NEWS & NOTES : OSCAR-NOMINATED FILM `FARGO' TO GET TELEVISION DEBUT ON TNT.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Turner Broadcasting is on a movie-buying spree. The company has acquired the commercial TV rights to the Oscar-nominated film ``Fargo,'' which it will debut on TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. in November 1998. In a separate deal, Turner has also picked up the TV rights to Clint Eastwood's ``Absolute Power'' and Chevy Chase's ``Vegas Vacation.'' The company also recently bought the rights to the Oscar-nominated pictures ``The English Patient'' and ``Shine.'' Coming up on CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. : Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis (``Moonstruck'') and Richard Mulligan mul·li·gan n. A golf shot not tallied against the score, granted in informal play after a poor shot especially from the tee. [Probably from the name Mulligan.] Noun 1. (``Empty Nest'') are teaming up for a new sitcom being developed for CBS. The show is called ``Heaven Will Wait'' and will star Dukakis and Mulligan as neighbors in a retirement complex. Michael McKean (Lenny of Lenny & Squiggy on ``Laverne & Shirley,'' Gibby on ``Dream On'') will co-star. What's the story What's the Story was an American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network from 1951 to 1955. It was a game show originally hosted by Walt Raney. , Maury?: A group of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City-based magicians would like to make talk-show host Maury Povich disappear. They're upset because Povich aired a program Friday revealing secrets behind many major illusions. ``The intrinsic part of magic is whether or not it can astound a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, you,'' said magician I.V. Gonzalez, who is leading a protest by about 10 local magicians. While the truth behind all of the tricks unmasked on the show is available in any bookstore or library, Gonzalez and the others feel Povich's telecast was much too public a forum, giving away secrets to many who most likely would never have sought out the tricks of the trade. ``It's tough on magicians already,'' Gonzalez said. A ``Maury'' spokesman said the show respects the magicians' position, but noted that the program was built around an author whose book and CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). on the subject are available to the public. ``Additionally,'' the spokesman said, ``the secrets behind several of the tricks have already been broadcast on prime-time television.'' Ro must go: King World has pulled the plug on Rolonda Watts' ``Rolonda'' after 3-1/2 seasons. |
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