Theater tunes 'Ear'

B.O. grows; 'Bang' 864g

Concert swells 'Pacific' waves

Discovering new nets

Relationship gets another go

Industryites cozy up at Arab confab

Sudser channel washes up in Malaysia

Teetering topper's legal woes hit Azteca

Fox bows Reality

PBS masters art of profile deals

Acapulco skeds new film event

Universe banks on Chan

Golden Scene adds pics to mix

Russia looks east for location shoots

Filmax refines horror formula

'XXX' sequel can't jumpstart o'seas summer

Focus unleashes Rogue

HBO bringing 'Crix' into mix

Bound for 'Heaven'?

U.S. stars still rule red carpet

Canal Plus spies trouble

Jedi nights turn to daze

George's immutable Force

Recasting public b'casting

Slating on thin ice

B.O. buzzes around Tony noms

Scarlett fever

Biz down; 'Wicked' 756g

Zee picks up pix from BVI

Future's bright for cable, satellite

Kids getting serious

Sked ideas for coming TV season

Bush gives ABC ratings push

Nets on gender bender

Finale fest accents Czech titles

Producer gets 'Stoned' with Jones pic

De Laurentiis updates classic 'Decameron' with 'OC' flavor

Distrib horns in on tix tiff

1935 exhibitor perspective 'Sticks' in memory

Sitcom adds shelf life

Will Teuton well run dry?

Rupe, Jobs protest too much

B.O. far from 'Heaven'

Clear Channel buys back stox block

BevHills Bar fetes Hansen

Byrne to play Melody

Blighty comes up roses

Thesp carries 'Vendetta'

Disney TV taps PR czar

Brown bolts 'Topic A' for Princess Di

CBS plucks Peacock

'Kingdom' is mighty o'seas

Colony celebrates 30th anni

Film office takes hold of Boston fest

'Skin' in at Miami gay fest

BAFTAs set for Feb. 19

Thesps run to 'Walker'

Jeffrey Donovan, Tim Blake Nelson

Rade Serbedzija

Cayden Boyd

Smith Cho

News wants coin for Russia

Hartford loses its Othello

Brits in 'Heaven'

Mamet & Macy rib and roast

Magic Kingdom glitters in gold

Wright is right

Brazil

China

Australia

Japan

Spain

United Kingdom

Canada

South Africa

Germany

Lifetime descends on the 'Hamptons'

A 'Modern' man for WB

WB, Plan B visit 'Missouri'

Takeo Hisamatsu

Joel Pearlman

Beyond the lineup

Cinema, mon amour

War stories from Cannes

Mexico

Canada

Russia

Italy

France

Germany

Pic biz surfs next wave

United States

United Kingdom

U feels like an 'Outcast'

Hewitt cuddles with 'Bears'

Wootton will take 'Law' into own hands

Levy set for next 'Dozen'

'Zodiac' finds detective

Searchlight's loading 'Gun' with helmer pair

Killer turn for Hunt

Joffe captivates 'Wax' femme

Wise, Ferrara grab San Seb honors

Pilot tapes tapped out

Vegas bets big on Wynn wonder

Manuel Feliu

Jean-Philippe Tirel

Bob Berney

Sales survivors

Foreign treasure

Cost of entry

Master class

Prado's 'Sea' sails Latido to Cannes

ABC's Sunday unstoppable

Seattle Rep short list announced

Alan Wilson

Disney's new suit

Cinepolis, Imax hitched

'Bear' honey at Sprockets

A fix for Brit pix biz

Bavaria banks on 'Me'

Coalition targets Telecom Act failings

'Zucker' yuks top German pic noms with 10

Doc eyes Lennon killer

Fund gives 'Special' handout

Crix pick Shanley, 'Spam'

Kudos given to Broadway on the road

Modern docks docu nets in Serbia

UGC heir to Eire's largest cabler

Joe Grant

Midway battle plan projects net loss

Legit team creating new Kodak moments

Variety sets scholarship

'Glen Ross' boss of B'way grosses

UMG sheds tech facilities

'Good' news for Roberts

Producer who brought Wilson to B'way dies

Discovery dealing

Top exec ankling Oz net

'Ballet' steps for Zeitgeist

N.Y. Mag critic status up in air

Sundance show shines on 'Iconoclasts'

