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19. She plays the wife of the story's media-mogul villain (who's portrayed by "Evita's" Jonathan Pryce), but she's eventually won over to Agent 007's side. It'll be an exciting second half of 1997 for Hatcher, since she's also expecting her first child with husband Jon Tenney, a star of this fall's Steven Bochco-produced CBS series "Brooklyn South." Was John Wayne supposed to star in "Gunsmoke" instead of James Arness? By Jay Bobbin, Tribune Media Services What is the name of the movie that stars Lea Thompson as a popular girl at school who dates a boy who likes her, to get even with her rich boyfriend (or treating her badly? It's "Some Kind of Wonderful," a 1987 comedy-drama that was one of the many teen-oriented films -produced by John Hughes during tne mid-'BOs. The picture which also featured 'Eric Stoltz and Mary Stuart "Masterson holds up so well after 10 years, it's been a frequent attraction on cable including WTBS, TNT and Lifetime. You might be interested to know that current "Caroline in the City" star Thompson ended up marrying the movie's director, Howard Deutch.

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38 mins. 5:25 em. (HB02) MOVIE: "Animals Are Beau A bet is riding on this, Did Mary Tyler Moore star in a TV-movie about a mother who lost a son to "friendly fire in Vietnam? Right idea, wrong comedy veteran. Though Moore has done her share of drama, it actually was Carol Burnett who starred in the 1979 film that literally was titled "Friendly Fire." The movie won its season's Emmy Award for Outstanding Special, Drama or Comedy. I saw the original "Airport" movie on The Family Channel recently, and I was wondering how many of the other ones George Kennedy was in.

All of them. The actor reprised his Joe Patroni role in "Airport 1975," "Airport 77" and "The Concorde: Airport 79." Though he stayed pretty much on news anchor at that city's WNFT-TV in 1988-89. She also did local theater in such productions as "Bye Bye Birdie," "She Loves Me," "The Shadow Box," "God- spell" and "The Best Lit- tie Whorehouse in Texas." At Walt Disney World's Disney-MGM Studios, Cornett played Ariel in the live offering "Voyage of the Little Mermaid." She attended Orlando's Rollins College in the summer of 1992, just before she won a title that would thrust her into the national spotlight. After becoming that year's Miss Florida, she was named Miss America, a position that would take her across the country and make her a familiar face on television. She became so familiar, Cornett was invited to substitute for a week for the vacationing Mary Hart on "Entertainment when her reign ended, she was invited to join the show as a full-time reporter.

Cornett stayed there for two years, then left just as her then-new husband Steines joined the I TV Vital Statistics Leanza Cornett Wayne was approached by CBS about playing Matt Dillon when the series moved from radio to television in 1955. It probably was wishful thinking on the network's part since his movie career was in high gear, and he suggested an alterntive by recommending Arness, who had done some work for his production company. As an added enticement, Wayne agreed to introduce the first episode, and the rest is Dodge City history. was based on the 1988 movie airs Tuesday on Fox. Many other television ventures have involved otherworldly characters, and here's a quiz on some ol them: QUESTIONS 1) On "My Favorite Martian," by what name did Tim O'Hara call his intergalactic visitor? 2) Who played the architect trying to warn others of the presence of "The Invaders" in that late-1960s show? 3) What was the name of the short, furry alien who was the title character in a 1986-90 comedy series? 4) Which show featured an enemy brigade known as the Cylons? 5) In their "Saturday Night Live" skits, which country did the members of the Cone-head family, tell neighbors they were from? 6) On "The X-Files," what is the name of the FBI deputy director to whom Mulder and Scully report their findings? ANSWERS 1) Uncle Martin.

2) Roy Thinnes. 3) ALF. 4) "Battlestar Galactica." 5) France. 6) Skinner. (He's played by Mitch Pileggi.) Copyright 1997 Tribune Media Services the ground in the first two ot those pictures, he got to be the co-pilot of the Concorde in the last one.

I was very impressed with the Christopher Reeve-directed HBO drama "In the Gloaming." Will it be repeated anytime soon? Without a doubt, though we don't have an exact date to provide you at this point. However, the film starring Glenn Close as the mother of an AIDS-afflicted young man (Robert Sean Leonard) will be in video stores on the HBO Home Video label in early September. I've read that Teri Hatcher is supposed to be the new "James Bond girl." Is that true? Indeed it is. TV's most recent Lois Lane will be Pierce Brosnan's leading lady in "Tomorrow Never Dies," slated to be released program. Since then, she's stayed busy with a variety oi activities, contnoutinq en tertainment reports to the weekend editions of NBC's Today" and serving as host of a behind-the-scenes show on cable's FXM.

Last March, Cornett was a co-host of a syndicated "Live From the Academy Awards" special on Oscar night, and she is a fill-in host on the Los Angeles morning program "Good Day L.A." on KTTV-TV. Ad ditionally, she has appeared on such series as "Melrose Place" and "Saved by the Bell." Continuing her stage work, she's appearing this summer with her spouse in a Jacksonville, Fla. staging of "Barefoot in the Park." On the adventures that "Ordinary Extraordinary" provides her: "I like to try a lot of things, and I've only just gotten into this daredevil side of my life. This show is a great vehicle for that, because it's given me opportunities to do some really neat things. Also, it has really human stories, and I By Jay Bobbin Tribune Media Services Birthplace: Kingsport, Tenn.

Current residence: Los Angeles. Family information: Mar ried to "Entertainment Tonight" correspondent Mark 1 Steines. By Jay Bobbin, Tribune Media Services Being billed as the final TV-movie in the series, "Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy" inspired by the weekly show, which in turn think it's fascinating in itself to hear the things that peo ple have been through and overcome, it amazes me. On the long-range bene fits to her risk-taking: "The more I can do, the better for me. That's what I like to see on television, someone like Katie Couric actually doing the exercises she's talking about." On some of the stories she's done tor "Ordinary "The first thing I did was to go sky-diving for the first time, then my second assignment was to feed sharks.

I went to the Bahamas and trained for four days, and I didn't get bitten and came back in one piece." On one challenge she decided to pass up: "I went to the Florida Everglades and interviewed a man who goes into the swamps and wrestles alligators, but that's something I would not do. I definitely drew a line in the sand there, though I just went power-speedboat racing. Appearing on: "Ordinary Extraordinary," a new CBS series premiering Friday (8 p.m. ET). Introduced as a special last season, the program focuses on the unique achievements of everyday people, and Cornett gets to share some of their experiences firsthand by doing frequent field reports and participating in the subjects'' activities.

She splits theshow's hosting duties witti John Schneider, the former "Dukes of Hazzard" star. Notable past credits: Even before she started studies at Jacksonville (Fla.) University, Cornett already had" gotten a jump on her 'career, since she was a.