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Debra Messing's Golden Globe Arrival

Whit Honea — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:26:00 GMT

Debra Messing seemed happy to be at the Golden Globes last weekend.

I totally recognize that look. That's the "I'm kidless for a night!" look. It's a good one.

Of course it could be the "I'm rich and beautiful!" look. I get them confused.

Starter Wife's David Alan Basche and Alysia Reiner Have Baby

Karl Erikson — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:02:00 GMT

Actors David Alan Basche and his wife Alysia Reiner welcomed a baby girl Friday in New York City. Their new daughter, Livia Charles Basche, weighed in at 7 lbs and measured 21 inches in length.

40-year-old David stars on NBC's "Lipstick Jungle" (which I hear has been canceled) and USA Network's "The Starter Wife" with Debra Messing. Alysia, 38, also has a role in "The Starter Wife."

The couple said in a statement, "Mom, dad, and daughter are doing great and looking forward to bringing home Livia to her new, all gree eco-friendly nursery."

Congratulations, David and Alysia!

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Debra Messing's Boy Gets Santa AND a Menorah

Karl Erikson — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:36:00 GMT

The holidays are upon us - ALL the holidays...Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Christmas, Festivus. 'Tis the season and all that jazz. And lucky 4-1/2-year-old Roman Walker Zelman has a lot to be thankful for. He gets the best of both worlds...and tons more presents. Mom Debra Messing, says that Roman knows "he's Jewish but doesn't know that Santa doesn't come for Jewish people." She "hasn't broken it to him yet," so in her house they celebrate both Christmas AND Hanukkah.

"We have the menorah and we light the candles and so for him, he just knows that it's Hanukkah because there's fire...He also loves the prayer, and he pretends like he knows how to say the prayer (babbles jibberish). And he's so proud of himself."

Roman "wants everything," of course, but as the wise philosopher Steven Wright says, "You can't have everything. Where would you put it?" Roman will, however, be getting eight presents for Hanukkah. And when he goes to visit Grandma on Christmas, Debra says, "That's where he gets the much better deal, the whole present explosion under the tree."

One of Roman's favorite Christmas things is to watch a dancing water display and a neon Santa Claus at the popular Grove, an outdoor mall in Los Angeles. "It goes across slowly on this wire," says Debra, "and you watch it, and then it stops, and then it backs up, and then it goes again. And you're thinking, 'Okay how long can this entertain this child?' Three hours later, it's like okay, 'We have to go!' He just loves it."

Debra has a new movie coming out next Friday. It's called "Nothing Like the Holidays" and has a pretty amazing cast. John Leguizamo, Freddy Rodriguez, and Alfred Molina for starters. I think Debra is the only non-Hispanic person in the cast. It's about 3 Puerto Rican siblings who go home for the holidays.

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Debra Messing Rocks Her Bikini

Sassy Smith — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:02:00 GMT

Debra Messing is on the cover of the January issue of Shape and the 40-year-old mom of Roman, now four, said she was left hurt and "depressed" by tabloid critics who said she didn't drop the baby weight fast enough. Well, I think they can eat crow now - she looks fantastic!

The former Will & Grace star said, "It was written about in the tabloids a lot. On one page it showed all the actresses who got skinny in six weeks or less (after giving birth), and on the other page was me! I was so depressed and frustrated."

Debra has lost 42 pounds in the past three years but admits she struggled to find time to work out with such a busy schedule. I think most moms can relate to that!

She said, "I was exhausted! I couldn't work out three hours a day and do my job as a mother and an actress. So I took the pressure off. I cut back on seeing the trainer but started eating healthier.

"Ultimately I'm very proud of how I dropped the weight because I think it was the healthy approach. I've finally taken ownership of my body."

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Brian Grazer's Divorce Getting Really Expensive

Karl Erikson — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:03:00 GMT

Powerhouse producer Brian Grazer is probably going to pay out big bucks to get rid of his third wife, Gigi Levanger Grazer. Gigi happens to be the author of the hit novel "The Starter Wife," now a series on USA Network. You'd think she'd have enough money with the novel and a few screenplays, but no. She wants - get this - $1 million a month in child and spousal support. A MONTH. The couple have two sons together.

