ALSO TODAY Women are from Venus, men are from Vegas By Joyce Millman ABC's girl-talk show "The View" and HBO's "Rat Pack" movie have more in common than you think Mrs. Peel, we're needed Reviewed by Charles Taylor Remembering the real "Avengers" RECENTLY IN ENTERTAINMENT Snake Eyes Reviewed by Stephanie Zacharek Cage and Sinise come up cold in De Palma's aloof thriller Acting weird By Elgy Gillespie Nicholas Cage talks about selling imperfection Nights of Cabiria Reviewed by Stephanie Zacharek Giulietta Masina glows as a Chaplinesque prostitute in Fellini's newly restored classic (08/06/98) The Decline of Western Civilization Part III Reviewed by Mark Athitakis Almost two decades after she documented the L.A. punk scene, Penelope Spheeris returns to find its legacy -- and finds no legacy at all (08/06/98) Sharps & Flats Reviews of new music from the Squirrel Nut Zippers, Tommy Womack, Rufus Wainwright, Alpha Blondy and Tiny Town (08/05/98) BROWSE THE TV ARCHIVES COLUMNS FEATURES ILLUSTRATION BY JOEL ELROD

blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR MONDAY, AUG. 17, 1998 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S P E C I A L S Mario Lopez ("Saved by the Bell") hosts the 16th annual Miss Teen U.S.A. Pageant (9 p.m., CBS), which will be telecast from Shreveport, La. Olympians Tara Lipinski and Johnny Moseley are among the judges. Part one of Frontier: Legends of the Old Northwest (9 p.m. EDT/10 PDT, History Channel) airs tonight. This four-part series will focus on the personalities and adventures from America's frontier during the 18th and 19th centuries. S P O R T S WNBA Cleveland Rockers at New York Liberty (8 p.m., ESPN) FOOTBALL Raiders at Packers, exhibition game (8 p.m., FOX) S E R I E S Josie Bissett returns as Jane Mancini to Melrose Place (8 p.m., Fox) after bumping into ex-husband Michael at a college reunion. She still has feelings for the two-timing doctor. Jo Anne Worley appears as herself on a rerun of Caroline in the City (8:30 p.m., NBC). On part one of a two-part Buffy the Vampire Slayer (9 p.m., WB) rerun, Buffy and Angel finally sleep together, with disastrous results. Veronica's Closet (9:30 p.m., NBC) reruns a funny episode where Ronnie is impersonated by a drag queen on cable access. Dateline NBC (10 p.m., NBC) investigates check fraud. T A L K David Letterman (CBS) Wesley Snipes Jay Leno (NBC) Arsenio Hall, the Spice Girls Charlie Rose (PBS) Sandra Bullock, Anne Heche, Ally Sheedy Politically Incorrect (ABC) Michael Moore, Jackie Collins Conan O'Brien (NBC) Rosie O'Donnell (rerun) SALON | Aug. 17, 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Blue Glow for < href="http://www.salonmagazine.com/ent/glow/1998/08/07glow.html">Weekend, Aug. 7-9, 1998

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