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Standard-Speaker Sunday E3 January 13, 2002 Arts Sutherland Cromwell on the day of the California Primary. "I love this show, but it's finally sinking in that I might be doing this for seven years," yawns Sutherland, a friendly, intelligent individual completely devoid of pretensions. "We're using three camera units to account for every minute in the hour, which requires lots of time and money. And my character is terrific. Jack's very clever professionally, but far from perfect personally.

Caught up in his work, his marriage obviously suffers." The son of actor Donald Sutherland and actress Shirley Douglas, Sutherland and his twin sister Rachel, were born in London, England, and raised in Toronto. A Canadian citizen, he holds a "green card" (permanent U.S. resident) and lives in though he fre-quendy visits Toronto for extended periods of time. In a high-profile family, his grandfather is former Saskatchewan premier Tommy Douglas. After his parents' divorce early on, he stayed on in Toronto with his mother, sister (a post-production supervisor) and half-brother, Tom Douglas, now an English teacher in Spain.

get along great with my dad, but he's been living in Europe for many Though he did bit parts as a child in some of his mother's plays, Sutherland was hell bent on becoming a rock guitarist. "I took myself very seriously," he says, "but the bottom line is that I wasn't good enough." At 15 after watching his mother in amazement in a stellar Ottawa stage production of "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" Sutherland decided to become an actor. Bored with academics, he dropped out of school a year later to join a small Toronto theater company. He won a number of acting awards for his first film, "The Bay Boy" (1984), then drifted out to Hollywood to work in fits and starts. His extensive film credits now include "Stand by Me," "The Lost Boys," "Young Guns," "Flatliners, "A Few Good Men," "The Cowboy Way" and "Freeway." He married the producer of "The Killing Time" (1987), Camelia Kath, with whom he has a daughter, Sarah Jude, 13, and step-daughter Michelle, 23.

After his divorce in 1990, Sutherland came within a week of marrying his "Flatliners" co-star Julia Roberts (who split for Europe with his "friend," Jason Patric). "King's Dream," a multimedia tribute to the life and teaching of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will kick off the observance of King's birthday Monday at the Penn State Hazleton Campus. Penn State Hazleton to celebrate King's life Dr.

Dwayne Hilton, director of Student Affairs at Penn State Hazleton, recently announced the schedule of events to celebrate the life of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The events start on Monday with "King's Dream," a multimedia tribute to the life and teachings of King, as well as the spirit of the civil rights movement. The program begins at 7 p.m. in the SlusserBayzick Bunding.

On Friday, the films "Glory" and "Tuskeegee Airmen" will be shown at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. respectively in the SlusserBayzick Building. The activities continue on Jan. 20 at 2 p.m.

in the SlusserBayzick Building with the Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest Award Ceremony, held in conjunction with the Hazleton Area School District and the Greater Hazleton Human Relations Coalition. Contest winners will read their essays or present their work. All events are free and open to the public. For more information on these or other events at Penn State Hazleton, contact the public information office at 450-.

3180. (Continued from E2) where he is." I was unemployed at the time." Cromwell, 61, proceeded to do scores of guest-starring roles in episodics and co-starred in a half-dozen shortlived series, including "Hotel Baltimore" (1975), "The Nancy Walker Show" (1976), "The Last Precinct" (1986) and "Easy Street" (1986). "As an older character actor, you have to accept a lot of junk or go unemployed for long periods of time both options drive me crazy," he grumbles. "Fortunately, the cute Australian pig in 'Babe changed all that and gave me a legitimate screen career for the first time." His 1995 Academy Award nomination for Best Actor as the taciturn farmer Arthur Hoggett led Cromwell directly to such high-profile feature films as "The People vs. Larry Flynt," "LA.

Confiden-. tial," "Snow Falling On Cedars," "The Green Mile," "Space Cowboys" and Tom Clancy's upcoming "The Sum Of All Fears." His recent and future telefilms and miniseries include "RKO 281," "Fail Safe," "A Death In The Family" and "The Magnificent Amber-sons." Once accepted as a respectable screen actor after a mere 20 years in the business, good television roles also came Cromwell's way. He was particularly intrigued by his four-episode arc as a dying archbishop on "ER" one year ago. "About a month after finishing the last 'ER' producer) John Wells called to ask if I would like to play a U.S. senator in my own series," he recalls.

