The Morris code

'Yard' to bowl 'em over

Syndie tide. . .b'cast slide

Plot thickens in Teuton case

'Queen' proves royal pain

Closing the book on Viacom pubs

The godfather of R&R

Buckle up, Brad, it's a bumpy ride ahead

Splitsville is hitsville for mags

Iger just a blip on trial radar

Sundancers look for pic payoffs

Terrorist pic sparks B.O.

Distribs descend on Paris screening confab

Vaughn pushes ahead with 'U.N.C.L.E.' feature

Mullis backs pix with global appeal

'Alexander' inches ahead, conquers o'seas

Oz talent fee caps stir dispute

Intermedia revs up smaller pix

No more blank checks for Italos

Kidpic most popular at Manila fest

Thai DVD prices drop

Fest loses major sponsor

Can reality feel good?

'Justice' for all in celeb-crazed times

Indie syndie takes on titans

Rival nets reach for CBS' rank

Coming out right in the wash

Teutonic webs line up disaster skeds

Funder joins fight for share of Nordic webs

'Idol' hands success to Asia's channels

Time to move over, Mickey

MTV aids tsunami victims

Brits hit right note with tunes

Rough previews delay 'Vibrations' bow

B.O. slides; 'Q' near full

Biz slips; 'Spamalot' 820g

Two's company

Irish get peek at LeBute, Friel

Caught in a kudos crust

'Coach' dunks 'Fockers'

Oscars hitched to trailer

'Baby' wins Scripter nod

Inside Move: Ebersol slowly gets back into groove

FCC sets pay probe

Exit for Mouse man

Scenes from a merger

Bavaria laurels for Constantin

Ad spend up in '04

Celebs dress for Bush bash

Laffer catches 'Break' with U

Pic pirate pinched in Hong Kong

Fox, Sandler head to 'Grandma's' house

PBS cuts HBO pix to avoid FCC wrath

Lee's goal: doing the Brazilian soccer thing

Top TW Cable exex retire

Thesp talks to resume

S.B. fest hosts industry panels

Experts spar at Mouse trial

Celebs, exex nosh at AFI kudos bash

Voight lands SAG nom, RSVP not included

NFL Net sports spots

Globe trottin'

Celebration stirs stars' emotions

PGA makes credit check

Erinn Hayes

Dorian Missick

Daniel Letterle, Kaley Cuoco, Billy Kay, Danielle Harris

Lane Garrison

Foursome steady at overseas wickets

Globes put on an airshow

Nightmare for scribes

Dempsey revives 'Roberts'

Bank on Tyra show

Aiden Allen Rawls

Gabriel Kasper Tambor

Jess Alexander Tarnol

Correction

It's the money, honey!

Winners: Sudsers 'Desperate,' 'Tuck' plucky

Glamour glams film biz

Fest advisers expand online

Alliance Atlantis rejigs specialty TV

Disney takes a 'Lap'

Fox, Fuller on dance floor with Clark

New Endeavor for Interpublic

BAFTA noms: 'Aviator' soars

Portugal gets into fantasy

Premiere sails toward March flotation

Quinta toons up 'Dream' for France

ABC biggies bring down Globes

Scenes from a merger (full transcript)

Vocento mulls Portuguese pickup

TV, radio, cutbacks boost Chum

Mediaset on soccer team

Sealing their deals

TV revs up ad revs to $10 bil

Mexico alliance aids tsunami victims

'Coach' runs it up

Roadside Attractions spiced with 'Lavender'

ESPN playing ball with EA for vidgames

Golden Stars kudos crown 'King'

Fox goes to bat for DVD market with 'Sandlot 2'

Praisers publicize Weinberg noms

Legit icon stages exit

B'way plays unfazed in usually slow sesh

New Yorker Theater now the Panasonic

ABC's sked pokes Globes

Jackson back in Spirit

'Alexander' victorious with boffo o'seas B.O.

