Liza fights pain to partner Pavarotti

Liza Minnelli has broken her right kneecap in a fall at an Italian hotel – but she is determined not to break her appointment to sing at a benefit concert with legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti tomorrow night.

Hollywood star Minnelli, 58, who was taken to a hospital near the hotel in Bologna, will have to wear a full-leg cast for about four weeks, her Los Angeles publicist Warren Cowan said.