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Eatlfl press oiesiyies Broadcast News Taylor-made Disney costumes 1 i 1 li I Williamsburg native Tracy Taylor keeps characters in stitches Walt Disney's World on Ice will be presented Wednesday through Oct. 22 in the Hampton Coliseum. Performances at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 and 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 21, and 1:30 and 5 p.m. Oct. 22. Tickets are (Wednesday "Family Night! tickets Call 671-8100 or 872-8100 for reservations.

By David Nicholson Daily Press You may never see Goofy, Cruella De Vil, Mowgli and The Little Mermaid in the same Disney film. But next week, they'll be skating together when Walt Disney's World Behind the makeup and feathers are several of the best professional skaters from around the world. Anisette Gent, a former Danish national champion, glides across the ice as Ariel, the Little Mermaid: Cameron Medhurst, eight-time Australian national champion, brings his boyish charm to the role of Mowgli. And Canadian Stephanie Lariv-iere gets off a series of fiery jumps starring as the wicked Cruella De Vil. "We have a very international company, with skaters from Norway, France, Canada, Australia, Russia and Poland," says Misiura.

"Because we have so many shows, we conduct auditions, wherever we travel." "-x The large cast means frequent costume changes. Overseeing more than 200 costumes is Williamsburg native Tracy Taylor, who is spending his first season as the company's assistant wardrobe manager. The 29-year-old Bruton High graduate hadn't planned on a career with World on Ice when he was teaching at the York County School of the Arts last year. Then he took his family to see the "Snow White" ice show and saw the spectacle. "I have to be a part of this," he said to himself.

Please see CostumesD2 on Ice comes to town. Some of Disney's funniest, cutest and creepiest characters share the ice for this production of excerpts from Disney classics. Orchestrating the mayhem will be the lovable characters, Mickey Costumes for Disney characters like Mickey Mouse, above, and years of Disney films. Goofy is joined by his son, Max, who tries to imitate Mickey Mouse's famous "sorcerer's apprentice" scene from the Disney film, "Fantasia." Mickey leads the pair on a nostalgic journey where the audience meets characters such as Cinderella, Cruella De Vil from "101 Dalmatians" and Mowgli of "The Jungle Book" fame. "When you combine Mickey and Goofy with all these characters, you end up with a really strong show," says company manager Phil Misiura.

Misiura is responsible for moving 43 skaters, 16 technicians and support staff, and eight truck loads of sets, costumes and equipment around the country. On top of the usual pyrotechnics and special effects, this show features a huge movable mountain. Goofy are maintained by assistant wardrobe manager Tracy Taylor. Mouse and Goofy. Producer Kenneth Feld scored big with past productions based on "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aladdin." His latest of eight productions currently on tour plays off this year's popular "A Goofy Movie," then adds many of the legendary characters seen in more than 40 WVEC, WPEN join forces with newscast Another partnership in local television news was announced this week: "13 News at Ten on WPEN." WVEC-TV, Channel 13, will create a separate newscast for WPEN-TV that will air at 10 p.m.

weekdays beginning Nov. 8. WPEN, the Hampton-based independent station airing on Channels 51 and 68, is also available on most area cable systems. The newscast will be anchored by Mike Lewis in WVEC's South Hampton Roads bureau and by Velma Scaife on the Peninsula. WPEN also plans to rebroadcast WVEC's 6 p.m.

newscast at 8 p.m. The collaboration marks another entry into what has become a busy news market for Hampton Roads. In September, WTKR-TV, Channel 3, began creating a separate 10 p.m. newscast for WGNT-TV, Channel 27. WPEN and WVEC have been negotiating this project for two months, says WPEN general manager Dave Hanna.

In between its 8 and 10 p.m. newscasts, WPEN will air "Inside Edition" at 8:30 p.m. and "The Maury Povich Show" at 9 p.m. MARCHING NORTH. Reporters from Hampton Roads' three television news departments are heading to Washington to cover the Million Man March.

Charles Pugh from WAVY-TV, Channel 10, will begin filing stories on WAVY's 11 p.m. newscast Sunday night and throughout the day on Monday, the day of the march. Kurt Williams, weekend anchor at WTKR-TV, Channel 3, will file march reports as well. WVEC-TV, Channel 13, will have two reporters on hand. Jonathan Costen is accompanying those Peninsula residents traveling north, while Bonita Billingsley will be joining residents from South Hampton Roads.

PAROLE FORUM. Court TV, Cox Communications and the Virginia Bar Association's young lawyers division will team up next week for a public forum on parole reform. "Parole Photos courtesy of Walt Disney Catdh Demi Moore seeing red over controversy surrounding ending of her new movie By Jay Carr The Boston Globe NEW YORK ince "Mortal Thoughts," "A Few Good Men," Indecent Proposal and Disclosure, Demi Moore is Hollywood's front-mnningstrong-woman. Her fee has passed the 12 million scmet teyer I -J i i t-i. 1 vr I IN- -W fvV -Jft ii.iiiIHi-.iii, r'' Hi Ulll'i- mark; her company has 25 films in development; she has figured out a modus operandi for her marriage to Bruce Willis; and, with the aid of a few nan-: nies, she has mothering three young daughters covered.

