John Woo to direct, produce '1949'

Beta Cinema picks up 'Bon Appetit'

Spitfire, Hammer form HS Media

Orange sets satellite launch date

Action Slate sets up 'Sanctuary'

Debuts rule Variety's Critics Choice

Mundruczo plans Da Vinci film

Funding crisis hits Russian films

Artificial Eye takes 'O'Horten'

'Two Lovers' gets rare screenings

Tartan admits financial problems

Public entertainment banned for 3 days

Tyson, Maradona tub-thump films

Napster offers MP3 download store

Season finales highlight Monday

Buyers proceed with caution at Cannes

Mandela musical heads to Broadway

Kiev distributor to open dubbing studio

Viacom opens theme park in S. Korea

Laurent Cantet's 'Class' sells well

Dubai connects Arab industry

Jake Gyllenhaal is Disney's 'Prince'

Regal, RealD team on digital switch

Fox wins TV season crown

Dohle to head Random House

MK2 sells 'Boots,' 'Diamond,' 'Hours'

Focus to finance 'Eagle of the Ninth'

Summit sets 'Highlander' remake

Brazil, Galicia to co-host meeting

Spike Lee sets Michael Jordan film

Phoenix, Grisham pact for 'Pizza'

Duo make deal for 'Artista'

Lionsgate, Eros pair for venture

Bitters End, Sundream board 'Plastic City'

O-scope goes with 'Flow'

Fans' fangs rarely stay sharp for nets

SAG set to return to table

'Two Lovers' premieres at Cannes

Paramount sets Korea theme park

Pyramide sells 'Three Monkeys'

NAACP Theatre Awards honors duo

Sony wins Flash Gordon bidding war

Katapult fires 'Ocean Flame'

Harris plants 'Gardens' at City Lights

'Gutterball' bowls over TLA

Star library checked out

Illusion ready to 'Boogie'

MGM Channel gets Italy makeover

DreamWorks to remake 'Yomigaeri'

Chinese media mourns quake victims

Dancap unveils sophomore slate

RDF gets boost from U.S.

Parties around Cannes: May 19-20, 2008

Tom O'Horgan receives honors

Keith Nelson named top clown

Walden channels 'Inner Child'

Hwang to pen Bruce Lee musical

Flower to grow 'Queen' sales

Murdoch to chair Intl. Emmys

Eloise Shaffner dies at 94

Legit impresario Gordon Crowe dies

Music publisher Al Gallico dies at 88

Tough times shatter Christal Films

John Rutsey of Rush dies at 55

Screen Gems ups Glenn Gainor

Thomson named top editor at WSJ

Burnett pacts with Liquid Generation

Universal, del Toro love 'Hater'

Fox stays hot on 'Burn' creator Nix

Relativity Media buys untitled thriller

'Mollywood' welcomed to Disney

Fox downsizes programming dept.

Gersh names unit toppers

USA picks up 'Collar,' 'Pains'

Obama wins Oregon primary

Cecilia Fay Diamond

Violet Grace Gibbs

MySpaceTV goes 'Banzai'

Fox, Setanta strike soccer deal

'Planet 51' lands in France, Italy

William Morris preps Agency 3.0

U.K. uploads VOD ratings system

Birkin, Castellitto to star in Rivette film

Sales for Gilliam's 'Parnassus'

Axiom takes rights to Wenders film

Elo pacts with Cinema Libre, Cinephil

Poland's TVN buys 25% stake in N

Time Warner unplugs cable

This year's Cannes lean on deals

Death Cab parks at No. 1

Arthouse, Fortissimo make output deal

'Jones' eyes box office bonanza

Pink Floyd, Fleming win Polar prize

Lou Pearlman sentenced to 25 years

Sony introduces Hot Ticket

Quinta, Mediaset invest in Arab TV

Grammys set 2009 date

'Idol' showdown brings ratings win

Parker moves to New Regency

Memento sells Meier's 'Home'

'Rugrats' creator makes feature

Trapero's 'Den' roars into market

Tricoast takes 'Karma'

VideoFilmes enters 'Eye of the Storm'

Rizoma goes upmarket

'Three Monkeys' racks up sales

Cannes focus on Wild Bunch

Qatar gets into film biz with 'Rumi'

