roll limits

Pathe picks up Swede Oscar entry

Crime pays for CBS

Playwright Shinn talks about his prod'ns

Acad fetes inventors

Meta Rosenberg

Stan Watt

Bernie Ebbins

Frank Orsatti

Danny Sugerman

Paul Manning

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