`SEINFELD' FINALE BEING CELEBRATED IN UNUSUAL WAYS.Byline: Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith ``Seinfeld'' mania is getting out of hand. Now, even Court TV is getting into the act. Come May 12, the channel will air `` `Seinfeld' Firing: MacKenzie vs. Miller Brewing'' on its ``Trial Story'' show. (In case you forgot, that's the case in which a Miller Brewing employee was fired after being accused of sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes. - for talking at the office about the ``Seinfeld'' episode in which Jerry and friends kept referring to a female body part.) On Monday, there will be - if you can believe it - an all-tot parody of ``Seinfeld'' highlights on UPN UPN User Principal Name (Microsoft Windows 2000) UPN United Paramount Network UPN Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarrese People Union) UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation . And on May 11, Jerry will be profiled on A&E's ``Biography.'' All that's in addition to Nick at Nite going ``dark'' May 14 in deference to NBC's big ``Seinfeld'' sign-off the same night, plus that week's installment of ABC's ``Dharma dharma (där`mə). In Hinduism, dharma is the doctrine of the religious and moral rights and duties of each individual; it generally refers to religious duty, but may also mean social order, right conduct, or simply virtue. & Greg,'' in which the newlyweds consider having sex in a public place on the theory that everyone else will be home watching ``Seinfeld.'' The celebrity circuit What a shame - word getting around town has it that success seems to be going to Calista Flockhart's head. One network exec summed it up, saying, ``How fast they sometimes become stars.'' And this while many are still asking, ``What's a Calista Flockhart Calista Kay Flockhart (born on November 11, 1964) is an Emmy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American actress, primarily on soap operas and television. She is perhaps best known for playing the title character of Ally McBeal (1997 - 2002). ?'' For the uninformed, she's the star of ``Ally McBeal.'' And if you're asking, ``What's `Ally McBeal'?'' it's a series on Fox that some love, some deplore de·plore tr.v. de·plored, de·plor·ing, de·plores 1. To feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn: "Somehow we had to master events, not simply deplore them" . On the other hand, there's a story by Gary Socol on Nicole Kidman in the May issue of McCall's that paints a lovely picture of the actress as a woman who doesn't act like a star, a woman who puts family and marriage first. Nice. If things go as planned, Matthew McConaughey will take to the ice during the intermission breaks on Thursday night's ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network 2 broadcast of the San Jose Sharks-Mighty Ducks game in San Jose. It's a stunt - with the actor behind the wheel of the machine used to clean the rink - to play up Universal's ``Ed TV'' movie in which (surprise!) McConaughey stars. The industry eye With increased interest in all things spiritual fueling the creative fires of TV and movies, ``Holy Joe'' is heading our way from CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. with John Ritter starring. Ritter rit·ter n. pl. ritter A knight. [German, from Middle High German riter, from Middle Dutch ridder, from r will play a small-town preacher in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of a spiritual crisis who undergoes a mystical near-death experience near-death experience, phenomenon reported by some people who have been clinically dead, then returned to life. Descriptions of the experience differ slightly in detail from person to person, but usually share some basic elements: a feeling of being outside one's that transforms his life and is hailed as a miracle. Larry Peerce will direct the telepic, slated for production mid-May in North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. . Summer doldrums You might not want to spend much time in movie theaters this summer. Picture pickings are going to be slimmer than they have been in years, reveal industry analysts, with very few features showing the potential for topping the $100 million mark. ``Exhibitors are apprehensive,'' confirms John Krier, president of the firm Exhibitor Relations. ``Very few `event' movies are being made, and I'm afraid you're going to have a lot of pictures that open and then close very fast.'' The head of a major motion picture company puts it flatly, ``It's going to be a very weak summer.'' Memorial Day weekend has traditionally been the launch date for the summer's most important pictures. This year, the launch is being moved forward by weeks - with the May 8 unveiling of the Robert Duvall-Tea Leoni ``Deep Impact,'' about a comet coming to destroy the Earth. Following ``Impact,'' there will be the Bruce Willis-Ben Affleck ``Armageddon,'' about a meteor coming to destroy the Earth. Also coming in May are: ``Six Days, Seven Nights,'' the romantic comedy with Harrison Ford, David Schwimmer and Anne Heche; Warren Beatty's ``Bulworth''; Robert Redford's ``The Horse Whisperer''; and ``Godzilla.'' ``Godzilla'' is expected to be the ``Titanic'' of the summer, anticipated to be such a mighty blockbuster that Sony Pictures is asking exhibitors to fork over to hand or pay over, as money; to - G. Eliot. See also: Fork an unprecedented 80 percent of the film's opening-week box-office receipts. Advance word on the political comedy ``Bulworth'' is so strong that, as one executive puts it, ``I'm afraid to believe what I'm hearing.'' Other anticipated bright lights in what could be a dreary season are Steven Spielberg's ``Saving Private Ryan,'' which hits theaters in July, and Disney's animated ``Mulan.'' There's also ``The Mask of Zorro'' with Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Banderas. And then ``X-Files: The Movie.'' And then ... Well, it's early yet, and more winners could pop up, but at this point - from the word on the street and in executive suites - it sounds like it's largely going to be a long, dull summer. With reports by Stephanie DuBois. The Celebrities column appears Monday through Friday. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) Calista Flockhart ``Ally'' attitude? (2) Matthew McConaughey On the ice (3) John Ritter ``Holy Joe'' |
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