Article: Newsmakers.(actors Cameron Diaz, Kathleen Turner, Cheyenne Jackson)(American Idol judge Paula Abdul)(Interview)

Byline: Nicki Gostin, Cathleen McGuigan, David Gates

Q&A: CAMERON DIAZ On her new MTV show, called "Trippin," Cameron Diaz and cool celebrity friends go to cool places like Nepal and Chile. Diaz chatted with NEWSWEEK's Nicki Gostin.

Why did you decide to do this show?

It was my last-ditch effort to do something with my celebrity before I high-tail it out of town--no, I'm kidding. I wanted to get kids interested in the world that we live in, to understand how we're connected to it. We're all part of a huge ecosystem and we only have one planet, so we may as well figure out how to make it work together.

Some of the friends you've taken ...

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