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Actress Lynn Whitfield, who won critical raves for her role in "Eve's Bayou," has signed on to star in Lifetime's civil rights-era movie "Dangerous Evidence."

The film is based on Ellis A. Cohen's non-ficiton tome of the same name about civil rights activist Lori Jackson's (Whitfield) five- year fight to vindicate a black Marine corporal wrongly accused of raping a white woman near Virginia's Quantico Marine base.

"Dangerous Evidence" is currently shooting in Toronto and is scheduled to debut on the cable channel in February. * * * * * * * Director Jan De Bont -- whose sequel to "Speed" was one of Hollywood"s more expensive flops -- is trying his luck on the little screen. De Bont is at work on a syndicated series called "The Judger." Set on the futuristic Mars frontier, the series is about an earthling Rooster Cogburn-type sheriff who metes out justice on the frontier Mars colony. De Bont will direct the pilot and serve as porducer. John Corbett (Chris on "Northern Exposure" has been tapped to star in the show, targeted for a fall 1999 lauch. De Bont is all over the alien genre these days. He's also directing the sci-fi Western "Ghost Riders in the Sky," about aliens in the old West, for the big screen. * * * * * * * Tim Burton, the wizard of weird filmmaker responsible for such bizarre big screen stories including "Beetlejuice," "Edward Scissorhands" and "Ed Wood," is applying his peculiar talents to TV. Burton has signed a deal to executive produce a syndicated TV series based on the on "Wizard of Oz" author L. Frank Baum's many "Oz" titles. "Lost in Oz" will feature many of Baum's lesser-known characters from his "Oz" books. The series is in the early stages of development and is tentatively targeted for a fall 1999 debut. * * * * * * * Rosie O'Donnell, daytime high priestress and Queen of Nice, is emulating the juvenile display of fellow stand-up comedian Bill Cosby. O'Donnell is readying her own kids-as-stars comedy special. Cosby, of course, hosts CBS' revival of the Art Linkletter show "Kids Say the Darndest Things." "Kids Are Punny," inspired by O'Donnell's 1997 book of the same name, will screen on HBO in December, just in time to promote the release of the "Kids Are Punny" sequel, "Kids Are Punny 2." The HBO special includes live-action footage of kids sharing their favorite jokes and anecdotes, sprinkled among animated versions of classic kids stories. The stories include the "The Parable of the Clown," "Tito the Frog," "How Nehemiah Got Free" and "The Camel Dances" (from "Frog and Toad" author/illustrator Arnold Lobel). They will be voiced by various celebrities including new-mom Madonna, John Leguizamo, Chris Rock, Mary Tyler Moore, Gilbert Gottfried, Jackie Mason, Hazelle Goodman and Marlo Thomas. O'Donnell will produce the series as well as lend her voice to one of the animated stories. Profits from the book and the home video will go to the For All Kids Foundation.

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