According to documents filed by Gigi's accountant, Brian gets over $28 million a year, $13 miillion from his production company salary, the rest from corporate distributions. Gigi wants $988,184 a month, including $1,000 a month for "furniture and appliance replacement" at their house in Hawaii. She also spends $7k a month on "fine art."

Are you freaking KIDDING me? Who the hell needs $1 million a month to get by? And $1,000 a month for furniture and appliance replacement? What is she doing to this furniture? Using it as firewood? Absolutely ridiculous.

I could easily get by on $500,000 a month. A million is just excessive.

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Starter Wife Debra Messing and Son Roman

Karl Erikson — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:35:00 GMT

Emmy Award winner Debra Messing was at Los Angeles aiprot yesterday with her charming 4-year-old son, Roman Walker Zelman. Her latest TV series, "The Starter Wife," comes back to the USA Network on October 10.

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Emmys: Debra Messing

Whit Honea — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:44:00 GMT

Debra Messing may be best known as the Grace in "Will & Grace," but her new show "The Starter Wife" is doing pretty well in its own right.

Messing and her husband Daniel Zelman have one child, 4-year-old Roman.

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Meg Ryan-Get The Heck Out Of Hollywood

trix — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:37:00 GMT

Meg Ryan's new movie The Women is out in the theater, but she feels that she'll never quite as popular as she was.

You can never go back.

Meg is okay with that. She doesn't have any desire to play any of the roles she used to play. She said, "I think when Hollywood is done with me, I will probably be done with it. I'm not interested in playing those stock characters any more and I don't feel sad that I don't get those kind of offers." When Meg Ryan hears those words ringing in the air she'll head out of town.

After her very public split from Dennis Quaid in 2001 she took some time off from public life. She wanted to relax and take it easy. No matter the reason, she missed out on quite a few years of prime acting.

Meg Ryan Talks About Adoption But "The Women" Still Sucks Ass

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Meg Ryan Talks About Adoption But "The Women" Still Sucks Ass

Karl Erikson — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:05:00 GMT

Meg Ryan, ex movie darling, is back in the movies again. The mother of Jack Henry, 16, with Dennis Quad, and adopted Daisy True, 3, stars in the new movie "The Women." She sat down with the Los Angeles Times and talked about her career and family.

Ryan, 46, hasn't been working much of late. Instead, she's been traveling. She adopted her second child, Daisy, from China in 2006 and spends most of her time with her and Jack. "I've been famous since I was a teenager. There are a lot of empty spaces in that," she says, elusively. "I just feel like I've been filling in the cracks a little bit. I feel very fortunate, very free. I haven't had any big desire to work."

When talking about Daisy, Meg gets her wallet out and removes the original photograph that the orphanage gave her of Daisy. She says, "I always thought I'd do it. It's such a deliberate act, this adoption, as opposed to getting pregnant. You have to be very, very awake."

Did she feel like she was rescuing a child by adopting her? "It wasn't that. I just saw that face and I knew we were just related. It taught me a lot about any expectations you have in life. Just toss them away. Throw them out."

Kind of like she did with her old lips, I guess. I used to have such a crush on Meg until she went and fucked up her lips. *sigh*

By the way, "The Women" also stars Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, and Jada Pinkett Smith, and the film opens today. The critics are blasting the shit out of it. In fact, some critics are saying that "The Women" is SO bad it sets back Chick Flicks several hundred years. I'm not even making that up. Rotten Tomatoes is currently scoring the movie with a miserable 7% freshness rating. That's like "Ishtar" bad.

Some snippets of the reviews?

The L.A. Times: "It's hard to say what's sadder, that The Women's intended audience had to wait 14 years for a film like this or that that long wait has been almost for naught."

