TELEVISIONEntering the Emmy Race: Actor Tim Allen,...

TELEVISION

Entering the Emmy Race: Actor Tim Allen, who sparked one of the Emmy’s biggest controversies last year when his handlers failed to submit his name for award consideration despite his starring status of the then-No. 1-rated TV show, Disney’s “Home Improvement,” on Wednesday ensured that the oversight would not happen twice. An entourage led by the USC Marching Band playing “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” followed by Allen’s “Home Improvement” hot rod, descended on the North Hollywood Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Wednesday morning and, on behalf of Allen, presented academy officials with his nominating ballot. Meanwhile, Allen announced Wednesday that he had teamed with Irvine-based high performance auto manufacturer Steve Saleen to form the Saleen/Allen RRR Racing Team. The duo will race three cars in the Sports Car Club of America World Challenge, starting with races May 5-6 at the Phoenix International Raceway. Saleen and Bob Bondurant will be the team’s primary drivers, with Allen attending as many events as his schedule allows.

MOVIES

Scorsese Goes to Washington: Two bills designed to “raise the level of respect afforded to filmmakers” were introduced inWashington on Wednesday and endorsed in a Capitol Hill press conference by director Martin Scorsese. The first bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), would mandate that viewers be told if and how theatrical movies are altered for television and note any objections to the changes from directors and other principals. The second bill, introduced by Rep. John Bryant (D-Tex.), would change the definition of a movie’s “author” to include the director and cinematographer, as well as the screenwriter, in an effort to allow each “the right to protect his or her name and their work even after a movie enters the marketplace.”

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‘Pinocchio’ Stars Named: Oscar front-runner Martin Landau (“Ed Wood”) and “Home Improvement’s” Jonathan Taylor Thomas (“Man of the House”) have been cast in Savoy Pictures’ live-action version of the classic fable “Pinocchio,” with Landau playing Geppetto and Thomas as Pinocchio. Filming is expected to start in mid-July, and a spring 1996 release is planned.

POP/ROCK

New ‘Beatles’ Songs: Former Beatle Paul McCartney confirmed Wednesday that the legendary rock group’s three surviving members will release two new songs at the end of 1995 in conjunction with their 10-hour TV documentary, “The Beatles Anthology.” The new songs were expected, although previously unconfirmed, since McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr had worked together on the documentary in London last year.

STAGE

Mind Explorations: “The Man Who,” Peter Brook’s stage adaptation of an Oliver Sacks book about the neurologically impaired, drew discouraging reviews from the major New York papers except the New York Times for its American premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Newsday’s Jan Stuart called the show “weirdly buttoned-down,” while the New York Post’s Clive Barnes labeled it “a theatrical fake.” The Daily News’ Howard Kissel asked, “Do we need to come to the theater for an experience less emotional than reading?” But Vincent Canby of the New York Times called it “one of the most magically effective explorations of the mind” ever staged.

ART

Storms Hit Museum: Water seepage in a gallery and the art storage area of the Newport Harbor Art Museum has caused the museum to cancel the exhibition “Masculine Masquerade: Masculinity and Representation,” which was to have opened April 21. Instead, the museum will enlarge its permanent collection show, “most” of which is due to be installed by the announced opening date of April 15. Although museum personnel say there has been “absolutely no” actual water damage to any of the art objects in storage, the entire 2,000-piece collection must now be examined for any damage caused by the vault’s increased humidity.

QUICK TAKES

Bruce Springsteen’s “Greatest Hits” album sold an estimated 168,000 copies last week and will continue to command the No. 1 position this week on the nation’s Billboard pop chart. . . . Los Angeles real estate developer and art collector Eli Broad, a founding trustee of the Museum of Contemporary Art, will be honored by the French government today when he receives the insignia of the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur during private ceremonies in Beverly Hills. The French consulate said the honor recognizes both Broad’s business and cultural activities. . . . Heidi Klosterman, a Cleveland radio promotions director, has been indicted along with a friend, Greg Smith, on charges of disrupting public service for allegedly using a remote transmitter to disrupt shock jock Howard Stern during a broadcast last June on a rival station.