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Entertainment fWl. 1 Actress Diane Keaton is comfortable with post-50 life, career By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES The years have liberated Diane Keaton from the burden of sex appeal. Or so she declares. Sleek and leggy in a leather pantsuit, her smile as beguiling as in her "Annie Hall" days, the actress is still a knockout. Whether her looks belie her words, Keaton, 51, does seem at ease with growing older.

"I feel more freedom not feeling as though I have to be attractive to men. And that's kinda nice because then I feel then if men like me, they like me because they like me. There's pluses and minuses. Sometimes you remember, like, eh But there is a positive aspect to that," she concludes, inconclusively. As with Annie Hall, her Oscar-winning character from Woody Allen's 1977 come- dy, Keaton's elliptical patter is as intriguing for the words that get left out as for the ones so freely scattered.

For instance, did she enjoy capitalizing on her youthful sexuality? "What came of that was a lot of self-consciousness and worry and did they or didn't they and time spent worrying about that," replies Keaton, once romantically linked with the likes of Allen and Warren Beatty. She's now a single mom to young daughter Dexter. Seasoning is valuable on the professional as well as personal front, says Keaton, interviewed in connection with her latest project, the TV movie "Northern Lights," now airing on the Disney Channel. "Sandy Meisner, my acting teacher when I was in my 20s in New York, in the Neighborhood Playhouse, always said to us kids 'Wait until you get a little experience and praise as a director for "Unstrung Heroes," Keaton couldn't avoid a career slump. She was ignored, she said, after "The Good Mother" flopped with audiences in 1988.

"I couldn't get a job when I did Father of the Bride" in 1991, said Keaton, crediting the film's creators, Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer, with her hiring. The trio had worked together on "Baby Boom." The role in "Marvin's Room" was due to co-star Meryl Streep, Keaton said. "She's the one who said and I don't think they particularly wanted me at Miramax, I know they didn't. But she kept on it, and (producer) Scott Rudin did, too." Hot, cool, hot again. The act ress, looking reflective, delivers her appraisal -and it's pure Keaton: "Yeah, interesting, the whole thing." "He's right.

I think I bring different things at different times to roles, what I'm interested in, the things that touch me or move me," says Keaton. In Hollywood, however, the attitude toward actresses is generally the younger, the better making Keaton's thriving career a hefty brick through the glass ceiling. She shared in the success of last year's "First Wives Club" with Goldie Hawn and Bette Midler. This year, Keaton received an Oscar nomination for "Marvin's Room" and just nabbed a starring role in a new film, "The Other Sister." Television also has welcomed her. "Northern Lights," an offbeat comedy-drama, is her third movie for television (after "Amelia Earhart" and "Running Keaton plays Roberta Blumstein, a brassy New York widow, childless, who comes to a New England town for her brother's funeral and discovers she has joint guardianship of his young son.

Blumstein also bumps up against the town's truly eccentric residents. It's a juicy role for Keaton, decked out in mock Chanel suits, a high-glam helmet of a wig and assorted neuroses. Although the movie has echoes of her 1987 picture "Baby Boom," Keaton says Blumstein is different, "about the least lovable person I've ever seen." "I never really had a part like her, not quite like her, saying what she thinks every minute of the day and having an attitude. It's like one of the Bea Arthur characters, they always have a comment," Keaton said. Keaton also gets to warble a bit, which she considers a treat: "One of the best things in life is to sing." Despite an impressive collection of roles in film including "The Godfather," "Looking for Mr.

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He crosses over to pop music. "Will it make or break me this Christmas? No. But it would sure be nice to have." Quigley says he could release "Sevens" as late as Nov. 15, if he can get the go-ahead from Brooks. "We need to repair that relationship, and so does he.

It's not like it's a one-sided thing. We both need to come together for the betterment of Garth and for EMI," Quigley said. Movie Cerllflenlps MRke A Grpnt Gift tit cj mm tot rEaefr ca cat 0 C3 3 w8 By JIM PATTERSON Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. Two days after Garth Brooks walked off a stage in New York City's Central Park, EMI-Capitol Records reported sales leaps of as high as 114 percent on his albums. What they couldn't report are sales figures for Brooks' new album "Sevens," which the HBO concert Aug.

7 was conceived to launch. Unhappy with Capitol's marketing plans and shaken by the recent departures of key executives, Brooks has refused to allow the release of the album. Now, Brooks and Capitol executives are trying to reach an agreement to get "Sevens" out in time for the Christmas season. "I don't know when it will come out," Brooks said. "It can't come any later than the year 2015.

That's when my deal is up, you know? I don't know, I really don't." Brooks is adamant that he'd rather delay the record than chance a repeat of the performance of his last project, "Fresh Horses" (1995). "Fresh Horses" has sold over 4 million copies. That's more than respectable, but Brooks measures himself against his peak record, "No Fences" in 1990. That effort has sold 13 million. Capitol marketing executive Pat Quigley agrees that 4 million isn't enough sales for an artist of Brooks' stature.

The Oklahoman has sold over 62 million, second only to The Beatles in U.S. sales. Quigley last worked with Brooks on the plan that sold 9 million of 1994's The Hits." "How can a guy who sells 4 million records complain?" Quigley said. "He complains because we had a plan to sell 10 million of 'The Hits' in six months, which we basically did. And within that we had a plan to sell his core audience, what I call fence sitters, people who are disposed to country music but maybe not Garth, and then 40 percent to people who never bought a Garth record before.

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Quigley moved to the Nashville office, where he's working on marketing campaigns for artists like Deana Carter and John Berry. But his primary mission is repairing the company's relationship with Brooks. "He's a friend of mine," Quigley said of Brooks. "But I would say at this point, there is no (business relationship. "There's issues on both sides.

They're going to get resolved. When they do, the world's going to hear one of the really great Garth albums." Brooks, as usual, is trying to keep details of the new album under wraps until it's released. He says it will cover a wide variety of styles, and that some of it "is extremely strange." Quigley said plans call for "Sevens" to be packed with more music than the typical 30- to 45-minute country music CD, without any price increase. A Brooks album for Christmas could help other artists, as well. (R) Just call 'Sunset Beach' actor Timothy Adams a home decorator aurence FiMhburne VaneHHU Williams HOODLUM (R) -I Dally Box Oltlce opens al 6:30 P.M.

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Everything is brand new in my LA. place. I ordered a customized sofa and chaise lounge. I bought really cool tables and wood fixtures stuff that was more apropos for the place." Meanwhile, Tim's New York City apartment "is furnished New York style," he says with a grin, "which means it didn't cost much. I found tables for $10, lamps for $5.

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