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Katie Holmes attempts a flattering Canadian tuxedo: kind of great, right?
Angie Harmon in Good Housekeeping: “This is the hardest time in my life”
Brad Pitt gave Angelina an ultimatum: No more babies until we get married!
Christina Hendricks finally finds a flattering ensemble: cute or meh?
‘Super 8′ premiere: what’s going on with Kate Capshaw’s face?
LeAnn Rimes needs attention, so she’s talking about her bony body again
Nicole Kidman in Proenza Schouler at the CMTs: sheer tragedy or just bizarre?
Kim Kardashian threatens to sue In Touch over “affair” story with NFL player
Jennifer Aniston thinks Justin Theroux will get “frustrated” with her covert ways
Jada Pinkett Smith on her parenting style: “I get why people would criticize”

Katie Holmes attempts a flattering Canadian tuxedo: kind of great, right?

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 08:35 AM PDT

GAH! I hate myself for admitting this, but I absolutely love Katie Holmes's jeans. They're beautiful and I want them. I used to have a pair with a similar cut and a lighter wash, and I literally wore them every day for, like, a year. Look at how flattering and slimming the jeans look on her! I need these jeans. I want them very badly.

So does this mean I have to eat my words about Katie always having horrible style? I might. But look what she put with these jeans - it's a fancy Canadian tuxedo! She paired her jeans with a lighter denim shirt, which is fitted (?!?), and a fug neck scarf. I kind of like the orange bag, though. I wouldn't accessorize with orange, but I appreciate that the orange looks great with the denim.

Katie's tried to be a style trendsetter before, to mixed results. I hated when she did the "boyfriend jeans" thing, but I liked her '70s style high-waisted bell-bottom jean phase. I thought she looked cute then too, and this current look reminded me of it. Sigh… I love a good pair of jeans.

Photos courtesy of Fame.

Angie Harmon in Good Housekeeping: “This is the hardest time in my life”

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 08:17 AM PDT

Angie Harmon covers the July issue of Good Housekeeping to promote her upcoming TNT series “Rizzoli & Isles,” which looks like a huge helping of cheesecake female detective work masquerading as empowerment. For most of this interview, Harmon complains about how much she misses her husband, former NFL defensive Jason Sehorn, and their three daughters (aged 2-7) because she works 90 hours per week in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, her family has remained in North Carolina (they moved there last August when Harmon’s work dried up) while Mom plays yet another tough, crime-fighting babe just like she did in “Baywatch Nights” and “Law & Order.”

Still, Harmon herself isn’t as much of a woman of principle as she’d have us all believe in this interview because she can’t stop rattling on about how wonderful a mother she is because she moved her family away from Hollywood; and yet she evidently doesn’t care about them enough because, just as soon as the opportunity popped up for her to start a new television show, she decided “the role was too good to lose.” Get ready for some sanctimonious justification of Harmon’s way of life:

On Being 2000 Miles Away: “I’m a mess. I’ve lost 10 pounds since I got here,” she says in her signature smoky voice, made famous on Law & Order back in the late nineties. “This is the hardest time in my life, for sure. But Harmon says she will get through it, and that her precious girls and well-tended marriage will thrive. She made a heart-wrenching choice, but for the right reason: her kids’ welfare.

“It breaks my heart that I don’t see my daughters every day, don’t get to hug them and brush their hair,” Harmon admits. Still, she set her sights on North Carolina for her girls’ sake, and has never looked back. She sums up the state’s special allure: “There’s a church on every corner as opposed to just a Starbucks…. The people are just a little nicer — more real.”

Harmon didn’t like what the kids were picking up in the fast-moving, flashy Hollywood world. She was horrified to learn that daughter Avery had been hearing friends talk about “sexual things,” like making out with a boy. “Things were just going too fast for her.”

Still, no matter how much they Skype and share by phone, Harmon is bound to be absent for some milestones. Yesterday, for instance, a phone call with the girls nearly unraveled her: “The baby is a great talker, and she’s improving every day. So she got on the phone and said, ‘Mommy, I mith you so muth.’ She has a lisp now! I just lost it.”

