Posted on Tue Sep 11th, 2012 11:45am PDT By
X17 Staff
True Blood co-stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer have welcomed twins, their reps have confirmed.
“The babies were born a few weeks early, but are in good health and both Mom and Dad are overjoyed," their publicist added.
Paquin, 30, and Moyer, 42, tied the knot in August of 2010, and these are the couple's first children together. Moyer has two children from previous relationships.
Posted on Tue Sep 11th, 2012 11:25am PDT By
X17 Staff
Anderson Cooper is proudly discussing his sexuality as a gay man.
The CNN journalist opened up about coming out on the second season premiere of his talk show. Cooper told the audience:
"I came out in high school. I told my friends, I told my family. I've always been out to my co-workers and stuff. It's just not something I talked about publicly, because as a reporter, I didn't think it was appropriate. It didn't seem like part of my job."
As for why Anderson came out publicly, he adds:
"It just got to the point where -- I've been torn for a long time between a desire as a reporter to just do my job and be known as a reporter -- and at the same time I do think visibility is important."
Click thru to read more about what Anderson had to say.
Posted on Tue Sep 11th, 2012 10:55am PDT By
X17 Staff
ABC/Disney
Yesterday Jessica Simpson appeared on the premiere episode of Katie Couric's new talk show, Katie, and the 31-year-old singer/actress opens up about getting her body back, motherhood and her upcoming wedding!
"I've just had a lot of pressure on me to lose the baby weight, and today was actually one of my goals: getting here, and feeling comfortable in a beautiful dress," Jess told Katie. The ladies chit chatted for a bit, and then Katie asked when Jess and fiance Eric Johnson might be walking down the aisle. "We have not [set a date] … it wont be this year, I can say that," she said. "We haven't had time … we thought we would have time to plan a wedding but Maxwell has definitely taken up all our time. I wanna do a really big fun wedding with all of my friends and family."
Finally the topic shifted to Jessica's dramatic weight loss (she's reportedly dropped 40 pounds since giving birth in May), and Katie asked what it was like trying to get her body back. "It is definitely a challenge. During pregnancy I didn't really think about it; I thought my doctors were telling me it was just a lot of water, and whenever my water broke, my whole entire would go down," she said. "But that didn't happen! All the weight did not come out with the baby…"
Jess also gives the audience a sneak peek at her Weight Watchers commercial (check it out in the video below) and she explains why she didn't go with a full body shot in the ad. "I really didn't want it to be about my weight," she says. "I know that everybody has their weight and their own issues, I really wanted it to be about the spirit of Weight Watchers and how I was feeling and i wanted to talk directly to people … it's not really who I am and Weight Watchers was on board with that."
On how she's portrayed in the media, Jess says, "I definitely don't pick up the magazines. I definitely don't Google my name. I try to avoid it completely, but I still subconsciously know that the talk is going on. So that's definitely a struggle for me ... I understand that it sells magazines. I wish I could get a cut."
Posted on Tue Sep 11th, 2012 10:25am PDT By
X17 Staff
Emma Watson attended the premiere of The Perks Of Being A Wallflower at the Arclight Cinerama Dome last night in Hollywood, and she looked stunning in a nude Armani gown. Despite the fact that Emma nearly had a Janet Jackson-style wardrobe malfunction at one point during the evening, she handled the red carpet like a champ!
We're quite excited to see Emma's first major post-Harry Potter gig, and even her peers have commented on her latest flick. "Nobody has ever seen [Emma] in this kind of role—and with an American accent," co-star Nina Dobrev said at the movie's Toronto International Film Festival premiere, adding, "She finished one chapter of her life, cut off her hair and embraced this new beginning. I think everyone is going to be very pleasantly surprised."
Emma and Nina were joined by co-star Ezra Miller, and Logan Lerman couldn’t make it, so the trio posed for a photo with a cardboard cutout of the young actor!
Posted on Tue Sep 11th, 2012 9:55am PDT By
X17 Staff
We love Zefron even more after this interview!
Zac Efron sat down with The Advocate this month to talk all about those pesky gay rumors, his views on same-sex marriage, and how the LGBT community has shaped his career, and the Charlie St. Cloud star made it clear where he stands on key civil rights issues.
"I'm extremely aware of the support I've gotten from you guys [the gay community] over the years, and it's amazing that it's taken this long to sit down and actually discuss it, but please know that it hasn't gone unappreciated," the 24-year-old explained. Speaking about his breakout role in High School Musical, he added, "I think the gay audience related to my character Troy, because it really was a story of embracing who you are, no matter how different you might be, and not being afraid to show it. That's a universal theme for everyone, but it specifically resonated with the gay community, and I felt very proud of that."
How does the Hollywood heartthrob feel about his sexuality constantly being questioned? "I don't like to live in fear about things like rumors and backlash to begin with - that's the way I was raised - but I just can't see what's so wrong about being gay," he confessed.
The Paper Boy actor is in favor of same-sex marriage, too! "It's an issue that affects so many people in my life - a lot of my close friends and some of the most influential people around me. I just want them all to be happy. It would make me so happy to see them able to live their lives and do what they want to do," he revealed.
Posted on Tue Sep 11th, 2012 9:25am PDT By
X17 Staff
J. Tanner/UNHCR
UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie paid a visit to Syrian refugees at the Zaatari camp in Jordan, which hosts about 30,000 Syrians displaced by the country's 18-month civil war.
Jolie called refugees' accounts of what's going on in Syria "horrific" and "heartbreaking":
"I am very concerned, the world is very concerned. What is very heartbreaking is when Syrian people ask you why you think no one is able to find a solution for them. What they described on the ground, hearing it from them is so horrific.
When you meet so many innocent people and civilians, the people of Syria are asking who is on their side. `Who is going to help us as the months go on?"
Jolie toured the tent city with U.N. refugee chief Antonio Guterres and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh. She said her mission there was "to draw attention" to the issue:
"This mission that we are sharing has a key objective. It is to draw attention to the international community to express a much more stronger solidarity with Syrian refugees and the host countries that have kept their borders open to all those fleeing the conflict."
Angelina will also be visiting Syrian refugees in Turkey, Iraq and Lebanon as part of her role as special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Posted on Tue Sep 11th, 2012 9:00am PDT By
X17 Staff
More over Kardashian sisters!
Kris Jenner is used to setting up bikini photo shoots for her famous daughters, but this time around she's the star! The 56-year-old momager of the Kardashian clan dons a sexy red bikini and black sarong on the cover of Australia's New Idea magazine, and we can't believe how amazing she looks! Especially for a mother of six!
The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star has documented her efforts to stay young on the E! reality show, giving viewers a glimpse at her face lift surgery, and more recently, her breast implant replacement procedure.
Posted on Tue Sep 11th, 2012 8:30am PDT By
X17 Staff
Jessica Simpson proudly showed off her newly-slimmed down figure on The Katie Couric Show, however in her first Weight Watchers commercial, the singer's bod is nowhere to be seen. What gives?
With her reported $4 million deal with Weight Watchers, Jess says she's been feeling the pressure to drop the pounds.
In the commercial, Simpson says, "There is a lot of pressure to lose weight but I'm not a supermodel. I'm just Jessica trying to eat real food in the real world and I really just wanna be healthy for my daughter."
Speaking of her beautiful daughter Maxwell, Simpson Tweeted the below picture of the little cutie in a yellow bikini. Adorbs!