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

MOVIES

Wilder Retro: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will salute Academy Award winner Billy Wilder with an event he is expected to attend on Jan. 13. The presentation will precede a three-week retrospective by the UCLA Film and Television Archive and American Cinematheque. Wilder, 93, earned Oscars for writing and directing “The Lost Weekend” and for the screenplay for “Sunset Boulevard.” He also won statuettes for writing, directing and producing “The Apartment.” The retrospective will feature a collection of films for which Wilder received 21 Oscar nominations. Tickets go on sale Dec. 1 for the screenings to be held starting Jan. 14 at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater and the Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theater.

THE ARTS

Philharmonic Nod: In its annual elections, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Assn. has named a new board president. Robert I. Weingarten, a financier in Los Angeles and a member of the Philharmonic board since 1993, became president as of Friday. He succeeds attorney Barry A. Sanders, who, as is the association’s custom, moves to the position of chairman of the board. Sanders also relinquishes his role as acting managing director of the orchestra, a job he took on after Willem Wijnbergen’s departure in August. According to the Philharmonic Assn., no other interim orchestra head will be named to fill in until the arrival of managing-director-designate Deborah Borda, who begins her tenure in January.

Hemmings’ Gala: Placido Domingo, Jennifer Larmore, Carol Vaness, Rodney Gilfry and Gwendolyn Bradley are among the singers confirmed to appear in a musical presentation celebrating the legacy and achievements of Peter Hemmings, Los Angeles Opera’s founding general director, on May 22. Hemmings, who has led the organization since its inception in 1986, will retire at the close of the 1999-2000 season. In addition, a chorus of schoolchildren will perform selections from the In-House Opera production of “A Muskrat Lullaby,” an arts education program developed under Hemmings’ watch.

Remembering the Vets: The team of Campbell & Campbell, landscape architects, and U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky has won a competition to design the Veterans Memorial at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Holloway Drive in West Hollywood. Jointly sponsored by the city’s Veterans and Fine Arts commissions, the $1 million project will inaugurate West Hollywood’s public art program. Described as “a meditation on the warrior’s journey of service and sacrifice,” the memorial will include a monumental fountain and a sunken courtyard enclosed by a wreath of laurel trees and low walls inscribed with poetry.

TV & RADIO

‘Insider’ Talk: Al Pacino, star of “The Insider,” talks to entertainment reporter David Sheehan on Thursday and Friday in a two-part “News at 5” interview that will air on KCBS-TV and be made available to CBS stations around the country but won’t play on CBS’ national news. “60 Minutes” correspondent Mike Wallace--played in the movie by Christopher Plummer--has been especially critical of the film, which chronicles tobacco whistle-blower Jeffrey Wigand’s aborted “60 Minutes” interview. Pacino and co-star Russell Crowe are also appearing to promote the drama Friday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” The film is being released by a division of that network’s parent, the Walt Disney Co.

Good Guidance: Radio Disney, the 24-hour network for kids, has received a Parent’s Guide to Children’s Media award for outstanding achievement in 1999. Honorees are judged on the ability to provide enjoyable, creative materials that have an educational or thought-provoking value for children.

Gray Matter: A new series inspired by John Gray’s bestseller “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus” will be produced by Columbia TriStar Television Distribution and Merv Griffin Entertainment. The daily one-hour program will present celebrities, guest segments, interviews, field reports, Internet polls and surveys focusing on male and female viewpoints of topical issues.

QUICK TAKES

Bruce Springsteen postponed two shows in Minneapolis this week because his wife and bandmate, Patti Scialfa, has a perforated eardrum. No details were released Monday on how she suffered the injury. . . . Gloria Reuben, who will be leaving “ER” this season, will co-star with Billy Zane (“Titanic”) in “Sole Survivor,” a Fox TV miniseries based on Dean Koontz’s suspense novel. . . . Gloria Estefan and ‘N Sync will perform on “Celine Dion: All the Way,” the performer’s second CBS special, airing Nov. 24 at 8 p.m. Produced at the newly restored Radio City Music Hall, the hour will include a “special duet” with Frank Sinatra. . . . Clint Black and his wife, Lisa Hartman Black, will host “The American Red Cross Holiday Music Spectacular” Dec. 24 on Fox. . . . Warner Bros. has moved up the release date of “Pokemon: The First Movie” to next Wednesday instead of Nov. 12. . . . Paramount Home Video will release “Runaway Bride” on video Jan. 25. . . . Trimark will release the director’s cut of Oliver Stone’s controversial “Natural Born Killers” Jan. 25 on DVD. The disc will include audio commentary from Stone, plus additional footage, deleted scenes and an alternate ending. . . . Cirque du Soleil artists will offer free performances from “Dralion” today at 12:30 p.m. at Irvine Spectrum Center’s Gibraltar Court.