Aniston, Howard Bare Shorts at Film Fest

Actresses Jennifer Aniston and Bryce Dallas Howard will show off their directing skills at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films & Short Film Market, which kicks off August 23.

Aniston’s “Room 10,” a romantic drama she directed with Andrea Buchanan, stars Robin Wright Penn as a nurse alongside Kris Kristofferson. Howard’s “Orchids” stars Alfred Molina and Katherine Waterston in an unlikely romance.

Other familiar names who will appear in some of the shorts on display include James Gandolfini, Louis Gossett Jr., Joe Mantegna and Steven R. McQueen in “Club Soda”; Patrick Stewart and Joanna Lumley in “The Audition”; Ron Livingston in “Life Happens”; Margaret Cho and Jane Lynch in “Love Is Love”; David Morse in “A.W.O.L.”; Ron Silver and JoBeth Williams in “Call It Fiction”; and Wendie Malick in “Waiting for Yvette.”

The event, now in its 13th year, will run at the Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs through August 29

In the May issue of Jane, Kirsten Dunst says she doesn’t want to date another actor again.

The single actress yearns for the type of happy married life new mom and Spider-Man 3 costar Bryce Dallas Howard has, but fears she’s nowhere near that dream.

Beyonce may be one of the hardest working women in show business. She cranked out eight videos in two weeks for her new DVD, “B’Day Anthology Video Album.”

“I always wanted to do a video album,” Beyonce said in a recent interview, noting that her fans “can watch it whenever they want and not have to go to YouTube.”

The 25-year-old singer told AP Television News she was able to pull it off because everyone was well-rehearsed and prepared.

“I knew all the choreography before I started filming the videos. I knew what every hairstyle was going to be before I did it. I knew what every look (was going to be); as far as the makeup and the wardrobe, we already had the fittings,” she said.

“B’Day Anthology Video Album,” released Tuesday, features songs from her Grammy-winning “B’Day” album. The DVD coincides with the release of a deluxe edition of the disc, with seven tracks in Spanish.

Beyonce, who rides a giant black cat in one glammed-up video for the song “Kitty Kat,” said she got a kick out of reinventing her look.

“I didn’t want them to look the same,” she said. “Some are in black and white. Some are Super8. Some are very bright, vivid colors. Some are, you know, they look a little retro.”

“I wore my hair black in some. I wore ’80s makeup in one of the videos. Sixties Mod makeup. It was so exciting ’cause I love fashion, I love dressing up, so definitely it was like playing different characters.”

She added: “I can’t believe I did it. But I had a lot of help and a lot of support.”

Beyonce’s world tour, set to open Tuesday in Tokyo, will run through September, Music World-Columbia Records announced Wednesday. North American stops include New Orleans, Dallas, New York City, Washington, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. [AP]