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G) A-2 The Orlando Sentinel, Wednesday, February 10, 1999 I Tl 17 I I .1 laTIiltHlHSS 1 I I If A Iff Is alley's moiuiElh) IbOainme A word from the nominees J. I know it's in his job description and all, but you just have to wonder whether Oscar-snubbed Jim Carrey was kicking himself Tuesday for being such a comedian when accepting the Golden Globes best actor award last month. "You know what this means: I'm a shoo-in for the Blockbuster Award," Carrey said, joking about his Globe win, which many thought would boost his Oscar chances. Carrey NIELSEN RATINGS Nostalgia helps sweep NBC into the No. 1 spot NEW YORK NBC's return to the 1960s for a miniseries and to the 1980s for a mini-Cheers reunion helped the network to a comfortable ratings victory during the first week of the important February "sweeps" period.

NBC had a 10.3 rating; CBS was second with a 9.3; ABC had a 7.9; and Fox had a 7.2. For the week of Feb. 1-7, the top 10 shows were: ER, NBC; Prosier, NBC; Friends, NBC; NBC Sunday Night Movie: The '60s, Part One, NBC; 60 Minutes, CBS; Touched by an Angel, CBS; Veronica's Closet, NBC; Jesse, NBC; Dateline NBC-Monday, NBC; and CBS Sunday Movie: Night Ride Home, CBS. ASSOCIATED PRESS 4 A' 1' IK li LiSs 'J Golfer Greg Norman is 44. also thanked "the Academy" adding something to the effect of "Oops, what was I thinking?" Carrey's co-president in this year's Leo DiCaprio Memorial "Gee, I Guess It Really Is An Honor Just To Be Nominated" "It's the best song I wrote for a movie.

I didn't think it'd be noticed because the movie went away so fast." Randy Newman, best-song nominee, "That'll Do," Babe: Pig In The City. "What's very encouraging is to see Edward Norton's nomination. He said to me I was the reason he became an actor. I hope I'm the reason he doesn't win an Oscar." Ian McKellen, best-actor nominee, Gods and Monsters. "I guess I had been hopeful because people were saying to me there was a good chance.

It's down to the wire when they call you fifth, though!" Lynn Redgrave, nominee, Gods and Monsters, "I bet a director friend of mine in Australia that I'd have to buy her a pair of Rollerblades if we got seven nominations and now we have. I'd better get moving." Cate Blanchett, best-actress nominee, Elizabeth. PHP" JP "UBS SENTINEL COLUMNIST Opera singer Leontyne Price is 72. Movie composer Jerry Goldsmith is 70. Actor Robert Wagner is 69.

Mississippi Gov. Kirk For- diceis65. Orlando Celebrity Concert Association President Clark Wattersis62. Singer Roberta Flack is 60. Singer Jimmy Merchant is 59.

Winter Garden City Manager Hollis Holden is 57. Olympic gold-medal swimmer Mark Spitz is 49. Sara Van Arsdel, director of the Orange County Historical Museum, is 45. Actress Kathleen Beller is 44. Ft i Pi Wv', 1 I You could win tickets to Glenn celebration Here's a chance to join astronauts from the Mercury 7 era to current shuttle crews roasting and toasting an American hero at the Feb.

20 gala Tribute to John H.Glenn Jr. The grand prize is two $1 ,000 tickets for VIP seating at an astronaut's table at the Wyndam' Palace event, which includes dinner, dancing and entertainment. Two runners-up will each get two $250 tickets to the tribute, which benefits the Astronaut Scholarship Fund and the U.S. Space Camp Foundation. To enter, call the SentineLine at (407) 872-7200, enter Category 3850 and follow the instructions before noon Thursday, when the contest ends.

That's a local call in the Orlando calling area. Normal long-distance charges will occur outside the dialing area. You can also register at the Sentiners main lobby at 633 N. Orange Orlando. Office hours are 8:30 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. We'll pick three entries at random. The first chosen will win the grand prize. If winners are minors, their guest must be a parent or guardian who must accompany them at all times.

One entry per person. No purchase necessary. See Classified Advertising for complete rules, which you can also listen to by calling the Sentine-Line's Category 3851 For more information about the event and how to purchase tickets, call (407) club: John Travolta. While Oscar nominee Tom Hanks specifically asked the You've Got Mail folks not to mount a best-actor campaign for him because it might interfere with his Saving Private Ryan bid, Travolta Get the whole story in Living, E-1 went for a double play. He OK'd a best-actor campaign by Touchstone for A Civil Action and Universale Primary Colors.

The rival studios went so far as to coordinate ad schedules and share strategies but Travolta still lost. Not sure of this logic Can't help but wonder whether Steven Spielberg's thank-you speeches might not wind up hurting Saving Private Ryan. "I think this is a tribute to the veterans," said Spielberg, after being nominated for Best Director on Tuesday. "It's important that before this century is out ample recognition is paid to the veterans who saved the world." So we owe it to the local VFW guys not to back Shakespeare in Love for best picture? A clue: He's not dead Big news in Toddler World: Steve Burns, host of Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues kiddie show, is not dead despite whose nomination was announced last. the persistent rumors rattling his preschool fans.

And there was no drug overdose. A Nickelodeon spokeswoman concedes, however, that "our dearly not departed Steve Burns" has become "the Mi-key guy" of the '90s. Like the freckle-faced kid who starred in those Life cereal commercials, Burns is plagued by persistent rumors of his mysterious death. They started in November and got so bad that Burns went on Rosie O'DonneU's show in December thinking that would end it. But they've flared back up again.

As the Nickelodeon spokeswoman said: "Isn't it icky?" Same job, just a tad colder An update on Jim Barach, recently axed as the morning and noon weather-caster at WFTV-Channel 9: He is headed to WTVH-Channel 5, a CBS affiliate in Syracuse, N.Y., to be the station's chief meteorologist. Daredevil is feeling fine Evel Knievel, already out of a Tampa hospital two weeks after a liver transplant, says he is feeling tired but hopes to find the loved ones of the 20-year-old Country singer Lionel Cart-wright is 39. Former presidential adviser George Stephanopoulos is 38. Actress Laura Dern Is 32. Country singer Dude Mow-rey is 27.

donor to thank them for his life. "I now have a new best friend, and I don't even know him," Knievel said of the Sputheast man who died Jan. 27. "He gave me life." Knievel also said he phoned Chicago Bears Hall of Earner Walter Payton, asking him to Send info on his rare liver disease to Tampa, where Knievel hopes Pay-ton can get on a short transplant list. Why, Pinky? Why? What's the world coming to? Happy Days' Pinky Tuscadero (a a Roz Kelly) has pleaded not guilty to three felony firearms charges.

The 56-year-old is accused of grabbing a shotgun and shooting up her neighbor's car and apartment after being awakened by a blaring car alarm. She has remained jailed in lieu of $305,000 bail since her Nov. 29 arrest. During a court appearance Monday, Kelly said she has lingering medical problems from a knee injury and surgeries. She also asked for permission to represent herself.

Uh, oh. Kelly faces up to six years in prison, Wire services were used in this report. Got a celebrity tip or a comment? Call Leslie's Line at (407) 420-5008. Q. What was Clint Eastwood's first movie? A.

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