I DUMPED 'SOPRANOS' STAR AFTER THE SENIOR PROM

The ENQUIRER usually pays $200 for contributions to their Celebrity Classmates section (this week: "BOYS DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE WITH CHEERLEADER KATHIE LEE") but if you're Loraraine Baracco's ex-boyfriend Ray Nowak, you earn a full page (and no dough) for revelations like how your first date was a showing of "The Godfather!" "Lorraine was hot," he said. "She was easily one of the prettiest girls in school. A lot of guys wanted to date her. The girls wanted to be her friend." ONLY IN THE ENQUIRER ... do guys in high school want to date the same person that other girls want as their friend.

INSIDE PHYLLIS DILLER'S H'WOOD HEAVEN

You will find an oil painting of Bob Hope that he presented her after filming "Boy Did I Get a Wrong Number" in 1966, although it looks like it was bought for $14.44 at Kmart. Phyllis, 85, has a 22-room mansion in Brentwood, Calif.--"on the same street where O.J. Simpsn was living when he was arrested after the murder of his ex-wife Nicole."

The Card Room is where Phyllis invented "Diller Gin."

"It's absolutely fabulous," she said. "Deuces are wild and you can pick up as many cards as you want."

"I play almost every night with friends like June Haver and Ward Grant.

June Haver, incidentally, last acted in 1953, when she entered a convent. Ward Grant is Bob Hope's long time publicist who, like it or not, only has one thing left to announce.

H'WOOD DIGS DEEP FOR CHARITY

A tedious clip job on celebrity do-gooders, featuring the thinnest photos recently published of Jerry Lewis, Oprah Winfrey and Elizabeth Taylor. I'm sorry, but there's only so much pre-9/11 guilt anyone can take.

HOW MARGOT KIDDER'S SUPER DOGS SAVED HER LIFE

She was driving from Maine to Canada to star in a production of "The Vagina Monologues", a regular gig of late. But after her SUV skidded sideways, and then rolled over, Kidder's mixed-breed dogs rushed to her rescue by barking loudly. Margot's good friend David Stucky told The ENQUIRER that the actress will require "a walker and crutches for some months, but she's still in great spirits." Guess her vagina was unharmed.

You can always send Margot a free ecard courtesy of her very own website. The one where she's wearing a Blues Brothers T-shirt with the protruding nipples is especially tasty. Despite the mishap, Kidder is still on for next weekend's Super Mega Show in Newark, NJ, where she is scheduled to sign autographs alongside original Lois Lane actress Noel Neill, plus Charlie Callas, Uncle Floyd and a batch of large breasted women ("B" starlets and "Playboy" models) and men (wrestlers).

BILLY BOB MOVES NEW GALPAL INTO HIS LOVE NEST

"Both Angelina and former wife Pietra are devastated that Billy Bob is partying up a storm at the mansion with beautiful Danielle Dotzenrod--who's the new woman of the house, say sources." Nice to know that as Mr. Thornton first tasted the spotlight with "Sling Blade," his latest 5'9" flame represented South Winneshiek on an all-state volleyball team in Iowa. She was a middle blocker. FAST FACT: Danielle's eventual goal is to become a music teacher.