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

POP/ROCK

Madonna’s Video, One Time Only: MTV and VH1 will simultaneously premiere Madonna’s latest video, directed by her movie-director husband, Guy Ritchie, tonight at 11:30. But the sister music-video channels say it will be their only showing of “What It Feels Like for a Girl,” because they have deemed the video too violent for repeated airings. However, “MTV and VH1 feel that the Madonna video is newsworthy and can be seen with proper context,” a network spokeswoman said, noting that the video will be shown after an explanatory news segment. The spokeswoman refused to detail specifics of the violence. Madonna’s spokeswoman described the video, about an angry woman who goes on a crime spree, as being about a woman acting out a fantasy. Madonna is no stranger to video restrictions: In 1990, MTV refused to air “Justify My Love” because of its sexual content, and in 1992 it opted to show “Erotica” only in the wee hours.

Deadly Fan Fervor: Four teenage girls were crushed to death and two others injured in a mall stampede in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sunday when about 3,000 fans packed a record store for an autograph session by the British boy band a1. The band members, who released a statement saying they were “shocked and deeply sorrowed by the tragedy,” left Indonesia on Monday, calling off events scheduled through Wednesday. Police on Monday charged the two organizers of the mall appearance with criminal neglect. Sutanto Hartono of the band’s record label, Sony Music Entertainment, said the organizers thought they had taken adequate precautions to control the crowd, but it was much larger than expected. The band had previously canceled an appearance at a Philippine music store after about 20,000 fans turned up instead of an expected 1,000.

Boy Band Fervor, Part II: Another British boy band--this one created by a television program similar to the U.S.’ “Popstars” and “Making the Band”--set a record Sunday for the biggest-selling British debut single ever. Hear’Say’s “Pure and Simple” sold more than 540,000 copies in its first week in British stores--becoming the nation’s third-fastest-selling single ever.

LEGAL FILE

Prison Roadshow? Two Philadelphia-area antique dealers have been indicted on fraud charges for allegedly staging phony on-air appraisals for PBS’ “Antiques Roadshow” in order to lure customers whom they later cheated. Russell Pritchard III and George Juno are accused of faking the 1996 TV appraisals by having friends bring swords to the tapings that the two men had provided beforehand. The men, who run a business dealing in military artifacts, allegedly concocted the scheme to enhance their reputations and attract customers. The pair are also accused of defrauding two owners of Civil War artifacts by buying the items for far less then their fair value and reselling them for large profits. The men have said they are innocent of the charges. Last year, “Antiques Roadshow” producer WGBH-TV severed ties with Juno and Pritchard, accusing the duo of staging an appraisal segment and engaging in “extravagant deception” that violated the popular show’s premise of providing on-the-spot appraisals.

In Brief: Composer Burt Bacharach has filed a $15-million federal lawsuit against mall developers Melvin Simon & Associates, claiming he suffered “devastating” medical consequences--including shoulder replacement surgery--as the result of a fall last April during a sound check at the company’s Indiana Roof Ballroom. Bacharach claims that insufficient lighting caused his fall. . . . A Nashville judge has refused to let country singer LeAnn Rimes out of a recording contract she signed with Curb Records in 1995 when she was just 12 years old. . . . An L.A. interior designer named Jack Deamer has sued the writers of NBC’s “Will & Grace,” claiming that creator Max Mutchnick reneged on a promise to buy him a house and a car in exchange for using him as the basis for the character Jack (played by Sean Hayes). NBC declined to comment on the suit.

QUICK TAKES

Today at 5 p.m. is the deadline for Oscar ballots to be received by the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. . . . VH1 will air Monday night’s annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies and concert Wednesday at 9 p.m. . . . “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and the period drama “The Patriot” both took home double awards at the Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards on Saturday. “The Grinch” also won a top honor Saturday from the Costume Designers Guild. . . . Singer Sting will guest star on the April 30 episode of Fox’s “Ally McBeal.” He’ll also headline a March 27 benefit for Cedars-Sinai Research for Women’s Cancers group. . . . The federal Environmental Protection Agency will honor TV home renovation guru Bob Vila in Washington today, with its inaugural Energy Star Award for Excellence in Home Improvement. The new annual honor recognizes Vila’s “efforts to improve the comfort, quality and energy efficiency of homes throughout the United States.”

Quotable: “I want to sit down and think about it and try and understand it on an intellectual level.”--Rap mogul Sean “Puffy” Combs, commenting to Time.com on Saturday night about his legal experience after being found not guilty Friday of bribery and gun possession charges in connection with a 1999 New York nightclub shooting.