Nice Sanaps Photos About Hollywood's Children:

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By: Graciela J. Ayllon
Dallas October,8 2008


Willow Smith wants to be on TV, dad Will Smith says.



Pax Jolie-Pitt, son of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, shows off his dapper side during a trip to a New York Borders book store.


Britney Spears' sons, Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, recently appeared on the cover of OK! magazine.




Jennifer Lopez offered a glimpse of one of her twins Max and Emme during a recent vacation in Italy.



Cruz, Romeo and Brooklyn Beckham are mirror images of their soccer star dad, David Beckham.




Tiger Woods' daughter Sam, 1, gets her good looks from her pop - and model mother, Elin.



Minnie Driver posted a touching photo of her son, Henry Story, on MySpace in early October.



They may be pint-sized, but celebrity offspring such as Halle Berry's daughter Nahla, above, steal the spotlight from their famous parents.

'Saturday Night Live' Is more valuable again, thanks to Tina Fey as Sarah Palin

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By: Graciela J. Ayllon
Dallas October 8,2008

Once upon a time, TV viewers would have had to stay up late to watch Tina Fey do her Sarah Palin routines on "Saturday Night Live."

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These days, all they have to do is wake up on Sunday morning. If they don't see it replayed on a cable network, they can simply walk over to the computer and call up the "SNL" Web site. (SCROLL DOWN PAGE FOR VIDEO)

And they do. Fey's first two Palin sketches this season drew more than 5 million Web views within the first 48 hours, according to "SNL."

While Fey's Palin bits may not have sparked as much buzz as the Moose Dresser herself, they clearly became a hot media ticket. "SNL" ratings this season have leapt more than 40% over last year in Nielsen's metered markets.

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But even that doesn't fully reflect the dramatic increase in the number of people who have seen Fey's routines, or other TV "water cooler" moments, in this year's long election campaign.

TV broadcasts, once a one-time thing, are now a launching pad to seemingly eternal life. "See It Now," Edward R. Murrow's revered news program from the early 1950s, today would have to be retitled "See It Whenever You Want."

Anyone who doesn't watch tonight's live debate between Democratic candidate Barack Obama and Republican John McCain will be able to see it all over TV and the computer screen from almost the moment it ends.

Same with Michelle Obama's scheduled appearance tomorrow night on Jon Stewart's "Daily Show" over Comedy Central.

CBS' Katie Couric got no big bump in the live ratings when she interviewed Sarah Palin last month.

But after people started saying, "You gotta see this," it drew more than 7 million hits on YouTube, in addition to heavy viewing at the CBS News Web site.

Nor is that an isolated case.

David Letterman's cranky response to John McCain canceling a "Late Night" appearance has been viewed more than 4 million times on YouTube - a bigger number than Letterman's average nightly audience.

There have been more than 7 million YouTube viewings of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's controversial ex-pastor. That's more people than would see a live Wright sermon in a thousand lifetimes.

Web site hits aren't a true comparison to a broadcast audience, because someone who enjoys a Web excerpt often will run up the count by playing it multiple times or passing it around.

Web postings can also distort a subject by offering only an excerpt rather than the full context. That's been an issue with interview clips, though it works well with "Saturday Night Live" because the viewer who only wants the Fey skit can skip the rest.

Video posts are only one part of the near-saturation role the Web has played in this election campaign, from blogs to fund-raising to JibJab satire.

But they're also part of a time-shifting TV culture that began in the 1970s - for anyone who could figure out how to work the timer - and today has made TiVo and DVRs as common as $2 bottles of water.

If you didn't see Edward R. Murrow dissect the dangers of Sen. Joseph McCarthy on March 9, 1954, you missed it. As of March 10, you could only read news reports about it.

Tina Fey, conversely, is never more than a mouse click away.

Halle Berry, Sexiest Woman Alive

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By: Graciela J. Ayllon
Dallas October 8, 2008

Halle Berry is Esquire's new Sexiest Woman Alive. "Being 42 and having just had a baby, I think I’ll take it," she says of the honor. And she's a giver: "I share this title with every woman, because every woman is a nominee for it at any moment." Well, thanks.

'American Idol's' Davids battle, Fox wins

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May 24,2008

The finale was the third-most-watched in show history. The network, meanwhile, hits No. 1.

The battle of the Davids propelled Wednesday's "American Idol" finale to one of the show's best numbers ever, with 31.7 million viewers tuning in.

