Year: 2015
DO CELEBRITIES VOLUNTEER AT THE LA MISSION SIMPLY FOR THE GOOD PUBLICITY?
It’s a tradition. Every year at holiday time, celebrities turn up at the Los Angeles Mission downtown to dish out Christmas dinner for families on skid row. This year Emmy Rossum, Harry Hamlin, Lisa Rinna, and Garcelle Beauvais were among the famous volunteers. We can’t help but wonder if they would actually show up if there were no cameras. (What’s your opinion?) Harrison Ford’s chef son Ben (Ford’s Filling Station) was there cooking, so he was too busy to pose for many photos.
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HARRISON FORD IS FOCUSED ON GIVING CALISTA WHAT SHE WANTS
Star Wars hero Harrison Ford isn’t too big a star to pick out Christmas gifts for his wife Calista Flockhart himself. Most actors would send an assistant to do their shopping, but Harrison braved the Christmas crowds today to pick out some loungewear for Calista at a shop called Roberta Roller Rabbit at the Brentwood Country Mart. The store specializes in apparel and home goods made from hand printed India cotton. He made his selection and left as quickly as possible.
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NEW YORK STREET DRAMA FOR THE BALDWINS
Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria, who had their baby son Rafael strapped to her chest, were walking down the street in Manhattan when a man suddenly fell to the pavement. The Baldwins immediately stopped to help the man. 911 was called and Hilaria put Rafael’s baby blanket under the man’s head as they waited for paramedics. Nice to see that the Baldwins are concerned citizens.
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WHILE HEIDI’S WORKING HER BOYFRIEND IS FLIRTING
Heidi Klum, 42, is busy filming her series Germany’s Next Top Model in Los Angeles while her boyfriend Vito Schnabel, 29, is partying in New York, and was seen with Dakota Johnson. He and Dakota were photographed sitting next to each other at a West Village bar, looking quite friendly. Coincidentally, Dakota, 26, happens to have split with HER boyfriend in October. Since Heidi and Vito haven’t been seen together for over a month, people ARE talking. But Vito DOES prefer older women – some of his girlfriends have been decades older. So Dakota seems a bit young for him…
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THE NEW YEAR IS LOOKIN’ GOOD FOR KATE UPTON
Sports Illustrated cover girl and swimsuit model Kate Upton knows how to shop at the crowded Grove without being bothered. She skipped the makeup, pulled her hair up in a bun and wore baggy clothes. 2016 looks good for the 23 year old model/actress. She’s already finished filming The Layover – a road trip comedy starring and directed by William H Macy. Currently she’s working on another comedy, The Disaster Artist, with James Franco and Seth Rogan.
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QUENTIN TARANTINO’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH MAYHEM PAID OFF
Quentin Tarantino, 52, got his star on The Walk of Fame just in time to promote The Hateful Eight. (He didn’t dress for the event, did he!) In spite of the fact that Quentin thinks that “Violence is one of the most fun things to watch,” his movies always have some clever dialog and humorous moments. Spike Lee complains that Quentin is “infatuated with the n-word.” Indeed, his latest movie features the forbidden word around 65 times. In spite of his ego and penchant for violence, Quentin’s movies are often highly entertaining. Above, Jackie Brown star Pam Grier came to the Star ceremony to congratulate Quentin.
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JACK NICHOLSON: LONG TIME NO SEE!
LOVE this photo of Jack Nicholson doing his Christmas shopping at Barneys – as usual. He’s been a customer of theirs as long as we can remember. Jack DOES have taste. He’s 78 now and there are rumors that he retired from acting for health reasons – supposedly he couldn’t remember his lines. But Jack responded that he still has the mind of a mathematician but he has no interest in doing films featuring bombs and explosives like most movies these days do. He admits he HAS given up hitting on women in public, but we wouldn’t be surprised to find him trolling online.
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SOFIA VERGARA IS TEACHING HER SON ALL THE RIGHT THINGS
Sofia Vergara is determined to keep her title from Forbes magazine as Highest Paid Woman on TV. (37 million including endorsement deals and ads last year!) A month after she married Joe Manganiello, she’s not only filming her show Modern Family, but supplementing her income with one of her many commercial deals. This time she got her handsome son a job too. Manolo, 23, is appearing in an ad Sofia’s doing for Quaker filming in Venice, California.
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SALMA HAYEK’S LITTLE GIRL TAKES AFTER HER DADDY
Salma Hayek and her little girl Valentina, 8, were seen rushing through the airport in matching hats. Valentina does not look like her gorgeous mom – yet. Right now she’s a cute little feminine lookalike of her French billionaire daddy Francois-Henri Pinault. No doubt she is the apple of his eye. Salma seems very happy with her fashion mogul husband. They attend many upscale fashion related events together and she says she is “crazy in love” with him.
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