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  • What to TiVo: Monday

    
    ABC is new with 20/20: Inside the Bachelor and has a repeat of Castle CBS has repeats of How I Met Your Mother, Rules of Engagement, Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, and CSI: Miami FOX is new with House and 24 NBC is new with Chuck, Trauma, and L
    on 2010-03-15 04:49:14

  • Movie Preview: Queen Latifah and Common in Just Wright

    
    Queen Latifah may not be the most critically-acclaimed actress, but there's no denying that the woman's likable. In her upcoming film Just Wright, she plays a physical therapist named Leslie Wright who treats an NBA star (Common) to bring him back to peak
    on 2010-03-15 04:49:26

  • Latifah: I'm Throwing Paula Patton's Baby Shower

    
    Queen Latifah is on the prowl for baby-blue party decorations. She's hosting the upcoming baby shower for Precious star Paula Patton, who is pregnant with her and hubby Robin...
    on 2010-03-11 04:45:40

  • Latifah: I'm Throwing Paula Patton's Baby Shower

    
    Queen Latifah is on the prowl for baby-blue party decorations. She's hosting the upcoming baby shower for Precious star Paula Patton, who is pregnant with her and hubby Robin...
    on 2010-03-11 04:46:18

  • Latifah: I'm Throwing Paula Patton's Baby Shower

    
    Queen Latifah is on the prowl for baby-blue party decorations. She's hosting the upcoming baby shower for Precious star Paula Patton, who is pregnant with her and hubby Robin...
    on 2010-03-11 04:46:10

  • Latifah: I'm Throwing Paula Patton's Baby Shower

    
    Queen Latifah is on the prowl for baby-blue party decorations. She's hosting the upcoming baby shower for Precious star Paula Patton, who is pregnant with her and hubby Robin...
    on 2010-03-11 04:46:06

  • Latifah: I'm Throwing Paula Patton's Baby Shower

    
    Queen Latifah is on the prowl for baby-blue party decorations. She's hosting the upcoming baby shower for Precious star Paula Patton, who is pregnant with her and hubby Robin...
    on 2010-03-11 04:45:48

  • What to TiVo: Thursday

    
    ABC is new with Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice CBS is new with Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, CSI, and The Mentalist FOX is new with American Idol and Kitchen Nightmares NBC is new with Community, Parks and Recreation, The Office, and The Marriage R
    on 2010-03-04 04:50:20

  • Past Winners & Nominees to Present at Oscar Awards

    
    With the Academy Awards just days away, past Oscar winners are gearing up to take the stage once again. Kathy Bates, Barbra Streisand and Charlize Theron have all won Academy Awards and will be joined by former Oscar nominees Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L
    on 2010-03-02 04:47:35

  • Wyclef to Perform at BET Haiti Benefit

    
    Justin Beiber, Chris Brown and Lil Wayne Also Set to Perform; Sean "Diddy" Combs, Queen Latifah and Pharrell Will Host
    on 2010-02-06 04:46:46

  • Carrie Underwood and Queen Latifah: Super Bowl Pals

    
    Gearing up for this weekend’s football festivities, Carrie Underwood teamed up with Queen Latifah to attend the Super Bowl XLIV Pregame press conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on Thursday evening (February 4). The country singing cutie and h
    on 2010-02-05 04:50:27

  • Queen Latifah on Staying Fit, Fabulous and Philanthropic at (Almost) 40

    
    "To me, age is really how you feel on the inside," the singer/actress tells PEOPLE
    on 2010-02-04 04:46:00

  • 'BET Honors' to Recognize Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah

    
    The third annual "BET Honors" will honor music great Whitney Houston and offer a star-studded lineup of tribute performances. Read on for more? The show, hosted by Gabrielle Union, will recognize the accomplishments of Houston (Entertainment), Q
    on 2010-02-02 04:47:23

  • Rap stars to host Haiti concert

    
    Hip hop stars Sean "Diddy" Combs, Pharrell Williams and Queen Latifah are to host a two-hour concert and telethon for Haiti next month.
    on 2010-01-31 04:46:36

  • Diddy, Queen Latifah to host BET Haiti concert

    
    Sean ?Diddy? Combs, Queen Latifah and Pharrell are set to host a two-hour concert and telethon to benefit Haiti on Feb. 5. Queen Latifah - Haiti - Sean Combs - Caribbean - Whitney Houston
    on 2010-01-30 04:46:27

  • Diddy, Queen Latifah to host BET concert for Haiti

    
    Sean "Diddy" Combs, Queen Latifah and Pharrell are set to host a two-hour concert and telethon to benefit Haiti on Feb. 5.
    on 2010-01-30 04:46:51

  • Diddy, Queen Latifah to host BET concert for Haiti

    
    Sean "Diddy" Combs, Queen Latifah and Pharrell are set to host a two-hour concert and telethon to benefit Haiti on Feb. 5.
    on 2010-01-30 04:46:53

  • Chris Brown Recruited for Haiti Telethon

    
    Following his ex-girlfriend Rihanna's powerful performance on last week's "Hope for Haiti Now" global benefit, Chris Brown has been enlisted to take part in a new telethon and concert raising funds for the earthquake-ravaged nation. Brown, Wycle
    on 2010-01-30 04:47:16

  • Combs, Williams And Latifah to Headline Haiti Benefit

    
    Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Pharrell Williams and Queen Latifah have signed up to headline a charity concert to help relief efforts in earthquake-hit Haiti.The stars are spearheading the latest event to raise money for the Caribbean country, which was devastated
    on 2010-01-30 04:48:06

  • Diddy, Queen Latifah to host BET concert for Haiti

    
    Sean "Diddy" Combs, Queen Latifah and Pharrell are set to host a two-hour concert and telethon to benefit Haiti on Feb. 5.
    on 2010-01-30 04:50:46

  • Carrie Underwood to Sing National Anthem at Super Bowl

    
    Queen Latifah will also perform "America the Beautiful" Get more Us! Follow us on Twitter, Friend u[...]
    on 2010-01-29 04:50:15

  • Underwood to sing anthem at Super Bowl

    
    The country superstar won't be alone in singing America's praises. Queen Latifah will perform "America the Beautiful" as well. Super Bowl - America the Beautiful - Queen Latifah - Sports - Football
    on 2010-01-29 04:46:38

