MOVIES - Oct. 22, 1994

Sign Here: Sharon Stone has sealed a deal to develop and produce “Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief,” according to a spokesman at New Line Cinema. The romantic comedy is about a surgeon sued for malpractice who must enlist her ex-husband, a medical malpractice lawyer, to defend her. It will be produced through Stone’s Chaos Productions in a joint effort with her manager, Chuck Binder. Stone is currently shooting “Casino” in Las Vegas with director Martin Scorsese and co-star Robert De Niro. “Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief” will begin filming sometime next year for a 1996 release.

MUSIC

New Emcee: For the second time within the week, there has been a change in the lineup at the Los Angeles Philharmonic 75th birthday concert to be given Oct. 24 at the Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Actor Robert Stack will substitute for Michael York, who was to sub for Gregory Peck as master of ceremonies at the event. York withdrew because of a scheduling conflict. Singer Bobby McFerrin will come on board to deliver his original rendition of “Happy Birthday” to symphony musicians, Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and former Music Director Zubin Mehta.

THEATER

Screen to Stage: Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei (“My Cousin Vinny”) is set to play Katherina Serafima Gleb in “Slavs! Thinking About the Long-Standing Problems of Virtue and Happiness,” a New York Theater Workshop production by Tony Kushner. Tomei will portray a security guard who watches over the sub-Kremlin repository that houses the brains of late Soviet leaders since Lenin. The production previews Nov. 25.

TELEVISION

‘Rangers’ Returns: “The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” the highest-rated kids’ TV show in America, will be reinstated in the schedules of Scandinavian broadcaster TV3 later this year. The show was pulled from the airwaves in Norway after a 5-year-old girl was beaten and left to freeze to death by her playmates. Scandinavian broadcasters believe the killing was linked to the show, and TV3 removed all action-oriented children’s programming. “From the information available at this time, no direct or indirect linkage between this event and any children’s telecast in Scandinavia has been established,” said Barry Stagg, vice president of Saban Entertainment, the “Power Rangers” producer. “Although our show has no direct linkage in this grievous occurrence, we remain deeply saddened by this tragedy.”

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Reynolds Loses It: Apparently Cynthia Robbins, a reporter from the San Francisco Examiner, asked Burt Reynolds the wrong question during an interview this week. Asked about a divorce court hearing, Reynolds, on tour to promote his book, “My Life,” lost his temper and, according to Robbins’ account published Friday, “grabbed my reporter’s sheet of questions, crumpled it into a little ball and ripped my reporter’s notepad. Then he took my hand and shook it, squeezing my fingers as hard as he could, and literally shoved me out the door.” Robbins said she is considering pressing charges. Reynolds has canceled the rest of his national book tour and returned to his home in Florida.

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New Lineup: Follow the bouncing talk-show hosts: KABC-AM (790) will juggle its weekday lineup on Monday. The station will add a “sports talk” show from 5 to 8 p.m., with Steve Edwards and Eric Tracy as hosts. Edwards, who had been teamed with Joel Roberts on a general-interest program, will switch time slots with lawyer Gloria Allred, whose show moves to afternoons from 3 to 5. Veteran host Michael Jackson will be heard from 9 a.m. to noon--one hour less than in the past--with Dennis Prager following from noon to 3 p.m. In the evening, Larry Elder will host his show from 8 to 11, and Ray Briem will fill the airwaves from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.

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More News at KMEX: Spanish-language station KMEX-TV Channel 34, which recently added 6 p.m. newscasts on Saturday and Sunday, will launch an 11 p.m. weekend edition tonight. Nancy Agosto and Jesus Javier, who anchor the 6 p.m. newscast, will front the late evening show too.

QUICK TAKES

Kelsey Grammer’s former “Cheers” co-star Bebe Neuwirth will once again guest on Grammer’s NBC show “Frasier,” reprising her role as Frasier’s wife, Lilith, in a two-part episode scheduled to air Nov. 15 and 22. JoBeth Williams also guest stars, playing a new love interest of Frasier. . . . Cirque du Soleil has announced the last extension for “Alegria,” at the Santa Monica Pier through Dec. 18. An additional 50,000 tickets go on sale Sunday at 9 a.m. . . .Frank Sinatra returns to prime time Nov. 25 when CBS broadcasts “Sinatra Duets,” 10 days after the release of Ol’ Blue Eyes’ “Duets II” on Capitol Records. In addition to music from the CDs, the special will serve as a retrospective of Sinatra’s entire career, as seen through performances with fellow stars over the decades. . . . Actress Heather Locklear and comedian Dennis Miller will be the co-hosts of the fifth annual Billboard Music Awards, honoring the year’s best selling records, Dec. 7 at the Universal Amphitheatre. The ceremony will air that night on Fox-TV. . . . The Los Angeles City Commission on Disability has given its annual Media Award to the syndicated TV show “The Crusaders,” citing the program’s “commitment to the disabled.”. . . .Director John Ford’s never-seen original 1946 preview of “My Darling Clementine” debuts today, at 4:30 p.m. on the American Movie Classics cable channel.