Missing the little everyday mom moments is hard — and Harmon is hard on herself. “When I feel like I’m not doing what I am supposed to as a mother, I will torture myself,” she says. “I don’t know how to deal with it. I find some consolation in the fact that all mommies feel it. If there was a way to cure mommy guilt, I would bottle it and be a bazillionaire.”

On Why She Returned To Acting: When her career hit a wall a couple of years ago, she figured it was time to shelve her acting aspirations. However, before she embraced full-time motherhood, she prayed for guidance about which path to pursue. “I said to God, ‘If the plan is to raise these girls, I will wholeheartedly do that, because they are so important to me,’” she recalls. “Once I made that transition in my heart, the [Rizzoli & Isles] script was literally on my doorstep the next day.” She took that as a sign that her acting days were not yet behind her.

On Giving: “I was yanking on the girls to give up their old toys and telling them to think about the little ones who don’t have anything, but they just didn’t understand at all,” she says. “So I decided to show them pictures of poor children in other countries, and now they get it. We all take big bags of toys to Goodwill.”

On Being Accepted In North Carolina: Harmon turned for reassurance to dear friend and NASCAR champ Jimmie Johnson and his wife, Chandra, who live in Charlotte and had encouraged her to move the family there. “They told me, ‘Don’t calm down; we love you for who you are,’” she recalls. As it turned out, Harmon need not have worried about her exuberant personality; it certainly didn’t scare anyone off. “Jason and I have a group of about 10 couples who opened their homes and hearts and welcomed us like nothing I have ever seen before,” she says, visibly moved. “I wasn’t expecting to be embraced like that.”

When Harmon is away, Sehorn and the girls often make the rounds to different families on the weekends, having breakfast at one house and later barbecuing elsewhere in the neighborhood. It’s that sense of community that continues to impress Harmon, who adds that she tends to be gun-shy about trusting people after having been burned in relationships in the past. (She’s too polite to name names or dish any details.) “All of these women back in North Carolina know that I am gone, and they’re all taking care of my children and helping my husband,” she says. “I love them so much.”

[From Good Housekeeping]

Yes, and I’m sure all of those women love Harmon’s husband too. Of course, it sounds awful for me to imply that sort of thing, but I also believe it’s rather naive for Harmon to believe that her marriage will stay “rock solid” while she’s away indulging in the self-actualizing process, and her husband’s at home doing all of the real work for the family. It’s also rather bizarre that Harmon desires a cure for mommy guilt because that guilt is there for a reason, and if mothers could collectively do away with those pangs, none of us would bother raising our children at all. It’s a classic recipe for disaster, and even though Harmon may have been joking about bottling a cure, it’s quite telling in light of her decision to virtually abandon her children during their most formative years. Skype is not the same as a warm hug from one’s mother, but hey, Harmon gives toys to Goodwill, which means she’s just like us!

Also, I certainly don’t want to offend any North Carolinians, but doesn’t the way that Harmon speaks about being so “embraced” by the community sound a lot like Gwyneth Paltrow praising London for being so gloriously wonderful with better citizens and amenities than anywhere else in the world? To push that similarity even further, it sounds like Harmon is still trying to convince herself (by convincing us) that her decision to leave the family behind and jet off to Los Angeles for months at a time is actually something that will ultimately be good for her family. In reality, the family would be better off staying together (virtually) anywhere than to be separated in such a traumatic way. Good values can be instilled and reinforced anywhere too; granted, in Los Angeles it’s slightly more difficult to do so, but if Harmon thinks that kids and teenagers aren’t exposed to sexual matters in North Carolina, well, she’s got a big surprise coming for her one day. Further, her poor daughters will someday reflect upon their childhood and think, “Mom was gone most of the time.” And Harmon’s carefully constructed dual house of cards will crumble. The really sad thing is that it’s not like Harmon needs to separate her family by necessity; she’s not a member of the Armed Forces or anything of that caliber but merely an actress.

Photos courtesy of WENN

Brad Pitt gave Angelina an ultimatum: No more babies until we get married!

