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Sean Astin Grows Up

April 29th, 2009 / Author: OK! Staff

Sean Astin was a teen magazine staple during my formative years, which were spent idolizing Debbie Gibson and plastering my walls with pinups of The Party.

The Goonies actor is all grown up now, though, and I caught up with him this week during the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of back-to-high school comedy Stay Cool, which also stars Winona Ryder, Hilary Duff and Chevy Chase.

Sean, 38, has been married to wife Christine since 1992, and is dad to Alexandra, 12, Elizabeth, 6, and Isabella, 3. (He’s also the son of actress Patty Duke.) Get this — he promised me he’d say “unique and interesting things.” In this interview, he talks family, American Idol and rewinding to high school.

This movie’s called Stay Cool. What’s the coolest thing about having three daughters?
Everything! The coolest thing about having three daughters is I have, like, my own little love affair with each one of them.

Do you watch American Idol together?
Sometimes.

Who’s your favorite?
The Scottish lady. Oh no, that’s British Idol [actually, it’s Britain’s Got Talent]. Um, I don’t know. We’re not in the heat of it right now, but we’ll watch it and decide who is right and how it’s wrong they said things and shocked at how the voters texted in and all that stuff. We love it. My daughter and her girlfriend – they kind of live it, so I haven’t seen it as much this year.

Ever have an unrequited love experience?
No, my wife loves me. Well, when she’s mad at me during the eighteen years we’ve been together, maybe it was unrequited for a second or two, but she’s my love.

You went to the same high school as Jack Black. Anything about this movie make you miss your own high school experience?
Well, the producer and the casting director and I all went to high school together, so in a sense, we were kind of manifesting the dynamic of this movie together. What it means to … look at your life now and look at it then and make peace with it.

I was a total … yeah. I don’t know what the right word is, but I hadn’t … I felt a little out of place. I felt a little out of place in school.

Could you share a funny story about Chevy?
I’ll tell you a funny story about Chevy. Everything he says is funny. It’s almost like you’ve seen so much that you’ve loved him in, and you’ve laughed so much with this guy your whole life that he could basically say ‘pass the salt’ and you’re just like ‘oh my God, that’s the funniest thing I’ve ever heard!’

Spotted!

September 8th, 2008 / Author: OK! Staff

Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend stopping by the CNN Grill in Denver.

 

Entourage star and cardmember Jeremy Piven was spotted with an American Express Radio glued to his ear to catch all the play-by-play while at the US Open.

Eva Longoria at Noir Bar in Las Vegas.

 

Danny Masterson and Bijou Phillips sipping Inocente Tequila a top the Gansevoort Rooftop at the Rag & Bone Afterparty.

Ellen DeGeneres’ wedding crooner Joshua Radin performing at House of Blues in L.A. while Zach Braff cuddled with a mystery woman and sang along.

Star Jones lunching at the MySpace Café in Denver.

Chevy Chase at DoSomething.org’s Generation Action Party.

NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon and Pharrell Williams challenging each other to a remote control car race at the Pepsi 500 kickoff at Avalon Hollywood.

Tori Spelling and 10 of her closest friends had a drinks at blue on blue at Avalon Beverly Hills celebrating the success of her book sTORItelling and her 7-week run on the New York Times best seller list! The fete was complete with pink and white balloons, cake and confetti. They celebrated til the wee (ish) hours of the morning and had a blast.

Tina, Amy Create ‘Baby Mama’ Drama

May 1st, 2008

Amy Poehler says she’s tired of people asking her if she’s having children at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of her comedy Baby Mama. Who can blame her? Despite answering the same question over and over and over again, the actress married to Will Arnett refuses to go on record and say she doesn’t like children. Why?

Just a few days later she confirms that she and her hubby of four years are indeed expecting a bundle of joy.

