ALSO TODAY The A-Team By Jonathan Curiel A tour of Africa's biggest pop stars becomes the biggest musical bargain in America Sharps & Flats Reviews of new CDs by Billy Bragg and Wilco, Neil Finn, Spinanes, Ellis Marsalis, Robert Pollard and Genesis RECENTLY IN ENTERTAINMENT Home Movies By Charles Taylor L.A. transcendental: The dark side of Hollywood's New Age (06/23/98) Confessions of a Box-Set Sucker By Eric Alterman A music collector thanks Rhino for repackaging his awful adolescence (06/22/98) The X-Files Reviewed by Joyce Millman The movie fans have been waiting for is just a big tease (06/19/98) Mulan Reviewed by Jenn Shreve Disney's first heroic female protagonist battles Huns and gender stereotypes with equal valor (06/19/98) I Went Down Reviewed by Charles Taylor From beneath overcast Irish skies, a surprisingly upbeat buddy/gangster movie emerges (06/18/98) BROWSE THE TV ARCHIVES COLUMNS FEATURES ILLUSTRATION BY JASON PORTER

blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1998 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S P E C I A L S In the new TV movie Legion of Fire: Killer Ants! (8 p.m., Fox) (this is not a joke), the awakening of a dormant volcano sends an army of savage pests swarming into a small Alaska town. Starring Eric Lutes, Jennifer Campbell and Mitch ("The X-Files") Pileggi. No ants are on hand to torment Stockard Channing in the new cable movie An Unexpected Life (9 p.m., USA), but she's got problems all the same. She plays a New York editor who has had to take custody of her sister's kids, and then she finds out she's pregnant. Co-starring Stephen Collins, RuPaul (not in drag) and Elaine Stritch (possibly in drag). S P O R T S Baseball: Yankees at Braves (7:30 p.m., ESPN) Mariners at Padres (10:30 p.m., ESPN) World Cup: South Africa vs. Saudi Arabia (9:30 a.m., ESPN2) France vs. Denmark (9:55 a.m., ESPN) Spain vs. Bulgaria (2:30 p.m., ESPN) Nigeria vs. Paraguay (2:30 p.m., ESPN2) Tennis: Wimbledon, early round play (9 a.m., HBO) S E R I E S On the first of two reruns of 3rd Rock from the Sun (8 p.m., NBC), an injury lands Dick in a wheelchair. In the second (9 p.m.), Sally clashes with her new boyfriend's mother (guest Naomi Judd). NewsRadio (8:30 p.m., NBC) reruns the episode where Catherine (former cast member Khandi Alexander) resigns. On a rerun of Chicago Hope (10 p.m., CBS), Kronk treats a pedophile who wants to be castrated and Grad has to tell a teenager she's HIV-positive. Homicide: Life on the Street (10 p.m., NBC) reruns the continuation of the crossover episode with "Law & Order," which finds the detectives from both shows working the murder of a teenage model. T A L K Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) George Clooney, Ving Rhames (rerun) David Letterman (CBS) Jennifer Lopez, Chris Eigeman, Largo Jay Leno (NBC) Penny Marshall Charlie Rose (PBS) Sen. John McCain Politically Incorrect (ABC) Mark Fuhrman, Ray Manzarek Magic Johnson (syndicated) Martin Landau Conan O'Brien (NBC) Billy Bob Thornton, Fuel SALON | June 24, 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Blue Glow for < href="http://www.salonmagazine.com/ent/glow/1998/06/23glow.html">Tuesday, June 23, 1998

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