Next season on Smallville, the Boy of Steel will encounter a force more powerful than even the Kryptonite that brings him to his knees: true love. Producers have begun scouring Superman's adopted planet for an actress to play his eventual sweetheart, Lois Lane. And, while we may lack Clark Kent's X-ray vision, even we can see that any of these rising starlets could turn Lana Lang green with envy.
Michelle Williams: The thinking fan's Katie Holmes has proven in one independent movie after another that she was wasted among the loquacious poseurs of Dawson's Creek. But, while the brainier writing of Smallville would better serve Williams' intellect, even Lex Luthor probably couldn't squeeze a few episodes into her busy film schedule. (Would it help if we begged?)
Shelly Cole: We have long looked forward to the pseudo goth chick's every fleeting appearance on Gilmore Girls as Rory's droll Chilton classmate, Madeline, an
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Though Kelly Clarkson took the top prize on American Idol, finalist Christina Christian still feels like a winner. She's currently working on a record of her own, which she hopes to release sometime this summer. Did the normally surly Simon Cowell — who had an obvious soft spot for this 21-year-old crooner — offer her a helping hand?
"He'll be involved with my career," Christian confirms to TV Guide Online. "He works really closely with Simon Fuller, who is my manager, and [19 Entertainment], the recording company that I'm signed with. So he's very much involved."
For some reason we can't imagine, Christian thinks the Idol judge has gotten a bit of a bad rap. "He just genuinely seemed to be nice," she insists. "We got along very well and he's a very nice person. I have nothing bad to say about him."
If she ever does feel like getting back at Paula, Randy and Simon, thou
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