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Happy Friday!

Mary-Louis Parker Shows Esquire Some Skin

Season 5 of Weeds is off to a hot and bothered kind of great start. It's star, Mary-Louis Parker, is the hotness at 45. It's nice to see a 40 year old looking hot and not slutty, and who doesn't look stuck in a wind tunnel. Check out these two sexy shots from the August issue of Esquire. She looks amazing.

And if you want MJ to read you a bedtime story... and really, who wouldn't? Watch the clip below.

Who Doesn't J'Adore Dior?

Women's Wear Daily's coverage of the Fall Couture Collections in Paris begins this week with Dior.

“In this economic climate, I want to focus on the established codes of Dior: the Bar jacket, the panther, the lily of the valley,” John Galliano said of his approach for Christian Dior this fall.

To read the entire review and watch video of Christian Dior Couture Fall 2009 collection - CLICK HERE.

Photos courtesy of Women's Wear Daily

Jason Bateman Does Details

Jason Bateman, now 40, has finally hit his stride. The new father of twin girls graces the pages and the cover of the August issue of Details.

The issue hits the stands next week.

On stopping his drug use: “Booze was what would make me want to stay out all night and do some blow or smoke a joint or whatever, so shutting that off was key. It’s like ketchup and French fries – I don’t want one without the other. So that’s the moment: Do you want to continue to be great at being in your twenties, or do you want to step up and graduate into adulthood?”

On his partying ways: “It was like Risky Business for 10 years. My parents were out of town, they left me a bunch of money, the car, and the house, and I didn’t know when they were coming home. I’d worked so hard that by the time I was 20, I wanted to play hard. And I did that really well.”

Jennifer Aniston on Bateman: “Even though he was pretty wild in those days, something about those dimples and that sweet face made you go, ‘Oh, it’s okay that you just drove up the street backwards in a Range Rover with the door wide open.’ I don’t know what was happening there. You feel instantly safe in his company.”

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Too Good To Waste - Well...I Mean BAD

My hub just sent me this clip to sicken me. But instead of quickly deleting, I saved this little gem for you. I didn't get past the first 20 seconds. I didn't need to. This is GOLD. If you can go further - you are a stronger being than I. And as they say.... I hope you've had your lunch.

This just might be, the funniest first 15 seconds of a video, that I have EVER SEEN. Celine Dion gives us Canadians a bad name.

My eyes!

Happy Friday!

I could post hundreds of these. Literally.
Jessica Simpsons' singing face gets me everytime.
And she gives it. Every. Single. Time.
Happy Friday Everyone!

And They're OFF!

There are theories out there that Victoria Beckham has downsized. She has had her breast implants reduced.... somewhat. Maybe? Here's a couple pics of her and the family leaving the French Riviera last week. An entire paparazzi-free week was spent there vacationing / recuperating.

Louboutin booties to the airport - gotta love her.

Statement

“As someone who served as Michael Jackson’s publicist during the 1st child molestation incident, I must confess I am not surprised by today’s tragic news.

Michael has been on an impossibly difficult and often self-destructive journey for years. His talent was unquestionable but so too was his discomfort with the norms of the world.

A human simply can not withstand this level of prolonged stress.”

Michael Levine, former publicist to Michael Jackson.

RIP Michael Jackson : Dead Today at 50

Entertainer Michael Jackson has died after being taken to a hospital on Thursday after suffering cardiac arrest, according to multiple reports including the Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press. CNN has not confirmed his death.

Jackson had been in a coma at the hospital, sources told CNN after paramedics revived him at his home.

Brian Oxman, a Jackson family attorney, said he was told by brother Randy Jackson that Michael Jackson collapsed at his home in west Los Angeles Thursday morning.

Family members were told of the situation and were either at the hospital or en route, Oxman said.

Fire Capt. Steve Ruda told CNN a 911 call came in from a west Los Angeles residence at 12:21 p.m.

Ruda said Jackson was treated and transferred to the UCLA Medical Center.

Asked specifics of the patient's condition, he said he could not discuss them because of federal privacy laws.

At the medical center, every entrance to the emergency room was blocked by security guards. Even hospital staffers were not permitted to enter. A few people stood inside the waiting area, some of them crying.

source - CNN

What a day. Let's hope because things come in threes.... Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and now MJ... this is the end of the sadness for some time. Hang in there Patrick Swayze.

