NEWS LITE : MEDIA PLAN MUCH ADO FOR `SEINFELD'S' NOTHING.

The media are expected to descend upon a production lot in Studio City today - to cover nothing.

That's a pretty fitting way for ``Seinfeld,'' the show about nothing, to go out.

With a shroud of secrecy, not unlike the ingredients of McDonald's special sauce, the cast and crew of ``Seinfeld'' will assemble at CBS Studio Center for their final day of work as they film the series finale.

The finale will air on NBC (Channel 4) on May 14.

Journalists are expected to be there to catch a glimpse of one of the show's cast members driving in or out, but that's as close as they will get.

A lot of Hollywood's A list won't even be permitted on the other side of the fence. It is beginning to make getting into a Getty Center gala seem like going to the movies.

Only about 250 people who are part of the ``Seinfeld'' family, or at least family of the ``Seinfeld'' family, will be permitted into the soundstage today.

Word hasn't leaked as to whether they will see the real ending, a fake one to throw off the nosy that walk among us or several versions to really confuse things.

Security at Studio Center is expected to be ready for gate-crashers.

The episode's script, written by Jerry Seinfeld and co-creator Larry David, who left the show two seasons ago, has been kept under wraps. Cast members who got a script even had to sign confidentiality statements.

Counterfeits have circulated on the Internet.

No contest; Tommy Lee gets jail

Rocker Tommy Lee, accused of kicking his wife, Pamela Anderson, several times as she held their baby son, pleaded no contest Tuesday to felony spousal abuse. The judge says he'll spend at least six months in jail.

Lee was arrested in February after his wife called police claiming the drummer kicked her in the back and buttocks as she held 7-week-old Dylan. The former ``Baywatch'' star had a broken fingernail and red marks on her back, police said. She filed for divorce within days of the attack.

Judge Lawrence Mira said Lee will spend between six and 12 months in jail, followed by three years of probation for the no-contest plea. In return, charges of child abuse and unlawful possession of a firearm will be dropped.

``I'm very proud of Tommy,'' Anderson said outside the Malibu courtroom. ``I'm happy that he took responsibility for this. I think it's the first step towards healing.''

Mira said that under Lee's probation, he will be barred from seeing Anderson, but allowed to visit his two sons for two hours a week under supervision. Lee must also stay away from drugs and alcohol.

Rush-ing his way into Hall of Fame

Conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh was inducted Tuesday into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

As this year's radio inductee, Limbaugh received the association's highest honor. It was presented at the industry's annual convention in Las Vegas.

Limbaugh began hosting his nationally syndicated show in 1988. It was then carried on 56 stations. Now ``The Rush Limbaugh Show'' is picked up by more than 600 stations, reaching 20 million people a week and is the highest-rated national talk-radio show in America, the NAB said, citing information from Talkers Magazine.

`Titanic' making waves over officer

The film company 20th Century Fox is giving $8,000 to a fund commemorating the Titanic's first mate, after his family and neighbors objected to the movie's portrayal of him.

The blockbuster film presents William Murdoch as a killer - but the residents of Dalbeattie, his hometown in southwest Scotland, say he was a hero.

After family and friends criticized the film, lawmaker Alasdair Morgan wrote to the makers of ``Titanic'' asking for an apology.

``Officer Murdoch was a decent, responsible and very human hero and should remain a source of pride for Dalbeattie, and in the memories of all who know of his life,'' Scott Neeson, executive vice president for 20th Century Fox, wrote back Tuesday to Morgan.

But Neeson stopped short of a full apology.

The film shows the first mate killing two passengers who are fighting to get off the sinking ship onto a lifeboat. He then shoots himself.

Taylor's injury called severe

The back injury Elizabeth Taylor suffered in February has been classified as severe, forcing her to cancel all appearances for the next four months, a statement issued Tuesday by the actress said.

Her doctors are closely monitoring her and have told her to rest as much as possible.

``I am so sorry that I will not be able to attend any of the charitable events to which I committed myself because I have a severe compression fracture of my first lumbar, which is taking its time healing,'' Taylor said in a statement released by her publicists.

``To all those I made commitments to, I am deeply sorry and my heart will be with you on the evening of each of those events,'' Taylor said.

Taylor, 66, fell at her home Feb. 27, her birthday. X-rays showed she had a fracture in her lower back. Taylor was kneeling to get something from her night stand, stood up too quickly and fell backward.

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

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PHOTO (1) Tommy Lee pleaded no contest to felony spousal abuse Tuesday.

(2) Pamela Anderson filed for divorce after attack.

(3) The cast of ``Seinfeld'' is scheduled to shoot the last show today.

(4) Limbaugh

(5) Taylor