"He sent me the script for 'Citizen Baines (9 p.m. Saturday, CBS), I thought it was wonderful." The rangy actor, who dwarfs anyone standing less than 6-foot-6, portrays Elliott Baines, a multiterm senator from the state of Washington who returns home to Seattle in the wake of a close election defeat. Once widowed and once divorced, he now is forced to deal directly with his three squabbling grown daughters (Embeth Davidtz, Jane Adams, Jacinda Barrett) as he adjusts to civilian life. "Portraying a frightened and bewildered man forcibly retired from public office after 25 years, it's perhaps the best role I've ever had, plus it allows me to stay in Los Angeles with my wife and four children," says the grateful Cromwell. "And, after long conversations with the producers, Baines reflects many of my own political views.

I'm what you would call a radical Green a vegan deeply concerned with animal rights, homeless rights and an environmentalist. And I really do ride my bike everywhere." Ratings (Continued from E2) For the week of Dec. 31 -Jan. 6, the top 10 shows, their networks and household ratings were: NFL Football (Jets at Oakland) Post-Game, CBS, 14.5; Rose Bowl, ABC, 13.8; "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 13.0; "60 Minutes," CBS, 12.0; "Survivor," CBS, 11.9; Rose Bowl Pre-Game, ABC, 11.4; "Law Order: SVU," NBC, 11.7; tie: "Friends," NBC and "Law Order," NBC, both 10.9; Fiesta Bowl Post-Game, ABC, 10.7. Calendar i This week Today Tanglefoot, presented the Philadelphia Folk Song Society, Germantown Academy Arts Center, Fort Washington, 7:30 p.m.; 215-247-1300.

Wednesday Elton John and Billy Joel, The Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, 7:30 p.m.; Commonwealth Campus ticket oudets or 800-863-3336. Thursday-Saturday- Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" presented by the Pennsylvania Theatre of Performing Arts, 161 N. Laurel St, Hazleton. All seats reserved with limited tickets available at the door, Thursday-7 p.m., Friday-Saturday show at 7 p.m. with dinner at 5 p.m.; 454-5451.

Friday-Saturday "Sleeping Beauty," presented by the Civic Theatre of Allentown, 527 N. 9th Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday, 2 pjn; 610-432-8943. Saturday New Shanghai Circus, more than 2000 years of Chinese tradition, F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, Wilkes-Barre, 2 p.m.; 826-1100. Saturday Puccini's "Tosca," presented by the Chevron Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network, WVTA-FM, 1:30 p.m.

Saturday-March 30 "The Daisy Meyers Story, an exhibit chronicling a family's struggle for civil rights in Levittown, Tuesday-Saturday 9 a.m. -5 p.m., Sunday noon-5 p.m.; 800-654-5984. Continuing Through Jan. Hershey: Rare Hershey Bar Discovered," special exhibit, Hershey Museum, 170W. Hersheypark Drive, Hershey; 534-3439.

Through Feb. 3-10 Contemporary Artists 5x2, Pat 2, Kress Gallery, Allentown Art Museum, Fifth Street, Allentown, 11 a.m.-5 p.m Tuesday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 610-432-4333. Through Feb. 3 Dance on Paper: Drawings, Marks and Notations, in conjunction with the New Arts Program, Main Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem; Wednesday-Saturday, 11 a.m-3 p.m., Sunday, 1-5 p.m.; 610-758-3615.

Through Feb. 3 "The Modern and Contemporary Print: Selections from the Museum's Collection, Rodale Gallery, Allentown Museum of Art, Fifth Street, Allentown, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; 610-432-4333. Through Feb.

10 The Geldzabler Portfolio, Special Exhibitions Gallery Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park; 814-865-7672. Through Feb. 28 "Conversations: Selections from the Permanent Collection;" Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science and Art, Scranton, 346-7186. Through Mar. 30 "The Mullen Family Collection of Southeast Asian Earthenwares from the Neolithic Period to the 19th Century, Reading Public Musuem 500 Museum Road, Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wednesday 1 1 a.m.

-8 p.m. and Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Through Mar. 31 "findings alter beliefs: the Vietnam experience," a visual journal by Robert Faragher, Readung Public Museum, 500 Museum Road, Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday 11 a.m. -5 p.m.; Wednesday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday noon-5 p.m.

Through September "Behind the Seams: Science in See CALENDAR, E4 PTPA sets auditions for 'Jesus Christ Superstar' (Continued from E2) path caused him to stop and think about where he was headed in life. He had had a year-and-a half to think about it while enjoying America's hinterlands and finally discovered where he wanted to go. Tanning required so much of my attention that I started to really miss what I love to do which is work as an actor. It took me a long time to remember that and not take my life and work for granted." He sold the spread in the idyllic valley just north of Santa Barbara, moved back to Los Angeles and kick-started his movie career with a vengeance. In 2000-01, he punched out five feature films in a row, including the upcoming "To End all Wars" in Kauai, Hawaii, "The Red Door" in Newfoundland, Canada, and "Paradise Found" in The Czech Republic and Australia.

