ALSO TODAY Phil Hartman, 1948 - 1998 By Joyce Millman With Phil Hartman's shocking death, we lose one of TV's most prolific and ubiquitous masters The Last Days of Disco Reviewed by Laura Miller Whit Stillman flashes back to the heyday of Studio 54 Celebrated Whit By Laura Miller Salon interviews "Last Days of Disco" director Whit Stillman RECENTLY IN BLUE GLOW Fox's fall schedule (05/26/98) RECENTLY IN ENTERTAINMENT Jeff Buckley By David Bowman A review of the posthumously released, Tom Verlaine-produced "Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk" (05/27/98) Sharps & Flats Mini-reviews of The Connells, Pete Seeger, The Gourds, Quasi, Nnenna Freelon and Lyricist Lounge Vol. 1 (05/27/98) Home Movies By Charles Taylor Depp impact: A former teen idol has become Hollywood's most versatile and moving actor (05/26/98) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Reviewed by Cintra Wilson Terry Gilliam captures the crazy soul of Hunter Thompson's twisted masterpiece (05/22/98) The Opposite of Sex Reviewed by Cynthia Joyce For all its clever twists, "The Opposite of Sex" turns a pretty cheap trick (05/22/98) BROWSE THE TV ARCHIVES COLUMNS FEATURES ILLUSTRATION BY JOEL ELROD

blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1998 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S P E C I A L S The World Music Awards (9 p.m., ABC) brings the biggest-selling pop stars of the year to Monaco to mingle with some lesser royals, all in the name of charity. Prince Albert presides over the gala, which is hosted by Gloria Estefan, Jason Priestley and Daisy Fuentes and includes performances by Mariah Carey, Hanson, Sean "Puffy" Combs, LeAnn Rimes, Andrea Bocelli and Aqua. S P O R T S NHL Playoffs: Capitols at Sabres (7:30 p.m., ESPN) Baseball: Expos at Braves (7:35 p.m., TBS) S E R I E S On a rerun of Friends (8 p.m., NBC), Monica caters a funeral, Chandler commits a faux pas with Kathy and Ross dates a beautiful woman whose apartment is a pigsty. The lame-duck FBI show C-16 (8 p.m., ABC) is not a rerun, but then, why would you want to get involved? The Seinfeld (9 p.m., NBC) rerun is the one where Kramer and Mickey land jobs acting out symptoms for medical students and religious Puddy tells Elaine she's going to hell. Mystery! (check local times, PBS) wraps up "An Unsuitable Job for a Woman: A Last Embrace." Helen Baxendale stars. ER (10 p.m., NBC) reruns the episode where Weaver takes over as acting chief of emergency services and Benton and Carla clash over circumcising their son. It's David Letterman vs. Jay Leno on Celebrity Deathmatch (10 p.m., MTV). T A L K Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) Kyle MacLachlan, cast of "Ragtime" David Letterman (CBS) Julia Roberts, Jon Bon Jovi (rerun) Jay Leno (NBC) Bruce Willis, Donald Trump (rerun) Politically Incorrect (ABC) Jerry O'Connell, Alexandra Wentworth (rerun) Charlie Rose (PBS) Whit Stillman Conan O'Brien (NBC) Bill Murray, Ally Walker (rerun) SALON | May 28, 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Blue Glow for < href="/ent/glow/1998/05/27glow.html">Wednesday May 27, 1998

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