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

MOVIES

Literary Picks: In a year filled with literary translations, USC has named its annual Scripter Award nominations for the best realization of a book on film. Nominees are “The Cider House Rules” (John Irving, author and screenwriter); “The End of the Affair” (Graham Greene, author, and Neil Jordan, screenwriter); “The Green Mile” (Stephen King, author, and Frank Darabont, screenwriter); “The Hurricane” (Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton, authors, and Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon, screenwriters); and “The Talented Mr. Ripley” (Patricia Highsmith, author, and Anthony Minghella, screenwriter). The winning film will be announced Wednesday. Previous winners include “A Civil Action,” “L.A. Confidential” and “Schindler’s List.”

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Perez Arrested: Actress Rosie Perez was arrested with seven others in New York on Thursday after protesting in front of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations over a Navy bombing range located on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques. Perez, an Oscar nominee in 1994 for “Fearless,” was expected to face disorderly conduct charges. “Rosie is a proud Puerto Rican girl whose family and friends in Puerto Rico are directly affected by the actions she’s protesting,” Perez’s spokesman said after the arrest.

TV & RADIO

Super Bowl Shows: Madonna will debut her new single, a rendition of Don MacLean’s “American Pie,” during the Super Bowl’s pregame show, while Phil Collins will headline the big game’s halftime program, which will also include Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias and Toni Braxton. The Smothers Brothers will host the pregame festivities, a salute to “Great American Music of the 20th Century,” also featuring Tina Turner and Travis Tritt. The halftime show, titled “Tapestry of Nations,” will be produced by the Walt Disney Co. and will include an 80-member orchestra, puppets and a choir. The Super Bowl airs Jan. 30 on ABC.

It’s Not Over Yet: Mayor Richard Riordan, conceding that L.A.’s millennium celebrations weren’t all that were expected, told KABC-AM (790) morning hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou on Friday that he’s ready to start planning another big bash for next year. The hosts vowed to work on the plans, with Kobylt noting that next Jan. 1 will mark “the beginning of the real millennium.”

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Cleveland Renovations: The world-class Cleveland Orchestra plays for the first time tonight in its refurbished home, Severance Hall, following a $36.7-million renovation that included the replacement of an ugly, modernist concert shell, a backstage expansion and the addition of several new women’s restrooms and a full-service restaurant. In addition, all 2,000 seats at Severance, which is regarded as one of America’s finest concert halls and is on the National Register of Historic Places, were replaced, and an organ made unusable by a previous renovation is being reinstalled. However, the look of the old Severance, built in 1931, was preserved with one-of-a-kind Art Deco light fixtures and rare Spanish marble in a corridor. And renovators merely tinkered with what’s perceived as the Severance’s greatest asset: its acoustics. “We’re delighted,” concertmaster William Preucil said of the changes. “The sound’s got a bloom and richness and clarity to it. It’s like going home again.” The orchestra played at a downtown theater during the two-year renovations.

POP/ROCK

Decade Faves: The American Music Awards, airing Jan. 17 on ABC, is asking the public to vote via the Internet (at https://www.abc.com) on their favorite musical artists of each of the last five decades. Voting concludes at 10 a.m. Jan. 17, with the results to be revealed on the awards telecast. The nominees: Chuck Berry, the Everly Brothers, Bill Haley & the Comets, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Elvis Presley (the ‘50s); the Beach Boys, Beatles, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones and the Supremes (‘60s); the Bee Gees, Grateful Dead, Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind & Fire (‘70s); Gloria Estefan, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince and Bruce Springsteen (‘80s); and Boyz II Men, Garth Brooks, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Will Smith and Shania Twain (‘90s).

QUICK TAKES

Michael McDonald will perform with the Doobie Brothers for the first time since 1982 in a Feb. 4 all-star concert at the Shrine Auditorium. The concert is in conjunction with McDonald’s receipt of the Yamaha Lifetime Achievement in Musical Excellence Award. Also scheduled to perform are Kenny Loggins, Ray Charles, Steve Winwood, Patti LaBelle, Toto, James Ingram, Patty Austin, Christopher Cross, Alan Parsons, David Pack, Edwin McCain and James Newton Howard. Tickets are $25. . . . “The Young and the Restless” star Shemar Moore takes over this weekend as the new host of the long-running syndicated series “Soul Train,” which airs Saturdays at noon on KTLA-TV. He’ll also continue on the CBS soap. . . . Thanks to “Pokemon,” the WB network’s Saturday morning lineup won the kids ratings race in the fourth quarter of 1999, breaking Nickelodeon’s 10-quarter winning streak. It is the WB’s first quarter win. . . . The rock band Metallica chats live on Sunday at 4 p.m. on https://www.twec.com. . . . A new entertainment industry auction Web site, https://la411auction.com, goes up Monday, with items including props from Scarlett’s bedroom in “Gone With the Wind,” the organ from “The Addams Family” TV series, and the piano from the start of TV’s “All in the Family.” Auction proceeds will go to the Motion Picture & Television Fund.