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CLEANING UP Clearly, someone made a deal with the Devil. In a series of new commercials for Dirt Devil vacuum cleaners, the ever-elegant Fred Astaire, who died in 1987, is shown hoofing with assorted cleaning machines, via a now-familiar digital process. (The same technology allowed Jackie Gleason to hawk Braun hand blenders in a recent ad.) In the first of three spots, which will debut during the Super Bowl Jan. 26, Astaire's famed Royal Wedding number was modified so that his hat-rack partner was replaced with a cordless Broom Vac. Understandably, movie purists are up in arms about the revisionist history. ''I feel sorry that heirs of Mr. Astaire need the money that badly,'' notes film critic Gene Siskel. Astaire's widow, Robyn, 52, who licensed her late husband's image for an undisclosed amount of money, shrugs off the criticism. ''There is nothing inherently inappropriate with advertising,'' says Robyn. ''Fred did commercials when he was alive. And Fred should be out there.'' What's next: Ginger Rogers waltzing with a Cuisinart? -- Casey Davidson and Anna Holmes
MARRIED...WITH DRESSES What was Brooke Shields doing wearing a wedding gown to the People's Choice Awards Jan. 12? Practicing. Though no official date has been set for the long-pending nuptials between Shields and tennis beau Andre Agassi (the couple have been engaged since February 1996), it appears Shields has been planning her big day. The Suddenly Susan star admitted that she found her People's Choice dress, a platinum Suzanne Neville design, while shopping at The Bridal Suite -- a wedding boutique in Sherman Oaks, Calif. Suite owner Angelica Divinagracia also confirms that two other Neville wedding gowns -- both appropriate for any season -- have been considered by Shields. ''She wanted a very, very romantic gown,'' says Divinagracia, ''not necessarily traditional, but very feminine.'' Much to the delight of Divinagracia, Shields has been back twice to pin and pine. But so far, she hasn't made a final pick. -- Tricia Laine
SEE WILLY While Wes Craven's latest gore-fest, Scream, is fast becoming a new terror benchmark (grossing $50 million to date), it's also scaring up talk about Tom Cruise's All the Right Moves. In the slasher flick, a tarty teen (Rose McGowan) tells her best bud (Neve Campbell) that she's rented Moves so that they can see Cruise's privates. And it's true. According to The Bare Facts Video Guide, the then-21-year-old actor does display ''very brief frontal nudity'' in the 1983 movie. But do fans really want Cruise to show them the...you know? So far, no one's flocking to the video stores. ''This sucker hasn't been taken out since we opened nearly two years ago,'' says Luisa ''Lulu'' Bacchiani, manager of Flik's Video in Manhattan, of Moves. Scream screenwriter Kevin Williamson chalks it up to the tidbit's being old news. ''Kids today know all that stuff,'' he says. ''I've known about the Cruise thing forever. We are the VCR generation.'' -- Joe Dziemianowicz and Chris Nashawaty
