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  • Jennifer Garner A ‘Great Person,’ Says Ben Affleck In Response To Ex-Wife’s Vanity Fair Interview

    Batman v. Superman actor Ben Affleck has finally spoken out about the revealing details of Jennifer Garner’s interview with Vanity Fair back in February.

    Affleck, 43, spoke with the New York Times and said that for the longest time, Garner, 43, had wanted to come out, speak, and then move on.

    “She felt like she wanted to discuss it and get it out there and get it over with so she could say, ‘Look, I already talked about it — I don’t want to do it again,’” he said in the interview.

    The American actor and filmmaker also said that he is totally fine with what his ex-wife said in the interview, and that she’s “allowed to talk about it.”

    Affleck then complimented Jennifer and described her as a “great person,” adding that they are both on good terms.

    The actor’s response came as a surprise as he usually refuses to make comments about such issues, especially about his personal life. He has since loathed giving interviews because he thinks that some offhand remarks will end up “in the great miasma of junk on the Internet.”

    Interestingly, the interview with Affleck was supposed to take place a day after the interview with Garner was released. However, the Pearl Harbor actor rescheduled due to a headache.

    In the interview with Vanity Fair, Jennifer Garner dismissed rumors that the real reason for the divorce was their nanny, Christine Ouzounian, 28, and clarified that they already had problems before that.

    The actress explained that through those 10 years of being married to Affleck, she really felt the sun shining on her. However, when that light faded and focused elsewhere, she felt very “cold.”

    Despite the divorce, the two are still good friends, and working together to raise their three kids: Violet, 10, Seraphina, 7, and Samuel, 4.

  • Ben Affleck Finally Responds to Jennifer Garner’s ‘Vanity Fair’ Interview

    Ben Affleck has broken his silence over the emotional, tell-all Vanity Fair cover story about his estranged wife Jennifer Garner.

    According to the New York Times, Affleck was initially reluctant to discuss the end of his marriage “for the sake of his three children” because “it ends up being in the record somewhere, in the great miasma of junk on the Internet.”

    In the end, the 43-year-old Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice actor, decided to share a few details to the paper — and they were incredibly generous to his ex.

    “Jen’s great. She’s a great person,” said Affleck. “We’re on great terms. I just saw her this morning, so that’s the reality that I live in.”

    Affleck said he knew about the Vanity Fair article before it came out.

    “She felt like she wanted to discuss it and get it out there and get it over with,” the actor recalled. “So she could say, ‘Look, I already talked about it — I don’t want to do it again.’”

    In the magazine’s March 2016 cover story, Garner shared many details about her 2015 split from Affleck, including the now-infamous nanny scandal and the strain alleged infidelity had on their marriage. But, she also noted that she married the man and not the image.

    “I didn’t marry the big fat movie star; I married him,” the Miracles From Heaven actress said. “And I would go back and remake that decision. I ran down the beach to him, and I would again. You can’t have these three babies and so much of what we had. He’s the love of my life. What am I going to do about that? He’s the most brilliant person in any room, the most charismatic, the most generous. He’s just a complicated guy. I always say, ‘When his sun shines on you, you feel it.’ But when the sun is shining elsewhere, it’s cold. He can cast quite a shadow.”

    Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner were married for 10 years and are the parents of three children — Violet, 10, Seraphina, seven, and Samuel, four.

  • Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake Were Extra Touchy-Feely At Oscars After-Party

    Actress Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake packed on the PDA at the Vanity Fair Oscar 2016 after-party in Beverly Hills on Sunday night.

    Thirty-three-year-old Biel arrived on the red carpet in a Zuhair Murad grey dress with a sheer top adorned with glittery silver sequins. The shimmery embellished top was paired with long grey skirt featuring a high side slit. Timberlake looked stylish as ever in a Tom Ford suit and bow tie.

    Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake were inseparable all throughout the party. The singer snuggled close to his gorgeous wife and kissed her on the cheek. In one of the photos, 35-year-old Timberlake whispered something into Biel’s ear that made her laugh and then rested his head onto his wife’s shoulder. He was also photographed trailing behind Biel while making funny gestures.