Rocker David Cook's upset victory over the runner-up, teen crooner David Archuleta, capped a historic season for Fox, which amid the disruptions of the three-month writers strike became America's most-watched network for the first time. It also notched its fourth straight season as No. 1 in adult viewers ages 18 to 49, according to data from Nielsen Media Research.

The 2007-08 TV season officially ended Wednesday.

The high viewership for "Idol's" Season 7 finale came as something of a surprise because the show had seen lower-than-expected ratings this season. As recently as earlier this month, "Idol" retreated to some of its softest numbers in years.

But the matchup between Cook and Archuleta evidently proved irresistible. In fact, the two-hour episode was the third-most-watched "Idol" finale, after the 2006 showdown between Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee (36.4 million) and the 2003 face-off between Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken (38.1 million).

Last year's contest, between Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis, drew 30.7 million.

In Los Angeles, the "Idol" finale overlapped for about 45 minutes with a Western Conference playoff game between the Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs on TNT. Yet both programs performed strongly, with "Idol" capturing 1.3 million area viewers versus the Lakers' 1.2 million.

The "Idol" finale was a welcome dash of good news for the broadcast TV industry, which has been brought low by the writers strike and ongoing viewer defections to cable.

Every network except Fox saw significant ratings declines this season, including CBS, which shed 16% of its average total viewers compared with last season. As a result, Fox snatched the crown for most-watched network away from the usual victor, CBS, with 11.1 million versus 10.5 million (these data do not include Wednesday's results).

Among the ad-friendly demographic of viewers ages 18 to 49, Fox led the season while ABC and CBS, both of which logged double-digit declines, tied for second.

Results for the May "sweeps" period, which local stations use to help set ad rates and which also ended Wednesday, were worse. Every network posted losses. NBC shed nearly one-fifth of its audience compared with a year ago.

Against that backdrop, the "Idol" numbers assume even more importance, proving that broadcast TV can still deliver huge audiences with the right program.

Uma Thurman Sues Cosmetics Giant Lancome

Nautilus Entertainment
May 11,2008

ACTRESS Uma Thurman has sued Lancome, seeking $US15 million (A$15.9 million) from the French cosmetics company, accusing it of using her name and face in advertisements after her contract expired.

The actress claims the cosmetics company, owned by L'Oreal, breached an agreement signed in 2000, using her name and face in ads for years after her contract expired in September 2004 in Europe and December 2004 in the rest of the world.

The company gave the "false impression" Thurman, the star of films including Pulp Fiction and Dangerous Liaisons, was still linked to Lancome, the lawsuit said.

"Celebrities will now be careful about doing deals with Lancome," Thurman's lawyer Bert Fields said. "They continued to use her photographs long after the contract was over."

L'Oreal spokeswoman Jennifer James said: "The use of Ms Thurman's image after her contract expired, however minor, was neither deliberate nor intentional."

The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court on Friday, followed a suit filed on Wednesday in the State Supreme Court in Manhattan by Lancome, saying it did not violate its contract.

Thurman made headlines last week in a separate case when a former mental patient was convicted of stalking her.

Ashlee Simpson Will Get Married Next Week

Nautilus Entertainment
May 11, 2008

It appears Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are rushing to the aisle and will tie the knot next week in California, according to Internet reports. The pair reportedly sent out invites to friends and family, urging them all to be ready for a big day on Saturday, May 17.

According to the website Hollyscoop.com, Wentz and Simpson are refusing to give too much away, keeping the site of the wedding a secret. An unnamed source told the website, “The location will not be revealed until the day of the wedding but guests are told it will be an hour drive from Los Angeles.”

The couple announced their engagement in early April through a post on their website, ending months of speculation that started on New Year Eve, when Ashlee was spotted wearing a diamond ring.

Simpson wrote a statement posted on FriendorEnemies.com, saying, “We know there has been a lot of speculation recently about Pete and I, and we wanted our fans to be the first to know, because you guys are the best. Yes, we are thrilled to share that we are happily engaged. Thank you for all of your support and well wishes — it means the world to us. We consider this to be a very private matter, and we wanted to be the first to tell you and hear it straight from us.”

Simpson, 23, and Wentz, 28, have been together since late 2006. However, they did not go public within a few months into their relationship. Joe Simpson, Ashlee’s father, declared that the Fallout Boy band member Pete is “a good kid.”

Kelly Taylor Can't Quit West Bev.

Nautilus Entertainment
May,11 2008

It's official; Jennie Garth is heading back to "90210", according to Us. Rumors have been heating up since Jennie pulled out of a CBS pilot and CW reps confirmed that the former brat is returning to West Beverly High as the school guidance counselor. Kelly Taylor certainly has enough life experience and drama to be successful in that job.

