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TV & RADIO

In Space, on TV, on Video: NBC’s “Tonight Show With Jay Leno” will be the only entertainment program given access to the crew of space shuttle Discovery when the program airs a hookup with John Glenn from the spacecraft on Wednesday. . . . MPI Home Video will release a 90-minute tribute, “John Glenn--An American Legend,” on Nov. 24. The video will chronicle both his current and his 1962 space missions, as well as his service in the U.S. Senate. . . . And in what could be considered a sci-fi take on the 77-year-old Glenn’s mission, Showtime’s “The Outer Limits” will begin production next week on an episode that probes the consequences of a 63-year-old astronaut who returns to space 38 years after his first mission. It’s expected to air early next year. Producers say the episode, titled “Joyride,” was developed last year before current events unfolded.

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KPLS Goes Catholic: Where once was heard children’s programs, now we get . . . repeated Gregorian chants. That’s what’s begun airing at KPLS-AM (830), which Catholic Radio Network purchased from Children’s Broadcasting Corp. on Friday as part of a seven-station, $37-million deal. John Lynch, president of the San Diego firm, said Monday that the Anaheim station will switch to a full Catholic Family Radio Network format in mid-November, although programming details are not yet available.

POP/ROCK

New Arenas for the Stones: With an eye toward smaller shows with big paydays, the Rolling Stones are planning to supplement their ongoing “Bridges to Babylon” stadium tour with about two dozen North American arena dates next spring. The price of a bit of intimacy for their fans? As much as $300 for the best seats--about five times the cost of tickets for the Stones’ stadium shows. The move to smaller, more pricey shows is hardly a gamble: In January, a three-night stand at New York’s Madison Square Garden grossed $6.4 million. That’s about double the normal Stones gross for a single stadium show--and comes with far less production costs, says Gary Bongiovanni, editor of Pollstar, a concert industry publication. “The worst seats in an arena are better than a lot of the best seats in a stadium, so it’s great for the fans--if they can afford them,” he adds. The dates and venues for the arena shows will be announced shortly and are expected to include at least one Southern California stop.

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Arresting Video: George Michael pokes fun at his much-publicized arrest for lewd conduct in a public restroom earlier this year by putting a reenactment of the embarrassing event in his new video, “Outside.” The video, described as “very sexual” by an MTV spokeswoman, also includes scenes of men kissing. Michael, who announced he was gay soon after the arrest at Beverly Hills’ Will Rogers Memorial Park, pleaded no contest and was ordered to undergo counseling. The video premieres on MTV Wednesday.

MOVIES

‘Fire-Eater’ Tops AFI Awards: More than 45,000 people attended the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival that closed Sunday night, posting a 90% increase in ticket sales over last year’s event, organizers said Monday. More than two-thirds of screenings were sold-out. Meanwhile, the festival’s Grand Jury Prize was awarded to the Finnish film “Fire-Eater,” directed by Pirjo Honkasalo. Sean Travis was named best new director for “The Week That Girl Died,” and Robert Meyer Burnett’s “Free Enterprise” took home the AFI New Directions Award.

Jones on the Mend: Actor Tommy Lee Jones attended a Los Angeles polo match as an observer on Sunday--just a day after being released from a hospital after being treated for injuries he suffered while playing in a Houston polo game Friday. Jones, 52, said through his publicist that he was “not hurt, just a little sore” after the mishap. “[The horse] stumbled, I went over the front, he tripped, stepped on me a couple of times, rolled on me,” Jones told Los Angeles’ KCBS-TV. “My ribs are not feeling well enough to play today, but tomorrow’s another day.”

QUICK TAKES

Former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins will sign copies of his new CD “Think Tank” at the House of Blues store (8430 Sunset Blvd.) at approximately 10:30 tonight, following his spoken word concert at the club. . . . Three gospel concerts taking place at the House of Blues in West Hollywood on Wednesday will be taped for future airing on cable’s VH1 as “VH1 Presents Gospel at the House of Blues,” with the half-hour specials scheduled to begin airing in December. CeCe Winans and Shirley Caesar with the Voices of Judah perform at noon, MC Hammer with the Canton Spirituals go on at 4 p.m., and Kirk Franklin and Nu Nation are scheduled for 8 p.m. Tickets are still available. . . . Anthony Hopkins says that he and Jessica Lange, who will star together in the big-screen movie “Titus Andronicus,” also plan to team up on Broadway. Hopkins told USA Today that the two will do “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” though no dates or a theater have been announced.