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The Hollywood Minute

April 24, 1996
Web posted at: 8:35 p.m. EDT

From Entertainment Correspondent Dennis Michael

"Babe" is still top pig on the Billboard home video sales chart for the week. The movie was again number one, with a re-priced version of "Pulp Fiction" coming in a strong second. "Braveheart" still holds the top spot for video rentals this week, followed by "Babe," "Seven," "Ace Ventura Two" and "The Usual Suspects".

A classic novel will soon cross over to the small screen. The Hollywood Reporter trade paper notes actors Charles Dance and Diana Rigg are preparing to transform the classic Daphne du Maurier novel "Rebecca" into a television mini-series. The four-hour epic will air in the United States on "Masterpiece Theater."

The movie "12 Monkeys" is not doing any monkey business in international box offices. The film is number one in the United Kingdom, Sweden and Germany. In Japan and Australia "Jumanji" soars above the rest, and in Spain, "Toy Story" rules.

Meredith Baxter is heading to night school. The actress's comedy "The Faculty" is moving to a new time slot on the ABC prime time schedule. The show now airs Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m.

Jay Leno is heading to California ... but just for a visit. "The Tonight Show" host has accepted an invitation to be the first grand marshal of San Francisco's traditional "Bay to Breakers" foot race in mid-May. Leno will bring along a tonight show camera crew to film comedy segments to be aired later.

The movie "Heat" starring Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro is headed to home video. The Warner Home Video release will hit the video store shelves in mid-June.

If you love Kramer and wonder what's going to happen to him after "Seinfeld" wraps up its last season, fear not. Los Angeles magazine reports NBC is negotiating with Michael Richards for a possible spinoff of "Seinfeld" which would be called -- what else? -- "Kramer." Seinfeld's next season could well be the last.

He's already been called "the hardest-working man in show business." Now James Brown is going for the title "longest-working man" too. Brown, touring in Australia, told reporters that at age 65, he has no plans to stop working. Brown says he wants to live as long as he can and die when he can't help it.

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