Hot Flashes

Don’t expect to see Sammy Hagar scheduling a duet with George Michael anytime soon. The Van Halen crooner recently surveyed Michael thusly: “The guy looks like he walked into a beauty parlor and said, ‘Make me look rough and tough like I hadn’t slept for four days--but I have really.’ ”. . . Just how short was that Mike Tyson-Michael Spinks title fight? KRTH-FM morning deejay Steve Morris offered the most imaginative illustration of the spectacle’s stunning brevity. He cued up the shortest song he could find--the Beach Boys’ “Little Deuce Coupe”--and after it had played for nearly two minutes, Morris rang a bell, signaling the end of the fight.. . . And talk about an odd couple. When “Decline of Western Civilization: The Metal Years” opened in New York recently, director Penelope Spheeris was shocked to find herself being introduced to a secret admirer--Malcolm Forbes. The business magazine tycoon not only attended the heavy-metal documentary’s premiere, but stayed for the party afterwards, where he had his picture taken with Spheeris and Megadeath leader Dave Mustaine. “I was flattered,” Spheeris said. “Especially when he told me, ‘Penelope, your movie’s going to make a bundle of money.’ ”