Bruce Willis stars in "The Sixth Sense."

Bruce Willis stars in "The Sixth Sense." Credit: 1999 Spyglass Entertainment Gr/RON PHILLIPS

Off the Wall goes Hollywood swinging.

MOVIE MANIA The cinema spotlight shines on Bruce Willis (4 p.m. Saturday-6:35 a.m. Sunday, Encore) with a five-title festival including "The Sixth Sense" and "Die Hard 2." Special effects get their due in the "Ninth Annual Visual Effects Awards" (Saturday night at 10, Reelz), where "Inception" director Christopher Nolan gets the inaugural VES Visionary Award. Oscar fashions are in focus on "Academy Awards: Iconic Stars, Legendary Fashions" (Sunday at 7 p.m., TV Guide Network). "Signature performances" power double features nightly on Encore Drama from Monday up to next Sunday's Oscars, with our favorite twosome airing Tuesday: Paul Newman in Oscar's 1973 best picture "The Sting" (8 p.m.) and Richard Dreyfuss in Steven Spielberg's blockbuster "Jaws" (10:15 p.m.). More at encoretv.com.

COMPARE & CONTRAST If you've been watching Syfy's American version, time to try Britain's original "Being Human" (Saturday night at 9, BBC America). The third season kicks off with vampire/werewolf roommates Mitchell and couple George and Nina moving to Wales, while ghost Annie tries to escape purgatory. Sneak peek at bbcamerica.com/beinghuman.

AUTO ACTION After watching the great American race itself, the "Daytona 500" (Sunday at 1 p.m., Fox/5), stick around for NASCAR racer Danica Patrick as a guest voice on an encore episode of "The Simpsons" (Sunday at 7 p.m., Fox/5). Bonus! The night's new "Simpsons" half-hour at 8 p.m. is stuffed with stars: Ricky Gervais, JB Smoove, Halle Berry, Russell Brand and Nick Park, all involved in a Golden Globes riff. More at thesimpsons.com.

REBUILDING FACES That's the gig for Great Neck's Dr. Andrew Jacono, who aids three patients in the hour portrait "Facing Trauma" (Sunday at 10 p.m., Discovery Fit & Health). Two women and one girl disfigured by domestic violence put their lives back together with help from his facial reconstruction expertise. Clips at health.discovery.com.

AWARDS ALERT Gabrielle Union hosts this year's "BET Honors" (Monday at 9 p.m., BET), saluting Iman, Jamie Foxx, Cicely Tyson, Herbie Hancock and non-celebs doing worthy work in education and other public arenas. More at bet.com/bethonors.

REALITY PREMIERES Brace yourself for "Outrageous Kid Parties" (Monday at 9:30 p.m., TLC), and pray your kids don't watch. Then, it's parents who run wild as Bravo takes its rich witch franchise to the Sunshine State for "The Real Housewives of Miami" (Tuesday at 10 p.m., Bravo). Learn about the ladies at bravotv.com.

PRESIDENTS DAY Monday brings two intriguing premieres: "Lincoln's Secret Killer?" (10 p.m., NatGeo), explores the possibility that our 16th president was dying of cancer when he was assassinated, and "President of the World: The Bill Clinton Phenomenon" (10 p.m., MSNBC), looks behind the scenes of Clinton's global influence post-presidency. Video at hardball.msnbc.com.

JAMES FRANCO ALERT If it sometimes seems the actor is everywhere, maybe it's because he is. Not only is Franco hosting next weekend's Oscars ceremony, he's also back in his drop-in role as a psychotic performance/violence artist on "General Hospital" (Friday and Feb. 28 at 3 p.m., ABC/7). And just in time for that ginormous Sonny-Brenda wedding! More at abc.com/daytime.

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