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\r * Q. I read that Nancy Grace l ' is pregnant with twins, and i have a lot of questions. For I starters, did she use fertility drugs? 1 IioNIK Fisher, Minnetonka, Minn. Grace won’t reveal how she got pregnant at 47. It would be “disrespectful,” she says, to tell strangers that before she can one day explain to , her son and daughter how / they were conceived. In / April, the CNN Head- / line Neivs host and £ lawyer married banker { David Linch, a college L boyfriend to whom she remained close. GRACE' “We decided, spur of the mo- | ment, to get married and try to j have children,” says Grace, now I 48. She says she never gave up I on having a family. ’ | OLIVER AND KATE HUDSON H Q. Oliver Hudson, who is in CBS’ Rules of Engagement, and movie star Kate Hudson are siblings. Their parents are Goldie Hav/n and Kurt Russell. Where does the last name Hudson come from? Laura Kukek. Minneaixtlix Oliver, 31, and Kate Hudson, 28, are, indeed, siblings. Goldie Hawn is their mother, but their father is Bill Hudson, a musician and actor who load success with a band called the Hudson Brothers. He and Hawn divorced in 1980 when Kate was about 1. Hawn and Rus sell had one child together, a son, named Wyatt 21. 4 USA WEEKEND • Nov. 16-18,2007 Who's By LORRIE LYNCH a Drew Lachey, 31, has two perspectives on Dancing With the Stars: as a contestant and as co-host (albeit briefly). We asked him to answer your questions. Q Why don’t the pros tell their partners that lifts are not allowed? They do. But Lachey says, “you have to step out of the judge’s shadow and do what you think is going to be entertaining.” Q Why do those talented people feel they must wear next to nothing? Basically, it’s what they like. Costumers are “not going to put you in something you’re not comfortable wealing.” Q Will we ever see the judges dance? Maybe. Lachey says Carrie Ann Inaba News To ask a question, e-mail whosnews@usaweekend.com or click on “Contact Columnists" at our website. Include name, city, state. THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS 11.18.07 ChloeSevigny 33 Owen Wilson 39 Elizabeth Perkins 47 11.19.07 Jodie Foster 45 Meg Ryan 46 Ann Curry 51 11.20.07 I Sabrina Lloyd 37 | Bo Derek 51 11.21.07 TroyAikman 41 Nicollette Sheridan 44 L 11.22.07 Wi Scarlett f / Johansson 23 A Jamie Lee Curtis 49 * 11.23.07 Miley Cyrus 15 | 11.24.07 I Katherine Heigl 29 Entertainment Tonights Mark Steines, 43, sees himself as an ''Everyman.” Once you know about his life, you understand why. He spent much of his youth trying to "run away” from lowa first through football, then broadcasting. Now in LA, he tells us he "yearns" for his small-town roots. Married to a former Miss America, Leanza Cornett, Steines says he wants his sons, ages 4 and 5, to enjoy the freedom he had as a child. 'We threw open our doors and let the kids go out and play." Get daky behind the scenes tidbits, check out Lome’s new Who’S News Biog at ® blogs.usaweekend.com o JEWEL bought by borrowing SI,OOO from a friend, it was the "small acts of kindness" that got her through each day, she says. "That's why I put it in one of my songs, Hands: 'ln the end, only kindness matters.'" Jewel, 33, wants to draw at tention to the 'heroic people' who are help ing kids at the street level and to let homeless youth know that "they're not forgotten." Bflr ■ m Q. One of my favorite shows is Digging ' for the Truth on the History Channel. The show is back, but the host Josh Bernstein, is gone. What happened to him? Michael Hall, Louisville Bernstein, 36, moved to the Discovery Channel, where he will host and pro- Singer/songwriter Jewel now lives on a ranch in Texas, but as a teen she spent a year being home less. And that's why she agreed to be a spokeswoman for National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. In the year she spent living in a van, which she duce shows on topics covering every thing from anthropology to environ- mental issues. The series, we’re told, will premiere next km summer. You may V recognize the new Digging for the Truth host. Hunter Ellis, 39, from two * other History Chan nel shows: Man, Mo ment, Machine and a Fwm Tactical to Pmetical. Bernstein is making new discoveries. and Bruno Tbnioli might be seen danc ing in the reality show Dance War Bruno vs. Carrie Ann, in which the two form rival groups. Lachey will host the show; which begins in January. Q How do they choose which star goes with which professional? They try to form workable partnerships. “Even if [the pro] thinks this person is not going to do well, it’s a challenge to take them.” Q It's difficult to believe that the results show is live. Everyone has the same hairdo, makeup and costumes as before. It’s live. Pictures are taken so all the de tails can be restaged. Lachey has a new hosting career, thanks to Dancing. Q, Why is the Academy of Country Musk Awards * held in LA. and Las Vegas, but not Nashville, the country music capital of the world? Judith Harrison, Brent wood, N.Y. “The Academy of Country Music has always been a Las Angeles-based organization,” says the group’s executive director, Bob Romeo. Nashville is a major force, “but the music transcends any one location.” Be sure you don’t confiise the Academy with the Country Music Association, which is based in Nashville and handed out awards earlier this month, ca Contributing: Gayle Jo Carter, Kathy Rowings, Jon Tollestrup GRACE: CLARK SAMUELS. START RAKSPHOTO. HUDSONS. ERIC CHARBONNEAU. BfHttNER STUDKVBf IMAGES; JEWEL BHE NOAN SMIALOWSW. GETTY IMAGES FOR VIRGIN MOBILE USA. LACHEY ABC/CAROL KAEISON. BERNSTEIN: JOHN a ZISSEI. IPOtyGIOBE PHOTOS, STEMS: JASON MERRITT. FILMMAGIC HB it- M