  • Bob Dylan, Jennifer Hudson, and Natalie Cole to Sing at White House

    
    In celebration of Black History Month, Bob Dylan will join a lineup of entertainers spanning many generations for "In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement." President Barack Obama and First Lady M
    on 2010-01-27 04:48:14

  • What to TiVo: Thursday

    
    ABC is new with the series premiere of The Deep End, Grey's Anatomy, and Private Practice CBS has repeats of The Big Bang Theory, and is new with CSI and The Mentalist FOX is new with Bones and Fringe NBC is new with Community, Parks and Recreation, The
    on 2010-01-21 04:50:24

  • 2010 People?s Choice Awards: The Show, The Winners

    
    Making for quite the star-studded evening at the Nokia Theatre, the 2010 People’s Choice Awards aired live from Los Angeles, California on Wednesday night (January 6). With Queen Latifah gracefully managing the hosting duties, big winners in the mov
    on 2010-01-08 04:50:01

  • People's Choice Are a Taylor-ed, Tipsy, Fun and Festive Affair!

    
    The red carpet sexiness was just a precursor to the excitement of the People's Choice Awards show. Queen Latifah was once again host for the star-studded evening and kept the clip quick for the two-hour show. Ellen was the night's first winner - check out
    on 2010-01-07 04:50:31

  • Diane Kruger: People?s Choice Cutie

    
    She’s always up for a good time, and earlier tonight (January 6) Diane Kruger was spotted arriving at the 2010 People’s Choice Awards. The “Inglourious Basterds” babe looked lovely as she arrived at the Nokia Theatre LA Live spo
    on 2010-01-07 04:49:34

  • Sandra Bullock: People?s Choice Awards Sexy

    
    She’s no stranger to high-profile red carpet affairs, and tonight (January 6) Sandra Bullock dazzled the People’s Choice Awards arrival area. The “Proposal” actress was more than happy to strike a few poses for the paparazzi out
    on 2010-01-07 04:49:32

  • 2010 People?s Choice Awards: The Show, The Winners

    
    Making for quite the star-studded evening at the Nokia Theatre, the 2010 People’s Choice Awards aired live from Los Angeles, California on Wednesday night (January 6). With Queen Latifah gracefully managing the hosting duties, big winners in the
    on 2010-01-07 04:49:24

