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  • AnnaLynne McCord Officially Dating Rick Fox

    AnnaLynne McCord and Rick Fox made the rumors official on Thursday night at a pre-Super Bowl event in Scottsdale, Arizona.

    The two arrived separately to Hennessy V.S. Super Bowl lounge at the W Hotel, but were together the whole night.

    AnnaLynne McCord seems to be pretty serious with Rick Fox.

    She was overheard referring to him as her boyfriend.

    AnnaLynne McCord held his hand and smiled as though they weren’t that new of a couple.

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    “They were really cute, holding hands, and even while fans asked Rick to take pics he held her hand while he took pics with them,” an onlooker told People.

    AnnaLynne McCord and Rick Fox also posed together for several pictures throughout the night.

    AnnaLynne McCord, 27, is moving on pretty quickly from ex-boyfriend Dominic Purcell. Their long-term relationship ended just last December.

    #Blessed to have this wonderful woman in my life for 8 years now! #LorenaJimenez #FriendshipforLife

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    Rick Fox was famously married to Vanessa Williams from 1999 to 2004. He then apparently decided he’d go for younger women.

    He dated Eliza Dushku, 33, for five years until their breakup last year.

    AnnaLynne McCord, who is an anti-sexual assault/sex-trafficking activist, also showed Fox some love over Twitter when he apparently tweeted a photo of a person wearing a #NoMore T-shirt. #NoMore is an anti-domestic violence campaign, which has partnered with the NFL.

    The caption read, “Thk u #FutureHusband.”

    AnnaLynne McCord moves fast! Fox does seem to show her a lot of support as she works for her anti-sexual assault/sex-trafficking cause.

    AnnaLynne McCord admitted last summer that she was raped as a teenager.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pozbazjN4Gs

    After taking some time to heal from what happened in her past, AnnaLynne McCord is on a mission to help other women and girls who suffer from abuse and trafficking.

    AnnaLynne McCord told People after she came out with her secret, “I needed to rescue [myself]. Now that I rescued [myself], I rescue those girls and do the right things for the right reasons.”

    When asked what she would say to her younger self after her attack, AnnaLynn McCord said she would tell herself to “stop looking at the close-up, and look at the wide shot.”

    She continued, “Look at your life for this moment. Right here is a blip and it will disappear and it will mean something … this suffering, this heartbreak, this obstacle, whatever it is, is going to make you great if you let it. So let it make you great.”

    It’s a good thing her new boyfriend, Rick Fox, is supportive of her cause, because AnnaLynne McCord seems to be doing a lot of good!

    What do you think of this new couple?

  • AnnaLynne McCord Dating Retired Lakers Player Rick Fox

    AnnaLynne McCord has a new man in her life. She is dating retired Lakers small forward Rick Fox. And despite their age difference–he is 45 and she is 27–the two seem very happy together.

    People magazine reports that the two were spotted together in Arizona this weekend at a pre-Super Bowl function, and they didn’t hide their PDA. Fox arrived at the event ahead of AnnaLynne McCord, who joined him shortly thereafter.

    “As soon as she arrived they were together for the rest of the evening,” a source told People. “They were really cute, holding hands, and even while fans asked Rick to take pics he held her hand while he took pics with them.”

    Later in the evening AnnaLynne McCord was overheard referring to Fox as her “boyfriend” and the two posed together for photos, too.

    Rick Fox was married to Vanessa Williams for five years. He was most recently linked to actress Eliza Dushku, but the two split up last year.

    The Nip/Tuck and 90210 star dated Dominic Purcell for three years. The two broke up in December.

    AnnaLynne McCord made news back in June when she went public about having been raped as a teenager. She became an advocate for survivors of sexual assault, as well as those who endured human trafficking, as a result of her own assault.

    “I needed to rescue [myself]. Now that I rescued [myself], I rescue those girls and do the right things for the right reasons,” she said when she went public about being sexually assaulted.

    Hopefully both AnnaLynne McCord and Rick Fox have found love in their relationship. With both having just emerged from ended relationships, however, do you think it’s way too soon to expect that?

