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Kevin Costner hit Dallas last week, and not a moment too soon. The town had been stalking him in absentia for two weeks.

The anticipation began building months ago, when Dallas-ites learned that the star of “Dances With Wolves” would be coming to town to play investigator Jim Garrison in Oliver Stone’s Kennedy assassination movie, “JFK.”

Then, the town started drooling when Costner dropped in to get the lay of the land. Alas, he left after only a few days. But that didn’t stop the Dallas Morning News from starting a “Kevin Watch” hotline and fax line and inviting readers to notify the paper of sightings. (Rivals at the Dallas Times Herald considered calling in to report a sighting of Costner last Friday night--there he was on TV, ringside at the Foreman-Holyfield fight in Atlantic City.)

Now he’s back, and Dallas is all atwitter. Wednesday, the Morning News, tongue stuck firmly in cheek, ran a Kevin Watch update and map that pinpointed Costner sightings (some real, some not) culled from the calls and faxes. Near the set, hordes of miniskirted women paraded their early ‘60s beehives hairdos, hoping to be pulled in as extras.

Despite the fact that you can’t get to Ft. Worth from Dallas because filming has shut down the major entrance to Interstate 30, it really doesn’t matter. What matters is that Kevin Costner was seen eating linguine at Capriccio. As for director Stone, he’s doing OK too. This week, a restaurateur suggested he run for mayor.