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 07:51 AM PDT

A few weeks ago, Brad Pitt gave an interview in which he seemed to indicate he was softening on the idea of marrying Angelina. He said, in part, "The kids ask about marriage. It's meaning more and more to them. So it's something we need to look at." When I read that, it barely registered. But other people freaked out and there were twenty-million stories about BRANGELINA WEDDING ZOMG. Didn't it just seem like Brad was simply talking in general terms…? Anyway, Life & Style has picked up the wedding gauntlet and run with it. According to L&S/Hollywood Life, Brad has issued an ultimatum to Angelina: Marry me now or ELSE!

After six babies and six years together, has Brad finally convinced Angelina to tie the knot? A new report says yes! But guess what she wants to exchange instead of rings!

If you thought the madness surrounding the royal wedding was insane, just picture what it will be like when the most famous parents in Hollywood, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, walk down the aisle! The A-list couple has had a change of heart when it comes to marriage, and it's all thanks to their six kids and her desire for more!

"The kids ask about marriage," reveals Brad, "It's meaning more and more to them. So it's something we've got to look at." And Angie, 36, agrees. "Children are clearly a commitment," she says, "a bigger commitment [than marriage]."

So, Brad has used Angelina's "biggest commitment" — their six kids Maddox, 9, Pax, 7, Zahara, 6, Shiloh, 5, and 2-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne – to persuade her to finally tie the knot. "Brad has told Angie that he doesn't want to add another child to their family until they get married," an insider shares with Life & Style. "And she's fine with that."

One thing she's not fine with is a wedding ring! "She'll exchange necklaces or charms instead," reveals another source.

So, will Brangelina have a beautiful ceremony at their lavish French chateau, which has a 16th century chapel on the grounds?

[From Hollywood Life]

Er… honestly, and let me just let my Brangeloonie freak flag fly, I've always wondered which one - Brad or Angelina - was more opposed to getting married. At first, when they got together and Angelina was pregnant with Shiloh, I thought that Angelina was the one who didn't really care about getting married, and that Brad was the one to want to nail this thing down. But over time… I tend to think that Brad is the one who is more reticent about marriage. I think Angelina is the one who not-so-secretly wants to get hitched. Basically, I doubt this story simply because I don't buy these dynamics. I think Angelina is the one more in favor of marriage.

By the way, an unnamed insider tells Gossip Cop that Brangelina have "no plans for a wedding, by the end of the year or otherwise." It doesn't really mean much, but there you go.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Christina Hendricks finally finds a flattering ensemble: cute or meh?

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 07:13 AM PDT

Lately, I've been super-critical of Christina Hendricks' fashion sense. Christina has the same problem as some like Khloe Kardashian, or Jessica Simpson, or Christina Aguilera. When those ladies are fuller-figured, they're still dressing the same as they did when they were thinner. Christina's problem is more extreme - she's only ever been famous with her current "extreme" hourglass figure, and yet she seems consistently mystified as to how to style herself. Remember the bunchy Capri pants and boob caplet? Remember the huge dust ruffle on her shoulder? There’s a reason I’m so critical. It’s because I love her and I want her to look great!

So imagine my great pleasure in seeing Christina wearing a flattering ensemble. I don't really care for the pieces as separates - horizontal stripes, a cropped tuxedo jacket and skinny jeans, meh - but put together, Christina looks great. One of her best red carpet appearances ever. The jacket is flattering, as are the jeans (surprisingly). Her hair looks good (there are still bangs, but this is how you do bangs). Great pop of color with the green clutch. I love her here.

Incidentally, Christina gave a recent interview to Parade Magazine where she talks about getting back to work on Mad Men and her work with the Make A Wish Foundation. It's a nice read, but she doesn't say anything groundbreaking. Go here to read it.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

‘Super 8′ premiere: what’s going on with Kate Capshaw’s face?

