Morning Report - News from Nov. 4, 1999

PEOPLE

Streisand, 2000: Barbra Streisand has been selected as the recipient of the 2000 Cecil B. DeMille Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. for her “outstanding contribution to the entertainment field,” it was announced Wednesday by Anjelica Huston. She will be presented with the award in Beverly Hills at the 57th annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony on Jan. 23. In a career spanning four decades, Streisand has won 10 Golden Globes, more than any other entertainer, including being the first woman ever to win a Golden Globe for best director (“Yentl,” 1983).

Honor Roll Call: With a tribal roll call, Native American members of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists kick off the third annual “Footsteps to the Future” tonight at 7 at the Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Los Angeles. Among the evening’s honorees will be singer Buffy Sainte-Marie, who will receive the Community Giving Honor, and Sheila Tousey (“Ravenous,” “Silent Tongue”) and Gary Farmer (“Smoke Signals”), who will be awarded the Acting Achievement Honor.

Menuhin Violin Sold: An 18th century violin owned by the late Yehudi Menuhin sold in Zurich, Switzerland, for a record price to an unidentified collector. Swiss dealer Musik Hug would not disclose the price Monday, but he said it was “approximately $1.25 million above what had ever been paid for a violin.” The violin was made in Cremona, Italy, in 1742 by Guarneri del Gesu. Last year, Christie’s in London said it sold a Stradivarius violin for a then-record $1.58 million. Menuhin died in March at age 82.

POP/ROCK

Super ‘Supernatural’: Santana’s “Supernatural” is the No. 1 album in the nation for the third consecutive week after selling 200,000 copies in the past week, while the No. 2 slot belongs to the new Master P disc, “Only God Could Judge Me,” which sold 153,000 units in its debut week. Lou Bega, the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears round out the Top 5. Other top arrivals: Stone Temple Pilots at No. 6, LeAnn Rimes at No. 8, Alan Jackson at No. 9 and Bush at No. 11.

QUICK TAKES

Monday’s “Ally McBeal”--which featured a passionate kiss between two female characters--equaled the Fox program’s largest audience ever, with an estimated 16.9 million viewers. . . .”Lateline,” a canceled NBC comedy set inside a late-night TV show, will begin airing Dec. 4 on the pay channel Showtime. Five previously unseen episodes will be shown along with two that played on NBC. Both Showtime and the show’s production company are owned by Viacom.