Farrah Fawcett RIP 1947 - 2009

Farrah Fawcett died at 9:28 a.m. PST this morning, at St. John's Heath Center in Santa Monica, Calif. She was with longtime partner Ryan O'Neal, friend Alana Stewart, friend and hairdresser Mela Murphy and her doctor Lawrence Piro. She had recently returned to St. John's for treatment of complications from anal cancer, first diagnosed three years ago.

"She's gone. She now belongs to the ages," O'Neal tells PEOPLE, also confirming that she received the last rites of the Catholic Church. "She's now with her mother and sister and her God. I loved her with all my heart. I will miss her so very, very much. She was in and out of consciousness. I talked to her all through the night. I told her how very much I loved her. She's in a better place now."

Added O'Neal: "She was with her team when she passed ... Her eyes were open, but she didn't say anything. But you could see in her eyes that she recognized us."

The September Issue

Anna Wintour, the legendary editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine for twenty years, is the most powerful and polarizing figure in fashion. Hidden behind her trademark bob and sunglasses, she has never allowed anyone to scrutinize the inner workings of her magazine. Until now. THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE is an intimate, funny and surprising look at Anna Wintour and her team of larger-than-life editors as they create this must-have Bible of fashion.

CLICK HERE to see the trailer.

Roadside Attractions will release THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE in New York on August 28^th and will expand nationally on September 11, 2009.

Some Things Should STAY IN THE 80's

The 80's cost me my hair. As a wee lass, I had long, blonde, beautiful locks..... then came 1985 and I shaved it all off. At least 5 years of frightening haircuts followed. Mostly cut by my friends and I after sneaking some of Mom's Gin.

I swear to God, I have been growing my hair back ever since. But my hair is still so traumatized, it won't grow longer than my shoulder blades. No matter what.

Stirrup pants, leg warmers, and rhinestone broaches under your chin attached to a long plaid shirt should NOT be repeated either.

I'll bet Carmen Electra heads straight from her hangover tomorrow morning and on to get herself some hair extensions.

Gisele From Supermodel To Super Mom

People Magazine reports that pals of the Brazilian bombshell are saying she's indeed pregnant by her husband, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Pregnancy rumors have been swirling around the catwalk queen since early in May, when we first sighted Bundchen walking out of a Park Avenue OB-GYN medical office with her pigskin-playing spouse. Her reps have refused to say if the supermodel really is expecting, although she was spotted with a noticeable babylike bump during a fashion show in Brazil on Wednesday. But yesterday, a source told People that she's "ecstatic" and is due early next year.

"I am crazy about children ... I am an adoptive mother ... I've already had this experience for two years," she says in a recent TV interview with Brazil's Fantastico, of her relationship with husband Tom Brady's 21-month-old son John Brady, whose mother is actress Bridget Moynahan.

Bündchen also raves about getting hitched this past Spring. "I think I've met the right person, my partner, my companion," she says. "I already knew that we would get married a year and a half before we got married. We felt it. The heart spoke louder."

When the heart speaks, priorities change, she adds. "Before ... I had to go out, had to work. Now I think about it twice, three times, four times. So I only do the things that I really want to do," Bündchen says. "I prefer to stay at home. The big husband wins. Because of this relationship, what is most important to me is the family. Now I am creating my other family."

And, in addition to preparing for her new baby, she wants to prepare ... dinner. Says Bündchen, who turns 29 in July, "I am Cancer. I want to stay at home, cooking, relaxing. You have to follow the heart."

Guess Who?

RIP Ed McMahon

Ed McMahon passed away peacefully shortly after midnight at the Ronald Reagan/UCLA Medical Center, his publicist, Howard Bragman, said Tuesday

McMahon, 86, was hospitalized in February with pneumonia and other medical problems.

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He had suffered a number of health problems in recent years, including a neck injury caused by a 2007 fall. In 2002, he sued various insurance companies and contractors over mold in his house and later collected a $7 million settlement.

He is survived by his wife, Pamela, and five children. A sixth child, McMahon's son Michael, died in 1995.

My Sister's Keeper

Maybe my Happy Friday post below made me feel a little guilty.... but this movie trailer for My Sister's Keeper looks heavy. Not bad either, but too much of a tear jerker for me. If you are up for a good cry, make sure you check it out. And then go kiss your daughters!

Click HERE for the trailer.

Based on the best-selling novel by Jodi Picoult, the film stars Cameron Diaz, Abilgail Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Jason Patric, Sofia Vassilieva. In theatres June 26th.