THE latest Spelling family catfight is playing out in the book world. Publishers of competing titles by Tori (above) and Candy Spelling are in a rat race to get each blonde’s book out ahead of the other’s. According to an insider, St. Martin’s Press, the house behind Candy’s new “Stories from Candyland,” moved her publication date up two weeks, from April 14 to March 31. “They made that decision after getting wind that the publication date for Tori’s book was moved to April 14,” dished the source.

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MATT Damon’s wife, Luciana, so loved Sarah Silverman’s video proclaiming, “I’m f - - - ing Matt Damon,” that she took it to heart. “Somebody sent [her] a shirt that said, ‘I’m f - - - ing Matt Damon,’ and there was a note with it. ‘You’re actually the only person who can wear this.’ I swear it wasn’t me who sent it,” Damon tells parade.com. “She was pregnant at the time, so it was really funny to watch her wear the shirt . . . We both laughed a lot.”

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Actor Ron Silver, who won a Tony Award as a take-no-prisoners Hollywood producer in David Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow” and did a political about-face from loyal Democrat to Republican activist after the Sept. 11 attacks, died Sunday at the age of 62.

“Ron Silver died peacefully in his sleep with his family around him early Sunday morning” in New York City, said Robin Bronk, executive director of the Creative Coalition, which Silver helped found. “He had been fighting esophageal cancer for two years.”

Silver, an Emmy nominee for a recurring role as a slick strategist for liberal President Jed Bartlet on “The West Wing,” had a long history of balancing acting with left-leaning social and political causes.

But after the 2001 terrorist attacks, longtime Democrat Silver turned heads in Hollywood with outspoken support of President George W. Bush over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Silver spoke at the 2004 Republican National Convention, began referring to himself as a “9/11 Republican” and reregistered as an independent.

In an interview with The Associated Press a month later, Silver said his support for the war on terror was costing him work in liberal-minded Hollywood.

“It’s affected me very badly. I can’t point to a person or a job I’ve lost, but this community is not very pluralistic,” Silver told the AP. “I haven’t worked for 10 months.”

His switch to a more conservative image threatened to overshadow an esteemed career on stage, television and film, along with his long history of activism, which included co-founding the nonpartisan Creative Coalition, an advocacy group for entertainers.

“He was a talented actor, a scholar and a great believer in participatory democracy,” Bronk said Sunday evening. “He was an activist who became a great artist and his contributions will never be forgotten.”

His big-screen credits included “Ali,” “Reversal of Fortune,” “Enemies: A Love Story,” “Silkwood” and “Semi-Tough.”

Besides “The West Wing,” Silver was a regular or had recurring roles on such TV shows as “Veronica’s Closet,” “Chicago Hope” and “Wiseguy.” He directed and costarred in the 1993 TV movie “Lifepod,” a science-fiction update of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Lifeboat.”

Silver’s Tony for “Speed-the-Plow” came in 1988, a year after he earned his first Emmy nomination, for the murder thriller “Billionaire Boys Club.”

Silver still found work despite his conservative shift, appearing in episodes of “Law & Order” and “Crossing Jordan” and such movies as “Find Me Guilty” and the Ten Commandments comedy “The Ten.”

He continued his recurring role on “The West Wing,” joking that he faced some taunting over his views from co-workers on the show which took place in a fiercely liberal White House administration.

“Often when I walked onto the set of ‘The West Wing’ some of my colleagues would greet me with a chanting of ‘Ron, Ron, the neo-con.’ It was all done in fun but it had an edge,” Silver wrote in a Nov. 15, 2007, entry of his blog on the Pajamas Media Web site.

Silver’s on-screen work rankled liberals, too. He narrated 2004’s “Fahrenhype 9/11,” a deconstruction of Michael Moore’s Bush-bashing hit documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11.”

“Michael Moore and that faction of the party was one of the factors that did not let me support the Democratic nominee this year,” Silver told the AP in 2004. “He is a charlatan in a clown suit.”

Born July 2, 1946, in New York City, he was the son of Irving and May Silver. His father worked in New York’s garment industry and his mother was a teacher.

Earning a bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a master’s degree in Chinese history from St. John’s University, Silver studied drama at the Herbert Berghof Studio and the Actors Studio.

In the 1970s, he gradually moved from theater work in New York City into television and film. His early credits included “The Mac Davis Show,” “Rhoda” and “The Stockard Channing Show.”

Silver and ex-wife Lynne Miller had a son, Adam, and daughter, Alexandra.

Whichever end of the political spectrum his activism fell, Silver viewed such involvement as something of a duty for entertainers.

“I think there’s almost an obligation,” he said in a 1991 interview with the AP. “Many of us are very well compensated for work which a lot of people would love to do. And we also have a lot of leisure time in between jobs. …

“They say that Hollywood is sex without substance, and Washington is substance without sex, so maybe the marriage of the two is mutually intriguing.”

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Charlie Sheen and his wife, real estate investor Brooke Mueller, welcomed twin boys — Bob and Max — Saturday in Los Angeles.

The new arrivals are the couple’s first children together.

On March 12, Sheen told Extra he was officially “on standby” for the twins’ impending arrival.

“What time is it?…It could be tomorrow, next week. We’re on standby,” he admitted. Prompting their heightened alert was Mueller’s overnight trip to an L.A. hospital last month after experiencing premature contractions, not uncommon in women carrying twins.

The couple — who met through Eric Dane and his wife Rebecca Gayhart in 2006 — said they had not yet settled on names.

“We’re still sort of circling Bob and Nik…N-I-K,” the actor, 43, told Extra.

Sheen and Mueller, 31, announced they were expecting last summer.

“Brooke and I are thrilled! She’s the best stepmom Sam, Lola and Cassandra could ever hope for,” Sheen told Us at the time, referring to his three daughters, Sam, 5, and Lola, 3 (with ex-wife Denise Richards), and Cassandra, 23 (with ex-girlfriend Paula Profitt).

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Jessica Alba was spotted out for a bike ride around France’s capital city on Wednesday afternoon. Look how happy she is.

The “Sin City” starlet stopped by the “Jeu de Paume” museum for an art exhibition, then heading over to “Saint Germain des Pres” for lunch.

The 27-year-old actress, in the City of Lights for Fashion Week, is definitely embracing the local customs.

Jessica Alba in Paris

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Taylor Swift and Zac Efron walked the red carpet. Zac and Taylor also took the time to sign autographs and meet fans, while also posing for photos.

Taylor Swift’s hair and makeup team never fail to impress, and the singer face was flawless yet again. She looked flawless at the Grammy Red Carpet in February with a v-neckline — she should stick with that, although you have to give her props for taking a risk.

Taylor Swift lovely/leggy @ the 17 Again prem in Sydney

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Halle Berry was spotted enjoying some active quality time at The Golf Course in Bel Air with her beau Gabriel Aubry and their daughter Nahla.

Halle Berry At The Golf Course in Bel Air

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Selma Blair loves a good bikini beach day, and she seized an opportunity to show off her body in Miami over the weekend. She and her boyfriend/costar Mikey Day headed down to Florida for the opening of the Viceroy Miami hotel on Thursday, and stayed for a romantic long weekend.

“It’s never happened to me before but it happened, I fell in love. I’ve never had a set romance. I think it makes work a lot more fun,” said Selma.

Selma Blair Bikini

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