NEVER ON SUNDAE : ...OR ANY OTHER DAY AFTER LANDMARK C.C. BROWN'S SERVES ITS LAST SCOOP.

They've been serving hot fudge sundaes since 1906, but the last scoop will be served up Saturday.

C.C. Brown's, a movie-town fixture near Mann's (formerly Grauman's) Chinese Theater at 7707 Hollywood Blvd., had shops in Woodland Hills (1976 to '81) and Sherman Oaks (early '60s) through the years, too.

The ice-cream parlor that started in downtown L.A. and moved to the Hollywood Boulevard location in 1929, actually claims to have invented the hot fudge sundae. And the Hollywood location has some stars to its credit as well: Marilyn Monroe was still Norma Jean Baker when she worked there, and Bob Hope has always been one of its most enthusiastic customers.

The Schumacher family, owners and operators of C.C. Brown's since 1959, will continue to sell its famous fudge sauce by mail or telephone order and will wholesale it at a variety of retail stores, said Tim Schumacher, who is in charge of the sauce's manufacturing and sales effort.

To order it after Saturday, call [phone]. Until Saturday, C.C. Brown's hours are 1 p.m. to midnight. The number is [phone].

SOURCE: - Larry Lipson

Connie, Maury to team for news program Connie Chung, who has not worked in television since being ousted as co-anchor of ``The CBS Evening News'' in May 1995, said Wednesday that she and her husband, Maury Povich, had agreed to be co-anchors of a syndicated program of news and information to begin in fall 1998.

DreamWorks Television, a division of the DreamWorks SKG Studio, announced the program at a press conference in Los Angeles Wednesday. DreamWorks will produce the show and own it in partnership with Chung and Povich.

DreamWorks said it intended to have the program broadcast from 7 to 8 p.m. weekdays, facing other syndicated shows like ``Wheel of Fortune,'' ``Entertainment Tonight'' and ``Inside Edition.''

Chung and Povich, in a telephone interview, described the show as an analysis of the day's biggest news story. ``It will be a substantive news program,'' Chung said. ``We'll take whatever it is people are talking about around the water cooler that day and treat it in depth.''

Povich said DreamWorks ``has deep pockets,'' and had promised to surround them with ``the news resources we need.'' He said, ``We'll either build our own news staff, or DreamWorks will hook us up with an existing news organization.''

Chung said the idea for the program came from Jeffrey Katzenberg, one of the three DreamWorks managing partners, who then spoke to her and Povich.

``It was very appealing that he wanted to do this kind of substantive show,'' Chung said.

Chung left CBS under strained circumstances. Her contract with the network ended in March, but she had not been on the air for the network since she lost her position as co-anchor on the evening newscast more than a year ago.

Her partnership with Dan Rather had begun with some fanfare in 1993, but ratings declined and friction between the anchors was reported. Chung also saw her prime-time news magazine program, ``Eye to Eye,'' canceled by CBS shortly after she left the newscast.

Chung said she had been approached by all sorts of television entities in recent months about future positions. ``I talked to everyone you can think of,'' she said, ``including news organizations, syndicators and networks. The offers ranged from the morning-show time period to prime time to cable.''

SOURCE: - Daily News Wire Services

up & coming ``Gospels of Utopia,'' an open-mike show hosted by Jeanette Contreras, welcomes all types of performers, including poets, musicians, jugglers, comedians, contortionists, sword swallowers, fire eaters and more, at 9 p.m. today at Sam's Book City, 5245 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood. Performers may also play Sam's fully restored antique piano. Admission is free. Call [phone].

The Artspace Gallery announces the opening of its newest exhibit, ``7 Artists, 7 Views,'' featuring oil paintings by Diana Stewart, Carol Sutter, Kim Hejna, Rebecca Brand, Darlene Libby, Debra Keyes Denniston and Paula Aaron Hurwitz, on display through June 29. The opening reception takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at 21899 Oxnard St., plaza level, Woodland Hills Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays, noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays. The reception is free and open to the public. Call [phone].

``E.T.: The Real Search,'' a planetarium show with Jed Lederman sponsored by the Los Angeles Valley College Astronomy Club, will be held at 8 p.m. Friday in the campus planetarium, 5800 Fulton Ave., Van Nuys. Admission: $3.50 general, $2.50 seniors and LAVC students, $2 children 8-16. Children under 8 will not be admitted. Call [phone], Ext. 335.

``Malliere (or Moliere in the Mall),'' a work in progress, based on three Moliere one-acts, about love, marriage and sexuality, will be read by Cornerstone Theater Company at 8 p.m. Friday at Santa Monica Place Shopping Center, Fourth Street and Broadway, Level 1, Space 176 (next to the KCET Store of Knowledge), Santa Monica. Admission is free, but donations are welcome. Mall parking is $2. The center is wheelchair accessible. Call [phone].

The St. Francis Xavier sixth annual Old Tyme Country Faire will feature rides, including a giant Ferris wheel, the Hammer, the Zipper, adult bumper cars, kiddie rides and more; games; a white elephant sale; and a raffle featuring a grand prize of a 1996 Chevy S-10 Extended Cab pickup or $10,000 cash, a second prize of $1,000 and third prize of $500, 6 p.m. to midnight Friday, 3 p.m. to midnight Saturday and 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at 3601 Scott Road, Burbank. Admission is free. Call [phone].

The Great California Brews and Blues Festival will feature 100 North American breweries with more than 300 beers, complimented by top blues recording artists, from 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Rainbow Lagoon, Shoreline Drive, Long Beach Convention Center, next to the Arena, Long Beach. Cost: $22 in advance by credit card, $25 at door, $15 for designated drivers. Attendees must be 21 or over with ID. The first 6,000 festivalgoers each day receive a souvenir beer-tasting glass; all advance ticket holders are guaranteed a commemorative glass. The 24-hour festival hotline is [phone].

SOURCE: - Ana Young

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Photo: (1) ``We'll take whatever it is people are talkin g about around the water cooler that day and treat it in depth,'' Connie Chung says of the half-hour news program she'll co-anchor with husband Maury Povich.

(2) Suzanne Huntzinger, left, and Aura May Verity enjoy hot fudge sundaes at C.C. Brown's near Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Verity first came to the landmark ice-cream parlor in 1937.

(3) no caption (C.C. Brown's)

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