Breakfast w/Greg: Harvey Milk Day advances; Birthday wishes for Mitzi Gaynor; US Open faves advance

Thank God it’s Friday! Hope you are all about to enjoy a wonderful Labor Day weekend.

One thing to ponder before you light up the barbecue is the status us Harvey Milk Day in California. The bill, which designates May 22 as a day of special significance in California, passed the Assembly on Thursday and will next go before the State Senate where it is also expected to be passed.

It will then be up to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who vetoed a similar bill last year, to sign.

San Francisco Senator Mark Leno authored Senate Bill 572 and had this to say: I am pleased my colleagues in the Assembly recognize and honor Harvey Milk´s contributions to our state,” Leno said. “He is an inspiration to people worldwide who believe in fairness and equality and he fought for many of the issues we value today, including access to education, public transportation, affordable housing and protecting the environment.

“Although he vetoed a similar bill last year with the message that Harvey Milk should be recognized only at the local level, I am confident Governor Schwarzenegger now understands the historic and international nature of Harvey´s legacy,” Leno added. “Last week the Governor contradicted his 2008 veto message when he and the First Lady announced that Harvey will be inducted into the California Hall of Fame, acknowledging that Harvey and the other inductees touched the ´lives of millions of people – not just in this state, but around the world.´”

The legislation is sponsored by Equality California and co-authored by 22 members of the Legislature.

STILL DAZZLING: I’m just crazy about Mitzi Gaynor, star of the classic big-screen musical South Pacific and all those great television specials in the 60s and 70s.

Miss Gaynor, whose performing again, turns 78 years young today!

I have a big crush on her and boy, she’s still got it going on! When I last  saw her in June at the LA Tony Award Party, I was sort of staring at her after we finished talking but not in a way that I wanted her to notice! She busted me, giving me a sideways glance and says: “You’re checking me out aren’t you!”

Mitzi had been retired from showbiz but after her husband Jack Bean died in 2006 (they were married for 52 years), she has re-emerged professionally and been touring with a one-woman show.

How has it been since she has re-emerged in recent years?

“It’s kind of wonderful. I can go to Trader Joes now and everybody knows who I am. Instead of saying, “Aren’t you?” they say, ‘Mitzi!’ and it’s kind of marvelous.”

THEY’RE ACES: I’m in The OC enjoying the Labor Day weekend and plan to watch a lot of US Open tennis! Here are Wimbledon finalists Andy Roddick and Roger Federer in action this week. Both are safely in the third round and looking mighty good while doing it! Also looking good is third-ranked Rafael Nadal who is back from injury and trying to win the Open for the first time.