TELEVISIONKuralt’s a Believer: Former CBS News correspondent...

TELEVISION

Kuralt’s a Believer: Former CBS News correspondent Charles Kuralt will host “This I Believe,” a new series of weekly interviews for cable’s Disney Channel based on Edward R. Murrow’s 1950s radio program of the same name. The program--described as a series of five-minute segments in which “thoughtful men and women from all walks of life offer their personal philosophies, reflect on the rules by which they live and discuss what they have found to be the basic values in their lives”--will launch with a half-hour special on Feb. 25. Astronomer Carl Sagan, former President Jimmy Carter, anthropologist Jane Goodall and teacher and Pulitzer Prize-winning author N. Scott Momaday are among those featured on the premiere special. Others set for initial five-minute installments include civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, violinist Isaac Stern, Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Olympic champion boxer Oscar de la Hoya and educator Marian Wright Edelman. When creating his original “This I Believe” series, Murrow said he hoped that offering various viewpoints would “show us what we have in common and add perspective to the way we see our problems, giving us fresh ideas about how to tackle our own.”

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TV Fest Rescheduled: The Museum of Television & Radio has rescheduled its annual Television Festival in Los Angeles from its usual time in March to Oct. 4-19 for 1996 only, so the popular event does not coincide with the opening of the museum’s Beverly Hills facility on March 18. The festival, which recognizes about 18 quality TV shows from the past and present with a special evening devoted to each show including screenings and a Q&A; with cast members, will be held at the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood. Tickets will go on sale in September.

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Rose Parade Updates: KTTV-TV Channel 11, which has decided not to broadcast the Rose Parade on Monday for the first time in station history, will broadcast cartoons instead. The Fox-owned outlet will carry episodes of “X-Men” from 8 to 9 a.m. and again from 10 to 11, with “The Adventures of Batman & Robin” airing from 9 to 10 and again from 11 to noon. KTTV said it was unable to cover the parade in Pasadena because of the station’s pending move from Hollywood to West Los Angeles. . . . Meanwhile, KTTV’s former spot on the parade route--near the corner of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard--has been taken over by Spanish-language station KMEX-TV Channel 34, which will broadcast the Rose Parade as it has since 1964--but this year without commercial interruption. The station will kick off its festivities with “The Making of the Rose Parade,” a behind-the-scenes special set to air on Saturday at 11 a.m. KMEX’s New Year’s Day Rose Parade coverage begins at 7 a.m.

MOVIES

‘95 Thumbs Up: Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert have picked their choices for the top 10 movies of 1995, agreeing on six titles. On his list, Siskel chose “Crumb,” the documentary about cartoonist Robert Crumb, as the best film of the year, followed by “Toy Story,” “Nixon,” “Babe,” “Dead Man Walking,” “Leaving Las Vegas,” “The American President,” “Exotica,” “Apollo 13” and “Les Miserables.” Ebert chose “Leaving Las Vegas,” starring Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue, as his No. 1 pick, followed by “Crumb,” “Dead Man Walking,” “Nixon,” “Casino,” “Apollo 13,” “Exotica,” “My Family,” “Carrington” and “A Walk in the Clouds.” The picks will be presented on the duo’s upcoming TV special, “Siskel & Ebert’s Best Films of 1995,” which will air Monday at 2 a.m. on KABC Channel 7.

AWARDS

Lemmon’s Berlin Honor: Two-time Oscar winner Jack Lemmon will be lauded at the Berlin International Film Festival Feb. 23 with a “Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement.” It will mark the seventh time in the festival’s 46-year history that a performer has been so honored. Previous recipients were Jimmy Stewart (1984), Sir Alec Guinness (1988), Dustin Hoffman (1989), Gregory Peck (1993), Sophia Loren (1994) and Alain Delon (1995). As part of its tribute to Lemmon, the festival will show 12 of his films, including “Some Like It Hot” (1959), “The Apartment” (1960), “Days of Wine and Roses” (1962), “The Odd Couple” (1967), “Save the Tiger” (1973), “Missing” (1982) and “Glengarry Glen Ross” (1992).

QUICK TAKES

Mick Jagger paid $770,000 for an apartment adjoining his mansion in south London so his parents can be closer to their three grandchildren. Joe, 82, and Eva, 81, gave up a larger house in the Kent countryside near London for the small luxury apartment. . . . Former pro football player Mike Reid has written a one-act opera that’s New York-bound. “Different Fields” is the tale of a wide receiver who runs into gambling problems. The work, co-written with Sarah Schlesinger, was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera Guild and Opera Memphis. It is scheduled to premiere Feb. 7 in New York. . . . Kathryn Kanjo, associate curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, has been named curator of contemporary art at the Portland Art Museum.