ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS FROM THE TIMES, NEWS SERVICES AND THE NATION’S PRESS.

MOVIES

And the Legends Are: The American Film Institute has selected Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn as the No. 1 male and female American Screen Legends. The Top 25 screen legends of each gender were voted by filmmakers, historians, critics and other cultural leaders and announced on a CBS special Tuesday night. Living actors who made their screen debuts after 1950 were not eligible. The remainder of the male legends, in descending order: Cary Grant, James Stewart, Marlon Brando, Fred Astaire, Henry Fonda, Clark Gable, James Cagney, Spencer Tracy, Charles Chaplin, Gary Cooper, Gregory Peck, John Wayne, Laurence Olivier, Gene Kelly, Orson Welles, Kirk Douglas, James Dean, Burt Lancaster, the Marx Brothers, Buster Keaton, Sidney Poitier, Robert Mitchum, Edward G. Robinson and William Holden. The rest of the female legends: Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Greta Garbo, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck, Claudette Colbert, Grace Kelly, Ginger Rogers, Mae West, Vivien Leigh, Lillian Gish, Shirley Temple, Rita Hayworth, Lauren Bacall, Sophia Loren, Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard, Mary Pickford and Ava Gardner. The legends list, part of AFI’s continuing celebration of the 100th anniversary of American movies, follows last year’s AFI list of the 100 greatest films of all time. A spokesman said both efforts have aimed to “drive people back to the classics and get people talking about these movies and our [film] heritage.”

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Don’t Quit That Day Job: Celebrityhood apparently doesn’t guarantee votes, at least not in Italy, where actress Gina Lollobrigida and director Franco Zeffirelli were both soundly defeated in European Parliament elections Sunday. Each was contending for one of Italy’s 87 European Parliament seats, with Zeffirelli running in his hometown of Florence and Lollobrigida in her hometown of Subiaco.

TELEVISION

‘X’ Marks After-Hours Spot: Hungary’s Supreme Court has prohibited a state-owned television station from airing the American series “The X-Files” before 11 p.m., saying the sci-fi mystery show harms children’s mental health. Ruling that the show has a “negative impact on the personal development of young children,” the court banished it to between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., the only time slots allowed for “programs which show violent acts or sexually explicit scenes.” Though “The X-Files” is currently one of Hungary’s most popular shows, the station that airs it said it eventually will be forced to cancel the show because the late airings would not be profitable.

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Here’s the (New Morning) Story: Former “Brady Bunch” mom Florence Henderson, NBC anchor Jodi Applegate and Asha Blake, most recently an afternoon anchor on KNBC-TV, will co-host “Later Today,” a new NBC News show set to premiere in the fall following “Today.” Henderson has a history in morning TV: In 1959--prior to her “Brady Bunch” days--she was a “Today girl,” contributing interviews and features to the NBC program. Meanwhile, NBC is expected to appoint Soledad O’Brien to replace Applegate in her current post as host of “Weekend Today.”

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Banff Winners: Fox’s “Ally McBeal” was named best comedy and ABC’s “NYPD Blue” won for best continuing series Monday at the Banff Television Festival in Canada. They were the only U.S. winners at the festival, which honors programs from throughout the world. The Best of the Festival grand prize went to Ireland’s “Amongst Women,” which was also named best miniseries.

POP/ROCK

Manson Places Blame: Shock rocker Marilyn Manson, who was reported shortly after the Columbine High School massacre to have been an influence on the two teenage gunmen, takes on the media, organized religion and the availability of guns in a three-page essay, “Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?” in the upcoming Rolling Stone magazine. “Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised,” writes Manson. “[The media] just created two new [folk heroes] when they plastered . . . Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris’ pictures on the front of every newspaper. Don’t be surprised if every kid who gets pushed around has two new idols.” As for his own role, Manson says that the gunmen actually “disliked my music.” Still, he says: “Admittedly, I have assumed the role of Antichrist; I am the ‘90s voice of individuality, and people tend to associate anyone who looks and behaves differently with illegal or immoral activity.”

QUICK TAKES

Singer Phil Collins gets his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today during noon ceremonies at 6834 Hollywood Blvd. . . . Cable’s FX has acquired syndication rights to the Chris Carter series “Millennium,” which finished its run on Fox this season. “Millennium” begins its FX run on July 19, airing on Sundays at 10 p.m. and Mondays through Fridays at 1 a.m. . . . Director Ivan Reitman (“Ghostbusters”) and former Universal Pictures Chairman Tom Pollock have agreed to base their Montecito Picture Co. at DreamWorks SKG. Their first two films at the studio will be “Wish,” described as a comedy blending live action, animation and special effects; and “Road Trip,” a university-based comedy. . . . KCAL-TV has named a new weather anchor, Marti Skold, who will join the station in August, relocating from Miami.