NEWS LITE : FLYNT PREPARES FOR CINCINNATI OBSCENITY TRIAL.

Larry Flynt is ready to go on trial again for allegedly violating Ohio's obscenity laws.

The Hustler publisher surrendered to authorities Thursday in Cincinnati. Flynt and his brother, Jimmy Flynt, are accused of violating state law by selling sexually explicit videotapes, including to a 14-year-old boy, at his downtown store.

``I'm looking forward to the trial. I'm not looking forward to the bureaucracy,'' Flynt said as he entered Hamilton County Courthouse.

Twenty-one years ago, Larry Flynt was convicted of pandering obscenity for selling Hustler in Hamilton County, but the conviction was thrown out on appeal.

Hefner, Steinem no pals at ceremony

Old antagonists Hugh Hefner and Gloria Steinem were united for one night as both were inducted into the American Society of Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame in New York.

``It's like a conservationist being given an award with a head of a timber company,'' Steinem, 64, said before Wednesday's National Magazine Awards.

Hefner, 72, created Playboy, known for its pictorials of nude women. Steinem is co-founder of Ms., the feminist magazine. As a young writer, Steinem wrote a critical article about her experiences as a bunny at a Playboy Club in 1963.

The two did not acknowledge each other and resisted photographers' requests that they stand next to each other. Instead, fellow inductee Byron Dobell, former editor of Esquire magazine, stood between them.

Lesbian candidate gets celeb support

Barbra Streisand, Rosie O'Donnell and Glenn Close are among the stars filling the campaign coffers of Margarethe Cammermeyer.

The former colonel was discharged from the Washington National Guard in 1992 because she is a lesbian but was later reinstated. She retired from the National Guard in 1997.

Cammermeyer is now trying to unseat second-term Republican Rep. Jack Metcalf.

The Democrat met many celebrities after Streisand produced a television movie about her case. Close portrayed Cammermeyer, and Judy Davis played her lover. Both have contributed to Cammermeyer's campaign fund.

``I've never been around a congressional race that has this much hoopla,'' said Monica Moe, Cammermeyer's campaign manager. ``There's been a lot of interest in this race from the national press, but frankly we're more concerned about the district.''

Elle nudges Cindy from money peak

Elle MacPherson has edged out Cindy Crawford as the world's wealthiest fashion model.

The Australian beauty's net worth is about $38 million, according to BusinessAge, a British magazine. Crawford is a notch below with an estimated wealth of $36 million.

In addition to her modeling fees, which can earn her $34,000 an appearance, MacPherson has also made money from her Australian lingerie business, movie roles and co-ownership of the Fashion Cafe chain.

Rounding out the top five were Claudia Schiffer, with $34 million; Linda Evangelista, $28 million; and Naomi Campbell, at $27.5 million.

Etheridge, Cypher await second child

Rocker Melissa Etheridge's partner is expecting her second child.

Julie Cypher is due in November, Island Records said in a statement Wednesday.

As with the couple's first child, a girl, the method of fertilization and the identity of the sperm donor weren't disclosed. Cypher gave birth to Bailey Jean Cypher in February 1997.

Etheridge is in Los Angeles recording a new album.

News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports

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PHOTO (1 -- 3) Secrets of the beautiful

So, what does it take make People magazine's list of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World? Here's some of what the mag has to say about Los Angeles' own Police Chief Bernard C. Parks and Ventura County resident-actor Tom Selleck, who find themselves among the ranks of the nifty 50:

Parks still wears the same size uniform he wore when he was a cadet at the Police Academy 34 years ago. Gets up at 5 a.m. (``I can do well with only five hours of sleep,'' he says), reads several newspapers, prepares for his daily meetings, then showers and dresses for what is typically a 12-hour day. He's been married for 30 years to Bobbi, a VP for a printing company. And although the chief's not one for the gym, he keeps in good enough shape that when son Bernard Jr. started dating, he recalls, ``girls would say, `We think you're cute, but your father. . . .' ''

You're not likely to find Selleck in the gym either. He says he gets all the workout he needs planting trees and tending horses on the 63-acre ranch he shares with his wife, actress Jillie Mack, and daughter Hannah, 9.

(4) Publisher Larry Flynt surrendered on obscenity charges Thursday.

(5) MacPherson

(6) Cammermeyer