NBA on ESPN Int'l team

Tyro plays with 'Toy'

'Mitty's' Mayo dies at 84

Fox's reality check

Palm Springs boosts bodies

Rocker Richman sues label

Intel's Revelations

Berlin may get 'Hitch'

Travis takes Col's 'Point'

Ho answers bell for LMU

Revelers wriggle through gridlock

Gertz gains telepic gig of a Lifetime

Execs join I.S. Film's int'l unit

Bing does his thing at Sony

Indie distrib banks on Laemmle name

Fox sez good morning to VP

Anthology scares up more names

Putting his own bucks into 'Bones'

Foster kids find a network home

After-party chaos: Who's soiree now?

Drama has its day at ABC

Spandex unspooling

Crystal clear deal

Phillips out of 'Borat' pic

Mediaset sells Telecinco shares

'CSI: Miami' turns up heat

Fest hatches 'Hitch'

Kuwait looking large with 2 Imax screens

Freeview reaches 5 mil homes in U.K.

Toronto folds Africa in fest

Politics aside at benefit

Ruth Warrick

B'buster may sweeten pot

What TV needs is the best press money can buy

Oscar Watch: Brody on board for noms

Congress likely to take back indie pix tax break

Liberty's global spin

TV vet takes U prez post

FilmFlex bows VOD services

Public doubles up in Central Park

Sales outfit sings 'Blues'

Eye weighs anchor plan

DreamWorks taps production exec

Inside Move: Tuner hopefuls cue indie chorus

Bull's Eye targets Keith for studio pix

Yahoo!'s revs double as '04 Net blurbs pop

Gersh finds Bocco boffo for indie unit

A heroes' welcome

CBS pilot will take the train

Charter pulls CEO's plug

Biopix GLAAD to be nominated

Working stiffs

The Armstrong effect

Party animals

Matthew Vaughn

Michael Traeger

Ira Sachs

Greg McLean

Pawel Pawlikowski

Miranda July

John Harkrider

Lu Chuan

Fernando Eimbcke

Paul Dinello

Slamdance gets 'Mad Hot'

Parallel universe

Festival lineup

Fest vets return to action

Gatekeepers open up

Office stresses the 'biz' in showbiz

Cinema Olympics

Expanding reality

'Napoleon' complex

Not-so-new kids in play

Hot properties

Everybody into the pool

PGA noms finalized

Miami festival unveils juries

Spidey keeps H'w'd in the vidgame

'Quinn' wins over Comedy

Finance vet is found for Filmmates

Hays offers new chance for film finance

Fuse lights up original skeins

TV10s builds buzz on blurbs

Media distrib ops in Gotham

B'way PR vets bow shingle

Thesps take 'Painkiller'

WB drama speeds up

Emmys overhaul?

Par spins 'Web' cast

ThinkFilm puts money into doc 'Murderball'

Scribe duo getting romantic

Lifetime snares 'Hunters'

'SNL' vet to stay up 'Late'

Digital downloads get an upgrade

'Idol' bigger than ever

Berlin fest's sidebar adds local flavor

'Julia' producer hangs own shingle

Ledafilms to rep A&E, History net

Wadja prize to Tarr

Cold shrinks capital bash

U.K. prod'n tumbles

Globes and gridiron

Auds still worship at the foot of 'Idol'

Mouse to borrow bucks

It's a wrap for Ovitz trial

Same-day 'Sith' sought

Green Day keeps up sales pace

Sheena Easton, Charles Shaughnessy

Shannon Lucio

Lenser TV noms focus on 'CSI,' HBO

Where biz 'Dances with buzz

Judge jabs Marvel

Gonzalo Gavira

Jody Berry

Actor's org calls for Blue Man picket

UPN's urban ratings dive vexes exex

DGA finalizes Moore

Pilot has a Silver lining

Local biz on a steep rise

Kusturica heads Cannes jury

Barbara Pilavin Gelber

Strand tying up 'Tony'

Companies meet 'Match'

Wilson drawn back to 'Bright Lights'

