Who’ll Reba be next time?

Reba McEntire’s belief in past life has put her in conflict with a core part of her audience.

“I believe in reincarnation,” the 53-year-old country star told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “I believe … that I have been here before as a man.”

McEntire, who has sold more than 55 million records, says: “I will get flak from Christians who will say I can’t be a Christian if I believe this. That’s true, and I’m sorry. … Who knows? Maybe I’m part Buddhist.”

One fan she hasn’t lost is former President George H. W. Bush.

“We e-mail each other on our Treos all the time,” McEntire said. “Nothing political, just passing jokes back and forth.”

She and hubby Narvel Blackstock became good friends with Bush, she said, while “on a private cruise to the Greek islands about four years ago.”

He’s still in the Bush league

Speaking of the Bush family, comic Will Ferrell, whose impersonation of President George W. Bush on “Saturday Night Live” won him accolades, will make his Broadway debut in January with a one-man show, “You’re Welcome, America. A Final Night With George W. Bush.”

France’s stars say au revoir

France’s rich and famous turned up Friday at a cemetery in a Paris suburb for the funeral of actor Guillaume Depardieu, who died of pneumonia last week at 37. French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and film directors Luc Besson, Bertrand Blier and Claude Berri paid their respects as Guillaume’s dad, film star Gerard Depardieu, read from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s “Le Petit Prince.”

It’s a Jolie time for the Pitt boy

Variety reports that “Troy” star Brad Pitt will star in another adaptation of “The Odyssey.” This one, though, will be set in the future in outer space. That’s fitting, considering companion Angelina Jolie has told “Today” cohost Matt Lauer that she and Pitt may adopt another baby, bringing their brood to seven.

Don’t forget ants in the pants

Lauren Conrad, star of MTV’s reality show “The Hills,” told “Entertainment Tonight” that her spring 2009 fashion line was inspired by an essential conflict: “I wanted to go girlie. I wanted it to be springy, so we did big floral headpieces, ruffles and constructed volume.”

From a handhold to a kiss

Michelle Williams and Spike Jonze are taking their romance public, says People magazine. Williams, 28, and Jonze, 39, who was married to film auteur Sofia Coppola from 1999 to 2003, were seen holding hands at a recent film event in Manhattan. Williams, 28, has a 3-year-old daughter, Matilda, by the late Australian star Heath Ledger.

The birthday bunch

Actress Joyce Randolph (“The Honeymooners”) is 83. Keyboardist Manfred Mann is 68. Guitarist Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MGs is 67. Singer Elvin Bishop is 66. TV judge Judy Sheindlin (“Judge Judy”) is 66. Actor Everett McGill (“Twin Peaks”) is 63. Guitarist Charlotte Caffey of The Go-Go’s is 55. Actress Carrie Fisher is 52. Singer Julian Cope is 51. Guitarist Steve Lukather of Toto is 51. Actor Jeremy Miller (“Growing Pains”) is 32. Actor Will Estes (“American Dreams”) is 30.