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

MOVIES

Signs of Hits to Come: General Cinema theaters nationwide have posted signs telling patrons: “If you buy a ticket for the ‘Pokemon’ movie with the intention of just watching the ‘Harry Potter’ trailer, we will not refund your money.” The move is said to reflect a long-standing policy at the chain involving screenings preceded by trailers in which interest is unusually high. Warner Bros.’ “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” is due in theaters Nov. 16. Meanwhile, New Line Cinema says its “Lord of the Rings” Web site has generated a whopping 350 million hits from Web users worldwide over the last three months. The first “Lord of the Rings” installment, “The Fellowship of the Ring,” is due for release Dec. 19.

Carnegie Hall Tribute: New York’s Carnegie Hall will honor actor-musician Dudley Moore on Monday with a birthday tribute benefiting charities including the Dudley Moore Research Fund for PSP. Moore, who turns 66 on Thursday, is battling progressive supra-nuclear palsy, a rare, incurable brain disorder that affects motor skills, including coordination, balance, vision and speech. The tribute will feature remembrances and film clips. Lauren Bacall, Chevy Chase, Bo Derek, Amy Irving, Mary Tyler Moore and Barbara Walters are expected to attend.

POP/ROCK

At Least They Won’t Strike: Protest threats and lobbying efforts by Nashville songwriters have resulted in Country Music Television agreeing to restore songwriter credits to the music videos aired on the cable channel. The station removed the credits earlier this month in an effort to conform with fellow music channels VH1 and MTV. CMT executives said the songwriting credits would be restored “as soon as technically possible,” calling the songwriting credit issue “important” and “unique to Nashville.”

Hip-Hop Choices: Nearly half a million Web users have voted Outkast’s “Stankonia,” Jay-Z’s “The Dynasty,” Eminem’s “The Marshall Mathers LP,” Nelly’s “Country Grammar” and “Train of Thought” by Talib Kweli & DJ Hi-Tek as the year’s best album contenders in the fifth annual Online Hip-Hop Awards. Jay-Z, Nelly and Eminem are also up for artist of the year, along with Ja Rule and Snoop Dogg, while Ja Rule’s “Put It on Me,” Nelly’s “E.I.,” Eminem’s “Stan,” Mystikal’s “Shake Ya Ass” and Outkast’s “Ms. Jackson” are nominated for song of the year. Winners will be announced May 3; voting continues through the end of April at https://www.onlinehiphopawards.com.

TELEVISION

Surviving the ‘Survivor’ Marathon: CBS will give its entire May 3 prime-time schedule over to “Survivor: The Australian Outback.” The network has scheduled a two-hour series finale at 8 p.m., followed by an hourlong interview and “reunion” show with all the contestants, hosted by Bryant Gumbel, at 10 p.m.

Taking on Producer Hat: Hoping to follow the success of fellow talk-show host David Letterman, whose company produces “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “Ed,” Conan O’Brien’s production company, Conaco, has sold its first show to NBC. The program, “Lost,” is a staged, unscripted show that features contestants who are dropped in an undisclosed location and race to become the first to work their way home. A fall premiere is expected.

Viewing Notes: Golden Globe-winner Renee Zellweger, who’s garnering good reviews for her new movie “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” hosts this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live,” with musical guest Eve. . . . Connie Chung conducts an interview with Elizabeth Bush, the 14-year-old who shot a fellow student at her Pennsylvania High School, on tonight’s “20/20” on ABC. . . . “The Test,” a new weeknight, late-night chat show on cable’s FX hosted by Jillian Barberie (KTTV’s “Good Day L.A.”), debuts April 23 at 11 p.m. Scheduled guests include attorney Marcia Clark, rapper Xzibit, and actors Tom Arnold and Maria Conchita Alonso. . . . PBS’ “Nova” has joined forces with ABC’s “Nightline” for a multi-part series on the human genome project. The coverage airs on “Nightline” tonight and Monday, and on “Nova” on Tuesday. . . . The Cameron Diaz-Ben Stiller comedy “There’s Something About Mary” gets its world broadcast premiere May 18 on Fox.

QUICK TAKES

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations through May 31 for candidates for inclusion on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. . . . In the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s ongoing effort to beef up its permanent collection, the museum has acquired recent works by Rebeca Bollinger, Janet Cardiff, Karin Sander and Sarah Sze that are featured in the current exhibition “010101: Art in Technological Times,” on view through July 8. . . . NBC has joined the Family Friendly Programming Forum’s Script Development Initiative, seeking to create family friendly new shows for the 2001-2002 season. CBS, ABC and WB already are members of the program, which provides seed money from advertisers to develop new scripts. . . . About 200 demonstrators--including many war veterans continuing their criticism of her actions during the Vietnam War--protested Thursday outside a Texas country club where actress and activist Jane Fonda was scheduled to speak about teen pregnancy prevention. . . . The WB network is seeking contestants for its forthcoming staged, unscripted trek-across-North America series “No Boundaries.” Information is available at https://www.thewb.com.