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Friday, August 29, 2008

Stars over the moon about Obama's speech

Stars over the moon about Obama's speech

DENVER - First word on Barack Obama's historic nomination acceptance speech from a bevy of celebrities in attendance was decidedly partisan: "It was excellent," Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie said. "It was amazing." "Incredible," said Jessica Alba simply, before joining Fergie, Rosario Dawson, Wilmer Valderrama and Kerry Washington at a private exit from Invesco Field. Alba was at the speech with husband Cash Warren.

Other celebrities in attendance included George Lucas with girlfriend Mellody Hardon and his daughter, Forest Whitaker with wife Keisha and Star Jones, and Daniel Dae Kim of "Lost," who posed for pictures with the Hawaii delegation.

Next for Obama and his celebrity backers?

"What I hope happens is the country doesn't forget the jubilation and excitement that's been generated here," Kim said. "And I hope it turns into something that changes the world."

will.i.am performed his speech-song "Yes We Can" with John Legend during the run-up to Obama's speech. Susan Sarandon and Anne Hathaway sang along in the stands as Sheryl Crow performed "Change is Gonna Come," and crooner Michael McDonald prompted many a flag wave with his rendition of "America the Beautiful."

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Oprah Winfrey left Denver with the candidate she wanted, but reportedly without her eyelashes.

The talk-show host said she was moved to tears by Obama's speech. And those must've been some serious tears.

"I cried my eyelashes off," she said in the bowels of Invesco Field, moments after Obama accepted the nomination for president before an estimated 84,000 people.

"I think it's the most powerful thing I have ever experienced," she added, calling Obama's words "transcendent." On the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a Dream Speech," Winfrey compared Obama's words to those of the civil-rights leader, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.

"He's not an African-American candidate," she said. "He's a candidate for Americans."

Winfrey threw her support behind Obama early — even before the Democratic primaries got under way last year. She's stayed active since, hosting rallies and fundraisers that even Obama has acknowledged have given him a boost.

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Before singing the national anthem to a slowly filling stadium, Jennifer Hudson appeared lost in thought, wearing a casual gray dress and listening to iPod earphones as her handlers asked for directions to the podium. While waiting, she typed on a Sidekick.

"Fired up!" said an excited Spike Lee on the field. "Bigger than the Super Bowl!"

The only major party planned for Thursday night was an elite event sponsored by Vanity Fair and Google.

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Among the celebrities spotted in and around the convention on Wednesday was Steven Spielberg, who directed a short film on veterans that shown at the convention. Jennifer Lopez spoke at a reception honoring children's rights activist Marian Wright Edelman. Ben Affleck read excerpts from a Howard Zinn book and made an appearance at the city's food bank for America's Second Harvest.

Affleck was joined by his wife, Jennifer Garner, at the book reading at the Starz Green Room across the street from the Pepsi Center. Also participating: Dawson, Washington, Taye Diggs, Hill Harper and Josh Brolin.

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Also on Wednesday:

• The Black Eyed Peas performed a concert at the Fillmore Auditorium for the Creative Coalition. Fergie praised Hillary Rodham Clinton's Tuesday-night speech, saying Clinton "really spoke to me as a woman. And I think she spoke to a lot of people in that way."

• Politicians including former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner attended a ONE Campaign party featuring a Kanye West performance. Also in attendance: Whitaker, Kal Penn, Jamie Foxx and director Davis Guggenheim.

• Muhammad Ali sat in the convention audience.

• Fran Drescher, Ashley Judd and Joy Bryant joined Lopez at the reception honoring Edelman.

• Hathaway and others gathered at a morning reception honoring Annette Bening for her work narrating the documentary "14 Women," about women in the U.S. Senate.

• Big Boi of Outkast was at the airport on his way out of town after hosting a Radio One show where he interviewed John Legend, among others.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Jane Seymour part of sweet formula in 'Dear Prudence'

Jane Seymour part of sweet formula in 'Dear Prudence'

Dear Prudence" may combine more proven TV elements than any movie in recent memory: a warm, beautiful workaholic who needs to pause long enough to find romance, the tough rural cop who turns out be a sensitive romantic, the amateur sleuths who turn out to have incredible investigative instincts and the phony cad who's trying to wreck an entire town to feed his own greed.

It also has Jane Seymour and Jamey Sheridan, who are both, as usual, pure pleasure to watch.

All this doesn't add up to a great movie, alas. But it's as comfortable as a late-summer cocktail on the patio, and because a Hallmark movie is as reliable as a Hallmark greeting card, we know that in the end, everyone will get what he or she deserves.

Prudence McCoy (Seymour) hosts a smart and chic helpful-hints TV show. She's a Martha Stewart character who's also a nice person off-camera. She has a tip for how to improve everything in life, from indisposed Labrador retrievers to bad coffee. She also has a loyal, incredibly ingenious young assistant in Nigel Forsythe III (Ryan Cartwright).

Her caring boss, however, sees a problem: Obsessive and overworked Pru needs a vacation. Actually, Pru needs a life, but one step at a time.

So he sends her to a luxury resort in Wyoming, where, being warm and fuzzy, she immediately befriends an American Indian woman whose son is found mysteriously dead a day or so later. The police say it was suicide. The mother isn't buying.

So Pru, since she has some time on her hands, sets out to discover the truth. She rings up Nigel, he flies out, and suddenly they turn into the greatest detective team since Indiana Jones and Short Round.

