Tattle: Stunt's the thing for Hayden

"THE LESS BLOODY I have to be, the better for me," actress Hayden Panettiere said in a recent phone chat. "As long as it has to do with a stunt, that's the way I like to die."

Panettiere should know: She died or came close to it often as the indestructible cheerleader Claire Bennet on NBC's "Heroes." But her next character has much more to worry about.

Panettiere appears in "Scream 4," which hits theaters Friday. Not only is she no longer immortal, but now there's a killer coming after her and her comely buddies.

"There's something so scary about that mask," she said. "Halloween masks nowadays, they're just so gruesome and gory. But there's something so simplistic and eerie and creepy about that mask."

In the four-quel, Panettiere appears alongside series familiars like Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette and newbies like Emma Roberts and Rory Culkin. Panettiere plays the brassy Kirby. "She's got this tomboy edge to her, this dry sarcastic sense of humor, but she's still one of the girls," Panettiere said. "But then underneath, she's this horror-movie buff, which is not what you expect from her."

The movie picks up when the oft-targeted Sydney (Campbell) returns to her hometown on a book tour and Ghostface comes out to play once more.

Want to feel old? Dig this: Panettiere was only 7 when the original "Scream" flick was released in 1996. But she loves that this isn't a total reboot and includes some oldheads like Cox and Campbell. "I love that they did that; they respect where this film came from," Panettiere said.

Lohan in White Fight

 Lindsay Lohan has made her share of mistakes in her short career but she may have just made her biggest: challenging Betty White.

"I cannot stand the people who get wonderful starts in show business, and who abuse it," White told the Daily Mail on Friday. "Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen, for example, although there are plenty of others, too. They are the most blessed people in the world and they don't appreciate it."

Lindsay responded to E! News saying, "Wow. I've always been a fan of hers. It's just a bit strange when people feel they must speak publicly about others. Especially a grown woman."

Whoa, Lindsay! Don't you know that Betty White is a national treasure and to diss her is likely to bring the entirety of pop culture's wrath upon you? When a still-working 89-year-old woman calls out a down-and-out 24-year-old who once had it all, we suggest the latter bend down and say, "Yes, sir, may I have another?"

Lohan may be feeling confident because she's currently in talks to star as Victoria Gotti in a new movie called "Gotti: Three Generations," focusing on John "The Teflon Don" Gotti through the yes of his son, John Jr. John Travolta has already signed on to play the elder Gotti, who died in prison in 2002 while serving a life sentence for various nefarious things.

Tattbits

 * The newest hitch for

peace in the Middle East? Justin Bieber.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a confab with Bieber scheduled for tonight after the teen pop sensation refused to meet with children who live in neighborhoods near the Gaza border. Last Thursday, the children had just left a school bus when it was hit by Hamas rockets, critically wounding a teenager and killing the bus driver. No word yet on why Bieber refused to do the meet-and-greet. Lady Tattle can't imagine him being political. Bieber is set to perform in Israel tomorrow where, and he's been tailed by throngs of tween girls. Also by photographers. Bieber tweeted: "You would think paparazzi would have some respect in holy places. All I wanted was the chance to walk where jesus did here in isreal. [sic] They should be ashamed of themselves. Take pictures of me eating but not in a place of prayer, ridiculous."

* Kelsey Grammer is getting in

on the reality-show game. He's forming a production company, G3 Productions, with the folks behind T.I.'s old MTV reality show, "T.I.'s Road to Redemption." (Considering the rapper is back in the clink for parole violations, let's just put that one to bed, shall we?) Grammer is a fan of the reality genre; his recently ex-wife Camille blabbed to the press that he got her to join "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" so he could cheat on her.

Grammer's first proposal is a show about the three NYC-dwelling single ladies who write the website ThatsNotOkayNY.com, a site that exposes things such as "Trying to out 'win' Charlie Sheen on your daddy's expense account" and then deems them not OK.

* Punker Iggy Pop said "American Idol" producers contacted him about a possible judging gig before the current roster of Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler and the returning Randy Jackson was set in stone. "It didn't go very far," said Pop, who performed Johnny O'Keefe's "Real Wild Child (Wild One)" - he covered the tune on his 1986 record "Blah Blah Blah" - on last week's result show. "There were two phone calls . . . I wasn't sure I was interested or available. They called me . . . I was curious and we spoke a couple times, and that was as far as that went."

* We're upset that Pop passed. He might actually dare voice a negative opinion, unlike this season's astoundingly nonjudgmental table. Then, of course, he mightsmear peanut butter all over his body and gyrate furiously.

* Remember yesterday when

we let you in all of the fancy-schmancy guest stars joining Will Ferrell on the finale of "The Office"? Champion tweeter Mindy Kaling - who pulls double duty as Kelly Kapoor and serves as exec producer on the show, released the faux names of the guests via her feed. She tweeted, "William Arnett plays 'Fred Henry,' Raymond Romano plays 'Merv Bronte,' and James Spader plays 'Robert California.' These are real, guys."

Let's hope so. If not, we'll feel mighty silly about letting y'all know. For those keeping score at home, Kaling said that Catherine Tate will be named "Nellie Bertrum."