Linde, Grass map overseas venture

HBO taps Rich for creative gig

Parties around Cannes: May 20-21, 2008

Stars in with Clint

Distributors dance with 'Tony'

Eleven arts sings 'Cobalt Blue'

Good 'Knight' for Svensk

Polish-Russian coprod'n planned

Polish brothers start Prohibition

Cannes' Turkish delight

Jerry Hall sheds clothes for charity

Florence festival visits New York

Film Society hits Roads

Panel offers offset to blurb cuts

ShowStash to pay studios $2.7 million

Lawmakers plea for indie productions

Discovery Nets integrates units

'Mary' leads hit the road

MyNetwork adds to '08-'09 schedule

Uggams feels the 'Breeze'

Music Box seals deal with 'Kiss'

Aussies vote with their 'Feet'

Colm Feore to head Banff jury

MX Tokyo bows cell channels

'Wicked' to end Chicago run

Demme takes over Bob Marley film

Noss tapped for exec director gig

IFC Films acquires 'Hunger'

SABC back in court over ousted CEO

CBS dumps telepics on Saturdays

Short Film Fest long on pics, premieres

Berlin Mayor to expand Film Fund

Dimitri Diatchenko

James Russo

Katie Chonacas

Sterling Beaumon

Laura Vandervoort

Wendy Glenn

Kerry Washington

Napster trims fourth quarter loss

Bravo expands production team

FFMI logs mobisodes on devices

'Indiana Jones' opens in New York

BMI's soulful tribute

Frank Langella to be 'Man' on B'way

AFTRA holds firm on online clips

Australia hands out music awards

Netco MediaPass acquires Gigantic

Univision VOD loses its spice

IFC Films swallows 'Hunger'

Animator Dick Sutcliffe dies at 90

EA acquires Hands-On Mobile Korea

Jupiter acquires Li Ying's 'Yasukuni'

Wide sells titles to major territories

Brookman leaves Five for BBC

Rete4 wins analog reprieve

Soccer final gives ITV 46% share

Hafsia Hersi to star in 'Kirkuk'

'Yasukuni' heads to France via Jupiter

Peterson new WGAE exec director

Dauman to give keynote at Mipcom

'Indiana Jones' off to solid start

Making 'Divo' not easy for director

'Idol' finale matches last year

Pangea Day to return in 2010

'Che' premieres to mixed reactions

Croisette hotels plan renovations

Cannes market sings cautious tune

Flurry of small-scale activity at Cannes

Romandia to adapt Bolano novel

Rosen assumes Huffington post

Polish-Russian coproduction begins

Warrant issued for Korean piracy suspect

3DD sells 'Peace' to Hong Kong

Director Fred Haines dies at 72

Incaa to expand screens to 100

Russian World Studios opens in June

Wenders' 'Miso' gets green light

CP shoots Cossack swashbuckler

Soccer fans stick to Champions match

amfAR fundraiser kicks off

National Theater to work Sundays

TrustNordisk lists Cannes pre-sales

Germany cranks up Cannes sales

Fox's Rove subpoenaed by House

'Che' premieres at Cannes

Off Broadway's 'I Love You' ending

AFI to honor Norman Jewison

Steve Koonin to do Comedy keynote

Horvitz to direct Primetime Emmys

WNBC shuffles news anchors

M-Net's 'Musical' becomes a reality

Brash president Longano exits

Prisa to sell off Sogecable

Cannes reels in deals

ITV1 gets Champion ratings

Actor-singer Nino Candido dies

Sam Neill joins 'Crusoe' cast

Screenwriter Zekial Marko dies

Ben Grossman moves to B&C

1958: Harry Belafonte eyes Ebony

Jack Bender to direct 'Motor City'

TIFF can bank on RBC support

Devil's Due gets Capcom games

Brett Ratner bows branding business

USA orders more 'Criminal Intent'

Tommy Lee tooned up as 'Jaxx'

Kary McHoul leaves UTA

WBTV takes Wright turn

A.P.P.P. stops 'Jojo' shipments

Bid costs increase Chrysalis losses

Madonna to show film at Traverse

EU extends film subsidy rules

Majors agree to Euro digital deal

TLA orders 'Chef's Special'

