Fashions News

Former Victoria’s Secret and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Stephanie Seymour shows off her curves while enjoying time with her family in St. Bart’s this weekend.

The 40-year-old former model escaped the cold of winter to enjoy the sun and sand with hubby Peter Brant and their children!

Stephanie previously had a relationship with Axl Rose and was also featured in the Guns N’ Roses video, “November Rain”.

Christina Aguilera gets some last minute shopping done at Barney’s of New York in Beverly Hills on Sunday.

The 28-year-old working mom had a huge blowout party for her birthday on Friday night and got dressed up as Alex from Clockwork Orange!

There’s been talk on the Internets that Barbie was coming out with a doll resembling Christina Aguilera. Unfortunately for all of you Xtina fans out there, a Mattel spokesperson said, “There is no Barbie coming out resembling Christina Aguilera; however, there have been Barbie fashions in the past that were inspired by celebrities.”

Always adorable Violet Affleck and parents Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck spend a busy weekend-before-Christmas together in Santa Monica/Brentwood Calif.

On Saturday, Violet and Ben stepped out sans Jen for some father-daughter bonding time in Brentwood, perhaps to do a little holiday shopping for 36-year-old mom-to-be Jen.

On Sunday, Jen, sipping on an iced tea from City Bakery, joined Ben and Violet as they took a stroll through Santa Monica.

Heidi Klum, husband Seal and kids Henry Samuel, Johan Samuel (dressed in matching green satin jackets) and Leni Briatore hit West Hollywood Park on Saturday morning.

The photogenic family strolled around in the sun and took turns checking out the slides.

All the kids — Leni, 4, Henry, 3, Johan, 2 — proved themselves to be a nature buffs too, gathering up leaves of different shapes and sizes.

Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal keep it low-key and casual in jeans, shades and hats while strolling through Brentwood, Calif. on Sunday afternoon.

Reese, 32, and Jake, 28, were in the neighborhood to do some Christmas shopping. Among their many stops: Brentwood Country Mart (also a favorite of Jennifer Garner and Violet Affleck).

The duo may have been stocking up on cool toys for Deacon and Ava, who will reportedly be spending Christmas with mama Reese and Jake this year.

ennifer Aniston leaves boyfriend John Mayer’s apartment with a big smile on her face on Saturday night.

The 39-year-old actress has her new comedy, Marley & Me coming out this Thursday, Christmas Day.

Aniston has said, “The reason I wanted to be in this movie was it wasn’t the girl trying to get the guy or the guy trying to get the girl. It wasn’t the chase and then you end the movie where they ride off into the sunset. With this movie you get to see the ins and outs of a relationship. You see this couple over 15 years.”

Handbag by Ferragamo, scarf by Louis Vuitton.

Check out this new clip of Eliza Dushku in the upcoming sci-fi TV program, Dollhouse, from Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).

Via Wiki: Dushku plays a young woman named Echo, a member of a group of people known as “Actives” or “Dolls.” The Dolls have had their personalities wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas, including memory, muscle memory, skills, and language, for different assignments. They’re then hired out for particular jobs, crimes, fantasies, and occasional good deeds.

Also featured in the clip: lab tech Topher (Fran Kranz) and Echo’s handler Boyd (Harry Lennix).

Check out the exclusive video clip at EW.com.

Dollhouse is expected to premiere February 13, 2009 on FOX.

WHAT DO YOU THINK of Dollhouse so far — HOT or NOT?

Madonna’s ex-husband, Guy Ritchie has his eyes set on somebody new — millionaire socialite Jemima Khan.

According to London’s Telegraph, Guy, 40, and Jemima, 33, attended a dinner party at the Notting Hill home of Matthew Freud, the founder of British public relations exec Matthew Freud and his wife Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of media baron Rupert Murdoch.

Also a guest of the party was Sting’s wife, Trudie Styler, who had introduced Guy to Madonna at a dinner party at her house in Wiltshire in 1999.

Jemima was last romantically linked to actor Hugh Grant.

Jude Law, aka Dr. Watson, gets a visit on the set of his upcoming detective flick, Sherlock Holmes, from his oldest son, Rafferty, 12, in London on Sunday. (Also pictured: Almost-divorced director Guy Ritchie)

The 35-year-old British actor will headline the next Berlin Film Festival, along with fellow Hollywood heavyweights Kate Winslet, Steve Martin, and Clive Owen.

