We’re guessing that Heather Locklear is off somewhere with her plastic surgeon boyfriend, because her ex-husband Richie Sambora and their 16 year old daughter Ava are vacationing together in Hawaii. Richie did not tour with his band Bon Jovi in 2013, so he’s had lots of time to spend with Ava – they also went to Europe this summer.
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Keri Russell’s estranged husband Shane Deary just dropped off their kids after spending Christmas with them. Her adorable kids, River, 6, and Willa, 2, are happy to see their mom (who is rumored to be dating Matthew Rhys, her costar on the FX series “The Americans.”) Keri, 37, and Matthew have been seen looking chummy and shopping around her Brooklyn neighborhood.
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Little did we realize that “Thelma & Louise” star Geena Davis has turned out to be an adamant feminist – and she’s DOING SOMETHING about the under-representation of women in movies. Geena established the Institute on Gender in Media to track the statistics of how women are portrayed in media. At a very early age we discovered that most comic books were about BOYS adventures and movies for kids were also boy driven. Geena realized this when she had a daughter of her own. She points out that the imbalance of men to women in entertainment has been the same since 1946! For example, in any crowd scene in a family movie, only 17 percent of the people are female! Naturally, the majority of speaking characters are also male. And it’s accepted as the norm. Geena’s institute gathers all the appalling statistics and we love her for it. How can little girls grow up feeling equal or superior to men if they aren’t exposed to good examples? Cheers for “Thelma!”
One of the all -time cutest – and sweetest – American Idol contestants (back when we CARED) was dreadlocked singer Jason Castro from season seven. Now he’s 26, married to his Texas sweetheart and a father, and according to The Hollywood Reporter, he decided “the day has come” to chop off the dreads. Click HERE for a character- revealing story about him. Luckily, he still has a nice head of hair.
It’s nice to know that Tom Cruise’s daughter Isabella is making a life for herself. For awhile she was adrift, dabbling in art, but with a Scientology education she wasn’t prepared for any kind of traditional work. She was living downtown in Los Angeles with her boyfriend but now she has moved to England where she’s studying art and apparently thriving. Like many English girls she gets a kick out of changing her hair color frequently – hers has been green, platinum and orange this year. Her brother Connor, a successful DJ, is loving and supportive of his sister- her tweeted his affection for her on her 21st birthday which they celebrated at Disney World, The top photo is Connor and Isabella, and the bottom is Isabella with a buzz cut on a roller coaster.
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Kimora Lee Simmons is having a civilized Christmas vacation in St Barts with her ex-husband Russell Simmons, her children, and her new Russian boyfriend (in the white shirt.) You might remember Kimora’s two daughters with Simmons – Ming, 13, and Aoki, 11, – from her reality series “Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane.” She also has a four year old son Kenzo with actor Djimon Hounsou. Everybody seems to get along, but the Russian’s name is still unknown – he IS taller than the six foot Kimora, however.
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This photo of Sheryl Lee Ralph reminded us of a funny story. Sheryl, who has dimples that rival Mario Lopez’s, had an amusing but top secret fling with Robert DeNiro back in the 90’s. A security guard working in fancy New York hotel called us one night and laughingly told us that DeNiro was in the hotel lobby that very minute having a tantrum. The hotel didn’t permit late night visitors to go up in the elevator until the person they were visiting came down to get them. No matter how much DeNiro argued and blustered, the hotel manager would not budge. Finally DeNiro called upstairs and Sheryl Lee Ralph came down in a bathrobe and high heels to get him. DeNiro was angry because his tryst was no longer a secret. And he was even MORE furious when we wrote about it in Star magazine. His publicist threatened to sue everyone – even the hotel, but eventually dropped the matter. A few years later we ran in to Sheryl while doing a show at the E! channel and she giggled and admitted the story was quite accurate! (Sheryl is now happily married to a Pennsylvania state senator.)
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It so happens we’ve been invaded by streams of those pesky ants this winter and their aggressiveness and numbers can be intimidating. It took three visits from the exterminator to chase most of them away. Coincidentally, Paul Rudd, now appearing in Anchorman 2, has been cast as the biochemist who can change his size and tell ants what to do. Ant-Man first appeared in Marvel Comics in 1969 as the tiniest of The Avengers. It sounds like it will be funny and loaded with special effects.
Like many Hollywood actors, Joaquin Phoenix, 39, likes his girlfriends young. He’s currently starring in the Spike Jonze movie “Her,” (above) and getting great reviews . But sometimes dating a teenager can be inconvenient. He brought his girlfriend Allie Teilz, a 19 year old Los Angeles DJ, to the movie’s after-party at a bar in New York. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Allie had no ID and she and Joaquin were detained at the door until someone eventually came from inside the party and escorted them past the bouncer in the door.
