Among Premiere magazine's "100 Most Powerful People in
Hollywood" were RUPERT MURDOCH at No. 1, MICHAEL EISNER at
No. 2 and MICHAEL OVITZ at No. 100 (PREMIERE, 5/97 issue).
....ROGER CLEMENS taped an appearance for the HBO series
"Arli$$" before the Blue Jays' game in Anaheim last night
(TORONTO SUN, 4/24)....The PETER MAX art exhibition is
opening in SoHo's Dyansen Gallery in Manhattan. Among the
pieces displayed will be portraits of KEN GRIFFEY JR., CAL
RIPKEN JR. and DEREK JETER (N.Y. POST, 4/24)....ABC Sports
Commentator and Olympic Hall of Famer DONNA DE VARONA will
host the Third Annual WISE Woman of the Year Award Luncheon
to be held on June 24 (WISE)....BRAD BLANK, an agent who
represents seven players chosen in the first three rounds of
last weekend's NFL Draft, was profiled in today's BOSTON
GLOBE. Blank: "If you told any team they could have seven
of the top 78 players they'd be ecstatic. I feel the same
way" (BOSTON GLOBE, 4/24)....Fox's "Lawless," starring BRIAN
BOSWORTH, has been cancelled (USA TODAY, 4/22).