Gentle Amy becomes the 1,000th celebrity to rub the belly of my pregnant reporter pal. “Ah! I bet you’re getting a lot of this,” Amy says. (Um, yeah.) “I know it’s harder when you can’t take it off, but you get a lot of people giving you seats on the subway. It’s great.”

Who would Amy pick to be her baby mama?

“Dax Shepard because of his instincts,” she says.

Will says, “We’re going to have a baby, yeah,” just as Dax Shepard riffs “We’re going to borrow a baby.” Best part of working with Tina Fey? “Well, oh my God, look who’s here,” Dax says as his gal pal Kristen Bell strides through.

Brian Williams is smacking his gum as Chevy Chase, accompanied by daughter Katie, pitches a show to VH1. “I’d like to see the CBS evening news on VH1,” he says. Christine Lahti says her nickname is “Jolly Green Giant,” and of his moniker, Rider Strong admits “I didn’t realize it was a porn name until I was fifteen.”

Tina runs up to give racing star Danica Patrick a hug. “This is my first time at Tribeca Film Festival,” Danica tells me. “I have a hard time getting out to see movies.”

What brings 30 Rock star Judah Friedlander out tonight?

“Tina’s my boss, so I figured I’d better show up,” he tells me.

Lorne Michaels speculates there may be a sequel to Baby Mama. “Tina and Amy are very funny together,” he says.

Flirty Fred Armisen gets my attention. “You’re totally bored,” the SNL star tells me as he’s being interviewed by VH1. “I’m sorry for making fun of you.”

Baby Mama is out now.

 

Pick up the OK! on newsstands this week for more coverage of the Tribeca Film Festival. “Angelina and Brad’s Wedding of the Year” is the cover line.

While You Were Sleeping

April 2nd, 2008

Rich single guys rejoice—The Donald’s daughter is single again! Seems that Ivanka Trump and her boyfriend of several months, New York Observer publisher Jared Kushner have called it quits and the blonde business bombshell is back on the market again, reports Page Six.

A new book, The Last Days of Chris Farley describes how friends and family dealt with the death of the larger-than-life Saturday Night Live comedian. Farley died of a drug overdose in 1997. SNL legend Chevy Chase told Farley, “Look, you’re not John Belushi. And when you overdose or kill yourself, you will not have the same acclaim that John did . . . You’ll be a blip in the New York Times obituaries page, and that’ll be it. Is that what you want?" And buddy David Spade said that “I got a lot of s— at the end about ‘Why weren’t you there for him?’ But being that close, I dealt with it all the time. And in that situation, before the guy’s dead, he’s just kind of an a - -hole. Truth is, you get a junkie who’s wasted all the time and moody and angry and trying to knock you around, you say, ‘OK, you go do that, and I’ll be over here.’"

Avril Lavigne wants to run a pro-celebrity magazine. “I would make it completely positive,” the pink-haired songstress told Rush & Molloy. Avril recently appeared on Ashton Kutcher’s paparazzi-pranking show Pop Fiction pretending she was pregnant. “There’s so much negativity right now. I’d pick up the big stories, but they’d have to be positive.” Good luck with that.

Madonna, Justin Roll Backstage at Rock Hall Induction Ceremony

March 12th, 2008

At 10:39 p.m., Madonna graces us with her presence backstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony held at NYC’s Waldorf-Astoria. She adoringly glances at Justin Timberlake as she poses for photos while her uber-publicist Liz Rosenberg races around wearing a silver ‘80s-style headband complete with a googly antenna. Afterwards, a fellow red carpet reporter happens upon the same elevator as Madge but gets rebuffed. So close!

During her induction speech, Madonna reveals her life was either a series of suddenlys or else it happened just as it should have been.

“Everything happens exactly as it was supposed to happen,” she says of her stellar career. “That I worked with the amazing people I was supposed to work with, that I traveled to the amazing places I was supposed to travel to, that I made the mistakes that I was supposed to make. That the universe would conspire to help me and guide me only up to this moment where I am standing in front of you.”

