‘Star’ sighting
Multi-tasking “Baywatch” alum, Jane magazine columnist and Playboy fave Pam Anderson adds “novelist” to her resume. This week, she signs copies of “Star,” about a wholesome Canadian girl who becomes an overnight sex symbol. Anderson has said her own porn name (the name of your first pet plus the street you grew up on) doubles as her protagonist’s name (Star Wood). Clever! On Monday, she’ll be at the Barnes & Noble at Rockefeller Center at 1 p.m., and on Tuesday she’ll be at Borders at 100 Broadway, at Pine St., at 1 p.m.
Blast from the past
50 years ago, Bill Haley and His Comets recorded “Rock Around the Clock” – a hit included in “The Blackboard Jungle” launching a new genre of rock ‘n’ roll movies. This week, catch some of the best – like “Don’t Knock the Rock” (1956), featuring Little Richard, and “Bye Bye Birdie” (1963). Through next Sunday; visit filmlinc.com for complete schedule and locations.
Big mouth
Recently deposed red-carpet queen Joan Rivers returns to Fez for a long-term residency this week, performing her brand of gloriously offensive standup comedy. This Wednesday through Dec. 22, the comedy legend will be onstage weekly, riffing on whomever and whatever has the misfortune to be caught in her crosshairs. At 8 p.m. at Fez, inside the Time Cafe at 380 Lafayette St., at Great Jones St.; (212) 533-2680; $25.
Cheap Couture
Chanel, Moschino and tons more high-end stash will be slashed up to 75 percent during the summer sale at Tatiana Designer Resale. Plenty of stuff will be in the $50 range. The sale runs Thursday through next Saturday. At 767 Lexington Ave. (between 60th and 61st streets), 2nd floor; call (212) 755-7744 for info.
Speed freaks
Everyone talks about the Tour de France but really, who watches it? Today, however, comes a race worth rubbernecking, as hundreds of cyclists – including Olympic medalists – race through the canyons of downtown Manhattan. The competitions are divided into categories like Junior Grand Prix, Men’s Pro, Women’s Pro and the best ever – the Bike Messenger Race. Begins at 8:30 a.m. at Wall and Water streets.; go to nycbikerace.com for more info.
Uptown pride
Kick off Harlem Week with today’s daylong festival “A Great Day in Harlem,” which is a fairly standard street fair (food, music, sales) until around 6 p.m., when the Harlem Jazz and Music Festival honors the late Ray Charles with a special live concert that goes to dusk. From 1-9 p.m.; free. At Ulysses S. Grant National Memorial Park at W. 122 St. and Riverside Drive; call (718) 784-7700 ext. 117 for more info.
Bond supremacy
If Matt Damon’s amnesiac, itchy international Jason Bourne seems just a little too lightweight, check out the 007 action on Thursday at the Prospect Park Bandshell. At 7:30 p.m., downtown music collective the Loser’s Lounge will run through the best of James Bond theme songs (Sheena Easton? Duran Duran? Madonna?) before a showing of 1965’s epic “Thunderball,” in which Sean Connery averts the nuclear annihilation of a major U.S. city by hooking up with a frisky scuba diver and waging a massive battle on the ocean floor. Suggested donation: $3.
Dark art
Now on display at the American Museum of the Moving Image is a stunning exhibit of drawings by visionary film director Tim Burton (“Edward Scissorhands,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Big Fish”). All of the 27 pieces are related to his 13 films (at left is Jack Nicholson’s Joker from “Batman”) and were selected for the show by Burton, who modestly refers to himself as a “doodler.” Through November at the American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Avenue at 36 St., Astoria; (718) 784-4520.
Night music
Mostly Mozart holds its Opening Night Celebration this Tuesday and Wednesday at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, featuring the Mostly Mozart Orchestra with soloists Yefim Bronfam and Magdalena Kozena. The latter has been described as “vocal majesty wedded to intellectual vitality.” At 70 Lincoln Center Plaza; (212) 875-5350. Tickets are $38-$58.
