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Liz Smith reported several V'." months ago that Playboy was ru-i mored to have offered Davis i $750,000 for posing. But Davis says she just wanted to show off the results of her weight training. "I'm really proud of the work that I've done and I'm also really -i proud that at 41 1 look better than i I did at 21 San Francisco Chronicle MEDIA No rush to boycott O.J. I A C. Nielsen market research 4ahas shown that the boycott of orange juice in response to i Florida Department of Citrus ads on Rush Umbaugh's show has had no negative effect on juice sales.

"People drink orange juice i without thinking about the politi-: cal side," said beverage consul- tant Tom Pirko. "What people ask, is whether it tastes fresh and whether it is a good value." San Francisco Chronicle EJovi review purphy can still get a laugh By Jeff StricklerStaff Writer One definition of a good comedian is the ability to make you iaugh even though you anticipate the punchline. By that standard, Eddie Murphy is nothing short of a great comedian in "Beverly Hills Cop III." He has us laughing at jokes we see coming an hour in advance literally. 'A case In point: Axel Foley (Murphy, ias if anyone else could play the role) is introduced to the Annihilator 2000, "the ultimate in urban self-defense," oversized machine gun-cum-boom box. we first see the gun (introduced Bronson Pinchot in a high-spirited 're-creation of his Serge character -from the first we know that hen the time finally comes for Axel to use it, he's going to hit the wrong button and get music instead of bullets.

Sure enough, he does exactly 'that. Nonetheless, his mugging during this confusion still makes us laugh. ithe i scene is just one in many that make Murphy fight for laughs. He has 'precious little help from screenwriter Steven E. de Souza.

The author of "Die Hard" sagas can set up a action scene and there are more of those here than in the earlier movies. But as good as de Souza is at scenes with punches, he can't set up a punchline. 'To the credit of the cast which also brings back series regular Judge Beinhold they manage to produce laughs. The fact that some of those laughs are hearty is downright amazing. Murphy, once one of the screen's 'COP' Continued on page 6E Douglas' departure may disrupt chemistry By Noel HolstonStaff Writer Staff Photos Brian Peterson Weather news won't be the be the same after tonight Paul Douglas is leaving KARE-TV's backyard to broadcast from a terrace in Chicago.

TV weather forecast delivered outdoors come rain, shine or blizzard from a set that looked like a suburban back yard. TELEVISION In touch with 'Wheer "Wheel of Fortune" has a newsletter called "Off Cam-i era," but I haven't been able to copy the address for it fast enough. Where can I write? The newsletter, published," 4 four times a year, has on contestant searches, special, theme shows and related informa-: tion. To subscribe, send a check.j or money order for $5 to "Off Camera," "Wheel of 3400 Riverside Burbank, CA 91 505. To become a contestant, those who will be in or near Los.

Angeles can call (213) 520-5555 to i see when auditions are sched-v uled. "Wheel of Fortune" also conducts contestant searches in I major cities. To get on the list for the next visit in your area, write to "Wheel of Fortune" Travel at the same address. Include name, ak dress, telephone number and the i closest major city to your home. Letters to Vanna White and Pat Sajak also should be sent to that Forth Worth Star-Telegram formidable in both categories.

No, the reason competitors are licking their chops is because they believe that a delicate chemistry is about to be seriously disturbed at KARE. "I don't think you can separate Douglas' appeal from the appeal of Paul Magers," said Ron Handberg, who was managing WCCO when Douglas entered the Twin Cities picture and now is executive producer and anchor of "NewsNight Minnesota" on KTCA-TV, Ch. 2. "I'm not even sure Douglas would have been as successful at another station with another anchorman. It was clearly their chemistry that was so good." John Lansing, news director of WCCO and former assistant news director at KARE, was more specific.

