Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks:

v Little Steel Derby Girls, 7 p.m.: The local roller derby teams take on opponents at Covelli Centre; 800-745-3000.

v Mike Vecchione, 9 p.m.: Nationally known comedian who grew up in Canfield at the Funny Farm’s room at the Quality Inn, 4055 Belmont Ave., Liberty; 330-759-4242.

v Our Lady of Mount Carmel Italian Festival, 4 to 11 p.m.: Vocalist Alfio will entertain at 9:30 p.m. The parish grounds are 343 Via Mount Carmel, Youngstown; 330-757-2779.

v Colt Ford: Country music rebel will headline at Buffalo Hollow, 51367 Dickson Road, Petersburg; go to buffalohollow.net.

v Remains of Jade, 9 p.m.: Rising Youngstown rockers unveil new CD at Sammy’s Great American Bar, 1722 S. Raccoon Road, Austintown; 330-792-5585.

“the philadelphia experiment” (9 p.m., syfy): A remake of a cult classic in which a World War II experiment is replicated with disastrous results. Seems that an old warship returns to wreak havoc.

See TV Week magazine for complete listings.

LOCAL TOPICS ON TV

“Community Connection” (7 a.m. Sunday on 21 WFMJ-TV): Due to WFMJ’s coverage of the Summer Olympics, “Community Connection” will be on hiatus until Aug. 19. Go to wfmj.com for community messages from host Madonna Chism Pinkard.

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

‘Spider-Man’ cover fetches $657K

PHILADELPHIA

Artist Todd McFarlane’s original cover art for “The Amazing Spider-Man” No. 328 has sold for a record $657,250 at auction, just one among several pieces from the 1990s that went for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The McFarlane cover, which shows Spider-Man gut-punching the Hulk, was part of a collection of original art owned by Martin Shamus, a Long Island, N.Y.-based comics and memorabilia shop owner.

McFarlane drew several titles for Marvel Comics in the 1990s and then left to develop his own character, “Spawn,” and form Image Comics.

The cover was among several sold by Heritage Auctions. McFarlane’s cover for “Spider-Man” No. 1 sold for $385,500.

CNN chief Walton resigns position

NEW YORK

CNN chief Jim Walton is quitting, saying the beleaguered news network needs a different leader with a new perspective and plans.

Walton, 54, built CNN into a profitable international news organization in his 10 years as boss.

But the U.S. flagship network has suffered through some historically poor ratings in the past few months and is entrenched in third place behind rivals Fox News Channel and MSNBC in prime time. He announced his decision in an email to staff Friday.

CNN historically suffers in the ratings during slow news periods, a fate Fox and MSNBC have minimized for themselves with partisan shows in prime time.

Walton has resisted this approach, believing CNN’s strength lies in being a nonpartisan news source.