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

Keeping Their Alarm Clocks: Diane Sawyer and Charles Gibson will stay another year as hosts of ABC’s “Good Morning America,” the troubled news show that they joined in January in what was said to be a temporary fix. “They’ve had such a great time that they’ve agreed to stay,” ABC News President David Westin said, adding that the duo will remain through at least May 2000. “GMA’s” ratings have risen 27% since the pair’s arrival.

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Mob Rubbed Out: CBS opted not to put “Falcone,” an action drama about the mob, on its fall schedule due to violent content, network President Leslie Moonves said Wednesday. Based on the film “Donnie Brasco,” the drama was to have starred Jason Gedrick. “It was not the right time to have people being whacked on the streets of New York,” said Moonves, referring to recent violent acts such as the Littleton, Colo., shootings.

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Tourist Stops: Many of Paris’ top tourist attractions, including the Louvre, Orsay and Picasso museums, were closed on Wednesday as employees walked off the job complaining of chronic staff shortages. The strikes were the latest in a wave of recent protests by employees of national museums and monuments who complain of being overworked. The protests have previously affected sites including the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe and Grand Palais. Union leaders were to discuss the matter with culture ministers later Wednesday.

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Van Gogh They Go-Go’d: In a final tally, the L.A. County Museum of Art said that 821,004 people attended the blockbuster exhibition “Van Gogh’s Van Goghs” during its 17-week run that ended Sunday. But the figure could have been even higher, as the museum sold only 92% of available tickets. “Van Gogh” ranks second in LACMA’s attendance history, topped only by “Treasures of Tutankhamen,” which attracted 1.2 million people in 1978. The museum also reports a hike in memberships thanks in large part to the Van Gogh show, from 64,000 to 118,000 in the last year.

QUICK TAKES

Oprah Winfrey and beau Stedman Graham will jointly teach a 10-week graduate course on business management and strategy, “Dynamics in Leadership,” at Chicago’s Northwestern University in the fall. . . Ricky Martin’s self-titled English-language debut album enjoyed the best first-week sales of the year (661,000) to debut atop the nation’s album chart. Another new release, “No Limit Top Dogg” from Long Beach rapper Snoop Dogg, opened at No. 2 with 187,000 copies sold. . . . Disneyland hosts a public homecoming celebration and Main Street parade today at 10 a.m. for released American prisoners of war Andrew Ramirez, Christopher Stone and Steven Gonzales. . . . John Travolta will receive the second annual World Artist Award at the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, airing June 16 on Fox. Arnold Schwarzenegger was the initial recipient.