FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, March 9, 1997
DIRECTOR'S CUT: Anthony Minghella won the top award from the Directors Guild in feature directing for his work on The English Patient.
CORONATION: Howard Stern's Private Parts opened in first place with $15.1 million this weekend.
SOULED OUT: Newcomer Maxwell won all three awards he was up for at the 11th Annual Soul Train Music Awards Friday. Toni Braxton won two trophies and Tupac Shakur posthumously claimed the top prize for album of the year.
NEW STOP: Sony is launching a new online venture Monday dubbed the Station(at)Sony.com. The online site features the studio's soap operas and game shows.
PC PIRATES: Disneyland has reopened its popular Pirates of the Caribbean ride after a two-month renovation. People had complained that pirates chasing women was too bawdy, leading the Magic Kingdom folks to add trays of food to the women. Now, the pirates are horny and hungry.
UNIVERSAL GROOMING: The director of employee relations at Universal Studios theme parks has issued a policy ordering workers to adhere to the "Universal Image," which is "conservative, wholesome and clean cut." No goatees, nail polish, sideburns, bleached hair, jeans or T-shirts. "Some of this stuff is ridiculous," one employee griped.
AWARDED: Garth Brooks will be handed the title of Blockbuster Artist of the '90s during the third annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards airing Tuesday on UPN. The awards show is essentially a two-hour-long commercial for the music and video chain.
MACHO MAN: A Reno judge has dropped robbery, drug and false imprisonment charges against Victor Willis, the Village People's original police man.
ARTS FUNDING: Michael Bolton, Anita Baker, Richie Havens and Duncan Sheik are among the singers participating in the Grammy Arts Advocacy Charity Concert in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. Before the show, the performers will lobby Congress not to slash arts funding.






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