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CELEBRITY UPDATE He shows his body but not his personality 15 i By Gettelman SENTINEL POPULAR MUSIC CRITIC 4 imfl 'i TAMPA Ricky Martin launched himself into pop su- perstardom with his electric performance on this year's '-Grammy Awards broadcast, so even new fans know this is one radio and video king who isn't just a studio creation However, on his current "La Vida Loca" tour, Martin has -to prove he can keep the energy flowing. 7 sw-s v. )1 REVIEW RICKY MARTIN At Tampa Ice Palace on Friday, Martin succeeded to some extent. The show was extravagantly staged, and Martin threw himself into his singing and his dancing and his modeling. Martin may not change clothes quite as many PLANET HOLLYWOOD Jamming with Angels Parodist 'Weird Al' Yankov-ic is 40.

Former Tonight Show host Johnny Carson is 74. Zydeco singer-musician Boozoo Chavis is 69. Author-director Michael Crichton is 57, Rhythm-and-blues singer Barbara Ann Hawkins (The Dixie Cups) is 56. Orange County Chairman Mel Martinez is 53. Country singer Dwight Yoa-kam is 43.

Rock musician Brian Nevin (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) is 33. Country singer-musician Junior Bryant (Ricochet) is 31. Members of Nobody's Angel take a break at Planet Hollywood Orlando after presenting a CD of the band's debut album. From left: Stacey Harper, Amy Sue Hardy, Ali Navarro, Sarah Smith. The group took its funky, high-energy sound to Disney-MGM Studios' Street Jam on Friday and plays there again tonight.

Et tu, Marc Anthony? Crooner gets engaged to beauty queen Sad news for Marc Anthony's female fans: The salsa superstar is engaged. The New York Daily News reports that the crooner, who stars in Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead, popped the question to his 24-year-old belle, former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres, at his TriBeCa apartment Sunday, giving her a 6-carat emerald-cut diamond ring. 'NYPD Blue' back on Tuesday, but not until January 2000 NYPD Blue will get back its old time slot, but viewers will have to wait until January to see the show, ABC announced Friday. The police drama starring Rick Schroder and Dennis Franz, will return to the schedule in its traditional 10 p.m. Tuesday time slot Jan.

11. The show now in that spot, Once and Again, will move to Mondays at 10 p.m. after Monday Night Football wraps up its season. Newscaster Burger signs off from job on WKMG-Channel 6 After three years on the air, Mike Burger bid farewell to viewers during the noon newscast on WKMG-Channel 6 on Friday. The newcaster, whose contract wasn't renewed according to sources, returned to Central Florida from Houston in 1996 to replace retiring newscaster Ben Aycrigg.

Jacqueline London and Tom Terry will handle the morning and noon newscasts while the station looks for Burger's replacement, said Kathleen Keefe, WKMG general manager. Del McCoury Band is named best in bluegrass for 3rd year The Del McCoury Band has been named best entertainer by the International Bluegrass Music Association for the third straight year. Ronnie Bowman won three awards Thursday, including his second straight for best male vocalist. His "Three Rusty Nails" was named best song and gospel recorded performance. There once was man named Alfred Hedren on Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock may have frightened millions of filmgoers, but Tippi Hedren says he was a cutup on the set.

times as Cher, and his black and brown leather slacks and black, brown or white shirts were certainly understated compared with her garb, even when revealing a slice of well-toned stomach or emphasiz- ing a perfect chest. Still, it's hard to think of a star who knows better how to show off his physical assets. At the same time, Martin managed to seem rather earnest and low-key when he addressed the audience, with almost a "Hi, I'm Ricky, I'll be your waiter" eagerness. Perhaps that's why the show, amusing as it was, failed to generate the kind of complete euphoria you might ex- -pect, given that Martin has reached the level where fans are willing to pay $75 for a ticket. Everybody seemed to have a fine time, but some element was missing.

It certainly wasn't showmanship. Martin staged a funny and fabulously over-the-top entrance, dancing atop a vintage Mustang. Cher or Janet Jackson would kill for a set as spectacular as Martin's. The band was terrific, although the sound was muddy and the musicians seemed a lot happier playing the uptempo and salsa numbers than the ballads, which didn't -show off his pleasant but unexceptional voice. He surprised the crowd by opening with "La Vida Loca," but then couldn't quite reach the same intensity again until he got to "Cup of Life" in the encore.

The flamenco-flavored "Spanish Eyes," dizzy "Shake Your Bon-Bon" and lively "Maria" were all fun, but the minutes started to drag during ballads such as "I Am Made of You" and even the hit "She's All I Ever Had." The main problem was that for all the wattage Martin put out, and for all the adoration expressed by the mostly "He'd tell a limerick, and very often it would be something dirty," the actress said Thursday at Hofstra University, which was honoring the 100th anniversary of Hitchcock's birth. Hedren's first starring role was in The Birds, and Hitchcock evidently thought her inexperience was an advantage. "He often said it was really wonderful because I had nothing to unlearn," she said. Singer Lauryn Hill cooks up a role in movie called 'Sauce' New Line bought a romantic comedy for music phenom Lauryn Hill to star in and produce. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sauce is the story of the granddaughter of a barbecue baron who goes to cooking school and falls for the grandson of a rival sauce maker.

23 restaurant has air about it but it's not Michael Jordan Michael Jordan wasn't there, but that didn't stop passers-by from stopping to check out "23," the basketball icon's new restaurant in Chapel Hill, N.C. "People have been trying to look through the windows," Tim Otken, the merchandise manager at the restaurant's side store, said at Thursday's opening. "You'd think it was Michael Jordan's topless restaurant." Compiled from wire reports. A venomous snake can strike over a distance equal to a third of its body length, and it never tries to strike farther. Knowing that, I suppose we can deduce that all venomous snakes know how long they are.

This one needs a little more work, but don't throw it out. Not all men with high-pitched voices are liars, but liars when they lie tend to raise voice pitch. Or so avers a student of criminal behavior. Ex-'Hollywood Madam' says she's up to her neck in debts Heidi Fleiss is broke. The former "Hollywood Madam," who once ran a high-priced call-girl ring catering to the rich and famous, has declared bankruptcy.

She's claiming more than $269,000 in debts in her petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles, including $115,000 to her lawyers and $85,000 in back rent for her Heidi Wear boutique in the Los Angeles suburb of Santa Monica. young, mostly female audience, he really didnt seem to connect with the crowd on the personal level of an Enrique Iglesias or Tom Jones. Martin was careful to acknowledge the crowd between songs, but he often seemed to be performing more for the camera, or even an imaginary mirror, than for the crowd. 'v I i 1 v.

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