    The couple had tons of fun as they joked around with photographers and partied all night with their Hollywood friends such as Kate Bosworth and Demi Lovato.

    Biel and Timberlake tied the knot in an Italian ceremony in 2012 and welcomed 10-month-old baby Silas last April. Back in 2013, Justin Timberlake called Jessica Biel his “best friend,” while the actress said her marriage to the singer “just feels incredible.”

    It appears like the happy couple is really enjoying their relationship, especially their new role as parents to baby Silas. Biel recently shared her experience as a mother and said it made her appreciate her mother’s sacrifices even more.

    “It’s an amazing, amazing experience. Incredibly hard-the hardest job in the world, and I’ve never been more thankful and grateful to my own mother”, Jessica Biel reportedly said during an appearance on the Today show.

    “What you have to do for your kid, it’s an amazing responsibility and the biggest joy ever,” she added.

  • Tinder Freaked Out on Twitter over a Vanity Fair Article

    Tinder Freaked Out on Twitter over a Vanity Fair Article

    A new Vanity Fair article called “Tinder and the Dawn of the ‘Dating Apocalypse’” doesn’t exactly heap praise on the dating app for its role in the modern relationship.

    And when someone at Tinder read it, they jumped on Twitter.

    This, ladies and gentlemen, is a corporate tweetstorm:

    I bet you really want to read that article now?

    Tinder has always tried to play off the fact that it’s a hookup app – which it is. But is Tinder ruining the modern relationship? I don’t know. Is wanting to hook up with attractive people a new phenomenon?

    “Tinder users are on Tinder to meet people for all kinds of reasons. Sure, some of them – men and women – want to hook up. Just like it real life. And in the many years that existed before Tinder,” says the company.

    And that’s a fairly good point.

    But reading Sales’ piece in Vanity Fair does make you feel kind of icky about a lot of it. And it’s hard to deny many of the points she makes.

    In the end, I’m not sure Tinder’s Twitter freakout was the best way to respond.

    Image via Tinder

  • Amal Clooney, Taylor Swift Make Vanity Fair’s Best Dressed List

    Amal Clooney and Taylor Swift are among the stunning people named to Vanity Fair’s most recent best dressed list. The 2015 edition of Vanity Fair’s International Best-Dressed List came out on Wednesday, and includes–as usual–a few surprises as well as a few tried and true honorees.

    Taylor Swift and Amal Clooney are, of course, among that second group. Always impeccably dressed in not just the latest, but the most appropriate of fashions for every occasion at which they’re captured on film. These ladies rate at the top of everyone’s list. Swift sets an exceptional example for young women and girls, and Amal Clooney is revered by women all over the world as being 100 percent on her game in the fashion world.

    One big surprise name receiving the honor from Vanity Fair is musician FKA Twigs, who has made headlines in recent months for dating former Twilight hunk and ex-boyfriend of Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson. Another surprise on the coveted list–at least for those who love fashion–is Rihanna.

    Amal Clooney and handsome hubby George Clooney recently hosted actor Ed Norton and his family at their home in Italy. Any photogs who got wind of this gang touring the Italian countryside likely got some amazing shots that featured not just gorgeous, sexy people–but also some stunning fashion trends. George and Amal Clooney somehow manage to look perfect no matter where they are or what they are doing.

    Check out Vanity Fair for the complete list of those chosen for their Best-Dressed list. Besides Amal Clooney and Taylor Swift, see if those you expected to make the list did–and if those you least expected might have made it, too.

  • Caitlyn Jenner Dons Knee-High Boots for Filming of Docuseries, ‘I Am Cait’

    Caitlyn Jenner–formerly known as Bruce Jenner, prior to transitioning to a woman–was spotted wearing sexy knee-high black leather boots in Hollywood, on the set of her upcoming E! docuseries, I Am Cait.

    Also wearing skinny jeans and a pretty red manicure, Jenner dodged raindrops with a large umbrella.

    While in L.A., Caitlyn Jenner also stopped by the Los Angeles LGBT Youth Center to visit with some of the young people there.

