Guy’s New Girl and Madonna’s New Baby

Tired of having his face rubbed in the fact that his ex-wife left him for a hunky pro baseball player, Guy Ritchie is striking back with a new love interest of his own. According to reports, Madonna’s ex is courting millionaire heiress Jemima Khan. The two reportedly attended a London dinner party together earlier this month where they spent some “quality time” together. London’s Telegraph reports that 33-year-old Khan, the socialite daughter of Lady Annabel Goldsmith and the late financier Sir James Goldsmith, has captured Ritchie’s heart. Khan divorced her Pakistani cricket player husband Imran Khan back in 2004. The … Continue reading

Thanksgiving Love Stories: Home for the Holidays

Last year at this time Wayne and I were in Denver to celebrate Thanksgiving with our family. I remember being so excited about getting to spend a whole week with Wayne. Thanksgiving, Then and Now It was a big deal because we’d spent months apart enduring a commuter marriage. But then Wayne decided not to stay with the job in Jacksonville and to get his old job back here in Nashville. I was over the moon! (Mostly because I was tired of trying to keep the house show-ready and over only seeing him on weekends.) Last year, Thanksgiving week marked … Continue reading

Celebrity Mommy Club

New additions to the celebrity mommy club keep coming and more are on the way after a slew of star moms announce their latest blessings: DIANE FARR The Numb3rs star just gave birth to her first son Beckett Mancuso Chung 13 months ago and now she plans to make him an older sibling. Farr recently confirmed that she is pregnant with twins, and is leaving the CBS series at the end of the season to spend time preparing for life with three children under the age of two. The 38-year-old actress and her husband, marketing executive Seung Yong Chung, are … Continue reading

Movies I Wish I Could Recommend, but I Can’t

One of the great things about being a movie reviewer is the chance I have to watch movies I’ve been wanting to see, and also to see movies I didn’t know existed. We’ve really had a lot of good cinema over the years, and, I’m sorry to say, we’ve had a lot that wasn’t so great. It is to those films I dedicate today’s blog. You can call it an anti-review, if you like. “My Life So Far” stars Colin Firth, which was enough to recommend it to me. He’s the father of a large brood and he’s a thoughtful … Continue reading

Week in Review: February 4th-9th

We had a really fun week here in Movies. Can’t decide what to rent? Take a look at the following and see what appeals to you. “Corrina, Corrina” stars Whoopi Goldberg and tells of the way one incredible housekeeper changed the lives of a widower and his daughter. A heartfelt and deeply touching movie that addresses loss and racism. Amanda Bynes stars in “She’s the Man,” a comedy about a girl who pretends to be her twin brother in order to play on the boys’ soccer team. She wasn’t planning to fall in love with her roommate, though. “Must Love … Continue reading

Two Weeks Notice (2002)

In “Two Weeks Notice,” Sandra Bullock stars as Lucy Kelson, an idealistic young lawyer who wants to make the world a better place. Her chief area of concern is the environment, and when she learns that a big developer plans to rip down her favorite spot on Coney Island and put up buildings, she’s furious. She marches down to give him a piece of her mind, only to discover that he’s not listening to anything she says. His name is George Wade (Hugh Grant) and he’s a little flaky. He needs people to do things for him, and he keeps … Continue reading

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995)

This Hugh Grant movie, set in 1917, is a fun story of a village who was determined, a man who just wanted to do his job, and another man who wanted a nap and a pint of bitters, and then to go home. Cartographers Reginald Anson (Hugh Grant) and George Garrad (Ian McNeice) have been commissioned by the Queen of England to make several maps of Wales. They drove across the border and stopped in the first small village they came to so they could take measurements of the area, particularly of the hills and mountains. Morgan, the pub keeper … Continue reading

Ban Naked Popcorn Forever!

I have a confession. I have a serious addiction: I love popcorn. Seriously–my husband offered me a night out all by myself but I instead chose to stay home, rent a chick flick (starring Drew Barrymore and Hugh Grant nonetheless) and eat popcorn. But this is special popcorn because I bought seasoning to go with it. Yes, I wish I were joking. . .but I’m kind of not. This is the type of thing you can only admit online because I’ll most likely never meet anyone reading this. (Unless you already know me and then well, it’s already lost cause.) … Continue reading

Liz Hurley Married?

Reports are out today that Liz Hurley, 41, married Arun Navar, 42, the Indian businessman she has been seeing for the past couple of years yesterday, a day before their reported wedding date. Hurley, best known as a model, an actress (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery), and a designer. I had read in this week’s Star Magazine that the two had planned to marry on March 3, with a Hindu ceremony in Rajasthan to follow that. How did Star know this information? A public announcement was posted in the Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, register’s office last week. However, The Daily Mirror … Continue reading

Hollywood’s Relationship Carousel

Valentine’s week was a busy one for celebrity couples with enough hook ups, break ups, and make ups to make your head spin. It’s a virtual relationship merry-go-round with stars and their on-again-off-again love interests (the big love day holiday may have affected some of this week’s activity). Let’s review: Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan Hunky Hugh Grant is single again. According to news reports, Grant and girlfriend Jemima Khan just ended their three-year relationship. Naturally, their reps used the “decided-to-split-amicably” suffix to the break up announcement. Frankly, I was a bit surprised by this one because last week I … Continue reading