In a Broadway-inspired tribute to a lifelong patron of the performing arts, publicist Elissa Josephsohn is being remembered with her name in lights on the Hawai'i Theatre marquee tonight. Josephsohn, an advocate of theater, ballet, music and restaurants, died Thursday of cancer at her Sierra Drive home. She was 60.

Burton White, theater's artistic director, set up the marquee to read, "Elissa Josephsohn, 1949-2009." The gesture would have thrilled her, he said.

About 100 friends attended a funeral service Sunday at Temple Emanu-El, where Broadway actor and close friend Richard Vida delivered a eulogy.

Vida and White will produce "A Hard Act to Follow," a public celebration of Josephsohn's life, from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Hawai'i Theatre.

— Wayne Harada, special to The Advertiser

BALDWIN WON'T RUN AGAINST LIEBERMAN

HARTFORD, Conn. — A spokesman for Alec Baldwin says the actor has no plans to challenge Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman in the 2012 election.

The spokesman said yesterday that Baldwin does not plan to move to Connecticut or to run. The "30 Rock" star wants Lieberman to stay in office because there are so few moderate Republicans in the Senate. Lieberman was re-elected in 2006 as an independent after he lost the Democratic primary.

Baldwin was quoted in Playboy magazine as saying he would love to run against Lieberman. On CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday, Lieberman said he respects Baldwin as an actor but dared him to "make my day" with a Senate challenge.

ONLINE, BIEL'S MIDDLE NAME IS TROUBLE

NEW YORK — Jessica Biel is the most dangerous celebrity on the Web.

Security technology company McAfee Inc. today reported that searches for the actress, 27, are more likely to lead to online threats such as spyware and viruses than searches for any other celebrity.

McAfee said fans searching for the actress have a 1-in-5 chance of ending up at a Web site designed to damage computers. Following Biel in the report, in order, were Beyonce, Jennifer Aniston, Tom Brady and Jessica Simpson.