ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS FROM THE TIMES, NEWS SERVICES AND THE NATION’S PRESS.

STAGE

Lily, Live: After an absence of more than 12 years, Lily Tomlin is returning to the stage in her new one-woman show, “Lily Tomlin Live,” written and directed by her longtime collaborator, Jane Wagner. Tomlin will launch the show in late September in Austin, Texas, and tour other medium-size cities in the United States (she’ll be at Costa Mesa’s Orange County Performing Arts Center on Dec. 3-4) with a possibility of going to Broadway sometime next year. Despite her work in both TV and film, including the recent “Tea With Mussolini,” Tomlin has scored most impressively on Broadway, breaking box-office records and winning a special Tony in 1977 for “Appearing Nightly” and winning another Tony as best actress in 1986 for “The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.”

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Lewis Recovering: Jerry Lewis is “doing fine” following a bout with viral meningitis and will host his annual Labor Day Telethon, his executive assistant said late Wednesday. Lewis, 73, was hospitalized in Australia after falling ill Sunday during a performance tour. Lewis, who has canceled the balance of his tour, is expected to fly home to Las Vegas in the next few days.

TV & MOVIES

Dinos Returning: Universal Studios is targeting a 2001 release for “Jurassic Park 3,” but the dinosaurs will be returning without Steven Spielberg’s direction or Michael Crichton’s story. This time around, Joe Johnston (“Jumanji,” “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”) will direct a script being written by Craig Rosenberg (“Hotel de Love”). Spielberg, who helmed both “Jurassic Park” and its sequel, “The Lost World,” was the one to come up with the third installment’s story idea, but will be busy during “Jurassic Park 3’s” production, directing Tom Cruise in “Minority Report.”

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‘Detroit Rock’ Suit: Alleging that the movie contains depictions of sex and drug use that “damage the magazine’s family-oriented image,” the science-fiction publication Famous Monsters of Filmland filed suit Thursday against New Line Cinema’s forthcoming film “Detroit Rock City,” claiming that the magazine is featured prominently in the film without authorization from the publisher. The magazine, which also named KISS member and movie co-producer Gene Simmons in the suit, is also seeking an injunction to stop the film’s release. Studio spokespeople could not immediately be reached for comment. The film opens Aug. 13.

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Banner Flap: Those yellow banners along Ventura, Wilshire and Olympic boulevards promoting ABC programs may be coming down. James Washington, chief inspector of Los Angeles’ street use division, told the Hollywood Reporter the ads violate a municipal code excluding commercial banners. An ABC spokeswoman said the network had received the necessary approvals for the lamppost flags and is in discussions with the city to find a solution. ABC paid the city $46,000 as a fee to put up the banners. Similar promotions have been allowed for the Oscars, the Emmys and local stage productions.

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Scheduling Notes: ABC will premiere new episodes for most of its prime-time shows starting Sept. 21, with “Sports Night” and a revised Thursday lineup arriving the week of Oct. 4. A new drama, “Once and Again,” will air Tuesdays until “NYPD Blue” begins its seventh season on Nov. 9. NBC, meanwhile, is reacting to subpar ratings for its Tuesday lineup by shuffling the order of its comedies starting Aug. 17. “Just Shoot Me” will begin the night, followed by “3rd Rock From the Sun” and “Will & Grace,” which assumes the key 9 p.m. slot opposite ABC’s “Dharma & Greg.”

POP/ROCK

Sneak Peek: Radio stations won’t get permission to play the first single from former Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell’s debut solo album until Wednesday, but 40 stations across the nation, including L.A.’s KROQ-FM (106.7), will give fans a five-day sneak preview by making the song “Can’t Change Me” available for listening and downloading on their Web sites starting at 10 a.m. today. The album, “Euphoria Morning,” will be in stores Sept. 21.

QUICK TAKES

Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis is in line to vie for trophies of another sort--Olympic medals in archery. The actress is one of 32 finalists for the U.S. Olympic archery team after competing with 299 women in the semifinals last month. The Aug. 22-24 finals will determine three slots, plus an alternate. . . . Howard Stern remains one of the most popular morning radio figures in the country, but his raunchy brand of humor apparently doesn’t go over well in the Twin Cities, where a Minneapolis radio outlet dropped his syndicated show this week because of low ratings. . . . In an unusual move, tickets for all 39 North American cities on the Backstreet Boys’ “Millennium” tour will go on sale simultaneously, on Aug. 14. The tour, which kicks off Sept. 15 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., includes stops Oct. 14 at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim and Oct. 19 at the Great Western Forum.