Johnny Depp attends a film benefit tribute in New York.

AP / Evan Agostini

Amy Fisher, the “Long Island Lolita” who shot her lover’s wife in the head, is coming to Providence.

Fisher, a published author and adult-film performer, will appear at the Cadillac Lounge Friday and Saturday night.

“I’m not doing Shakespeare up there,” she said by telephone Tuesday.

Fisher made headlines in 1992 when she went to the house of her lover, auto-body shop owner Joey Buttafuoco, and shot Buttafuoco’s wife, Mary Jo, in the head. Fisher pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and served seven years in prison.

She said she started performing as a stripper about a year ago when a booking agent called and asked if she’d be interested. The training was brief.

“I do very well,” she said.

Fisher concedes that her notoriety might be what brings customers into a club, but says her beauty is what keeps them there.

Journal staff

Two-time winner

Get lost, Hugh Jackman. This year’s “Sexiest Man Alive” is once again Johnny Depp.

Depp nudged aside Jackman to get the endorsement from People magazine Wednesday. It’s the 46-year-old actor’s second time as “Sexiest Man Alive.” He also won in 2003.

Kate Coyne, senior editor at People, said on CBS’ “Early Show” that Depp has achieved an almost “iconic status in terms of sexiness.”

Says Coyne: “Johnny Depp was someone who was sexy 10 years ago. He’ll be sexy 10 years from now. He’s someone who appeals to multiple generations of women.”

Depp joins other double winners Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Richard Gere.

Matt Bomer, who stars in USA’s “White Collar,” was named “Sexiest Rising Star.”

Second Cheney baby

Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughter Mary Cheney has delivered a baby girl.

It’s the second child for Cheney and her partner of more than 17 years, Heather Poe.

Sarah Lynne Cheney was born Wednesday morning at Sibley Hospital in Washington, weighing 6 pounds and 14 ounces. She is the seventh grandchild of the former vice president and his wife, Lynne.

Mary Cheney and Poe had their first child, Samuel David Cheney, in 2007.

From Journal wire reports