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MOVIES

It’s Only Eddie: Moviegoers may be laughing but fitness guru Richard Simmons says he’s so upset at Eddie Murphy’s parody of him that he hasn’t gone to see “The Nutty Professor.” One of Murphy’s roles in the film is Lance Perkins, an exercise instructor and a dead ringer for Simmons. “Mr. Murphy really hurt me,” Simmons tells “Extra” tonight (KNBC-TV, 7 p.m.). Simmons said some people think he’s really in the film. “I was in the airport and five people told me how great I was in the Eddie Murphy film. I just said, ‘Thanks.’ ” But the once-overweight Simmons said he applauds Murphy for his sympathetic portrayal of another character, 300-pound Sherman Klump, who suffers from low self-esteem. What Simmons didn’t mention is that there may be another reason for his distress: A Simmons spokesman said Monday the fitness advocate had been expecting a cameo role in the film credits, but it didn’t happen.

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Czech Festival Opens: International stars and starwatchers gathered over the weekend in the historic Czech Republic spa town of Karlovy Vary for one of the world’s oldest film festivals, founded in 1946. Prominent guests include Alan Alda and Olympia Dukakis. At the closing ceremony on Saturday, Gregory Peck will receive a lifetime achievement award. About half a dozen of Peck’s most famous films are being shown, most for the first time before a Czech audience. All together, more than 200 films will be screen during the weeklong event.

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Bardot Appeals for Wolf: Actress and animal-rights activist Brigitte Bardot is offering $2,000 to save a lone wolf with a taste for sheep. The French government has authorized the killing of the wolf terrorizing flocks in southern France’s Larzac region. Bardot announced her reward offer on Europe 1 radio, saying: “I adore wolves because they are animals who are poorly loved, who are rejected by society.” Her animal-rights foundation has donated $100,000 to a nature reserve in southeastern France created to protect the small population of wolves there. “I know them well, and I find that they are more interesting than certain human beings,” Bardot said of her furry friends.

TELEVISION

Show Angers Police: Philadelphia’s Fraternal Order of Police Monday called for a half-million active police members nationwide to cancel their HBO subscriptions to protest Sunday’s showing of a British-made documentary about a death row inmate. The program questioned the controversial conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal for the murder of Philadelphia police office Daniel Faulkner 14 years ago. HBO said in a news release that the documentary examines “inconsistencies” that Abu-Jamal’s attorney, Leonard Weinglass, raised last summer at a hearing aimed at getting a new trial. The appeal is still pending. Faulkner’s widow, Maureen, said she had urged HBO to alter or cancel the show, which she called “a one-sided infomercial.” (The show also airs Thursday at 6 p.m. on Court TV, followed by a panel discussion.)

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A ‘MASH’ Moment: There was a “MASH” reunion of sorts over the weekend in Toledo, Ohio, when paintings by actor-turned-artist Gary Burghoff went on display at the Fenwick Gallery. Burghoff got a hug at his opening from an unexpected guest: Jamie Farr, the 4077th’s cross-dressing Cpl. Max Klinger, who was in town for his Kroger Classic women’s golf tournament. Burghoff, who played Cpl. Radar O’Reilly on “MASH,” has turned from acting to painting wildlife. The longtime animal preservationist was bitten by the fine arts bug three years ago after judging a national duck stamp competition. “I realized I should be doing that, so I set up my easel,” he said. After 7 1/2 years of playing the efficient but nerdy corporal who always knew when wounded soldiers were coming in, Burghoff left the long-running television show in 1979. “Fame was never my objective,” he said.

POP/ROCK

Opening Delayed: The Ash Grove club, the legendary ‘60s and early ‘70s Los Angeles home of blues and folk music, has pushed back the opening of its new location on the renovated Santa Monica Pier a week to July 20 because of construction delays, owner Ed Pearl said. The initial bill will feature veteran singer-songwriters Dave Alvin and Peter Case.

QUICK TAKES

Viewers will be invited to call in during an hourlong hearing by the citizens committee helping to select a replacement for retiring Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Sidney A. Thompson tonight at 7 on KLCS-TV Channel 58. . . . Universal Studios’ theme park, boosted by the new Jurassic Park--The Ride, announced it reached new attendance records last week, topped by 43,000 visitors on Friday, a 22% increase over its previous high. . . . Drug charges were filed Monday against David Gahan, the 34-year-old lead singer of Depeche Mode, who was arrested May 28 at the Sunset Marquis Hotel in West Hollywood. Gahan, who has been free on $100,000 bail since shortly after his arrest, is expected to be arraigned in Beverly Hills Municipal Court today for possession of cocaine and being under the influence of cocaine. . . . Anna Paquin will make her TV debut opposite Alfre Woodard in a telefilm adaptation of Carson McCullers’ “The Member of the Wedding,” the USA Network announced. Paquin won an Oscar as best supporting actress for “The Piano.” . . . Sam Waterston is heading to Cambodia to urge a solution to a dangerous souvenir of the Khmer Rouge: unremoved land mines. Waterston, who starred in the 1984 film “The Killing Fields,” will join a delegation from the private organization Refugees International on Thursday to help press for accelerated mine removal in Cambodia.