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STAGE

Switching Stars: Playwright Leslie Ayvazian, whose autobiographical “Nine Armenians” is scheduled to open at the Mark Taper Forum on July 24, has replaced actress Brenda Vaccaro in the role of Aunt Louise. The drama tells of three generations in an Armenian American family. Vaccaro declined to comment on her departure from the show, and Taper artistic director Gordon Davidson said only, “I asked Leslie to step into the role on Saturday. I’m not going to comment on why . . . because it’s not a public issue.” Ayvazian, who was already in Los Angeles working on the production, had also stepped into the same role during the play’s run at the Manhattan Theatre Club in 1996. At that time, Sophie Hayden, who was playing Aunt Louise, left during the first week of performances due to a family tragedy, and Ayvazian stepped in on five hours’ notice and played nine performances. Davidson saw one of those performances.

TELEVISION

Re-Bite: HBO will duplicate--using actors--the recent Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield fight in all its ear-biting splendor. The scene, a re-shoot for the upcoming movie “Only in America: The Don King Story,” will be filmed Saturday at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in downtown L.A. in front of a large crowd; HBO says it will add just under $100,000 to the film’s budget. Also being added to the movie, which is to air in November, is a new scene showing King’s (played by Ving Rhames) reaction to Wednesday’s Nevada State Athletic Commission disciplinary ruling against Tyson.

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Homer’s House: Fox is building a life-size replica of America’s most famous animated home--the house where Homer, Bart, Marge and the rest of the Simpson clan lives. The 2,200-square-foot, four-bedroom house, being built by Kaufman and Broad Home Corp. on the outskirts of Las Vegas, is modeled from floor plans used in Fox Interactive’s CD-ROM “The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield” and will include replicas of the colorful furnishings seen on the TV show. Fox will give the house away in September as part of a supermarket promotional contest.

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Running With the Bulls: “CBS This Morning” anchor Jose Diaz-Balart and his cameraman had a close call while running with the bulls this week in Pamplona, Spain. Diaz-Balart, who joined the running throngs at the yearly festival, was brushed by a bull. His cameraman, Win DeVos, barely escaped being gored when he was hit head-on and flipped over. “The most amazing part for me was seeing how the fear factor diminished as I understood what was happening,” Diaz-Balart said. “The bulls don’t want to be there. The bulls aren’t out to kill you. They just want to get the heck out of there.” Footage of the run will air today on the CBS news show.

RADIO

Goldman Turning Talk-Show Host: Ron Goldman’s father, Fred Goldman, whose face became familiar to Americans during the O.J. Simpson trials, is going on radio for a weeklong tryout as a talk-show host. Goldman, however, won’t be heard in Los Angeles. He will be on the air in San Antonio July 21-25 as part of “The Great WOAI Talk-Off,” a contest to determine who will permanently fill the Texas station’s 1-3 p.m. slot. “We’ll see if Fred likes the stage and if the stage likes him,” said Andrew Ashwood, WOAI operations manager. Goldman was unavailable for comment.

QUICK TAKES

INXS will perform a free acoustic set today from noon to 1 p.m. outside of the Greek Theatre, where the rock group performs tonight. The acoustic set will be broadcast live on radio station KROQ-FM (106.7). . . . Actress Rebecca De Mornay, 34, who played the nanny-from-hell in “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle,” is about to experience motherhood. She’s five months pregnant with her first child; the father is actor Patrick O’Neal, 29, the son of Ryan O’Neal. . . . A judge ruled Thursday that a dispute between Tupac Shakur’s parents over the slain rapper’s estate can proceed to trial on Aug. 4. William Garland claims he deserves half of Shakur’s estate, even though he didn’t see the rapper from 1976-91. Shakur’s mother, Afeni Shakur, who raised the entertainer, says Gardland should get nothing. . . . In an effort to attract more viewers for the fall, the WB network for the next four weeks will air a second weekly broadcast of its Monday series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” on Sundays at 8 p.m. . . . ABC’s “Good Morning America,” which KABC-TV Channel 7 anchor Lisa McRee is joining in September, has also named a new executive producer: Mark Lukasiewicz, who spent several years on “PrimeTime Live.”