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Television star McLean Stevenson, 66, died late last Thursday of a heart attack. The actor will be remembered for his three-season role on the series M*A*S*H* as Lieutenant Henry Blake, the goof-off, womanizing, commanding officer of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgery Hospital. Stevenson won a Golden Globe in '73 and an Emmy in '74 for his performance ... Get ready for another prehistoric theme to hit Hollywood. We thought we had seen it all after "Encino Man" and "Jurassic Park" -- but NO! Disney leads the way with its animated version of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Tarzan." Also on the list of prehistoric movies-in-the-making is the film version of John Darnton's novel "Neanderthal." Dreamworks SKG is rumored to have paid big bucks for that one. ... And after her "shoop, shoop" effort, Whitney Houston supposedly now has the movie rights to Donald Bogle's upcoming film about Dorothy Dandridge, the star of '50s movie musical "Carmen Jones." ... In other news, the Hollywood "Friends" frenzy begins! Matt LeBlanc (Joey -- the dumb one) is the first of the bunch to make a big-screen debut. LeBlanc will star in the upcoming film "Playing Dumb" (how appropriate!) as a pitcher who learns some pretty important lessons from a monkey. Notice anything familiar?