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Barack Obama's tender touch teaches a skittish, heart-scarred Anne Hathaway to love again:

The actress - speaking from the Democratic National Convention's VIP lounge, where such celebrity pilgrims as Alan Cumming, Susan Sarandon and Tim Daly are treated to complimentary shoulder rubs from the Kennedy of their choice - tells the Associated Press that she was unsure of the Democrats' man at first.

"I was kind of afraid of Obama the first time I saw him," she says. "I thought, 'I've been burned by guys like you before.'

"I've been burned by politicians before that I wanted to believe in and just didn't live up to it," Hathaway says. "And I was afraid to trust him and I was afraid to have hope when I first kind of became aware of him."

The tipping point, Hathaway says, was when she heard Obama speak about race.

"I just said, 'I can't deny how I feel about you, Barack Obama. . . . I want you in the White House.' "

Kid knows his limitations

Kid Rock, however, would never gush so about a politician, even if John McCain spooned him in a bed of wildflowers:

"I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics," the rap-rocker tells CMT Insider. "Because at the end of the day, I'm good at writing songs and singing. What I'm not educated in is the field of political science. And so for me to be sharing my views and influencing people of who I think they should be voting for . . . I think would be very irresponsible on my part," Kid Rock says. "I think celebrity endorsements hurt politicians. As soon as somebody comes out for a politician, especially in Hollywood, when they all go, 'I'm voting for this guy!' - I go, 'That's not who I'm voting for!' "

Abdul happy to share 'Idol' spotlight

After telling Phoenix radio station KISS-FM's (104.7) Johnjay & Rich show that she was concerned about the audience's reaction to the addition of fourth American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi, Paula Abdul wants the world to know that she is happy to have DioGuardi within seal-clapping range.

"It's about time another girl joined," Abdul tells People.com. "More girl power."

DioGuardi and Abdul will not be working together for the first time, however. The pair collaborated on a Kylie Minogue song called Spinning Around.

Acting lovey-dovey

The Wheel of Random Celebrity Relationships stopped this week - as it eventually must - on Kirsten Dunst and Justin Long. Long, who recently broke up with Drew Barrymore, and Dunst, who has been linked to Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Hartnett, Andy Samberg and Orlando Bloom, were spotted making out in line for margaritas in Los Angeles recently, the New York Daily News reports.

Batman, meet Cher

Cher is Catwoman.

This could be the future of the Batman movies if director Christopher Nolan has his way, Britain's Telegraph reports.

The paper quotes a "studio exec" who says Nolan wants to take the character in the opposite direction of such previous Catwomen as Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry.

The third installment of the current Batman series, The Caped Crusader, is set to start filming next year. Johnny Depp is reportedly in talks to play the Riddler.