THE BUZZ.

Byline: - Staff and Wire Services

CELLULAR SHOW: If ever there was a TV series made for the instant gratification of one-minute wireless phonecasting, it's ``The Simple Life.'' Fox and Verizon announced Monday that 60-second ``mobisodes'' of ``The Simple Life: Interns'' will be available on demand for Verizon's wireless broadband customers starting April 6. Bunim-Murray Productions says the shorts will feature unaired footage of Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie winging it through a variety of trainee jobs for which they are either grossly unqualified or in which they are barely interested. The eight mobisodes will cost users 99 cents each.

LET'S GO TRIPPIN': Actress Cameron Diaz and some of her friends will go ``Trippin'' around the world on a 10-part series for MTV. Beginning March 28 at 10:30 p.m., Cameron and her crew will explore some of the most exotic, environmentally distinct places on the planet and seek to discover ways to preserve them. You'll see Cameron sand-boarding in the Atacama Desert of Chile, riding elephant-back in the grasslands of Nepal, competing in an archery competition in Bhutan, relaxing in the hot springs within the last remaining intact ecosystem in Yellowstone National Park and collaring lions in the Serengeti Desert of Africa. She'll be joined by Drew Barrymore, Eva Mendes, Kid Rock and, of course, Justin Timberlake, among others.

BACK ON THE RADIO: Talk-show host Tavis Smiley, who severed ties with National Public Radio because he felt the network failed to build the minority audience he desired, is returning to public radio. His weekend talk show will air beginning April 29, distributed by Public Radio International. There was no immediate word on which Los Angeles-area stations would carry the show, which has the same name as its host. Smiley continues with his talk program on PBS, carried by KCET weeknights at 11 p.m.

NICKS IN VEGAS: Stevie Nicks will begin a four-night stand at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on May 10, under the moniker ``Dreams.'' ``I am looking forward to it because it's a chance to play and do something where you don't really have to travel,'' the artist said backstage Monday night at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York.

HOMETOWN PRIDE: Usher, the Grammy-winning r&b artist who is part-owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, has unveiled a symbol from his floor seats that he calls the ``Double C.''

During the team's game Sunday, Usher crossed his arms over his head and curled his hands to form letter C's. Fans made the symbol as the Cavaliers downed the Indiana Pacers 98-86.

Usher said his hometown of Atlanta has a special sign called the ``A-town down.''

``This is my way of showing my Cleveland Cavaliers pride,'' he said in an e-mail to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

TWINS CANCELED: The Cocteau Twins have pulled out of their previously announced April 30 performance at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio. According to a spokesperson, group member Elizabeth Fraser has opted out of the show, which would have been the band's first in eight years, due to undisclosed personal reasons. According to a spokesperson, this news puts an end to plans for additional Cocteau Twins shows this year. Last month, the group said on its official Web site that it was planning ``engagements that will run from June and into the fall.'' It is understood that Cocteau Twins' Coachella slot will be filled by another act, not yet named.

BELIEVE ED OR NOT: Actor and all-around friend of Earth Ed Begley Jr. is putting his famous name and face on a new line of products. The first of Begley's Best is an all-purpose household spray cleaner that is advertised as ``aggressive, nontoxic, biodegradable, child safe and vegan.'' ``It's a great cleaner,'' he said. ``I'm not chemophobic, but if you can get something cleaner without using something toxic, why not?'' He's keeping the exact formula secret but divulges that it includes ``pine and citrus and herbs and vegetables that clean very well.'' Don't let those outdoor-fresh ingredients lead you to confuse it with Newman's Own condiments, though. ``I don't like too much pine in my salad,'' Begley said. ``Pine nuts, yes. Pine extracts, no.'' It's available on the Web at www.begleysbest.com and at Lassen's in Thousand Oaks. Begley said he's hoping Whole Foods will agree to stock it.

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