    Life has certainly been a whirlwind of activity for Caitlyn since appearing on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine earlier in June, as a woman for the first time. Shortly thereafter Caitlyn Jenner and a group of transgender girlfriends went on a road trip to Northern California. The group stopped in San Francisco at the Human Rights Campaign–the largest civil rights organization working on behalf of LGBT equality.

    Caitlyn Jenner tweeted about her visit there.

    Jenner hopes to empower LGBT people through her upcoming docuseries.

    “So many people go through life and they’ve never had to deal with their own issues–no matter what those issues are,” Caitlyn Jenner says in a look at an episode of I Am Cait. “Ours happen to be about gender identity, but how many people go through life and waste an entire life because they never deal with themselves? To be who they are?”

    A production source says Caitlyn Jenner is currently appreciating many small freedoms never available to her before.

    “The freedom to wear female clothes, to go for a coffee again and not have to hide,” the source said. “Just simple things that most people never think twice about.”

    There are no doubt many people excited to learn that production of I Am Cait is presently underway–and for reasons far deeper than getting to see Caitlyn Jenner wear sexy boots.

    Caitlyn Jenner did something big when he became a she in the public eye–and there are likely bigger things to come.

    Don’t think so?

    Ask any man or woman you know who is living in the wrong body.

  • Khloe Kardashian Didn’t Have Liposuction, Blasts Haters

    Khloe Kardashian has spent months sweating at the gym to achieve her svelte, toned, and very sexy figure. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star has come under fire from some haters recently, who say she had liposuction instead.

    At first Khloe sort of believed the insult was a bit on the complimentary side. After all, if people thought she had liposuction, then they must think she looks pretty good.

    The more she thought about it, however, the more it seemed to piss her off. And then she reconsidered.

    Regardless of her final feelings on the matter, Khloe Kardashian took to Twitter to blast the haters–as all good Kardashians do.

    Just a short time ago, Shape magazine tweeted out their support of Khloe Kardashian.

    It’s sad that haters felt the need to insult Khloe Kardashian. Despite her star status on a reality show, she is a very real human being who doesn’t deserve for her feelings to be hurt.

    Khloe has been incredibly supportive of Bruce Jenner’s transition into Caitlyn Jenner, and shared her pride on the day Caitlyn first appeared on the Vanity Fair cover.

    Don’t you think Khloe Kardashian is looking great these days? And her weight loss and toning has been a slow process, too, not something that took place overnight. It’s clear she’s spent lots of time in the gym.

  • Caitlyn Jenner Shares First Candid Shot, Says ‘Trans is Beautiful’

    Caitlyn Jenner–formerly Bruce Jenner–shared the first candid photo of herself on Saturday with her millions of Twitter followers. Since her debut on the cover of July’s Vanity Fair magazine, nothing else has emerged.

    The photo features Caitlyn Jenner along with five of her friends. They are all facing a beautiful view from her Malibu home.

    In the shot, Jenner is dressed in skinny jeans, a loose-fitting top, and sandals.

    “Learn from those who have walked the path before you. #TransIsBeautiful #LivingOurTruth #JustTheBeginning,” Caitlyn Jenner captioned the photo.

    Caitlyn Jenner has received lots of support throughout her transition from living as Bruce Jenner. Kendall Jenner, Kim Kardashian West, Khloe Kardashian, and Brody Jenner have all shared their support. Rob Kardashian sent a very heart warming message when learning Bruce had finally come out as Caitlyn.

    Sadly, Kris Jenner hasn’t been as supportive. Caitlyn Jenner says within the pages of Vanity Fair that Kris mistreated Bruce Jenner, and that mistreatment contributed far more heavily upon their divorce than the transgender issues.

    Caitlyn Jenner represents far more than just one man’s quest to live in the body she was meant to inhabit. Her family’s support of her transition from Bruce Jenner to Caitlyn sets an example that all should be brave enough to respect and follow.

  • Esther Jenner: Mom Will Still Call Caitlyn Jenner ‘Bruce’

    Esther Jenner is incredibly supportive of son Bruce Jenner’s transition from a man to a woman–except for one thing. She admits she’s having difficulty using the new name.

    Caitlyn Jenner made her debut on the July cover of Vanity Fair on Monday to rave reviews. And Esther Jenner wholeheartedly agrees with the reviews.

