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

POP/ROCK

More of Madonna: Confident that ticket sales will be strong, Madonna has added a second Los Angeles date for her upcoming “Drowned World Tour 2001.” The Material Girl will now perform at Staples Center on both Sept. 9 and 11, with tickets set to go on sale May 20. The concert tour is Madonna’s first in eight years.

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Controversy Stops Memorial: A New York City Council committee has decided not to approve a measure that would have named a Bronx intersection after the late rapper Christopher “Big Pun” Rios because of members’ objections to profanity and references to drugs and violence in his lyrics. Fans had collected 7,000 signatures requesting the honor. Rios, who weighed nearly 700 pounds, died of a heart attack in February 2000 at age 28. He was the first Latino hip-hop artist to go platinum with sales topping 1 million albums.

THE ARTS

Ailey’s New Home: New York’s Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation is planning a new $47.5-million, 71,000-square-foot dance complex, including a 300-seat theater, series of studios, dressing rooms and office and educational space. The city of New York has already granted $7.5 million to launch the project, which will be built at the northwest corner of 55th Street and 9th Avenue on a site currently owned by television station WNET. Architects for the project, which is slated to open in the spring of 2004, are Natan Bibliowicz and Carolyn Iu.

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National Honors: Architect Richard Meier (L.A.’s Getty Center), recording academy President Michael Greene and New York City Ballet artistic director Peter Martins are among those to be feted at Lincoln Center on Monday at the annual National Arts Awards Gala presented by the Americans for the Arts advocacy organization. Additional honorees are Schulyer G. Chapin, commissioner of New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and MetLife chairman and arts patron Robert H. Benmosche. The five will be recognized for “their talent, hard work, leadership, contributions and commitment to improving the state of the arts in America.”

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More Kudos: The Museum of Contemporary Art will honor artist Barbara Kruger and actress Anjelica Huston on May 17 with its fourth annual Distinguished Women in the Arts awards, recognizing “gifted and generous women providing leadership in the visual, performing and literary arts.” Both will receive a bronze plaque designed by artist Jenny Holzer. . . . Film and video artist Ellen Bruno, composer Zhou Long, dancer-choreographer John Kelly, playwright Erik Ehn and visual artist Cai Guo-Quing have been named recipients of the seventh annual CalArts/Alpert Awards in the Arts. The $50,000 awards, sponsored by jazz musician Herb Alpert and designed to recognize “early mid-career” artists, will be presented May 24 in New York.

TELEVISION

Cyber Stalker: A 22-year-old Northern California man was ordered to stay at least 1,000 yards away from “Star Trek: Voyager” star Jeri Ryan after the man pleaded no contest Wednesday to stalking Ryan and her boyfriend, Brannon Braga, who is the show’s executive producer. The judge also ordered Marlon Esracio Pagtakhan to undergo mental health treatment and to have no contact with computers or related technology during his five years on probation. Prosecutors said Pagtakhan had sent “hundreds and hundreds” of physically threatening and sexually explicit e-mails to various Web sites over the course of a year that were directed at Ryan and Braga.

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News Moves: Legal analyst Greta Van Susteren, after flirting with other news organizations including NBC, has signed a new contract to remain at CNN, where she currently anchors “The Point” and co-anchors “Burden of Proof.” . . . ABC News has made it official, naming Claire Shipman, formerly of NBC News, a senior national correspondent for “Good Morning America” and other programs. . . . Tim O’Brien, ABC’s law correspondent for more than two decades and more recently a law professor, is joining CNN and CNNfn, where he will cover the political side of financial news out of Washington. Meanwhile, CNN market correspondent and anchor Rhonda Schaffler takes over as anchor of “Moneyline Weekend,” replacing Terry Keenan, who will anchor a Saturday morning money management show on Fox News Channel, starting May 19. . . . James Curtis, the former judge from the syndicated “Curtis Court” series, and trial attorney Lisa Bloom will join Court TV in June as daytime anchors.

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‘Survivor’ Notes: CBS President Leslie Moonves told “Access Hollywood” on Thursday that “Everybody Loves Raymond” star Ray Romano, Oscar nominee Kate Hudson and Laker Kobe Bryant have all expressed interest in doing a “celebrity version” of “Survivor.” . . . Original “Survivor” castaway Gervase Peterson guests on CBS’ “As the World Turns” next Tuesday and Wednesday.

QUICK TAKES

Destiny’s Child will be the musical guest on this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live.” Actor Pierce Brosnan is the host. . . . Arista Records founder Clive Davis will receive UCLA’s George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement tonight during the annual UCLA Spring Sing musical competition. Previous recipients have included Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Tom Petty and Natalie Cole. . . . CBS’ “60 Minutes” will rebroadcast convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh’s only television interview on May 13, three days before McVeigh’s scheduled execution. The original interview, conducted at a federal prison in Indiana, aired in March 2000. . . . ABC has renewed “Dharma & Greg” for a fifth season. . . . Cable’s Showtime has renewed “The Chris Isaak Show” for a second season. . . . Pax TV has ordered 26 episodes of the latest “Star Search” incarnation, “Ed McMahon’s Next Big Star,” to premiere in August. . . . Singer Julio Iglesias, 57, is the father of twin girls, born Tuesday in Florida to Iglesias’ longtime girlfriend, Miranda Rijnsburger. The couple already has two sons, ages 2 and 3, and Iglesias has three adult children, including singer Enrique Iglesias.