NBC makes changes to fall schedule

'Nailed' production shut down again

Fatih Akin's 'Soul Kitchen' heats up

'Jones' grosses $25 mil on Thursday

Finales propel ABC Thursday

AFTRA, majors to talk this weekend

H'w'd, politics make heavenly match

Kelsey Grammer cast in ABC pilot

Shows put time on their side

N.Y. man convicted in piracy case

CBS promotes West Coast publicists

Unfinished Cannes entries are risky

An outsider among 'Idol' worshippers

Al Jazeera taps managing director

'Caspian' takes charge overseas

Prague left smarting from image pains

HBO votes for 'Recount' refresher

Omnilab banks on more pics

Activision drums up interest in 'Hero'

Christal Films files bankruptcy

Starbucks starts severing H'w'd ties

Congloms remove gloves over news

Cable cash to rewire Time Warner?

'Indiana Jones' deals with early buzz

Cannes travels back to the future

U.K. theater banners to go legit

Cort bids lucrative farewell to 'Retro'

MTV to create Latin American hub

Syrian tech dealer jailed for dissent

Shueisha pulls anti-Koran toon

Jia's 'City' notches up Cannes sales

Critics cue cutting remarks for 'Che'

SPC buys 'Lorna', 'O'Horten'

Asia shows off money in Cannes

Can Fox stay on top?

Tony nominations boost business

Australia's STC hits a bump

Audience reaction puts new spin on 'Cat'

Univision VOD loses its spice

Road sees slight rise

Dori soaps up website

Berlusconi's Fininvest hikes profit

'Saved' takes wing with prayer

Matthew Modine mobilizing liberals

DVD sales down but not out

Aussie TV giants in ratings rumble

Actors go to boards for clips

Cartoon Network eyes young males

Primetime's subtle survivors

Congloms' split personalities

Visitors ride to studio theme parks

Cannes sings 'Anthem' to shorts

Bebo glams up AOL

'Snow,' 'Moscow' top Critics' Week

'Indy' off to memorable start

Cannes Critics honor 'Delta,' 'Hunger'

'Tulpan' wins Certain Regard Prix

'Animal Cruelty' roars at Lionsgate

AFTRA, studios to talk Sunday

Dick Martin dies at 86

FilmSharks acquires rights to Fendrik film

'Indiana' unearths box office treasure

'Class' takes Cannes top prize

International audiences dig 'Indiana'

VideoFilmes picks up 'Samba'

AFTRA optimistic on possible deal

Musical tours on Great Green Way

Tiberius bathes in Cannes' 'Blood'

Italy celebrates Cannes triumphs

Eurovision Song Contest hits snag

Finland honors director Kaurismaki

De Agostini sees more in Zodiak

Rafelsons get in Parallel for films

French networks slow to focus on HD

Music stops for MTV's Muehlemann

An evening with Robert Evans

'Indiana Jones' raids box office

Cate Blanchett brings 'Indy' home

Huffington has 'Right' way

AFTRA, studios nearing deal

Life's NonStop for Cannes winner

Seoul festival is sweet on 'Chocolate'

Comedy pays big for Yoshimoto

Sony's PSN plays with 1 million

TWC buys up German 'Valkyrie'

CBC falls back on its winning slate

Kadokawa looks into YouTube toons

Gov't probes military surrogates

Reelz welcomes Mary Pat Ryan

Ski Channel continues to snowball

Foreign box office out of its 'Skull'

'World' a winner at Inside Out

'Skull' cracks Korean box office

Leos roar for Unwin's 'Elijah'

Sony Classics does 'Waltz'

Sydney Pollack dies at 73

Emily Sinclair snags Juma job

Noth's the 'Only' one for Loncraine

Starz sets 'Table for Three'

MRC unveils CW's Sunday slate

Ewan McGregor flies with 'Amelia'

Regent goes 'Kabluey'

'Nashville Star' heads to CMT

Changeling

Of Time and the City

Vanechka

Wild Blood

Versailles

Snow

Ashes of Time: Redux

Possession

Involuntary

Grown Ups

The Bastards

Two Lovers

Working

Hamburger Hill

The Good Soul of Szechuan

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Final Approach

Octopus

My Antonia

This Is Not a Robbery

Night of the Living Dead; Diary of the Dead

Vinegar Hill

Red Dog Howls

Maradona by Kusturica

Birdsong

The Rest of the Night

Private Lessons

The Headless Woman

Hunger

American Idol: Knockout punch

Marguerite

Bebe Neuwirth -- Stories With Piano