PEOPLE WATCHField Notes: Actress Sally Field told...

PEOPLE WATCH

Field Notes: Actress Sally Field told an audience at a non-governmental gathering, which paralleled the United Nations’ Fourth Conference on Women, in China on Sunday that she’ll keep crusading for more clout for women in Hollywood, even though her recent humanitarian work has made that fight seem less important. Field said her experiences with poor women and children in Nepal on behalf of a charity called Save the Children has caused her to think twice about her priorities. “How can I talk about women in film now?” said the two-time Academy Award winner. “It seems such a great luxury to be able to talk about the arts.”

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Hagman Released: Larry Hagman, 63, was released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Saturday, a week-and-a-half after surgeons replaced his diseased liver with a donor organ. A hospital spokesman said that Hagman’s new liver is working well and there have been no signs of rejection.

TELEVISION

Their Turn: It’s usually women who must break through gender barriers in the entertainment world, but a pair of new projects will feature male firsts in female-dominated milieus. Hunky John F. Kennedy Jr. will join the likes of Grace Kelly, Princess Diana and his mother, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, to become the first male subject of Lifetime Television’s “An Intimate Portrait” biography series. The hourlong profile, to be produced by Leeza Gibbons Enterprises, is scheduled to premiere in January. Meanwhile, country singer Billy Ray Cyrus will become the first male model for the Milk Advisory Board’s “Milk, What a Surprise!” campaign when he dons the frothy white mustache for national print ads beginning Sept. 17. Cyrus’ shot was photographed by famed celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz.

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Dexter’s New Adventures: “Dexter’s Laboratory,” the Emmy-nominated animated short from Hanna-Barbera that airs in seven-minute segments on cable’s 24-hour Cartoon Network, will be expanded into a half-hour series this spring. Dexter, the boy genius who creates inventions in his bedroom, is the first character from the Cartoon Network’s World Premiere Toons project to break out into a full series format. The upcoming half-hour show will air on the Cartoon Network, which is owned by Ted Turner, as well as on TBS and TNT.

POP/ROCK

‘The Hits’ Hits No.1: Garth Brooks now lays claim to the most popular greatest-hits album in country music history. The Recording Industry Assn. of America announced that Brooks’ “The Hits,” released in December, has reached 7 million in U.S. sales, surpassing “Patsy Cline’s Greatest Hits” at 6 million.

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Garcia’s Last Video: Jerry Garcia’s image lives on. The late Grateful Dead bandleader can now be seen in his last music video, a remake of “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.” On Friday, the video began to be shown before Wayne Wang’s movie “Smoke,” which stars Harvey Keitel and William Hurt and is playing at 98 theaters nationwide. The video was recorded in San Francisco in April for the movie’s soundtrack. It features Garcia with the Jerry Garcia Band and “Smoke” co-star Ashley Judd.

AUCTIONS

Rock Art: Speaking of Garcia, a special Jerry Garcia tribute, including an art exhibit with hand-signed artwork by the late musician and a photo essay on his life, will be part of the fourth annual KLSX-FM (97.1) “Rock Art Show” on Sept. 21-24 at the Directors Guild of America in West Hollywood. The show will also feature a silent auction with artwork, lithographs and handwritten lyric sheets by rock stars such as Garcia, Elton John, Phil Collins, Bob Seger, Peter Gabriel, John Lennon and David Bowie. Proceeds will benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation and the American Foundation for AIDS Research.

RADIO

Labor Day Listening: Public radio station KCRW-FM (89.9) will present a celebration of the life of the late singer/songwriter Sam Cooke tonight from 7-9. “The Gospel Truth: The Sam Cooke Story” features interviews with people who knew Cooke and a selection of his music. . . . Can’t seem to de-stress, even on a holiday? KUSC-FM (91.5) will air “Inner Calm,” a stress reduction special that takes listeners through relaxation techniques developed by Harvard Medical School’s Mind/Body Medical Institute, today from 9-10 a.m. and again from 5-6 p.m.

QUICK TAKES

Green Day, performing via satellite from Stockholm, and the Courtney Love-led Hole, performing live, have been added to the lineup for the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards, which airs on the cable channel Thursday. . . . Alex Trebek and Tyne Daly will co-host “Live From the Hollywood Bowl” on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. on KCOP-TV Channel 13. Composer John Williams will conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the telecast featuring his scores from “Schindler’s List” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” among others.