MORNING REPORT - News from June 29, 2000

POP/ROCK

Arista Star Stays Put: Carlos Santana will remain on the Arista Records roster, even as his longtime friend Clive Davis is replaced Saturday as president of the label by Antonio “L.A.” Reid, a representative for the musician confirmed Wednesday. Many in the music industry had assumed that Santana would move with Davis, who played a key role in the production of Santana’s blockbuster comeback album “Supernatural,” to Davis’ new label. Davis--whose contract with the label he founded 25 years ago was not renewed--is close to signing a $150-million joint-venture deal with Bertelsmann, Arista’s parent company, to start a new label. He is expected to take some Arista artists to the new label, including Deborah Cox, LFO and Next.

Ailing Rimes Cancels Summer Tour: Citing a strained right vocal cord, country singer LeAnn Rimes has canceled her summer concert tour. Rimes’ tour was supposed to start July 13 in Mount Pleasant, Mich., but her doctor ordered 60 to 90 days of vocal rest and therapy, publicist Elizabeth Chanley said Wednesday. Rimes was scheduled to perform locally Aug. 18 and 19 at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. The 17-year-old singer is hoping to reschedule some shows, Chanley said.

TELEVISION

Hip-Hop Awards, Nominations Announced: Dr. Dre and Ice Cube will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Source Hip-Hop Music Awards 2000, it was announced Wednesday. The first awards show dedicated to hip-hop music honors the genre’s best recording artists, lyricists and producers. Dr. Dre, DMX, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg and Nas were nominated for best solo artist of the year, with Mobb Deep, Hot Boys, the Lox, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Method Man & Redman earning best group artist of the year nods. Jay-Z, Eminem, Common, Nas and Beanie Sigel were nominated for lyricist of the year. Grand Wizard Theodore will receive the Pioneer Award. The winners will be announced Aug. 22 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, subsequently airing Aug. 29 on UPN.

QUICK TAKES

The Food Network’s “Iron Chef New York Battle,” pitting New York chef Bobby Flay against Japan’s Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto in a crab cook-off, generated unprecedented ratings for the cable network last weekend. According to Nielsen data, a total of 960,000 viewers tuned in to watch Morimoto beat Flay, making it the highest-rated special on the channel. . . . Ivan Reitman will direct the DreamWorks sci-fi comedy “Evolution,” set to begin filming in the fall. . . . The Beastie Boys and Rage Against the Machine will team for a tour that kicks off Aug. 2 in Toronto. No West Coast dates have been scheduled yet for the Rhyme & Reason 2000 tour, but handlers for the Beastie Boys say those shows are expected to be booked and announced soon. . . . The newly formed Los Angeles Film School, located at 6363 Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, will host a nine-week film series beginning Friday with Jacques Demy’s “The Young Girls of Rochefort.” Each weekend will feature at least four, and sometimes as many as six, films at the school’s 350-seat theater. For more information, go to https://www.lafilm.com.