New friends help fund-loving H'w'd

Dan's the man in Toronto

Road B.O. dips for 11-show slate

Biz dips; 'Jersey' $1.1m

Fringe floats on sass, brass and gas

O'Neill just wants to have funds

Rockers pop onto legit scene

Sex, drugs 'n' plastic surgery woo auds

Euros set to outstrip U.S. in digital

Indies look for wiggle room in tight market

So few view digital TV in Spain

MTV mulls masking music in Mideast

De Mol digs in at Dutch web

ABC's likely to take on alpha role

Taking increasing risks, TV is no longer the boob tube

Koppel is ready for his close-up

Syndies rewrite sitcom script

Retreat from reality

Argentina to fete local pix with Sur awards

Gaga goes for abduction doc

Buzz stories are depth-defying

Eye on hype

Kazakh stand

Gadget gaffest

New 'Lassie' looks fetching to marketers

Korea gets new pic hub

Dear 'Diary'

New Line chief on 'Mimzy' whimsy

Helmer ignites 'Time' tussle

Syndie supermen sign off

Coppola wades into fountain of 'Youth'

Politics inflame Mandoki

Sumner, Tom remind H'wood: Divorce is ugly

'Pirates' closing in on top 5 worldwide

Thai superhero never gets off the ground

5 Argentine pic players join forces

'Witch's' spell haunts

New life for summer pix

Cruise missiles: The fallout

Summer shakedown

Japan web will fight takeovers

Alliance arm alarmed

Universal sets Japan topper

Murdoch returns via homevideo

Big-budget 'Banquet' feasts on policy

Tyro web Five U.S. lands 'Shark'

Dodds returns to 'Corrie'

B'way tuner 'Awakening' at O'Neill

Connery on top of Scot fest

What's in a Dame?

Mouse makes a pass

'Dupree' opens abroad

B.O. pass completed

Fox journos go free after statements

Banner teams pic pair

Buena Vista ready to 'Run' with gamer

'Brothers' rocks Edinburgh

Orloff set to rep IATSE

Lifetime logs dramas

The torches are lit

Montreal fest bucks rumors

'Chest' beats the rest -- again

'24,' 'Office' top Emmys

Emmy fetes fit to a tea

Swag still the talk of the town

The winners weigh in

The time's right for '24'

'Entourage' crew invades Variety

NBC: Not bad for a down year

The Dish: Slices suit proles, upper crust alike

Wine Country: Whites before Labor Day

Life is suite

New Bond revisits Venice

Rules of succession

And now, the other side of cinema

Mountain launchpad

Comeback? Over 200 features set to screen

Quebec soap opera sings

Glacial migration to downtown

Calm transit for fest chiefs

WTC attack at five years

Doing the bicontinental

Petit pics like the leap from fest to release

A Gallic-American truce that works

La Biennale tackles its perennial identity crisis

Fenice flaunts la 'Flute'

Prestige packs punch

Rome v. Venice: Boffo or fiasco?

Hooked on a biz-friendly mantra

Euro fare stands in the shadow of Hollywood

Preem theme makes Lido dream

Silent treatment

Kubrick uncovered

Gore, 'Park' spark fest

China ups cartoon output

Union leaders OK extension

'Daily Show' scribes unionize

'Potter' wiz conjures TV gig

Saying bye with bling

Building a better buzz

Even TV's elite can't escape technology

Cruise line kicks off indie life

CME's Czech subsid fused

Gallic news net sets date

Holding pattern

China cracking down

U.K. music biz seeks stricter piracy regs

Gucci fashions new award for Venice

Midwest chefs cook up cutting-edge eats

Right on Target

Where cheese isn't the only culture

Spirit soars for U.S. troops

Headliners drain new talent pool

J.P. Williams

George Wein

Richard Sturm

Michael W. Smith

Shakira

Michael Rapino

Randy Phillips

Tyler Perry

Sean Moriarty

Vince McMahon

Tim McGraw & Faith Hill

Kevin Lyman

Guy Laliberte

John Huie

Peter Grosslight/Rob Light

Gerry Gerrard

Michael Cohl

Kelly Clarkson

Paul Brooks

Randy Bernard/Troy Ellerman

Helmer pumps local Muscle

Where's the edge?

