Just when Leonardo DiCaprio's image was starting to look a tad bit tarnished in light of some of his widely reported rowdy exploits, he turns around and fully redeems himself. It seems Leo popped by the Beverly Hills Planet Hollywood eatery for lunch Wednesdaybut the hottest commodity in town wasn't there to wheel and deal with Gucci-suited power brokers. Instead, he supped with eight very lucky young girls, whose wishes literally came true when they broke bread with the Titanic heartthrob. The Associated Press quotes 13-year-old Jennifer Nash, one of the fortunate octet, as saying, "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh," after the meeting. Nash, who hails from Hope Mills, N.C., suffers from leukemia and asked the Make-a-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina, a group that grants the wishes of youngsters with life-threatening illnesses, to arrange for her to meet Mr. DiCaprio. The other girls at the lunch were also there due to the efforts of Make-a-Wish and similar organizations. Speaking from her Beverly Hills hotel room, Jennifer says, "He was the greatest. He's just so great! He kissed me and kissed me, again and again the whole time, and he brought photographs and just told us about everything! I can't believe it!" In addition to the photographs, Nash also returns home with another memento from the event: a shirt hand-embroidered by Leo's mom. Lani Hana, the Make-a-Wish celebrity coordinator in Los Angeles, offers the understatement of the year when she explains, "Leonardo is a very hot wish right now."

-- Dan Draghici (ddraghic@sprint.ca), June 29, 1998

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That's so sweet :-)

-- Emma (foo@bar.com.au), June 29, 1998.

I know, he was a Jack Dawson that day. Good for him.

-- Dan Draghici (ddraghic@sprint.ca), June 29, 1998.

What a sweet thing to do! My mom works for the Rainbow Society, which is a wish foundation, and I know that it's sometimes hard to get the celebrities to meet the kids. Good for him.

-- Allison (allisonelizabeth@mb.sympatico.ca), July 03, 1998.

WAIT A MINUTE HE WAS KISSING HER!YOU BITCH!

-- TIFFANY HART (raul676@hotmail.com), May 02, 2003.

tiffany, how rude. go back and read the posting again, and see if you can figure out how ignorant your reply is.

-- gb (bubfan@hotmail.com), May 06, 2003.

I love Leo and it just seems like him to do something like that for someone else. He is so wonderful...

-- Ashley (Muziclovr011@Aol.com), November 14, 2004.