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FRONT PAGE
Seagram deal OK'd
According to Vivendi's Jean-Marie Messier, its board and the board of Canal Plus unanimously approve the planned merger with Seagram.
AOL's got trouble
The proposed America Online-Time Warner merger receives a setback when the European Commission announces an in-depth investigation of the deal.
Blum Israel in deal
Former Miramax Films senior vice presidents Jason Blum and Amy Israel, sign a nonexclusive two-year, first-look film and TV production deal with the company for their new Blum Israel Prods.
FILM
Duncan sells 'Courage'
Joe Roth's Revolution Studios acquires the dramatic pitch "Act of Courage" from screenwriter Patrick Sheane Duncan.
Perkins goes to 'Dogs'
Elizabeth Perkins is set to star opposite Jeff Goldblum in Warner Bros.' live-action/animated comedy feature "Like Cats and Dogs."
A star for 'Bourne'
Matt Damon is in negotiations to star in Universal's "Bourne Identity," based on Robert Ludlum's spy thriller novel of the same name.
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Nancy Marchand, who played the devious matriarch in "The Sopranos," has died of lung cancer one day short of her 72nd birthday.
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TELEVISION
'News' on TNT
TNT places an order for the ensemble drama series "Breaking News" from New Line Television and Trilogy Entertainment Group, set in the pressure cooker of a 24-hour news network.
'Late Late' change
Mary Connelly, a veteran of David Letterman's late-night shows, replaces Billy Kimball as executive producer of "The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn."
ABC digs 'Mole'
ABC inks a deal with Stone Stanley Entertainment to develop "The Mole," in which 10 contestants compete to uncover the production company mole within the group.
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News, PBL to exit Foxtel
SYDNEY -- Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and Kerry Packer's Publishing & Broadcasting Limited reportedly are poised to pull out of the country's largest pay TV service, Foxtel.
Col, Pathe talks stall
PARIS -- Talks between Columbia TriStar and French major Pathe on forging a joint distribution venture in France have stalled, sources at both companies say.
New look for ABC
SYDNEY -- Three months after becoming managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corp., Jonathan Shier makes four key appointments.
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