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ASBURY PARK PRESS I SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2004 1" 1 PLUS COMING ATTRACTIONS FOOD Dining out in Barnegat CALLUS: Katby Dzielak Entertainment Editor (732) 643-4265 Music 2 Movies 3, 4 Best Bets Dance 5 Dave Barry 8 Books 10 Puzzles flflf CELEBS TELEVISION SUNDAY'S BEST Oil IV By MIKE HUGHES Gannett News Service TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE: "Salem's Lot," 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., TNT; concludes tomorrow. On one level, this minise-ries has its limits. Based on an early Stephen King novel, it can't avoid becoming a nasty horror story. Still, it's a well-crafted one.

Mikael Salomon, a gifted Danish director, provided a stylish look and got some understated performances. Rob Lowe plays a writer who returns to the small town where he endured terror as a boy. Lowe is surrounded by strong performances from Sa-mantha Mathis, Donald Sutherland and Andre Braugher. Eventually, it all descends into messy horror. At least, viewers have taken a classy ride there.

a BEST BETS A weekly guide to fun things to do Artist Theresa Troise Heidel uses new ways to remind viewers of the old days of Anbury Park. 5 I i I i -I 9 THE MANY FACES OF ASBURY PARK Park, cherishes. Rather, it's the scrollwork, the bas reliefs and the furbelows of the Warren and Wet-more-designed Casino complex on the boardwalk that spark her yearnings for the Asbury Park of yore. "You know," she says in defense of the old, dilapidated Casino. "(Whitney) Warren and (Charles) Wetmore designed Grand Central Station in New York City.

They were very important architects. We have one of their buildings in Asbury and it is in terrible disrepair. "To see the beautiful winged seahorses of the Casino Building hanging limply off the edges and the lanterns falling backwards gives me a feeling of great sadness and a sense that a terrible injustice has been done to let these masterpiece buildings get to such condition," she says. "Not only an injustice to the great architects Warren and Wet-more and the superb craftsmen who carried out the work, but also to future generations who may never see such beautiful treasures in their lifetimes." Confident, direct and passionate about architectural restoration, Heidel brings to mind the woman largely responsible for saving Grand Central Station, Jackie Kennedy On ass is. It took Jackie-0 to remind New Yorkers of the great architec- ture in their midst.

Now, it's Heidel's turn to come to the aid of Asbury's equivalent of Grand Central: the crumbling complex of historic buildings including the Casino and Carousel House as well as Convention Hall and the Par-See Artist, Page E4 AT HE ,10 VIES By ELEANOR O'SULUVAN Movie Writer IT'S A BIG WEEK FOR new movies at area theaters, with a controversial documentary from flamboyant Michael Moore leading the way. Moore's "Fahrenheit 9 11," winner of the Cannes Film Festival's highest award in May, opens Friday. It's Moore look at the war in Iraq, detainee abuse, the murder of American contractors and how American politicians view the war. With extensive interviews and footage shot in Washington that includes servicemen who have served in the Iraq War asking members of congress if they favor their children serving in the war. Director Michael Moore enjoys a Jovial moment at a press conference promoting his new movie Rescheduled to open this week instead of last, "Dodgeball" stars Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn in a comedy about nerds and gym buffs competing in a dodgeball tournament.

The nerds need the prize money to pay off the mortgage on their gym. With Christine Taylor and Justin Long. In "The Notebook," starring James Garner as the husband of a woman (Gena Rowlands) suffering from Alzheimer's disease, reminisces about their courtship during the World War II years. With Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as the couple in their youth. Guy Pearce and Christian Clavier star in "Two Brothers," about two tigers, separated since their births in French Indochina, who are reunited years later in a battle staged by an adventurer.

Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud of "The Bear" fame. Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans star in "White Chicks," portraying FBI agents who go undercover as white women to rescue two wealthy sisters who have been kidnapped. Directed by Keenan Ivory Wayans. HEW DVDS By ELEANOR O'SULUVAN Movie Writer FORMER HOLMDEL resident, screenwriter Glenn Ficarra had a surprise hit last year with "Bad Santa," arriving on the home viewing market this week. In "Bad Santa," Billy Bob Thornton is a foul-mouthed alcoholic department store Santa Claus who runs afoul of his employers.

John Ritter appears in his last film role. "Bad Santa" (2003), is rated for graphic profanity. With Bernie Mac, John Ritter. "Secret Window" stars Johnny Depp as a writer stalked by an unbalanced writer (John Turturro). With Maria Bello, Timothy Hut-ton, Charles S.

Dutton. PG-13. r. II. I Hi Take ourJJLo rebound quiz; award show chic ci i By MARIE MABER Correspondent ASBURY PARK Many people have lamented the ongoing demolition of Palace Amusements, the decrepit arcade long adorned by a clown-face called Tillie.

The good news: Tillie's face, at least, has been cut away and is being saved for a promised place, somewhere in the future of the city's ongoing redevelopment. But it's not the familiar round visage of Palace Amusements that Theresa Troise Heidel, Ridgefield Is I. ''y -'W I i i ft. '4'. v.

i 4 City's architecture resurrected with watercolors instead of bricks and mortar Si. Rob Lowe stars in 'Salem's Lot," airing tonight and tomorrow on TNT. TONIGHT'S OTHER MUST SEE: "The Cider House Rules," 9 p.m., CBS, Channels 2 and 3. John Irving's novel tells of a boy growing up in a rural orphanage during the 1930s and '40s. It's almost too big for one movie but Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom gives it a lush look.

Tobey Maguire, Michael Caine and Charlize The-ron lead a terrific cast. Other choices tonight include: "Wild Kingdom: Grizzly Encounters," 7 p.m., Animal Planet. There are only about 1,000 grizzly bears on the U.S. mainland, this documentary says, but about 40,000 roam Alaska and its islands. A wildlife photographer went there to film them.

"Paternal Instinct," 7 p.m., Cinemax. This leisurely and good-spirited documentary follows two gay men as they seek to have a child through a surrogate. "The Simpsons," 8 p.m., Fox, Channels 5 and 29. Homer is a masked crusader. "Bicentennial Man" (1999), 8 p.m., ABC, Channels 6 and 7.

If a seventh-and-final game is needed in the NBA basketball playoffs, that will be at 9 p.m. with the pre-game at 8:30. If not, ABC has this movie, which is set in the future, with Robin Williams as a robot, gradually turning human. "Jack," 8 p.m., Showtime. Based on a novel by A.M.

Homes, this movie views a teen (Anton Yelchin), coming to terms with puberty, the divorce of his parents (Stockard Channing and Ron Silver) and the news that father is gay. "Fatherhood" debut. 9 p.m., Nickelodeon. Bill Cos-by's best-selling book has been loosely turned into a cartoon series for grown-ups. In this pleasant and modestly entertaining opener, we meet Dr.

Arthur Bindlebeep (Blair Underwood), his wife, played by Sabrina LeBeuf (Sondra on the old "Cosby" show), and their three children. We also meet his mom (Ruby Dee) and dad, a zealous old athlete voiced by Lou Rawls. After this Father's Day premiere, the show will move to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning June 29. PAINTINGS AND PRINTS BY THERESA TROISE HEIDEL On view at the Ocean Park Gallery 703 Cookman Asbury Park 10 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays; 12:30 to 5 p.m. Sundays (732) 776-8943 i.