REDUCED: A charge of criminal sexual assault against shock rocker Marilyn Manson, 32, stemming from an August concert when he allegedly rubbed himself against a security guard, has been reduced to disorderly conduct by Michigan judge Gerald E. McNally, reports RollingStone.com. Manson (real name: Brian Warner), who also was charged with assault and battery, is subject to $2,000 in fines for each charge and has 30 days to enter a plea . . . STRICKEN: Severe bronchitis forced easy listening legend Barry Manilow, 55, to postpone three weekend concerts, but his L.A.-based publicist confirmed that the star's New Year's Eve show will go on as planned. For that to occur, Manilow's doctor prescribed "mandatory silence for a few . . . days," said rep Carol Stone Marshall . . . NAMED: Oscar winner Ben Kingsley, who turned 58 on Dec. 31, actress Lynn Redgrave, 58, boxer Lennox Lewis, 36, "Smooth Operator" singer Sade, 42, and the Bee Gees were among those who made the Queen's New Year Honors List for 2002 in England on Monday. Redgrave and Sade will receive the title Officer of the Order of the British Empire (known as OBEs). The Bee Gees (brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb) and Lewis received the new title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). But Kingsley bettered them all: He was knighted. Arise, Sir Ben!