POP/ROCKNew R.E.M. Dates: R.E.M. has rescheduled its...

POP/ROCK

New R.E.M. Dates: R.E.M. has rescheduled its local concert dates, which were postponed after drummer Bill Berry underwent surgery for a ruptured brain aneurysm in March during the band’s European tour. The new dates are as follows: Oct. 30 and 31 at the Pond of Anaheim (rescheduled from May 12 and 13), Nov. 1 at the Forum (previously set for May 9) and Nov. 3 at Blockbuster Pavilion in Devore (rescheduled from May 14). Tickets for the May shows will be honored at the corresponding replacement dates.

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Legal Woes for Adler, Brown: Former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler is scheduled to be arraigned May 5 in Van Nuys Municipal Court on a felony count of possession of heroin, as well as two related misdemeanor drug charges. Adler, 30, was taken to a hospital last week after his Sherman Oaks neighbors found him slumped over the steering wheel of a vehicle, police said. If convicted, he could face a maximum of five years in prison. . . . Singer Bobby Brown was charged with aggravated assault and misdemeanor disorderly conduct after a nightclub brawl early Wednesday in Orlando, Fla. Brown, husband of singer Whitney Houston, could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted.

TELEVISION

Medical Leave: NBC commentator Bill Moyers is taking a three-month medical leave from the network, effective immediately, although he may make occasional appearances on NBC News programs during the leave. Moyers, 60, who underwent heart-bypass surgery last May, will enter a cardiac-fitness program designed to reverse heart disease without surgery or drugs. Although his surgery was successful, Moyers said that he recently had been experiencing some of the same symptoms as before the operation and needed to enter the yearlong program, from which he hopes to graduate “magna cum laude.” Moyers joined NBC News only three months ago as a regular commentator on “Nightly News” and as a periodic contributor to “Meet the Press.”

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PBS Deal: The Public Broadcasting Service, under fire in Congress where its federal funding has been threatened, has found at least one new revenue source. PBS and United Media Licensing on Thursday announced an agreement to use the PBS logo on products such as computer software, educational and developmental toys, CD-ROMs, games and books. The plan was described as a way to “extend the presence and enhance the value” of the PBS brand name and PBS program characters, including the animated “P-Pals.” According to the deal, an “education advisory board” will ensure that all products using the PBS logo or the P-Pals will be “consistent with PBS’ high education and quality standards” and will emphasize the same learning skills promoted on PBS.

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NBC Plans On-Line Announcements: For those who can’t wait to find out if NBC will renew “Homicide: Life on the Street” or whether it will break up its powerhouse Thursday night lineup, the network will offer live on-line coverage of its fall prime-time schedule announcement. The presentation, which will be made to advertisers and reporters on May 15 at New York’s Avery Fisher Hall, will be carried on America Online’s NBC Online area, beginning at 10 a.m. The news will be delivered by Don Ohlmeyer, president of NBC West Coast, and NBC Entertainment President Warren Littlefield. Several new and returning NBC stars will also appear. To participate, America Online users should type in the keyword NBC, then follow instructions to the event’s auditorium.

MOVIES

Roles for De Niro, Hoffman, Farley: Actors Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman are set to team up for Warner Bros. “Gold Lust,” playing two friends hunting for gold in the jungles of Brazil. Luis Llosa (“The Specialist”) will direct, and filming is expected to start some time next year. . . . Former “Saturday Night Live” star Chris Farley, meanwhile, is set to follow his box-office hit “Tommy Boy” with Columbia Pictures’ “Cable Guy.” It’s written by Lou Holtz Jr., a former L.A. prosecutor.

QUICK TAKES

Kudos: New York-based dancer-choreographer Bill T. Jones will receive the UCLA Center for the Performing Arts Award for Artistic Excellence onstage at the Wiltern Theatre tonight, just prior to his multimedia performance “Still/Here.” Previous award recipients include conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, opera diva Kiri Te Kanawa, and dancer-choreographers Alvin Ailey and Bella Lewitzky. . . . Hugh Downs, co-anchor of ABC News’ “20/20,” will be honored as an “American television legend” at Chicago’s Museum of Broadcast Communications on Saturday with “A Salute to Hugh Downs.” . . . TV producer Aaron Spelling, actress Sela Ward and CBS Radio executive Nancy Widmann will be honored at the Beverly Hilton Hotel today with the American Women in Radio & Television’s annual Genii Awards, honoring those who improve the status of women in the broadcast industry.