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Best of FameCrawler: Week of February 6th

Whit Honea — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:00:00 GMT

Mark Wahlberg Plans a G-Rated Wedding

Mom Jeans - A Poll

Britney Threatens to Cancel Tour

Baby Bump Photo: Halle Berry Pregnant Again?

Nadya Suleman - Octuplet Mom Won't Receive Freebies

Christian Bale Shows Alec Baldwin What Angry Dads Really Sound Like

Alessanda Ambrosio Shares Her Motherhood Routine

TLC's Kate Gosselin Talks Octuplets Mom

A Baby For Demi and Ashton!

Sex and the City Star Welcomes Baby

Mother of Octuplets Mom Nadya Suleman Speaks Out

Best of FameCrawler: Week of December 19th

Whit Honea — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:00:00 GMT

Isla Fisher Does NOT Look Old Enough To Be A Mom

Brad and Angelina Don't Spoil Their Kids

Connor Cruise: Dad Tom Skips His Son's Premiere to Promote Valkyrie But Why

Megan Fox is a Step MILF in Waiting

Clay Aiken Pregnant Again!

Jennie Garth: Daughter Weirded Out by "Twilight" Dad Fans

Brit Wants More Kids With K-Fed!

New Halle Berry Topless Pics

Sheen Girls in Car Crash

1981 Murder of Adam Walsh Solved (Photos)

Seal Is A Brave Man

Letterman Asks Jen Aniston: What's In YOUR Uterus?

The Dark Knight -- parents strongly cautioned (to go see it)

Brett Singer — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:00:00 GMT

Let's get one thing out of the way right now – you shouldn't bring your children. They might want to go, but unless they have a very high tolerance for a long movie (2 and half hours) and an abnormally high tolerance for what might be the most frightening performance ever (Heath Ledger's Joker), I'd get a sitter.

Now: this is some incredible movie. At first, I was a little bit apprehensive. Part of that feeling was the hype, which was so intense that it seemed impossible anything could live up to it. (Part of it was also that the movie didn't start until almost 1am because we had to sit through 7 commercials, none of which I remember at all – money well spent, advertisers. But I digress.) There are some slow spots, especially in the beginning, and I think the director, Christopher Nolan, could have cut 10 or 15 minutes of film and made it a tighter movie. But that's nitpicking, because there are several scenes, some just quick moments and some long, exciting action sequences, that will put your jaw on the floor.

The saddest thing about Heath Ledger's death is that his daughter will never know her father. But it's fair to say that if an actor had to go out with one performance, this is that performance. He's so good that I completely forgot I was watching an actor, which, for me, almost never happens. (It's worth pointing out that Gary Oldman as James Gordon, and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox, do the same thing in smaller and less flashy roles.) He's frightening, but not the way a horror movie villain is frightening. It's not shock value, although there is some of that (there's a bit with a pencil that might be the best 5-second description of a character in the history of cinema.) Without giving anything away, The Joker is referred to as a "terrorist" a couple of times, but unlike the terrorists in our world, this one has no cause that he fights for. He's just… mad. Not angry-mad, just flat out crazy. And Ledger captures that in every possible way. You could teach an acting class using this movie – what he does physically, vocally, emotionally; it's all stunning to watch.

The rest of it is, for the most part, equally good. I don't care about the love story, but it's fine I suppose and does serve the story. Aaron Eckhart is a solid actor and he does a good job as Gotham City District Attorney Harvey Dent. Christian Bale is by far the best Batman yet, although Ledger is so good that he really takes over the movie. Michael Caine is a good Alfred Pennyworth, Maggie Gyllenhaal is fine as token love interest Rachel Dawes; she's more than that, I guess, but it's not her movie. Gary Oldman is amazing; as in "Batman Begins," he somehow manages to completely capture the essence of a fictional comic book character that isn't a superhero, meaning that, as an actor, he has fewer details available to work with. I can't explain it but he IS Jim Gordon.

The nits to pick if you want to go there: some of the dialog is hokey (although the lines written for Ledger are brilliant.) There are a few slow spots. At times the action sequences are a tad frenetic, here and there. But it really doesn't matter. You'll read a lot about the surprising depth of this movie, and this is true to an extent. "The Dark Knight" is incredibly entertaining and does have some thoughtful moments amid the comic-book chaos, but there's no need to over think them. I would say just relax and enjoy it, but it's not a relaxing experience. Ledger's Joker is uncomfortable to watch, but in a good way. I don't want to give anything away, so you'll have to see it for yourself (but, as I said, get your tickets early; even the 12:30am showing was completely sold out.)

