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Katie Holmes - Please Take Me Away

trix — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:28:00 GMT

I don't know about you, but I think this is the saddest picture of Katie Holmes I have seen in a while.

What exactly was she doing here? She was definitely not engaging with the crowd and it looks like she may have even been staring off into space. < insert xenu joke here>

Poor Katie, it's the candid shots that are the most telling, she would so much rather be anywhere than here.

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Babble Talk - Jeri Ryan

Whit Honea — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:32:00 GMT

Jeri Ryan, the pin-up girl of Star Trek fans eveywhere, recently talked to Babble's Jennifer V. Hughes about life as a working mom.

Read the intereview.

Jeri Ryan Cried When She Went Back To Work

trix — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:32:00 GMT

Jeri Ryan was able to take off work for a year or so to be a full time mommy to her daughter Gisele, but now it is time to go back to work. She hates it.

That might be a little harsh, but it is true that she said the adjustment of going back to work was rough. She cried the first day she left Gisele at home to go to work. She said, "It was especially hard since I've been with her nonstop since she was born."

Jeri also said it was difficult to lose the pregnancy weight.

I say at least she did it right, it takes 9 months to gain the weight and it took her 10 months to get back to normal.

Maternity leave is awesome and we here in the States don't get nearly enough time at home with our kids.

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Jeri Ryan in the Boom Boom Room

Whit Honea — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:04:00 GMT

Jeri Ryan of "Star Trek" and "Boston Public" fame was among the celebrity parents at the ~~Borg~~ Boom Boom Room in Century City, CA this past weekend.

Ryan has two children, a 14-year-old son named Alex and a 10-month-old daughter named Gisele Émé.

The Boom Boom Room is "Hollywood’s most famous families - expecting parents, moms, dads, aunts, uncles, and their offspring - visit a gifting suite wonderland built by 83 sponsors. This event draws celebrity families together to support Los Angeles area Foster Children and the Jayneoni Moore Children’s Fund."

Jeri Ryan Welcomes A Daughter

Quote and photo courtesy of Rapparound PR

"Last Lecture" Randy Pausch Dies

Whit Honea — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:07:00 GMT

Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor, has died from the terminal cancer he had been fighting. Randy Pausch led a life all too short, but it was life well lived.

His "Last Lecture," in which he discussed the lessons of life as he had learned them, has had millions of internet viewers and Randy Pausch was featured on television shows and publications across the country.

It is a touching and moving lecture and it is a tribute to the man that was able to deliver it.

Randy Pausch is survived by his wife Jai and their three children, Dylan, 6, Logan, 3, and Chloe, 2.

The lecture can be seen below, it is worth watching:

Coppola's New Project

Whit Honea — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:31:00 GMT

Alicia Coppola of "Jericho" fame is expecting baby number two, a girl, with husband Anthony Jones. She is due in November and will join big sister 5-year-old Mila.

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Will Smith Will Never Divorce Jada

Karen — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:14:00 GMT

On Monday, Will Smith was a guest on Ellen and the pair discussed marriage. WIll and Jada have been married 10 years, which sadly, is unheard of in Hollywood.

"It's like dog years when you're married here," she said. "That's like 50 years, right?

"What I found is divorce just can't be an option," Smith said. "It's really that simple. And I think that's the problem with L.A. – there are so many options. So a huge part of the success for [Jada] and I is that we just removed the other options."

So how does the couple do it? "We're like listen, we're going to be together one way or the other so we might as well try to be happy," he said.

I think more families could take a page from their book! They really are a lovely family.

Randy Pausch and the Impact of a Lecture

Whit Honea — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:56:00 GMT

I first saw the video of Randy Pausch giving his now famous "last lecture" shortly after it hit the internet. It came in an email, the type you normally delete, with little midi files playing crappy music and hearts bouncing on rainbows. There may or may not have been puppies. I'm sure that I was instructed to forward it to everyone that I love or some such thing. They all blur together, these dreaded "FWD" emails that stalk my inbox.

For some reason I watched the video that day and I may or may not have forwarded it to everyone that I love. I honestly don't remember. I do, however, recall the power of the video and the words of Randy Pausch, and if I think real hard I might even remember a tear or two, although it can never be proven.

I told the staff that I was going to write about Randy Pausch for FameCrawler and I only received one reply: who?

Granted, Randy Pausch hasn't made millions of dollars in the world of entertainment. He hasn't slept with Hollywood starlets, as far as I know. He hasn't been in rehab or sold pictures of his children to Ok! Magazine. He has been on Oprah, and no, he didn't jump on the couch. He is a celebrity, albeit a reluctant one, in the most positive sense of the word, and that is enough to justify his presence here.

His video, which was filmed as part of a series at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University where he taught computer science, has been viewed an estimated 6 million times. He was the subject of an hour long special with Diane Sawyer on Wednesday night and just had a book released this week. All of which deal with one thing, and in doing so expanding on many: life.

