Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, so-called “celebutants” from Fox reality show The Simple Life 2, will host the 2004 Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles.

Soul crooner Luther Vandross won four National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People Image Awards in a ceremony that blended politics with a wide range of honours for works by and about people of colour.

Ruben Studdard outsang Clay Aiken early today to become the new American Idol.