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POP/ROCK

No Decision Yet on Fate of Latin Grammys

The offices of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences was closed Wednesday, and the fate of the second annual Latin Grammys show remained uncertain.

The gala, planned for Tuesday night at the Forum and to be broadcast nationwide on CBS, was called off in the wake of the terrorist attacks that morning in New York and Washington.

It was the second time that safety issues had affected the show: Last month it was abruptly uprooted from Miami because of concerns about protests by Florida’s Cuban exiles and other anti-communist advocates upset over the participation by performers from the island nation.

A spokeswoman for the show said Wednesday that it was unclear whether the show’s logistics would allow it to be rescheduled for network broadcast or if producers would opt to skip a year.

Third Time Is a Charm for Singer Harvey

After being nominated twice before and losing, PJ Harvey has won Britain’s prestigious popular music award, the Mercury. The British singer-songwriter was honored for the album “Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea.”

She beat acts such as Zero 7, Turin Brakes, Elbow and Radiohead for the $30,000 prize, which often courts controversy for the judges’ tendency to pick winners who display more originality than commercial success. Harvey will perform Sept. 21 at the Hollywood Palladium.

MOVIES

Music Oscar Fetches Six Figures at Auction

An Oscar won by composer George Stoll for the 1945 score to “Anchors Aweigh” sold for $156,875--seven times more than expected--at a Butterfields auction here this week. The golden statuette went to an anonymous telephone bidder, Butterfields spokesman Levi Morgan said.

Stoll, who died in 1984 at 82, worked on more than 80 movies, including “The Wizard of Oz,” “Babes in Arms” and “Meet Me in St. Louis.” His wife, Merian, died earlier this year.

Other items from the estate auctioned Monday were a collection of “Wizard of Oz” musical manuscripts and orchestral arrangements, including the opening score to “Over the Rainbow,” which sold for $5,875.

QUICK TAKES

Alan R. Hills, former general manager of the Cleveland-San Jose Ballet will take over as executive director of the Cincinnati Ballet on Oct. 1