William Morris senior VP Sam Haskell will receive the 1997 Champion for Children Award from the Alliance for Children’s Rights at the org’s March 12 gala at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Lily Tomlin hosts. Info: (310) 393-5600.
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Tracy Dali and Donna Spangler of Promotions Plus have wrapped the first of a six-part docu project, “Hollywood Starlets.” In conjunction with Orphen Enterprises and distribbed through Simitar Entertainment, “Starlets” focuses on the B movie actresses of the ’90s, featuring Linnea Quigley — who boasts 35 horror pic roles — Rebecca Ferratti (“Three Amigos,” “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective”), Lauren Hayes (“Silk Stalkings,” “Roseanne”), Penthouse pet Shawna O’Brian, Natasha Alexandrovna and Avalon Anders (“Red Shoe Diaries,” Swedish Bikini Team).
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Nathan Nazario has joined PR house Rachel McCallister & Associates as a director in the Gotham office. He comes to the praisery from Gramercy Pictures, where he was VP-East Coast publicity.
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The Sci-Fi Channel has landed the exclusive rights to all 22 episodes (plus a two-hour pilot) of Fox Broadcasting’s single-season action hour “Space: Above and Beyond” for premiere in 1998. The show is produced by 20th Century Fox TV and was created by onetime “X-Files” writers-producers Glen Morgan and James Wong.
