Joanna Levesque — a.k.a. 17-year-old pop star JoJo — is barely taking a breath for the Fourth of July holiday before getting right back into her hectic schedule.

"We're about three-quarters of the way through my next album, 'All I Want is Everything,' and I've been singing every single day without a break," she reports. In about two weeks, "We'll pick out the first single and then do the video. Then we'll start promotion.

"This is — by far — the work I'm most proud of thus far in my life. There's only one song on the album not written by me. They're all songs I can personally relate to, things I've gone through in the last year or so."

Such as? "I had my first real relationship, which ended really badly, and I wrote about that," she says. (She dated American soccer player Freddy Adu from May 2005 until September 2006.) "And I wrote about finding a new relationship, and about being a young woman and all that means — feeling feminine and sexy, having adventures and traveling."

Levesque also has a Lifetime movie comedy coming up, the adaptation of Lola Douglas's "True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet," about a teen superstar, fresh out of rehab, who goes to live the quiet life with her aunt in the suburbs. "I took it because I thought it would be fun," says the veteran of the big-screen "RV" and "Aquamarine." "I wasn't trying to portray anyone in particular, just in general," she adds. As far as who might have inspired parts of the script? "People can say whatever they want. I used to worry about things like that, but now I don't."

VROOM, VROOM: Car junkies who don't mind a hot chick talking about hot rods will be pleased to learn that Spike TV's hottest host, Courtney Hansen, will be even more prevalent as she's set to host the new show "Great Builds." It will be a continuation of her work on "Power Block," but she tells us the show definitely has its own unique voice. "It's going to cover all of the fan favorites of the past 20 years since 'Power Block' has been on the air. It's the best car/truck builds we've ever done," she explains of the program premiering in August.

"It's not 100 percent just for the gear head," she says. "You will see the entire car being built from start to finish with a celebrity builder talking about what he thinks of the car."

As soon as that wraps, Hansen tells us she's eagerly awaiting the fate of the other show she hosts for Fox Sports Net, "Destination Wild." "As much as I love the automotive world, there are so many other aspects of my life and other things that I enjoy as well, like traveling. On this show I get to travel all over the U.S. and take part in all kinds of adventures with world-class athletes," she explains. "We're on hiatus at the moment, but Fox Sports Net loves the show so we'll see what happens."

WOMAN'S WORK IS ... : "The Biggest Loser" host Alison Sweeney, who recently informed the currently shooting season six "TBL" participants that she was expecting her second child, will have to find new ways to cope. Sweeney told this column she'd just finally gotten a handle on juggling "TBL" and her gig on "Days of Our Lives" with the demands of marriage and mommyhood to her 3-year-old son. "If it wasn't for my passion for both shows, I don't know how I could do it. But we've found a way to balance it out so we can make it work. They do everything they can to accommodate me on 'Biggest Loser.' And I love being part of both of them. It's such a great opportunity."

Meanwhile, Sweeney reports she's approached constantly by people who've changed their lives just by watching the reality weight loss program. "The show really does inspire people to lose weight," says Sweeney. "They come up to me all the time and tell me it motivates them to hit the gym an extra time or eat healthy that night. I've had people tell me they've lost over 100 pounds. It's awesome."

GAME FOR TWO: Filmmaker Jay Roach reports he has an Americanized version of the 1998 French film "Diner de cons" ("The Dinner Game") in development, but doesn't know yet who'll star. The story, involving a group of intellectual types who deliberately invite stupid guests to join them at dinner each week, is a star vehicle for two strong comic actors. When his back goes out, the smug leader of the group unexpectedly finds himself in the care of the clumsy jackass he was going to take to the dinner. Casting possibilities abound.

With reports by Stephanie DuBois and Emily Feimster.

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