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MUSIC

New Logo: The L.A. Philharmonic will unveil a new corporate identity today, kicking off its fall season and celebrating the naming of a new managing director, Willem Wijnbergen, from the Royal Concertgebouw in the Netherlands. The logo (pictured on F1) will be seen on street banners, tickets, brochures, letterhead and on the program cover for tonight’s gala. It was created by Jean Lee, a 22-year-old student at Pasadena’s Art Center School of Design, as part of a competition involving 18 students from the senior class. “I wanted the design to harmonize with the well-known curves of the Hollywood Bowl and the fanciful shapes of Frank Gehry’s design for Disney Hall, and still be able to communicate movement with music,” said Lee, an art student who has also studied marine biology, ballet and piano. “The implied circles suggest a basic element of music--the whole note. The various angles and sizes represent the dynamics of the orchestra and contemporary co-positions.”

POP/ROCK

Reg Strikes Back: Elton John fired back at Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, who said after the pop star sang “Candle in the Wind” at Princess Diana’s funeral that John’s main claim to fame was “writing songs for dead blonds.” The New York Daily News reported Tuesday that John disparaged his fellow aging rocker in an interview with foreign journalists in Atlanta, captured on tape Sept. 30. Saying that Richards has held back the Stones and making clear that he was getting back at the guitarist for his remarks, John said: “He’s so pathetic, poor thing. It’s like a monkey with arthritis, trying to go on stage and look young.” Richards, on tour with the Stones, was unavailable for comment.

VIDEO

‘Bud’ Due for Holidays: Buena Vista Home Entertainment announced its video release schedule through the first quarter of next year. “George of the Jungle” is due Dec. 2, followed by “Air Bud” on Dec. 23, “Hercules” on Feb. 3 and “Peter Pan” on March 3.

QUICK TAKES

Tickets for the Cure’s Oct. 28 show at the Hollywood American Legion Hall are not expected to go on sale until about a week before the event, a source said. . . . Pop star Michael Jackson, on tour in South Africa, took a break from his schedule to be best man at a friend’s wedding in Cape Town. Jackson, wearing his trademark black hat and military-style suit embossed in gold, stood in attendance at the wedding of NBC Cable Television news anchor Prudence Solomon and millionaire American hotelier Jerry Inzerillo. . . . “Melrose Place” star Heather Locklear gave birth to Ava Elizabeth Sambora on Saturday. It’s the first child for the 36-year-old actress and her 38-year-old husband, Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora. . . . Jeff L. Wald, who held the post for nearly nine years in the 1980s before working as a consultant, will return as news director at KTLA-TV Channel 5, the station announced. . . . Producers Martin Poll and Christian Seidel have purchased the theatrical motion picture rights to Andrew Morton’s new hardcover, “Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words.” Principal photography is scheduled to get underway next March, with release projected for the fall of 1998. According to the producers, financing is already secured, and distribution of the film is currently in negotiation. In 1993, Poll produced a four-hour miniseries, “Diana: Her True Story,” based on Morton’s earlier book of that title, which was broadcast on NBC-TV. (See related news in Liz Smith, below.)