    “I was there last week, well actually, I got home a week and a half ago,” Esther said in an interview with Access Hollywood. “And I met Caitlyn. She is… so much more at ease.”

    The 88-year-old spoke of the name change as being her only issue with the transition.

    “I still have to call him Bruce. His father and I named him that,” Esther Jenner explained. “It’s going to be a struggle for me to get used to the change, but happily so… I’m very happy for him–or her!”

    It’s actually pretty remarkable that a woman of 88 can accept the transition her son has gone through. As a rule, older people tend to have a harder time accepting things that were simply not spoken of during their younger years.

    Esther Jenner actually believes Caitlyn Jenner resembles another family member.

    “You know who she reminds me of, my granddaughter Samantha. There is a lot of Sam!” she said, explaining that Samantha is Caitlyn Jenner’s niece.

    Caitlyn Jenner took to Twitter to celebrate the transition following the sneak peek of the Vanity Fair cover on Monday.

    Stepdaughter Kim Kardashian asked her Twitter followers to consider following Caitlyn Jenner.

    Bruce Jenner has received lots of support from his family members in his transition to ‘her,’ now officially known to the world as Caitlyn Jenner. In a world where some parents disown their children for living as their true selves, Esther Jenner is to especially be commended for her open-mindedness and unconditional love–even if she still refers to Caitlyn as Bruce.

  • Kris Jenner Denies Caitlyn Jenner’s Version Of Events, Downplays Knowledge Of Hormone Use And Cross Dressing

    It’s a case of she said, she said.

    Kris Jenner is spitting mad over some of the allegations Caitlyn Jenner made in her Vanity Fair interview.

    Caitlyn, who used to be known as Bruce Jenner, says that she “was mistreated” by her ex-wife while Kris is saying that her ex-husband just decided one day that he’s done.

    It’s a situation that Buzz Bissinger, the author of Caitlyn’s Vanity Fair interview, saw and touched on.

    “Neither side wants to appear rancorous but the two sides agree on virtually nothing,” Bissinger observed.

    Caitlyn claims that Kris knew about her penchant for dressing in women’s clothes and her taking hormones for years.

    But the Keeping Up with the Kardashians momager downplays all these allegations and says that Caitlyn gave her the impression that the hormone use was a thing of the past, something that happened during the 80s.

    It’s an explanation that confounded the Olympic athlete, especially since she was already a “good solid B cup” at the time due to the hormones but which Kris describes as just a “little bit of a man boob” situation.

    But Caitlyn’s second wife Linda Thompson wrote in her op-ed piece that their son Brody had actually asked her about his dad having “boobs.”

    So either Kris has problems distinguishing boobs or she’s really in denial.

    However, Caitlyn did admit that she might have made a mistake in “not having her understand …this is a condition that you cannot get away from.”

    But despite their conflicting versions regarding Caitlyn’s gender struggle, one thing they both agreed on was how their relationship changed once the reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians took off.

    Kris said that all she was doing was “working very hard for my family so we could all have a wonderful future.”

    But Caitlyn says that was the time that Kris became less tolerant of her.

  • Bruce Jenner Becomes Caitlyn, Starts Her New Life On The Cover Of Vanity Fair

    It has taken decades but Bruce Jenner can finally live the way she wants to. And she began her new life by introducing herself to the world on the cover of Vanity Fair.

    The cover’s headline “Call me Caitlyn” pretty much sums up the direction the Olympian is headed.

    The Vanity Fair cover, which was shot by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz, shows Jenner posing in a white corset, with minimal makeup and with her long hair flowing free.

    Other photos in the accompanying interview showed the 65-year-old Jenner wearing a glamorous ball gown and a silk kimono. Leibovitz’ discerning eye for detail beautifully showcased the athlete’s natural grace

    Aside from debuting her new look and name, Jenner also created a new Twitter account.

    “I’m so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. Welcome to the world Caitlyn. Can’t wait for you to get to know her/me,” read her first ever tweet.

    Her journey to become Caitlyn started a long time ago but it was only this year that she finally admitted to Diane Sawyer that she was “for all intents and purposes, a woman.” Jenner didn’t admit at the time what her new name will be, only jokingly informing Sawyer that “it wouldn’t start with a K” and requesting that male pronouns still be used. The Vanity Fair cover was admittedly carefully orchestrated, as was the choice of photographer and writer.

    Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights, is also very open about cross-dressing and says that he was chosen to write about Caitlyn because “of the sports connection, and my own journey into the world of cross-dressing.”

    Caitlyn’s debut has already generated a media storm, with her family and friends already tweeting their support.

    But she herself best sums up what will come next – “As soon as the Vanity Fair cover comes out, I’m free.”

  • Kelsey Grammer’s Guilt Over Sister’s Rape And Murder Led To His Drug Use

    Kelsey Grammer is one brave soul. The actor faced his sister’s killer last year and told him that he forgave him.

    More importantly, Grammer has also finally forgiven himself.

    The actor, who is about to hit 60, is known for his charming portrayal of know-it-all psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers and Frasier. But behind the witty remarks and deadpan humor lies a world of pain.

    Grammer’s younger sister Karen was abducted, raped and killed by spree killer Freddie Glenn and two accomplices. She was only 18.

    The tragedy nearly destroyed Grammer, a fact that he admitted to in a recent Vanity Fair interview.

    “That was the time when I could not forgive myself for my sister’s death,” he explained about the self-destructive phase he went through at the height of his career.

    “I know a lot of people who’ve lost their siblings and blame themselves,” he said. “It’s hard to explain. It’s not rational. But it happens anyway.”

    And that guilt of not being able to protect his younger sister led him to alcohol and cocaine.

    But they say time, experience and love can help us deal with pain in a better way.

    For the Finding Neverland actor, it’s Kayte Walsh, the woman who has “changed my heart, which was a bit calloused and hardened against a lot of things” that turned things around.

    Despite the peace that Grammer has finally achieved after years of sadness and guilt, he’s still determined to keep his sister’s killer behind bars.

    The actor has successfully opposed Glenn’s every single appeal for parole. The latest one took place just last year, when he confronted his sister’s killer via video conference and told him that he forgave him.

    “I believe the gift of life and freedom he took from my sister precludes him from ever being allowed to enjoy that gift for himself,” is his simple explanation.

    During the interview, the actor mused about how there is a tide in the affairs on man. And in Kelsey Grammer’s case, it certainly seems like the tide is finally turning in his favor as he heals and finds peace amidst the tragedies that has hounded his life.

  • Jennifer Lawrence Poses Nude With Boa Constrictor

    Jennifer Lawrence posed nude for the March issue of Vanity Fair, with nothing but a boa constrictor covering her most private parts. She did accessorize her look for the photo shoot with a fabulous spray tan and a diamond bracelet.

    “Lawrence only became uncomfortable when the snake took a fancy to her neck,” Vanity Fair‘s West Coast editor Krista Smith said. “Then the shoot was over and Mr. Boa went back into his box.”

    ‘Mr. Boa’ was a Colombian, red-tailed boa constrictor–and he was rather large by most people’s snake standards. Jennifer Lawrence has always seemed like the kind of woman who wouldn’t let a little thing like a giant snake scare her away, however. Fashion and Style director for Vanity Fair, Jessica Diehl, agrees.

    “Jennifer has the perfect combination of strength, sexuality, and humor, and, above all, tomboy to pull this off,” she said.

    Vanity Fair has shared the photo of Jennifer Lawrence and the boa constrictor via their Instagram account.

    A photo posted by Vanity Fair (@vanityfair) on

    The magazine captioned the post, “Girl Meets Boa: #JenniferLawrence, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier for Vanity Fair. Pick up the March 2015 issue for the full Spotlight.”

    The photo shoot is actually a remake that was done to pay tribute to late fashion photographer Richard Avedon’s 1981 Vogue portrait of model/actress Nastassja Kinski. At least, and unlike Kinski, the Hunger Games actress didn’t kiss her snake.

    What’s your take on Jennifer Lawrence posing nude with a boa constrictor. Some people have strong aversions to animals such as this one being used for commercial purposes.

