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El THE BOSTON GLOBE MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1998 NAMES ACES BY SUSAN BICKELHAUPT AND MAUREEN DEZELL A $6 million wonder Filmmakers flock to the Sundance Film Festival to a) show their movie, b) schmooze, and c) peddle their film to a distributor. The Newton-based producers of "Next Stop Wonderland" did all three with major success. They learned early yesterday that their film is being bought by Miramax for $6 million, making it the first blockbuster deal of this year's festival. The bid includes a deal for Somerville director Brad Anderson to make two more movies for Miramax. Laura Bernieri of Robbins Entertainment reported from Park City, Utah, that a marathon negotiating session Saturday between fellow producer Mitchell Robbins and Miramax bosses, including Harvey Welnstein, paid off.

Producers also had smiles after a screening of the film Friday night, which Dennis Hopper and Sally Field attended. Field told "Wonderland" star Alan Gelfant that she loved him in the film. The press screening was yesterday. Stokely's story The civil rights activist who became famous as Stokely Carmichael has tapped his longtime friend, UMass professor Ekwueme Michael Thelwell, to help him write his life story. The autobiography of Carmichael, now Kwame Ture, will be released next year and chronicle his work in the civil rights and Pan-African see "Chicago," and later had the cast of that show see a performance of "Miss Saigon," Fisher said.

"It's nice, for a change, not to be the only show in town." Falling star Production on ABC's sitcom "Grace Under Fire" has shut down probably forever because of more problems with the show's troubled star Brett Butler. Variety reports Butler's publicist has no comment, but the producer Carsey-Werner issued a statement about the latest episode saying, "We have decided to suspend production so that Brett may have time to resolve some personal issues." It's the second time this season that production has abruptly halted on the series. Last fall, Butler entered rehab for an addiction to painkillers. Role for Joel So what if Billy Joel recently announced that he's giving up pop songs in favor of writing classical music? Apparently director Michael Corrente got the Piano ijjfriiiiOtUNesw lltt it I a STONES TRIBUTE Joel Peresman (center), head of concerts and entertainment for Madison Square Garden, poses with the Rolling Stones Saturday after they became the first band to be inducted into the Garden's walk of fame. From left are Charlie Watts, Mick agger, Peresman, Ron Wood, and Keith Richards.

movements. Thelwell, who met Ture when they were students at Howard University in the 1960s, said the activist decided to tell his story now because he has prostate cancer. Thelwell emphasized that the book will be Ture's story: "There is not a man who could put words in Ture's mouth. Not even me, his old friend." A game effort for 'Miss Saigon' Valiant though he was, Steve Pas-quale, who plays the American GI Chris in the production of "Miss Saigon" that opened Friday night at the Wang, could not overcome bronchitis. He performed in the first act, but then had to give way to understudy Brien Keith Fisher, who came up with the emotional goods and the high notes to finish up the musical (Pasquale was still out last night) Later, Fisher, wearing an attention-grabbing sequined jacket, celebrated his performance at a party at Hiber-nia with the rest of the cast Other leads including Elizabeth Paw, Andrea Rivette, and Joseph Anthony Foronda and dozens of others who played Marines and bar girls were at the Kingston Street bar, eating a late dinner and snapping photos.

Two local 4-year-olds, Shara Batson of Bolton and Conine Nguyen of Na-tick, who take turns playing the child of the GI and his Vietnamese lover, were also there. And it sounded like the cast was glad to be in Boston -last week a group of them went to Man to reconsider, for the time being anyway. Joel has agreed to write the musical score for "Outside Providence," a movie filmed in Rhode Island. Corrente originally wanted Joel to take a role in the movie, but the singer had other commitments. So Corrente settled for having him write the soundtrack.

"Outside Providence" stars Alec Baldwin and George Wendi Justice Ireland honored The Rev. Lee Mitchell presided over the swinging gospel brunch at the House of Blues in Cambridge yesterday to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and to honor Roderick Ireland, who became the first African-American on the Supreme Judicial Court when Governor Bill Weld appointed him last year. House of Blues Foundation vice president Franklin Ollivierre and attorney E. Macey Russell presented Ireland with the foundation's "Spirit of the Dream Award," given to a person in the community who exemplifies King's qualities.