Filmcritic.com: "No cliché, no matter how it screams and pleads for mercy, makes it out of this baby untapped."

Minneapolis Star Tribune: "Despite its proud legacy and promising cast, The Women is a miscarriage of comedy."

New York Daily News: "Is it an exaggeration to call The Women the worst movie of the year? Well, yeah, probably. But it may be the most disappointing, given all the effort that went into it."

The Times (U.K.): "A costly and bemusing disaster. Dull is too kind a word."

Yeah, I'll be rushing out to see THAT. No question. *cough*

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trix — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:27:00 GMT

There really is something in the water and I'm only drinking diet Coke.

Another celeb couple is announced that they are expecting.

David Alan Basche and Alysia Reiner announced that they are expecting their first child in the winter. David stars on the Brooke Shields show, "Lipstick Jungle" and Alysia is on "The Starter Wife" currently. The two will be working together soon as David is set to join the cast of "The Starter Wife" on USA.

I swear almost everyone in showbiz is pregnant right now, it's crazy.

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Debra Messing Gets Down and Dirty

trix — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:10:00 GMT

Debra Messing and her boys get down and dirty at the park.

Her son Roman got a pony ride from his daddy Daniel Zelman.

Looks like fun, though my son says he prefers piggy back rides. I agree.

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Messing Around with Debra and Roman

Whit Honea — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:54:00 GMT

Well, not messing so much. More like glaring at the paparazzi. Maybe they were messing around.

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Spying on the Neighbors: 4-25-08

Whit Honea — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:44:00 GMT

Classic Lemon.

Debra Messing and Roman (Celebrity Baby Blog)

Jennifer Lopez and twins ready to film reality show (Celebrity Moms)

Ashlee Simpson on Jimmy (Gossip Girls)

Hasselbeck and a little pony (Knocked Up Celebs)

David Beckham's jersey in divorce court (Jezebel)

Jamie Lynn and Lynne (Celebrity Baby Scoop)

Angelina Jolie looking hot in the poster for Wanted (Just Jared)

Heather Locklear is HOT (Perez Hilton)

Debra Messing Loves Her Roman

Whit Honea — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:35:00 GMT

And as luck would have it, he loves her, too. Just a little tenderness in the airport.

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Brangelina vs. Tom Cruise: Does Someone Need a Hug?

Karen — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:04:00 GMT

While Angelina and Brad were stealing people's hearts and attention on the red carpet, Tom Cruise was nowhere to be seen. While Brad and Angelina were stealing lovey-dovey glances and kisses throughout the SAG Awards, Tom Cruise was somber, and looked angry and generic as he presented an award to "No Country for Old Men".

Maybe someone's got a heavy duty case of jealousy, since Angelina seems to be pregnant and Katie isn't.

SAG Awards: Tina Fey Wins Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Comedy Series

Karen — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:33:00 GMT

Dressed in an LBD for the SAG Awards, Tina Fey took home the award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series, and deservedly so.

"I want to thank anyone in the Screen Actors Guild for considering me an actor at all," Fey, who is also a screenwriter, quipped upon accepting her award. "I want to thank everyone in SAG for being so supportive of the Writers Guild of America."

Backstage, Fey said the writers strike leaves “30 Rock” at risk since the show is a critical success but not necessarily a huge hit with viewers.

“We are exactly the kind of show that’s put in jeopardy by the strike,” Fey said.

I guess between the Writer's Strike and the death of Heath Ledger, there was a bit of a cloud looming in everyone's hearts for this event.

Whoa Mama! Best Dressed Moms at The SAG Awards

Karen — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:03:00 GMT

Angelina Jolie: willowy, beautiful...pregnant?

Some of the beautiful people that arrived for the SAG Awards were glowing Mamas:

Ugliest Outfit EVER

HerBadMother — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:16:00 GMT

Seriously, what's up with this? This is the second time that Debra Messing has turned up in public in a muu-muu, and both times in seriously fugly colors. This time, she's added whack headgear. It's like a truckload of burkas crashed into a Willy Wonka cotton candy delivery truck and ol' Deb spotted a bargain in the off-sales. FUG FUG FUG.