Now, despite the fact that there isn't much in the way of blood, this is not a film that you should take your children to see. Obviously, you know your offspring better than I, so if you think they can handle it, that's your call. And of course older kids will be fine. I hesitate to suggest an age-range, but I recommend seeing it yourself first if you're not sure. Worst-case scenario – you get to see it twice. Believe me, that's not a bad thing.

image: Reuters

Batman: get your tickets now

Set Your Alarm for a Romp Through LEGO Batman: The Video Game

Maggie Gyllenhaal on Letterman- He Wishes

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Sexy Superhero Parents: The Top 10

Little Matilda Had Heath's Heart

Batman: get your tickets now

Brett Singer — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:42:00 GMT

So, being a guy who sees superhero movies, I wanted to see the new Batman movie. Today.

A friend wanted to come with me, so I couldn't pull my usual "go during the day when it's not busy" thing. So OK, let's see when its playing… What? Sold out? You gotta be kidding me.

Well, I'm not. If you're planning on seeing The Dark Knight this weekend, you'd better get your tickets in advance. This is unbelievably annoying. I tried at 2pm to get tickets to a 10:30pm showing, and it was already sold out. The reviews so far are over the top in their praise. Over at Rotten Tomatoes, a site that aggregates reviews from various sources, the rating is a whopping 94% positive (the only film with a higher rating is Wall-E.). If you go to the "top critics" section (print outlets and sites like salon.com), only a couple of the reviews are negative, which is extremely unusual for a comic book flick.

A lot of the interest in this film is because of Heath Ledger's death, but I've never seen anything like this. A movie that you can't get tickets to unless you go at midnight, which is what I'm doing? Come on. (And yes, I know I'm nuts.)

I'll let you know what I think of the film, and whether or not it's appropriate for children, later tonight. But for now, if you plan on going, order those tickets early, Bat-fans. Otherwise, you ain't getting in.

See you tonight -- different Bat-time, same Bat-channel...

image: Rotten Tomatoes

Set Your Alarm for a Romp Through LEGO Batman: The Video Game

Maggie Gyllenhaal on Letterman- He Wishes

Spying on the Neighbors: 7-17-08

Sexy Superhero Parents: The Top 10

Little Matilda Had Heath's Heart

Which Celebs Refuse To Pimp Out Their Kids?

Amy S.F. Lutz — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:29:00 GMT

Since Brangelina's twins arrived, there's been a lot of passionate debate about the ethics of celebrities auctioning off baby pics to the highest bidder.

Me, I thought that, since Brad and Angelina have promised to donate the $11 million they've allegedly scored from People Magazine to charity, everyone wins. Until I read a very rational article on this practice, which pointed out that celebs like the Jolie-Pitts have so much money they could easily afford to donate $11 mil to charity WITHOUT sacrificing their children's privacy. As Bruce Weinstein, who writes on ethics for a syndicated column, points out, "If your own parents are literally selling you out, where can one feel safe?"

Not all celebrities are raking in the big bucks for their baby pictures, however. Which ones are taking the moral highground?

According to Gawker, a few big names were never approached to sell their babes' photos because they made it clear beforehand they weren't interested. In this group are actresses Nicole Kidman (who recently welcomed, with husband Keith Urban, daughter Sunday Rose), Halle Berry (who celebrated the arrival of Nahla Ariela with Gabriel Aubry) and Cate Blanchett (who, with husband Andrew Upton, brought home third son Ignatius Martin in April).

Then there are those celebs who turned down big time offers for pictures of their offspring, such as Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck (parents of Violet Anne, now 2), Courtney Cox and David Arquette (parents of Coco Riley, now 4), Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick (parents of James Wilkie, now 5) and Salma Hayek (who last year delivered Valentina Paloma, fathered by Hayek's fiance, Francois-Henri Pinault). Several of these tots have been snapped while out and about with their parents, or had their pictures distributed for free, but in any case, these folks obviously didn't want their children to become the focus of increasingly aggressive stalking by the paparazzi.

One could argue that no matter how Brad and Angelina resolved the photo distribution question, their no-doubt gorgeous twins would still become the focus of increasingly aggressive stalking by the paparazzi. And one would probably be right - after all, we're talking about Brangelina here! But at least if they had held their ground, their kids would have known, when they were old enough to appreciate it, that their parents never looked at them with dollar signs in their eyes.

