There's been an INORDINATE amount of talk about who's being brought back from the original cast in the CW's updated version of Beverly Hills, 90210. Jenny Garth, Ian Ziering, and Tori Spelling have all agreed to come back but the big fat question remains: What about the most identifiable and memorable actor on the show? Shannen "Brenda" Doherty, of course! Her bad-girl exploits (tame compared to the bad girls of today) contributed enormously to making the high school drama a hit. But as Tori Spelling wrote in her book, the rest of the cast grew intolerant of Shannen's lateness and attitude, and they pushed Aaron Spelling to fire her. Her departure was pretty much the kiss of death for the series. Shannen WOULD get a lot of people tuning in to the new 90210, but her name never comes up! How come?
Look closely at this picture and you'll see the new and improved Kevin Federline. Clubhounds have been surprised to see that he's discarded his falling-down hip hop jeans for designer denims and ditched the oversize T shirts for cool jackets. His braids are long gone and he sports a close buzzcut. He's actually well-groomed! He's got the slick sophisticated look of a guy on the cover of a men's magazine. Could splitting with Britney have improved his looks? Or did he clean up his act for the upcoming courtroom appearances? Nowadays when he walks into a club the girls buzz around like flies. But so far he's still playing hard to get.
