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

POP/ROCK

Stopped in the Name of Money: The troubled, so-called reunion tour of the Supremes has been canceled. Diana Ross said she is “severely disappointed” by the tour promoters’ decision to pull the plug on the Return to Love tour less than halfway through its 28-city run. Promoters TNA and SFX cut their losses on the venture after especially sluggish ticket sales in Columbus, Ohio (about 3,000 of 19,000 tickets sold), and Tampa, Fla. (5,000 of 20,000), along with anemic advance sales for the remaining shows. Among the canceled dates: the Aug. 2 show at the San Diego Sports Arena and the Aug. 3 show at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim. Ticket holders should contact point of purchase for refund information.

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Eminem’s Wife Attempts Suicide: Kim Mathers, the wife of Grammy-winning rapper Eminem and a frequent target of his violent lyrical imagery, attempted suicide after attending her husband’s Friday night concert in the Detroit area. Mathers, 25, was still conscious when paramedics arrived at her home in Sterling Heights, Mich., and was later treated for an unspecified cause and released from a nearby hospital, according to police reports and a statement from Eminem’s label, Interscope Records. Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, was not home at the time of the incident. The couple have a turbulent relationship that is reflected in the rapper’s songs, such as the graphic, harrowing “Kim” on his latest release, “The Marshall Mathers LP,” currently the No. 1 album in the country. Eminem is scheduled to appear in court today on assault and weapons charges that stem from a June 4 confrontation with a man he saw kissing his wife, police say. Eminem is touring with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube and other rap stars on the Up in Smoke tour, which is now dealing with a separate controversy--police and city officials in Detroit and nearby Auburn Hills took exception to a video shown during the concert that depicts semi-nude women, sexual situations and violent crime scenarios. The promoters for the show dropped the video from the Thursday night Detroit performance but rebuffed Auburn Hills authorities on Thursday by getting a federal judge to rule the video ban was an act of censorship and prior restraint. However, Dre, the tour leader, was cited by local police for promotion of pornography after the show. Dre’s attorney said Monday that the rapper plans to pursue the matter with a civil rights violation lawsuit.

THE ARTS

Getty Gets El Greco, Misses De Troy: At London’s Old Master auctions last week the J. Paul Getty Museum snagged a previously unknown crucifixion painting by El Greco, but the museum came up short on another sought-after prize. The London Telegraph reports that the Getty was outbid for “The Return From the Ball,” one of a pair of paintings by 18th century French painter Jean-Francois de Troy. The Getty acquired the other half of the pair, “Before the Ball,” in 1984 but in the catalog of its collection lists the companion picture as “lost, but known from an engraving.” The pair, which shows aristocrats at play, is regarded by many scholars as De Troy’s finest work. “The Return From the Ball” was bought by London dealer Konrad Bernheimer for $3.6 million, four times its pre-sale estimate.

TELEVISION

Callahan to Create New Animated Series: Off-the-wall cartoonist and writer John Callahan, who is a quadriplegic, will create “Pelswick,” a new animated series for Nickelodeon. The half-hour series, scheduled to premiere Oct. 24 at 8 p.m., will follow the daily life of a “fearlessly funny 13-year-old boy who happens to be in a wheelchair,” said Nickelodeon’s Nicole Mazer.

FILM

“Blade Runner” Mystery Solved: British film director Ridley Scott has finally solved a big puzzle for movie buffs: Yes, Harrison Ford was a “replicant” in “Blade Runner.” The later “director’s cut” edition convinced many fans that the cop character Deckard was a genetically engineered replicant, the creature he was assigned to destroy. The original 1982 cult film aroused no such suspicions. Now Scott has put fans out of their agony, confirming with a grin in a British television documentary: “He’s a replicant.” “I still think it is one of the best films I ever made,” the director told Britain’s Channel 4 Television.

QUICK TAKES

Oasis rock star Liam Gallagher and his actress wife, Patsy Kensit (“Lethal Weapon”), have separated after three years of marriage, a spokeswoman for the British band told Reuters. The couple have an 8-month-old son, Lennon. . . . Esai Morales, Laura Harring, Alan Rachins, Miguel Sandoval and Alec Roberts will star in “The Elian Gonzalez Story,” set to air on the Fox Family Channel on Sept. 17. . . . Jean-Claude Van Damme pleaded no contest Monday to misdemeanor counts of drunk driving and driving without a license in his possession. The martial-arts star, who was not present at the hearing, was sentenced to three years’ probation, fined about $1,200 and ordered to attend a 90-day anti-drunk driving program. . . . A new series from “Absolutely Fabulous” creator Jennifer Saunders, “Mirrorball,” will premiere on BBC America next year. “Ab Fab” co-stars Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawalha also star in the show, all playing new characters.