STAY PUT! Authorities in Nashville say they will not dig up Tammy Wynette's body for a belated autopsy. Her daughters want a second opinion on cause of death.
YOU BETCHA: Saving Private Ryan named the favorite to win the Best Picture Oscar by a London oddsmaker. Tom Hanks and Gwyneth Paltrow tapped as the likely lead acting winners.
BY A NOSE! The Daily Racing Form releasing its first-ever Oscar odds. It's also got Private Ryan as the horse, er, film to beat.
THE CHARTS: Teen queen Britney Spears' ...Baby One More Time back on top as the nation's No. 1 album.
"OUT"RAGED: The Rev. Jerry Falwell urging parents to be on "alert" for the "outed" Teletubby, Tinky Winky.
EMPLOYEE TROUBLE: A former assistant to Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman says they fired her without cause. Now she's suing.
O-FOR-TWO: A federal judge tosses defamation suits filed by rap critic D. DeLores Tucker against Time and Newsweek over their coverage of her lawsuit (also tossed) against Tupac Shakur.
WHO'S THE BOSS? Bruce Springsteen suing a New Jersey record company that sued him over the rights to records he cut in the early 1970s.
RATINGS RACE: Flying high with the miniseries The '60s, NBC takes the first week of the February sweeps. As usual, ER's the No. 1 show.
OH, BABY! Monday's Very Special Episode of 7th Heaven gave birth to the WB's highest-ever ratings. The 12.5 million-strong audience topped everything on the Big Three, plus Fox.
FLASHBACK: Steven Spielberg to possibly direct a new summer blockbuster version of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, the Hollywood Reporter says.
IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM... Tab-hounded Madonna to play a tab TV reporter in the romantic comedy, Ton 80. For more casting news, see Dotted Line.
BIG SHOT: Disney's Fantasia 2000 to be presented in the big, big-screen IMAX format. It'll debut December 17 in New York.
ROCK HEADS: Michigan officials crediting a Ted Nugent "buckle up" campaign with getting growing numbers of pickup truck drivers to wear safety belts.
YEAH, BABY! A new study shows 56 percent of all TV shows contain "sexual content," with an average of three sex scenes per hour.
TINKY WINKY SNUBBED: Whoopi Goldberg to receive the Vanguard Award from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, April 17 in Los Angeles.