THE BUZZ : SPIELBERG RUMORED TO BE WORKING ON KUBRICK FILM.

Byline: - Wire Services

Steven Spielberg may be picking up where his late pal Stanley Kubrick left off. The DreamWorks principal is considering helming ``A.I.,'' Kubrick's long-in-the-works, apocalyptic project about robots who possess artificial intelligence, sources confirmed.

But that intriguing coming-together may be a ways off: Before Spielberg even gets close to shooting ``A.I.,'' he is committed to making the 20th Century Fox/DreamWorks sci-fi thriller ``Minority Report'' and Columbia Pictures' Japanese period piece ``Memoirs of a Geisha.'' ``Minority Report'' is slated to begin production early next year, while ``Geisha'' will most likely go before cameras in the summer.

Kubrick spent years developing ``A.I.,'' keeping the project under wraps, like most of his films, before he threw in the towel in 1993. Kubrick felt that the visual effects technology of the early 1990s would not satisfy his artistic vision. While sources noted that there is no script for ``A.I.,'' Kubrick and Spielberg may have discussed the project in depth, as the pair reportedly spent many hours talking on the telephone.

SAG honors Poitier: Legendary actor Sidney Poitier has been named this year's recipient of the Screen Actors Guild's highest honor - the SAG Life Achievement Award. Poitier, who won an Oscar for best actor in 1964 for ``Lilies of the Field,'' has starred in more than 40 films in a career that has spanned 50 years.

Poitier is the 37th recipient of the award, which was established in 1962. Past honorees include Kirk Douglas, Elizabeth Taylor, Angela Lansbury, Robert Redford, George Burns, Ricardo Montalban, Audrey Hepburn, Burt Lancaster, Brock Peters and Jack Lemmon. The award will be presented at the sixth annual SAG Awards, which will be telecast by TNT live from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on March 12, 2000.

Stones age: James Brown, the Spice Girls and Robbie Williams are among the artists who have joined forces to re-record ``It's Only Rock 'n' Roll'' for a Christmas single release. The song, a new version of the 1970s Rolling Stones song, will also feature existing Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

The single, a Band Aid-style record, has been made to raise more than $320,000 for needy children around the world. The single forms part of the Children's Promise venture, which is asking people in the U.K. to donate an hour's wages to charity.

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