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TELEVISION

Changing Defense Tactics: Attorneys for the man accused of killing an acquaintance after both appeared on a taping of “The Jenny Jones Show” in 1995 said they will shift the focus of his defense to claims that the victim, a gay man, stalked him and drove him to violence. Jonathan Schmitz is standing trial in Michigan for a second time in the death of Scott Amedure, who revealed a secret crush on Schmitz on the TV show taping. Although Schmitz was convicted of second-degree murder in 1996, that verdict was overturned because of errors made by the judge. Jury selection for the new trial began Monday, with arguments expected to get underway late next week. Three months ago, a civil jury held Jones and her show liable in the death, awarding the Amedure family $25 million.

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KCOP Schedule: New KCOP-TV General Manager David Woodcock has set the UPN affiliate’s fall schedule, with the variety-talk program “The Martin Short Show” set to premiere Sept. 13 in the weeknight 11 p.m. time slot, replacing “Star Trek: Deep Space 9.” However, KCOP will run another “Star Trek” entry, “Voyager,” every weeknight at 7, starting Sept. 20. “Leeza,” the daytime talk show previously seen on KNBC-TV, moves to KCOP’s 1 p.m. slot Sept. 13, bumping “Ricki Lake” to 5 p.m. And weeknights at 6 and 6:30 p.m., respectively, will be the new reality-dating show “Blind Date” and “Frasier,” both starting on Sept. 20. Weekend additions, meanwhile, will include “Peter Benchley’s Amazon,” a drama about a group of airplane crash victims struggling for survival in a jungle, on Saturdays at 4 p.m.; Dick Clark’s “Star Search”-type program “Your Big Break,” on Saturdays at 7 p.m.; and “Battledome,” an action competition pitting “fierce Battle Dome Warriors” against “weekend warriors,” Sunday nights at 9.

MOVIES

Sheen Handcuffed: Martin Sheen and 75 other demonstrators were led away in handcuffs following a protest at New Mexico’s Los Alamos National Laboratory on Monday, the 54th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki. The lab was the birthplace of the atomic bomb, and it still produces parts used in nuclear bombs. “We are the generation that brought the bomb in. We have got to be the generation that should take it out,” the actor said during a mile-long march to the lab. Sheen was taken into custody after he stepped over a yellow cord into a restricted area. He knelt and said the Lord’s Prayer, then told security agents: “I’m all yours.” Sheen, 59, and the other detainees were driven to a downtown park and freed; the U.S. Attorney does not intend to prosecute any of them, a spokesman said.

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Best of the Fest: Israeli filmmaker Lilian Targownik’s “Rosenweig’s Freedom,” about a Jewish laborer suspected of killing a neo-Nazi, was named best feature with a budget of more than $1 million at the just-concluded third annual Hollywood Film Festival. Other festival awards given out at the Beverly Hilton on Monday night included Robert McGinley’s coming-of-age art film “Jimmy Zip” (best feature under $1 million), “The Children of Chabannes” (documentary), “Mutt” (animated film), Jim Zeilinger’s “Damned If You Do” (short film) and director-writer David Flamhole’s “Lithium” (Hollywood Young Filmmaker Award). Festival co-founder Carlos de Abreu said that more than 15,000 people attended the weeklong festival’s conferences and screenings.

THE ARTS

Andrews Settles With Tabloids: Julie Andrews has settled her lawsuits with the Globe and England’s Daily Mail and OK! tabloids over reports in May that she was being treated for addiction to prescription drugs. Though the settlement amounts were not disclosed, the publications have issued apologies and corrections, Andrews’ lawyers said. Andrews, 63, said she had actually checked in to an Arizona facility to cope with grief related to her ill-fated throat surgery and the death of an aunt, and has never undergone treatment for any drug- or alcohol-related problem.

QUICK TAKES

A never-before-seen, 20-minute segment of Alfred Hitchcock’s serial-killer film “Kaleidoscope,” which he did not finish before his death in 1980, will be screened at next month’s Venice Film Festival as part of a tribute to the famed director, festival organizers said Tuesday. . . . Janet Jackson, her former longtime companion Rene Elizondo Jr. and two doctors have been sued by a former cook, Ricardo Macchi, who alleges that the then-couple had anti-depressants and appetite suppressants prescribed in his name without his consent in an attempt to “protect their rights of privacy.” Jackson’s spokesperson could not be reached for comment on the suit. . . . Cable’s Food Network will pay tribute this weekend to Jennifer Paterson, a member of the TV cooking team “Two Fat Ladies,” who died of lung cancer in London on Tuesday at age 71 (see obituary on A14). The network will carry a two-hour block of Paterson’s show on Sunday from 9 to 11 p.m. . . . . . . Cable’s Fox News Channel will launch “The Full Nelson,” a new “no holds barred” weekend news talk program hosted by commentator Rob Nelson, on Aug. 21. It will be seen Saturdays at 8 p.m. . . . Pacific Symphony music director Carl St.Clair has decided to conduct the orchestra on Aug. 28 at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre after all. Last week, the orchestra had announced he would skip the program out of mourning for his 18-month-old son, Cole, who accidentally drowned in a pool at a neighbor’s home last month. The program will be dedicated to the boy, an orchestra spokeswoman said.