Happy Wednesday Bitches and away I go.
Oprah Winfrey said on her U.S. talk show this week that eating well and exercising will be high on her list of priorities in the new year. Winfrey, who admits she has gained 40 pounds since 2005, said on Monday’s show her busy schedule left her unable to sleep and experiencing heart palpitations. She also confided to her audience she had “given up” on herself and realized her life was out of balance, the Chicago Sun-Times said. Winfrey adviser and fitness expert Bob Greene said he told the media giant last year he thought she was mildly depressed. “I felt she was losing her zest for life,” the Sun-Times quoted Greene as saying. “When my engine runs down, my drug of choice is food. This year, it was organic multigrain blue chips … but a bag of them,” Winfrey said. “So, you eat a bag of those a day, and see what happens if you’re not working out.” Winfrey said she plans to change all that this year. “When you love yourself enough, you take care of yourself. You have to make yourself a priority,” she said. I wonder if I should text her my New Years Resolution that I mentioned in Monday’s update.
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are celebrating after welcoming their second daughter into the world. Details surrounding the birth are not yet known, but a representative for the Hollywood couple insists mother and child are doing well. The spokesperson tells People.com, “Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck gave birth to a healthy baby girl.” The pair is already parents to three-year-old Violet. After the pregnancy was announced in August, Affleck made it known he wouldn’t chose an unorthodox name for his second child, preferring traditional names over “trendy” Hollywood ones. As long as they don’t name it purple I am a happy couple.
Well this is an interesting Part B to a story I did on Monday. California socialite Nicole Richie is reportedly set to join New York’s elite with an appearance on hit show Gossip Girl. Richie proved her acting skills with a guest starring role as a vicious cheerleader on TV action/comedy Chuck in October. And now she’s said to be eyeing a similarly snooty role on the season finale of the teenage series, slated to air later this year. A source tells the New York Daily News, “Nicole loves Gossip Girl and she wants a really bitchy, juicy role.” That would be pretty damn sweet, getting both Michelle Trachtenberg back in the show and now Nicole Richie? Nice.
Actress Jodie Sweetin is attempting to work through her marriage and custody troubles amicably to avoid a drawn-out court battle with estranged husband Cody Herpin. The former Full House star, 26, filed for legal separation from Herpin, 31, in November – seven months after she gave birth to the couple’s first child. Herpin then accused Sweetin, a reformed crystal meth addict and alcoholic, of once again abusing alcohol and drugs, and she was limited to supervised visits with her daughter. At a hearing in December, Sweetin admitted to having had two glasses of wine, but denied she had relapsed in her battle against drugs. But Sweetin’s lawyer Wilma Presley insists the actress and her ex “are working hard to avoid a protracted custody battle”. The couple met for its first mediation session earlier this week at a court in Orange County, California, and Presley adds, “They are trying to work things out regarding the sharing of their child. As far as reconciliation as a couple goes, in family law, you just never know.” Cant she just give control of her kid to Danny Tanner. He was the bomb.
Looks like Donna Martin will return to 90210 after all! Tori Spelling is in “final negotiations” to return to the world’s most famous zip code, a show rep confirms to People Magazine. The actress, who was set to star in the CW’s spin-off when it was announced — but then had “no plans” to join the show for its fall debut — is close to finalizing a deal to be in multiple episodes. Ok, now just bring back Brandon, and I am a more than happy camper.
Alyssa Milano is engaged, her rep confirms to PEOPLE. Milano, 36, will marry David Bugliari, an agent at the Creative Arts Agency. The couple have been dating for more than a year. Bugliari proposed with a ring he designed that was made by Jim Lavi at Daniel Jewelry in La Jolla. No further information about their nuptials – including a wedding date – has been announced. Milano was previously married to Cinjun Tate. The couple split in 1999. Milano has most recently been in seen in NBC’s comedy My Name Is Earl in a recurring role. All I know if growing up in the 80’s I had two celebrity crushes. Marcia Brady, and her.
And finally, set your Tivo’s and make shift DVR’s kiddies. It looks as if big things will continue to happen for Taylor Swift in 2009. She’s expected to begin her first headlining tour later in the year, and she’s already slated to be the musical guest on the first new episode of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” airing this Saturday. Taylor’s inaugural appearance on the venerable live show from New York has a poetic ring to it. She notched her first hit with the single “Tim McGraw.” The song’s namesake made his own first appearance on “SNL” the weekend before Thanksgiving. Mine is already programmed and I am G2G. (Good to Go) patent pending.
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