  • Keira Knightley Fakes An Orgasm For Vanity Fair

    Keira Knightley is among several British stars who appear in a short film by Jason Bell that takes a stab at recreating several famous scenes from Hollywood’s varied history, and her bit is getting a lot of attention this week. The actress took on Meg Ryan’s famous scene from When Harry Met Sally…you know the one.

    Knightley joined fellow actors Felicity Jones, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Dormer, and Emily Blunt for the short film–which was created for Vanity Fair–and tackles the role all by herself in a diner. Other segments include scenes from Bonnie And Clyde, Gone With The Wind, and To Have And Have Not. Jason Bell said he was inspired to do an all-Brit film comprising so many of Hollywood’s most famous scenes after realizing that there has been something of a British invasion in recent years.

    Keira Knightley has been making headlines for her part in the film, which focuses on the actress as she sits alone in a gorgeous beaded gown.

    Knightley was reunited with her Imitation Game co-star Benedict Cumberbatch for the film, and earlier this week they got together once more for a pre-BAFTA celebration at the Newport Beach Film Festival, where Knightley earned some attention with a shimmery floral dress with plenty of room for her growing belly. The mom-to-be said she had the gown custom-made and wanted a bit of room to move.

    “People do wear tight things when they’re pregnant. I don’t really go for that,” Keira Knightley said. “The waist has disappeared, so I can’t do that.”

    Cumberbatch is also expecting his first child, with fiancee Sophie Hunter. According to a source at the New York Post, the couple plan to marry soon.

    “Sophie is a few months along, and both she and Benedict are very excited about it. They are also quietly planning to marry in early spring,” the source said.

  • Amy Adams Lays On Channing Tatum For Magazine Cover

    Amy Adams was one of several stars fortunate enough to grace the cover of Vanity Fair‘s Hollywood issue this year, and she wasn’t about to fade into the background of the photo shoot; the Big Eyes star draped one shapely leg over Channing Tatum’s shoulder as he stood with one hand on Reese Witherspoon’s hip, and the cover is making headlines this week.

    Photographer Annie Leibovitz said the intimate look of the shoot was intentional, and that she wanted to get up close to the stars this year. In previous years, the subjects were arranged on a large set with the camera fairly far away.

    “Usually you shoot from fairly far away, but we wanted to get really close to the actors. We made an effort to create a feeling of intimacy. I pushed into them, shooting to the left and then the right, coming in as tight as I could,” Leibovitz said.

    Amy Adams has received good reviews for her role in Tim Burton’s Big Eyes, a film about artist Margaret Keane and her complicated relationship with a husband who allegedly took credit for her work for years. The movie earned Adams a Golden Globe and several other nominations.

    “Being a mom, I kind of saw [Margaret Keane] as a more complete woman and I was just sort of really interested in exploring that complexity. It was just really helpful and very sort of crucial in me being able to bring her to life. I’m glad we’re getting to tell her story and I’m glad we’re getting to tell it from Margaret, who is such a quiet, dignified woman. She would never come out and seek this attention for herself, so it’s nice to get to bring attention to her and to her story,” Amy Adams told Access Hollywood.

  • Angelina Jolie Says She Could Get into Politics

    Angelina Jolie is on the cover of Vanity Fair. Jolie and long-time boyfriend Brad Pitt were married in a surprise ceremony back in August. In the Vanity Fair piece, Jolie tells about the wedding, among other tidbits.

    She said that the couple’s children wrote their wedding vows for them.

    “They did not expect us never to fight, but they made us promise to always say, ‘Sorry,’ if we do. So they said, ‘Do you?,’ and we said, ‘We do!’ ”

    Jolie is known for her humanitarian work. She is a special envoy to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which brings her in close contact with political realities around the world. She knows that working within the political world could enable her to do more in that regard. She said that she is “open” to possibly pursuing a life in politics.

    “When you work as a humanitarian, you are conscious that politics have to be considered,” she said in the interview. “Because if you really want to make an extreme change, then you have a responsibility.” Jolie then catches herself. “But I honestly don’t know in what role I would be more useful—I am conscious of what I do for a living, and that [could] make it less possible.”

    Jolie’s political aspirations bring to mind her own father, actor Jon Voight, in some regards. Voight is an avid conservative who has criticized actors who speak against Israel regarding the conflict with Palestine. When Voight spoke to Bill O’Reilly on Fox News in 2007, he said he did not know what Jolie’s politics were.