  • People's Choice on Web: Ashton Kutcher

    
    Johnny Depp Wins Actor of Decade Award; Queen Latifah Hosts for Fourth Consecutive Year
    on 2010-01-07 04:46:01
  • http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/18773;_ylt=Ag7atjXglyno9pAHbjzi71dV.nQA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA-- By Gina Serpe 48 minutes ago Good news apparently comes in twos for Maggie Gyllenhaal. Not only is the indie movie queen expecting her first child with longtime beau Peter Sarsgaard, but they are also engaged, People magazine reports. It'll be the first marriage for both actors. Let's just hope they don't go for a hyphenated last name. For spell check's sake. No further details are known; there was no immediate comment Tuesday from either actor's rep. The twosome has been together for an impressive-by-Hollywood-standards four years after meeting on the set of Steven Soderbergh's 2003 low-budget and never-released drama In God's Hands. Though clearly the experience wasn't a total bust. Since then, they have kept a relatively low public profile, even as their respective film careers have increasingly put them in the spotlight. Gyllenhaal, 28, has more than 20 films to her credit. She broke through to the big leagues in 2002's S&M-themed drama Secretary, for which she received a Golden Globe. She has since starred in Mona Lisa Smile, Adaptation and Happy Endings, and has been lauded in the press as an avant-garde fashionista. For his part, Sarsgaard, 35, has appeared in more than 25 films, most recently Flightplan, Garden State, Kinsey and Jarhead, which he starred opposite future brother-in-law Jake Gyllenhaal. Sarsgaard earned a Golden Globe nom for his turn in 2003's Shattered Glass. While this has been Gyllenhaal's first public romance, Sarsgaard was previously linked with model Shalom Harlow. If a wedding to plan and a nursery to get in order wasn't enough, Gyllenhaal and Sarsgaard have plenty to keep them busy in the coming months. Gyllenhaal has several films awaiting release, including the French romance Paris, Je T'aime, set to premiere at Cannes next month, as well as the all-star comedy Stranger Than Fiction, with Will Ferrell, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah and Emma Thompson, due in November. She also hits screens in 9-11 drama World Trade Center in August. Sarsgaard, meanwhile, is of to London later this month to film Small Tragedy, about the behind-the-scenes shenanigans during a production of Oedipus Rex.
  • Lili2 wrote: > LATEST: QUEEN LATIFAH has elaborated on her motherhood claims by > revealing she plans to join the Hollywood singles who have adopted > children. > The rapper/actress shocked fans last month (MAR06) when she revealed > she was getting broody, adding "I'm really working on it (motherhood). > I've got everyone galvanised, I've cleared my schedule, and it's going > to happen soon. God willing, I will be a mom by this time next year." > But now Latifah, real name DANA OWENS, has confessed she isn't > planning to get pregnant - she's looking to adopt an abandoned American > baby. > She explains, "I definitely plan on going through with adoption." > But the CHICAGO star knows the odds are stacked against her as a > single adoptive mother - thanks to America's strict laws. > She adds, "There's a law that tries to keep the family together - so > if you've had an adopted child for up to three years or so, the birth > mother can come back and reclaim the child if they pull themselves > together. > "The law is good in a way because you love to see parents pull > themselves together, but that's got to be tough on the adoptive > parents, who've grown up to love that child." (KL/TG/JB) Good for her. I thnk she'll be a great mom.
  • LATEST: QUEEN LATIFAH has elaborated on her motherhood claims by revealing she plans to join the Hollywood singles who have adopted children. The rapper/actress shocked fans last month (MAR06) when she revealed she was getting broody, adding "I'm really working on it (motherhood). I've got everyone galvanised, I've cleared my schedule, and it's going to happen soon. God willing, I will be a mom by this time next year." But now Latifah, real name DANA OWENS, has confessed she isn't planning to get pregnant - she's looking to adopt an abandoned American baby. She explains, "I definitely plan on going through with adoption." But the CHICAGO star knows the odds are stacked against her as a single adoptive mother - thanks to America's strict laws. She adds, "There's a law that tries to keep the family together - so if you've had an adopted child for up to three years or so, the birth mother can come back and reclaim the child if they pull themselves together. "The law is good in a way because you love to see parents pull themselves together, but that's got to be tough on the adoptive parents, who've grown up to love that child." (KL/TG/JB)
  • http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2006/03/21/1497558.html Queen Latifah open to motherhood By LOUIS B. HOBSON -- Calgary Sun HOLLYWOOD -- Queen Latifah plans to embrace her maternal instincts. "I'm making it a priority to adopt a child by 2007," says the first lady of rap, who will star as the wooly mammoth Ellie in Ice Age The Meltdown that opens March 31. "I would really like to adopt from America but there are so many unrealistic restrictions. Depending where you adopt, a birth mother has up to three years to reclaim her child. "A few weeks or months maybe, but not three years. I couldn't bare that. "A couple of my friends went to China and adopted children there. That's what I may end up doing." Latifah, whose real name is Dana Owens, feels she'll be a good mother because she has strong role models in her own parents Rita and Lancelot. "My mother always encouraged me. More importantly she told me often that I was beautiful and that I was loved. It built my self-esteem. "My father always included me in things he did. He let it be known I was an important part of his life. I never felt there were things I couldn't do or couldn't accomplish." Latifah says her millions of fans have become a kind of extended family because they "always give me the chance to fall on my face. "They are so non-judgmental. They accepted me as a rapper, but then let me try acting on TV and then in movies. "If you're not afraid of failing, there are really no limits to what you'll try to do." Latifah says acting is one of her true passions. "I tried my hand at a talk show, but my heart just wasn't in it. I wasn't passionate enough about it, but I am passionate about acting. Latifah has just signed to star opposite John Travolta in the film version of the hit Broadway musical Hairspray. She will be playing Motormouth Maybelle with Travolta playing Edna Turnblad in drag. "I think John will look great in a dress. He won't need any tips from me. His wife (Kelly Preston) is really cute. She'll give him all the advice he needs." Latifah says she was excited to be a part of Ice Age The Meltdown because she was such a fan of the original 2002 animated feature. "I fell in love with Scrat, the little sabre-toothed squirrel. I love him even more in our film because he has so much more to do. "I was excited about playing a wooly mammoth because they are one of my favourite prehistoric animals. My mom took me to the Natural History Museum in New York. My brother and I were so taken by the wooly mammoth statues."
  • In article , "Rick in Oz" wrote: > John Travolta and Queen Latifah have signed on to star in New Line Cinema's > upcoming feature film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical 'Hairspray.' Why are they doing this, when the original was done in 1988? Oh I know, money. I'm disappointed in john Waters, he has really sold out. -- Lisa
