RADIOClinton’s Town Meeting: A White House spokeswoman...

RADIO

Clinton’s Town Meeting: A White House spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday that President Clinton will appear Sept. 21 with CNN talk-host Larry King at Westwood One in Culver City for a “Radio Town Meeting” to be broadcast live on hundreds of radio stations. As announced Wednesday by Westwood One chairman Norman Pattiz, the radio program will launch Westwood One Entertainment’s new series of six “Larry King Super Specials.” The show will begin at 3:30 p.m. on the West Coast, 6:30 p.m. on the East Coast, and will last between 60 and 90 minutes depending on the President’s schedule. Along with taking phone calls from listeners, Clinton will also be available to audiences via fax and America Online e-mail during the show. Details of the other five “Super Specials” were not revealed.

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Truce Called: The Media Action Network for Asian Americans, which has protested against radio station KKBT-FM for more than a year because the station’s “House Party,” hosted by John London, consistently depicted Asian Americans speaking with false accents, is now commending the station for publicly apologizing to “those who were unintentionally hurt” by the broadcasts. The show has portrayed prominent figures such as Judge Lance Ito, news anchor Tritia Toyota and Simpson trial criminalist Dennis Fung with thick accents. While stressing that their show pokes fun at all ethnic groups on occasion and is meant to “entertain through gross exaggeration,” the show’s staff and station management agreed to eliminate the comedy bits pertaining to Asian Americans. “It’s the best way to avoid future offenses,” said KKBT Vice President and General Manager Craig Wilbraham.

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Deglamorizing Drugs and Violence: The Entertainment Industries Council Inc., established in 1983, announced Wednesday that it will host “the most comprehensive industry symposium ever held on the subjects of violence and drug use in films, on television and in the recording/music video industries” on Oct. 19, probably at a major studio still to be selected. Titled “Drugs, Violence and Youth: Tragedies and Truth,” the symposium will be co-sponsored by a wide spectrum of entertainment organizations including the Screen Actors Guild, Writers Guild of America West, Producers Guild of America and AFTRA. The symposium is EIC’s first step in response to its recent poll of more than 100 top executives on the industry’s role in drug prevention and the relationship between drug use and violence. The poll found that 71% believe drugs and violence are the No. 1 priority area on which to focus attention. The symposium is partly funded by the U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention.

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Two Stars and an Attorney: Entertainers Steve Allen and Peggy Lee, along with prominent celebrity attorney Neil Papiano, will be honored Wednesday at a gala fund-raiser for Portals, a Los Angeles mental health rehabilitation agency. Portals 40th Anniversary Golden Bell Awards Dinner, to be held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire, is co-chaired by Elizabeth Taylor and Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. (a 1994 recipient of the Golden Bell Award). Organizers remain hopeful that Taylor will make a rare appearance at the event; Cochran also is expected. Lee and Papiano will receive Golden Bells, and Allen will be the first recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, which will subsequently be named after Allen.

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Sons in San Bernardino: Three brothers from TV’s 1960s series “My Three Sons” will be reunited at the sixth annual Route 66 Rendezvous in San Bernardino, which runs today through Sunday. On Saturday, Tim Considine (Mike), Stanley Livingston (Chip) and Barry Livingston (Ernie) will cruise the streets of San Bernardino as grand marshals, available to sign autographs. The event, expected to draw more than 1,200 cars and nearly 170,000 spectators, will feature pre-1973 American cars and foreign classic cars and American sports cars of any model year, as well as other unusual vehicles.

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‘Nutcracker’ Kids: The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago will hold auditions for children at least 5 feet tall Saturday at the downtown Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. More than 60 children’s roles need to be filled for performances of the Joffrey’s “Nutcracker,” to be presented by James A. Doolittle at the Music Center Dec. 20-27. Contact Roberta Mitchell at (818) 902-3721 for details.