Justin, who inducted her, reminded the pop icon of the scathing reviews she’s received over the years. “Madonna will be out of the music industry in six months. Her voice is like Minnie Mouse on helium. Comparing Marilyn Monroe to Madonna is like comparing Raquel Welch to the back of the bus. That’s what they were saying about Madonna 25 years ago. I don’t think any of them are around to say it tonight.”

Back in the press room, Ben Harper gives props to rock music. “There’s no rules,” Laura Dern’s hubby says. “That’s what I love about rock and roll.”

Patti LaBelle confesses she canceled another event because she wanted to be here tonight. “One year I’m going to be inducted. Uh-huh.”

Inductees Gamble and Huff say they’re going to “party, party, party” to celebrate their induction.

Dave Clark, of inductee The Dave Clark Five, says American music in the ’60s was responsible for the British invasion. “I’m absolutely delighted. It’s a very, very proud moment for us. It doesn’t matter how long it takes.” (Tom Hanks mugs with the group!)

Saturday Night Live star Seth Meyers reveals he’s scouting the ceremony for material. “I guarantee you will find out on Saturday. If anyone has ever done anything to get on Saturday Night Live, it was today.”

Ed Burns and Christy Turlington roll through. He yuks that his favorite movie is Man for the City, which is “about a corrupt mayor of New York who gets caught in a sexual scandal.” (Ahem, Eliot Spitzer.) Michael J. Fox and wife Tracy Pollen pose for photos … and Chevy Chase announces he’s running for president.

Meanwhile, inductee John Mellencamp, Billy Joel and more stop by the On 3 Productions gift lounge, where they pick up D’Annunzio Group International jewelry, a Starlight Tattoo gift card, a New York Health and Racquet Club membership and SONU beverages.

Next year, the ceremony will take place in Cleveland at the actual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I’m going home! So fun.

Celeb Holiday Plans

December 17th, 2007 / Author: cwillett

In the coming weeks, Tinseltown becomes more like a desserted town as all the celebs either head out to visit family or escape to warm weather for fun in the sun. However, Tyra Banks, who also happens to be OK!’s Most Inspirational Woman of 2007, will be heading back to L.A. saying, "I’m a New Yorker now so I"m going to go home [to L.A.] with my mama."

 

Meanwhile McDreamy himself will be heading to the family house in Harpswell Neck, Maine. "I really like snow and it’s an old home," Patrick Dempsey explains. "It was built in 1934 and we’ve had it for about 10 years. We got married there, and I want my children to have that tradition."

 

30 Rock’s Katrina Bowden tells OK! that she will be heading to her parents’ house in Wyckoff, N.J. As for a family tradition that definitely is original to the Bowden family household, "around the Christmas tree, we all wear these paper crown hats," the young actress laughs. "It’s silly and fun, and it’s something we’ve always done since I was little."

 

Country sensation Reba McEntire is staying in Tennessee. "Every Christmas we watch Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase on Christmas Eve. Then, Christmas Day, we sing ‘Happy Birthday Jesus.’ "

 

While Reba is tucked away with her family, new country chart-topper Taylor Swift, who actually was raised on a Christmas tree farm will also be keeping it local in Tennessee. "It was a cool way to grow up," the teen remembers.

 

Joey Fatone will be keeping warm this holiday season at his home in Orlando, Fla. As for what the Spelling Bee host will be getting his daughter, "So far, I haven’t figured out exactly what she wants for Christmas. Last year, she wanted a box with stars on it."

 

American Idol winner Jordin Sparks is heading to Glendale, Ariz. and she cannot wait! "My nana makes almond mochas toffee with chocolate almonds on top," the "Tattoo" singer exclaims. "My mouth is starting to water just thinking about it!"

 

And after Rev. Run and his family spend the holidays at home, they will be jetting off to one of the islands. "My wife’s family will probably come over and we’ll probably be off to St. Barts the next day," he tells OK!

 

 

 

 

 

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