Also attending were Lenny Alkins, president of the Boston chapter of the NAACP; Terry Gomes, dean of faculty and instruction at Mas-sasoit Community and Sandra Furey-GaKher, Cambridge program director of the House of Blues Foundation. 'Godfather of Soul' in hospital Singer James Brown has entered a hospital near his home in South Carolina to shake an addiction to painkillers. Brown's agent, Jeff Allen, said the "Godfather of Soul" became hooked after hurting his back. Allen declined to name the hospital where the 69-year-old singer has been admitted, but described it as "a hospital where people go to break dependencies." Titanic' keeps rising "Titanic" was at the head of Hollywood's regatta for a fifth week with $29.5 million in ticket sales, industry sources estimated yesterday. The sinking-ship epic already has made up its $200 million budget, and so far it has grossed an estimated $235.8 million at the North American box office.

In second place, with $11 million, was "Good Will Hunting," a drama fea turing Matt Damon as a troubled young genius and Robin Williams as his therapist "Fallen," starring Denzel Washington, debuted in third place with $95 million, pushing out the Jack 1 Nicholson comedy "As Good as It Gets," which was fourth with $85 million. "Hard Rain," a flood thriller starring Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater, was fifth with $12 million. The second five: "Half Baked," $6.8 million; "Wag the Dog," $65 million; "Tomorrow Never Dies," $5.5 million; "Mouse Hunt," $45 million; and "Amistad," $2.7 million. Oops Brian Betzger is the former drummer of Gang Green, a major punk rock band of the '80s, which won the WBCN Rumble one year and still exists. Globe correspondent Beth Carney contrib-! vies to this column.

Material from wire ser- vices and other sources is used as mil Names Faces can be reached by electronic mail at namesglobe.com AP PHOTO HIGH STYLE A model shows a low-cut black dress adorned with an oriental-like flower pattern, worn with a multiple-strand necklace and a bonzai-type hat. The dress was designed by Alexander McQueen for Givenchy and unveiled during the springsummer shows yesterday in Paris. 'Titantic' is Golden; 'Hunting' wins a prize By Bob Thomas ASSOCIATED PRESS Squeegie Thyself! Om 25th Yor BOSTON (617) 423 4900 -J rp TOM'W 8, WED 2 8 )s portrayal of a troubled father and beekeeper in "Ulee's Gold." Hunt, who won last year's Golden Globe as leading actress in a TV musical or comedy series for "Mad About You," dedicated her award to Brooks: "You've made me a better actor forever," she said. Hunt also expressed her gratitude to co-star Nicholson. "They say never meet your idols, and then you blow that out of the water," she told the Beverly Hilton crowd during the nationally televised 55th Hollywood Foreign Press Association presentations.

Burt Reynolds, the porno movie producer of "Boogie Nights," and Kim Basinger, the Veronica Lake look-alike call girl of "L.A. Confidential," won best supporting actor trophies for a drama, comedy or musical motion picture. Best foreign language film went emers IK OASSK IDVE SKXW Of OUR 1W BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. "Titanic" was named best dramatic picture and earned three other awards during last night's Golden Globes, a presage for the upcoming Academy Awards. Director James Cameron, who also earned the best directing trophy, almost single-handedly piloted the film through years of research and $200 million of 20th Century Fox's and Paramount's money.

The movie also won awards for best original score and song, "My Heart Will Go On." "Titanic" had a leading eight nominations and lost one to "Good Will Hunting," which won for best screenplay. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, best friends since their childhood in Cambridge, wrote and starred in the coming-of-age tale about a genius and set in South Boston. "This is a little overwhelming for two guys who never even won a raffle," Affleck said. In television, "Ally McBeal" beat out such highly rated shows as "Seinfeld" and "Frasier" for best musical or comedy, and its star, Ca-lista Flockhart, won best actress. "As Good As It Gets" proved the big winner in the comedy or musical film category, winning for best movie and earning trophies for stars Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt as well as director James Brooks.

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