Hank

HOLLYWOOD - "It's big news," Tom Hanks is proclaiming in jest. "This is massive!" Kidding aside, the decade-old movie to which Hanks refers is the Oscar-winning Apollo 13, just out in a special two-disc anniversary edition DVD (Universal, $23). The discs feature the original widescreen and Imax versions of the box-office hit about the near-fatal 1970 space mission, commentary with director Ron Howard and Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell and his wife, Marilyn, and three documentaries. "There is an awful lot of stuff on the DVD, both the movie and the history" of the space missions, he says.

For Henry Dashiell "Hank" Burroughs Jr., a veteran White House Associated Press photographer, accompanying President John F. Kennedy to Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, was going to be another routine assignment. The whirlwind Texas trip was to end in Hyannis Port, Mass., where Kennedy would spend Thanksgiving. The presidential party landed at Dallas Airport at 12:37 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on a warm, sun-splashed afternoon. As Kennedy departed Air Force One, he walked across the airport tarmac to well-wishers behind a chain link fence.

Playing Viktor Navorski, the hero of Steven Spielberg's new comedy-drama The Terminal, Tom Hanks pays homage to heart-tugging, acrobatic silent clowns like Charlie Chaplin and to absurdist, dough-bodied farceurs like Peter Sellers. Whenever the script gives him a chance, Hanks balances sentiment and slapstick as a traveler from the fictional Eastern European country of Krakhozia who gets stuck at New York's JFK airport indefinitely because rebels have toppled his home government and the United States hasn't recognized the new regime.

Harry Henry "Hank" Filling, a retired transportation supervisor for Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. and an amateur musical comedy performer, died of cancer Saturday at his Southeast Baltimore home. He was 74. Born in Baltimore and raised on South Streeper Street in Canton, he attended Patterson Park High School before joining the Army and serving as a military policeman in Japan after World War II. He later earned his graduate equivalency diploma and in 1974 received an associate's degree in business management from Essex Community College.

On January 14, 2004 SALLY RUTH beloved mother of Paula Dorsey; cherished grandmother of Kandis Taylor. Also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the CHATMAN-HARRIS FUNERAL HOME, 5240 Reisterstown Road Monday 12 to 8 p.m. (family will be present 5 to 8 p.m.). Funeral services will be held at St. Bernardine's Catholic Church, Edmondson Ave. and Mt. Holly St. Tuesday, wake 11 a.m., Mass 12 noon. Interment Pleasant Rest Cemetery, Towson, MD.

On December 27, 2003, HANK MARTIN transformed. Viewing Friday, January 2, 2004, 12 noon to 7:45 PM-Estep Brothers, 1300 Eutaw Pl, 410-728-2800.

On November 23, 2003, HANKMcCARTHY, 68, of Sanibel, passed away Sunday morning while staying at Hospice. Hank retired from Snap-On Tools and played the drums back in the 50's and 60's for many well-known orchestras in Baltimore. After retiring he became a distinguished golfer known as "Dead Eye" at Beachview Golf Course. He also loved working with his hands-in Wood working. Hank is survived by his wife Rosa, sons, Jay, Patrick and Michael; stepchildren, Darlene, Johnny and Dixie. Memorial Services will be held at Oakland United Methodist Church, 5969 Mineral Hill Rd, Sykesville, MD at 2 PM December 23. Any memorial Donations may be made to Woodbine Developmental Center C/O Michael McCarthy, 1175 DeHirch Avenue, Woodbine, New Jersey 08720.

ON December 15, 2003, MARK ERIC, loving son of Virginia and Leroy G. Hanks Sr; dear brother of Leroy G. Hanks Jr., Dawn Dodson and the late Kirk Hanks; also survived by many other family and friends. Services private. Arrangements by the Bruzdzinski Funeral Home P.A.

It is probably a law of television physics: If you soar as high as producer David E. Kelley did a few seasons ago with Ally McBeal, The Practice and Chicago Hope all doing well in the ratings at the same time, you are going to have one big crash when you return to Planet Earth. Last fall, Kelley's crash came in the form of a Fox series about three female attorneys in their 20s called The Girls' Club. The trio did more shopping and whining than law, and the series was mercifully one of the first to be canceled.

Who's hot Woody Williams of the Cardi nals is 3-0 against the Brewers with an ERA of 0.44 in three starts covering 20 2/3 innings. Who's not The Reds, the first pro baseball team, lost their 90th game for only the 14th time in history. Line of the day Ronnie Belliard, Rockies 2B AB R H RBI HR 5 3 4 8 2 He said it "He deserves it more than I do. He's been my idol since I was 5 years old." Gary Sheffield, Braves right fielder, after his 128th RBI broke Hank Aaron's 1966 Atlanta record On deck Mike Mussina of the Yankees tries for his 200th career victory tonight, facing the White Sox.