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PEOPLE WATCH

Treatment Plan for Stone: Director Oliver Stone agreed Wednesday to enter a drug treatment program as part of a plea bargain in the wake of a June 9 arrest on drug possession and drunk driving charges. Attorneys for Stone, 52, told a Beverly Hills Municipal Court judge that the filmmaker would plead guilty Sept. 13 to two misdemeanor counts of drug possession and driving under the influence. His attorneys had intended to enter the plea on Stone’s behalf Wednesday, but the judge would not accept it, saying she wants to be sure that Stone, who did not attend Wednesday’s session, understands the legal consequences. Stone, who was pulled over by Beverly Hills police for erratic driving on Benedict Canyon Road, also had faced felony drug charges; police said they had found a small amount of hashish in his car during a search after the traffic stop. However, under the plea agreement, the criminal counts will be erased from his record if he successfully completes the drug treatment program.

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Taylor Recuperating: Elizabeth Taylor, recovering from a fall at her Bel-Air home Thursday night in which she broke a bone in her back, began physical therapy Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. “She’s started walking,” publicist Warren Cowan said. “Her spirits are very good, she’s in no pain, and they think she’ll be out [of the hospital] in maybe four or five days.”

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Shatner’s Memorial: Actor William Shatner has established the Nerine Shatner Memorial Fund in honor of his late wife, who was found dead in the couple’s pool Aug. 9. Donations to the fund will be used to aid Los Angeles’ Friendly House, a nonprofit group that helps women reestablish themselves after overcoming alcoholism or drug addiction. Donations can be sent to the Nerine Shatner Memorial Fund, c/o M.C.T.S., 760 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069.

STAGE

Familiar Faces: Filmmaker Garry Marshall (“Pretty Woman,” “Runaway Bride”) will direct TV actresses Faith Ford (“Murphy Brown”) and Crystal Bernard (“Wings”) in Beth Henley’s 1981 Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy, “Crimes of the Heart,” to open Burbank’s new Falcon Theatre, Oct. 15 to Nov. 28. Also on the Falcon Theatre’s inaugural season are three plays for young audiences: “Anastasia Krupnik” (Oct. 2-Nov. 28), Mark Twain’s “Pudd’nhead Wilson” (Feb. 11-March 26, 2000) and “Hansel and Gretl” (March 4-April 3, 2000). Marshall is artistic director of the theater, which is located at 4252 Riverside Drive.

TV & MOVIES

‘Matrix’ Times Three: Actor Keanu Reeves is reported to be close to signing a deal to make two back-to-back sequels for “The Matrix” that would earn him a combined paycheck of $30 million. Daily Variety said that Reeves and writer-directors Larry and Andy Wachowski are slated to begin work on the sci-fi films in the fall of 2000, with Reeves having script approval rights for both movies.

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Creative Emmys: HBO Plus (formerly HBO 2) will televise a one-hour edited version of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. The awards, taking place at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Aug. 28, cover technical categories as well as those for outstanding guest appearances in drama and comedy series. The regular televised Emmys air Sept. 12 on Fox.

POP/ROCK

Family Values II: Limp Bizkit will headline the second annual Family Values Tour, which kicks off Sept. 21 in Pittsburgh. Also on the hard-rock concert bill are Filter and Crystal Method, with DMX and Method Man & Redman each playing about half the tour’s dates. A local stop is scheduled for Oct. 23 at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, though the date for tickets to go on sale has not yet been announced.

QUICK TAKES

Britain’s Prince Edward has signed up some of Hollywood’s biggest names, including Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, to appear in a television documentary about paparazzi, the London Times reports. The program, which is expected to mention the paparazzi chase that preceded the death of Princess Diana, is being made by Edward’s production company, Ardent. . . . Singer Don Henley is suing Paramount Pictures, accusing the studio of reneging on a $1-million oral contract for a movie ballad. Henley said Paramount asked him in April to record a song for the upcoming “Double Jeopardy,” starring Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones, but alleges that the studio no longer wants the song because it plans to market the movie as an action film rather than a romance. Paramount officials could not be reached for comment. . . . Actor A Martinez, who played Cruz Castillo on NBC’s “Santa Barbara” before moving to prime time as a lawyer on “L.A. Law,” is returning to daytime. He’s joining ABC’s “General Hospital” on Oct. 1, playing Roy DiLucca, a former love of Bobbie Spencer (Jacklyn Zeman). . . . L.A. Police Chief Bernard Parks will step in for Mayor Richard Riordan today when KFWB-AM’s (980) monthly “Ask the Mayor” radio program becomes “Ask the Chief.” Parks will take listener calls for an hour, beginning at 10 a.m. . . . Up-close technology and classical music will converge at the Hollywood Bowl on Thursday when the L.A. Philharmonic and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen will be projected live on big screens for the first time.