Thursday, January 29, 2009

Anna Faris & Chris Pratt Engaged

The House Bunny star Anna Faris and her boyfriend, actor Chris Pratt, grab lunch and shop together in Hollywood on Wednesday (January 28). “House Bunny” star Anna Faris is engaged to “Bride Wars” actor Chris Pratt.

A rep for the funny big screen star said Faris, 31, became engaged to Pratt, 29, toward the end of 2008.

“They got engaged late last year,”

The couple was spotted walking hand in hand in Los Angeles earlier this week.

“We were friends for a while,” Faris told the U.K.’s Times newspaper in October 2008 about her relationship with Pratt. “We grew up in the same area, so we have a lot in common.”

The couple will co-star later this year in “Young Americans.”

Faris was previously married to Ben Indra, whom she met in 1999 on the set of slasher film “Lovers Lane.”

The 32-year-old funny woman is currently lending her voice to the upcoming animation, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, which is based on a children’s book of the same name.

Chris, 29, was most recently in Bride Wars with Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway. He also had guest-starring roles in The O.C. and Everwood.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck pregnant third child

Perky Elisabeth Hasselbeck is at it again. She announced Thursday on The View that she and husband Tim are expecting their third child

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is expecting her third child. In fact, she says she was knocked up without even realizing it!

"I'm pregnant again!” she announced Thursday morning on The View. "I'm due in August. I'll try to pop this one out before we leave [on summer hiatus], Barbara."

The 31-year-old and her husband, Tim, 30, are already the proud parents of 3-year-old daughter Grace, and son Taylor Thomas, who just celebrated his first birthday Nov. 9.

"We were thoroughly happy with the surprise of it," she said. "I didn't even know for two months."

Hasselbeck said her husband, Tim Hasselbeck, and herself were happy with their surprise. The Hasselbeck couple did not know about her pregnancy for two months.

Elisabeth Hasselback said she realized she became pregnant after the Inauguration on Jan 20. Hasselbeck said she felt tired, nauseous and worn out.

The ardent Republican added that she thought she was tired from the hoopla of the election, but "No – I was knocked up and didn’t realize it!"

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is married to Tim Hasselbeck, a former football player. The couple’s two earlier children are Grace Hasselbeck, 3, and Taylor Hasselbeck, 1. Elisabeth Hasselbeck is expected to deliver her new baby in August 2009.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Producer Kim Manners died

The "X-Files" profilic director and producer,Kim Manners died January 25 .Manners was died because complications from lung cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 58 years old.

Manners being an active producer on nearly 160 episodes of the series and directed more than 50.He was receiving four shared Emmy nominations for his work. At the time of his death, he was a director and executive producer on the CW series "Supernatural."

His career started as a second assistant director on the 1971 feature "Valdez Is Coming," which was produced by his father, Sam Manners.

The younger Manners also directed multiple episodes of such TV shows as "Charlie's Angels," "Simon & Simon," "21 Jump Street" and "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr."

Manners is survived by his wife, Marline; his daughters, Jessica and Chelsea; his parents, Sam and Joyce Manners; his brother, Kelly, who is the line producer on Fox's new Joss Whedon series "Dollhouse"; and his sister, Tana, a longtime first assistant director.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Gene Roddenberry, wife to spend eternity in space

If before this,he just imagine a space in his film "Star Trek",now ,the creator of "Star Trek" and his wife will spend eternity together in space. Celestis Inc., a company that specializes in "memorial spaceflights," said Monday that it will ship the remains of Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett Roddenberry into space next year.

The couple's cremated remains will be sealed into specially made capsules designed to withstand the rigors of space travel. A rocket-launched spacecraft will carry the capsules, along with digitized tributes from fans. The Roddenberrys' remains and the spacecraft will travel ever deeper into space and will not return to earth.

After Gene Roddenberry died in 1991, his wife commissioned Celestis to launch a part of his remains into space in 1997. She died Dec. 18, 2008.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Evan Rachel Wood,Sexy at the SAG Awards

Out for the 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards, Evan Rachel Wood looked simply stunning as she strutted along the red carpet at the Shrine Auditorium on Sunday evening (January 25).

The “Life Before Her Eyes” beauty slowly but surely made her way inside, getting geared up for her duties as a presenter at the glitzy ceremony.

Evan tells, “I cut my finger throwing something at him (Rourke). I squeezed a can and sliced my finger open in the middle of the scene. I’m covered in blood and (Aronofsky) the director’s going, ‘Use it! Look at your hand! Keep going! Let’s take some photos of that blood make sure ours is authentic.’(He’s) Not like, ‘Are you OK?’ He said, ‘So we can call an ambulance, but we don’t have a lot of time. We can superglue it.’”

Meanwhile,Fresh off of a red carpet night the previous evening, Penelope Cruz was back at it again as she arrived at the Shrine Auditorium for the 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday evening (January 25).

