THE BUZZ AT CITYWALK, 'APOCALYPSE' ARRIVES IN A BIG WAY.

Byline: - Staff and Wire Services

``I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor. That's my dream. That's my nightmare. Crawling, slithering, along the edge of a straight ... razor ... and surviving.''

Marlon Brando muttered those lines as Col. Kurtz in ``Apocalypse Now.'' Now if you want to see him do it in a big way - as, say, on a six-story IMAX screen at Universal's CityWalk - you can, starting this weekend. The Francis Ford Coppola classic Vietnam War epic has recently been released with additional footage as ``Apocalypse Now Redux.''

The film - starring Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper and Harrison Ford - will be shown at 6:10 and 10:30 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday with 8 p.m. weekday screenings. The cost of the IMAX screenings is $10 a person, and the information line for the IMAX theater is [phone]. ``Apocalypse Now Redux'' is rated R.

HANGING AROUND: The lively, colorful paintings of Northridge artist Barbara Katz Bierman have a new home.

Bierman's work goes on permanent display at the Monarch Gallery in Canoga Park's Red Lion Hotel on the heels of a successful six-week run, ending today. Some may remember Bierman's depictions of hatted ladies at tea and children at play seen decorating the wings of her ``A Community of Angels'' life-size sculpture, ``Joie de Vivre.'' The angel was sold at auction for $12,000 and donated to the Children's Museum of Los Angeles.

Her angel is featured in the ``A Community of Angels'' book, which Borders Books has made available for purchase at today's closing. Bierman will be on hand from 9:30 a.m. to noon to autograph the page on which her angel appears.

Additional paintings by Bierman will also be made available for purchase. The Red Lion Hotel is at 20200 Sherman Way, Canoga Park.

Information is available by calling [phone].

DALY GRIND: Carson Daly, host of MTV's ``Total Request Live,'' has been named the new host of NBC's late-night talk show ``Later.''

The three-year arrangement with NBC Studios will still allow Daly to continue with his commitment to ``Total Request Live.'' As part of the agreement, the VJ will also be available to host or appear on other programs under the NBC umbrella.

The new late-night show is set to debut in early 2002.

``Later,'' airing at 1:35 a.m. Mondays through Thursdays, debuted in 1988 with Bob Costas as host, followed by former E! ``Talk Soup'' host Greg Kinnear in February 1994 after Costas departed.

Cynthia Garrett assumed the hosting chores in 2000 and continued until ``Later Presents SCTV'' started at the beginning of this year.

Daly began as a DJ for KROQ-FM, until he was made host of MTV's ``TRL'' in 1998.

Daly appeared as himself in the feature films ``Joe Dirt'' and ``Josie and the Pussycats,'' the latter with his former fiance, Tara Reid.

WILLOW NOT WEEPING: There will be life after ``Moneyline'' for former CNN anchor Willow Bay.

Bay is coming back to CNN as the host or co-host of a new daily general news show being crafted by the network, sources said.

Bay's still-untitled show will be Los Angeles-based and tentatively is slated to launch in two or three months, sources said. The news network hasn't decided whether the show will run in prime time.

Bay became sole host of CNN's nightly business news show ``Moneyline'' after co-host Stuart Varney abruptly left CNN in March.

Bay's solo anchor tenure was short-lived. She left ``Moneyline'' in May after CNN rehired the show's longtime anchor Lou Dobbs.

OUTWIT, OUTLAST, OUTLITIGATE: Musician Paul Winter has sued the makers of ``Survivor,'' alleging they improperly used a song he recorded in 1987 for the haunting theme of television's most popular series.

Winter wants to rescind the permission he granted to use his music and get a taste of profits stemming from ``Survivor.''

He sued CBS, ``Survivor'' producer Mark Burnett and a former member of the Paul Winter Consort, Russell Landau, this week in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

A CBS spokesman did not immediately return a call for comment.

Landau - credited as the composer of the ``Survivor'' theme, ``Ancient Voices'' - had contacted Winter to use, as part of the song, music recorded for Winter's ``Earthbeat'' album by the Dimitri Pokrovsky Singers in 1987, according to court papers.

Winter signed a statement giving Landau the OK, but now says he was told Landau would use an outtake from the album to include in ``Ancient Voices,'' and instead something from the released recording was used.

Winter wasn't compensated for his permission, and now claims that the ``Survivor'' theme has diminished the value of his ``Earthbeat'' music, according to his lawsuit. He's asking the court to be paid at least $800,000 by the defendants.