All this and daily workouts, too. So who more natural to play Hester Prynne in Hollywood's latest remake of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter," which opened Friday? Hester's courage and dignity in standing up to the crushing Puritan patriarchy of 17th-century Boston make her America's first heroine. Not that Moore, perched on a Park Avenue hotel's sofa, wearing pressed blue jeans and black satin blouse, is feeling that strong, she says, much less heroic. The reason is that she's caught in something of an endgame. The scarlet letter of the title is for adultery, for which Hester is stigmatized.

Lately, though, Moore has found that the scarlet letter is tor revisionism. Reform: Will Our Streets Be Any Safer?" will be taped at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the theater of Norfolk's Chrysler Museum. The discussion, moderated by Court TV anchor Carol Randolph, will feature State Sen. Kenneth W.

Stolle, Norfolk Delegate William P. Robinson Judge Everett A. Martin of the Norfolk Circuit Court, Norfolk Commonwealth's Attorney Charles D. Griffith Jr. and Sheriff Frank Drew of Virginia Beach.

"Court TV goes all over the country," says Susan Long-Molnar of Cox Communications. "They deal with the controversial issues that affect many communities." The forum will be televised on Court TV's "Community Forum" program sometime later this year. To reserve a space at the forum, call 552-6576. LIVE MUSIC. The American Chamber Players will perform from 8 to 10 p.m.

Monday night in the theater of Norfolk's Chrysler Museum. Classical music enthusiasts can hear a live broadcast of the concert on WHRO-FM (90.3). Miles Hoffman, violist for the ensemble, is a frequent commentator on National Public Radio's "Performance Today" program airing at 9 a.m. Mondays through Thursdays on WHRO. The chamber group will open the 1995-96 season of the Feldman Chamber Music Society.

Their concert will be repeated at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Williamsburg Regional Library. If you have a tip for Broadcast News, contact Nicholson at 247-4794. She's been hearing demi-semi-quavers of reaction to the fact that director Roland Joffe and screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart don't end things on the scaffold the way Hawthorne did. Moore played a role in shaping the script, she says, but essentially she played what Joffe came to To make a long story short, I support the ending.

Demi Moore star of "The Scarlet Letter" Demi Moore stars as Hester Prynne, a sensual and spirited young woman who is forced to wear a brand of shame for her adulterous liaison with the reverend in the community, in "The Scarlet Letter." Photos courtesy of Hollywood pictures The Scarlet Letter" is rated for sexual situations, nudity and violence. Commodore, Carmike Cinema 4, Cinemark Movies 10, Patrick Henry 7, Newmarket 4. Movie reviews. D3-4. BE PREPARED TO BE SCARED.

I i her with a script he refers to as freely adapted. "It kind of feels like a no-brainer, everyone jumping on the ending," Moore says, "because it's an easy thing to compare. But my feeling is that the movie needs to be looked at as a whole. Because people become so literal that they miss the heart and flow of the story. To make a long story short, I support the ending." Typical Moore plunging in with both feet, answering questions carefully but forthrightly, pale skin setting off black eyes looking unflinchingly into those of her questioner.

Ultimately, the big question will be whether Moore can fill the movie's strong central role with enough heartfelt presence and appeal to carry it. That strength thing again. Screenwriter Stewart, interviewed separately, says that while Hester did what she did for love, he did what he did for accessibility. Joffe added a back story, a murderer and material about the Puritans' uneasy relationship with the native tribes before trekking off to Canada to film it. After Moore came aboard, and he sat down with her one-on-one, says Stewart, "We worked on what she felt was a tone of strength that was missing from the first take." Hester's strength is what has made this story irresistible to Hollywood and to actresses.

Lillian Gish played her in the 1926 version that is the most famous of a number of silent treatments; Colleen Moore starred in the first sound version, in 1934. Even Wim Wenders filmed a remake in 1973, starring Senta Berger. Listen to Halloween tales i ttti 1-1 T--I of the strange but true, hear spooky Halloween sounds. For these and other Halloween treats, call the Daily Press 1-Line at 928-1 1 1 1 and enter category 1 BOO (1266). Asked how she'd respond to suggestions that the new script was tailored to suit her, Moore says, "I'd say they're full of (obscenity)." One thing she did want, Moore adds, was more and "thou's, especially between Hester and the character of the Rev.

Arthur Dimmesdale, played by Gary Oldman. "When he comes and expresses his love to me at the fence and says, 'God help me, I love I just said there's something not as romantic about saying 'God help me, I love I mean saying, love I was like, you know, there's something really moving and beautiful about that." PARALLELS TO TODAY "But the role, not just for Hester but for all women, is to break down barriers, stereotypical barriers. I see certain parallels in the way we want to judge people and place restrictions on people today, whether it's based on our fear or our inabil- Please see 'Scarlet'D2 Gary Oldman, center, portrays the Rev. Dimmesdale, Hester Prynne's one true love and father of her child, Pearl, played by Bella Bruce. THE GOURD GAP.

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