Archive for ◊ January, 2009 ◊

Author: Editor
• Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Hugh Hefner’s next girlfriend? 

Already his wife? 

Playboy's Hefner and his wife

Playboy

While Hugh Hefner is separated from his wife, former Playboy Playmate Kimberly Conrad, she still pays visits to the Playboy Mansion.  And now it sure is getting crowded at the Playboy mansion with Hugh Hefner’s three brand spanking new girlfriends moving into the Playboy mogul’s bachelor pad, as reported by the Daily News, but now there’s another familiar love hanging around. And she’s no other then Hefner’s estranged wife Kimberly Conrad who now is paying more frequent visits to the mansion, according to FoxNews.com.

Conrad’s no stranger around the house, regularly dropping in for the bunny-free Tuesday “family nights,” but she’s recently added the gal-pal-friendly movie nights to her schedule as well. Hmm, guess she’s not so estranged anymore.

Conrad and Hefner married in 1989, the same year she was crowned Playmate of the Year, and she is the mother of his two sons, Marston, 18, and Cooper, 17. The pair separated in 1999 but have never officially divorced - a sticking point for Hef’s ex, Holly Madison, who recently split from the magazine mogul.

Madison’s fellow “Girls Next Door” stars Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt also hopped out of the mansion not long after , paving the way for three new girlfriends: Crystal Harris and twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon, all of whom now live with Hefner.

Good-girl Harris recently bumped the naughty twins from the master bedroom and has been promoted to number-one girlfriend, a spy tells FoxNews“Everyone was quite surprised when [Crystal] moved in. She’d just started coming to the Mansion for movie nights and BBQs but nothing romantic was going on then suddenly she was in,” said the snitch. “So far there is no jealously between the twins and Crystal, but we’ll see how long that lasts.”

Author: Editor
• Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

There’s no secret about Kirstie Alley’s weight loss: The former star of ‘Cheers’ was the face of Jenny Craig’s diet plan from 2004 to 2008.  Alley is said to have lost 75 pounds on the program before stepping down as spokesperson.  She’s even written about the experience in a book called ‘How to Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life.’

Author: Editor
• Friday, January 16th, 2009

Mickey Rourke’s New Romance

An older but athletic and muscular with a body builder body, Mickey Rourke, now 51, with a new ninth life acting career revival, has a new romance in the air with Bai Ling,  She is an actress and red carpet fixture who’s known to attend major Hollywood events.  Page Six reported that Rourke was at the Chateau Marmont the other night with Sean Penn (guess they made up?) when he was approached by the sexy Ms. Bai, Then, says the paper reported that they made out and partied pretty hard.  

Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke

While Mickey Rourke is a dog person, Bai is also an animal lover and is devoted to her cat Qiji,   The rumors about the pair prompted visual confirmation at Bai’s blog (newly retitled “Naked Seduction for 2009″), and that’s where we stumbled upon rival suitors. While there was a picture of Rourke and Bai together, but the camera-hopping starlet showed definate chemistry this past week with the eclectic group of Ralph Fiennes, John Legend, and American Idol winner David Cook.

More recently , Mickey Rourke won the best actor Golden Globe playing a fallen-star wrestler known as “The Ram,” but Mickey Rourke deserves his own colorful nickname: “The Phoenix.”  Like thet mythical bird that flames out and is reborn from the ashes, the 56-year-old actor is experiencing his own Hollywood rebirth in years.  Rourke’s Sunday-night victory for his exhilarating performance in “The Wrestler” has not only jump-started a dead still career, it’s brought the actor who lives in New York city’s Village to to being the comeback of the year.  Mickey Rourke

You can’t watch the riches to rags tales of “The Wrestler” without seeing Rourke’s own story. In the early ‘80s, he broke through with a series of small but pivotal parts in such films as “Diner,” “The Outsiders” and “Body Heat.”  His performances showed off his good looks, confidence and an intensity that drew comparisons to Marlon Brando or Robert De Niro.  By the middle of the ‘80s he’d achieved leading-man and bona fide sex symbol status opposite Kim Basinger (and a refrigerator) with the erotically charged “9 1/2 Weeks.” “Angel Heart” and “Wild Orchid” followed and further cemented his heartthrob status.  But the end of the ‘80s marked an end to his glory days on the big screen, due to a combo of bad career decisions and a volatile personal life. He turned to boxing to make ends meet.  

By the dawn of the new millennium Rourke was a has-been, talked about more for his apparent plastic surgery and erratic behavior than for performances he was putting up on screen. He reportedly was relying on $200-weekly handouts from a pal. In his plain-spoken Globe acceptance speech, he acknowledged that he was almost “out of the business” a few years ago. Choking back emotions, he went on to thank his agent for sticking with him, and director Darren Aronofsky for hiring him.  If those thank-yous were expected, Rourke went off script to show how desolate he’s become by thanking his mutts. “Sometimes when you’re alone,” he said, “all you got is your dog.”  He meant it. In an interview, he admitted that his connection to his canines is what saved him from destroying his life. Currently Rourke is expected to be a front runner at the Academy Awards and reportedly is in talks to play the baddie in “Iron Man 2.”

