WINNERS & LOSERS

WINNERS DANIEL BENZALI More girth, less hair than Dennis Franz, but Murder One makes him latest Bochco star

NC-17 The-little-rating-that-could takes a bow at the 1,388 theaters showing Showgirls

HONG KONG DEMOCRATS They make a strong showing in elections for Legislative Council

LOSERS

TYRANNOSAURUS Discovery of bones of the bigger, badder Giganotosaurus hexes the "rex" in T. rex

BOB GUCCIONE His courtship of the Unabomber falters as he is one-upped by the Washington Post

HONG KONG DEMOCRATS Beijing vows to cancel Council when China takes over, in 1997