"In focus groups, when we've asked people what they like about KARE, they say, 'Great When we asked what they mean by great teamwork, people don't say, 'Paul and Diana or Paul and Pat They say, 'Paul and "So what Douglas was, was much beyond the weather forecaster. He was 50 percent of this magic thing called teamwork that people put a high value on." Although WCCO has retaken the ratings lead at 1 0 p.m., KARE has the lion's share of the WEATHER Continued on page 3E Not exactly a radical concept when you stop to think about it now. But, boy, did it get attention for weather "boy" Paul Douglas, as one newspaper wag used to mock him, and for what was in 1983 WTCN-TV, Ch. 1 1 The station was a nonf actor in the Twin Cities TV-news competition when Douglas came aboard in 1983, along with anchors Paul Magers and Diana Pierce. By 1987, WTCN, all warm and fuzzy and renamed KARE, had the top-rated 10 p.m.

newscast. Now Douglas is leaving. Tonight he'll present his last Minnesota forecasts. He's bound for a weather "terrace" at Chicago's WBBM in a move partly engineered by WBBM general manager Bob McGann, who just happens to be the former general manager of KARE's arch-rival, Although Douglas" departure from KARE is amicable witness the four consecutive nights of televised farewell-to-Paul festivities that conclude tonight it nonetheless has inspired the competition to suggest that the forecast for the Gannett-owned NBC station is not exactly sunny and warm. It's not that Douglas is considered irreplaceable as a meteorologist or a personality, although everyone in the TV market concedes that he's 4- AROUND TOWN Paul Douglas hopes good things happen at new job In Chicago.

Page 3E. How will they fare in weather war? 'Requiem' I -f. li. TV Yanks are coming for D-Day By Lynn Elber Associated Press Los Angeles, Calif. Fifty years after D-Day, television is pulling out its big guns to commemorate the pivotal Allied invasion of German-occupied France.

Documentaries, dramas and expanded news coverage will bring the mas-sive military action and intimate personal stories of June 6, 1 944 the beginning of the end of World War II -to life. TV networks, which missed the chance to cover history the first time around, are sending waves of reporters to swarm the French beaches at Normandy and other battle sites for the anniversary. Newspapers, radio and movie news-1 feels brought the war home in those pre-television days. Now the medium 4s poised for its belated shot. ABC, NBC.

CBS and CNN all plan coverage of the official ceremony at Qmaha Beach June 6, to be attended by President Clinton, Britain's Queen Elizabeth and French President Fran-I eois Mitterand. That's the climax; the buildup starts weeks before. Today at 8 p.m. on KTCA (Ch. 2) PBS' TThe American Experience" presents D-DAY Continued on page 2E Edo de Waart, above, will kick, off the final subscription pro--' gram of the Minnesota Orchestra's 1993-94 season with a per-' formance tonight at Orchestra Hall of Verdi's "Requiem," com- posed in memory of Kalian national hero Alessandro Manzoni.

Soloists will be soprano Deborah Voigt, mezzo-soprano Nancy i Maultsby, tenor Frank Lopardo-i and bass Eric Halfvarson. The. Minnesota Chorale will sing the i choral part. i Additional performances are Fri-: day at Orchestra Hall and Satur-j day at the Ordway Music Theatre, all at 8 p.m. Tickets are $1 3 to i $37.

Call 371-5656 or 800-292 4141. Michael Anthony Dave Dahl, KSTP Age: 40 Birthplace: Minneapolis Education: University of Minnesota, Florida State University (meteorology) Tenure: 17 years Joe DiGiovanni, KMSP Age: 30 Birthplace: Detroit Education: University of Michigan (atmospheric science) Tenure: 3 years Mike Fairbourne, WCCO Age: 52 Birthplace: Murray, Utah Education: University of Utah (meteorology) Tenure: 17 years Rebecca Kolls, WCCO Age: 33 Birthplace: Salt Lake City Education: University of Kansas (atmospheric science) Tenure: 2 years Ken Barlow, KARE Age: 32 Birthplace: Newport, R.I. Education: Plymouth (N.H.) State College (meteorologymath computer science) Tenure: 3V4 years 4.