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The Hollywood Minute

March 25, 1996
Web posted at: 6:10 p.m. EST

From Entertainment Correspondent Dennis Michael

HOLLYWOOD, California (CNN) -- Dylan McDermott, last seen in the Clint Eastwood movie "In the Line of Fire," will play the lead in the new David E. Kelly series "The Practice". Daily Variety reports the show has a 13-week order from ABC for next season.

It's a great big beautiful tomorrow for Disneyland. The theme park's brass have unveiled plans to give "Tomorrowland" a facelift. There will be a new ride called "The Astro Orbiter," and Michael Jackson's 3-D movie "Captain EO" is being replaced by "Honey I Shrunk the Audience." The new look will debut in the spring of 1998.

Ozzy Osbourne will return to his road tour in April. Osbourne's "Retirement Sucks" tour will resume April 13 in Phoenix, Arizona. His new album, "Ozzmosis" is due out a few days before the tour resumes.

The Beatles' new album, Anthology Volume II, is another hot seller. According to Capitol Records, the collection of rare unreleased tracks went on sale Tuesday and sold nearly 225,000 copies in its first 24 hours of release.

Sheryl Crow is in Bosnia. The singer is traveling with first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton to visit U.S. peacekeepers in Eastern Europe. Although Crow has left her four-piece band behind, she will perform while she's there -- accompanying herself on acoustic guitar.

It's back to the stage for Jessica Lange this fall. The actress will star in London's West End in a new production of "A Streetcar Named Desire." The last time she did the play she worked opposite Alec Baldwin. Casting for this production has not been determined.

Rutger Hauer is at work in Montreal. Daily Variety reports that the actor has begun shooting an updated movie version of "The Call of the Wild."

Cancellation brings no silence for "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues." Columnist Army Archerd says syndicator Warner Brothers and affiliates carrying the show have received more than 4,000 letters protesting the cancellation of the show -- not only through the mail, but via the Internet.

There's a nomination for Christopher Reeve, but not for an Oscar. New York congresswoman Sue Kelly has nominated Reeve for the 1996 National Medal of the Arts. The Republican says Reeve has "significantly contributed to the artistic and spiritual heritage of the country." Reeve is recovering from a riding accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down.

Wedding bells may be in Bernadette Peters' future. The Tony Award-winning actress is reportedly engaged to New York stock broker Michael Wittenberg.

David Letterman thinks it would be fun to host the Oscars again, even though he got dismal reviews for his performance last year. Letterman explained it would be like watching a man with bad vision disarm a bomb.

Elton John and Lalique have joined together in the fight against AIDS. The piano man unveiled a crystal sculpture this week called "Elton's Angel." A percentage of the profits from sales of the object d'art will go to the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Each piece is signed by Lalique, and is the only Lalique sculpture that carries a second signature -- Elton John's.

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