To her, king was a prince

Brooke Shields was 13 when she first met Michael Jackson and the two “instantly became friends” – mainly because sexual tension was off the table.

She was “the most celebrated virgin ever” at a time when women “wanted to throw themselves at him and feel like they were going to teach him,” the 44-year-old actress tells Rolling Stone magazine for a special commemorative issue about Jackson, on sale Friday.

As Jackson grew up, she says, “the more asexual he became to me.” But he was curious about her early relationships.

“He was like a little kid who talked about the bases – what first base was, what second base was,” Shields says.

She says she last saw Jackson in 1991, at Elizabeth Taylor’s most recent wedding:

“We snuck in and took pictures of ourselves next to her dress. We always seemed to revert to being little kids.”

More than just rumors

Hilary Duff will guest-star on “Gossip Girl” next season as “a movie star looking for a typical college experience.”

And another CW series, “90210,” also has landed a familiar name: Rumer Willis.

The 20-year-old daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore will appear in one episode as “a punky, cute lesbian who isn’t afraid to speak her mind.”

A true die-hard

Bruce Willis plans to rebuild the burned-down lodge at a central Idaho ski resort he owns.

The ski lodge at the base of the Soldier Mountain Ski Resort, about 60 miles from Sun Valley, was destroyed in a March 30 fire that was ruled accidental.

The birthday bunch

Actor Brian Dennehy is 71. Actor Richard Roundtree is 67. Actor Chris Cooper is 58. Musician John Tesh is 57. Actor Jimmy Smits is 53. Actor Tom Hanks is 53. Actress Kelly McGillis is 52. Singer Courtney Love is 45. Actor Fred Savage is 33. Actor Mitchel Musso (“Hannah Montana”) is 18. Actress Georgie Henley (“The Chronicles of Narnia”) is 14.