Lindsay and friends still setting the world on fire
WHO ARE THE HOT young stars of film, TV and music? Teen People’s list of the “25 Hottest Stars Under 25” includes Alicia Keys, Ciara, Jessica and Ashlee Simpson, Jesse McCartney and Justin Timberlake.
The list is featured in the magazine’s latest issue, which hit newsstands Friday.
Other stars making the eighth annual installment of the list: Jessica Alba, Britney Spears, Jake Gyllenhaal, Elijah Wood, Lindsay Lohan, Natalie Portman, Destiny’s Child, rapper T.I. and the cast of Fox’s “The O.C.” – minus Benjamin McKenzie, who is 26.
Timberlake, 24, has been on the list five times since 2000.
What’s keeping him hot? “Helping make Snoop Dogg‘s ‘Signs’ a hit and his role in the film ‘Edison,’ ” the magazine said.
As for Lohan, star of the upcoming movie “Herbie: Fully Loaded,” Teen People said: “She’s bounced back from controversy to remain one of the hottest stars around.”
So Paris and Paris will honeymoon … where?
Meanwhile, Paris “That’s Hot” Hilton dropped a bit of a bombshell during an appearance Thursday on daytime talk show “The View,” saying she plans to marry her current boyfriend, shipping heir Paris Latsis.
“He calls me Princess, and I call him Babaluna,” Hilton revealed.
Replied Barbara Walters: “That’s the sweetest thing I’ve ever heard … thank you for sharing that with us.”
For Beals, it’s the P word
Jennifer Beals, 41, who shot to fame with 1983’s “Flashdance,” is expecting her first child at age 41.
The baby, due in November, was co-authored by her husband of seven years, Canadian businessman Ken Dixon, who has two kids from a previous marriage.
Meanwhile, on Showtime’s “The L Word,” Beals plays a lesbian whose partner is pregnant.
He’s just playing cat-and-mouse
Vincent Pastore, who played gangster “Big Pussy” on HBO’s “The Sopranos,” is considering a plea bargain offer over an alleged assault on his former girlfriend.
The deal, which includes five days of community service, also would require him to attend a batterers’ program.
Asked why he hadn’t yet accepted the deal as he left court Thursday, Pastore, 58, replied: “Because I didn’t do anything.”
The Foxy hunt continues
Rapper Foxy Brown, accused of beating up two nail salon workers, has rejected a plea deal that would have kept her out of jail without any probation or conditions.
Brown, whose real name is Inga Marchand, faces misdemeanor charges of assault, attempted assault and harassment over an Aug. 29 dispute at the Bloomie Nails salon in Chelsea, N.Y.
She’s accused of punching and kicking the two employees in a dispute over payment for a pedicure and a manicure. “I got the pedicure, but they didn’t give me the manicure,” Brown said after her last court date.
Quoteworthy
Oprah Winfrey, warning white women not to ask their black friends about hair issues: “Don’t go into it because there ain’t no telling. It’s a strong cultural thing. We’re all alike in our veins, except for our hair.”
The birthday bunch
Actor Darren McGavin is 83. Singer Teresa Brewer is 74. Singer Jimmy Ruffin is 66. Singer-songwriter Bill Danoff (Starland Vocal Band) is 59. Actor Robert Hegyes (“Welcome Back, Kotter”) is 54. Actress Traci Lords is 36. Singer Eagle-Eye Cherry is 33. Actor Breckin Meyer is 31.