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

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Preserving ‘Dracula,’ ‘Shaft,’ ‘GoodFellas’: The cinematic record of President William McKinley’s inauguration in 1901 and Bela Lugosi’s 1931 horror film “Dracula” joined more modern fare such as the 1971 detective classic “Shaft,” Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 war picture “Apocalypse Now” and Martin Scorsese’s 1990 gangster film “GoodFellas” in being named Wednesday to the National Film Registry, which earmarks films for future preservation. Entries in the National Film Registry, which with Wednesday’s 25 additions now number 300 films, are selected for both their historical and entertainment value. Other films on the new list--announced in Washington by Librarian of Congress James Billington--include “Five Easy Pieces” (1970), “The Life of Emile Zola” (1937), “Network” (1976), “Peter Pan” (1924), “Salome” (1924), “A Star Is Born” (1954) and “Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?” (1957). The rest of the list: “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1928), “Koyaanisqatsi” (1983), “The Land Beyond the Sunset” (1912), “Let’s All Go to the Lobby” (1957), “Little Caesar” (1930), “The Living Desert” (1953), “Love Finds Andy Hardy” (1938), “Multiple Sidosis” (1970), “Porky in Wackyland” (1938), “Regeneration” (1915), “Sherman’s March” (1986), “The Tall T” (1957) and Frank Capra’s seven-film World War II series “Why We Fight” (1943-45).

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Weekly TV Ratings: ABC ranked first in prime-time ratings last week, as results for the networks were generally depressed by the holidays. With NBC’s Thursday lineup in reruns, “Monday Night Football” ranked as the week’s top-rated show, helping ABC average 11.8 million viewers, followed by CBS (9.6 million), NBC (9 million) and Fox (8.8 million). The full weekly ratings chart will run Friday. . . . Meanwhile, “The NBC Nightly News” has run its consecutive winning streak to 34 weeks, averaging 11.4 million viewers last week, compared to 10.1 million and 9.4 million watching ABC and CBS, respectively.

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KNX Protest Planned: Civil-rights groups have called a press conference for today outside KNX-AM (1070) to protest the station’s rumored plans to run the old “Amos ‘n’ Andy” radio show as part of its nostalgic radio lineup beginning in January. The groups are basing the protest and threatened boycott on reports they got from sources within KNX, where management indicated it has not set its program lineup for next year.

QUICK TAKES

Sting has joined the lineup for CBS’ Jan. 28 Super Bowl XXXV broadcast, having signed to star in the pregame show along with ‘70s rock band Styx and “King of Queens” star Kevin James. Among other scheduled Super Bowl entertainment, Ray Charles will sing “America the Beautiful” and the Backstreet Boys will sing the national anthem. . . . British film director Guy Ritchie has reportedly given his new wife, Madonna, the lead role in his next film. Britain’s Daily Mirror reported Wednesday that the singer-actress will play the lead in Ritchie’s upcoming gangster movie “The Mole.” . . . Cable’s Turner Classic Movies will mark the start of 2001 with two back-to-back airings of Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” on New Year’s Eve, at 9 p.m. and midnight. . . . Walt Disney Home Video will release the animated adventure “Dinosaur” on VHS and DVD on Jan. 30. . . . Fox has ordered an additional 18 episodes of its animated series “Futurama.”