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BUFFY LIVES: run ended in May, but apparently there are still more vampires to slay. Sarah Michelle Gellar is in talks to make several guest appearances on the spinoff TVGuide reports. She is likely to appear in a pair of sweeps week episodes, either in February or in May. The crossover appearances just might help survive STUFFY SUIT: The owner of a Mobile, limo service is suing 50 Cent alleging that some of the bodyguards roughed him up and took over his vehicle after a concert in March. According to the lawsuit, Johnny Bonner was driving three members of 50 security team after the show.

Bonner claims he had trouble following another vehicle carrying the rapper back to his hotel, so he chose a different route. He says the security men then attacked him, threw him in the rear seat and drove to the hotel themselves. The suit seeks unspecified damages. Publicists at 50 record label, Inter- scope, could not be reached. THERE SHE IS, MISS and Jac Osbourne aside, MTVcontinues to stoc up on beautiful people.

The network has signed former Miss Teen USA Vanessa Minnillo as their newest VJ, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Minnillo, who was crowned in 1998 and will help judge the 2003 pageant, has shot 3 0 episodes for a new show called Morning am living the life I am right now because of that one Minnillo said i an interview with kidzwerld.com TAXED Sync is in th clear, Columbus, Ohio, tax officials say. The boy band and its management finally paid an overdue tax bill after several reminders and two lawsuits, which sough $7,861 for back taxes, interest and penaltie for income earned in the city in 2000 an 2001. Cleveland, Cincinnati and other Ohi cities tax entertainers and pro athletes wh perform or play there for a day or few day at a time. Cities say the same as taxing the income of commuters who work in city limit but live elsewhere.

the city just make them sto singing? THE DATING BLAME: What happens when you put super-suave George Clooney in a nation of ultra-suave people? The man get a date. Clooney complains to Vanity Fair magazine that dating has been nearly impossible ever since he moved into a villa in Italy. He blames the language barrier and a new and equally vicious horde of paparazzi. the European press, fresh the actor says. kind of frenzy, you really have to be up to it.

Dinner out is an Boo hoo. The more challenging part, of course, is asking an Italian Italian. Clooney admits he lost one girlfriend after three dates. knew it was in trouble during a phone Clooney says. just said, and I just said, SPLITSVILLE: not bad enough that Chris Rock ripped the not-so- handsome Jermaine Dupri for being lucky enough to date Janet Jackson like finding out about a sale the day after it Rock joked at the MTV VMAs last week).

Now comes word that Janet has dumped him. According to the New York Daily News, she told Dupri she was moving on during a phone call last week. No worries, Jermaine. always LaToya THIN LINE: Nutrition experts say Bey- once Knowles is setting a dangerous example to young girls by emphasizing how little she eats in order to stay thin. The Child star told British rock magazine Bang that her lunch consists of just six slices of tomato and four slices of cucumber.

make you fatter, television adds pounds and discipline is very important in this she said. British Dietetic Association spokeswoman Dr. Wendy Doyle said young children look up to the singer and could be influ- enced by her words. children need their calories and nutrition for growth and development, and not helping them by suggesting that you are healthier for not eating she said. not the first time Knowles has talked about her struggle to stay slim.

am a natural fat person, just dying to get she has said. go through agonies to keep my stomach as flat as though it is never flat enough for the European press, fresh Compiled from RedEye news services and edited by Leo Ebersole Curt Wagner a pregnant said Kate Hudson after an Italian journalist at the Venice Film Festival asked her and co-star Naomi Watts out. Hudson and hubbie Chris Robinson are expecting their first child early next year. One liner A STAR CAST: Ellen DeGeneres is lining up A-list talent for the debut of her new talk show, according to The Advocate magazine. Scheduled to appear: Jennifer Aniston Macy Gray and Justin Timberlake What, no Anne Heche Anyway, Ellen DeGeneres debuts Sept.

8 on the WB network. A STAR CAST II: Never a dull moment for Ozzy Osbourne The mumbling menace has canceled two UKtour dates after breaking his foot, reports Ananova.com Osbourne was to play the Wembley Arena and the Birmingham NEC this week, but he needs surgery on his foot and has rescheduled the concerts for October and November. Daughter Kelly had already pulled out of the shows last month due to ill health. Lined up: Ellen DeGeneres, Justin Timberlake, Jennifer Aniston and Macy Gray. REDEYE WEDNESDAY 62.