Jude’s black comedy, Rage (about a New York fashion house), will vie for the Golden Bear with a powerhouse cast including Judi Dench, Dianne Wiest and Steve Buscemi.

For more info on the Berlin Film Festival (Feb 5-15), visit Berlinale.de.

Sexiest Man Alive Hugh Jackman sports some fun ogre equipage — Shrek ears! — while posing backstage with Brian d’Arcy James at Broadway’s Shrek: The Musical at The Broadway Theatre on Saturday (December 20) in New York City.

Some of the other genius cast members are also pictured below: Sutton Foster in the purple (Princess Fiona), Christopher Sieber in the red shirt (Lord Farquaad) and John Tartaglia in the hat (Pinocchio, Magic Mirror, Dragon Puppeteer).

For ticket info on the musical based on the 2001 movie hit, visit ShrekTheMusical.com.

Little known fact via WP: To prevent overheating, the show’s costumers tuck ice packets into pockets of the long underwear James wears under his padded [Shrek] suit. Even so, he is soaked with sweat by the end of each performance.

SUNDAY BEST

Victoria Beckham (in her own design again) grabs lunch with designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana in Milan, Italy on Sunday afternoon.

Joining up with husband David Beckham, who just has signed with AC Milan, the couple enjoy a romantic dinner at Giannino Restaurant.

“Of course I always take advice from my wife,” Becks has said of the decision-making process in his family. “‘We are united and we take decisions together. We have three children and we always discuss things. Sometime she decides things and sometimes I decide but we try and do things together.”

Paris Hilton is “devastated” by the burglary of over $2 million worth of jewels from her LA home between late Thursday evening and 4 a.m. Friday.

“I am devastated. I cannot believe someone broke into my home. They took items that had such sentimental value that no one will ever be able to replace,” she tells Life & Style. “I’m just thankful that I wasn’t there when it happened.”

The heiress was out partying in LA when her home was broken into. An insider reveals that “millions of dollars of jewelry was stolen — diamonds, necklaces, rings, watches and family heirlooms from her grandmothers.”

Luckily, though, the insider says the thief was caught on tape. “Paris has surveillance cameras set up in every room,” says the insider, who’s seen the tapes. “The thief was wearing a black hoody and knew exactly where to go, like he’s been there before.”

Taking no risks, “Paris has upped her security team to three 24-hour bodyguards, and she has someone on her property at all times,” adds the insider. “Detectives are doing a huge investigation.”

Katie Holmes looks a little worn out on Saturday night as she leaves her New York City apartment to do another performance of the play All My Sons at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.

The Broadway actress looked festive in her holiday red winter coat and fun the day before in a purple polka dot top.

Earlier this week, she celebrated her 30th birthday.

One half of the Olsen Twins continues to sport some unusual fashion trends while out and about Los Angeles on Saturday.

Mary-Kate, 22, was seen petting a friend’s dog while wearing a gray hobo chic (or un-chic?) robe. After eating at Cafe Vida in the Pacific Palisades, she hopped into her waiting car. But not before covering her face!

Later in the evening, MK was seen getting into the festive spirit with a pair of plastic yellow Santa sunglasses. She enjoyed a festive night out with friends at the Bardot lounge in West Hollywood.

Matthew McConaughey just updated his MySpace, posting pics of himself, longtime love Camila and their son Levi. Here’s what he shared about his latest travels, generously plugging away at his new brand:

“Back on the west coast after some incredible travels… cool inspirations seen and done via the road and had some real just keep livin (jkl) moments along the way…

-Took a 14 day road trip with my buddy Gus down to southern Baja. He and I became great friends on the road 16 years ago and we needed to get back on track with our friendship and do some of that old fashioned phi-loso-phising that only a road trip can render…we needed it, we got it, thanks Gus…j.k. livin

-We broke down in the middle of the desert while on that trip, in a place where we hadn’t seen nor heard another human for three days. I had to jog down a dirt road for a couple of hours in hope of finding a trace of anyone…Well, I finally did, and her name was “Matty“, an 82 year old Mexican woman who loaned me (a complete stranger speaking broken Spanish), her 1981 Isuzu truck with 263,000 miles on it. That truck got us to a place where we could get the gear to fix MY truck and get back on the road…Thanks Matty….just keep livin….Good hearted strangers and trust….cool

-After 4,206 miles of camping across America, I was once again reminded of how good looking this country is…saw family and friends, met strangers, made acquaintances…I was in some predominately “red” states when President-elect Obama was elected. I talked to a bunch of people who had voted for McCain and-check this- unanimously, those same people were genuinely excited and hopeful about Obama being elected…They all felt that the country had spoken in earnest, electing Obama, and they were more than “ready for the ride”, they were ready to get into the action…cool…j.k. livin

