HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 8, 2001 -- There really is gold at the end of the rainbow. "Over the Rainbow," the 1939 ballad first sung by the legendary Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz," earned the top spot on a list of 365 Songs of the Century, according to a poll sponsored by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the National Endowment for the Arts. Others in the top five are "White Christmas," sung by Bing Crosby; "This Land is Your Land," from Woody Guthrie; "Respect," from Aretha Franklin; and Don McLean's "American Pie." The compilation includes memorable music from all decades and genres. Songs from the '50s and '60s are frequent favorites, and the list includes a variety of pop, rock, country, jazz, and patriotic tunes. Highlights include "Rapper's Delight," by the Sugar Hill Gang at 162, "Yesterday," by the Beatles at 56, and "Satisfaction," from t
Annette Bening SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 26, 2000 -- Ding, ding, ding went Annette? Annette Bening might follow up her self-absorbed "American Beauty" housewife by playing an even more self-absorbed, complex and pathos-ridden woman. Word comes today, via Variety's Army Archerd, that Bening is the No. 1 candidate to play Judy Garland in "Rainbow's End," a biopic in development at Fox Searchlight. The movie, to be based on a new book by another Variety scribe, will be no "Wizard of Oz." It's about Garland's over-the-hill days in the early 1960s, when she hosted "The Judy Garland Show," a weekly primetime series. The movie will be executive produced by (get this) Oliver Stone and Garland's ex, Sid Luft. One question, though: Who's gonna play Liza? DON'T DO IT! How do you follow up an Oscar for Best Actor? You make an Inspector Clouseau movie, dummy.