Warner Music China topper ankles post

Access hot, daytime not

PGA honorees

Org fights for prod'n breaks

Guild's glamour stays off-air

Women's work

East Coast extension lures indies

The truth is out there

AMC's 'Shootout' will roll to fest front

PGA nominees

Inside Move: Acad shoots down 'Aviator' music

HBO Stax sked with pic from Whitaker, Pearce

ABC stars at Paley Festival

Femme flies to 'Fiction'

'Spaceballs' rolls to TV

'Brat' format in ABC's camp

WB, Par share on 'Zodiac'

Zwick feeds the 'Lions'

'Carter' hoops it up

BBC U.S. doubles budget

Friendly 'Assault' on H'w'd

Media ad-ventures

Lewis hijacks kudos

Designer schools his aud

Ratner gathers award contenders

Celebs answer the call for help

Efanel goes live for XM

Top tuners dominate Oliviers

Warner, Euro vet tune up for new gig

Fest plays politics

'Idol,' 'Lost' both shine

Lovering Discovery's London bridge

'Ray,' Usher lead Image noms

Plural's singular interest in Caracol

Disney, ProSiebenSat 1 extend pact

Peter Zeisler

Lamont Bentley

King World on a hit hunt

Equity, LORT to meet over resident pact

'Sundays' is special

Sayles nails WGAE's lifetime scripter nod

PGA Awards has chip giant on shoulder

Sony stock tumbles

Fry hitches ride as 'Guide'

A road to Morocco

Harrison's new Pramer primo

Datanexus shutters

NBC, ITV extend pact

Competitive spirit

Golden goosed

Forston on a Fine Line

Fox 2000 lighting up 'Darkness'

Hayden Christensen

Jesse Metcalfe

Kelly Perdew

Tom Sizemore

Dane Cook

British Columbia ups prod'n tax credits

Sony BMG forms Global Marketing Group

Stormy Sundance starts with 'Endings'

Cannes taps Camera chief

Evan Michael Schneider

Nathan Isadore Morhaim

Mia Jane Schrift

Eric John Cacavas

America back on Air

Pair hang law shingle

Here comes the 'Judge' at 20th

Weekend Box Office Preview
January 20, 2005

Comedy fest makes news

BBC exec will try Comedy

Center of discord

Dawson's Creek

Everwood

Putting, pinot among Ancier's passions

Felicity

No Emmy love

7th Heaven

'Forsaken' seeking refuge at Gold Circle

Station building: piece by piece

The Gilmore Girls

Fontana, Kelley climb aboard

Smallville

Pop partner

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

TriStar, Plan B are both in the 'Running'

Stiff wind in their sales

UPN also marking 10th anni

Network launching 101

WB buys book of 'Love'

Frog growth divvied into three phases

Youth will be served

Documaker on the gang plank

McBride occupies 'House'

HBO pulls up a 'Café' seat with Curtis

'Soul' man shoots hoops with HBO

Eye contracting 'Universe'

Sci Fi draws circle around 'Triangle'

Sony, Bing get Anglo on 'Beowulf'

Sony wishes upon a Star

Fox preems TV classics on DVD sets

Bentley to haunt 'Ghost'

SAG/AFTRA reach deal sans DVD

FCC chief to sign off in March

Picture This! picks up 'Great Water'

Kyle J. Healey

Miramax takes fest bite

Badja D'jola

Warren Kemmerling

Ofelia Guilmain

Point Pleasant

Numb3rs

Supernanny

Bowling for Soup; American Hi Fi

The Gamester

Black Milk

Singing Forest

All Shook Up

The Arcade Fire

Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope

Ute Lemper -- Blood and Feathers

Love & Happiness

Before The Frost

Alone

Diary Of A Provincial Girl

Say Yes Quickly

Are We There Yet?

Peas At 5:30

The Last Mogul

Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State

Gomez

Keller Williams

When I'm a Star

Rakushka

Testosterone

Honey & The Pig

Swan Lake

Touch of Rapture

Oklahoma!

As You Like It

The Long Dark Night

The Bravery

Marathon

Dieter Roth

Branford Marsalis Quartet

This Year in Czernowitz