20 Mil For Pics Of Twins

Best of FameCrawler: Week of July 11th

Whit Honea — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Preg-a-licious! Is Fergie Expecting?

Photos Of Maddie Briann, They're Official

Sexy Superhero Parents: The Top 10

Is Michael Jackson Dying?

Nicole Kidman's Dad Reveals Secret of Sunday's Name!!

THESE Two Are The Hottest Celebrity Parents, For Seriously

Photos! Who Is Diana Bianchi?

Wanted: Nanny for the World's Most Famous Family

Angelina's Due Date - Got It!!!!

Angie And Brad's New Baby!

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's Baby Names!

Angelina's Paparazzi Proof Room

Before and after baby pics from TMZ

Brett Singer — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:33:00 GMT

TMZ has a gallery of before and after pregnancy photos of various celebrities; I won't list the names because in our gossip-fueled media, you probably know who they all are.

Whenever I see something like this I think of an interview that Ricki Lake did with David Letterman a few years back. Ricki was talking about how much weight she had lost, and said something to Dave about how it was difficult but worth it (or something like that, I can't find a clip.) Letterman, in his low-key midwestern way, said something very memorable: "when you make the kind of money we do, it's a lot easier to stay in shape."

I'm paraphrasing but the point is that a person of means can hire a trainer, a chef, or whatever they need if they require help in shedding extra pounds. Most people, however, can't. When I see "look how thing she is" stories, I'm always curious who the trainer is. This isn't to say that someone who isn't flush with moolah can't lose weight. It's just nice when they acknowledge that they have help.

Of course, some of the women did better than others in the weight-loss department. But blaming all the weight gain on the baby, especially in the case of Britney (y'all!) seems kind of unfair. Sure, it's tough to get back to pre-baby weight, but it's even tougher when all you do is eat corn dogs all day (y'all).

As for the others: Julianna Margulies doesn't look much different. Melissa Joan Hart looks like a real parent – tired. Nicole Ritchie appears to be at a normal weight when pregnant as opposed to her skin and bones thing. And based on this photo, Christina Aguilera seems to have gained weight only in her chest. Check 'em out for yourself if you like that kind of thing.

image: TMZ

Ashlee Simpsons Likes Cake, Shuns Bras

Lindsay Lohan's (Fake) Baby Bump

Parenting: What's In It For Me?

Denise Richards still trying to prove she's insane

Best of FameCrawler: Week of May 2nd

Whit Honea — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair Photos: Annie Leibovitz Speaks

Oprah Reveals Scoop On Tom Cruise Interview

Jessica Alba- A Bra Would Only Slow Her Down

Lourdes Looks Like A Young Angelina Jolie?

Claudia Shiffer and Daughter Clementine

Melissa Joan Hart Has Her Pre-Baby Body Back

Kate Hudson Tops People's Most Beautiful People List

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon Married...and Expecting?

Courteney Cox Getting Baby Help from Friend

More Halle Berry Post Baby Body Pics!

Best of FameCrawler: Week of April 25th

Whit Honea — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Kat Moss Stands Up to Pee

Brad & Angelina's Quiet Wedding

Halle Berry Is No Couch Potato

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz Are Like A Dog and His Owner

Jonas Bros Defend Miley's Bra-Baring Skank Pics, But Still No Word From Daddy

And The Most Embarassing Parent Award Goes To...

Lourdes Looks Like Mama Madonna

Bridget Moynihan Has Style Advice And So Do I

Mark Wahlberg Adding on to the Funky Bunch

Miley Cyrus' New Boyfriend Revealed!

Best of FameCrawler: Week of March 21

Whit Honea — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Jennie Garth's Family Is a Croc

Is Fergie Pregnant?

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Lopez's Twins

Heidi Klum Talks About Her Sex Life, AGAIN

Ashley Dupre Video: Why My Daughters Will Spend Spring Break at Amish Camp

Halle Berry Gives Birth To A Daughter!

Parenting and Cheetos: A Comparison

JLo's Twins! Meet Max and Emme!

Jamie Lynn Dumps Casey Aldridge

Governors Gone Wild: Dina Matos McGreevey and the Three-Way

My Son Crapo

Jen Chaney — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:32:00 GMT

The Chicago Tribune recently ran this short piece about the now common practice of naming children after famous cities, citing such favorites as Madison, Savannah and Sydney. The story then runs down MomLogic's list of top five city baby names to avoid, which include Boring, Md., and Intercourse, Pa. (That last one should be ruled out based on redundancy. You had to engage in intercourse to create the child. Why keep bringing it up for the rest of his/her life?)