And it doesn't even look comfortable. Don't her legs get tangled up in that shit?

Debra Messing Buys Her Clothes From Old Movie Sets

Karen — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:02:00 GMT

Remember that silly little movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Remember the gum-chomping Violet Beauregard? Obnoxious little thing, wasn't she? Remember her fate? How she ended up turning into a giant blueberry?

Debra Messing really liked that scene:

Funny thing, you can still see that gaping hole of a ribcage she is sporting. Why she is wearing an entire parachute is beyond me. Is Drew Carey's show returning? Is someone going to drop her from a plane to smother entire forest fires? Did Papa Smurf retire?

Somebody stop me. There's just so. many. angles.

Debra Messing Hosts Some Sort of Polo Event

Whit Honea — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:09:00 GMT

Apparently Debra Messing is more like The Starter Wife than Grace, seeing as she, here with her son, Roman, hosted the opening day of the Polo Challenge. That just sounds way too ritzy for a regular joe like me. I'm more of a 'hosting opening day baseball in High Def' kind of guy.

I don't even know what a Polo Challenge is. Are we talking about guys playing croquet on horseback, or does Ralph Lauren blindfold you and make you taste samples of different colognes?

I'm starting to think that rich people have a lot of time on their hands.

People's Hot Mama Spread Worthy of Playboy. In a Way.

BadKitty — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:37:00 GMT

First, Holy Cow! What is Katie Holmes smuggling in those pants? Seriously, she could fit Suri in there. I haven't seen plaid maxi-pants like that since my mom wore them in the seventies! And her hair was cut the same way as Katie's here. I guess the seventies are going to be really in now. Fashion terror alert level: Unflattering Shag.

In addition to sartorial madness, this picture demonstrates the only reason a sane person might select People over Us Weekly, if one were forced to make the gut-wrenching choice of only reading one.

If Us is the friend who tells you when your skirt is tucked in your underwear (and got you drunk in the first place) then People is a bland, blonde sorority girl who gets her thank you notes out on time. Who needs, or wants, a bunch of pious human interest stories about the non-famous? But People gets first quality photos, with the extra frame that no one else has. Kind of like a Playboy exclusive, only with less nipple action, unless Maggie Gyllenhaal is involved.

This week they put together another super cool photo essay, The Moms of Summer, giving you fresh angles on Julia, Sheryl, Angelina, Mariska, Jen (Garner), Heidi Klum, Gwen, Debra and Jenny McCarthy, along with their super cute kids. And in Gwen's case, super cute husband Gavin.

Thanks, People. You're still second choice, but it's nice to see you trying so hard to be cool. Loosen up a little, start a feud with someone, maybe talk a little more smack, and we could get a real 'bloid war going with Us. Or you could go the other way, start publishing some nudie candids, and take on Playboy for real. Your call.

Photo Credit: People

Mariska Hargitay's Son, August, Was Born in June, Go Figure

Whit Honea — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:02:00 GMT

Mariska Hargitay, daughter of Jayne Mansfield (did you know that?), and her husband, Peter Hermann, celebrated their son's first birthday (August, pictured), with a bash in Central Park. Among the guests were Debra Messing, her ribcage, and her son Roman.

August and Roman? Why didn't they have a toga party? I really hope the entertainment involved gladiators.

*No Christians or lions were injured during the throwing of this party.

Debra Messing Flashes Us With The Black Hole of Her Cleavage

BadKitty — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:25:00 GMT

Damn, I hope Grace is done breastfeeding. Her kid Roman could chip a tooth on that bony expanse! If Jack or Karen were there to help, they would totally shove a couple of those blue balloons down her dress. To protect the world from that view! And make the dress hang better!

I guess it would also protect Roman. Which would be good, too, but probably that wouldn't occur to Karen or Jack.