Faith-based events convert pagan venues

Blasting out of the plexes

Top brands gladly pay highway tolls

Hollywood searches for Heartland's pulse

Jupiter nabs Cable West

Stritch show skedded for Sept. 12

Going 'Crazy' again

Newcomers going 'Grey'

Bard headed to B'way

Thesp duo to play Vineyard

Usher seats auds at 'Chicago'

Hamptons faces 'Situation'

N.Y. fests set openers

Tapes stolen from BBC's 'Robin'

Eye of the hurricane

Courts cloud bird's future

Gray Lady on data mission

Jose Pablo Cantillo

Lisa Lackey

Brittany Robertson

Chris Pratt

Beyond to rep Greenstone 'Friends'

Foxtel, Austar ink with Virgin Blue

Dominant, MediaCorp see profits

ReelTime gets 5-yr. VOD licence

Rick Gonzalez

ABC reups 'Kimmel'

Test case for Technicolor

Good run for 'Cheetah'

Seven posts 29% jump in net profit

Fuse lights horror nods

Fall primetime schedule 2006-07

Johnson, Weinsteins go top tier

Sarajevo loves 'Fraulein'

Helmer will be back

U draws 'Blood' in spec

Emmy night's gold standard

Emmy night's gold standard (pt. II)

UTA agent joins Rudin as veepee

Fuego preps bilingual U.S. Hispanic net

Fox has designs on 'Engineer' thriller

Firm looks the 'Other' way

New 'do, deal for thesp

Inside Move: Goodfellas for pic plug on CBS

Commissioner backs Blasi

MyNet counts on telenovelas to fill programming pipeline

On the syndie menu

AFI honors its roots

CW: Post-merger, Dawn fawns over new challenges

Fox: With 'Idol' in waiting, fall hits are all gravy

NBC: Reilly's rules: No fourth-place finish for us

CBS: With only four freshmen, Eye seeks stability

ABC: 'Betty' buzz lifts hopes as sked faces shakeup

Timeslot battles

Failure is not an option, except …

Timeslot puzzles tough to solve

Serial surplus swamps sked

NBC contrite over crash clip

Reaching for the Starz

PPP 'Rising' to occasion

Italo fests in pasta punch-up

Streisand concert tix nixed

Helmer Loach joins Palestinian protest

Cruise-crazed news needs a few good men

Progress for 'Bride'

'Survivor' honcho has spoken

Part of Lauder's CME stake sold to Apax

Soccer nicks TF1's profits

Lensers shoot for Feb. 18

Azteca's aboard Nielsen

Four more for Boston fest

'Knights' rides into TV fest

Digital biz on upward spiral

Canceled skein tops noms

Ovation for Weinsteins

Viacom presses play on MTV Japan

More Canucks going out to movies

ESPN still in the ball game

ESPN shoots in the 'Bronx'

Gersh keeps growing

'Jersey' jaunts to Ahmanson

Keenan-Bolger joining 'Les Miz'

Graynor added to 'Dog'

'Steps' climbing to West End

'Jersey' bops to Ahmanson

Mediaplex sets up firm with Innet

Woman, son convicted of piracy

Hip WaTV rocks in Malaysia, Brunei

CBS keeping it real

Inside Move: Audio gaffe catches CNN with pants down

Bruce Gary

Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Buena Vista gets rights to 'Father'

China deals for BBC

RTL sets pay launch

Animax adds execs

'Don' songs moving

Solons seek ouster of B'casting Board chief

Bierko for the defense

FCC duo to meet CBS scribes

Gamer to show up on ABC

Par has blonde ambition

Alphabet locks in jocks

Yari 'Addicted' to the supernatural

Indie's 'Dirty' trick

Evans has role in 'History'

Fremantle subsids join forces

CBS reality lineup flattens 'Duets'

RTL reves on the rise

Zenith faces bankruptcy

CJ Media unveils Vietnam TV studio

NBC in tune with football

U.S. fare helps boost Teuton B.O.