  • http://www.13wham.com/entertainment/story.aspx?content_id=79BD45D0-299B-4BEA -9A13-3FCD7F705C4A Travolta to Star in Film Adaptation of "Hairspray" : 3/3/2006 10:30:38 AM John Travolta and Queen Latifah'>Queen Latifah have signed on to star in New Line Cinema's upcoming feature film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical 'Hairspray.' Travolta will play Edna Turnblad and Queen Latifah'>Queen Latifah will play Motormouth Maybelle in the film, which is being directed by Adam Shankman ('The Pacifier,' 'Bringing Down the House') and produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, for their Zadan/Meron Productions, who previously executive produced the Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning Best Picture 'Chicago.' A nationwide casting search is currently under way to find a newcomer to play the lead role of Tracy Turnblad in the film, with production on "Hairspray" scheduled to begin this Fall for a potential Summer 2007 release. "Hairspray" is originally based on the 1988 John Waters comedy about star-struck teenagers on a local Baltimore dance show. The new version of the film will be based on New Line's hit Broadway adaptation of the film, which debuted in 2002, and went on to win eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book and Best Director. Copyright Yellowbrix 2006
  • http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/L/Latifah_Queen/2006/01/11/1388264.html Queen Latifah gets royal treatment By LOUIS B. HOBSON - Calgary Sun HOLLYWOOD -- Sometimes even royalty needs to take time to stop and smell the roses. When Queen Latifah, the first lady of hip-hop, feels blue or stressed, she likes to walk barefoot through grass or sand. "It's what I did as a child. I can draw real pleasure from nature," says Latifah, 35, who was born Dana Owens in Newark, NJ. "I used to try to drink my problems away or have sex with some fine guy, but I don't need to do that anymore to get over a bad day, a bad experience, a bad moment or a bad relationship. I look inside myself and it's nature that best helps me do that." In the romantic comedy Last Holiday, which opens Friday, Latifah plays Georgia Byrd, a shy woman who discovers she has less than a month to live. At first Georgia is despondent, but then she decides to cash in her life savings and take the holiday of a lifetime. Thirteen years ago, Latifah had a life altering experience when her brother Lance Owens was killed in a motorcycle accident. He was a policeman and the motorcycle he was riding was a present from Latifah. "I was 22. He was 24. That accident was so sudden and so unexpected it threw the whole family for a loop and we're a very tight-knit family." Her brother's death taught Latifah she'd "better live life like there's no tomorrow because sometimes, there isn't. "At first, I was so saddened I was just existing. I had to learn to appreciate sunshine all over again. I had to learn how to live again so I knew exactly what Georgia was going through in Last Holiday. It's why I connected with the character. It's why I wanted to do the film." Last week, Latifah became the first hip-hop artist to be honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "I hope my new honour sends out the message to full-figured young women that we can do it. There is a place for us in Hollywood. We just have to believe in ourselves." Latifah says she's turned down numerous film roles because the producers insisted on a dramatic weight loss. "I did lose weight, but I did it for myself not for some film. I did it because I didn't feel good in my jeans. That's become my new incentive. The moment my jeans feel tight I pull back on my eating and increase my workout." Wayne Wang, who directed Latifah in Last Holiday, says she is "a true movie star so it's important you build a movie like Last Holiday around her." To play Latifah's love interest in Last Holiday, Wang cast rapper LL Cool J. "It helped that Queen Latifah has had a secret crush on him for a long time. It's exactly how her character feels in Last Holiday." Latifah admits to the crush but quickly adds she was "not the only girl who has had a crush on LL. He's the greatest rapper of all time and he is very easy on the eyes." Latifah has already completed her role in Marc Forster's comedy Stranger than Fiction co-starring Will Ferrell, Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson. This year, she lends her voice to Ellie, a wooly mammoth in Ice Age 2: The Meltdown.
  • "Fiona McQuarrie" wrote in message news:dpn3gs$gl6$1@morgoth.sfu.ca... > Oil Can Harry wrote: > : Queen Latifah just got a star. Seems like anyone with any notoriety > seems to > : be able get a star. Doesn't that also cheapen the real movie stars who > have > : really earned this? ....and you wouldn't recognize *most* of the names on those stars. They're publicity magnets, anyway....and most stars now shun them, unless the studio insists. Kris
  • Oil Can Harry wrote: : Queen Latifah just got a star. Seems like anyone with any notoriety seems to : be able get a star. Doesn't that also cheapen the real movie stars who have : really earned this? The "real" movie stars probably had their studios buying them stars too. Fiona
  • hugyourkidz@aol.com wrote: > Taylor wrote: > Oh please. Despite your snotty comment above, she's more than a > "hip-hop" artist who "bought" herself a star, IMO. Although she's been > in a couple of stinkers, I'd certainly go see a movie where she was > featured before going to see one of Fish Stick's. > Owens and William (God help me, I love him---Denny Crane!) Shatner have > stars on the walk. Who did they blow to get one? > Okay, then... her people bought her a star. Extremely few stars get one w/out first paying for it. They don't give them out as tributes after the star's dead out of respect.
  • Taylor wrote: > ('Living Single' star) Queen Latifah'>Queen Latifah'>Queen Latifah'>Queen Latifah buys... er, "receives"/"gets" > (herself) a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. > with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "I think the reason I am here > is to inspire African-American women who are rappers, full-figured... Oh please. Despite your snotty comment above, she's more than a "hip-hop" artist who "bought" herself a star, IMO. Although she's been in a couple of stinkers, I'd certainly go see a movie where she was featured before going to see one of Fish Stick's. For freak's sake....Pee Wee Herman, Tom Selleck, Michael Jackson, Buck Owens and William (God help me, I love him---Denny Crane!) Shatner have stars on the walk. Who did they blow to get one? http://www.hollywoodusa.co.uk/walkoffame.htm
  • in , Taylor said: > ('Living Single' star) Queen Latifah'>Queen Latifah'>Queen Latifah'>Queen Latifah buys... er, "receives"/"gets" > (herself) a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. > with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "I think the reason I am here > is to inspire African-American women who are rappers, full-figured... if you've ever seen any of her early videos, you'll realize she looks way better with the few wxtra pounds...
  • ('Living Single' star) Queen Latifah'>Queen Latifah buys... er, "receives"/"gets" (herself) a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/movies/13550163.htm Queen Latifah'>Queen Latifah gets Hollywood star San Jose Mercury News - 3 hours ago LOS ANGELES - Queen Latifah'>Queen Latifah has become the first hip-hop artist crowned with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "I think the reason I am here is to inspire African-American women who are rappers, full-figured... Dana Owens: "Got coke?"
  • http://www.13wham.com/entertainment/story.aspx?content_id=1093C5C2-F792-4CD8 -BEE8-B30B012D6D1B The Queen to Be Honored on Hollywood Walk of Fame Hip Hop royalty will bless a stretch of the Hollywood Walk of Fame Wednesday. Jersey's own Queen Latifah is scheduled to receive a star on the famed boulevard. The rapper-turned-actress, whose real name is Dana Owens, received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress, a Golden Globe nomination and a SAG Award nomination for her role as Mama Morton in Miramax's 'Chicago.' Copyright 2006 EUR Web