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 06:44 AM PDT

Last night was the big premiere for Super 8, the JJ Abrams-Steven Spielberg film that everyone (?) is talking about. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate that there's someone in the industry who doesn't feel like giving away the whole plot in the trailer, or letting the script leak early and all of that stuff. I like the idea of "event" film premieres, where there isn't a long line of fashion girls trying to steal focus. But it's also problematic, because I don't have one huge celebrity to cover for fashion. But I do have Kate Capshaw, the wife of Steven Spielberg and "Where are they now?" actress. Now… I haven't seen Kate Capshaw in a while. Maybe I just wasn't paying attention, and she's been aging naturally all along and it just startled me today. And I do think that some of what's happening with Capshaw's face can be explained with traditional aging, and for that, good for her. But it looks like she had a really bad facelift several years ago and she's trying to "let it out," right? She just looks odd to me. Like… budget, facelift-y Kim Basinger.

Here are two of the stars of the film, Kyle Chandler and Elle Fanning. Kyle looks nice, but considering it's "his" film, he could be dressier, IMO. And I think Elle looks completely appropriate for a 13 year old. Very cute. And tall!

Here's Jim Caviezel, looking like he's trying to push out a slow-burning fart.

Oh, I'm sorry? Did you want a big hunk-a hunk-a BURNING LOINS?!? Josh Holloway!!!

And here's JJ Abrams' friend, Tom Cruise. Tom is friends with Spielberg too. It's nice that he's showing up for friends, but part of me thinks he's just aiming to get some work. Tom looks nice though - I like his hair.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

LeAnn Rimes needs attention, so she’s talking about her bony body again

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 06:15 AM PDT

LeAnn Rimes has given another interview defending her emaciated body. It's much of the same stuff she's been shilling every since Project Thinner-Than-Brandi went into effect (over the last year). Whenever anyone is like "Hey, you look disturbingly thin, are you okay?" LeAnn will respond with some variation of "LOL, I'm so healthy and happy and that's why I'm thin!" Or, "Why can't everyone just leave me alone?!?!?" The problem is that at this point, LeAnn is just an oddity, a minor celebrity ripe for occasional mocking. She hasn't gotten much attention since she and Eddie returned from their honeymoon. A honeymoon in which they managed to get pap'd every day, and in case the blogs weren't buying the photos, LeAnn helpfully tweeted these bikini photos to go along with the stories. My point? Somewhere along the line, LeAnn realized that the conversation about her thinness was basically the only conversation people wanted to have about her. So when no one is paying attention to her for a second, LeAnn brings it up.

LeAnn Rimes and her trainer want critics of her lean frame to know one thing: she’s fine, thank you very much.

Rimes tells PEOPLE the “hoopla about my body” – which intensified after photos of her in a bikini during her recent honeymoon emerged – has been hurtful.

“For someone like me who is healthy, who works hard for my body, it’s very frustrating,” says the country star, 28, who hosted a benefit for tornado victims alongside new husband Eddie Cibrian, 37, in Florida on Sunday. “I work out and take care of myself, and not in an over-obsessive way.”

“People are calling me bulimic or anorexic,” she says, “and these are real issues and diseases – that I don’t have.”

Adds her trainer, Michael Jackson at Equinox in Woodland Hills, Calif.: “My main concern with her is that she’s toned and healthy. And she is.”

[From People]

You know what I was thinking about? LeAnn's Shape Magazine cover and interview. She was the October 2010 cover girl, and she gave a controversial interview and that's what got most of the attention. But go back and look at those photos from Shape's cover shoot. THAT was when she looked healthy, toned and athletic. It's scary that less than a year later, she's dropped (in my estimation) about 20-30 pounds. Of course, she added bolt-ons and giant veneers. So maybe it all evens out? Congrats, LeAnn! You got more attention for being thin! Project Thinner-Than-Brandi is a TOTAL success, you crazy bitch.

Photos courtesy of LeAnn's Twitter.

Nicole Kidman in Proenza Schouler at the CMTs: sheer tragedy or just bizarre?

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:42 AM PDT

These are photos of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban at last night's CMT Awards. Nic and Keith were the biggest stars there - Taylor Swift is on tour and it just seemed like most country music people couldn't be bothered - although Justin Bieber was there and he won too (of course). Back to Nicole: Er… the dress is Proenza Schouler Fall 2011. Go here to see how it was featured on the runway. On the runway, the skirt looks fully lined. Nicole, however, opted for the simple, sheer bottom half, and added her own twist - a visible slip. At first I was like, "Bitch, are those your Spanx?" But it's a slip.