  • Eliza Dushku and Rick Fox Have Split

    Eliza Dushku and Rick Fox Have Split

    Eliza Dushku has ended her five-year relationship with boyfriend Rick Fox, a retired NBA player, and moved back to her hometown of Boston.

    “Rick’s an LA guy and I’m a Boston girl,” Dushku said of the split.

    “I missed my town and I missed my family.”

    Dushku has purchased a condo near her childhood home in Watertown. Regarding the fact that her new abode has a basement, the 33-year-old actress said that nobody “in LA has a basement … They all have the obligatory storage spaces in the Valley.”

    The move back to Boston marks the end of a 22-year stay in Los Angeles for Dushku.

    She broke into acting with a role opposite C. Thomas Howell and Juliette Lewis in the 1992 adaptation of Alice McDermott’s novel That Night.

    From there she gained notoriety for her roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998-2003) and Dollhouse (2009-2010.)

    Over the course of her career, Dushku has starred opposite some of Hollywood’s biggest names, such as Halle Berry (Race the Sun,) Leonardo DiCaprio (This Boy’s Life,) and Robert De Niro (City by the Sea and This Boy’s Life.)

    Although she’s not closing the door on acting and producing, Dushku says it’s time for some changes, including attending university in the fall.

    “I’ve been talking about it for 15 years. It’s a whole new trajectory for me that makes me really happy.”

    Dushku and her brother Nate, also an actor, will continue working on a biopic of artist Robert Mapplethorpe with the production company Dushku started when she was just 17-years-old, Boston Divas.

    Dushku, who calls herself a “proud Albanian-Danish American,” will also continue her work as an honorary Albanian Ambassador and with various charities, including the Trauma Healing and Reflection Center in Gulu, Uganda (THRIVEGulu) founded by her mother Judy Dushku, an activist, college professor, and world traveler.

    “… I have a new life right now. I’m on kind of a different path for the time being,” Dushku said of the recent changes she’s made. “I’d rather be physically cold than emotionally stagnant. I just sort of come alive when I’m home.”

    Image via Eliza Dushku, Instagram

  • Eliza Dushku, Rick Fox Call it Quits

    Eliza Dushku, Rick Fox Call it Quits

    Eliza Dushku and Rick Fox have decided to part ways.

    According to Access Hollywood, the couple has had an ongoing disagreement about their permanent residency, because they desire to live on opposite ends of the country.

    Not surprisingly, the former Los Angeles Laker loves the west coast, but the Bring it On star has a deep affirmation for her home town, Boston.

    The never-ending battle is reportedly the reason for their ultimate decision to break up.

    During a recent interview with The Boston Globe, Dushku opened up about their differences. “Rick’s an L.A. guy and I’m a Boston girl,” Dushku explained.

    The 33-year-old actress also gave a quick comparison of the notable differences between the two cities. “Nobody in LA has a basement,” she said. “They all have the obligatory storage spaces in the Valley.”

    Dushku also revealed that she has plans to return to school once she’s settled back in Massachusetts. She went on to explain why she’d rather lay down roots in Boston as opposed to L.A. “I’d rather be a little physically cold here than emotionally cold in L.A.,” she said. “I missed my town and I missed my family.”

    In the latest issue of the Improper Bostonian, the Wrong Turn actress expressed her desire for change. She’s reportedly embracing the new direction of her life.

    “After living in Los Angeles for 15 years, I definitely grew out of being an L.A. hater, but I think there’s a level of truthfulness and individuality here that is refreshing in a business where everyone conforms to certain standards,” the Buffy the Vampire Slayer star told the publication. “I just sort of come alive when I’m home,” she explained.

    On Tuesday, June 24, the 44-year-old former NBA star and actor stopped by The View where he also confirmed the split. “I’m single,” Fox said.

    Eliza Dushku and Rick Fox dated for five years.