Randy Pausch is a father. He and his wife Jai have three children, Dylan, 6, Logan, 3, and Chloe, who is almost 2.

Randy Pausch is dying. He has terminal cancer. His time is limited.

His "last lecture" is about living life and chasing your childhood dreams. It was given to roughly 400 people in an auditorium in Pittsburgh. It has been seen by so many more and continues to touch and help people daily, yet Pausch makes one thing clear, while grateful and humbled by the attention, it is for his children that his words are intended.

The book is available now. The video is included below. Forward it to everyone that you love.

Photo/Source: AP

Please visit Randy Pausch's website

Katie Holmes' New Haircut: Fug, Or Just Sorta Fug?

HerBadMother — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:04:00 GMT

Ah, Katie Holmes' bob. Remember that? Sure, it aged her, but it aged her in a kind of sophisticated, Anna Wintourish kinda way. Her new haircut, on the other hand? Ages her in that not-so-sophisticated, older-soccer-mom-from-Des-Moines kinda way.

Seriously, no? Is she trying to morph into Tom? WAIT - maybe this is actually a picture of Tom in Katie's clothes.

What do you think? Katie gone fug, or Tom in drag?

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Will Smith: Happy To Be Normal

HerBadMother — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:31:00 GMT

Look that big ol' Willie Smith grin. That's the grin of a happy dad, proud to be out with his gorgeous kids.

That's also the smile of a man who doesn't give two hoots about whether he gets to rub Vulcan ears with Leonard Nimoy, which puts him miles ahead of Tom Cruise in the celebrity race for psychological well-being. Keep it up, Will. Keep it up.

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Tom Cruise The Next Spock?

HerBadMother — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:05:00 GMT

Its almost too perfect to be true: Tom Cruise playing an alien being with strange beliefs and customs and a funny haircut on the big screen? Wouldn't that be, like, somebody just putting up that Scientology promo video for motion picture release?

Pleeeeeeeeeze, gods, let this be true: Tom Cruise reportedly wants a role in the new Star Trek movie.

He's been visiting the set, apparently, hanging around and nagging director JJ Abrams about meeting Leonard Nimoy. Sources say that Tom isn't cast in the movie - cameo-like or otherwise - and in any case, I have too much respect for JJ Abrams to believe that he'd ruin a perfectly good movie about space and aliens by throwing Tom Cruise in it and breaking that fourth wall. BUT STILL: the idea that Tom Cruise wants in - and that he's wetting his panties at the prospect of meeting Leonard Nimoy - is just too sweet to let go.

Whatever. I'll be he's done his own fan-fic home movies - Katie as Uhura and Suri as their half-vulcan offspring - on hi-def video. Someday, those'll get leaked to YouTube. And that will be an awesome day.

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Jeri Ryan Expecting a Baby That Will Almost Certainly Not Be a Borg

BadKitty — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:33:00 GMT

Seven of Nine is about to multiply again. Jeri Ryan and her Iron Chef challenger husband Christophe Eme announced that they are expecting a baby in March.

This is so unfair. Jeri starts out with a jaw-dropping body. Even pregnant she will look better than 99.9% of the women out here. And you know she'll drop the weight in minutes. Of course, it's got to be hard, living so far from your Borg Collective back in the Delta Quadrant. Life. I guess it's all about the tradeoff.

Source: People

Lindsay Lohan Pregnant? Man, I Hope Not.

Whit Honea — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:14:00 GMT

Look, I've got nothing here but a fansite quoting a bunch of unnamed gossip sites quoting a bunch of unnamed friends (actually, that's about all I ever have) saying that America's sweetheart, Lindsay Lohan, is pregnant.

I know, I should have made sure you were sitting down first, but in my defense, who the hell stands at a computer? This isn't Star Trek. Still, the news that someone as pure and innocent as little Lindsay could possibly be in a family way, implying that she may have experimented with the intercourse, that is jaw-dropping stuff.

What if it's The Parent Trap curse? She could have twins, and one will go off to live with her dad, that DJ dude, Sam, that Lohan's always hugging on, and the other twin will stay with her in rehab! Oh man, a sequel. Maybe this isn't as bad as I thought.

So let me add that to the rumor mill, she is pregnant with twins and the only way that she'll be able to tell them apart will be by dressing the boy in shades of blue.

Parent Trap 2: Electric Bugaloo! I smell an Oscar.

For Those Following Along at Home: Garner and Violet Still Having Fun

Whit Honea — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:04:00 GMT

Oh, Hawaii in the summertime. Jennifer Garner and Violet are still enjoying everyone's favorite vacation. Well, I suppose it might be everyone's second favorite vacation, but personally, I'll take the laid back days in Hawaii over a French Star Trek convention anytime.