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Tori Spelling’s Mommy Issues
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April 2009
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You’ve commented that Jessica Alba, who had her daughter Honor Marie two days before you had Stella, was back in her pre-baby body two weeks after giving birth, while you could barely move. Did you feel pressure after your pregnancy ended to be physically perfect?
When I wrote Mommywood I was still losing my baby weight, so when I talked about the pressure, yes, it was very much there. It took [Jessica Alba] two weeks to get back to her pre-baby …

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Tori Spelling’s Mommy Issues
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April 2009
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With a new memoir on parenting, the TV scion turned reality star dishes on her feud with her mother, Candy, her kids’ love of paparazzi, and her return to 90210.
Tori Spelling has survived a lot longer than most people thought she would. After a decade on her father’s young-adult juggernaut, Beverly Hills, 90210, she, like the rest of the teen-idol cast, spent a decade in relative oblivion. But then something changed—not in Tori, but in pop culture. TV veered sharply into high-drama, …

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Don’t Mess with Texans
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April 2009
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DON’T MESS WITH TEXANS
They may live and work in Vancouver, but Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki left their stomachs in the Lone Star State.
Just how close are Supernatural costars Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki? So close that they decided to buy a home together in Vancouver, where they film the show. But these roommates share more than just a mortgage: Both guys hail from Texas, and they credit their similar Southern upbringings with their instant connection. “Texas is its own country,” says Ackles, …

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Changing Her Colors
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April 2009
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Forget the schmaltzy, feel-good fare: Amber Tamblyn’s tackling some tough stuff in her latest series.
Amber Tamblyn is shedding her PG past. Until now, she’s been busy talking to God (on CBS’s Joan of Arcadia) and sticking by her BFFs (in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants movies). But the 25-year-old is finally ready to tackle some adult material. We’re not talking about anything too crazy, mind you. For instance, you won’t be seeing Tamblyn, who is a bit of a brainiac and reads The …

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America’s Dirtiest Dancer
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March 2009
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Was doing Dancing difficult for you physically?
It was. I had gained about 30 pounds, and most of it was in my stomach. It made it really hard to dance. I couldn’t even imagine hopping, and to dance, you have to at least be able to hop. I’ve lost half of the weight now, but I sure didn’t lose it when I was on the show. It was wonderful, but it was hard. When you’re on the show, that’s your life. Three hours a …

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America’s Dirtiest Dancer
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March 2009
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Cloris Leachman could fill a memoir with tales of seducing men half her age, watching Marilyn grind with Robert Kennedy and her “epic” attraction to Gene Hackman. So that’s just what she did.
Cloris Leachman was an overweight octogenarian who wanted to compete on the endurance-testing reality show, Dancing With the Stars. “They said I was too old. They’re denying it now, so I don’t know what to think,” she says. “Maybe they just didn’t like me?”
If that’s the case, audiences disagreed—Leachman argued …

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Jennie From the Block
American Way
March 2009
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Jennie Garth returns to her home turf on the CW hit 90210.
Ask Jennie Garth if her three daughters — 11-year-old Luca Bella, six-year-old Lola Rae, and two-year-old Fiona Eve — have watched her work the halls of West Beverly Hills High on the CW’s racy 90210 reboot and you’ll get a resounding, “Oh God, no! No, no, no, no, no!”
Granted, theshow, an updated version of the 1990s Aaron Spelling high school soap opera, deals withmore mature topics than, say, Hannah Montana does. But Garth’s …

What does a reigning WNBA champ eat for breakfast? Forget Wheaties. And protein bars too. If you’re Los Angeles Sparks’ leading lady Lisa Leslie, mornings consist of sharing blueberry oatmeal with daughter Lauren, 21 months. These days, the basketball star admits, “I’m a full-time mom and a part-time everything else. Since my daughter was born, basketball and business come second. She’s changed everything.” Story by Sona Charaipotra

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Long Shot
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February 2009
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Against all odds, Justin Long is finding himself in a position he never expected to: that of a leading man.
First things first: Justin Long wants you to know that despite his tabloid-splattered year (you may recall the whirlwind romance and abrupt split with a certain A-list actress whose name rhymes with Frew Farrymore), he’s not as cynical as the lay-it-on-the-line character he plays in this month’s He’s Just Not That Into You. “He’s a bit more jaded than I am, and some would …

TweetI've been working on a story for ABCNews.com on celebrity love pegged to the release of the self-help tome-turned ensemble comedy He's Just Not That Into You. And it turns out, when it comes to relationships, stars are just as messed up as the rest of us.
So I interviewed a bunch of relationship experts, including Oprah fave Dr. Michelle and the always uber-candid Matt Titus, on certain celebs and their very-human dating downfalls.
From Jennifer Aniston to Drew Barrymore to ScarJo, they've all had their fair share of …