Personally, I have a few more that easily could have made MomLogic's list:

Accident, Md.: Finally, a way to let the world know that your kid was conceived because some people still don't understand how the rhythm method works.

Booger Hollow, Ark.: For the parent who thinks Lil' Snot is too subtle.

Lizard Lick, N.C.: You have to admit, it has a nice, alliterative flow.

Crapo, Md.: Okay, seriously, what is the deal with the lousy city names in Maryland? I live in Maryland and I am frankly appalled. Who is naming our towns, two guys from Salisbury State University named Harold and Kumar?

Sugartit, Kentucky: If Mel Gibson ever has another daughter, well, this name is just perfect.

Beebeetown, Iowa: Because of my generous spirit, I'm going to offer this up to Miss Halle Berry as a potential name for her upcoming new arrival. Beebeetown Berry? Oh, I like the sound of that.

Photo Courtesy of Rural Arkansas Magazine, Via TieDyeTravels.com

Unmarried Celebrity Moms and Dads

Madeline Holler — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:37:00 GMT

MSNBC has a nice little gawky slideshow featuring famous couples who bear children without being married. It's a sidebar, cheekily titled "First Comes Baby" (then comes love?) and accompanies the main story on Jessica Alba, who is promoting her new movie and is also with child. The headline acts as meddling mother by promising her "thoughts on marriage."

Having given birth to both my kids before being forced to marry my partner to get health benefits (details provided here), I still feel a certain affinity to these couples who, for whatever reason, haven't bothered getting married -- now or yet or ever. And I tend to slice and dice all the codes and tones and extra commentary packed into the reportage. I like to see what terms the writers come up with for the main players. Like Erin's recent post on names for two mommies, unmarried couples don't have any agreed-upon references for their partners/girlfriends/husbands/SOs/etc.

So going through the slideshow, I did a little lexical inventory of what the baby mama/baby daddy get called and find it interesting that there's a difference, even though I can't figure out who gets to be called what. It's either "boyfriend/girlfriend" (for example, Halle Berry's, Matthew McConaughey's, Jamie Lynn Spears', Alba's, Nicole Richie's) or "longtime boyfriend/girlfriend" (Mark Wahlberg's). Only the Tim Robbins/Susan Sarandon industrial complex is referred to in terms of "partner."Brad and Angelina get to be called "a couple." Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher are spared the girlfriend/boyfriend tag, too, either because they're both actors or because, as their slide indicates, he proposed to her years ago.

Any unmarried couples out there want to chime in with terminological ideas for the celebrity press?

IIncidentally, if you read through the Alba story, she says, regarding marriage, "she's thought about it," but nothing more. We're not getting the details. Seems that unlike li'l Jamie Lynn Spears, she doesn't necessarily "want to get married real bad." I hear you, Jessica, I hear you.

More On the Annoying Hot Pregnant Celebrity Thing From Maxim

Kelly Mills — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:04:00 GMT

When I covered Xtina's nude-knocked-up pics, I totally neglected to dicover that Maxim has a slideshow of the hottest pregnant women. It is, of course, not very interesting choice-wise. Maxim is generally boringly celebrity A-list fawn-y, only Monica Belluci is a good selection, and if you're gonna do it, uh, how can you leave out Gabby Reece? But leaving aside the merits of the Maxim slideshow selection process, I just feel even more annoyed with the pregnant-hot thing. There's the tagline: "When you're Christina Aguilera, you can pull off swollen ankles." Wow guys, thanks for your generosity in still finding your favorite pinups sexy even when they are with child. Oh, or Halle Berry's bit: "Descriptions like 'over 40' and 'with child' aren´t usually things we associate with looking hot, but Halle pulls off both better than anyone we´ve seen." Hmmm, why is this "we'd still do you knocked up" thing feeling just this side of condescending?

Maybe it's also lines like this when talking about Naomi Watts: "Naomi has always been hot, but a little on the scrawny side for our tastes. Once she got pregnant, she carried that baby weight in all the right places (boobs)." Look, as I said before, I'm already irked that now women have an unrealistic, airbrushed standard of pregnant beauty to try and emulate now, and so with this oogling maybe I'm getting het up over what's just a wider objectification net. Like, "Really? You guys would still beat off to these celebrities even though they have a bun in the oven? What sweethearts." It chafes, oh yes it does. This kind of ushering in of the full-bellied red carpet queens to 'sex-symbol' status feels about as comfortable as the maternity up-to-the-boobs underwear.

