MOVIESThe Two ‘Sabrinas’: If the new “Sabrina”...

MOVIES

The Two ‘Sabrinas’: If the new “Sabrina” piques your interest in the original, don’t expect to find the Audrey Hepburn version readily available in video stores. Paramount Home Video has put the original on a moratorium, which means that no copies are being shipped to retailers. Stores might, however, already have copies on hand for sale or rent. If not, expect plenty of copies of the original in stores in June, when it will be re-released to coincide with the video release of the new Sydney Pollack version. The moratorium practice is somewhat common in the movie business--industry sources say that filmmakers of remakes ask for moratoriums if they don’t want their movie compared to the original. The same thing happened a year ago when the new version of “A Miracle on 34th Street” hit theaters.

HOLIDAY CHEER

Revel With Uncle Ruthie: KPFK-FM (90.7) will celebrate the holidays with “A Buelltide Christmas,” a day full of on-air merriment with its personality Uncle Ruthie Buell from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. today. Uncle Ruthie will read Hanukkah and Christmas stories including “The Little Prince.” Ruthie and her pals will also sing live in the studio. As a special holiday treat, the station will open its doors to listeners to partake in the Uncle Ruthie revelry. The open house at the KPFK studio at 3729 Cahuenga Blvd. in North Hollywood will feature Uncle Ruthie on the pump organ, a sing-along and refreshments.

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Holiday Jazz on the Air: KPCC-FM (89.3) hosts three hours of holiday jazz today. “Piano Jazz Christmas” airs from noon-2 p.m., and features Cedar Walton, Randy Weston, Geri Allen and Tommy Flanagan, among others. Then from 2-3 p.m., hear “Jazz Guitar Christmas,” with such notables as the late Laurindo Almeida.

RADIO

Aid for Bosnia Coverage: KCRW-FM (89.9) has pledged a minimum of $50,000 to National Public Radio to help defray the cost of covering the news from Bosnia. The public radio member station will send every extra donation of $10 made during its mail campaign to renew subscribers early and its regular February on-air subscription drive to NPR for the Bosnia coverage. Starting today, the station’s listeners will hear on-air credits thanking them for their support of the NPR news fund. NPR will have four reporters in Bosnia with an estimated cost of $120,000 for the first four to five weeks of coverage.

POP/ROCK

Jacksonland?: The new mayor of Gary, Ind., may pull the plug on a Jackson family complex before there is a Jackson family complex. Six city officials met last week with members of Michael Jackson’s family in California, attempting to get their blessing on the proposed entertainment complex in the town where the family lived when it all began. But Mayor-elect Scott King takes office Jan. 1 and said he will probably stop negotiations because he doesn’t see the complex as a valuable prospect for the city. A theme park with a Jackson family museum, an entertainment venue, a steel museum and retail development has been proposed. Part of the development would revolve around the Jackson family’s home in Gary, which the city has offered to buy for $25,000.

PEOPLE WATCH

Stewart’s Christmas: Jimmy Stewart, who suffered a minor head injury after a fall, was expected to be home for Christmas after a stay at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica for observation. The 87-year-old actor, who starred in the holiday classic “It’s a Wonderful Life,” tripped on a plant and struck his head Thursday on a table leg at his Beverly Hills home.

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Fire at Midler Home: A fire that destroyed Bette Midler’s luxury oceanfront house just outside of Kilauea, Hawaii, apparently was set deliberately, but there are no suspects, officials said. The unfinished wooden mansion on the island of Kauai was engulfed in flames by the time firefighters reached it shortly after 3 a.m. Friday. No one was inside at the time. The damage was estimated at about $1 million.

QUICK TAKES

Entertainment Weekly magazine has picked the entire cast of NBC’s “Friends” for the No. 1 spot on its annual list of the top 12 entertainers of the year, which appears in the issue hitting newsstands today. Sandra Bullock, Hootie & the Blowfish, John Travolta, David Duchovny, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, “ER” producer John Wells, Brad Pitt, Jane Austen (yes, that Jane Austen, due to the recent proliferation of movies inspired by the 19th century writer’s work), Tom Hanks and rapper Coolio also made the list in that order. . . . Lenny Kravitz will begin a North American concert tour of relatively intimate venues Jan. 26 at San Francisco’s Warfield Theatre, with a Jan. 27 date planned for the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. The rocker’s concert plans had been on hold because of the illness of his mother, actress Roxie Roker, who died Dec. 2 of cancer. . . . Comedian Sandra Bernhardt will perform on New Year’s Eve at West Hollywood’s Viper Room. Show time is 9:30 p.m. and tickets are $75 and $150.