Elizabeth Banks: "It's a boy!"


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They say that life imitates art. Elizabeth Banks seems to have taken that saying literally.

The actress, who’s character on 30 Rock recently had a baby, announced on her personal blog today that she and her husband Max Handelman have had a son. The baby boy, named Felix, was born via gestational surrogate.

"I have been very fortunate in life both professionally and personally. I have had untold number of opportunities to work with inspiring people, on great projects as an actress, and I have had a fantastic long term relationship of nearly 20 years with my now husband, Max," Banks wrote.

"The one true hurdle I've faced in life is that I have a broken belly. After years of trying to get pregnant, exploring the range of fertility treatments, all unsuccessful, our journey led us to gestational surrogacy: we make a 'baby cake' and bake it in another woman's 'oven.’

“From that came two miracles. The first was meeting our carrier and her husband who were truly humbling in their decency and generosity. The second miracle was the birth of our baby boy, Felix Handelman. Felix means 'happy' and 'lucky' in Latin. And true to his name, Felix is a very happy baby and a blessing on our life,” she said.

Banks then took to her twitter account to express her excitement about being a mom even more.

"What's greater than overjoyed? Megajoyed? Add humility, love, awe. Sprinkle w cute. Result: my new life as a mom. It's a boy!”

Source: http://blog.starcam.com/post/Elizabeth-Banks-Its-a-boy!.aspx

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Katie Holmes Can't Say "Penis"

While pushing that Kennedys miniseries on Ellen, Katie Holmes brought up the paparazzi picture of Suri Cruise holding a box of Penis Gummies at Serendipity in NYC. Most of figured that Suri was just being a mindful daughter by bringing her daddy something she always sees in his candy drawer. Stepford Katie says that she thought they were Swedish Fish at first and no she wasn't making a Britt Ekland vagina joke. No.

Katie also couldn't bring her lips to push out the word PENIS without spelling it letter by letter. Katie lets Suri wear high heels and takes her out at midnight, but yet she doesn't want her to hear the word PENIS?! But you know, Katie has a really good reason for that. She knows that if she says "penis" out loud, there's a really good chance the ground will shake, lube bottles will roll and Tommy Girl's Scientolohole will come galloping out and chopping at the bit. Katie is just playing it safe. And here's what she had to say about that box of Gummy Bear dicks (via HuffPo):

"Recently, I took her to get ice cream in New York at this place called Serendipity that we go to all the time. It's for kids. The clientele is children. We go in and we are waiting for a table and she grabs some gummies that are boy part gummies. I was horrified.

They are called p-e-n-i-s gummies and they look like it. She was holding the box and I was like ok, wow we don't need that right now. Because I thought if I said put that back and then she's going to say, what is this? And I really didn't want to have that conversation. I was like, why are selling these here? This is for kids. And then it was on the cover of a magazine that I'm giving her those gummies."

Did anybody ever think that maybe Katie had no idea what a P-E-N-I-S looks like? It's not like she runs into them all the time in her daily life. I bet one of her handlers had to pull her aside and give her "the talk" right there. It's an honest mistake.

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Bill Murray To Play FDR in "Hyde Park On The Hudson"


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Bill Murray has agreed to play President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the upcoming Focus Features film, Hyde Park On The Hudson.

The movie scheduled for release in 2012 is adapted from Richard Nelson’s British radio play of the same name.  The play revolves around Roosevelt’s alleged steamy love affair with his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley.  It is set during a weekend visit with King George VI and the Queen at Roosevelt’s Hyde Park estate, marking the first time British royalty travelled to America.

Filming is scheduled to begin in July of 2011 with director Roger Michell. Michell has directed such hits as Notting Hill and Morning Glory

Murray, 60, who is best known for his comedic abilities in Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Ground Hog Day and What about Bob?, will tackle this rare serious role. The actor is no stranger to serious roles, he has been cast in other staid roles in Rushmore and Lost in Translation, for which he was nominated for an Oscar.  This will by far be his most serious role yet. 

Murray is also working on the Wes Anderson project, Moonrise Kingdom and the much anticipated Ghostbusters III.

Source: http://blog.starcam.com/post/Bill-Murray-To-Play-FDR-in-Hyde-Park-On-The-Hudson.aspx

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Lil Zane, Johnny Wilson at the Young Hollywood Teens and World Peace for Life Event

Lil Zane talks to StarCam about what he's up to at the event and whether he ever had any experience with drugs when he was growing up in New York. Tom Trbovich and Prince Ali talk about why the event is such a great benefit and why it's important to send the message of world peace out, and Johnny Wilson discusses whether he sees the event as being important to all celebrities.

Source: http://blog.starcam.com/post/young-hollywood-teens-and-world-peace-for-life-interviews.aspx

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College Life: How to Tackle Annoying Questions About Your Post-Grad Future

My ears are ringing with questions. Just call it the institutional inquisition. Graduation is six weeks away. I don't usually broadcast the inner workings of my every move to the whole wide world, but questions are flying at me from all angles about where I'm going and what I'm doing come graduation, and so on. So what do I do? Well, whenever acquaintances approach looking inquisitive, I simply block out whatever they say, wait until they cock their head awaiting my response, put my hand in their face and say, "Talk to the hand!" ... More »

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