What issues brought Anne Hathaway this week to the Democratic convention?

"That's a good question, and it should be a simple one," she told Danny Strong, an actor and screenwriter who is keeping a video diary of the convention for the Associated Press. "But right now I feel like there's so many aspects of our great nation which could use a little bit of help, or a lotta bit of help, that it's hard to pick just one.

"I think the most important thing is the economy. We need to figure out the housing crisis. We need to build up our middle class again. Right now, the disparity between the uber-rich and the uber-poor, it's worrying and it's not getting better. We need to focus on a way to just get our economy back, to get it back on track."

I think we'd put her in the uber-rich category.

Dr. Dre's 20-year-old son has died, the rapper's publicist said yesterday.

"Dr. Dre is mourning the loss of his son, Andre Young Jr.," publicist Lori Earl said in a statement.

Young, who was named after his father, was found dead Saturday by his mother at their home in suburban Woodland Hills, Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. John Kades said.

An autopsy was performed Monday, but the cause of death wasn't likely to be determined for eight weeks while toxicology tests are done, Kades said.

Young "had been out with friends" the previous night and returned home around 5:30 a.m., said Los Angeles County Coroner's assistant chief Ed Winter. An autopsy was performed Monday. No foul play is suspected.

Is Paula Abdul jealous over the addition of a female judge on "American Idol"? Not at all, she says. In fact she's "thrilled" that old friend Kara DioGuardi is joining the panel.

"It's about time another girl joined," Abdul told People Magazine this week. "More girl power."

Abdul, 46, who has been an "Idol" judge for the past seven seasons, says DioGuardi's songwriter and producer experience will bring a different mix to the table.

Despite initial reports of a dustup after Abdul told a Phoenix radio station Monday, "I am concerned about the audience and their acceptance ... time will tell," both Abdul and DioGuardi say there are no hard feelings.

George Clooney and Brad Pitt are making two appearances at the Venice Film Festival this week.

They were slated to appear last night at a fund-raising event for their charity, Not On Our Watch. Then they were to return to the red carpet today when the Coen brothers film "Burn After Reading" opens the 65th year of the festival, which runs through Sept. 6.

Not On Our Watch has raised more than $7 million to help victims of the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan and the cyclone in Myanmar, also known as Burma, said executive director Alex Wagner.

The charity, which was launched last year by the stars and some of their "Ocean's Thirteen" colleagues, uses their star appeal to bring attention to human rights abuses, but it isn't so easy to get even two of the founders together because of filming and family demands, Wagner said.

"Scheduling is very difficult. Two of them happened to be in Venice at the same time because of the 'Burn After Reading' premiere ... so there was a brainstorming session," she said.