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Who Wore it Better: Amy Smart vs. Ali Larter
August 18th, 2009 / Author: OK! Staff Loading ...Amy Smart Couples Up
June 11th, 2009
Amy Smart loves to hike with fiance Branden Williams.
“I really feel like I live in the present moment with him,” the actress, 33, tells me of the man she’s dated since high school. “When we’re together, we have fun, we laugh and we just enjoy life together.”
What does their future hold?
"I’d like to be a mom at some point," she tells me. "And at the same time, as much as I can plan for what I want, I also find that life is much more interesting when you allow it to unfold. It’s better than you can imagine. I don’t put too many expectations in the future because I have many wants and I allow it to sort of unfold the way the universe will give it to me."
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November 17th, 2008 / Author: OK! Staff
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April 28th, 2008
Stars Reveal Good Luck Charms
March 17th, 2008 / Author: cwillett
Celebs enjoy the luck o’ the Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, but many make sure they stay charmed on a regular basis.
American Idol Jordin Sparks holds onto the past. “I have a blanket my grandmother made for me when I was born. I take it with me all the time. A couple years ago I ripped it in two so I could have it with me and have it at home.”
Amy Smart is inspired by daily meditation. “It brings me back to my center, my power and my spirituality. That is important to me.
A necklace empowers Christina Millian. “I always say a prayer and I do have a lucky charm that is a beautiful heart necklace,” she tells me. “It has a picture inside it – it’s a locket that somebody brought me. It has a bird that’s flying on the side. When I wear it, I feel really positive and something’s around me that’s keeping me blessed.”
What does the band Daughtry do for good luck before a show? “We don’t think about it,” Chris tells me. “We’re not very superstitious.”
“I have lavender oils that I put on,” Lil’ Kim tells me. “It’s so good.”
Juno actress Olivia Thirlby relies on karma. “I try to put as many good karmic vibes into the universe as possible. It tends to come back to you.”
Jesse McCartney may not have a lucky rabbit’s foot, but he is a collector. “That’s an expensive habit. I like watches. I’m a big fan of wristwatches, pocketwatches. I have a couple of my grandfathers old Rolexes that are pretty sentimental to me.”
Celebrity Apprentice contender Carol Alt puts her faith in a higher power. “I’m Christian,” she tells me. “I don’t need luck when I’ve got Him on my side. Sounds corny, but when you believe that, it is what it is.”
For good luck, Colbie Caillat thinks of compliments. “I try to think of things that people have told me, or compliments, or just that you’re not there to prove yourself to anyone. You’re there to make people feel good.”
Ivanka Trump doesn’t believe in good luck. “I think you have to work hard and if you do, hopefully you’ll see a good end result.”
Ashleigh Banfield agrees. “I’m one of those firm believers that your fate awaits you no matter what, and no charm or clover or penny is going to change that,” the TruTV host tells me. “I’m actually pretty sanguine about everything that happens. I don’t think anything can change your course.”
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone!
Stars Party Reebok-Style
February 28th, 2008
Vanessa Minnillo, Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Amy Smart, Christina Milian and Lil’ Kim give props to Reebok when they unveil their Freestyle World Tour collection at 632 on Hudson in NYC. (Fun fact: It’s the house used in The Real World: Back To New York!)
As Rihanna’s Umbrella plays and appetizers including reuben sandwiches make the rounds, Blake saunters through. “Hi, how are you?” she asks me.
Holding up a red-and-gold shoe from Spain, Vanessa hams it up for the cameras. When we meet, she repeats my name twice, right in a row – isn’t that a mnemonic device? I am instantly impressed with her over-the-top yet sophisticated demeanor.
“Reebok was my very first tennis shoe,” Vanessa tells me. “I was growing up, and I was such a quiet girl. I came home from kindergarten, and apparently I had to have Guess jeans and Reebok Freestyle. I said ‘they need to be the white ones with velcro on the top’ because that’s what everybody had, that was what was cool. I’m an eighties baby. It took a lot of earning and a lot of incentive, even though I was only six, it was ‘if you act right and do your job and go to school and help around the house’ then it was an incentive. I finally got them and I wore them until my toe popped out of the front. I’m not kidding you. Tied it up, put the lace, the velcro, did the peg leg in the shoe or as a mix-match stacking the socks yellow-blue and then yellow-blue going up. I loved them. I had the white and as I got older I had the black.”
Amy, who is joined by fiancé Branden Williams, greets Vanessa with a peck on the cheek.
“I used to wear these freestyle Reeboks back in the eighties, and they’ve always been fun,” Amy tells me. “The style just completely left, and now I’m ready to wear them again with skinny jeans and sweatshirts. They’re just fun shoes.”
“Oh, you’re pregnant,” Leighton coos to an expectant reporter. She puts her hand on her burgeoning belly.
How does this Gossip Girl stay looking fabulous?
“You’re asking me because it’s spring, but do you know that it’s three degrees outside?” the Jay Godfrey-clad star asks me. “Really. I can’t believe I’m wearing this right now. I’m like ‘OK, it’s spring, so I need to wear something springy.’ I should be really happy, but honestly it’s two degrees outside.”
Here’s Christina, who is sitting in the corner. “My favorite place in the world is Rome,” she tells me. “I love Rome, Italy. I do a lot of walking there. The last time I went to visit Rome, I didn’t take a cab anywhere. The food was delicious. I love capturing a piece of history every step you take. It’s like you end up in front of some beautiful statue or in front of columns or the coliseum. The shopping is wonderful. Haha. The food, the shopping, you name it. There are beautiful guys there too.”
The presence of Lil’ Kim interrupts our time together. Christina lights up. “Hey girl!” she says.
“Recently my favorite pair of shoes that I’ve been liking a lot on stage have been my [French accent] Christian Louboutin,” Kim tells me. “They’re very comfortable when I’m onstage and very glamorous, fashionable and fabulous. They’re just comfortable and they’re so sexy at the same time. However, I have been rocking a lot of boots because it is winter. I have these Dolce and Gabbana boots that are my favorite. I have two pairs of the same boot.”
Whoa – Vanessa’s back again before she heads out to meet up with boyfriend Nick Lachey at Tenjune. She’s on a roll.
“I love the creativity of fashion and bringing something as classic as these shoes into the new age and new world and new year,” Vanessa tells me. “I think it’s amazing and it makes me creatively start flying.”
Fly, girl, fly!
Check out celebrity pix from the Reebok Freestyle World Tour event and more in the updated Valerie Gallery.
Charitable Beauties
January 16th, 2008
The Valerie Gallery
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