Pregcellent: If Halle Berry Isn't In Deep Trouble Pregnant, She Didn't Have Type 1 Diabetes

Kelly Mills — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:31:00 GMT

Relieved to see a Halle Berry pregnancy article that doesn't reference her boobies? The actress managed to irk diabetes groups mightily with her claim that she got herself off insulin and basically cured her diabetes. Berry reported she had Type 1 diabetes (formerly known as juvenile-onset diabetes) which is, uh, incurable. She was quoted as saying, "I've managed to wean myself off insulin, so now I'd like to put myself in the Type 2 category." Yeah, well, you may have been in the Type 2 category to begin with. Some docs say she was likely misinformed, mistaken, or misdiagnosed. Because for a Type 1 diabetic to stop taking insulin...um, very, very unwise.

Since Berry is pregnant, we have some further evidence she wasn't Type 1. Folks with that need insulin more during pregnancy because the hormones block insulin action. If Berry had Type 1, she'd probably not be doing so well right now. One doc speculated that beause Berry was thin when she was diagnosed, her doctor might have told her she had Type 1 (Type 2 generally affects obese and out-of-shape people.) But no matter what, Berry did not cure herself. We assume the vast majority of diabetics are informed enough not to follow the actions of a celebrity, so it goes without saying Type 1 people should keep up the injections. Especially if pregnant.

Celebs Have Pregnancy Cravings! And So Do We!

Jessica Ashley (Sassafrass) — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:02:00 GMT

It makes me feel a lot better about how quickly celebrity mamas slurp in the post-partum jelly belly and slide back into size --2 (surely, that's a size now, right?) pre-preggers jeans to know that they are craving the same crazy shit we normal mamas still wearing the post-partum jelly belly years later are.

Halle Berry's chowing down on pickles and salty stuff (and so my love for her grows that much deeper), Usher's wife Tameka Foster's chomping on lots of ice (seriously?), Drea de Matteo's got a hankering for Italian cuisine (mmmm, lasagna) and the Gen X representative of the strange and conservative, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, is downing gluten-free cookies (what? does this mean she too has crunchy granola moments?) and watermelon sprinkled with salt and lime (and possibly frat boy moments? hello, fruit salad tequila style!). I know for sure, we can beat these paltry celebs at the craving game. So while they're sneaking into Costco to buy crunchy dills and Nature's Best cookies, let's make our own list of kooky crap we craved while we were pregnant.

The Strollerderby staff is happy to kick it off with this list of hormone-induced must-haves:

1. Kelly got down with a sandwich made in the OCD style only women growing human beings can come up with. Check this: "Roast beef deli sandwiches on dutch crunch rolls, extra mayo and pickles. You open the sandwich and layer cheddar cheese ruffles potato chips inside, then seal it back up and eat that shit. Aw yeah..." Thanks for (bluuurp) that, Kells. Kelly also adds that she craved never being pregnant again. Good stuff!

2. Redsy apparently turned into a high school sophomore at lunch in the school caf while she was with child. She was all about the coke (COLA, people! we're not that loose around here, gawd) and Ruffles of the sour cream, onion and cheddar variety (what's with those? did a pregnant woman come up with that barfable flavor?).

3. Karen played it safe and meaty while she was boasting the bump. She was all about pineapple and cupcakes (aww), all kinds of meat (even though she all veggie and whatnot) and bananas with Tootsie Rolls (huh?).

4. I honestly did crave more than porn. Really! It was red meat, Thai food and McDonald's soft serve cones for me all. day. long. Too bad I didn't know any pregnant celebrities then, because I so would have brought them over to the dark side of gaining good, solid prenatal weight the right way.

5. I don't know it for a fact, but I have it on good authority that Mike craved his blankie and oak-barrel aged scotch during his wife's pregnancy. You and Nicole Richie, Mike. You and Nicole.

What about you? What crazy stuff did you crave that could easily elevate you to pregnant celebrity status?

Strollerderby : halle berry

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Best of FameCrawler: Week of May 2nd

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Jamie Lynn Dumps Casey Aldridge

My Son Crapo

Unmarried Celebrity Moms and Dads

More On the Annoying Hot Pregnant Celebrity Thing From Maxim

Pregcellent: If Halle Berry Isn't In Deep Trouble Pregnant, She Didn't Have Type 1 Diabetes

Celebs Have Pregnancy Cravings! And So Do We!