  • "THEdA" wrote in message news:1124489621.565535.266930@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > FINESSE WHO?: SNL's other brother to see increased role; more skits > next season. > "Saturday Night Live," is a true team player when it comes to his > limited role for the past two years on the long-running sketch comedy > series. > "Really, I'm very grateful to be on the show, no matter how many > skits I'm in," he tells FoxNews.com. "Getting to work every day with > people like Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz, I'm happy to be a part of > it." > Oh like Horatio Sanz has a career by this point. He's as bad as Fallon used to be. > amused Lorne Michaels during Mitchell's audition, that he hired him. > But with the character his only recurring role - and barely recurring > at that - the comic was sure season two would be his last. > "When you notice that you're in one sketch every show, it gets to > you," he said. "You start thinking, well, that's it. I'm done." > But Michaels apparently liked what he saw from the Atlanta, GA > native. When the 33-year-old returns for his third season this fall, he > will be promoted from "featured player" to full cast member. > "I've got some new ideas, like 'The Morgan Freeman Show.' It's a > talk show for actors who never get to have sex in their movies," he > said. > With many of his proposed sketches ending up on the pitch room > floor in the last two years - his "Black SpongeBob" idea was > rejected for being 'too close to Eddie Murphy's Gumby' - Mitchell > admits that his appearances on the show only picked up whenever black > guest hosts like Janet Jackson or Queen Latifah rolled through. > "Then maybe I get in six sketches," he jokes, "because Halle > Berry needs a boyfriend, or whatever." > So this isn't the guy who was in Good Burger is it? You know, the freak from Nickelodeon? Because that dude sucks.
  • About 2000 more words than I need to know about her. "Rick in Oz" wrote in message news:JSQCe.564$D24.6923@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au... > http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,6737,1530103,00.html > must-cast. Now the Fantastic Four and Sin City star is keen to reveal her > down-to-earth, centred and smart side. Here, she tells Allison Glock about > her troubled upbringing, sleazy s and kissing a chimp. > The Observer > A marvel of feminine proportion ... Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba is hiking in Hollywood's Runyon Canyon. She is talking about > her body. The body showcased to full, undulating perfection in films > including Sin City and the Marvel comics adaptation Fantastic Four, which > opens this Friday. > 'I hear people in this industry talking all the time about how Jennifer > Lopez is fat,' she says tersely. 'And I know if they're calling her fat, > they're saying the same about me.' Rightly, Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba worries about this. > At 24, she has so far been defined largely by her body. Of her last eight > films, she has been nearly naked in seven of them. She is 5ft 6in, 34-25-34, > and weighs around 120lb, depending upon her training schedule. But the > numbers tell little of the story. Even beneath the baggy sweats she favours, > Alba's body is a marvel of feminine proportion. A siren song. > polls. Websites devoted to her celebrity hammer on about her hotness with > creepy persistence. Mark Wahlberg's reality-infused HBO show, Entourage, > devoted an entire story arc to the conquest of Alba, her body hounded like > the Holy Grail by the young male cast, a quest Wahlberg himself has > allegedly pursued in real life. US Weekly even reported the rumour that Alba > was Tom Cruise's first choice for a publicity girlfriend. She is > good-humoured about the scrutiny, but confesses the one-note quality of it > is starting to wear her out. 'The s I get are always for the whore, or > the motorcycle chick in leather, or the horny maid. I get all these > screenplays that start, "Tawnya is in the shower. The water streams down her > naked, perky breasts."' She sighs, then laughs a tired laugh. 'I don't think > that this is happening to Natalie Portman.' > There are many reasons for this, and Alba, to her credit, has a firm grasp > on most of them. Cast as she is, she hasn't yet had much opportunity to act. > The closest she comes to a scene-stealing turn is in the 1999 Drew Barrymore > vehicle, Never Been Kissed, in which she is indisputably funny and natural. > The rest of her CV - including schlocky thrillers, the short-lived James > Cameron sci-fi TV series Dark Angel, and the ill-conceived hip-hop picture > Honey - is less impressive. Her turn in Sin City, however, stands out, but > largely because Alba plays a stripper with a heart of gold. And a lasso. I > have much of a choice right now. I'm young in my career. I know I have to > strike when the iron is hot.' Alba plans to capitalise on her assets for the > moment, saturate the market with her sultry image and then, when she won't > have to do that stuff just to get people's attention, she hopes to transform > herself into someone like Diane Keaton or Goldie Hawn, women she admires for > their kookiness and pluck. 'I look forward to the day when I can do a small > movie and act,' she says, 'and it's not about me wearing a bathing suit or > chaps.' > Cathy Alba. Mark is dark Mexican, Cathy is French and Danish. The genetic > mix has been kind to Alba, leaving her with an intriguing ethnic palate that > netted her roles as everything from a part-Malaysian in The Sleeping > Dictionary - most famous for showing what fans prayed were Alba's breasts > ('They weren't!') - to superhero Sue Storm (aka the Invisible Woman) in > Fantastic Four. Fans of the original Marvel comics were up in arms about her > being cast in the latter role, until a newly blonde Alba appeared, eyes > twinkling, on stage at a press event and melted their collective hearts. challenging > childhood. 'I never really belonged anywhere,' she says. 'I wasn't white. I > was shunned by the Latin community for not being Latin enough. My > grandfather was the only one in our family to go to college. He made a > choice not to speak Spanish in the house. He didn't want his kids to be > different.' Alba is taking Spanish lessons now. 'I have a great accent,' she > says, 'because I grew up hearing it in the neighbourhood. But I have no idea > what I'm saying.' > the time they were 20 and 21, they had Jessica and her brother Joshua. 'We > all grew up together,' Alba explains. 'My parents were so young. My dad > hates it when I talk about our past, about not having things, living with > Grandma, wearing thrift-store clothes, cutting coupons.' in > a rib joint. 'He was terrible,' she says, 'but you could see them working, > and he would ham it up for the customers, so they kept him.' Her mother > logged days at McDonald's and evenings tending bar. 'At every place, she > would make up a drink and name it after herself,' Alba says. When money got > especially tight, Mark would drive the kids to Mexico, and point out the > shacks and the filthy water. 'He wanted us to see that we had nothing to > complain about,' she says. Still, she craved more. > thought I was born into the wrong family, that I was fucking royalty and > nobody knew it but me.' > thinking that adults were always acting like assholes,' she says. 'I > couldn't understand why I had to respect them. My pre-school teacher forced > me to write right-handed when I was left-handed. I didn't get why I had to > change. Nobody could give me a reason. I have had a big problem with > authority ever since.' really > assertive. You know how hard it is to talk to adults and try to get a job > when you're a kid? She met [Dark Angel creator] Jim Cameron when she was 17 > and just said, "I think I'm the best person for the job." her > parents enjoyed cutting loose. They needed to, to break out of the box of > their lives. She remembers being unable to sleep most nights, and how she > would wander into the kitchen and see her parents partying or arguing, drama > they tried to protect their kids from in the daylight hours. 'I would stand > there and listen,' she says. 