TELEVISIONDramatic Fall: The United Paramount Network, which...

TELEVISION

Dramatic Fall: The United Paramount Network, which began in January, has canceled all but one of its current series. Announcing its fall schedule Wednesday, UPN unveiled three new hour dramas in addition to the returning “Star Trek: Voyager.” Gone are sitcoms “Pig Sty” and “Platypus Man” and dramas “Marker” and “Legend.” The three new series are: “Nowhere Man” (Monday at 9 p.m.), starring Bruce Greenwood as a documentary photographer faced with the frightening quest to find out who he is after his whole existence disappears overnight; “Deadly Games” (Tuesday at 8 p.m.), with Christopher Lloyd, about a young scientist who invents a video game only to have the characters come to life in a lab accident; and “Live Shot” (Tuesday at 9 p.m.), an ensemble drama focusing on the people and personalities inside a TV newsroom. David Birney heads the cast. UPN will expand its programming to Wednesday nights beginning in March.

MUSIC

Change in Direction: Los Angeles Children’s Chorus founder and artistic director Rebecca Thompson, under whose leadership the Pasadena-based group gained a national reputation for excellence, will step down as of Aug. 1. Anne Chesher Tomlinson, director of the chorus’s Apprentice Choir, has been named artistic director for the 1995-96 season. The chorus took top honors in last year’s first competitive Princeton Invitational Choir Festival and has performed with many professional groups, including the Los Angeles Music Center Opera, the L.A. Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

RADIO

Molina Denounces Stern: Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina introduced a motion Thursday to denounce Howard Stern and his local outlet, KLSX-FM (97.1), for derisive remarks about the fans of tejano music that the morning radio host made six weeks ago following the shooting death of Latina singing star Selena. Stern has said he was merely trying to be funny, but Molina charged that he and KLSX have “violated the spirit of tolerance by their continued disrespect of the Latino community.” The motion is scheduled to be discussed at the supervisors’ regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday.

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Liddy Honored: The National Assn. of Radio Talk Show Hosts awarded its Freedom of Speech Award to G. Gordon Liddy, the former White House aide who masterminded the Watergate burglary. Liddy, who has been critical of the federal raid on the Branch Davidians in Waco, Tex., recently told listeners of his conservative show to use “head shots” against federal agents if they invaded their homes. Liddy contrasted the honor with the action of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which withdrew a speaking invitation because of his remarks. “They weren’t able to resist the pressure,” he said.

ART

Record-Breaking Auction: A self-portrait by Frida Kahlo sold for $3.19 million Wednesday at Sotheby’s, setting an auction record for a Latin American piece during an evening that saw 11 record-breaking sales. “Self-Portrait With Monkey and Parrot” was purchased by Eduardo Costantini, a collector from Buenos Aires. “Dance in Tehuantepec,” a painting by Kahlo’s husband, Diego Rivera, sold for $3.08 million, also a record. “We are absolutely delighted with tonight’s very strong results,” said August Uribe, Sotheby’s director of Latin American Art in New York.

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The Art of the Dali: The U.S. Customs Service has gotten into the art market in a big way. On June 1 in Miami Beach, the Customs Service will be auctioning off Salvador Dali’s 1972 multimedia work “Self- Portrait.” Currently on display at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach, “Self-Portrait” was seized by agents in Miami in December, 1993, because it had been purchased with the proceeds of illegal drug sales and Colombia drug traffickers were planning to auction the painting and funnel the proceeds back to Colombia. The money the Customs Service raises from the auction will go to support its crime-fighting operations.

POP/ROCK

Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll: Legendary rock ‘n’ roller Chuck Berry has presented a collection of items from his early life and 40-year recording career to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Highlights include one of Berry’s trademark ES 355 Gibson guitars and original lyrics for his hit songs “Carol” and “School Days.” The museum is set to open in September in downtown Cleveland.

QUICK TAKES

A benefit concert at the House of Blues last Monday that featured Natalie Cole, the Manhattan Transfer and Kenny Rankin, raised more than $200,000 for Musicians Assistance Program, which will help musicians and industry professionals who are suffering from drug and alcohol abuse. . . . An animated feature on Anne Frank, produced by Japanese filmmaker Seiya Araki and premiering June 12 in Amsterdam, has been given the thumbs-down by the Anne Frank Foundation, the guardian of the Holocaust teen-age diarist’s image. “The way they represented Anne and the history of World War II was too beautiful and too idealistic,” foundation spokesman Teresien da Silva said Wednesday.