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Wednesday June 06 03:00 AM EDT Michael J. Fox Wrapping Autobiographical 'Lucky Man' By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith Michael J. Fox reports his upcoming book, "Lucky Man," will be "done by Labor Day and published in January." The actor reveals "Lucky Man" will be about why the Parkinson's Disease from which he suffers, "is not a struggle and why I feel that way." Fox, who attended the weekend's star-studded premiere of Disney's "Atlantis: The Lost Empire," in which he provides the voice of lead character Milo Thatch, adds that "in many ways, the illness has been a blessing to me. It got me out of my own show-biz garbage and really made me realize there are bigger things in life. And it's really gotten me involved in areas of my life I wouldn't have gotten involved in." He notes that dealing with the reality of Parkinson's has also "given me an opportunity to kind of go through my life and pinpoint all the people who've really meant a lot to me and done a lot for me -- my family, my mother, my father, my grandmother, my wife, my kids, the people I've worked with ... it's been nice for that." Fox, whose wife Tracy Pollan is expecting their fourth child, looked the picture of health as he faced the media gauntlet at the premiere. He says his current condition is "fine. I feel good." He does say it's easier now that he doesn't have the stress of doing "Spin City" 26 episodes a year. "It's not so much everyone else's schedule having to get in sync with mine. Now, I just kind of wake up and set my own schedule. It's great." Fox eschewed the "Atlantis" premiere after-party, but there were still plenty of celebs -- including Melissa Joan Hart, Jamie Foxx, Jane Seymour, Rachael Leigh Cook, David Hasselhoff and Diane Warren -- on hand to play LazerTag and computer games with the tots they had in tow at the funhouse adjoining Disney's El Capitan Theater in Hollywood. The film opens in New York and Los Angeles this Friday, then goes wide June 15. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ipbs/20010606/cm/ ************ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn