Sarah Michelle Gellar & Charlotte Grace Return Home To SoCal

Last month we saw photos of mama/actress Sarah Michelle Gellar and her beautiful daughter Charlotte Grace on the NYC set of SMG‘s new TV pilot Ringer but today we get to see new photos of mother and daughter as they made their arrival back home in SoCal yesterday. SMG has been in NYC for the [...]

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Emmanuelle Chriqui

'Dancing with the Stars' Recap: Topologize

'Dancing with the Stars' Recap: Topologize

Tom and Brooke welcome us as all the couples stand behind them on the stage. Tom reminds us that last night, the couples had to tell a personal story through their dance, and it was "an emotional roller coaster." As a result, the leaderboard got shaken up. Len gets to choose who he would like to see in an encore, and he chooses Hines and Kym's samba again. And before they even set foot on the floor, Tom tells them that they are safe. Well, that was quick.

Before they dance, we see a clip package of Hines and Kym last night, and they were both clearly delighted with how it went. Hines can't stop smiling. So let's see it again! You know what I dig about Hines? He gets it. He's a football player, but he's not constantly worried about looking too feminine, or what his teammates are going to see. He just goes out and has fun and dances. Good for him. And it's fun to watch.

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Watch the full episode below!

Source: http://www.ivillage.com/dancing-stars-recap-topologize/1-a-338440

Aisha Tyler

Ashley Judd: I Was Sexually Abused as a Child

Ashley Judd: I Was Sexually Abused as a Child

Ashley Judd is opening up about her childhood as part of the famous country-music family the Judds, and she certainly isn't sugar-coating anything. In a shocking new memoir, in stores April 5 and titled All That Is Bitter & Sweet, the 42-year-old actress details a troubled childhood characterized by neglectful, drug-taking parents, lies and even sexual abuse.

"My mother, while she was transforming herself into the country legend Naomi Judd, created an origin myth for the Judds that did not match my reality," Ashley writes in the book (as excerpted by RadarOnline.com). "She and my sister (Wynonna) have been quoted as saying that our family put the 'fun' in dysfunction. I wondered: 'Who, exactly, was having all the fun? What was I missing?"

The dysfunction -- though certainly not the fun -- to which Judd refers includes the fact that there was "always marijuana in the house" and that Ashley's father, Michael Ciminella, was "prone to taking hallucinigetics." The book also reveals that Naomi lied to Ciminella, telling him that he was Wynona's father when, in reality, Charlie Jordan was the elder Judd sister's dad. Not so surprisingly, Naomi and Ciminella split up when Ashley was a toddler, and things only got worse when Naomi welcomed a new man into the Judd home, one who Ashley describes as "an abusive full-blown heroin addict with a criminal record."

Naomi's pursuit of fame and a singing career above all else didn't help matters. "I loved my mother," Judd writes. "But at the same time I dreaded the mayhem and uncertainty that followed her everywhere... I often felt like an outsider observing my mom's life as she followed her own dreams." This made for somewhat of a tumultuous upbringing. "I was taught to believe that our lifestyle was normal and never to question it or complain, even when I was left alone for hours, sometimes days at a time, or when I was passed without warning to yet another relative," Judd writes.

In perhaps the book's biggest bombshell of all, Judd reveals that she was sexually abused by a man that she knew. "An old man everyone knew beckoned me into a dark, empty corner of the business and offered me a quarter for the pinball machine at the pizza place if I'd sit on his lap," Ashley writes. "He opened his arms, I climbed up, and I was shocked when he suddenly cinched his arms around me, squeezing me and smothering my mouth with his, jabbing his tongue deep into my mouth." According to the book, the experience sent Ashley into a deep depression.

Still, when talking about all of this during a live appearance on Today Tuesday morning, Judd wasn't the least bit bitter. In fact, she emphasized that she has nothing but love for her parents, and they for her. "First of all, my mother loves and adores me, and my dad absolutely loves and adores me. They did then, and they do now," Ashley told Today co-host Meredith Vieira. "We came from a dysfunctional family system that didn't work very well. And so the kinds of things that happened to me are very typical and standard and indicative of a family system that doesn't work very well."

