Hollywood Exclusive by Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith

Think it's not important to be an awards show presenter? Think again. Original Charlie's Angel Jaclyn Smith will be making a return to weekly TV as a reality star — thanks to her latest awards show appearance. "Bravo saw her on the Emmys and thought she was great, which she is, a stylish woman, and she has great hair. She's gorgeous. She's A-plus. She totally wanted to take it on right away."

That's the news from It Guy TV mogul Ben Silverman, producer of NBC's "The Office," "Identity" and "Biggest Loser," ABC's "Ugly Betty," USA's "Nashville Star" — and the forthcoming "Top Hair" Bravo show, which will pit stylists against each other to see who can do the best 'do. Star stylist Sally Hershberger is aboard, along with Smith, who — as Emmy watchers know — does indeed look age-defyingly lovely at 61.

That makes her 25 years older than Silverman, the hotshot London-based William Morris agent-turned-super producer, who's busy cranking out pilots for 10-minute web series for MSN, overseeing his established shows — and bringing more regular series pilots into fruition. His Reveille production company, he says, has "the best pilot-to-series ratio in television history."

Silverman's projects ahead include more imports: There's "I'm With Stupid," which he refers to as a "Norman Lear-textured show" — with the Farrelly brothers masterminding it, an Americanized version of a British series about a homeless man and his friend, who has cerebral palsy. Then there's "Kath & Kim," which has been touted as the Australian "Ab-Fab."

He notes, "I have an overall deal with NBC, and they are great partners, and they get to cherry pick" among his projects. "We are very surgical in that we plan who's going to direct something, star in it, make it live — and how we are going to market it, package it, present it."

REAL AND REEL: Legendary songwriters Brian and Eddie Holland were exchanging comments at a screening of "Dreamgirls" in L.A. the other day, and wound up being hushed by another audience member. To make up for it, the Holland brothers — who, with Lamont Dozier, created such Supremes' hits as "Baby Love," "You Keep Me Hangin' On" and "Stop! In the Name of Love!" — apologized to the disturbed patrons, with Eddie insisting on paying for the movie and their treats. If those moviegoers guessed just whom they were shushing, they have one heck of a story to tell.

So what did the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers think of the eight-time Oscar-nominated film that's inspired by the Motown dynasty that spawned The Supremes? "It didn't happen like that at all … The guy portrayed as Berry Gordy was far from truth," Brian says, referring to Jamie Foxx's character, Curtis Taylor.

"I loved Eddie Murphy in the movie, thought he did a great job. And I like the girl, Jennifer Hudson, for her first time she was great. But I think they didn't give Beyonce enough to do. Other than that, she looks beautiful."

Meanwhile, the Holland-Dozier-Holland team is moving along at a quick pace on the music for the upcoming Broadway adaptation of "First Wives Club." "We met with director Francesca Zambello last week and had a great session," says Brian. "She gave us some great pointers on how to deal with this play. We'll meet again with her and the book writer in about a month. We're going to need about 20 songs and so far we've got about eight or 10."

BACK TOGETHER AGAIN: "In Case of Emergency" regular Lori Loughlin says she jumped at the chance to reteam with her "Summerland" co-star Kay Panabaker in the upcoming indie film "Moondance Alexander." "I loved the script, and I loved that I would get to play her mother," says Loughlin, adding, "I knew that we already had great chemistry because we'd worked on the series together, and we had that bond. Also, I really liked that it was a film my kids could go see."

Loughlin says "Moondance Alexander" is based on a true story about a misfit young girl whose life is transformed after she finds a horse on her way home from school one day. She ends up working for the horse's owner, who's played by Don Johnson, and ultimately enters a jumping competition. "It's a really sweet underdog movie," says Loughlin. Do her character and Johnson's find a love connection as well? "No, Don kept joking that's going to happen in the sequel," she says with a laugh.

GETTING SUPERNATURAL: Maybe it's a sign of the times. As pilot season rolls, it looks we have even more TV storylines about things not-of-this-world on the way. A Feb. 20 production start has been set for Johnny Lee Miller's "Eli Stone," about a young attorney who starts having hallucinations — or is it divinely inspired visions? — with Natasha Henstridge and Victor Garber.

Over on Lifetime, meanwhile, they have "Blood Ties" soon to shoot — about a pretty private eye who goes out crime-solving with a guy who turns out to be a 450-year old vampire. The potential series is drawn from Tanya Huff's "Vicki Nelson" novels.

(With reports by Stephanie DuBois and Emily Feimster)

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