Eddie Duncan (Sheridan) is the good-hearted local detective who at first is skeptical of this New Yorker who wears the wrong shoes on a long woodland trek to the place where the young man plunged - or was tossed - off a cliff.

Soon, however, Duncan is inviting Pru for a drink at a local lounge, where she learns he also plays jazz piano. Any viewers who can't connect the dots from here should lose their license to watch any future Hallmark movies.

Along the way, Pru also discovers some secrets about her mother, whom she regrets she did not know better, and young Nigel runs into a young woman who, well, let's say he's now got his own dots to connect.

"Dear Prudence" doesn't seem to have any connection to the Beatles song beyond borrowing its title, by the way. But if this flick does well, and there's every reason to think it should, the Prudence character could return for future Hallmark mystery movies.

With a void in endearing female sleuths almost since Angela Lansbury hung up her powers of induction, it would be a shame if she didn't.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Kardashian Family Pizza Night

Kardashian Family Pizza Night

They had a blast at the big Disney Premiere of "The Cheetah Girls One World" at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles last night (August 12). And afterwards Kim Kardashian and her family headed out for dinner.

The paparazzi were in full force as the Kardashians/Jenners arrived at Mozza Premiere Pizza looking a bit hungry and having a marvelous time.

Before going inside, Khloe Kardashian and Bruce Jenner snuggled up together to pose for the paparazzi, looking like an adorable father and (step) daughter.

Meanwhile, Kim didn't waste any time heading for the restaurant's front door. It looks like all of that red carpet hoopla gives a girl quite an appetite! Then again, with how good she looked in her bathing suit last week in Cabo San Lucas, she doesn't have anything to worry about.

Enjoy the pictures of Kim Kardashian and family out to eat at Mozza Premiere Pizza last night (August 12).

Kim Kardashian and Family Check Out Cheetah Girls


Kim Kardashian and Family Check Out Cheetah Girls
It was a big night for the Disney hit show Cheetah Girls as the El Capitan Theatre hosted the premiere of "The Cheetah Girls One World." And Kim Kardashian and the fam all showed up to support Adrienne Bailon.

The Kardashian crew in attendance included, Kim, Khloe, Robert, and Kourtney as well as mother Kris Jenner and sisters Kylie and Kendall Jenner.

And the "Disaster Movie" hottie was all about looking hot for the roving paparazzi, sporting a sexy black bow-strapped dress with matching shoes and a flirty half-pulled-back hairdo.

Meanwhile sisters Khloe and Kourtney sported a wispy leaf-printed summer dress and a cute and colorful yellow frock, respectively.

Enjoy the pictures of Kim Kardashian, her family, Adrienne Bailon and Cheryl Burke at the LA premiere of "The Cheetah Girls One World" (August 12).

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Naomi Campbell: Chillin’ in Ibiza

Naomi Campbell: Chillin’ in Ibiza

It's one of the hottest spots for celebrities to escape their hectic lives and yesterday (August 11) Naomi Campbell was spotted enjoying the Spanish island of Ibiza.

The beautiful supermodel and her family have been vacationing in the Spanish Mediterranean Islands this week, living in the lap of luxury. Miss Campbell, along with boyfriend Marcus Elias and friends were spotted piling into a dingy boat getting ready to hit the high seas.

Once in the boat, they headed off to a much larger yacht that was anchored offshore for some fun in the sun and swimming to pass the time.

And Naomi looked summertime sexy in a white bikini underneath a holly white cover-up dress with superstar shades and sandals.

Enjoy the pictures of Naomi Campbell out boating with her beau (August 11).

Audrina Patridge: Summer Sexy

Audrina Patridge: Summer Sexy

Never one to be cooped up indoors, Audrina Patridge was spotted out and about in Hollywood yesterday enjoying the beautiful weather.

The "Hills" hottie looked summertime sexy in a blue-washed sundress with brown leather strappy heeled sandals, matching handbag, and a pair of aviator sunglasses.

Miss Patridge recently told press that she's a lot more assertive than she appears on her hit MTV reality show. "I don't feel like they show me on The Hills sticking up for myself. They edit that out. In real life, though, I'm bubbly and fun and talkative, and when you see me on the show I'm always sitting there and sad. But I'm fine with it because it's not my show."

As for her "Into the Blue 2" gig, Audrina says it's a welcome departure from "The Hills." "It's so different from a reality show because I have lines to memorize. The Hills definitely helped just in terms of being in front of the cameras and being used to crews watching me. It made it a lot more comfortable on a film set."

Enjoy the pictures of Audrina Patridge out in Hollywood on Monday (August 11).

Taylor Momsen’s a Brooklyn Babe

Taylor Momsen’s a Brooklyn Babe

She may be young (16 years old as of last month), but Taylor Momsen knows how to get the boys' attention. And yesterday she was looking hot on the Brooklyn set of Gossip Girl.

The Jenny Humphrey actress had it going on with a plaid schoolgirl outfit as she filmed scenes with Penn Badgley, stopping to pose for the paparazzi at one point.

Afterwards, Miss Momsen spent some time with her mother Collette, stopping into a nearby deli to pick up some Goldfish cracker snacks to munch on as they strolled down the street.

Sporting a blue tank top along with some flair-legged jeans and white sunglasses, Taylor, again, gave the shutterbugs a few smiles before heading on her way.

Enjoy the pictures of Taylor Momsen and Penn Badgley working on "Gossip Girl", along with shots of Taylor out in Brooklyn with her gal pal (August 11).