Allegedly, none of Jennie's former "90210" cast members have been asked back to the show yet. Jason Priestley told momlogic.com that no one has contacted him about making a comeback to Beverly Hills, but said he would be open to reprising his role. Jason only had praise for the teen drama that allowed him to do a lot of different jobs and said he would return to the show "if it's the right thing, I'm certainly open to it. I loved working on that show. I loved everything I did on that show."

Transgender Man Says He's Pregnant

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March 28, 2008

Figuring out that he was transgender and making the decision to take hormones to transition his body from female to male was difficult for Jace Martinez. But figuring out how to tell his 5-year-old daughter, he says, was "really a challenge."

So Jace, 23, decided to write a picture book, simply titled "My Mommy Is a Boy."

Written from his daughter Amaya's perspective, the self-published book, intended for an audience of one, explains Jace's feelings and his decision to change his name, wear men's clothes and begin taking testosterone to change the appearance of his body.

"Mommy told me in her heart she always felt like a boy and being a girl always made her sad," he writes in the book. "Mommy likes to wear boy's [sic] clothes and cut her hair really short," reads the text under a magic-marker drawing of a short-haired Jace in a barber's chair. "Sometimes kids ask if she is my Daddy."


Jace lives in Oregon, the home state of Thomas Beatie, a female-to-male transgender man who wrote an article this week in the gay-rights magazine The Advocate explaining his decision to become pregnant. Beatie said he decided to become pregnant after his wife became sick and infertile. He previously had his breasts removed and was taking hormones, but had retained his uterus and female sex organs.

The National Center for Transgender Equality estimates there are some one to three million transgender people living in America. How many of them are parents, however, is unknown.

Making Change: The Cost of Being TransgenderExplaining the birds and the bees is a challenge for any parent, but transgender individuals have the added difficulty of explaining not just the basics of human sexuality but the complexities as well.

Experts who counsel transgender parents say younger children, like Amaya, tend to adjust to the news of their parent's transition better than teenagers, and the best thing a parent can do is to be open and answer their child's questions.

"Amaya knows she was in my tummy. She is still pretty young and never asks about sex, but I know she will someday," Jace told Nautilus Entertainment "The book says I was unhappy being a girl. She knows that I have girl parts, but I'm taking a shot and it's making me like her dad."

Lohan Goes Crazy

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March 28, 2008
Actress joins Charles Manson flick.
Lindsay Lohan may have cleaned up her act, but she's saving a little bit of crazy for a big-screen turn as Nancy Pitman, a former member of Charles Manson's crew.

Nautilus News scoops that LiLo will star in Manson Girls, a film about -- you guessed it -- the female members of cult leader Charlie Manson's "family."

Her character, Pitman (a.k.a. Brenda), was not directly involved in the Manson Family killings, but she was one of Manson's most hardcore devotees. After the murders of Sharon Tate and her friends, Manson took Pitman to the scene where they planted false evidence.

Manson Girls producer Brad Wyman of Junction Films confirmed Lohan's casting. "Yes, I am doing it with Lindsay," he told Nautilus Entertainment News.

Lohan will next star opposite Jared Leto in Chapter 27, the story of another killer, John Lennon murderer Mark David Chapman.

Ranch Dressing:

Nautilus Entertainment
March 15,2008

Ranch Dressing: Michael Jackson miraculously saved Neverland from going to auction again. You know what last-second salvation reminds us of? Those old Superman serials where Supes would somehow plunge to his death...but in the next ep, he had somehow escaped just in the nick of time, lickety-split. I’m sick of these moolah deus ex machinas helping Jacko out in a pinch. They ain’t ever gonna be paid back, since M.J.’s all but broke. Then again, American Idol is doing a second week of Beatles songs—wonder if the money Fox plunked down for the rights helped Mikey out any?

“Horton Hears A Who!”

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March 15, 2008

Horton Hears A Who!”, has earned $45 million in ticket sales.
The Top 10 was closed by “Jumper”, which earned $2,135,000.

Twentieth Century Fox's G-rated "Horton Hears a Who!" opened to an estimated $45.1 million at the box office this weekend, the studio said today, the latest powerful performance by a movie aimed at family audiences.

The animated picture, produced for about $90 million, follows a string of G- or PG-rated hits since the fall including Walt Disney Co.'s "Enchanted" and "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour" and Fox's partly animated musical-comedy "Alvin and the Chipmunks."