'I would see stuff I shouldn't.' > about her upbringing. She understands that people do the best they can, that > they were kids having kids and that now, maybe, they will finally have their > time to shine. > expand their minds a little, get out of the suburbs.' Alba sighs. 'I wasn't > given a whole lot in my life. I was on the bottom of the class system. But I > got wisdom. I never just did what people told me. I questioned everything. > When I look back, it is really no surprise that I started working at 12.' > She broke into movies and TV with relative ease; within a year of her first > audition, she had a regular role on the TV series The New Adventures of > Flipper. the > adult in her family. She worked all the time. I remember with Dark Angel, > she was supposed to be a bike messenger, and I had to teach her how to ride > a bike. She had never learned.' > time,' she says. Alba is all about tomorrow - who she will become and what > that will mean. She wants to have kids, some hers, some adopted, with a > husband or without. She wants to start a business. She wants to run a > production company - 'and not just so I can put myself in movies. So many > people do that. It's pathetic.' Alba has no patience for weakness, > especially weakness born of ego - 'you know, like some woman in her forties > who dates a 20-year-old so she can keep getting her picture in US Weekly'. > Among her friends, she is the advice-giver. She is older than her years, a > girl who by circumstance and disposition grew up fast - less the > wine-chugging/wake-up-with-a-stranger type, more the review-your-contracts, > eat-your-vegetables, organise-your-sock-drawer type. Nothing grates on her > nerves more than women who act like children because they can. crazy > girl,' she says. 'It drives me up the wall. It's annoying. Stop.' She rolls > her eyes and drops her chin. 'Most men love the crazy girl - "Oh, save me! > You're such a big, strong man!" The more insecure the man, the more likely > he will love the crazy girl. And also, 90 per cent of the time, men are > about the physical. And most women who are hot are crazy. Because they don't > need to have it together.' > aggressive and distracted, prone to frequent braking and curb-rubbing. There > are many, many close calls, which she barely registers, or does but blames > the victim. to > meet at a fancy clothing store. 'If I found someone messing with him, I > would cut them. That's the ghetto side of me.' > studded denim teeters out on metallic heels. 'That is my mom,' Alba says > with a soft smile. 'If she could dress that way every day, she would.' > late,' she says. 'My parents were always so excited to be places that we > would be early.' She finds the store and rushes inside, straight into the > arms of her de facto fiance, 26-year-old film assistant Cash Warren. The two > kiss like the movie is ending, then reluctantly break apart. Warren met Alba > while working on Fantastic Four. (He is listed as assistant to director Tim > Story, his second credit after working as an assistant last year on the > god-awful Queen Latifah flick Taxi.) Warren has spent the past six months > doing everything in his power to persuade her to marry him. Today he is > trying on Dolce & Gabbana suits for industry appearances with Alba. > frame into skinny pants. Later, as she shops for cheese, Alba explains what > makes her relationship work. 'We are the boy and girl version of each > other,' she says. 'We have the same ideas about the future. If I met Cash > and I was married to somebody else, I would have to get a divorce. We make > that much sense together.' inhales > sharply. 'I wasn't sure I was going to meet anybody,' she says. 'I thought I > was going to be a single mom. And I was totally fine with that. But it is > nice having somebody, not doing everything alone.' > arm in arm, giggling. Alba eyes them. > explain that girls her age have a history of being jealous or weird or > competitive around her, so unless another woman is sure of her game, Alba > gets the steer-clear vibe. Which is why most of her girlfriends are married > with children. > out and changes into sweats. In her living room is a just-delivered, 12ft by > 12ft poster of her Sin City character pinned with a note from director > Robert Rodriguez. 'Where am I going to put this?' she wonders, genuinely > embarrassed. > stills or glamour shots. Only family pictures in simple frames and modest > furniture. 'Why pay $10,000 for a couch?' she asks. 'That's so stupid.' > indulgence', where she watches America's Next Top Model as she bathes. A > nearby bookshelf is full. Martin Amis. Elizabeth Wurtzel. Nigella Lawson. > 'All of this was carpet,' she says, gesturing to the gleaming black-wood > floors. 'And this,' she says, pointing to her office, 'was a gym.' touches > of girl are the photo collages stickered with the words 'vacation' and > 'birthday', and the underwear drawer in her closet, which is ajar and > reveals piles of ¼ » lace and floral silk. When she sees the open drawer, > she quickly pushes it shut. > don't I live here? Why don't I drive that car?"' As she talks, Alba walks > past her bed. On it rests a recent copy of Playboy. > screaming about how I was in Playboy. I was terrified it was something > humiliating, but it was only me in a paparazzi shot in a bikini > straightening my towel.' > and featuring her bottom round and high in the air. She says nothing for a > moment. Then throws the magazine down on the bed. 'Whatever.' for > a bottle of water. Tomorrow she will go to a meet-and-greet with DVD > salesmen to promote the US release of Fantastic Four. She will turn up > looking pretty and, if the past is any indication, be groped by men in golf > shirts. 'We pose for snapshots, and there are times when they put their > hands on my ass or cupped under my breast,' she says, sighing. 'And I have > to stand there and smile like nothing is happening.' Alba shrugs. > 'I have a photo shoot soon,' says Alba. Braganza demurs. They decide to walk > instead. As they do, Alba reveals that last week she was unexpectedly and > violently French-kissed by a chimp named Tia. Twice. This is not her lead > anecdote. It rests a lazy third to stories about porn shopping in Cleveland > (Brazilian Booties) and her aunt's unfortunate home-waxing accident. the > world?' she asks. 'So I'm shooting a special for MTV,' says Alba, 'and they > told me all I had to do was push my lips out a little and the monkey would > give me a peck, but instead she rammed her tongue inside my mouth and swept > it all around in a circle.' > swirling around inside her mouth, triggers predictable stares and sighs from > passers-by. She is laughing too hard to notice. > 'And they filmed it?' asks Braganza. 'Oh, yeah. That will be a special > moment.' The women keep walking, chatting about Hollywood, dogs and horrible > kissers. The sun begins to set, turning LA a dusky blue. Alba pauses to > admire the sky. She is thinking about the year ahead, wondering how things > will evolve, if, in fact, she can break out, grow up and leave her sexy > image behind. 'As a girl, I was always told I was nasty or dirty if I was > sexual in any way,' she says quietly. 'Americans are such prudes.' She > starts walking again. 'That's why we're all so perverted.' She smirks, then > smiles a big smile, her teeth gleaming in the twilight. 'Not me, of course,' > she says. 'I'm an angel.'