Cable groups reach deal to restore Mets to Gotham

'Elvis' can't rock ABC pair

Indie stashing cash

Variety publishes at Cannes

Elizabeth Fraser

Flea jumps on Gurney's new 'Play'

CBS news vet will retire

Nielsen sample closer to ideal

WMA drives license unit

Bel-Air bonfire a near miss

1955: Marilyn Monroe to preem pic

WB draws new DC logo

'Stuffed' on indie track

Broadway is frying some 'Tomatoes'

Biz abuzz over blossoming blogs

'Clayton' gets Clooney

ALS salute to Stiller

Life 'Sweet' at Last

Running for Revlon

ABC's going country

'Dead' enlivens Vegas fest

Saban scoops up stake in Bezeq

Frog leaps on 'Girl'

'Dad' dudes in Fox family

Scandalous casting

'Graduate' reunion at Acad

'Unleashed' unveiled

Mad hot helmer

Firm: Antioco should leave

Byrne ankles Fox post

Tony noms do the full 'Monty'

Fortissimo's 'Night' sees global sales

Soccer club inks Real deal

Icon picks up 'Boy Girl'

Voltage sparks to sales exex

Monday still in Eye's corner

Celestial adds exec trio

Optimum says 'Yes' for U.K.

Tony noms freshen up prospects for 'Rotten'

Constellation starts 'Job'

Toronto fest names senior int'l adviser

Spanish-lingo duo sink teeth into 3-D

Open the Palme door

'Shook' heartbreak: No coin in jukebox?

Dealbreaker tunes out Canada's MTV auds

Endemol fathers deals for 'Big Brother'

Teutons have capital idea

Gaul adds more digital nets

Grupo Televisa plans biz mag

46 projects get coin

Landgraf lands in topper spot at FX

Yahoo! tunes in biz

Weak Q1 pix sink Alliance at box office

Emmis stationed to sell TV outlets

Syndies jump on sweeps

Koch sells biz to Row

Shuffling the deck

Moving fete set for Howard

Williams drops from 'Mambo'

Ogre's green lean as 'Shrek 2' disappoints

Nets neck-and-neck

Unraveling the mysteries of the upfronts

Stop the madness

Bertelsmann in the club

Toshiba fuels disc discord

Stones to join fans On Stage

Cavett yakker makes DVD debut

Ventura pacts with CFQ Media

'Princess' released on DVD

Par gears up for summer releases

DVD deal gets fit

On 'Lover's' lane

UIP ups Brown to senior veep

Team baits 'Trap'

Strand, helmer at 'Loggerheads'

Zodiac Killer pic goes global with Myriad

Mullan's 'May' day

A Weinstein 'Trans'-ition

Televisa acquires 'Matando'

MK2 builds 'Bridge' to Akin pic

Canada's FRV sets pic acquisition coin

Return to the Riviera reveals rituals never change

Sundance nets rights on 'Cuba'

Punk pops period piece

'Fade' focuses on Huston as Welles

Woo view: Redo coup

Hispanic nets feuding

Growth spurt for kids VOD

Acad picks top student pix

NATPE sets up Boot Camp

'Lost' musicals find way to Hayes kudos

Thesp receives top Mark

WIP a 'Wartime' recruit

Lions Gate hustles on 'Kid'

Par wins bid bout for bio on boxers

Benjamin shows off Moxie for MTV, Nick

MTV shuffles its exec pod

WMA targets Post stories

'Carnivale' packing up

WB rolls out skating pic

IFC boosts lineup of original skeins

Warner music tones down IPO share price

L.A. fest bows to 'Valley'

Irish eyes smiling on Loach's pic

Rudin rolling with 'Rex'

U 'Dreamz' of satire

MTV kudos go south

'Race' a winner at finish line

Storm feels 'Foolish'

Upbeat comedies top BBC Films slate

'Storm' on horizon

Bob Hoskins, Lois Smith, Dash Mihok

Stone taking on 'Forest'

