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TELEVISION

Moore Planning Sitcom Return?: Mary Tyler Moore may be returning to a weekly television series next fall. The New York Daily News reported that the actress is talking with CBS officials about doing a sitcom. Moore, who played Laura Petrie on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” in the 1960s and Mary Richards on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in the 1970s, described the possible show as “something different than anything ever done before.”

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Polanski Accuser Speaks Out: Twenty years after Roman Polanski was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl, the girl, who is now a 34-year-old married mother of three, has gone public for the first time. Samantha Geimer gave an interview to the syndicated series “Inside Edition” that will air today and Wednesday at 4 p.m. on Channel 2. “I really wish this would be over, that he would reach agreement with the courts [and] no longer be a fugitive,” said Geimer, who lives in Hawaii. Polanski, the director of “Chinatown” and “Rosemary’s Baby,” was charged with rape and five other felonies. The other charges were dropped when he pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, but Polanski fled the country in 1978 before being sentenced. His lawyers have been negotiating with prosecutors in an attempt to allow him to return to the United States. Geimer had given interviews in the past, although she didn’t allow her name to be used. She told “Inside Edition” that she wouldn’t call the episode rape, but that the sex was not consensual.

POP/ROCK

Brooks Rolls ‘Sevens’: Country music star Garth Brooks had some good news for fans during a weekend concert in Sioux Falls, S.D., announcing that he has reached an agreement with his record company for the release of his long-awaited new album, “Sevens.” “Today, they called and said they’d be ready to move forward with the new record,” he said. “Now I’m scared because the record is due out in three weeks.” An HBO concert in New York’s Central Park on Aug. 7 had been conceived to launch the album, but Brooks reportedly clashed with Capitol Records over marketing plans. Brooks, who has sold more than 62 million albums, didn’t offer a specific date but said the new collection would be released before the end of this month. Spokespersons for Capitol and Brooks’ management team said Monday that they could not confirm that the album was due this month.

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Groups Map Anti-Drug Plan: Speaking from experience, rocker-actress Courtney Love helped kick off a series of anti-drug public announcements. “I believe . . . that it’s time for artists like me, artists who’ve been there, to speak out, to tell the world what drugs are and what they do,” said Love, a former addict and the widow of Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain, who committed suicide. The Partnership for a Drug-Free America and the Musicians’ Assistance Program have teamed up for the national campaign. The groups released public service announcements featuring Chuck D, Everclear, Fugees lead singer Lauryn Hill, KISS and Scatman John. The partnership’s ad campaigns seek to reduce the demand for illegal drugs. The program helps musicians get into drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs.

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Truckers’ Strike Grounds Oasis: Oasis, Britain’s top-selling pop band, became the latest victim of the French truck drivers’ strike Monday when it was forced to cancel three concerts in France. Oasis had been due to play a charity concert in Paris tonight and also had shows lined up in Angers and Bordeaux, but its equipment has been stranded in northern France by the truckers’ blockades, a spokesman for the band said. “They are very disappointed about the concerts but they are looking at rescheduling them for a later date,” the spokesman said. The tour will resume Saturday in Zaragoza, Spain.

LEGAL FILE

Publisher Seeks Damages: An Oregon publisher has gone to court seeking credit for a song on Princess Diana’s funeral album. OCP Publications, a nonprofit religious corporation, owns the copyright for “Make Me a Channel of Your Peace” by Sebastian Temple. Apparently it was Diana’s favorite hymn, but the song, also known as “Prayer of St. Francis,” was used without reference to the composer or publisher on the album, “Diana, Princess of Wales 1961-1997: The BBC Recording of the Funeral Services,” said OCP’s attorney, Leonard D. DuBoff. Publishers of the CD had agreed to credit OCP in return for donation of royalties to the Princess Diana charitable foundation. But about 500,000 CDs were distributed without credit, DuBoff said. The federal lawsuit, filed in Portland, seeks damages of more than $10 million for copyright infringement and other claims. It names Decca, PolyGram Records Inc. and several subsidiaries. None could be reached for comment.

QUICK TAKES

Comedian Buddy Hackett was released Sunday from a hospital in Aurora, Ill., after spending a night in the intensive care unit. The 73-year-old entertainer was hospitalized after suffering shortness of breath and an irregular heartbeat while performing at the Hollywood Casino. . . . Eight oil paintings and two charcoal drawings by Georgia O’Keefe were donated to the Milwaukee Art Museum--giving the museum 21 O’Keeffe pieces, the fourth-largest collection of her works in the nation. . . . “Seinfeld’s” Jason Alexander (George) has signed a deal to produce TV series with Universal Television, with sources saying the studio wants to establish a relationship with Alexander for his post-”Seinfeld” days. Alexander is not slated to appear in any of the series.