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2004:03:10:21:17:54 Hosting the Tibetan monks Painterly dances Francine Orr Los Angeles Times Estate of Dan Flavin Artists Rights Society MOCA goes minimal Genaro Molina Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan on never-ending narcissism. Page 12 really all about me DANCE STYLE CULTURE ART Cultural expectations are upended when clerics tour some of the glitzier quarters. Page 26 The museum reconsiders a crucial decade of complicated austerity. Page 41 Shen choreography is a marriage of Eastern forms and Western abstraction please, no emoting! Page 40 MOVIES HE hour was late, the rock music was blaring and the Friday night festivities were at full steam at Pinot Hollywood as the guest of honor, newly arrived from the Midwest, made the rounds. As new KCBS anchor Paul Magers mingled with dozens of his colleagues who had gathered, Laura Diaz the host and co-anchor approached her new partner to see how he was doing.

had this big smile on his face and he said, Doors are playing, and in Los Diaz re- called of that January night. said, get better than If the party was loud, into L.A. was not. On Jan. 5, hequietly slipped behind the anchor desk and began putting his imprint on KCBS Channel 5and11 p.m.

newscasts. With an authoritative demeanor, deep and resonant voice and off-the-cuff sense of humor, Magers is the $2-million- plus gamble. In a landscape that stretches from Hal professorial sensibility to Paul al styleto per- By Greg Braxton and Maria Elena Fernandez Times Staff Writers CALENDAR CC OC calendarlive.com SUNDAY PART I Movies Television Style Media Thomas Fuchs For The Times live in L.A. Paul Magers was a Minneapolis star. Now longtime ratings loser KCBS is betting $2 million that its new anchor will play in a show-biz town.

no sure thing. TELEVISION See Magers, Page E28.