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E4 The Edmonton Journal, Thursday, May 1 1 1 995 plus Tarantino a cant-miss combo EM EMBER MOM AY IT WITH WOMBS! jn ON SUNDAY, MAT 14. Richard Helm Tell the special "Mother" in your life what she means to you! For only $1.00 per line of space, you'll make her day! Add a special decorative heading, nnd fshe'll think urrn're the are.at.eat! i All ads must be placed by Saturday, A Television May 13, at 4:00 p.m. love for Rachel, is wrapped up in next week's cliffhanger season finale. The season also wraps tonight for Hope Gloria (9:30 p.m. ITVNBC), a show that's been happily swept up in the ratings wave created by NBC's untouchable Thursday lineup of Mad About You, Seinfeld, Friends and ER.

On its own, it's only passable. Tonight Gloria contemplates a third marriage to Louis, and Burt Reynolds has a cameo. On Mod About You at 9 p.m. (ITVNBC), Jamie (Helen Hunt) has no trouble sharing a public relations project with her former boyfriend Alan Tofsky (Eric Stolz) but is not amused when she finds he's created a comicbook character that looks just like her. She's Talon, evil queen of the universe.

magic of THE success story of the television season and you wind up with ean't-miss TV. So don't miss it. Due South bids its season farewell tonight at 9 p.m. on CFRN (Cable 2) with a two-hour sendoff that reunites constable Benton Fraser (Paul Gross) with the only woman he ever loved. Fans of this show, which earlier this year became the highest-rated drama in Canadian history, should make a point of tuning in.

It's drawn only mediocre ratings for CBS and its chances of being renewed for a second season appear slim. NBC will continue to milk motherhood tonight in the hit sitcom, Friends, when Ross's lesbian ex-wife finally delivers their son. The other lingering subplot, Ross's secret and unrequited 1 OK all you Chicago Hope dopes. Time to tune in ER tonight and discover once and for all why this medical drama so quickly etherized that medical drama from Thursday's prime time. Tonight's episode (8 p.m.

CFRN10 p.m NBC), directed by Oscar winner Quentin Tarantino, leads a power-packed lineup that looks far more tempting than many of the widely hyped specials of the May sweeps. Tarantino, the Pulp Fiction director and resident Hollywood whiz kid, helms a "Motherhood" episode that also features Valerie Perrine in a rare TV appearance as Cookie Lewis, the mother of Dr. Susan Lewis (Sherry Stringfield) and her pregnant, incredibly dysfunctional sister Chloe (Kathleen Wilhoite). For a film-maker who's built Call 428-1234 to say it with ivords, this Mothers Day (Pra-payMttt ii nwrtnl MMnMi oi drargt ti 55.00; his reputation on shock violence and dark humor, Tarantino apparently fights the temptation to drench the emergency room in blood. He may be saving that for his next movie project a Western with vampires and a feature role for ER's current doctor of love, George Clooney.

Mix Taran-tino's skill with the established Willi A Mother's Day CreetInq iN JoirnaI CUssifiEds Explorations grant program terminated SUSAN RILEY The Ottawa Citizen i i Pi ft! 1 a 1 I II A I 1 i I i i a lull I A si Tte. i Mil tJ" I IM If aw ir it 1 1 1 1 ii i i I i i Ottawa A major reorganization of the Canada Council announced Wednesday will not mean less money for fledgling artists with new and challenging ideas, according to council director Roch Carrier. Carrier's reassurance followed news that the council is eliminating its Explorations program, which provides small grants for first-time authors, film-makers and performers. In 1993-94, the council dispersed $2.9 million in grants worth less than $16,000 to hundreds of new artists across Canada. Unlike the council's regular grants to individual artists, the Explorations money was allocated according to region.

Carrier said he wants the same level of support for new artists in coming years, although it is too early to say whether the money will continue to be awarded on a regional basis. However, it is clear the program will be administered differently. Starting this fall, each of the council's administrative sections dance, music, media arts, theatre, visual arts and writing and publishing will include a development component, intended to encourage both new art forms and new artists. For all the council's blandishments, the change will likely rouse fears among artists, many of whom have received help from Explorations since the program started in 1974. According to council spokesperson Moira Johnson, the program will stop taking applications for a few months until the new structure is in place.

To trim its staff to 162 from 222 by next spring an almost one-quarter reduction in the size of the federal arts agency the council will also fold administration of awards to individual artists into the appropriate sections. Carrier said the changes will result in a smaller bureaucracy, but his goal is to preserve the integrity of the $87 million that the council awards to artists and arts organizations each year. He also said the job-cutting isn't over. He still needs to eliminate another $700,000 in salary costs to meet the target set by the council in its March strategic plan. That plan underlined the fact that 22 per cent of the council's $95-million budget is spent on administration.

It vowed to halve that number by cutting $10 million from administrative costs over the next three years. Jj SM Join us for A MOTHER'S DAY FANTASY in The Beverly Hills Ballroom Sunday, May 14- featuring LORRAINE MANSBRIDGE for a Grand Buffet Brunch and Fashion Show by wmys an(l Artels ADVANCE TICKETS plus CALL 444-3000 I jf ANTASYLAN HOTEL Al Wt-JiJ fJJMONIDN hi JMOrriON, CANADA Heritage Mall Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre Northwood Mall Kingsway Garden Mall West Edmonton Mall Phase I West Edmonton Mall Phase II Edmonton Eaton Centre Southgate Shopping Centre Londonderry Mall Journal AXCAUIOR J..