Then, as he was flying to Seattle to play in a charity hockey game with Wayne Gretzky, Sutherland read the pilot script for an action-drama series called "24" 9-10 p.m., FOX). Though he had no previous experience as a regular on a one-hour show, he became extremely excited about the CIA yarn on the discovery that Ron Howard and Brian Grazer 13;" "From The Earth To The were among the executive producers. "Ten years ago, I wouldn't even have considered doing a television series," sniffs Sutherland, "but television has changed dramatically during the past three, four years. I really enjoy (cable) TV shows like 'The 'Sex In The City" and '100 Centre Street' I also feel that some network shows are really well done, including 'West 'NYPD Blue' and A lot of it is on par with good feature films; it also can attack certain issues that movies can't." In "24," he plays the intense and intrepid Jack Bauer, the CIA's ace head of the Counter Terrorist Unit. While trying to patch up a shaky marriage to the demanding Teri (Leslie Hope), he also has to deal with the kidnapping of his rebellious daughter, Kimberly (Elisha Cuthbert), and an assassination attempt on the first credible African-American presidential candidate, Sen.

David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert). The concept that sets the show apart from the average drama series is that the entire season plays out in one day, with each of the 24 one-hour episodes playing out in real time starting at midnight Mayhem (Continued from E2) with a big ego and a person who was vulnerable. That's what makes him interesting," saidTurturro, known more for his movie work in "Quiz Show" and "Barton Fink." Cosell became a star announcer in the 1960s and '70s, when there were only three major networks and the idea of airing sports in prime time was still new. "The world was more conservative then, so if someone was outrageous or stepped over the company line, it was unusual," Turturro said. Today, with the explosion of cable and the Internet, viewers can watch events, call into sports talk radio shows or get scores around the clock.

Every important game is on television somewhere. "We're oversaturated. People are competing so much with each other to be outlandish or obnoxious," Turturro said. If Cosell was intense and annoying, the easygoing Meredith lived up to his "Dandy Don" moniker. "Don was kind of flying by the seat of his pants; he never had any of the sort of training that Howard did," said Beyer, who phoned Meredith for his recollections.

"People ended up loving Don. People didn't like Howard because he was outspoken and had a new way of talking about sports, with all these big words." Meredith criticized Cosell for talking too much. "You haven't said anything interesting since 1973," Cosell retorted. Gifford complained that Cosell didn't know football, and Arledge, who mediated the infighting, urged him to ignore Cosell. Cosell soon tired of sharing a booth with a succession of ex-jocks that included Fred "The Hammer" Williamson, The Pennsylvania Theatre of Performing Arts has announced auditions for the Feb.

20-24 presentation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's, "Jesus Christ Superstar." Auditions will be held on Sunday at 1 p.m. at the PTPA Community Arts and Education Center, 161 N. Laurel Hazleton. Directors Joelle Witner and Phyllis Colombo will be casting the story about the last days of Jesus of Nazareth in a grand rock-opera style. All those auditioning must be able to sing well.

Being cast are the apostles, five high priests, and a chorus of lepers, merchants, tormentors and reporters. Dancers who can sing will also be cast for dance roles. Those wishing to audition should call the theater at 454-5451to request a time slot, and prepare a song of their choice, preferably a rock-type song. Adults as will as teens are welcome to audition for roles in this spectacular presentation. Those wishing to be cast as dancers must have jazz dance experience.

Audition time for dancers will be 3:30 p.m. Proper dance attire is requested. "Jesus Christ Superstar" tells the story of Jesus of Nazareth, his betrayal by Judas, his denial by Peter, his trial at the hands of Pontius Pilate, his crucifixion and his death, throughout the rock-opera. It is the show that put Andrew Lloyd Webber on the map. Its terrific score with words and lyrics by Tim Rice make it a favorite of families, individuals and church groups all over the world.

PTPA's musical direction and pianokeyboard accompaniment will be handled by Louis Aita. Tickets are now available for reservation, with group rates available for 10 or more. A dinner and show presentation will be available for the Feb. 22-23 performances. Hew Shanghai Circus I Saturday, January 19th at 2pm i Alex Karras and O.J.

Simpson, whom Cosell labled an "incorrigible womanizer." He sought out Arledge about making a more serious contribution in another arena, but Arledge turned on Cosell for his constant nitpicking. Cosell turned to wife, Emmy (Patti LuPone), for comfort. "She supplied the confidence," LuPone said. "He trusted her and her alone. I think she picked him because he was a controversial person, and she was rebelling against her white Anglo-Saxon Protestant background." Cosell did his last "MNF" game in 1983, Meredith left in '84 and Gifford was gone a few years later.

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