NEWS LITE : NAMES IN THE NEWS STREISAND'S AIDE CONFIRMS WEDDING.

Barbra Streisand reportedly will exchange wedding vows with longtime boyfriend James Brolin later this week.

A huge white tent has mushroomed at the Streisand estate in Malibu, and chairs and flowers arrived Tuesday afternoon.

Streisand's publicist Dick Guttman confirmed the wedding plans, NBC-TV and ABC-TV reported Tuesday evening.

Earlier Tuesday, Guttman said he couldn't confirm or deny that a wedding would take place. He did not immediately return phone calls after the television reports.

Brolin's publicist, Susan DuBow, said she didn't know anything about it.

Brolin, 57, stars as Lt. Col. Bill Kelly on the syndicated TV series ``Pensacola: Wings of Gold.'' His other credits include ``Capricorn One,'' ``Westworld,'' ``The Amityville Horror'' and ``Gable & Lombard'' as well as the TV series' ``Hotel'' and ``Marcus Welby, M.D.''

Streisand, 56, sings, directs and has starred in many movies, including ``A Star is Born,'' ``The Prince of Tides'' and ``The Mirror Has Two Faces.''

Rumors have swirled at various times in the past year that a wedding was imminent. The whispers often gained momentum when President Clinton, a friend of Streisand's, visited the West Coast.

In June 1997, gossip columnists reported they would marry on a boat off Malibu. Clinton was in San Diego and San Francisco, as well as an undisclosed private ``big event'' in Los Angeles, at the time, which fueled speculation.

The president is in China, so if there is a wedding, he won't be there.

Streisand is divorced from actor Elliott Gould. Brolin was married twice before.

O'Sullivan passing leaves Allen irked

Woody Allen is upset that he learned about the death of Mia Farrow's mother, actress Maureen O'Sullivan, from reading the newspaper.

``He had a great deal of affection for Maureen,'' said Allen's spokeswoman, Leslee Dart. Dart added that the director wasn't invited to O'Sullivan's funeral, which was held Monday in suburban Albany, N.Y.

Farrow's close friend and former spokesman, John Springer, said Allen shouldn't be surprised.

Allen and Farrow, longtime lovers, had a bitter and very public split in 1992 after she found he was having a romance with her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn. Allen and Previn were married last year.

``Maureen was very fond of Woody,'' Springer said. But when Farrow felt betrayed, ``Maureen disliked him intensely.''

Famous 5, not 2

More entertainers can safely be called a little bit country and a little bit rock 'n' roll. In a story Tuesday about Elvis Presley's induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame, The Associated Press reported that he would become only the second person to be inducted into the Rock and Roll and Country Music halls of fame. The Daily News has decided it's now or never to set the record straight.Other greats whose busts adorn both halls of fame include Johnny Cash and the late Bill Monroe, Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams Sr. To say we were all shook up is to put it lightly.

Playgirl, DiCaprio settle suit

Leonardo DiCaprio has settled his lawsuit against Playgirl magazine over nude photographs of the young actor. Terms of the settlement have not been released, however. Linda Goldman, DiCaprio's attorney, confirmed the deal Monday but declined to comment further, citing the confidential terms.

``The parties amicably settled their differences,'' Playgirl attorney Kent Raygor said.

The ``Titanic'' star sued the magazine in March to prevent it from publishing the photographs in its July issue. DiCaprio also claimed the pictures were being used to promote Playgirl's Internet site. The nude pictures are not in the July issue, but there are stills of the actor from ``Titanic.''

Brad Pitt sued last July to prevent 2-year-old pictures of him from being published.

CRITICAL CONFECTION: Group wants boycott over nuke bar

GLENDALE - Don't bite that bar.

Anti-nuclear activists have asked for a boycott of Nestle's candy products because of the Swiss food giant's ``Nuclear Chocolate'' candy bar, which is being sold as a cross-promotion with Walt Disney Co.'s ``Armageddon'' movie.

``Nestle is candy-coating a very serious issue,'' said Jerry Rubin, director of the Santa Monica-based Alliance for Survival. ``The bar desensitizes people to the horrors of nuclear war, especially with India and Pakistan recently joining the nuclear arms race.''

Nestle said in a prepared statement, ``We make food and do not take a position on nuclear arms. The word `nuclear' is used in a fun, `cool' manner to communicate the product's unique popping sensation.''

Glendale-based Nestle USA began selling the bars a month ago. It contains particles that pop in an eater's mouth to remind buyers of the explosion-laden movie, which opens today.

The movie also inspired Nestle's ``Armageddon Asteroid,'' a chocolate ball with some of those same popping particles.

``We have no problem with the chocolate asteroid,'' Rubin said.

---- Dave McNary

Compiled by Karen Duffy from staff and wire reports.

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