The idea for a TV Hall of Fame had been kicked around before, but it was Mitchell, wanting to achieve something of lasting value while he was president of the academy, who took it up as his personal crusade "to celebrate the contributions that lots of good people had made to television and the fabric of the American way of life" On its merits alone, the academy conceivably could have established such an institution and only later have invited television to cover it. With the help of a crusty retired Air Force colonel (Louis Gossett Jr, in a parody of his Oscar-wining performance in "An Officer and a Gentleman, Gedrick commandeers an F-16 fighter to rescue his father. At Covent Garden Records, however, CDs are literally everything. "My folks were so distressed they almost divorced" Barbagallo recalls "When I was home I decided not to return to New York I withdrew from Juilliard and enrolled in Berkeley. But as Torcellini tells it, performing in "Cats" is even more of a challenge "It's the hardest thing I've ever done by far" he said "There's a lot of ballet in it. In its purest form, it utilized foodstuffs that were practically free: leftover scraps of bread dough cooked in the leftover heat of the local baker's oven, the tomato (which grows like a weed all over the region) and a kind of cheese, mozzarella, made from what curd remained when all the good cheeses had been produced. Chekhov brings out the best in Russian film makers: He's great, timeless and politically safe , which allows for considerable freedom of expression.

Nominated performers include John Candy, star of "HBO Comedy Playhouse: The Last Polka; Shirley MacLaine, who appeared in a self-titled special on Showtime/The Movie Channel; Alan Bates, star of "An Englishman Abroad" on Arts & Entertainment, and MTV host Martha Quinn. People were shoving to get at the wonderful fresh oysters, the champagne ran out, and so many people reached for the sauteed American foie gras that ringed fingers became engaged in subtle duels. Murphy, who compiled the almanac from weekly statistics he collects for Variety, estimates that 10% of the films released each year now generate almost half of the box-office receipts The rest lose money. Bonus clue: "Kiss of the Spider Woman" sounds like the title of one of her early movies 10 What the academy directors branch said to Steven 11 Wrinkled cookie monster? 13 The telecast usually runs too long by one of these 14.

Perhaps this week or next the developer of downtown's Horton Plaza shopping center, Ernest Hahn and Co, will finally name the three major sculptors whose public works will (one hopes) grace the center when it opens in August. ) because "the advertisers" rejected the word perversity- sure to be confused with perversion. He's also been spotlighted with such first-rate small groups as Shelly Manne and his Men and Supersax. We, therefore, felt free to participate in the auction" Clifford, according to UPI, said he plans to launch a public appeal for money to keep the painting in Britain. Presidential spokesman Larry Speakes told reporters that the first American performer to visit the Soviet Union under the agreement would be Vladimir Horowitz, who will return to his native country next month for the first time in 61 years.

While others, such as the ultra-reclusive Greta Garbo, were regarded as totally unapproachable. "I didn't tell anybody that when I joined the band, but when I write a song it's not swing because I don't write swing. He loves, too, the taste of griddle grease on the burger buns and the specially made burger buns themselves that fall apart in your hands-essential to the fast-food burger experience, he says. Other problems: many movies come out on videotape a month or more earlier than on disc, and videodisc rental is rare or nonexistent. In a film career that spanned 30 years and included appearances in more than 400 films, movie serials and television shows, Lyden was the quintessential Hollywood heavy.

The Chorale and Chorus, plus the instrumental soloists, produced most of these, but the vocal soloists-in particular the three women-contributed as well. Gardiner uses period instruments-brilliantly played by the English Baroque Soloists-the adult Monteverdi Chorus and adult vocal soloists, with particularly distinguished work among the latter from soprano Emma Kirkby and tenor Anthony Rolfe-Johnson. In fact, though familiar with such stage greats as Dame Sybil Thorndike, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud and the late Tyron Guthrie, she was unfamiliar with the work of director Pollack "Tootsie" "Absence of Malice) and knew neither Meryl Streep nor Robert Redford, who co-star in the film. Eight-year-old boys who collect toy GoBots and watch the television show may enjoy "Rock Lords" but anyone who hasn't made that kind of investment in the characters quickly will lose interest in this leaden exercise in ennui. . Sitting in her office at Hollywood's Gower Studios one recent morning, she recalls the day in 1978 when she announced her "General Hospital" revamping plans: "Jackie Smith (then vice president of ABC's daytime programming) and I met with 50 men. While it's gotta feel good to get right up in people's faces now and then, Clayton's casual stage presence leaned a little too heavily on a clap-your-hands-and-sing-along ethic After all, Merry Clayton, the folks paid to hear you sing. .

There are many mysteries about "Basic Training" (citywide, the biggest one being how it ever got made. So you hear (radio station) people saying: 'This is a benefit for a very good friend of mine' and things like that" In one respect, Marshall said, the show is helping some people overcome the sense of shock and helplessness they still feel about the crime "At least it's something we can do" he said. This 70-minute offering will be followed by "Tempest" (1928, starring John Barrymore. Yet, after so long a separation, the Paris-based Spacek and Kline discover that time has not lessened their attraction to each other.

And I lost that in the magnificence of their control" Nevertheless, Lewitzky rejected danger as a sphere of interest in her own choreography, explaining how long it takes to shape a dancer and her reluctance to "take chances with those wonderful instruments. This season, the orchestra must endure a parade of guest maestros, beginning with Lalo Schifrin, who launched the Glendale season Saturday night in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. It's a dopey drama with a truly absurd ending, but also an escapist's dream and a terrific way to rest your brain for four hours. All have related to human experience in scale and in intensity. "A little child cannot differentiate the reality from the movie. In one segment, there was a "barbecue show" where friends and members of the studio audience were invited by for burgers and laughs. In effect, this is exactly what happens-not a very dramatic process.

The show culminates with a man in a chauffeur suit who strips and kisses. "Black Mask-Screenwriter Tab Murphy (no relation) has cast Eddie as a Pinkerton security guard. Watching "The Andy Griffith Show" redux or rerun, is like snoozing on a porch rocker after a big Sunday dinner. This tale, which has an amusingly gratifying payoff, is the second and best of three episodes loosely linked by the wanderings of an exceptionally intelligent and intrepid alley cat. Scheduled to be released in the United States in April in more than 800 theaters, "Born American" clearly aims at mass American audiences with its "Rambo-like view of the Soviet Union, MTV-like images and music But Finnish censors see things differently.

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington announced Thursday that they will trade productions this summer. While the series may eventually show up on PBS, it's making its American premiere on A&E as part of that network's first-refusal agreement with the BBC, a pact in effect until 1990. Perhaps troubled by the association of these three stations with Rupert Murdoch, the politically conservative owner of many newspapers in the United States, Australia and Britain, Mitterrand chose instead a company headed by Berlusconi and Jerome Seydoux, a wealthy, 51-year-old French executive regarded as a friend of the president. "When you put something in a gallery, they usually take 40% right off the top" noted Suelyn Wong, a commercial artist and printmaking student. It's just a good, solid historical show that's as timely now as it was last year.

It's the kind, we hope, that will provide support not only for this project, but also generate support for our other programs as well" said Don Gerdts, the station's executive vice president. For the last five months he has been orchestra manager of the Oakland Symphony. You know what I mean" In today's "Schoolbreak" story Zal plays Alfie, a level-headed, very intelligent girl who must cope with her sister's terminal illness and with her mother's (Millie Perkins) belief in evangelical faith healers. Art Direction: Romaine Johnston, Debe Hale, "Pryor's Place" CBS.