As you know, I've been pushing a theory that over the last year - and even more so after little Faith Margaret came into their lives - Nicole has really stopped giving a crap about fashion and styling. She spent so long really, really, deeply caring about fashion and being the thinnest, most perfect figure on the red carpet, but not anymore. Nowadays she has some happiness in her life, she's married and she's got two young baby girls, so Nicole is letting it all hang out. I mean that in a good way - I like the Happy Nicole. Happy Nicole looks like she enjoys Southern food and like she might have oatmeal in her hair. Happy Nicole wanders through a red carpet in hideous, unflattering dresses, her slip hanging out, her bangs trauma looking catastrophic. (Just a note: I don't hate Nicole with bangs in general, but whatever is happening here is just hideous.)

So, my verdict: she looks like ten kinds of hell, but she also looks happier than she has in a long time. Good for her.

PS… I know, I didn't even get to what's happening on her feet. Don't get me started.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Kim Kardashian threatens to sue In Touch over “affair” story with NFL player

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:39 AM PDT

Okay, I'm going to try to break down this story in parts, because it gets kind of complicated with all of the threats of lawsuits and cease and desist letters. Basic story: In Touch Weekly's cover story claims that Kim Kardashian screwed around on her fiancé (then boyfriend) Kris Humphries with a football player named Bret Lockett. Let's actually go through what ITW claims before we get into the possible legal repercussions.

ITW claims that Kim asked a friend to introduce her to New England Patriot Brett Lockett. After they were introduced, the tabloid claims they began exchanging sexts and even having "graphic phone sex." Jezebel has a sample of some of the alleged texts exchanged by Kim and Bret, as recounted by an unnamed "friend" claiming to have seen the texts (Jezebel thinks the "friend" is Brett):

Kim: Mr
Bret: Yes Miss
Kim: How are you doll?
Bret: I’m good and you?
Kim: Why don’t you put in an effort and try and make me your girlfriend doll?
Bret: But don’t ask for something your[sic] not ready for
Kim: I’m sure I’m ready
Bret: What’s your schedule looking like the next few weeks? I want to see you
Kim: I’m free Mon after 11, then I’m kinda busy after. You should send me a SEXY picture
Bret: What are you doing the 19th to the 22nd?
Bret: What does Miss Kimmy want?
Kim: The picture
Bret: LOL. Your used to getting what you want, huh?
Kim: Yes so. I want it.

[From ITW via Jezebel]

Apparently, Bret also told the tabloid (directly, like he's a named source in the article, so it seems like he's actually coming out and claiming this, for real): “I knew this was a game to her, but this is what she does. She pursued me.” Brett and other sources say that the "affair" lasted five months - meaning that Brett and Kris were totally overlapping, I suppose.

Anyway, Kim slammed the report early Wednesday morning, threatening to sue both In Touch Weekly and Brett. Kim was alerted to the story before the tabloid came out, and her lawyer sent a threatening letter to ITW, saying that Kim would take legal action if they published, and claiming that the cheating allegations “are, at a minimum, damaging, defamatory, and an invasion of her privacy.” Kim went to E! News and said: "This is absolutely not true. I have no idea who this person is."

Then, after Kim and her lawyers pushed back, Brett pushed back even harder. He went to TMZ and said that he's not worried about a potential lawsuit because:

"…I mean, to be honest with you guys, it really doesn't bother me [that Kim might sue] because when all the allegations are correct and all the facts are in place, it's nothing to bother me at all. For her to say that, I mean, I'm actually not shocked that she said that, but at the end of the day, I know what it is and if she wants to go ahead and pursue with those actions, then that's not a problem with me," said Bret.

TMZ then asks "Where did you actually see her and hook up with her?" and the New England Patriots player responded: "What me and Kim do is what me and Kim do. All that other stuff is irrelevant and, I mean, it's all he-said, she-said stuff. Everybody's just ear hustling and wanting to know what it is, but at the end of the day, Kim knows what happened and I know what happened so, I mean Kim can deny this all she wants, but if she wants to go the legal route and start recalling text messages and conversations and pictures and all of that, then that's not a problem."

