Jennifer Garner, Violet, Keri Russell, and River all got together for a stroll around the Upper East Side of Manhattan this morning. Violet showed off a new jacket in her stroller while precious little River poked his head out but mostly just snuggled with his mom. It was really a meeting of all-star moms of the year — you voted Jennifer as your favorite celebrity mom of 2007, while over on lil you voted Keri as favorite new mama. While Jennifer recently admitted that Sydney Bristow is her favorite role of her career, it's pretty cute to see she's still keeping in touch with Felicity.
2007 wasn't exactly the best year for Paris, what with her jail time and all, but that only leaves room for improvement in 2008. Next year she'll attempt to show off more of her acting skills and we've got the trailer for her next movie, The Hottie and the Nottie. After you watch Paris's foray into the wide world of romantic comedies, tell us — love it or leave it?
John Mayer was looking like he stepped right out of a gap ad in his festive red and green outfit leaving the Waverly in NYC last night. Your 3rd choice for most improved of the year is getting into the holiday spirit and playing it up for the cameras for our enjoyment. Even though John is such the ladies man these days, we're hoping to hear some cute stories about how he and Minka spend the holidays perhaps with some New Years' kisses which is a definite change from the girl he was kissing last year this time.
Jessica Simpson wrapped herself up in a blanket and put away her frown for another afternoon out shopping in Dallas yesterday. Yeah, she's not one to be grumpy when she's exercising her credit cards. Say what you will about her ability to jinx a sports team, but she is looking great these days. Plus she's back to those long, blonde locks we remember from her Newlyweds days, which is also by far your favorite hair look of her many this year. Hopefully Jessica has her thick skin and stiff upper lip ready if she's planning on flying to North Carolina to watch Tony Romo play this weekend, because if this RuinRomo campaign goes anywhere she'll see a lot of herself being mocked in the stands. Seems unnecessarily nasty to me, but whatever.
The Great Debaters: Good Story, Not-So-Great Film Even in a movie as formulaic as The Great Debaters, Denzel Washington manages to create a character who keeps us guessing. The truth-based tale of a debate team at a small Southern black college in 1935 borrows familiar elements from both underdog sports movies and inspirational teacher movies, but Washington's portrayal of the complicated debate coach is anything but clichéd.
Jake Gyllenhaal had his twenty-seventh birthday on Wednesday (happy belated!) but his celebration doesn't look quite as much fun as Brad Pitt's was the day before. Instead, Jakey G was hard at work on the set of his new movie Brothers in New Mexico. We're hoping that he'll have a few more loved ones by his side for the holidays next week — whether it be with his sister in NYC or his girlfriend in LA or maybe as one big happy family with both. Hopefully this year won't be as scary as last year when his family was caught in a fire.
In this week's Gossip Girl, Blair Waldorf demonstrates that there's nothing like a red sparkly dress to make you stand out at a party. Although her exact Marchesa dress isn't available online, this one is quite similar.
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