Jennifer Garner sits down with Parade and talks about the struggle she has with balancing motherhood and her job, as well as the effect her divorce from Scott Foley had on her, the therapy she sought out to deal with it, and of course Mr. Sexy and Kind himself husband Ben Affleck.  Clearly this woman is crazy for him, and who can blame her?

The full interview can be found when it hits the newsstands tomorrow, January 22.

Admitting it’s an emotional struggle.
“I adore going to movie sets and being part of a team trying to create something. And yet, I hate to miss even one bedtime with my girls.”

Understanding that the push-pull she faces is hardly unique.
“My sisters both are working mothers. I understand that my being an actress as well as being at home isn’t some heroic thing. That doesn’t mean it isn’t confusing or difficult–especially that question of how you find a balance.”

She knows how lucky she is.
“I’m privileged, because I have a lot of freedom. I want to use it to make as warm and normal a life as I can for our daughters.”

On co-starring opposite Patrick Dempsey and Ashton Kutcher in the romantic comedy “Valentine’s Day.”
“I go home and say to Ben, ‘Do you know what I’ve been doing at work all day?’”

Her own romance with Ben Affleck.
“Ben is sexy and kind, but he’s also a riot. We can be very goofy together.”

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David Beckham was horrified when Italian TV Host Elene Di Cioccio, of the show The Hyenas grabbed his junk while he was in Italy outside the Adidas store in Milan.

I’m attaching this hysterical video that I can not understand one word of, but I understand visuals and those funny subtitles.  Apparently she did so because she wanted to see if he was ‘digitally enhanced’ for the Armani underwear ads he does:

“Off the pitch we have seen fascinating photographs of David Beckham in his underpants and seemingly very well endowed and even his wife says that he is well equipped and calls him Golden Balls,” Di Cioccio said. “Well the image may have slipped slightly as he has been replaced in the Armani campaign by a younger footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo, but we wanted to find out if he was as well endowed as the pictures suggest or if they were touched up.”

You know, I’m all for loving the junk of a hot guy, but it really was inappropriate that she grabbed his junk.  To add insult to injury she reports:

“I touched it but it’s small. David you have conned us all. What did you use cotton wool? It’s all a trick”

David’s camp has yet to respond, but a source told The Daily Mail he wasn’t impressed:

“David was not at all pleased with this stunt. He didn’t know what was going on and luckily the security team stepped in and stopped her having another go”

Your thoughts?

Note:  The original video was killed and I’ve replaced it with this.

Geri Halliwell has finally convinced the genius behind the Mama Mia adaptation, Judy Craymer to do a Spice Girls Musical. After much hounding Judy says:

“I’d always said, “No, no, I’m too busy,’  ‘But it just hit me that it could be a great idea. It’s not just what they were, but what they’ve become. It’s about the impact they’ve had on social popular culture”

Apparently Geri is working with former Spice Girl manager Simon Fuller (sound familiar?) and Universal Music to create the show.  So far it’s tentatively named Viva Forever, after one of the group’s hits, but that isn’t written in stone.

Judy has met with Victoria Beckham, Geri Halliwell, Melanie Chisholm and Emma Bunton (she hasn’t met with Melanie Brown yet) and tells the British newspaper The Daily Mail:

“There’s a sisterhood feel about them,” “It will be fictionalised, but you would feel you were getting the sense of a story, about a group of women, that you knew was very much related to the music. And it would all be their music, like Who Do You Think You Are, Wannabe, The Lady Is A Vamp and Mama – but the show has to be written first, before the songs can be incorporated”

They are hopeful that the show hits the London stage within two to three years.

Would you go see the show?

Kylie Minogue graces the cover of Spain’s February Vogue magazine looking as lovely as always.  She has a naturally glamorous look to her.

She recently admitted to Max Mexico magazine that she is attracted to women:

“I have been attracted to some women. I am a sexual exhibitionist and part of me is a natural flirt. ”But although I am attracted to women, I have never done anything with them”

Me neither unless you count  those 4 years at College.

Paul Reubens premiered his stage show The Pee Wee Herman Show at Club Nokia in Los Angeles last night. He spoke to The Insider about his show:

“This is incredibly exciting…We’ve had incredible audiences during our previews, so tonight’s our big opening. I think it’s really ready. I think we’re ready for everybody”

Attending the red carpet event:

• David Arquette
• David Hasselhoff
• Eric Idle
• Ellen Page
• Marisa Tomei
• Thomas Jane
• Patricia Arquette
• Christopher Atkins
• Alexis Arquette
• Camryn Manheim
• Allison Janey
• Jim Parsons
• Cheri  Oteri
• Andy Samberg
• Sheila E.
• Drew Carey
• Simon Helberg
• Seth Meyers
• Drew Pinsky

and others

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Brittany Murphy’s husband Simon Monjack and her mother appeared on The Today Show denying rumours that she was taking drugs before her untimely death or that she had an eating disorder.

When Matt Lauer asks them about stress in her life caused by either her marriage or her career, her husband mentioned that Warner Brothers had pulled the offer for her to appear in Happy Feet 2 based solely on rumours the week before her death.

He thinks anyone who takes the role is ‘terrible’ asks Matt Damon and Brad Pitt to reconsider taking the roles out of consideration for their friendship with Brittany.

Something tells me Warner Brothers will be responding to that.

It is still really unbelievable that she’s gone.  Her mother looks so sad  :(