The 34-year-old Spanish beauty looked lovely in a black curve-accentuating gown as she mingled with guests before hitting the entrance.

During the night’s ceremony, Penelope is up for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of Maria Elena in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” – which comes out on DVD this Tuesday (January 27).

As previously reported by Gossip Girls, Miss Cruz was named Chopin Outstanding Performer of the Year at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival the previous night.

Jennifer Love Hewitt Smiles Despite Injury, Split


To got her mind off of her ex,Jenifer Love Hewitt was seen doing some shopping with her step-sister on Saturday (January 24) while out in red.

Paying a visit to Michael’s Arts & Crafts, the “Ghost Whisperer” actress also was seen sporting a small blue cast on her left hand ,seemingly resulting from a recent accident.

While grabbing her shopping needs,she also spend a time to signing a few autographs along the way, the newly single 29-year-old then headed through checkout before pushing her cart out to the car while having a laugh with her step-sis.

Meanwhile, Jen is also coming off of her directorial debut on her hit CBS series, “Ghost Whisperer,” as the episode titled “Body of Water” aired just yesterday.

Prince Harry Splits with Girlfriend Chelsy Davy after 5 Years

A report said Britain's Prince Harry and his Zimbabwe-born girlfriend, Chelsy Davy, 23 years old, are split after five years being together.

The 24-year-old prince split amicably with Davy, a post-graduate law student at Leeds University, weeks after the couple had vacationed together in the Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius. A royal spokesman declined to comment.

According to British newspaper, News of the World, Davy, the daughter of a millionaire safari operator, made the decision to break up. This is the second time the couple has reportedly parted ways.

This partner was knowing each other through mutual friends in 2004 and conducted a long-distance relationship for three years while Davy studied at a university in Cape Town, South Africa, and Harry was enrolled at Britain's Sandhurst military academy. Last week, Harry began a new phase of his military career, a 2½-year course with the Army Air Corps in helicopter pilot training.

Friday, January 23, 2009

Kelly Rutherford & Daniel GierschTestify in Custody Dispute


Kelly Rutherford and her estranged husband Daniel Giersch sparred over the actress's work demands as they both testified Thursday in a bitter custody dispute over 2-year-old son, Hermes.

The pregnant Gossip Girl star, 40 years old, who started filing a divorce from Giersch, 34 years old, is seeking to take Hermes to New York with her, where the show is filmed,at least until the end of March.However,her ex-husband Giersch strongly objects, calling her job detrimental to their son.

After almost two hours of testimony, no ruling was made and the hearing will resume Friday morning.

"Hermes doesn't feel comfortable in New York,He's in constant fear, not knowing what's going on. It's not easy there, it's not safe, it's noisy. As a father you see whether a child is comfortable or not." said the German entrepreneur

Giersch described how he's been physically with his son "90 percent of the time," taking him to the playground, zoo, museums, and more, while Rutherford was working on Gossip Girl.

Rutherford, wearing a black sweater, matching pants and gold earrings with her hair pulled back, took the stand next.

"If I'm being asked to choose my career over my son, I choose my son,however,I need this job to pay my bills, legal bills, and Daniel has offered no support." she said.

Her testimony was cut short and the hearing will resume at 9 a.m.

Outside of court, a smiling Rutherford said, "Ultimately I want the best for Daniel, and I want the best for our family."

Giersch made no comment following the hearing.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Kirsten Gillibrand: New York's Next Senator


A source close to a rival candidate for the Senate seat tells the Huffington Post that Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand has indeed been picked, as was first reported earlier this evening. The source said that the rival candidate had been told by Gov. Paterson's office that he had chosen Gillibrand.

Gov. Paterson appears poised today to pick an upstate congresswoman with close ties to Hillary Clinton as the next U.S. senator, the Daily News has learned.
After two months of speculation and chaos, sources said Paterson has settled on Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-Hudson) to fill the seat of Clinton, President Obama's new secretary of state.

Politico noted some of the benefits that Gillibrand would provide Paterson and the strong opposition to the pick from New York Democrat Carolyn McCarthy:

Gillibrand brings several important political attributes critical to Patterson, who became governor when Eliot Spitzer resigned and has never topped a statewide ticket, when both run for their offices in 2010: She represents a relatively conservative part of upstate the governor hopes to woo, she's a formidable fundraiser with connections to Hillary Clinton's cash-generating apparatus and she's a woman in a state that prides itself of inclusiveness.
"She would not be my choice and I talked to the governor about it two weeks ago," McCarthy told Politico last night. "This morning I basically started getting calls saying he was going to choose her and I had to speak out, even at the risk of alienating the governor. I do not believe New York should have a senator who has these positions... I just came through the 15th anniversary of when my husband was killed and I my son was maimed from the shooting."