  • http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,6737,1530103,00.html Fantasy figure A spiky attitude and a body beautiful have made Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba a Hollywood must-cast. Now the Fantastic Four and Sin City star is keen to reveal her down-to-earth, centred and smart side. Here, she tells Allison Glock about her troubled upbringing, sleazy s and kissing a chimp. Sunday July 17, 2005 The Observer A marvel of feminine proportion ... Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba is hiking in Hollywood's Runyon Canyon. She is talking about her body. The body showcased to full, undulating perfection in films including Sin City and the Marvel comics adaptation Fantastic Four, which opens this Friday. 'I hear people in this industry talking all the time about how Jennifer Lopez is fat,' she says tersely. 'And I know if they're calling her fat, they're saying the same about me.' Rightly, Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba worries about this. At 24, she has so far been defined largely by her body. Of her last eight films, she has been nearly naked in seven of them. She is 5ft 6in, 34-25-34, and weighs around 120lb, depending upon her training schedule. But the numbers tell little of the story. Even beneath the baggy sweats she favours, Alba's body is a marvel of feminine proportion. A siren song. As a result, Alba has consistently ranked in the top 10 of men's magazine polls. Websites devoted to her celebrity hammer on about her hotness with creepy persistence. Mark Wahlberg's reality-infused HBO show, Entourage, devoted an entire story arc to the conquest of Alba, her body hounded like the Holy Grail by the young male cast, a quest Wahlberg himself has allegedly pursued in real life. US Weekly even reported the rumour that Alba was Tom Cruise's first choice for a publicity girlfriend. She is good-humoured about the scrutiny, but confesses the one-note quality of it is starting to wear her out. 'The s I get are always for the whore, or the motorcycle chick in leather, or the horny maid. I get all these screenplays that start, "Tawnya is in the shower. The water streams down her naked, perky breasts."' She sighs, then laughs a tired laugh. 'I don't think that this is happening to Natalie Portman.' There are many reasons for this, and Alba, to her credit, has a firm grasp on most of them. Cast as she is, she hasn't yet had much opportunity to act. The closest she comes to a scene-stealing turn is in the 1999 Drew Barrymore vehicle, Never Been Kissed, in which she is indisputably funny and natural. The rest of her CV - including schlocky thrillers, the short-lived James Cameron sci-fi TV series Dark Angel, and the ill-conceived hip-hop picture Honey - is less impressive. Her turn in Sin City, however, stands out, but largely because Alba plays a stripper with a heart of gold. And a lasso. 'It's not always so great to be objectified,' she says. 'But I don't feel I have much of a choice right now. I'm young in my career. I know I have to strike when the iron is hot.' Alba plans to capitalise on her assets for the moment, saturate the market with her sultry image and then, when she won't have to do that stuff just to get people's attention, she hopes to transform herself into someone like Diane Keaton or Goldie Hawn, women she admires for their kookiness and pluck. 'I look forward to the day when I can do a small movie and act,' she says, 'and it's not about me wearing a bathing suit or chaps.' Alba grew up in the Los Angeles suburbs, one of two children of Mark and Cathy Alba. Mark is dark Mexican, Cathy is French and Danish. The genetic mix has been kind to Alba, leaving her with an intriguing ethnic palate that netted her roles as everything from a part-Malaysian in The Sleeping Dictionary - most famous for showing what fans prayed were Alba's breasts ('They weren't!') - to superhero Sue Storm (aka the Invisible Woman) in Fantastic Four. Fans of the original Marvel comics were up in arms about her being cast in the latter role, until a newly blonde Alba appeared, eyes twinkling, on stage at a press event and melted their collective hearts. Alba says that her ethnic melange, while photogenic, made for a challenging childhood. 'I never really belonged anywhere,' she says. 'I wasn't white. I was shunned by the Latin community for not being Latin enough. My grandfather was the only one in our family to go to college. He made a choice not to speak Spanish in the house. He didn't want his kids to be different.' Alba is taking Spanish lessons now. 'I have a great accent,' she says, 'because I grew up hearing it in the neighbourhood. But I have no idea what I'm saying.' There were other struggles. Her parents met and married in their teens. By the time they were 20 and 21, they had Jessica and her brother Joshua. 'We all grew up together,' Alba explains. 'My parents were so young. My dad hates it when I talk about our past, about not having things, living with Grandma, wearing thrift-store clothes, cutting coupons.' Alba's parents held several jobs apiece. At night, her father was a cook in a rib joint. 'He was terrible,' she says, 'but you could see them working, and he would ham it up for the customers, so they kept him.' Her mother logged days at McDonald's and evenings tending bar. 'At every place, she would make up a drink and name it after herself,' Alba says. When money got especially tight, Mark would drive the kids to Mexico, and point out the shacks and the filthy water. 'He wanted us to see that we had nothing to complain about,' she says. Still, she craved more. 'I was born with a wicked sense of entitlement,' she admits. 'I always thought I was born into the wrong family, that I was fucking royalty and nobody knew it but me.' Her attitude made school difficult. 'From a very early age, I remember thinking that adults were always acting like assholes,' she says. 'I couldn't understand why I had to respect them. My pre-school teacher forced me to write right-handed when I was left-handed. I didn't get why I had to change. Nobody could give me a reason. I have had a big problem with authority ever since.' 'Since she was a baby, she's always been a leader,' says Mark. 'She's really assertive. You know how hard it is to talk to adults and try to get a job when you're a kid? She met [Dark Angel creator] Jim Cameron when she was 17 and just said, "I think I'm the best person for the job." » Alba was a clever, observant child. She noticed things. Like how much her parents enjoyed cutting loose. They needed to, to break out of the box of their lives. She remembers being unable to sleep most nights, and how she would wander into the kitchen and see her parents partying or arguing, drama they tried to protect their kids from in the daylight hours. 'I would stand there and listen,' she says. 'I would see stuff I shouldn't.' Today Alba considers her parents her best friends. She has no complaints about her upbringing. She understands that people do the best they can, that they were kids having kids and that now, maybe, they will finally have their time to shine. 'I want them to move here to Beverly Hills'>Beverly Hills,' she explains. 'I want them to expand their minds a little, get out of the suburbs.' Alba sighs. 'I wasn't given a whole lot in my life. I was on the bottom of the class system. But I got wisdom. I never just did what people told me. I questioned everything. When I look back, it is really no surprise that I started working at 12.' She broke into movies and TV with relative ease; within a year of her first audition, she had a regular role on the TV series The New Adventures of Flipper. 'She never had a childhood,' says Alba's friend Braganza. 'She had to be the adult in her family. She worked all the time. I remember with Dark Angel, she was supposed to be a bike messenger, and I had to teach her how to ride a bike. She had never learned.' If Alba mourns her lost childhood, it doesn't show. 'I don't like to waste time,' she says. Alba is all about tomorrow - who she will become and what that will mean. She wants to have kids, some hers, some adopted, with a husband or without. She wants to start a business. She wants to run a production company - 'and not just so I can put myself in movies. So many people do that. It's pathetic.' Alba has no patience for weakness, especially weakness born of ego - 'you know, like some woman in her forties who dates a 20-year-old so she can keep getting her picture in US Weekly'. She prides herself on being professional, straightforward, level-headed. Among her friends, she is the advice-giver. She is older than her years, a girl who by circumstance and disposition grew up fast - less the wine-chugging/wake-up-with-a-stranger type, more the review-your-contracts, eat-your-vegetables, organise-your-sock-drawer type. Nothing grates on her nerves more than women who act like children because they can. 