    Image via Eliza Dushku, Facebook (1), (2)

  • Eliza Dushku Splits with Rick Fox, Moves to Boston

    Eliza Dushku and Rick Fox have called it quits after a five-year relationship.

    The former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star and the retired NBA player have decided it’s time to go their separate ways, prompting Dushku to move back to her hometown of Boston.

    “Rick’s an L.A. guy and I’m a Boston girl,” she told The Boston Globe.

    Dushku, 33, told The Globe that she recently bought a condo near Watertown and is planning to go back to begin her studies towards a bachelor’s degree.

    “It helps me navigate the stories that I want to tell in areas that are interesting to me,” she told The Los Angeles Times.

    Dushku said she’s looking forward to living on the East Coast after 22 years in L.A.

    “I’d rather be a little physically cold here than emotionally cold in L.A.,” she said. “I missed my town and my family.”

    Duskhu said she plans to focus her studies on psychological and sociological behavior, knowing that it will be useful to her as a director and actress.

    “I’m actually looking to go back to school,” she told the Los Angeles Times‘ Hero Complex in March. “One of the areas that’s so interesting to me — and obviously it played out in the show ‘Dollhouse’ — are these deep crevasses of our brains and our emotions that make us tick, and what those combinations and variables are that are looked at in projects like [‘Gable 5’] and projects like ‘Dollhouse.’”

    Although her education is her primary focus for the near future, the Dollhouse actress does not plan on completely foregoing acting.

    “I have a new life right now,” said Dushku. “I’m on kind of a different path for the time being.”

    Could it be that differing opinions on fashion could be a factor in their split?

    In 2010, Dushku said living with the basketball pro opened her eyes to his lack of fashion sense.

    “I never believed he was a bad dresser” until they moved in together, she said. “We’re in the middle of moving the clothes. The clothes were at one place and he kind of had to pick from the surviving things that he didn’t bring to the house.”

    Dushku began dating Fox, 44, in 2009 and they moved in together in 2010. He was previously married to Vanessa Williams, with whom he has a daughter. He also has a son from a previous relationship.

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  • Rick Fox on the Powerful Influence of the Web on Entertainment

    It’s always exciting when high-profile personalities acknowledge the Internet space and the opportunities that exist on it. When this happens, it only helps to further validate what we, those of us involved in the Internet/tech space, live and breathe every day.

    Rick Fox speaking to WebProNews at the BlogWorld Expo about his passion for new media was one of these moments. Fox, who is known for his successful NBA, acting, and producing career, told us that he turned to the Internet because he wanted to tell his story.

    He is currently working on a Web series called Off Season, which is a comedy based on a basketball player that is struggling to stay out of trouble. Fox told us he tried Hollywood but found that his standards and its standards didn’t match.

    “What I realized rather quickly was that the Internet provided me the same opportunity that television provides or the movies provide… it’s a self-distribution model that is there for all of us if we’re passionate enough and persistent enough to bring our story to life,” said Fox.

    Even though it’s not always easy to ‘make it big’ online, the opportunities and potential for success are much greater than they are offline. According to Fox, “we are all received online,” whether it is by one person or one million people.

    “The thing about the Web is that viral effect that great content can have where, instantly, you can go from one minute sitting in your living room and ranting about something that just bothers you, and you find that 1 million other people out there in the world are bothered by the same thing,” he said.

    Fox went on to say that the world’s perception of what entertainment is, isn’t really what people want to see. This is why John Doe is able to create a remix of a song and get more hits than the original song itself.

    He believes that the future of the entertainment industry lies in the individuals that create content based on their point of view. For too long, people in high places have tried to dictate what society wants, but the Internet has changed this. Fox told us that the entertainment opportunities online would increase moving forward and that the people who have embraced the space early will go on to tell us who the next generation of entertainers will be.

    “Those people that are brave enough to step out and have that persistence of speaking to 1-10 followers one day and [are] now speaking to 10 million people – these are the people that are going to be galvanizing communities and they are gonna curate content… and they’re gonna tell us what we should be focused on, and they’re gonna become the next generation of entertainers,” said Fox.

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