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

MOVIES

D’oh! It’s Imax: Homer and Bart Simpson and the characters from DreamWorks’ animated film “Antz” are going 3-D. Imax will open the animated “CyberWorld,” a compilation of eight “Simpsons” and “Antz” segments converted into three-dimensional computer-generated animation, on its giant screens worldwide in October. Included will be the “Antz” sequence in which Woody Allen’s character first meets Princess Bala, and a “Simpsons” take in which Homer gets sucked into a parallel 3-D universe. Jenna Elfman will be the voice of Phig, the film’s computer-generated hostess, who takes audiences on a wild adventure through a futuristic museum that displays three-dimensional animated exhibits. The planned film follows Imax’s recent release of Disney’s animated “Fantasia/2000: The Imax Experience.”

TELEVISION

Drug Money?: A Kentucky-based drug smuggler who prosecutors say used his profits to help bankroll a movie he starred in has pleaded guilty to 10 federal drug charges. Robert Hayes, 31, admitted Monday that he led a ring that bought cocaine and marijuana in Texas and Miami to sell in Louisville. Prosecutors said Hayes’ drug money helped finance “Winner Takes All,” which has been showing on cable’s Black Entertainment Television this month. The movie, filmed in Louisville, stars Hayes and tells the story of two brothers who grow up in the inner city--one to become a Drug Enforcement Administration agent, the other a member of a crime syndicate. A BET spokesman said Tuesday that the network was unaware of Hayes’ background or the source of his financing.

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Diversity Pool ‘Very Small’: NBC President Bob Wright pledged Monday to keep his network focused on bolstering racial diversity, but he said a limited pool has spread minority talent too thin. “There’s not a doubt in my mind that our concern about [racial diversity] is very substantial,” Wright told the National Press Club in Washington. But, he said, “the minority pool that is currently available both behind the camera and in front of it is very small and is spread very thin.” To address that problem, NBC this month promised the NAACP--which had been threatening a network boycott because of a lack of TV diversity--that it would systematically seek out more minorities to write, produce and direct its programs.

POP/ROCK

Boss and Co. Resume Tour: Bruce Springsteen’s reunion tour with the E Street Band goes back on the road next month, starting with a Feb. 28 show in State College, Penn., and four months worth of shows in 13 states and Canada (concluding with a five-night Madison Square Garden stand in June). No new California shows have been announced (the closest are April 3 in Portland, Ore., and April 4 in Tacoma, Wash.), although more dates are expected in coming weeks.

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Reunited CSNY Well Received: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young kicked off their first concert tour in 23 years Monday night in Auburn Hills, Mich., with a three-hour, 31-song show that included the group’s big hits, such as “Teach Your Children” and “Woodstock,” and a sampling of solo songs, such as Neil Young’s “Cinnamon Girl,” and several songs from the Buffalo Springfield era. Besides standing ovations from the crowd of 18,000, the show drew strong reviews. Reuters called it “triumphant” and said the soaring harmonies of the group’s salad days had been replaced with “a pleasantly gruff, husky, back-porch quality.” The Detroit Free-Press also praised the songs from the reunited group’s new album, “Looking Forward,” saying the tunes “resonated eloquently” with the older hits. The “CSNY 2000” tour includes stops Feb. 12 at L.A.’s downtown Staples Center and Feb. 15 at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim.

STAGE

‘Wit’ Extended: As “Wit,” starring Kathleen Chalfant, prepares to open tonight at the Geffen Playhouse, the theater has already extended the run two more weeks, to March 5. The show is the Geffen’s second-best-selling production, after last year’s “Hedda Gabler,” which had Annette Bening’s star power driving its popularity. Meanwhile, the theater has postponed a previously announced symposium titled “No Man Is an Island: Medicine, Art and Compassion in ‘Wit’ ” so Chalfant and others in the production can attend a memorial in New York for the show’s director, Derek Anson Jones, who died Jan 17. The symposium will now take place on Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Westwood theater.

QUICK TAKES

Jim Lehrer interviews President Clinton on PBS’ “The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer” at 6 tonight on KCET. Meanwhile, KCRW-FM (89.9) will carry NPR’s live State of the Union broadcast Thursday at 6 p.m. . . . A man accused of stalking actress Brooke Shields, Mark Ronald Bailey, 41, pleaded innocent Tuesday to three counts, including an allegation that he was armed during the crime. . . . NBC has picked up another 13 episodes of its Maury Povich-hosted game show, “Twenty One.” Potential contestants can sign up by calling (888) 421-8000. . . . The Catholic Family Radio network, heard on KPLS-AM (830), has added a new talk and audience call-in show weeknights at 10. Married counseling team John and Barbaranne Marion will cover both secular and religious issues.