MOVIESA Family Affair: Actor Martin Sheen scored...

MOVIES

A Family Affair: Actor Martin Sheen scored a rare triumph at the box office over the weekend without appearing in a movie. His sons star in the top two films. “D2 The Mighty Ducks,” with Emilio Estevez, was in the No. 1 spot at the box office during the weekend. The Walt Disney Pictures film grossed $5.7 million, according to early industry estimates. “Major League II,” the baseball comedy from Warner Bros. featuring Charlie Sheen, dropped to second place with $5.4 million. Third place, meanwhile, went to Universal’s “The Paper” with $4.6 million. Gramercy Pictures’ “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” the film starring Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell, made an impressive leap to No. 4 with $4.2 million. In fifth place was TriStar’s new release, “Threesome,” with $4.1 million.

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An Official Regret: The U.S. State Department said it regrets that some foreign countries are aiming to keep the film “Schindler’s List” out of their theaters. State Department spokesman Mike McCurry said Friday at a briefing: “The department believes that this film should be available to people worldwide and that the most effective way to avoid the recurrence of genocidal tragedy is to ensure that past acts of genocide are never forgotten.”

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The Movie That Follows: Mark Medoff’s stage drama “The Homage That Follows,” which is currently having its world premiere at Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills, will begin film production next month in New Mexico for Skyline Entertainment. Ross Marks directs Blythe Danner, Bruce Davison, Sheryl Lee, Danny Nucci and Frank Whaley. First-time producer Medoff won a Tony Award in 1980 for “Children of a Lesser God.” His film credits include the screenplays for “Children,” “Clara’s Heart” and “City of Joy.”

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Ad Fever: Spike Lee is getting into the ad game. The director of “Malcolm X” plans to open his own advertising agency in Brooklyn. “You can only do a film a year, so you do ads in between,” Lee told Entertainment Weekly in the issue on newsstands today. “I’m gonna oversee the agency. That doesn’t mean I’ll be directing every commercial.” Lee has filmed ads for Nike, Levis and AT&T.;

TELEVISION

Keenen’s Ivory Way: Keenen Ivory Wayans, the creator and producer of “In Living Color” who parted company with Fox in late 1992, has hooked up with CBS to develop TV programming. CBS and Wayans will be partners in Ivory Way Productions, with the network having first option on its projects. “Our plan is to build a company that will foster and develop new voices reflecting the changing landscape of television,” Wayans said.

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New Deal: PBS and Turner Broadcasting are making a deal for Turner Home Entertainment to distribute PBS programming on home video. PBS President Ervin Duggan and Ted Turner are expected to announce the agreement in New York today. PBS previously used Pacific Arts Video to distribute its home videos.

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‘South Central’ Reruns: Fox Broadcasting will rebroadcast the first two episodes of “South Central” from 7-8 p.m. on Sunday. The premiere of the series starring Tina Lifford as a single mother raising three children in Los Angeles’ urban neighborhood boosted Fox’s ratings in its 8 p.m. Tuesday time slot and received acclaim from some critics but mixed reviews from South-Central residents and the heads of area organizations.

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Romantic TV Movies: Harlequin romance novels are coming to TV. Alliance Communications Corp. announced that it has formed a partnership to produce a minimum of four of the romances as television movies for CBS. The first two books to be made are “A Change of Place,” the tale of two sisters involved in the world of Paris high fashion, and “White Hearts,” a love story set amid the world of racehorse breeding.

POP/ROCK

Woodstock for the ‘90s: The Woodstock 25th anniversary concert is a go. After months of wrangling over money matters, sanitation, environmental impact and cleanup, the red tape turned to a green light. The concert is scheduled for Aug. 13-14 in Saugerties, N.Y., 40 miles south of Albany, and will feature 30 groups. Organizers expect about 250,000 people to attend. The acts haven’t been announced yet.

QUICK TAKES

Model Cindy Crawford will host her first special on MTV on May 18 at 10 p.m. She’ll go behind the scenes of “Saturday Night Live” and spend some time with the cast of “Melrose Place,” as well as interview young members of the Clinton Administration. . . . Singer Wayne Newton, 52, married attorney Kathleen McCrone, 30, in Las Vegas on Saturday at his 52-acre ranch. . . . Comedian Jerry Seinfeld wrote part of the cover story in the May issue of Automobile Magazine, which is out now. Seinfeld, a car lover who owns nine Porsches and a Volkswagen Beetle, interviewed one of the designers of the VW Concept I, the successor to the Beetle. . . . Country superstar Garth Brooks’ second NBC special, “This Is Garth Brooks, Too!,” is set to air May 6 at 8 p.m. . . . Tony Curtis is recovering at home after heart bypass surgery. Curtis, 68, left Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Friday.