For years the G rating, in particular, has been seen as a stigma, a turnoff for teenagers and older moviegoers who snicker at wholesome fare. But "Horton," adapted from the classic Dr. Seuss book, attracted a fairly diverse crowd, estimated at 53% families and 47% non-families, including unaccompanied teens.

"This was a 'Who-mongous' opening," said Chris Aronson, Fox's senior vice president of domestic distribution. "We played to all 'Whos' from 2 to 92, and I'm not just being cute. It was an all-audience film."

The heavily marketed movie, whose voice cast includes Jim Carrey and Steve Carell, matched most industry expectations and easily topped the charts over Warner Bros.' prehistoric epic "10,000 BC," which slid 54% in its second weekend to $16.4 million.

Among the two major new action pictures hitting the market, Summit Entertainment's mixed martial-arts drama "Never Back Down" fared best, grossing $8.6 million to open at No. 3.

The apocalyptic thriller "Doomsday," from Universal's Rogue Pictures label, mustered $4.7 million to rank seventh for the weekend.

The PG-13-rated "Never Back Down" cost about $20 million to produce; the budget for the R-rated "Doomsday" was $19 million.

Industrywide revenue rose 8.5% from the same period in 2007, reversing a four-weekend slump, according to data tracker Media by Numbers.

Year to date, however, box-office revenue and attendance are little changed from 2007

Brit: Having a Mother of a Good Time

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March 14,2008

Britney Spears has taken a shine to sitcom work.

Making her first public statement on just about anything in recent days, the Blackout artiste announced Thursday that her week of toiling as a guest star on CBS' How I Met Your Mother beats psych wards and courtrooms.

"Working at How I Met Your Mother has been so terrific. Everyone, including the cast, the crew and the producers, has been wonderful, and Abby is such a fun girl to play. I'm having a blast!"

Meanwhile, the show's set of has been harder to crack than Hyde this week.

With paparazzi lurking outside and helicopted buzzing overhead, people couldn't approach the soundstage without the proper security clearance, which came in the form of a color-coded wristband, according to Neil Patrick Harris, who plays the suit-wearing, skirt-chasing Barney.

Harris told E! Online's Watch with Kristin Wednesday even he was denied at one point, although he ultimately made it past the guards, considering he's the castmember with the Emmy nomination and all.

"I did eventually make it on set, because I just kept going through," the actor said. "But there were lots of 'Hey, hey—I need to see your wristband,' and I said, 'Lady, I'm actually on the show, so I don't have a wristband.'

"So, that's the kind of excitement there is on Stage 22 right now, mid Britney."

Spears arrived at the Fox Studios set in a chauffeured black Cadillac Escalade at about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday with her usual two bodyguards in tow.

Shortly before noon, Spears' car was dispatched back to her Beverly Hills home to pick up mom Lynne Spears, who had just returned to the gated Summit community after spending the morning visiting with her grandkids at Kevin Federline's house.

Lynne was spotted outside her daughter's trailer several times once she arrived at the studio (she had the right wristband, apparently), but reporters were hard-pressed to get another glance of Spears after her initial dropoff.

Harris—who more or less agreed with "quite impressed" costar Alyson Hannigan that Spears was doing a "good job" in her bit role as Abby, a sweet-natured receptionist at a dermatologist's office (where Ted is finally going to get his "tramp stamp" removed)—said the only thing that concerned him about the pop star's very prominent presence was what the casting coup implied about the show's status.

"It wasn't like CBS or How I Met Your Mother is trying to get ratings and said, Who can we star-cast to get attention," Harris said. "We were literally just filming last week and told, 'You're not going to believe who just called and said they wanted to be on the show.'

"So, that's sort of how it all went down…My only reservation about her being on the show at all is it appears that we are desperate for ratings, and that's not the case. We're sort of in a good comedy groove. So, my only concern is one of appearance."

Asked how Barney would handle Spears if the two came face to face, Harris maintained his character's signature cockiness.

"He'd definitely trump Osama Lutfi," Harris concluded. "Barney would out-Adnan Adnan."

Hannigan, meanwhile, had nothing but praise for the scene-stealing Spears.

"I have been quite impressed by Britney’s performance," the erstwhile Buffy the Vampire Slayer witch told E! Online. "The character she is playing is very sweet and endearing, which seems to come naturally to her. Not to mention, she has good comedic timing, which helps, given we’re a sitcom.”

The onscreen dermatologist temporarily employing Spears as a receptionist is being played by Scrubs star Sarah Chalke, a last-minute replacement for Alicia Silverstone, who opted not to appear at the same time as Spears in order to avoid what she assumed would be a totally chaotic scenario.