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

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The Hole News: Hole will remain on the bill with Marilyn Manson for shows tonight at the Arrowhead Pond and Sunday at the Great Western Forum, but Courtney Love’s band may be leaving the tour following those dates. Addressing comments made by Manson on Sacramento radio stations Thursday that Hole was pulling out of the trek, which began Feb. 28 in Spokane, Wash., and is scheduled to run through April 27, Hole publicist Gayle Fine said Friday, “There are some production issues. The bands will be meeting to discuss the matters.” Love, frustrated that a large majority of people attending the rock shows have been Manson fans, with some showing hostility toward her, walked off the stage mid-set in Portland on March 6.

PEOPLE

‘With Her Whole Heart’: To the sounds of Dusty Springfield’s greatest hit, “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me,” a crowd of well-wishers and fans gathered in the rain Friday for the funeral of the 1960s pop star, and watched as a horse-drawn carriage brought her coffin to a church in the riverside town of Henley-on-Thames, west of London. Famous for her husky voice and blond beehive hairdo, and once described as Britain’s finest white soul singer, Springfield died March 2 at age 59 after a five-year battle against breast cancer. Pop singers Elvis Costello and Neil Tennant, lead singer with the Pet Shop Boys, spoke at the service. “She sang with her whole heart,” a mourner told Sky Television. Springfield, who died just a day before she was to be honored by Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace, will be cremated and her ashes scattered in Ireland.

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Funeral for Kubrick: Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise, who star in Stanley Kubrick’s last film, “Eyes Wide Shut,” joined the director’s family at his English mansion Friday for his funeral. Director Steven Spielberg was also among a select group of mourners who attended the service in the tranquil surroundings of Childwickbury Manor in Hertfordshire, just north of London. The world’s media were kept well away from the manor. Cruise, unshaven and in sunglasses, and wife Kidman were holding hands as they raced past in a chauffeur-driven Mercedes limousine. Spielberg, also in sunglasses, followed in a black Mercedes. A gentle drizzle was falling as other guests drove through the gates of the red-brick house where Kubrick, who was 70, died Sunday. Kubrick’s films included “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “A Clockwork Orange” and “Full Metal Jacket.” “Eyes Wide Shut” will be released in July.

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Photography Legacy: Linda McCartney’s legacy of photographs of rock ‘n’ roll legends go on display at the Bruce Museum of Arts and Science today in Greenwich, Conn. Though best remembered as the wife of Beatle Paul McCartney, her haunting and tender images that brought her acclaim will be seen in a show of 50 photos from the 1992 book “Linda McCartney’s Sixties: Portrait of an Era.” Among the images in the three-month exhibition are those of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Who, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. Alongside performance shots are softer portraits, such as one of John Lennon and Yoko Ono clasping hands. McCartney died of breast cancer last April at age 56.

MOVIES

‘Star Wars’ Trailer on the Net: Another 2 1/2 minutes of “Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace” was released to ravenous fans Friday in the form of a second movie trailer. It’ll show up in theaters this weekend, but some 10 million people are expected to download a digital version off the Internet today in what Apple Chairman Steve Jobs indicated may be “the biggest video downloading event ever on the Web.” Lucasfilm teamed up with Apple Computers to put the trailer, viewable with the program Quicktime 3, on the sites https://www.apple.com and https://www.starwars.com. This second trailer is slightly longer than the “teaser” released in November, and conveys more of the story. The movie opens on about 4,000 screens nationwide May 19.

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Ventura Is Coming: Gov. Jesse Ventura of Minnesota announced Friday that he was going on a “trade mission” to Hollywood. Ventura’s office said he would accompany representatives of the Minnesota Film Board “in an effort to entice the filmmaking industry into bringing additional economic activity to Minnesota.” The former pro wrestler will meet with representatives of Disney, Paramount and other industry officials during a four-day trip here beginning March 20.

QUICK TAKES

Dr. Dre and Ice Cube, celebrated rap figures and former members of the Compton-based N.W.A, will be honored today in San Francisco with the Bill Graham Lifetime Achievement Award, named after the late Bay Area promoter . . . Elvis Mitchell, film critic for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and NPR’s “Weekend Edition,” will guest-host with Roger Ebert on “Siskel & Ebert,” Sunday at 6:30 p.m. on KABC-TV. “Good Morning America” critic Joel Siegel is among those lined up for future broadcasts . . . Also on Sunday, KKBT-FM’s (92.3) “Street Science” broadcasts live from the Pacoima Youth and Family Center, from 9 p.m. to midnight, honoring the birthday of Cesar Chavez. The program, hosted by Dominique DiPrima, will focus on “Black/Brown Unity” . . . Actor Andy Garcia will make his second appearance as a presenter at the Academy Awards ceremonies March 21 . . . Spike Lee will be on hand at the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood for a screening of “Malcolm X” (1992) Monday night at 7. It’s the opener to screenings of each of the director’s 12 feature films, presented by American Cinematheque . . . KISS singer Paul Stanley will star in the Toronto production of “The Phantom of the Opera” May 25-Aug. 1.

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