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Crawford is ready to follow the fancy footwork of Kevin Bacon when he begins shooting Paramount’s reboot of the 1984 dance classic Footloose next March. The 23-year-old Gossip Girl star landed the lead after Zac Efron dropped out. “I know Zac and we’re actually friends,” Crawford tells Entertainment Weekly. “He’s gotta make the best choice for his career at this point and I have to make the best for mine and luckily it worked out for both of us.” Still, Crawford wasn’t even born when the original premiered in theaters. So is this just an elaborate ruse to win at Six Degrees? Jokes Crawford, “I want my number to be up — my Bacon number.” Crawford won the part after a brutal audition, including dancing and singing, for producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (Hairspray) and director Kenny Ortega (High School Musical). “It was, like, five hours of the most rigorous tests ever,” says Crawford. “I walked out very confident.”

A Paramount spokesperson confirmed to EW that Dancing With the Stars’ Julianne Hough will screen-test this week. Hough’s recent success as a country music star could give her an advantage. Says Meron, “It’s a much more singing-intensive movie for the female lead.”

The new Footloose, which recently got a rewrite from Erin Brockovich’s Susannah Grant, will pay homage to the first film — the setting will still be a dance-free town, and the original cast could pop up in cameos. Also expect to hear familiar tunes like the title track. “The classic hit songs from the movie will be sung,” says Zadan. “There will be new songs that will be written by new artists, and those will be soundtrack songs.” Explains Meron, “It’s not really a burst-into-song musical. Any songs that are sung are coming out of an organic place.”

One thing that may not reappear is some of the more elaborate choreography. “I don’t know if the gymnastics [high bar] scene is going to make it,” says Crawford, who’s about to embark on an Ortega-plotted training regimen. “I’ve got some movement in me, but I’m not a dancer,” he admits. “I need to start stretching now.”

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During a recent trip to Miami, Kim Kardashian showed off more than just her and her sisters’ new boutique. The reality star stepped out on the beach flaunting a toned bikini bod! “The best tip for looking good at the beach is to be confident,” Kim, 28, told Life & Style at the May 20 opening of Dash’s Miami outpost. “The most important thing is not to be shy — work with what you have.”

Still, Kim adds, sometimes a quick fashion fix is the best way for a girl to flaunt her figure on the beach. “A cover-up is a girl’s best friend,” she says. “Every one’s got a body part that’s not a favorite, so find the perfect style to help make you feel more confident about your body.” Kim’s other tips for hitting the beach include:

ALWAYS KEEP YOUR WATER BOTTLE FULL

“A few days before heading to the beach, start drinking more water,” says Kim. “A couple of big bottles a day will help you get a flatter stomach.”

GIVE SALTY FOODS THE BOOT

“Avoid salty food for a week before you go,” says Kim, who knows that snacks that are high in sodium (like fast food and chips) cause the body to retain tons of excess water. “It’s tough, but it’s worth it.”

A TAN HELPS CONCEAL IMPERFECTIONS

“A tan can make you look 10 pounds slimmer,” Kim says. “Before you hit the beach, get a spray tan or spend the night before applying a self-tanner.”

I see Stacy sticks around for the new season of The Hills?  Those crazy drama whores over at MTV!

Adam Lambert says role models come in a variety of different forms – even in eye makeup, fingernail polish and tight pants.

“It’s a really, really cool thing,” the American Idol runner-up says, “to be able to show people that you can be yourself, and you should be proud of yourself, and you should own who you are and what you’re about, and never make apologies for it.”

So to those who speculate about his sexuality, he has a message. “Calm down,” he says, and “keep speculating.”

Lambert, 27, who finished second to Kris Allen in the show that ended May 20, says his comfort with himself can serve as an example. “It feels really amazing to be able to try and pass that on to kids and young adults who don’t have a role model like that,” he says. “It feels great because I never had a role model like that.”

“Conforming is not cool,” he adds. “Embracing who you are and what makes you different is actually what’s really cool … The kids that are different and out there and expressive and are bold with those choices, those are the people that grow up to be people we all want to hang out with, that become celebrities or become really successful in what they do because they believe in who they are.”

As for all the talk about his personal life, Lambert says just one word when asked if he’ll address his sexuality directly, say in an upcoming issue of Rolling Stone: “Maybe.”

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