Arts & Entertainment About Cristina Aguilera with her husband, Jordan Bratman Back To Basics At the Grammy ceremony in February, 26-year-old pop singer Cristina Aguilera won her second Best Female Pop Vocal Performance award for the song 'Ain't No Other Man: a cut on her third English studio album, Back to Basics. The man in Aguilera's life is her Jewish husband, music executive Jordan Bratman. The son of a music producer, Bratman landed his first gig in the music industry at age 16. He went on to intern at several 2007 North American Tour to the Palace of Auburn Hills 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 9 (the Gail Zimmerman Pussycat Dolls and Arts Editor Danity Kane open the show). The tour features recording studios in New York City, his three distinct stage scenes, illuminated hometown. The music marketer earned by more than 600 moving lights, and a a bachelor's degree in business manage- special hydraulic system. The double-disc ment at Tulane University. Back to Basics, which hit No. 1 in 15 coun- The couple were introduced in 2002 tries, utilizes an orchestra, choir, string by her manager, Irving Azoff (for whom quartet and jazz horns to blend a vintage Bratman was working at the time), and raw sound with modern hip-hop and soul married in 2005. They had a Jewish wed- flair. ding, although Aguilera, who was raised a Tickets are $87.50 and $57.50. (248) Catholic, did not convert to Judaism. 645-6666. How do they keep their marriage fresh in a world of celebrity meltdowns? "We Featured Artist have something called naked Sundays:' explained Aguilera to Peop/e.com . "You Born in Detroit in 1926, veteran painter have to keep marriage alive, spice it up. We Richard Kozlow's formal training was don't need to go anywhere, we're just with limited to his abbreviated studies at Cass each other. We do everything naked. We Technical High School and the Society for cook naked!' In a recent interview with Arts and Crafts (now College for Creative the Israeli edition of E! TV, Aguilera spoke Studies). After his discharge from the Navy fondly of her husband and mentioned in 1946, he spent two years painting and that she learned some Yiddish from him. working in New York City, where he gar- Aguilera will be clothed — with more nered a favorable New York Times mention. than 15 Roberto Cavalli costume changes But he returned to Detroit to marry "the — when she brings her "Back to Basics" love of his life wife Lois, and get a job. In 1960, he left a successful advertising career to live and paint in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where he applied the new techniques he'd developed to create the first of the misty mountain paintings which earned him his international reputation. With stays in Detroit sprinkled by sojourns in Spain, England and other foreign spots, he continued to paint, mounting shows all across the U.S. and abroad. While his landscapes have always been in demand by collectors, many of Koziow's most powerful works are black tempura depictions of bloody bullfights, Holocaust victims and his enigmatic mid- '90s "Masks" series. His late-'90s paintings are complex self-portraits symbolizing the forces pressing on the life of an artist. The featured artist this month in the Detroit Artists Market's Elements Gallery, Kozlow, along with wife Lois, will par- ticipate in a gallery talk-reception 4 p.m. Saturday, April 7. The couple will discuss the artist's latest works and relay stories of his studies, travels, art and life. Detroit Artists Market is located at 4719 Woodward Avenue at Forest (three blocks south of the DIA) in Detroit. Hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Admission is free. (313) 832-8540 or www.detroitartistsmarket. org. cWS •mm LE I !slate Bloom Special to the Jewish News Sweet Sara The beautiful blond actress Sara Paxton,18, has become a young people's favorite. She starred in the CD Discovery Kids cable series Darcy's Wild Life, which ran 2004-2006, (11) 011111.'' and has made a few films, including Aquamarine, a 2006 surprise hit also aimed at a young audience. Sara's per- Sara Paxton formance as a lovely young mermaid in Aquamarine made the critics clap like seals. Paxton shows off her dramatic acting ability in the Lifetime TV orig- inal movie The Party Never Stops, which airs 9 p.m. Saturday, April 7. She plays a college freshman with a drinking problem, which, Sara says, 34 April 5 e 2007 wasn't an easy role for her because she has never abused drugs or alco- hol. She told a reporter, "Maybe [it would have been easier] if I was in that teen Hollywood party scene, but I'm not part of that whatsoever." Sara is interviewed in the current issue of JVibe, a magazine for Jewish teens. The California-raised actress told JVibe that her mother, who was born in Mexico, is Jewish and that her father converted to Judaism shortly before their marriage. Judaism, Sara explained to JVibe, means a lot to her: "It is family. It is memories [we now laugh about] of a Passover seder when I was very little and got yelled at for flinging the parsley. It helps people believe that there is something greater than their lives; it helps us not be so self- centered." She added that she was so busy acting she didn't have a bat mitzvah, but she did go to temple on her 13th birthday and her family had a "little private thing." Sara, who can sing, will have her first music CD released later this year. Currently, she is filming the college comedy movie Sydney White, starring Amanda Bynes, another teen favorite who also is Jewish. Spelling Shlock No, it's not a biblical plague, but oy gevalt, the talent-challenged children of the late mega-producer Aaron Spelling are currently starring in their own TV reality shows. Tori Spelling, who would do almost anything for pub- licity, is now on Oxygen TV as the (real) co-owner with her husband, actor Dylan McDermott, of a bed-and-break- 1 Milk fast hotel. Tori Spelling Meanwhile, Tori's brother Randy, hard- ly a successful actor, is now appearing in Sons of Hollywood on A&E. We follow Randy 1 lat as he and two other Randy Spelling guys move out of their parents' Hollywood homes and try to be "producers." His co-stars are Sean Stewart, the son of famous rocker Rod Stewart, and the talent agent Dave Weintraub. Stewart has had no career to this point, unless one views his convic- tions for drug possession and assault as showbiz industry credits. Wein- traub has worked for a major talent agency, but you couldn't call him a class act. He was just giddy as he recently bragged to a reporter that Randy Spelling was Paris Hilton's first lover.