Roadshow restructuring leads to loss

Perfect Day

Killer preem at Venice fest

True story cashes in at the Colombian B.O.

Sam Robards

Roma Maffia

Cody Kasch, Sarah Roemer

Amanda Righetti

Malaya Rivera Drew

James S. Langsbard

Dermot Mulroney

TiVo makes friends on Madison Avenue

Distribs grab 'Grace'

ThinkFilm turns on 'Set'

Telepictures picks prexy

Charts spin one-week wonders

Quartet join biopic 'Nighwatching'

Cartoon Network strikes up the brand

Anthony Malara

Passing the torch

Norma Nannini

New Frontier nears buyout

Features eligible for Teutonic coin

Burney named CanWest chairman

Ford tackled oaters and romance

Joseph Stefano

De Laurentiis cooking on 'Today'

Starz scores four

Warner TV retools int'l distrib ranks

Thesps find 'Lost Room'

MTV's giant steps

Net's orbit still expanding

Jeff Kwatinetz

Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik

Disney's High School Musical

David Joseph

Clive Davis

VH1 casts blasts from the past

Jamie King

Bob Dylan

Simon Cowell

Paul Tollett

Joshua Redman

Gustavo Santaolalla

Alexandre Desplat

Allah Rakha Rahman

Juanes

Gorillaz

Radiohead

KT Tunstall

Arctic Monkeys

Timbaland

Pharrell

Matisyahu

Diam's

Danger Mouse

OutKast

Viacom split opens Spelling vault

Niches drive retailer riches

Zune takes aim at Apple

General Motors bails on 'Survivor'

Pimp my demo

'Sherrybaby' preems at IFC

Intrepid act of 'Mercy'

'Nip/Tuck' duo gather for launch

Fox shining Blu-Ray on 'Ice'

Gamer on Fox's Brit 'List'

MTV Networks taps Close

Lieber hangs shingle

CW wading into stream

Game 'Fever' at MyNet

Fest catches big break

Sony leads Blu-ray march to Japan

Canal Plus big bid OK'd

In a bio rhythm

1957: Bacall preparing to return to the screen

Hot debut for 'Housewives' redo

Fox jury's still out

Venice welcomes 'Hollywoodland'

Chinese pic woos quartet

Will biz get 'Crank' call?

WWII actioner has U 'Dam' excited

WGA seeks FCC hearings

Brighton Rose Favreau

Ramsey updates boost syndie newsmag rates

Dutch to fete Demme at film fest

Sci Fi to keep grappling grip

Rainbow covers high-def spectrum

Icon pacts on pix with Arts Alliance

Cable operators protest pricing reg

Medienboard gets more fund coin

Sony provides content for T-Online

'Rock' sked swapped

Wowow pacts with Sky on channel

College ball hits the Web

Panic!, Blunt prized with MTV vid nods

Steve Schirripa

Strand lands 'Friends'

Trevor Fehrman

Chuck Tatham

Emily Rios

Andrzej Bartkowiak

Azura Skye

Mortimer is 'Real Girl'

Inside Move: CW marks a MySpace page

Bettis in horror pic

Bravo goes 'Under' Oct. 2

YouTube sex vexes ABC

Telluride gets tony

Eric Reasoner

Emily Spitale

Jonas Agin

Bryan Leach

Fernando Romero

Julie Mathis

Steve Sordello

Jason Elsky, Emily Jones

Dominic Mancuso

Colleen Wilson

Patricia LaVigne

Josh Rosenzweig

Joel Whitten Richardson III

Davis Wright Tremaine

Channel 4 waits for 'Death' fallout

Exec duo driven to Distraction

'L'enfant' tops at Valdivia fest

Kinepolis kicks up healthy profits

MTV loses its luster

Carlyle leads cast for 'Later' sequel

A 'Heroes' welcome?

Six Moral Tales

Double Indemnity