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Luminaries attending Barbara Davis' 30th Carousel of Hope gala for juvenile diabetes Oct. 25 may want to bring along ear plugs to protect themselves from the sounds of screaming teenage girls en route into the party -- as teen idols The Jonas Brothers have been added to the lineup of performers for the evening.

The youngest one has diabetes," notes Barbara Davis, speaking of 16-year-old Nick. "That's how we got into it. Actually, I called his dad and I had to congratulate him as well as their mom on raising boys who are so well-grounded. This boy wrote a song about diabetes ("A Little Bit Longer"), and he will sing that," she reveals.

The Beverly Hilton event is on track to live up to its lavish predecessors, with literally pages worth of luxurious items to be auctioned off -- ranging from a shiny new $142,000 Mercedes SL 63 AMG to a three-night stay for 12 at a fully-staffed seaside estate. Honoring Denzel and Pauletta Washington, its star lineup of guests includes Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Halle Berry, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith, Diane Keaton, Virginia Madsen, Sharon Stone, Shaquille O'Neill, Steven Spielberg, Forest and Keisha Whitaker, Jimmy Woods, Adrien Brody, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. Performers will include Josh Groban, Babyface, Donna Summer and emcee Jay Leno.

"I think I'm very lucky, the way the economy has crashed in the past month. I'm honestly a pain in the neck, and I started bothering everybody about this event a year ago. You really need to get a head start," says Davis, whose mission to help children with diabetes dates back to when her own daughter Dana was diagnosed as a child. With funding from her late husband, billionaire Marvin Davis, she established Denver's 18-year-old Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, where 5,000 youngsters currently receive care and research is ongoing.

REAL TEARS: Paris Hilton tells us that the hardest part of making her "My New BFF" MTV reality show was "going through the eliminations. I hated doing that. It was so emotional, people would be crying. It was really tough," she recalls.

She's now focusing on the Nov. 7 limited release of "Repo! The Genetic Opera" in which she stars with Alexa Vega, Anthony Head, Sarah Brightman and Paul Sorvino. The soundtrack, on which Paris has five songs, is already in release.