West End 'Epitaph' for Fiennes

Riviera Habanera

Frater to head Variety in Hong Kong

'Front Page' to close Long Wharf season

Weinstein gets going with 'Grimm'

Nordisk to back pack of English pix

Oz aids script programs

'Submission' on Italo TV

Canal slapped for pope puppetry

Reopening and 25th Anniversary of Cartier BevHills

Croisette set ignites Cannes

Eion Bailey

Reznor's sales rage

S. Carolina offers new pic rebate

Austin Nichols, Paul Wesley

Teri Polo, Craig Kilborn, Carmen Electra, Kate Mara

'Race' finale lifts Eye

Lynch invades an 'Empire'

CNBC ends 'Miller' time

Pix pump up perky Mouse

Mouse men set sail

Vid board's busted

WMG stock doesn't rock

Yahoo! hits rivals with musicstore

N.Y. crix leave no doubt

CNN's lone-Wolf strategy

Jets zoom over Cannes

News of crews and Cruise

'Fur' flies for New Line, HBO banner

Ten at the Bollywood bazaar

A Bollywood icon

Famous five

Indians trek to bazaar with Ray from past

Lightning strikes 'Deep'

Big Star unlocks Russia

Chileans plot 'Sexo' follow-up

Catafal sets up shingle, tells Manga adios

Dino enlists duo

Buyers eye Indian 'Teresa'

Redbus swipes Figgis pic

Jury prexy positive about fest, slams pop culture

Walker jumps into 'Bobby's' world

Potter preps lit adaptation

5 directors to watch

Following the money

Wedding jitters

Triumphant triumvirate

Zucker: NBC has a lot of work to do

B'klyn fest shares opinion

NewFest is at 'Loggerheads'

Gooding to open 'Barbershop'

BBC union members vote to strike

Pols urge probe of CPB

A 'Prisoner' among us

ESPN studies the 'Code'

'Freedom' rings at Par

'Empire' strikes

A date with 'Dreamgirls'

Cable lives 'Secret Life'

Schulte's DCS gets sporty look

Buyer sparks to 'Believer'

U greeting 'Meet' helmer

Re-opening is gals' best friend

Clinton packs house

Schoenfeld feted with name change

National Geographic ups 2 exex

Pilots ready for takeoff

Caveman culture clash draws Katzenberg

Coon triggers Sasquatch pic

Carlyle, Firth take cut at bodysnatcher pic

Cannes opens with clean sweep

Warner Bros. in tune with 'August Rush'

'Idol,' 'Lost' top Wednesday

Goldwyn ups sales exex

Beta acquires rights to 'Genghis'

Hanway brushes up on 'Goya'

Intuition links with U.S. duo

Morena genre pix blend politics, chills

Amigo says adios to WB Spain

Switching lingo

Ups and downs at Constantin Film

Odyssey collars cast for Sturridge's 'Lassie'

New 'Goal' keeper

'Wavered' wavers

Cote d'couture

Beeb staff to produce series of 1-day strikes

Telewest in black; NTL merger may loom

'Office' guys to Edinburgh

Baltic film school set to bow

Nouveau rat pack

Policing the pic promotions

Game, set, 'Match'

'Idol' on a high note

TV catches a break

John Dahl

Angelo Surmelis

Jeff Cesario, Craig Shoemaker

Chingy

John Salley

Michael Madsen

Viacom seeks Daly's wisdom

Pix take aim at cold streak

Amanpour time's up at '60 Minutes'

Weekend Box Office Preview
May 13, 2005

Malone offers Nat Geo to altar of News Corp.

Knocking on Wood

H'w'd chases TV cheats

'Affair' adds 10 markets

Tech trophies at Emmys

'Tarzan' sets a workshop

Trylon tries on new exex

Anchor Cosby off Fox News

Disney rips dissident duo's suit

China's latest Endeavor

H'w'd sends up flag

Top Nordic region pix at Cannes

Microsoft reveals Xbox 360

Scandis add spice to film

Scandi film giants butt heads over local pix

Homegrown pix lure auds

Norse code holds sway

Thais tout post-tsunami biz

Beating the 'Bunny' rap

Beineix takes aim at the Kid