BEAN NEEDS TO WORK HARDER
The turban he wears is for his Muslim sect. But whatever hat Vaughn Bean was pulled from by the IBF to be its No. 1 heavyweight contender, this time he...
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A MOVING PORTRAIT OF THE STRANGE WAYS OF LOVE
HERE BUT NOT HERE By Lillian Ross Random House, 240 pages, $25 There is a sad, telling moment near the end of "Here But Not Here," Lillian Ross' memoir about...
A `GAY’ SITCOM LEARNS FROM `ELLEN’S’ FATE
Fifteen months ago, Ellen Morgan, the character played by Ellen DeGeneres on the ABC sitcom "Ellen," became the first openly gay lead character of a weekly network TV series. The...
CBS DECISION SHOWS IT ISN’T MUCH OF A NETWORK GOODFELLA
Just when you think network television couldn't do any more to erode its audience share, it turns around and does something monumentally stupid, even by its own shortsighted standards. It's...
TV LAND IS FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THE TUBE
On most ad-supported networks, the programs are separated by commercials. On cable's all-oldies TV Land, even the programs and ads are separated -- by bogus commercials for the bogus multi-use...
DIANA COVERAGE WILL BE HARD TO AVOID
The death of Princess Diana touched off an explosion of highly rated media coverage last summer, and anybody who thought the first anniversary of that event would slip by unnoticed...
PUBLIC APPROVES CLINTON COVERAGE
Americans still think the quantity of news-media coverage of the Clinton/Lewinsky story is out of whack, but last week's semi-confession by the president has improved the public's perception of the...
`ROSIE’ TINKERS WITH FORMULA IN BID TO REVERSE RATINGS FALL
In the wake of diminishing ratings, the producers of the syndicated "Rosie O'Donnell Show" are shaking things up a bit. When the show debuts for its third season on Sept....
DIET DEBATE
Pity poor frequent dieters. Just losing weight is hard enough. Now they are caught in a food fight erupting in nutritionists' offices, best-selling diet books and kitchens everywhere. At stake,...
THE LONG GOODBYE
Call it the long goodbye: "Seinfeld" & Co. are bringing out a book about the NBC-TV hit sitcom's final episode, complete with backstage stories, cast anecdotes and photos. "The idea...