Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation’s press.

MOVIES

Taylor Remaining Hospitalized: Doctors discovered a slight compression fracture in Elizabeth Taylor’s lower back on Tuesday, so the actress will be staying in the hospital for a few more days. “She’s a little disappointed, but her spirits are fine,” Taylor’s publicist said. The actress has been receiving treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for bruises to her back and hip suffered in a fall at her Bel-Air home on Friday--her 66th birthday. Taylor’s Maltese dog, Sugar, is staying with her at the hospital.

TELEVISION

Saluting ‘Nothing’ With Nothing: Cable’s TV Land will pay tribute to the departing NBC comedy “Seinfeld” by trying an unusual bit of counter-programming against “Seinfeld’s” final episode: airing nothing. When Jerry and the gang bid viewers adieu on May 14, TV Land--which normally airs dramas, sitcoms, westerns and variety shows from the 1950s through 1990s--will run only an image of TV Land’s closed office doors and a message noting that the network will return after the conclusion of “Seinfeld’s” hourlong finale. Even ads will be missing from 9 to 10 p.m., with those that had been scheduled for the slot being pushed to other programs throughout the day. TV Land’s general manager, Larry W. Jones, explained the move, saying: “Nothing is more important than the last episode of ‘Seinfeld.’ We think airing nothing is a fitting salute to a show about nothing.”

POP/ROCK

Jackson vs. Poles: A Polish government commission on Tuesday came out against Michael Jackson’s plans to build a $500-million amusement park at an old military airport in Warsaw, saying the proposal violates “good management.” Warsaw Mayor Marcin Swiecicki said he will appeal the study, since the amusement park would create jobs and attract tourists. The matter will next be reviewed by Poland’s defense and transportation ministries; Jackson hopes to open the park in mid-1999.

*

Tommy Lee ‘Distressed’: Rocker Tommy Lee, in his first public comments since being charged with spousal and child abuse, has said that he will not contest the divorce petition filed by his actress wife Pamela Anderson Lee. Saying that he was “very distressed” about last week’s incident that saw him jailed for three nights before being released on $500,000 bail, Lee said his primary concern was the welfare and happiness of his two sons who are living with their mother. “I am completely devoted to Dylan and Brandon and it is extremely painful and unsettling for me to be cut off from them at this difficult time,” Lee said in a statement.

*

Singing for Walden Woods: Singers Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow, Paula Cole, Trisha Yearwood and Gwen Stefani of No Doubt are among those set for “Stormy Weather ‘98,” an April 16 concert at the Wiltern Theatre to benefit the Walden Woods Project and the new Thoreau Institute at Walden Pond in Massachusetts. Don Henley of the Eagles, who put together a pair of 1992 benefits at Universal Amphitheatre that raised about $400,000 for a campaign to preserve the historic area, is also behind the Wiltern show but is not scheduled to perform. Tickets go on sale Sunday at 10 a.m.

CLASSICAL MUSIC

U.N. Honors Pavarotti: Luciano Pavarotti received a U.N. citation Tuesday for using his “unique voice” as a messenger of peace. The tenor--who was too ill last week to perform and accept a tribute at the Grammy ceremony in New York--was on hand for the U.N. honor. He called the citation “definitely the best critique I have received in my life.” Pavarotti organized an all-star charity last year to raise money for a children’s musical center in Bosnia, and he plans to raise funds this year for his patron charity, War Child, through an Italian concert with the Spice Girls.

STAGE

Waiting in ‘The Wing’: “The Wing: New Theatre Taking Off,” a festival of new work drawn from the Mark Taper Forum’s multicultural play development programs, will begin Monday at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank and continue through June 27, on Mondays and Tuesdays, until the schedule expands to two weekends in June. The Taper’s Asian Theatre Workshop, Blacksmyths, Latino Theatre Initiative and the Other Voices Project will contribute to the series of play readings, showcases of works-in-progress and performances of spoken word, dance, poetry and music. The free events are subsidized in part by movie studio DreamWorks SKG. Information: (213) 972-7389.

QUICK TAKES

“Frasier” pooch Eddie has been signed for his first movie. Producer H. Michael Heuser has cast the Jack Russell terrier in “Moose on the Loose,” about a TV celebrity dog who saves the life of a poor dog and its owner. . . . Oprah Winfrey’s first show back in Chicago’s Harpo Studios following her victory in a Texas trial against the state’s cattle industry will air today at 3 p.m. on KABC-TV Channel 7. Winfrey had taped her show in Amarillo, Texas, since the trial began six weeks ago. . . . Todd Michael Volpe, a New York art dealer who swindled Jack Nicholson and other clients out of more than $2 million, was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison, and ordered to pay $1.9 million in restitution to his victims.