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

MOVIES

They’ll Have to Leave the Parties Early: Fellow best actor Oscar nominees Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”) and Ed Harris (“Pollock”) will team up in Universal Pictures’ “A Beautiful Mind,” a Ron Howard-directed and Brian Grazer-produced movie about Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. Filming on the movie--in which Crowe will play Nash--is set to begin March 26, the day after the Oscar ceremony. Two fellow Academy Award nominees are on the production team: Cinematographer Roger Deakins (“O Brother, Where Art Thou?”) and costume designer Rita Ryack (“Dr Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas”).

POP/ROCK

Stage Interference: British pop star Robbie Williams suffered bruises but was otherwise uninjured after a man pushed him off the stage during a concert in Stuttgart, Germany, Wednesday. A spokesman for the singer’s record label said Williams fell about five feet into the pit below the stage after a young man who police said was psychologically disturbed got onto the stage and pushed him from behind. Williams got back up, made a few jokes and continued the concert, the spokesman said. It was unclear how the young man got onto the stage, police said.

RADIO & TV

Rotating ‘Breakfast’ Hosts: KLSX-FM’s (97.1) weekly “Breakfast With the Beatles,” having been without a host since the death of show creator Deirdre O’Donoghue last month, will debut a rotating lineup of five hosts starting Sunday, with the possibility of one eventually becoming the permanent anchor. Tricia Halloran, an O’Donoghue protege and a longtime deejay on KCRW-FM (89.9), will take the first turn this week with a show marking George Harrison’s 58th birthday. Others in the mix for the 8 a.m.-to-noon program will be Chris Carter (host of the Internet radio show “The Chris Carter Mess,” which originated on the old KLYY-FM), Martin Lewis (who once worked for Beatles press representative Derek Taylor), Jim Neil (promotions director at Rhino Records) and Michael Quarterman (who formerly hosted a Las Vegas radio show). “Deirdre’s shoes will be impossible to fill,” says KLSX General Manager Jack Silver. “But this feature will be there forever.”

Programming Notes: NBC will premiere a new hourlong “comedy-drama” series, “First Years,” on March 19, airing Mondays at 9 p.m. The series, whose cast includes Samantha Mathis (“American Psycho,” “Broken Arrow”), follows five new law school graduates living in San Francisco. . . . Court TV will premiere a new weekly series, “Hollywood at Large,” tonight at 5. The half-hour program, hosted by Wendy Walsh, will explore depictions of crime and justice in TV, movies and books, as well as look at celebrity lawsuits and legal run-ins. . . . ABC has pushed back the premiere date for its Damon Wayans comedy, “My Wife and Kids,” to March 28. The series, which will air Wednesdays at 8 p.m., was previously slated to begin March 14. . . . ABC has ordered a second season of its staged, unscripted series “The Mole.” Production on the next 13 episodes will begin shortly, the network said. The first season concludes with a two-part episode airing Tuesday and Wednesday. . . . Due to what the network called “overwhelming viewer response,” Fox will re-air “Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?” on March 14 at 9 p.m. . . . CNN, which expanded its 13-year-old Saturday political round-table program, “The Capital Gang,” from a half-hour to an hour during election time, has decided to make the longer format permanent.

QUICK TAKES

Special-effects master Stan Winston gets his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during 11:30 a.m. ceremonies today at 6522 Hollywood Blvd. . . . Responding to a public outcry about the film’s gory violence, Australia’s censorship board on Thursday restricted moviegoers under age 18 from seeing the Hollywood blockbuster “Hannibal.” The move reversed an earlier decision that allowed children under 15 to watch the film if accompanied by an adult. . . . Disney’s “The Emperor’s New Groove” is due on video and DVD on May 1. . . . KPCC-FM (89.3) will hold a town hall meeting at 12:30 p.m. today in South-Central Los Angeles on “Stopping the Violence.” City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, LAPD Capt. Pat Gannon and community leaders will take part in the discussion at the Junipero Serra public library, which will be hosted by KPCC’s Kitty Felde and broadcast live from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on “Talk of the City.” . . . The 2001-2002 season of Reprise!, at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse, will feature “1776” (Sept. 5-15), “The Most Happy Fella” (Nov. 7-18) and “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (March 6-17). The season will follow the previously announced “Hair” (June 17-24), which is being performed at the Wadsworth Theater. . . . Government animal-protection authorities in Queensland, Australia have agreed to look into the “Survivor” program in which a contestant stabbed a wild pig to death. The CBS episode aired in the United States last week, but won’t air until next week in Australia. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had complained to Queensland’s state government about the killing, which it decried as gratuitous. . . . As expected, Robert Downey Jr.’s court hearing on drug charges Wednesday was postponed. The judge has urged the parties to reach a plea bargain, which prosecutors said late last week had not yet happened. The new hearing date is March 15.