SNEED ON SUNDAY

Hair Scare . . .

Hello. Dennis Rodman's hair will be transported down MichiganAvenue on Monday.

The "blond" Rodman hairpiece was constructed to replace the"red" Rodman hairpiece atop the Kennedy Expy. billboard. It wasthis/close to being attached until the Rodman portrait - whichbrought traffic to a dead halt - was removed. It was auctioned offThursday at a Bigsby & Kruthers clothing store.The "red" hairpiece is under lock and key and not for sale.So who bought the "blond" hairpiece that almost became famous?Jeweler Howard ("Wanna Buy a Watch?") Frum, who sells wrist gear tofamous celebs like Sandra Bullock (a two-tone Rolex), Brian Dennehy,James Darren, ex-Gov. Jim Thompson, Mary Ann Childers, Joan Espositoand Jerry Taft, and who airs crazy watch ads 30 times a day on cableTV."Only two Rodman hairpieces were built and my wife, Bunny, and Iare now the proud owners of one of them; six-foot sideburns and all,"chirped Frum, who doesn't like to waste time. "But it's so big andheavy, I have to wait until (Monday) to get a truck big enough totransport it to my shop at 5 South Wabash - then it has to be cartedup to Suite 814."So what's he going to do with it? "I was thinking abouttransposing my head underneath it for my crazy TV commercials, but mywife and I are trying to figure out how it could benefit children'sor AIDS charities." Good goin', Howard.Unabomber Story . . .Kudos to Ellen Tarmichaelfor refusing to profit from the fact she once briefly dated theprime Unabomber suspect, Theodore Kaczynski. Her news conferencedebunking the alleged relationship eventually got the desired result:Her phone stopped ringing. But her attorney, Enrico J. Mirabelli,reports a TV tabloid called later raising the ante to $15,000 for herstory. Tarmichael's response: No dice. Good goin', Ellen.P.S. So how was Kaczynski on a date? "A gentleman," she claims.Tips & Twaddle . . .Brit wag James Whitaker, husband of our stringer, Yvonne Whitaker,claims Fergie, the duchess of York, used to be irritated thatestranged hubby Prince Andrew had a number of flings during theirseparation. Huh?He sure wasn't camera shy in Chicago recently, but John F. KennedyJr. adamantly refused to have his picture taken at Cartier's launchof a "Tank Francaise" Swiss-made watch in Geneva last week designedto celebrate the U.S. tanks and soldiers that liberated France.Opera star Luciano Pavarotti is doing daily sit-ups and the new lustof his life, Nicoletta Mantovani, 26, is weaning him off pasta. Shebought him a jogging machine, permits him two pasta meals a week . .. and has taken away booze and bread.The Femme Thing . . .Actresses Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon are joining forces ina tearjerker called "Stepmom" about a divorcee, dying of cancer,becoming chums with her ex-hubby's girlfriend - sort of a "Terms ofEndearment" meets "Cybill." The two have apparently wanted to make amovie together for quite some time. Let's hope a little ofSarandon's Oscar winning magic rubs off on her bud Roberts, whoselast few movies have been major duds.The Eat Beat . . .The Rosebud's Alex Dana will be cookin' and spoolin' on the"Mike and Maty" show Tuesday on daytime ABC-TV. . . . Greekrestaurateur Tony Katsoulias is about to open his next eatery: ThePoseidon in the center of Greek Town on Halsted. It's his fourthrestaurant.Sneedlings . . .John Hume, president of Northern Ireland's Social DemocraticLabor Party and the main force behind forging Irish peace, willautograph his new book, A New Ireland, at the Joy of Ireland shop onMichigan Avenue's Chicago Place next Saturday. . . . Sundaybirthdays: Iggy Pop, 49; Tony Danza, 45; Andie MacDowell, 38; CharlesGrodin, 61; Patti LuPone, 47; Queen Elizabeth II, 70. Monday: AaronSpelling, 71; Jack Nicholson, 59; Glen Campbell, 58; John Waters, 50;Charlotte Rae, 70; Peter Frampton, 46; Eddie Albert, 88.