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POP/ROCK

Young’s Own Hall of Fame: In a move heavily laced with sarcasm, music cable channel VH1 will air one Neil Young video every hour today between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. leading into its taped broadcast of highlights from Tuesday’s 12th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Young, voted into the Hall of Fame along with fellow members of Buffalo Springfield, declined to attend the event, charging in a statement that the spirit of the ceremony had been compromised and commercialized by the decision to allow it to be shown on television. On Thursday, VH1 issued its own statement to Young: “We missed you at the induction ceremony. We hope you catch it on VH1 along with rock and roll fans across the country.” Young, who is in Northern California preparing for his headlining role on this summer’s H.O.R.D.E. tour, was read the VH1 statement by manager Elliot Roberts and “laughed his ass off,” according to Roberts. VH1 will broadcast the induction ceremony tonight at 8 and 10, and on Saturday at 3 and 9 p.m. Young’s boycott wasn’t his first run-in with VH1 and its sister channel, MTV. In the late ‘80s, MTV refused to air Young’s video for “This Note’s for You” because it disparaged sponsors. Later, however, it was named video of the year at MTV’s annual music video awards.

Music Doctor: National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences President Michael Greene will be honored by USC’s School of Music today when he receives an honorary doctor of music degree. Greene, who will deliver the commencement address during the school’s 9 a.m. graduation ceremonies, is only the fourth recipient of the honorary doctorate in the School of Music’s 114-year history. The school selected him for his “unique vision . . . and contributions to the arts and arts education.”

TELEVISION

Fishman’s Side: Veteran KTLA-TV Channel 5 news anchor Hal Fishman has denied allegations that he has difficulties working with female anchors. “I enjoy working with women, and they enjoy working with me,” said Fishman, who anchors “KTLA News at Ten.” “I’m looking forward to working with a female anchor as soon as possible.” KTLA’s Marta Waller earlier this week filed a discrimination lawsuit against the station, claiming she was demoted from her 10 p.m. anchor duties because of her gender and age. The suit alleged that station news director David Goldberg told her that he was demoting her because “we have a gender problem” and that Fishman “did not feel comfortable sharing his anchor duties with a woman.” Fishman’s response: “That statement is totally erroneous. I am actively urging management to have a female co-anchor join me as soon as possible.”

Early Emmys: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced its first two Daytime Emmy Awards winners. Sharing trophies for outstanding achievement in animation are ABC’s “The Magic Pearl” (with the award going to Barbara Schade, background artist) and the “Lion King’s Timon & Pumbaa--Beethoven’s Wiff” (Kexx Singleton, color director), seen on CBS and in syndication.

PERFORMING ARTS

OCPAC Picks Fund-Raiser: UC Irvine’s top fund-raiser, Jerry E. Mandel, was named Thursday as the new president of the Orange County Performing Arts Center, capping a nine-month national search. Mandel, 57, had an inside track for the job having been a member of the center board’s executive committee since January 1996. During his UC Irvine tenure, contributions to the university rose from $21.5 million in 1994-95 to $25.6 million for fiscal 1995-96 (and a projected $30 million for 1996-97). Mandel is also credited with increasing private donations more than threefold--from $6 million to $20 million--during a seven-year tenure as head of development at Cal State Long Beach.

MOVIES

Oprah’s ‘Beloved’: Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover, who starred together 12 years ago in “The Color Purple,” will be reunited in the movie version of “Beloved,” Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The movie, about an escaped slave haunted by the child she murdered, will be filmed in Philadelphia; Jonathan Demme, who directed Oscar winner Tom Hanks in “Philadelphia,” will direct.

QUICK TAKES

Rage Against the Machine has been added as the opening act for U2’s June 21 concert at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. About 20,000 of the 70,000 tickets available for the show remained unsold as of Thursday, according to a tour spokeswoman. . . . Talk-show host Larry King received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Thursday, at 6616 Hollywood Blvd. . . . “Star Trek: The Experience,” an entertainment attraction scheduled to open at the Las Vegas Hilton in July, is holding a “casting call” for Trekkers and other prospective staff members. The employees will play Federation officers, Klingons and Ferengi. Auditions will be held in Las Vegas on Monday and Tuesday. . . . Fox’s “The X-Files” and ABC’s “NYPD Blue” will make their cable debuts on Aug. 19 on FX, at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., respectively. The network will air early episodes of the two prime-time hits Mondays through Fridays, except for the first five weeks, when major league baseball will air on Mondays.