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Feb. 11, 2000 | Will the real Aaron Spelling please stand up?

In Gear magazine's March issue, the Hollywood honcho comes across as a screamer and megalomaniac who reportedly once barked "I own you!" at "7th Heaven" actress Jessica Biel.

Spelling begs to differ with the characterization. Not only is he threatening to sue Gear boss Bob Guccione Jr. for defamation, but, in an upcoming Us magazine interview, he portrays himself as downright cuddly.



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"Before we start any series, the whole cast comes in to try things on, and we ask them what they like best," he tells Us. "Some young ladies say, 'Please! Nothing green -- it's damnation for me.' It's a process that brings me closer to the cast."

Uncle Aaron? Is that you?

And so the questions remain. Be he friend? Foe? Depends on what you've done for him lately.

"Farrah [Fawcett] came up with that hair, and, God bless her, that poster."

If you're his daughter, though, and you're on "Beverly Hills 90210," you're keeping your clothes on, and that's final.

"It's only in the last two years we've allowed lower-cut dresses and a little more breast to be revealed," he says. "Don't forget -- I kept Tori a virgin for seven years because I couldn't bear to see the dailies."

Surely, he's not alone. ("Please! Not Tori naked! It's damnation for me!")

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Old yeller meets new yeller

And while we're determining true identities ... Who's the real Scream Queen: Neve Campbell or Jamie Lee Curtis?

The two actresses apparently duked it out on the set of their film, "Drowning Mona."

"When the original 'Scream' became such a hit, there were all these stories about how I had usurped Jamie Lee's crown as the Scream Queen of slasher movies," Campbell recently told the Calgary Sun.

But when Campbell finally met the "Halloween" shrieker, she recalls, "She came storming over to me gritting her teeth. She stared me down and demanded I give her back her crown."

Now that would be scary.

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Whither Catherine Zeta-Jones goes ... so goes Kevin Costner. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Costner has dropped out of Oliver Stone's "Beyond Borders" just one month after Zeta-Jones bolted onaccounta her pregnancy. The project has now been put on indefinite hold. And Costner's changed his Indian name to "Bails While Can."

Green bile? Child's play. Three-hundred-sixty-degree head spins? Kid's stuff. In March, Warner Bros. is rereleasing the 1973 horror classic "The Exorcist" with 12 minutes of previously unreleased footage -- including the "Spider Walk," a scene in which Regan flips over like a crab and "walks down the stairs upside down, with her arms moving about like a spider." Wonder what possessed them to cut it in the first place?

Word around Washington is that potential presidential candidate Ralph Nader really means it this time. The Green Party guy is said to have delayed announcing his candidacy until his Web site is ready to take charge -- credit cards, that is. He is now reported to be quietly making fund-raising calls to help him launch a serious campaign. Brother, can you spare a grand?

Talk about an accessible celebrity. On this Sunday's episode of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," a contestant calls Rosie O'Donnell for help with a question. ABC officials will not comment on whether or not the Queen of Nice actually knows the answer, however. I'd like to use a Lifeline to get Regis on the phone.
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