TELEVISIONHall of Famers: Alan Alda, Howard Cosell...

TELEVISION

Hall of Famers: Alan Alda, Howard Cosell and Oprah Winfrey are among seven people selected for induction this year into the Television Academy Hall of Fame. The other four are former news producer Fred Friendly, veteran executive Barry Diller and animation producers Bill Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Induction ceremonies will be conducted by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences this fall at the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park in Orlando, Fla., bringing to 70 the number of TV Hall of Fame members.

Zooming Back: Remember the popular late-1970s children’s public-TV show called “Zoom,” written, performed by and for 7- to 12-year-olds? WGBH-Boston, where it was produced, is looking into bringing it back. The earlier version had Zoomjokes, Zoomdos (crafts and science projects), Zoomgoodies (recipes sent in by kids) and Zoomraps (serious chats). While WGBH acknowledges the show looks dated, the station will be running 12 episodes for six weeks in Boston to ask kids what they would do to update it. If all goes well, a whole new generation of kids could be enjoying a new “Zoom” by January, 1996.

MOVIES

Visionary: Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Tim Burton, Penny Marshall, Joel Silver, Sherry Lansing, Robert Zemeckis, Barry Levinson and Richard Donner were among those honored at RP International’s 21st annual Vision Awards Saturday night at the Regent Beverly Wilshire. The awards, sponsored by the group that fights retinitis pigmentosa and other eye diseases, recognize those in the creative community who have demonstrated “rare vision” in bringing unique projects to audiences. Also at the event, the group’s new Theater Vision program was announced. The system features an audio track that runs concurrently with dialogue so those without sight can experience a feature film at the theater with the use of headphones. Spielberg’s “Schindler’s List” will be the first film to use the narration; the movie also received a special film award at the ceremony.

THE ARTS

Under the Layers: An Italian art expert said that a painting on wood that had been thought to be an imitation was in fact a masterpiece by medieval artist Giotto Di Bondone. Filippo Todini, professor of art history at the University of Udine in Italy, said he had discovered a Madonna and Child painted by Giotto behind several layers of paint applied to the original in past centuries. Giotto, who died in 1337, is world famous for his frescoes depicting the life of St. Francis at the cathedral in Assisi and for the tower he designed in Florence, Italy.

Oh, Mr. DeMille: Glenn Close is ready for her close-up. The star of “Sunset Boulevard,” along with the show’s cast, will take part in “The Ultimate Close-Up,” an informal 90-minute question-and-answer session on Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the Shubert Theatre in Century City as a benefit for Project Angel Food and Equity Fights AIDS. Tickets are $20 ($15 for balcony) and can be purchased through Tele-Charge. Producers of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical ask that questions be mailed or faxed to the theater in advance. Close’s final performance at the Shubert will be Sunday.

POP/ROCK

Concert for Peace: Thousands of Israelis and a handful of Egyptians danced Sunday to the sounds of rock stars Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed and other musicians celebrating peace. Gabriel had wanted to stage the concert in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Taba in support of the Middle East peace process, but organizers moved the show a few miles across the border to the Israeli port of Eilat after Egyptian officials banned it on security grounds.

AUCTIONS

Holy Sale, Batman: Batman and Superman fetched heroic amounts Saturday at a Sotheby’s comic book and comic book art auction in New York City. Action Comics No. 1, which appeared in June of 1938 with Superman on its cover for his debut, sold for $54,625. Detective Comics No. 27, which introduced Batman in May of 1939, went for $48,875. The comics, which cost a dime when they came out, sold for well above their pre-sale estimates. The auction was Sotheby’s most successful comics art sale ever, taking in more than $1.7 million.

QUICK TAKES

Shoppers got a crack at Oprah Winfrey’s wardrobe in a charity sale of her castoffs--hosted by Winfrey in Chicago--that raised $150,000 for Hull House in Chicago and Families First in Sacramento. . . . . Nick at Nite is getting into the late-night wars: the network adds “Gumby,” the ‘60s claymation hit featuring the green guy and his pal Pokey, to its lineup nightly starting tonight through July 1 at 12:30 a.m. . . . Ottawa’s Carleton University gave commencement speaker Dan Aykroyd an honorary doctor of literature on Friday; the comedian left the school without graduating in 1972.