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BEST COMEDY ACT Little Richard, who engaged in a loose, yuk-filled ''keynote conversation'' with veteran rock critic Dave Marsh, dropping better one-liners than hipster funnyman David Cross. (''At this stage and age, I'm just glad to stand up. I'm talking about on my feet.'')
WE KNOW SHE CAN ACT, BUT CAN SHE SING? Actress Minnie Driver's set at the Ritz, a dilapidated movie theater turned nightclub, included a stunningly mediocre cover of Springsteen's ''Hungry Heart,'' which far outshone her pedestrian originals. Fellow thespian Julie Delpy rocked harder at packed club Friends, though she sang even worse than Driver. Patti LuPone, please call home.
SIGN(ING) OF THE TIMES Jive Records -- that bastion of teen pop -- signing American Minor, a sho 'nuff Skynyrdesque Southern rock band. (Never mind the Ozo 3 -- ''Freebird,'' man!) -- Tom Sinclair, with additional reporting by Jason Adams, David Browne, Michael Endelman, Nancy Miller, and Chris Willman
''Diane Keaton should be praised for having the chutzpah to forgo
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''Diane Keaton should be praised for having the chutzpah to forgo convention and attend the [Oscars] fully clothed.'' TRACEY BUSH Williamstown, W. Va.
