You're kidding!

From the editors of tbt* Tampa Bay Times

By Times Wires
Published November 28, 2007

Truly, friends, it's time to head for the bomb shelters, because Details has named Kevin Federline one of its "50 Most Influential Men Under 45." Read that first sentence again so we're all on the same page. The 29-year-old ex-husband of Britney Spears is No. 7 on the list, sharing the title of "Good Father" with Anna Nicole Smith-boyfriend Larry Birkhead. Did IQs drop suddenly over the holiday weekend? "Here is the person who people think of as this universal joke, who has oddly emerged as father of the year," Details editor Dan Peres tells Us. "The kids would go running to him and were very warm and very well behaved." Says the proud papa of four: "To be a father is ... everything. It shows me how little I am." And while Fed-Ex is finding work from time to time, he tells the mag he'd like to stretch his chops a bit. "I'd actually like to play somebody other than a bad guy or an ass," he says. Well, life imitates art, you know.

Rihanna's got style

The results arein for Seventeen's inaugural Style Star awards, and Rihanna takes the top spot among trendsetters this year. Gina Kelly, the magazine's fashion director, helped pick the winners for the December/January issue, and told the AP that the Umbrella singer got the honor because she embraced '80s looks and helped restart a trend those of us old enough to remember the decade would like to leave buried. "I love her because she's not like anyone else out there," Kelly says. Other fashionistas making the cut include Vanessa Hudgens, Jessica Alba, Jordin Sparks, Fergie, Lauren Conrad, Ashley Simpson and Lil Mama. What, no Gwen Stefani? She must be too old these days.

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