    “Your politics are more conservative than hers,” O’Reilly asked, “would you say?”

    “I would say so, Voight replied, but added “I don’t know really exactly her politics.”

    Perhaps Jolie’s politics can be divined by what she does. But if her accomplishments show anything, it is that she eschews hard positions in favor of helping. According to a profile of her on the UNHCR website:

    – In 2005, she launched the National Centre for Refugee and Immigrant Children, an organization that provides free legal aid to young asylum-seekers.

    – In 2007, Jolie became a member of the influential Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Jolie has since funded various CFR special reports, including the “Intervention to Stop Mass Atrocities and Genocide.”

    – Following several visits to Haiti in 2010, she established the Jolie Legal Fellows Program to enhance government capacity around the rule of law. The program places young lawyers within the existing structures in Haiti to support the government’s child protection efforts.

    – In 2003, she was the first recipient of the Citizen of the World Award by the United Nations Correspondents Association, and in 2005 she was awarded the Global Humanitarian Award by the United Nations Association of the USA and the Business Council for the United Nations for her work with refugees.

  • Pippa Middleton Interview: Matt Lauer Scores First Ever

    Pippa Middleton will be interviewed next week by The TODAY Show’s Matt Lauer in what is said to be the first ever interview the sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, a.k.a. Kate Middleton, has ever given. And even though Pippa just finished a cross country bike trek in this country, Matt had to fly to London in order to interview her on her home turf. He actually jokes about that with her during the interview as seen in the short clip above.

    The media has gawked at and talked about Pippa Middleton–most especially her hind quarters–ever since Kate Middleton married Prince William back in April of 2011. Her derriere became the topic most often associated with the younger of the Middleton sisters.

    That’s not what Matt Lauer and Pippa Middleton will discuss during next week’s two-part interview, however. Matt teased on The TODAY Show that their topics of conversation will include the 3,000 mile bike trip she just completed as well as what life is like for her as the sister of the Duchess of Cambridge. Do you suppose he will mention her behind–even just once?

    In addition to simply being Kate Middleton’s younger sister Pippa is the author of a party planning book and is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair.

    Will you be checking out the first ever Pippa Middleton interview on The TODAY Show next week with Matt Lauer? It will definitely be interesting to learn how Kate Middleton’s sister handles herself during an interview and also to find out a few new things about the sister of the Duchess of Cambridge.

    Do you expect to learn that there’s way more to Pippa than just a shapely derriere?

    Image via Wikimedia Commons

  • Shailene Woodley Questions her Talent

    Shailene Woodley was all set to play Mary Jane in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 when her role was completely cut from the film after producers decided to take another direction with the plot. The decision left the Fault in Our Stars actress second-guessing her talent and place in Hollywood.

    “For a few hours it was literally like, ‘Oh, my God, was I awful? Why did they cut me? What are people going to think?’” Woodley said in Vanity Fair‘s July 2014 issue.

    “I woke up the next morning and I was like, ‘OK, it makes total sense.’ I’m a pretty spiritual person, so I can just sit back and trust that everything happens for a reason, even if my ego doesn’t like it,” she said.

    The young actress told Vanity Fair she’s beginning to feel the pressure as her career blossoms.

    “Somebody came to me and said, ‘I can’t wait to see what you do next.’ I took that as pressure – that I had to live up to somebody else’s expectations. There were a few months where I was like, ‘I don’t want to act anymore.’ And then I got over it and realized it’s none of my business what other people think of me,” she said.

    George Clooney, with whom she co-starred in The Descendants in 2011, had high praise for Woodley.

    “Shailene can do whatever she wants. If she wants to be a movie star, she has it. If she wants to change the world, she will. Her talent and kindness go hand in hand,” said the recently engaged Clooney. “We’ll be talking about Shailene Woodley 40 years from now. I’ve never seen anyone so young that has so much together.”

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  • Kim Kardashian Snubbed By Vanity Fair

    Kim Kardashian Snubbed By Vanity Fair

    Kim Kardashian might be well known, but that doesn’t mean everyone in Hollywood thinks of her as a star. Although Kim is often seen at big Hollywood parties, she did not receive an invitation to the recent Vanity Fair Oscar party.

