DALAI LAMA, STARS TO CONVERGE IN L.A.; EXILED TIBETAN LEADER BECKONS SHOWBIZ CELEBS.(News) From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: June 6, 1997 | COPYRIGHT 1997 Daily News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Sharline Chiang Daily News Staff Writer

He's the bespectacled spiritual leader Hollywood loves to love.

From Richard Gere to the Beastie Boys, Tibet's exiled Dalai Lama has been winning the hearts and dollars of America's top showbiz figures in his push for autonomy from China.

Since Gere's 1993 Academy Awards speech railing against Chinese repression against Tibetans, it seems that just about everyone's been boarding the Dalai Lama bandwag...