NAMES IN THE NEWS : GLIMPSES

The band Aerosmith has been booked to appear Sept. 8 at the Hard Rock Cafe opening in Las Vegas, and proceeds from the night will go to the St. Jude’s Good Shepherd Campus, a home for abused children. The appearance comes two days after Aerosmith is to perform at the MTV Awards in Los Angeles and just before they resume their world tour by heading to the Far East and Australia. . . . The late Lucille Ball’s 79th birthday won’t go unmarked at Ellen’s Stardust Diner in New York on Tuesday. A Lucy look-alike contest was scheduled with many of the women who answered to a casting call for a CBS movie about Ball scheduled to compete and Henny Youngman among the judges.