Kim's lawyer Dennis A. Roach says, "For the record, none of the facts…are accurate," but Bret is still sticking by his story that he and Kim had an emotional but not physical relationship.

[From Hollywood Life]

Will Kim sue me if I think Brett might be telling the truth? I think he might be telling the truth. There, I said it. But by all means, Kim, please sue ITW. They're trashy. But it's difficult to just shove this aside as some kind of tabloid editor's fantasy… the dude is not scared of going on the record and talking about it. Which is good enough for me.

Of course, now I'm starting to worry that all of this - the engagement and now the "affair" story - are all just some kind of storyline designed for the reality shows. Right? But Kim's not that smart, is she?

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Jennifer Aniston thinks Justin Theroux will get “frustrated” with her covert ways

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:20 AM PDT

As we continue to see, Jennifer Aniston's PR offensive continues. SHE HAS A BOYFRIEND. Conveniently in time for the release of her new movie, Horrible Bosses. Whether or not her new boyfriend Justin Theroux actually, technically had a girlfriend when he and Jennifer started… well, it's debatable. I do think that there's someone out there pushing stories about Aniston being the new "homewrecker" but as of yet, I have no all-encompassing conspiracy theory to go along with that. Anyway, Us Weekly decided to bring the LOLs with yet another story about Aniston and Theroux's romance and why she's already rolling him out so hard in the media:

New man, new attitude! Jennifer Aniston, who’s kept her relationships under wraps since splitting with John Mayer in March 2009, has decided to show off new beau Justin Theroux!

“Justin is ready to take their relationship public,” a Theroux source tells the new issue of Us Weekly (on stands now). “She doesn’t want him to get frustrated with her usual covert way of doing things, so she’s compromising and relaxing about the paparazzi.”

Indeed, after the Horrible Bosses star, 42, and the Rock of Ages screenwriter, 39, enjoyed a three-hour dinner at L.A.’s The Tower Bar on June 2, they departed in the same car.

(The last time the pair dined there, her assistant dropped Theroux off, even though both were coming from Aniston’s pad.)

The actress’ new strategy seems to be working. Theroux was scheduled to return to New York, “but they were having so much fun he extended his trip!”

[From Us Weekly]

LMAO at “She doesn’t want him to get frustrated with her usual covert way of doing things…” Granted, Aniston can totally be covert when she wants to be. But she knows how to hustle up some PR like few celebrities, and my take is that if you're seeing a photo of Aniston, it's because she wants you to see her. Because she's selling something.

Speaking of what's for sale, reader and fellow Celebitch "Kieslowski," a fan of this site, also sent in this interesting tip/story from Deadline. If begin to put all of the pieces together, a certain picture emerges.

CAA has signed Justin Theroux. The actor/screenwriter, who’d been repped by UTA, will next be seen starring opposite Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd in the David Wain-directed comedy Wanderlust. Theroux’s recent writing credits include the Adam Shankman-directed musical Rock of Ages, which just started shooting, and Iron Man 2 and Tropic Thunder. Theroux made his directing debut on Dedication, which starred Tom Wilkinson and Billy Crudup. Theroux continues to be managed by 3 Arts Entertainment’s Nick Frenkel and Michael Rotenberg.

[From Deadline]

Wow, a dude who has been in the industry for nearly two decades, under the radar as a supporting actor and writer, suddenly gets the movie star treatment, new management, more exposure, presumably more money and all he has to do is ~~pretend to~~ date CAA princess Jennifer Aniston? That’s basically how CAA gets half of their clients at this point - Aniston’s biscuits are offered as part of the deal. By the way, if you have a moment and you love inside-the-industry conspiracy theories, you should totally read the comments over at Deadline. They're hilarious.

Also - Jennifer Aniston is the July cover girl for Marie Claire. As of yet, the editorial and cover has not been widely released, but Us Weekly did preview it in this week's issue. Here's a scan - that's Jason Bateman with her on the cover, and Charlie Day dancing with the TRIPLE ANISTON. So, obviously, (all of) this is to promote Horrible Bosses.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Zinio, Us Weekly.