Author: Editor
• Friday, January 16th, 2009

Sex in the City Star Marriage

Woes

Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker

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According to Star magazine, Sarah Jessica Parker’s husband, Matthew Broderick, was cheating on her with a younger woman. Now, according to Star magazine the Sex and the City celebrity is house hunting in New York City — as a soon to be single mom!

Apparenty while Sarah Jessica thought she could salvage her marriage, she did begin looking for a place of her own with the help of a midtown New York city real estate broker .   Sarah Jessica reportedly is determined to get her own place and now ma be seeking to bring an end to her marriage to acting star Mathew Broderick.   While it was probably easier for Sarah Jessica Parker to stay than to go through a likely bitter   divorce, the couple seems to be essentially living separate lives.

With the the holiday season over, the superstar actress is beginning to execute an exit strategy from her marriage, taking into consideration the impact on her 6-year-old son, James Wilkie — probaly why the marriage held on all along  while the couple had their issues.

See below for pictures of the adorable actress.

 

Sex and the City Star
Sex and the City Star

 

Sarah Jessica Parker in a Bikini
Sarah Jessica Parker in a Bikini

 

Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker

 

Author: Editor
• Monday, January 05th, 2009

President's Diet

What’s Barack Obama’s diet?

 
While  Barack Obama’s diet is not perfect, he does eat right, even when he and his wife, Michelle, 44, dine at Topolobampo, their favorite Mexican restaurant back home in Chicago.  “There isn’t melted cheese and sour cream over everything,” says chef Rick Bayless, who is a contender to become the Obamas‘ chef at the White House. “We begin with fresh, nonprocessed ingredients, and the dish is naturally better and completely satisfying. What’s great about the Obamas is that they try
everything.” One of their favorites? The fresh sweet corn.

Barack Obama’s diet

Obama likes snacks – “nuts, trail mix, granola bars,” says one political insider. But like everyone else, Obama has been known to occasionally indulge in cheese steaks, fried chicken and pizza. Luckily, he burns lots of calories because he is so active.

Obama's DietHere how a potential Barack Obama’s diet looks like:
Breakfast

It is not clear what Barack eats for breakfast, but it is probably something moderate in carbs and high in protein, I hope.
Snack

Obama has been known to treat himself to a refreshing ice. His potential chef would offer him organic fruit bars, sliced cheese, or a tuna salad with crackers.
Lunch

Obama likes Mexican food, so it seems safe to assume that a homemade chili, grilled vegetables and maybe a turkey burger are on his menu.
Dinner

Obama had gumbo while campaigning in New Orleans in February. But other alternatives come to mind. Think grilled chicken breast stuffed with spinach, mushrooms, garlic and pecorino Romano cheese, or grass-fed ribeye steak.
Turning to Obama’s health plan; did you know that in the United States there are over 40 million citizens that includes 10 million children who are without health insurance. This is going to be one of the biggest troubles that soon to be official President Barrack Obama is going to have to handle when he takes office in a few weeks.
Not only do so many people in our country not have health insurance, but those who do currently have it may soon not be able to afford it as insurance premiums are continuing to rise. The fact is that the way things are with health care presently may continue to go downhill and get worse before
anyone sees it get better due to the state of our economy. President elect Obama has reached out to the citizens of our country regarding the health care system and thousands answered that call. Obama asked citizens to come together in groups and discuss what they felt needed to be done to improve the health care system in our country and to come up with some possible solutions. Obama’s transition team set up Sunday as the official date to gather all information discussed and any that were made and have them uploaded to their site for review. 
In Ohio alone, more than 120 meetings were held and the transition team has received more then 600 reports from groups since the uploading began. Jen Psaki, a transition team spokesperson has said that they have received an overwhelming outcry from our citizens saying that there is a
need for change no matter who the person is. There has been many stories received of very sad situations regarding those who cannot afford health care. This is not the first time that citizen input has been looked for, however last time there was hardly any medical professionals involved. This time around the medical professionals made sure to give their input. They are concerned with the fact that medical students are choosing to go to the higher paying specialties in their education because nowadays it seems that those who are in general practice are not as valued. Due to this decision rates will continue to rise in health care costs. There are many reasons that health care is so expensive and why people cannot afford it. There are also many decisions that need to be made by President elect Obama and his transition team along with Tom Daschle, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Let us hope and pray that the right decisions are made and the health care system improves quickly for all.