    Kim and husband Kanye West attended Elton John‘s annual Aids Foundation Oscar party instead of the Vanity Fair event, but according to a source close to Kim, she was upset that she did not get an invite to her first choice of events.

    “Kim had been hoping to get an invite to the Vanity Fair party,” the source said.

    “It’s the hottest party during the entire awards season and Kim desperately wanted to go. Kim’s camp had made inquiries to the Vanity Fair party host Graydon Carter about whether she’d make the list. He never got back to her people! It wasn’t ever going to ever happen.”

    “Everyone knows Vanity Fair is strictly A-list only, which means, no reality stars,” the source continued. “It would have been a circus if Kim along with her mom and sisters went to the party. Graydon would have gotten nothing but grief from actors that didn’t get an invite!”

    The Vanity Fair Oscar party was designed for A-list celebrities, and since Kim is only a reality TV star, it’s easy to see why she wasn’t invited.

    While Kim may have been upset about not attending the event, she didn’t let it get her down and she decided to look her best for Elton John’s Aids Foundation Oscar party. Kim wore a red dress that showed a small amount of cleavage, but otherwise kept her covered. She posted a selfie to her Instagram as well as a photo of her and her family at the event.

    Maybe Kim will be invited to the Vanity Fair party next year.

    What did you think of Kim’s red dress?

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  • Stacy Keibler And Rumor Willis Wow At Young Hollywood Party

    Stacy Keibler and Rumor Willis know how to turn heads and even though they were hanging out with some of Hollywood’s hottest, they managed to get noticed with their sexy outfits.

    Stacy is no stranger to sex appeal and she opted for a bright pink blazer that showed the perfect amount of skin and cleavage. Keibler decided not to wear a shirt or bra with her suit, but did wear a dainty gold necklace that fell into her cleavage and begged for attention. She topped the outfit off with black heels and a black clutch bag.

    Rumor on the other hand, went for a more flashy look and chose a black, fitted, cleavage bearing dress that left little to the imagination. The leather dress featured cutouts across the chest and stomach and fit well with Rumor’s edgy style. Her bright red nails and sparkly gold shoes completed the look.

    Rumor and Stacy weren’t the only ones turning heads at the event, Jessica Lu showed up looking fabulous in a patterned dress and Jenna Malone showed a little skin with a cropped orange top and black high waisted pants. Lyndsy Fonseca also made an appearance at the party wearing a sexy pink and black ensemble.

    The 2014 Vanity Fair Young Hollywood Party was held at No Vacancy on Tuesday night (February 25) in Los Angeles. Which celebrity do you think was the most stylish?

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  • Ricky Martin Ends Four-Year Romance

    Ricky Martin Ends Four-Year Romance

    After four years together, Ricky Martin and his boyfriend Carlos Gonzalez have decided to go their separate ways.

    Martin first came out as a gay man in May 2010. “I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man,” he wrote on his personal website. “I am very blessed to be who I am.”

    Last year, Martin spoke highly of Gonzalez in an interview with Vanity Fair. “I have experienced wonderful things with my partner. Complexity, understanding, and, at the same time, freedom, not being afraid that your partner is judging you. That is what I have found with Carlos,” Martin said.

    “We’re going on four years together … When I started the process with my sons, Carlos wasn’t in my life. He said: ‘I’m looking for a boyfriend, not a father with a family.’ And I said to him: ‘You’ve found a grown-up, full-fledged man.’ I created a family structure and if he didn’t understand he’d ask me questions and we were on our way. He has a really strong personality. He’s nobody’s puppet.” Martin is the father of 5-year-old twin sons, Matteo and Valentino, who were born via surrogate in 2008.

    Now, Martin’s rep has confirmed that the couple has decided to end their four-year romance. “Ricky and Carlos have mutually agreed to end their relationship but continue to be united by friendship and their shared experiences,” the rep said in a statement.

    On December 27, Martin tweeted: “Changes oh changes.” Was this statement foreshadowing the end of his relationship to Gonzalez?

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