Jada Pinkett Smith on her parenting style: “I get why people would criticize”

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:19 AM PDT

Jada Pinkett Smith covers the July issue of Uptown Magazine, likely to promote that dumb TNT show that I believe just premiered its new season (HawthoRNe, meh). Surprisingly, Jada doesn't talk about her sex life, like she almost always does. She doesn't talk about what I'm guessing are her cheek implants, either. Those are implants, right? Like, she got one size down from Madonna's chicken cutlet implants. So, what does Jada talk about? Her kids. Her music career. Seriously, I forgot she had a music career…?

On her 14-year-marriage to Will Smith: ‘People think that Will and I don’t spend a lot of time together. Too much time, actually, if you ask me… It’s always nice to have a little time apart. Sometimes you need that.’

Different priorities as a parent: ‘There was a time when all I had to worry about was myself. I’d get offers to do things - to go to Bolivia for three months or go to Prague - and now it’s like, I can’t. It’s not about me anymore, it’s about me being there for my kids. And there’s no one else I would leave that job to.’

Willow & Jaden are a lot like their parents: ‘Believe it or not, they’re both like me and Will… Willow’s a lot like me - just in the chances she’ll take. And then, Jaden has the drive of his father. Jaden and I are what I call introverted extroverts. Willow and Will are more pow! Jaden and I, well, we don’t give that to just anybody.’

Don't worry about her kids: ‘There are so many other kids you can worry about. My kids? They’re going to be all right. I get why people would criticize. But people need to know that Will and I would never put our children in a situation that would bring them detriment. If I survived everything that I survived in Baltimore and Will survived everything he survived in Philly, these kids surely can survive the Hollywood game.'

On ending her music career: "I miss [my music career] tremendously, but it's one of those things that I wear with a badge of honor because it expresses what I prioritize, and that's my family. When Jaden did The Pursuit of Happyness, I was supposed to go on tour with Guns N' Roses in Europe. It was probably the most heartbreaking experience. But what I realized is that sometimes God will place things in your life that will make you recognize what your priorities are. I adore my son; he's my soul seed. There was no way that I was going to allow him to do [a movie] and not have his mother."

[From Bossip & The Mail]

Okay, I'm not a huge fan of Jada in general, but I think she came across really well in this interview. If I was a parent, I don't think I would put my kids out there like Will and Jada have, but ultimately, I do think Jada and Will have every right to raise their kids how they see fit, and I believe they are taking some precautions to shield their kids from the harsher parts of the industry. We'll see if Jaden and Willow turn into grounded, well-adjusted adults years from now, but I don't see the point in bashing the family at this point.

By the way, what always surprises me about the criticisms of the Smith kids is that so much it comes from the African-American community. Months ago, there was a huge thing when writer Terry McMillan accused Will and Jada of "exploiting" and "pimping" their kids. At the time, Jada reacted with surprising grace, saying in an interview:

“This isn’t about fame or money. They were still going to have their trials because of who their parents are. As much as I wish I could figure out a way I could protect my children, they have their destiny. I’m not going to put brakes on that out of fear. Our children are allowed to stay in the paradigm of being a child. They don’t have to take care of their families: become the complete emotional, physical and financial focus that happens to many child stars. Our family structure is a little different and it’s quite hard to comprehend because it’s so outside what usually happens in a family, but the paradigm is the same. You have Mother. You have Father. Father is protective. Mother is the teacher. Most of the time with child stars, the child has all the responsibilities and the mother and father don’t understand what’s actually happening to them, so the child can trust no one… But with us the paradigm stays the same because the child can still be the child with an extraordinary gift. It is something to manage. I will not overlook that. I have a 10 year old who can stand up in front of an audience of 17,000 and rock the house. I have to keep her grounded.”

[Jada's comments via Starpulse]

I think she made a good point - they're not traditional stage parents of child performers. This is not the Jackson family, for the love of God. They have the means and connections to let their kids have early careers, and maybe it's all a learning experience.

Uptown Magazine photos courtesy of Bossip.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Cele|bitchy

Cele|bitchy

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