FOR LIZA MINNELLI, LIFE IS STILL A BIG CABARET (AWARD)
Life is still a cabaret for Liza Minnelli.Minnelli, who starred in the 1972 film "Cabaret" and often attends the music clubs in New York, will sing for the first time at the upcoming MAC awards, which honor cabaret entertainers.
She will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs, as will singer Barbara Cook and Wally Harper, her pianist. All three will perform.
Winners in 32 categories including vocal, jazz, pop, rhythm and blues, comedy and piano bar entertainers will be announced at the 13th annual awards show April 5.
Others to perform include Betty Buckley, Kathie Lee Gifford and guitarist-singer John Pizzarelli.
LYNN REDGRAVE, HUSBAND DIVORCING AFTER 32 YEARS
Lynn Redgrave, supporting actress Oscar nominee for "Gods and Monsters," has filed for divorce from her husband of nearly 32 years. In a one-page document filed in Los Angeles under her married name, Lynn Clark, she cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split with husband John Clark, who is also her manager. The couple, who have a 17-year-old daughter, wed April 2, 1967.
SMASHING PUMPKINS FACE SUIT OVER 'TOO-LOUD' SHOW
An Ivy League professor whose taste runs more to Gregorian chants than rock 'n' roll claims a Smashing Pumpkins concert in Connecticut damaged his hearing.
Peter Jeffery, a Princeton University music historian, alleges he has hearing loss in his left ear and ringing in both ears as a result of the concert, the New Haven Register reported Wednesday.
Jeffery says the Jan. 25, 1997, performance at New Haven Coliseum was his first time at a live rock concert. He says he went with his son.
The earplugs Jeffery wore did not protect him from the excessive noise, according to his lawsuit against the band, the city and coliseum. He contends the music exceeded a safe decibel level that the defendants "knew or should have known" about.
SCHWARZENEGGER IN JAPAN -- WITHOUT A PASSPORT
Japan's justice minister was criticized in Parliament Wednesday for allowing Arnold Schwarzenegger into the country without a passport.
Shozaburo Nakamura gave the actor permission to enter through an airport in Osaka, in western Japan, on Oct. 27, although he arrived in his private plane without a passport.
Schwarzenegger later submitted a report to the Justice Ministry saying that his passport was stolen just before he left the United States, a ministry spokesman said.