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Celebrities With Beards

TresSugar — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:05:00 -0800

November is National Beard Month, so I thought I'd gather together 15 of the finest celebrities with beards - and a few who might not be so fine. Who do you think looks best with a beard, and who needs to find a straight razor, pronto?

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Guess the Celebrity by Her Real Name!

TresSugar — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:10:00 -0700

Celebrities may be born with perfect looks, but they're not always born with perfect names. See if you can spot the celeb and her given name.

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This actress changed her name from Demetria Gene Guynes to something more concise.

Which Male Celeb Would You Want Your Baby to Resemble?

TresSugar — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:00:00 -0700

A Southern California sperm bank has taken to matching its donors to the celebrities they most resemble as a way to distinguish their sperm library, if you will. So if you want your child to resemble a movie star, sports hero, or world leader, the California Cryobank just might have the genes you're looking for.

“It’s not that our donors look like celebrities," said California Cryobank’s communication manager Scott Brown, "it’s that celebrities look like our donors.” Mmm kay . . .

Bioethicists think that it's bad enough that "rigid types of beauty" already reign in culture, but now, as University of Albany professor Bonnie Steinbock says, "They're trying to create children through who the actor of the moment is." Yes, yes they are.

Whether or not you agree with Cryobank or with Professor Steinbock, just for fun, tell me which famous dude you'd want your brood to look like?

Do Tell: If You Could Talk to Any Dead Celeb, Who Would It Be?

TresSugar — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:30:00 -0700

Paranormal activity has just moved into the 21st century! A psychic in the UK is going to conduct the world's first online séance using Twitter. Ghosts + psychic + séance + Twitter = Twéance.

Psychic Jaynce Wallace wants you to tell her – via tweet - which celebrity you'd want her to reach out to. She will post this dead celebrity Q&A on Twitter.com/tweance Oct. 30 - just in time for Halloween! (Be sure to account for the UK time/ghost time differential.)

Although Twitter really only blew up about a year ago, a spokesman for Angels Fancy Dress in London, the folks who came up with the idea for the Tweance, wondered why it took so long to conduct séances on the site: "We were amazed to see no one had used Twitter for a séance before." Seriously, why so long?

If you could talk to any dead celebrity, who would it be? What would you ask?

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Say What? Barbra Streisand Was Told Women Are Frivolous

TresSugar — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:30:00 -0700

"Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man's world. 'What do you mean you're going to direct? Women are the actresses, they're frivolous, not the ones responsible for finances.' That really got me."

- Singer, actress, and director Barbra Streisand talks about not being taken seriously in this week's issue of Parade magazine. In addition to a very prolific acting career, Streisand directed Yentl and Prince of Tides.

Mandy Moore Wants You to Energize Your Ladyparts

TresSugar — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:30:00 -0700

Douches and Red Bull often go together, but not like this. Mandy Moore totally nails the '70s lady-commercial voice and the fashions in this parody ad for Red Bull Douche, "the world's first feminine hygiene product with Red Bull." Admittedly, I've sometimes wished I could mainline energy drinks - just not down there. Be sure to watch until the tagline at the end.

Oh Snap! Levi Johnston's Life on the D List

TresSugar — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:35:59 -0700

Comedian Kathy Griffin took Sarah Palin's ex-future-son-in-law Levi Johnston as her date to the Teen Choice Awards last night. Levi said of his date: "She's beautiful and funny. She's the star of the night."

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Do Tell: What Movie Character Is Your Dream Man?

TresSugar — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:00:21 -0700

Westley in The Princess Bride. Blane in Pretty in Pink. Edward Cullen from Twilight, if you're into the whole vampire thing. And of course, Lloyd Dobler from Say Anything, the fictional character who inspired this postcard.

The movies are full of fictional men I'd love to date or just spend an evening with (hello, "blouse man" from A Walk on the Moon!). Sure, they don't exist in real life, but a girl can dream, right? So tell me, which fictional movie character - the character, not the actor - would you most want to date? Or marry? Or have a fling with?

Say What? Brad Pitt Says True Love Comes Twice

TresSugar — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:30:26 -0700

"Man, I resent people telling others how to live! It drives me mental! Just the other night, I heard this TV reverend say that Angie and I were setting a bad example because we were living out of wedlock, and people should not be duped by us! It made me laugh. What damn right does anyone have to tell someone else how to live if they're not hurting anyone? How many times do you think real love comes to someone in a lifetime? If you're lucky, maybe two or three."

- Brad Pitt, talking love and family in this weekend's issue of Parade.

Brad's got a point: are we really worried that people are making important decisions about their lives (and love lives) based blindly on what the Jolie-Pitts are doing? Interesting that he says real love comes maybe two or three times in a lifetime - do you agree?

Funny Ladies: Ageism Is No Joke

TresSugar — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:30:06 -0700

It ain't easy being a funny woman in Hollywood. We've often heard how few good roles are written for women over 35, but the facts really hit home in this video from The Hollywood Reporter's Emmy roundtable featuring women in comedy.

In it, Sarah Silverman talks about auditioning to play Jonah Hill's mother, and Amy Poehler points out that she was just eight years older than Rachel McAdams, who played her daughter in Mean Girls. Not surprisingly, the women lighten the weighty topic with plenty of humor. When Christina Applegate says she was told she was too old for a magazine cover, Silverman jokes "and it was More!"

But seriously, why are women this awesome so often considered over the hill? Why is it easier for men to grow older in Tinseltown?