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POP/ROCK

Harrison Album Slated for November Release

“Brainwashed,” the album George Harrison was working on until two months before he died, will be released Nov. 19.

Produced by Harrison, his son, Dhani, and Jeff Lynne, the Dark Horse-Capitol Records project features 11 new Harrison compositions, the first release of new material by the former Beatle since 1987’s multi-platinum “Cloud Nine.” Harrison died Nov. 29, 2001, at age 58.

According to Lynne, Harrison and his son collaborated extensively on pre-production. After he died, Lynne and Dhani Harrison spent much of the year completing the work.

“George would come ‘round my house and he’d always have a new song with him,” said Lynne, one of Harrison’s bandmates in the Traveling Wilburys. “He would strum them on a guitar or ukulele, [and they] just knocked me out. George constantly talked about how he wanted the album to sound, and there was always that spiritual energy that went into the lyrics as well as the music.”

Simon Focusing Sights on Song for Movie

Paul Simon is putting the finishing touches on a song for the movie “The Wild Thornberrys,” his first film tune in 15 years.

The animated project, based on the Nickelodeon TV series from the “Rugrats” team of Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo, is a pro-environmental tale set on the plains of the Serengeti. It is a production of Nickelodeon Films and Paramount Pictures and is scheduled for release Dec. 20

Simon did not attend the screening of the film at the Toronto Film Festival on Sunday. Lynn Redgrave and Tim Curry, who supply voices for the film, raised the glitter quotient for the event, however.

PEOPLE

Duke, Lightfoot, Lewis Under the Weather

Patty Duke was reported in good condition Monday after suffering a concussion and skull fracture last week when she tried to apply fly spray to a horse in her barn.

The 55-year-old Oscar winner (“The Miracle Worker”), who lives in northern Idaho with her husband, Michael Pearce, was moved out of the intensive care unit at the Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d’Alene over the weekend. Her prognosis is excellent, her husband told the Associated Press.

Sheriff’s deputies quoted Pearce as saying that he left the barn while Duke was about to apply the spray to a 2-year-old filly. Then he heard a thump and his wife cried out. When he got back inside, he saw Duke on the floor of the stall, apparently knocked down by the horse.

Gordon Lightfoot, meanwhile, is recovering from emergency stomach surgery for an unspecified ailment on Sunday. The 63-year-old singer/songwriter was rushed to McMaster University Medical Center in Hamilton, Ont., Canada, Saturday night, shortly before he was due to perform at the Opera House in nearby Orillia, 50 miles north of Toronto.

Rick Haynes, a member of Lightfoot’s band, said that Lightfoot was in an intensive care unit and was conscious, although he did not elaborate on the procedure. “He’s definitely getting better. He’s not in as much pain as he was in yesterday,” Haynes said. ‘

Jerry Lewis had to cancel an appearance at the London Palladium Sunday after experiencing dizziness backstage. A spokesperson at his Las Vegas office reported that the comedian was feeling fine Monday and is scheduled to return home shortly.

MOVIES

Palestinian Film Festival Planned for April

Despite conflict in the Middle East, organizers announced plans for what they describe as the first international film festival in Palestinian territory.

The Ramallah Film Festival is to take place April 4 to 9 in the West Bank city, said its director, Adam Zuabi.

“It will be an international film festival whose main idea is to bring a little fantasy to this place, in order to make it easier for the people to cope with their reality and see beyond it,” he said. “The festival will not be a competitive one and will not profess any particular theme.”

The event, financed by international organizations and with private support, also has some celebrity support. Among its backers are actress Vanessa Redgrave, Bosnian director Danis Tanovic (the Oscar-winning “No Man’s Land”) and Italian director Ettore Scola.

QUICK TAKES

Oprah Winfrey will receive the inaugural Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 54th annual prime-time Emmy Awards on Sept. 22.... All 3,000 free tickets to Mozart’s Requiem, being performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Sept. 27, were snatched up within 20 minutes after being put up for distribution at 10 a.m. Monday.... Anne-Marie Martin Crichton has filed for divorce from writer Michael Crichton, seeking to end their 13-year marriage on grounds of irreconcilable differences. According to court papers, the two have lived apart since August 2001 and have separate homes in Santa Monica.... On Wednesday, Los Angeles radio stations will have a moment of silence at 8:45 a.m. to honor the heroes and victims of the terrorist attacks a year earlier.... David Mamet will receive a seven-figure fee to write a script for a Warner Bros.’ movie about gunslinger John Dillinger, Variety says.... ABC News Chairman Roone Arledge will receive a lifetime achievement awards at the 23rd annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards on Wednesday.... Kirsten Schaffer has been named director of programming for Outfest, the Southern California gay and lesbian film festival.... American Ballet Theatre will return to Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre for 12 performances of “The Nutcracker,” Dec. 6-15.