'I can't stand that girl: the poor little girl you have to rescue, the crazy girl,' she says. 'It drives me up the wall. It's annoying. Stop.' She rolls her eyes and drops her chin. 'Most men love the crazy girl - "Oh, save me! You're such a big, strong man!" The more insecure the man, the more likely he will love the crazy girl. And also, 90 per cent of the time, men are about the physical. And most women who are hot are crazy. Because they don't need to have it together.' Jessica Alba'>Jessica Alba drives her convertible BMW like a teenage boy. She is aggressive and distracted, prone to frequent braking and curb-rubbing. There are many, many close calls, which she barely registers, or does but blames the victim. As she drives, she talks animatedly about her man, who she is on her way to meet at a fancy clothing store. 'If I found someone messing with him, I would cut them. That's the ghetto side of me.' We squeal into a Beverly Hills'>Beverly Hills parking lot and a woman in head-to-toe studded denim teeters out on metallic heels. 'That is my mom,' Alba says with a soft smile. 'If she could dress that way every day, she would.' Alba parks and walks quickly towards Rodeo Drive. 'I'm always a little late,' she says. 'My parents were always so excited to be places that we would be early.' She finds the store and rushes inside, straight into the arms of her de facto fiance, 26-year-old film assistant Cash Warren. The two kiss like the movie is ending, then reluctantly break apart. Warren met Alba while working on Fantastic Four. (He is listed as assistant to director Tim Story, his second credit after working as an assistant last year on the god-awful Queen Latifah flick Taxi.) Warren has spent the past six months doing everything in his power to persuade her to marry him. Today he is trying on Dolce & Gabbana suits for industry appearances with Alba. 'Basically, I do whatever the girl wants,' he says, squeezing his swarthy frame into skinny pants. Later, as she shops for cheese, Alba explains what makes her relationship work. 'We are the boy and girl version of each other,' she says. 'We have the same ideas about the future. If I met Cash and I was married to somebody else, I would have to get a divorce. We make that much sense together.' She picks up an oozing wedge of Camembert, holds it to her nose and inhales sharply. 'I wasn't sure I was going to meet anybody,' she says. 'I thought I was going to be a single mom. And I was totally fine with that. But it is nice having somebody, not doing everything alone.' Alba puts the cheese down and exits the shop. Outside, two girls walk by, arm in arm, giggling. Alba eyes them. 'I don't make friends easily,' she says matter-of-factly. She goes on to explain that girls her age have a history of being jealous or weird or competitive around her, so unless another woman is sure of her game, Alba gets the steer-clear vibe. Which is why most of her girlfriends are married with children. Back at her house in Beverly Hills'>Beverly Hills, Alba lets her two pugs, Sid and Nancy, out and changes into sweats. In her living room is a just-delivered, 12ft by 12ft poster of her Sin City character pinned with a note from director Robert Rodriguez. 'Where am I going to put this?' she wonders, genuinely embarrassed. There is little evidence of Alba's career anywhere in her home. No movie stills or glamour shots. Only family pictures in simple frames and modest furniture. 'Why pay $10,000 for a couch?' she asks. 'That's so stupid.' She shows off her whirlpool tub and the plasma screen above it, 'My big indulgence', where she watches America's Next Top Model as she bathes. A nearby bookshelf is full. Martin Amis. Elizabeth Wurtzel. Nigella Lawson. 'All of this was carpet,' she says, gesturing to the gleaming black-wood floors. 'And this,' she says, pointing to her office, 'was a gym.' The house is understated and clean, with a masculine edge. The only touches of girl are the photo collages stickered with the words 'vacation' and 'birthday', and the underwear drawer in her closet, which is ajar and reveals piles of ¼ » lace and floral silk. When she sees the open drawer, she quickly pushes it shut. 'I used to come to Beverly Hills'>Beverly Hills for auditions as a kid and think, "Why don't I live here? Why don't I drive that car?"' As she talks, Alba walks past her bed. On it rests a recent copy of Playboy. 'Let me explain,' she says, blushing. 'My father called me the other day screaming about how I was in Playboy. I was terrified it was something humiliating, but it was only me in a paparazzi shot in a bikini straightening my towel.' She flips open to the page and stares at the photograph, taken from behind and featuring her bottom round and high in the air. She says nothing for a moment. Then throws the magazine down on the bed. 'Whatever.' Alba scouts the fridge - which appears to be arranged by food category - for a bottle of water. Tomorrow she will go to a meet-and-greet with DVD salesmen to promote the US release of Fantastic Four. She will turn up looking pretty and, if the past is any indication, be groped by men in golf shirts. 'We pose for snapshots, and there are times when they put their hands on my ass or cupped under my breast,' she says, sighing. 'And I have to stand there and smile like nothing is happening.' Alba shrugs. Braganza stops by, and suggests they go to Tae Bo, a trendy workout class. 'I have a photo shoot soon,' says Alba. Braganza demurs. They decide to walk instead. As they do, Alba reveals that last week she was unexpectedly and violently French-kissed by a chimp named Tia. Twice. This is not her lead anecdote. It rests a lazy third to stories about porn shopping in Cleveland (Brazilian Booties) and her aunt's unfortunate home-waxing accident. Still, the monkey story leaves Braganza appropriately mortified. 'How in the world?' she asks. 'So I'm shooting a special for MTV,' says Alba, 'and they told me all I had to do was push my lips out a little and the monkey would give me a peck, but instead she rammed her tongue inside my mouth and swept it all around in a circle.' Alba demonstrates, and the sight of her, lips parted, her index finger swirling around inside her mouth, triggers predictable stares and sighs from passers-by. She is laughing too hard to notice. 'She touched every inch in there! It was the most disgusting thing ever!' 'And they filmed it?' asks Braganza. 'Oh, yeah. That will be a special moment.' The women keep walking, chatting about Hollywood, dogs and horrible kissers. The sun begins to set, turning LA a dusky blue. Alba pauses to admire the sky. She is thinking about the year ahead, wondering how things will evolve, if, in fact, she can break out, grow up and leave her sexy image behind. 'As a girl, I was always told I was nasty or dirty if I was sexual in any way,' she says quietly. 'Americans are such prudes.' She starts walking again. 'That's why we're all so perverted.' She smirks, then smiles a big smile, her teeth gleaming in the twilight. 'Not me, of course,' she says. 'I'm an angel.'
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  • http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/dailydish/ QUEEN LATIFAH BEHIND WITH THE RENT Rap star and actress Queen Latifah has reportedly failed to pay rent on her company Ghettoworks Inc.'s office space since November. Latifah's company Ghettoworks Inc. is involved in a legal wrangle with her landlords over the 6,000 square-foot office space in Elmwood Park, N.J. A source tells gossip site Page Six, "Her bill paying is the worst but the past five years of behavior has not been good. They're in litigation with her right now." The source also slammed Queen Latifah's security arrangements, questioning the attitudes of her staff, saying, "Her bodyguards are threatening and anti-Semitic." David Raindorf, who owns the property, declined to comment.
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