In the interview, Judd also explained that the reason she opened up about her childhood in the book was because she wanted to talk about her recovery from depression in 2006. "But it doesn't make any sense to share my recovery unless I'm also willing to share some of the uncomfortable things that set me up to need help in the first place," she said in the interview. "I looked really good on the outside, (but) I had a lot of anxiety and insomnia. And I realized eventually that I was really powerless over my childhood, and the coping strategies that I had developed made my adult life unmanageable," Judd continued. "And so I needed to find a power greater than myself to make peace with all of that, and have a very simple and effective design for living today. And it's too late to go back and have a happy childhood. But by the grace of God, and a pretty simple program of recovery and a fellowship, life is good today." Watch video of Ashley's Today interview below:


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Brittny Gastineau

Alyson Hannigan & Family Spend A Day At The Beach

Buffyverse alum and current How I Met Your Mother star Alyson Hannigan packed up her beautiful daughter Satyana and fellow Buffyverse alum hubby Alexis Denisof for a fun family trip to the beach this week. Because the weather has been so gloriously beautiful here in SoCal, Aly and fam decided to enjoy some of the [...]

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Amy Cobb

Keith Urban Lives A "Normal Life" With His Family

With A-list actress wife Nicole Kidman by his side and a successful country music career, Keith Urban still says life with her and their two kids, Sunday Rose, 2, and Faith Margaret, 3 months, is "normal".

Urban, 43, tells People Country, "We just have a normal life, we do normal things. Family is definitely a priority for us."

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Source: http://celebritybabyscoop.com/2011/04/05/keith-urban

Emilie de Ravin

Brandon Flowers Welcomes Baby No. 3: Henry

Congratulations are in order for Brandon Flowers and wife Tana who welcomed their third son, Henry, on Wednesday, March 9, PEOPLE reports.

The Killers frontman and Tana are already parents to sons Gunnar, 19 months, and Ammon, 3½.

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Source: http://celebritybabyscoop.com/2011/04/05/brandon-flowers-welcomes-baby-no-3-henry

FSU Cowgirls

Katie Holmes' Party Plans for Suri's Fifth Birthday

Katie Holmes' Party Plans for Suri's Fifth Birthday

What kind of party do you throw for the little girl who has everything -- and who wears high heels to Starbucks? That's the challenge facing Katie Holmes as she plans a birthday party for her daughter Suri, who turns 5 on April 18. But rather than renting out the Plaza and stocking it with ponies, Holmes is taking a surprisingly low-key approach to the kindergarten bash.

"She wants a piñata and her girlfriends to come over for some swimming," Holmes told Ryan Seacrest on his Monday radio show. "We're going to make a cake together."

That is not to say that Katie and Tom are downplaying the celebration.

"This is my favorite day of the year," Suri's mama gushed. "So we're gonna have a little tea party. I kinda like to girl it up."

So will daddy Tom Cruise take part in the tea party? We're having fun imagining him with a flowered hat and a feather boa, eating scones with 5-year-old girls. (One thing that probably won't be on the menu? Gummy "boy part" candy.)

Holmes is starring in the controversial miniseries The Kennedys, which will continue all week on ReelzChannel. Cruise recently signed on for the movie musical Rock of Ages -- and Holmes assures Seacrest that his singing and dancing skills are "fantastic." Perhaps he can provide the entertainment at Suri's soiree?

Source: http://www.ivillage.com/katie-holmes-party-plans-suris-fifth-birthday/1-a-337866

Gisele Bündchen

Olivia Wilde & Justin Timberlake Are Not Dating

Olivia Wilde & Justin Timberlake Are Not Dating

Olivia Wilde is out to set the record straight about her relationship with Justin Timberlake. The actress insists rumors that they're an item are not true -- and she's issuing a warning to the gossip mongers: "Cool it."

Rumors ignited after the two newly single stars were spotted together at a Hollywood club on Saturday night. Sources told US Weekly that the Now costars were "obviously a couple or on a date." 

But Wilde, 27, took to her Twitter account Monday to put an end to the talk. "Cool it, honeybadgers," the Tron actress wrote. "We are just friends and have been for years."

This certainly isn't the first rebound rumor for Timberlake, 30. Since he split from longtime girlfriend Jessica Biel in March, tabloids have been buzzing with talk that he was getting cozy with his Friends with Benefits costar Mila Kunis.

Can't Justin just be platonic pals with his female costars?

Source: http://www.ivillage.com/olivia-wilde-justin-timberlake-are-not-dating/1-a-338153

Janet Jackson