NAOMI WATTS is amazed she made it in Hollywood after once sending a director to sleep during an audition. The KING KONG star feared she'd blown it when she heard the unnamed filmmaker snoozing away. Watts says, I had a director fall asleep on me...

"With Duran Duran, we've always accepted change. Music evolves, or sound has evolved and this is a new phase we're moving into now, and I couldn't be more excited about it," he "I truly wish him well. You never say never with these things...

GUITAR JAMS: Stringed instrumentalists encouraged. 12:45-3 p.m. Feb. 20. Vesper Hall. Free. (816-228-0181) KANSAS CITY CIVIC ORCHESTRA: Jerry Pope, piano. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24. Shawnee Mission South High School...

Comments on "Rock 'n' Roll Coma..." (3) They put him to sleep? Comment by Carligula (10.27.2006, 12:05 PM) No, he's clearly over-stimulated! Comment by Lee (10.27.2006, 12:13 PM)...

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THE DAVE HOLLAND SEXTET Friday at 7:30 and 9:30. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600 or 800-444-1324 (TDD: 202-416-8524). MAUREEN MCGOVERN Friday at 7:30. The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Rd., Vienna. 877-965-3872 or 703-938-2404...

Hoboken's Zoning Board unanimously approved a proposal last week for a 12-story building at 1415 14th St. that will include donated space for one of the city's two charter schools...