- I spent my 39th birthday on the southern rim of the Grand Canyon…almost got “butted” of the edge by a ram and caught some shooting stars…as for the first sight of the GC, mother nature created something that looks so fake, its real….cool

-We decided to put a “dime of every dollar” j.k. livin brands makes into the j.k. livin foundation. We appreciate the online sales so far and know that we put a lot of time into each product choice and we believe in the message that no matter what, we gotta “just keep livin.” …Now, a piece of every purchase is helping some kids who need it, do the same…Check out jklivinstore.com for more info about the store and foundation…appreciate it…cool…j.k. givin

-Getting into some new music, best album front to back I’ve heard in a while is the new Kings of Leon, “Only by the Night”….good music….cool…j.k. listenin’

-I went to Brazil for the first time to visit my lady’s family and tour the land a bit…Found a very proud and happy culture there. We ate, we drank, we danced, and they tolerated my stumbling through the Portuguese language….I will return, beautiful country, beautiful and classy people…thanks Brazil…cool

just keep livin, mcconaughey“

Reese Witherspoon and son Deacon, 5, meet her boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal for lunch at Pizzeria Mozza in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon.

The kids (Deacon and Ava) will be spending Christmas with mama Reese and Jake this year. They spent Thanksgiving with their dad, Ryan Phillippe, and his girlfriend Abbie Cornish.

Reese’s latest comedy, Four Christmases, is in theaters now!

Handbag by Louis Vuitton.

Dec 19 - The FBI official who anonymously gave vital information to reporters who exposed the Watergate scandal was 95.

Mark Felt was known only as Deep Throat for years after he secretly gave crucial information to Washington Post reporters over a break in at Democratic Party headquarters that ultimately led to the resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon.

Paul Chapman reports.

Dec 19 - Developing countries have no monopoly on good ideas, says Indian PM Manmohan Singh after recent uprisings on global terrorism.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks come at a time when the world economy is witnessing major recessionary trends and terrorism is casting its shadow globally after the Mumbai attacks last month.

Neena Dhaun reports

Dec 19 - A bus is set ablaze after it was involved in a crash that killed more than 20.

The bus was in collision with a truck during its journey from Huancane to Juliaca in the southern Puno region 1, 000 kilometres south-east of the capital, Lima.

Paul Chapman reports

Dec 19 - A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas expired at 6am bringing the threat of renewed violence.

Hamas forces in Gaza are already training for possible Israeli attacks. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the first two rockets launched immediately after the ceasefire.

Stefanie McIntyre reports.

Dec. 19 - President George W. Bush on Friday said the government will provide loans to ailing U.S. automakers

The $17.4 billion in loans comes with conditions -- such as requiring the companies to prove by March 31 that they can become viable. Jon Decker reports. SOUNDBITE: U.S. President Bush

Dec. 19 - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai warns of suspension of power-sharing talks over persecution of Mugabe opponents.

Tsvangirai's warning that he will ask for a suspension of the talks came as President Robert Mugabe insisted he had written to his political rival inviting him to be sworn in as prime minister. Paul Chapman reports. SOUNDBITES:
# Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe
# MDC opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai

Dec 19 - Somali fishermen say their livelihoods are being harmed by international anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden.

The fishermen say some of their boats have been fired on by international naval patrols along the Horn of Africa which also stop their vessels searching for fish further out to sea.

Paul Chapman reports

Dec. 19 - Conservative Republicans criticized the auto bailout, but President-elect Barack Obama called President Bush's move a "necessary step."

Ford-- in a statement-- said its liquidity is adequate for now and it did not need a government loan. But Rick Wagoner, the CEO of General Motors, said his company would access billions of loan dollars immediately and would now focus on fully implementing its restructuring plan. Jon Decker reports.

SOUNDBITES:
# U.S. President Bush
# Rick Wagoner, General Motors CEO
# President-elect Barack Obama
# Efraim Levy, equity auto industry analyst - Standard & Poor's

Dec. 19 - Embattled Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich publicly denied charges he tried to sell the U.S Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama

Blagojevich had been under pressure from political figures, including Obama, that he resign ever since his arrest last week on charges of scheming trade political favors for personal gain. He has not been indicted Pavithra George reports.SOUNDBITES: Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich