Old ‘Hills’ foes over the hump

Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty say they were nervous about reuniting for the new incarnation of “Beverly Hills, 90210.”

Garth, 36, and Doherty, 37, who feuded on and off the set of the 1990s cultural phenomenon, hadn’t spoken in years before filming their first scene together in the “90210” update, debuting Tuesday on the CW network.

Garth’s Kelly Taylor is a guidance counselor at West Beverly High, while Doherty’s Brenda Walsh returns as a successful actress.

“I had that tension, and I started to let it get to me: Is she going to be nice? Is it going to be a bad environment?” Garth says. “But when I saw her everything was fine.”

Doherty says “there were nerves going in,” but she aimed to start fresh and move forward.

“I think when you’re 18, your personalities conflict, then you meet up 10 or 15 years later, and the playing ground is totally different and you’re fine,” she tells Entertainment Weekly.

Doherty adds that she and Garth “never punched each other,” despite claims in former castmate Tori Spelling’s memoir.

“I don’t think we ever hit each other,” says Garth. “Scratching? I’m not going to deny that.”

Media saturation

If you didn’t get enough of record-setting swimmer Michael Phelps on TV during the Olympics, there’s plenty more on the way.

Phelps, who took home eight gold medals in Bejing, will be one of the presenters for MTV’s Video Music Awards on Sept. 7.

And on Sept. 13, he’ll host the 34th season premiere of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.”

Back in the promised land

Paul McCartney confirms that he’ll play a Sept. 25 concert in Tel Aviv – 43 years after former Education Ministry director Yaakov Sarid banned the Beatles from performing in Israel lest they corrupt the nation’s youth.

But Sarid’s son, Yossi, a journalist and former member of parliament, says that his father, who died in 1976, had nothing to do with the decision, claiming a concert promoter used government connections to sink the show after it was booked by a business rival.

Buy long, cell short

Singer Hilary Duff’s father has been ordered to spend 10 days in jail for contempt of court.

Bob Duff was led away in handcuffs Wednesday after a Texas judge determined he violated an injunction against selling stocks without court approval during a divorce.

Crazy train of thought

Ozzy Osbourne’s 22-year-old son, Jack, is rising to his dad’s defense.

“I think (MTV’s) ‘The Osbournes,’ to a degree, tarnished the public’s perception of my dad as a bit of a senile, funny, bumbling guy,” says the younger Osbourne, who plans to show a different side of Ozzy in a documentary film.

“My dad’s not an idiot – he’s nothing short of a genius, in my opinion. He does have huge flaws, and we’re trying to really paint an honest picture of that.”

The birthday bunch

Actor-director Richard Attenborough is 85. Director William Friedkin is 73. Actor Elliott Gould is 70. TV personality Robin Leach (“Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”) is 67. Singer Michael Jackson is 50. Actress Rebecca De Mornay is 46. Actress Carla Gugino is 37. Actor John Hensley (“Nip/Tuck”) is 31.