Stone cold truth: You need to vote

Some people consider Tuesday’s presidential election so important they are working to get out the vote – even though they can’t vote themselves.

One such person is British soul singer Joss Stone. The 21-year-old is teaming up with HeadCount, a nonpartisan organization devoted to registering voters.

“America is a large, major power and it affects everywhere, so I can’t just sit down and shut up,” Stone said. “Just because I can’t vote doesn’t mean I can’t say what I mean and what I feel. I just hope that people will vote. … I’m not here to say Barack (Obama) or (John) McCain, I’m hear to say, ‘Have a voice and use it.’ It’s so important.”

The singer released a song, “Governmentalist,” to help spread her message.

Stone said too many people in America and abroad don’t exercise their vote.

“It’s so sad. And so how can you moan if you’re not voting?” she asked.

It was just a creative decision

Rumor had it that Lindsay Lohan and star America Ferrera didn’t get along during Lohan’s guest stint on the series “Ugly Betty.” Not so, says Lohan’s mother. Dina Lohan told People.com that her daughter “had fun” working on it.

“America’s a doll,” Dina Lohan said, adding that Lindsay doesn’t know why her six-episode guest stint was cut to four.

The cops weren’t Keystone

It was hard to tell real from make-believe at Kate Hudson’s pre-Halloween party on Saturday.

Hudson, dressed as a 1960s flight attendant, was joined by Courteney Cox and husband David Arquette (witch and warlock), Winona Ryder (mouse), celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe (flapper), Cindy Crawford (as Amy Winehouse) and a cowboy-clad Gerard Butler.

Maybe that’s why Hudson had trouble recognizing two real-life cops who showed up at 1 a.m. Sunday because of a noise complaint.

Say it ain’t so, Joaquin

You heard it here: Joaquin Phoenix told the TV newsmagazine “Extra” that he’s through with movies. “I’m not doing films anymore,” Phoenix told “Extra’s” Jerry Penacoli. “I’m working on my music. I’m done. I’ve been through that.”

As if Oscar was ever a possibility

British actor Roger Moore has been named a commander in France’s National Order of Arts and Letters. French Culture Minister Christine Albanel hailed the 81-year-old star of seven James Bond films as a “legend of the big and small screen.”

With his wife, Christina, at his side, Moore said at the Paris award ceremony Tuesday that the Arts and Letters award was worth “more than an Oscar.”

The birthday bunch

Former anchorman Dan Rather is 77. Folk singer Tom Paxton is 71. Actor Ron Rifkin (“Alias”) is 69. Actor David Ogden Stiers (“MASH”) is 66. Actress Deidre Hall (“Days Of Our Lives”) is 60. Broadcaster Jane Pauley is 58. Director Peter Jackson (“Lord of the Rings”) is 47. Drummer Larry Mullen of U2 is 47. Actor Dermot Mulroney is 45. Actor Rob Schneider is 44. Musician Rob Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice) is 40. Actor Eddie Kaye Thomas (“American Pie”) is 28.