ALSO TODAY Home Movies By Charles Taylor "The Moon's Our Home": Silvery art deco romantic comedy Now Showing New video releases for July 21 RECENTLY IN ENTERTAINMENT There's Something About Mary By Charles Taylor The scatological brothers Farrelly try their grubby hands at romantic comedy (07/17/98) Close encounters By Joyce Millman MTV's "FANatic" helps fans invade their favorite stars' space (07/17/98) Pi Reviewed by Laura Miller An arty mix of math and migraines (07/16/98) The Latin invasion By John Milward A "midrocker" finds reason to learn how to really dance (07/16/98) Back is beautiful By Erin J. Aubry The cultural significance of Jennifer Lopez's abundant butt (07/15/98) BROWSE THE TV ARCHIVES COLUMNS FEATURES ILLUSTRATION BY JASON PORTER

blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1998 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S E R I E S Biography (8 p.m. EDT/9 PDT, A&E) reruns an episode on the actors who played Zorro in movies and on TV. A demon from Giles' surprising past returns to settle a grudge on a rerun of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (8 p.m., WB). NewsRadio (8:30 p.m., NBC) reruns the episode where Dave is reunited with the members of his old barbershop quartet. Jane Pauley interviews Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg as the pre-opening hype for "Saving Private Ryan" heats up. P.O.V. (check local times, PBS) presents "The Vanishing Line," a film by physician Maren R. Monsen about issues related to death, dying and measures to prolong life. S P O R T S Goodwill Games (8:05 p.m., TBS) S P E C I A L S In Part 3 of the miniseries Scarlett (9 p.m., CBS), Scarlett and Rhett are reunited in Ireland amid murder and discoveries of secrets. The World of National Geographic (check local times, PBS) looks at tornadoes, hurricanes and other killer windstorms. T A L K Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Tom Hanks, Matt Damon and cast of "Saving Private Ryan" David Letterman (CBS) Janet Jackson, Nanci Griffith Jay Leno (NBC) Tom Hanks Charlie Rose (PBS) House Majority Whip Tom Delay Politically Incorrect (ABC) Robert Klein, Adrian Cronauer Conan O'Brien (NBC) Joy Behar, Eve 6 E T C NBC Entertainment President Warren Littlefield told a TV critics' convention Sunday that the late Phil Hartman will be written out of NewsRadio by having his character, newscaster Bill McNeal, die of a heart attack in the first episode of the new season. Jon Lovitz will join the show in the second episode ... Claire Danes, Gillian Anderson and Minnie Driver will provide voices for Miramax's feature version of the Japanese anime Princess Mononoke. In the film, scheduled for release next summer, Danes has the title role, a wolf turned human who leads forest animals in an uprising against miners ... Touched by an Angel II: Buffy the Vampire Slayer co-star David Boreanaz will have his character, conflicted vampire Angel, spun off into a show of his own midway through next season. Supporting characters, including Cordelia, Spike and Drusilla, will cross over between both shows. And you can bet there'll be a few sweeps events where Buffy and Angel visit each other's turf. SALON | July 21, 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Blue Glow for < href="http://www.salonmagazine.com/ent/glow/1998/07/17glow.html">Weekend, July 17-20, 1998

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