Posts Tagged ‘Daniel Zelman’

Debra Messing’s Son Keeps Her Grounded — Literally

April 24th, 2009 / Author: OK! Staff

Actress Debra Messing has it all — a great career (she just landed a sitcom development deal with NBC), handsome husband and an adorable son. But before the Emmy-winning star gets a swollen head from living the good life, she just has to take a look at her scraped-up knees.

<em>OK</em>! caught up with the ravishing redhead at Thursday night’s Chanel Dinner for the Tribeca Film Festival, where she explained that playing with her son Roman helps to keep her grounded — quite literally.

“When I’m on the floor with my son — Look at my knees, do you see? Majorly skinned knees," she pointed out to OK!. "That’s from my son’s birthday party on Saturday at the gym and I was crawling on the floor. Skinned knees and chasing after a little boy keeps everything in perspective.”

Debra also told <em>OK</em>! that what she enjoys doing most with Roman, 4, is sharing a good book.

“We like to read together,” she explained. “We have an embarrassingly big library. I’m a book fanatic so he gets to go and pick out whatever he wants and his choice changes all the time.”

Reporting by Laura Lane

Debra Messing: Too Busy for Birthdays

July 21st, 2008 / Author: OK! Staff

Former Will & Grace star Debra Messing will turn 40 on Aug. 15 — but this is one milestone she won’t be celebrating. Not because she fears the dreaded 4-0, but because she’ll be too busy working.

“It’s hard to believe,” Debra laughed about her lack of a birthday bash to reporters at Sunday night’s NBC party. “I have no plans, not yet. I will be working, shooting on my birthday unless the executive producers make it so I can have the day off.”

But even if she does have to work, Debra says she hopes her parents will come in to celebrate her birthday either the day before or after and “we’re going to be having a really nice dinner.”

The curly-haired beauty is currently wrapped up with shooting the new USA network TV series of The Starter Wife, based on her hit mini-series from last year.

And on the topic of starter wives, Debra, who is married to Damages producer Daniel Zelman, says she’s been lucky to not really have first-hand experience in that area.

“Unfortunately, in our culture, people are impatient and aren’t willing to work through difficult times,” Debra reflected. “My parents are still together—45 years—so my model has been that love lasts.”

Her folks have taught her “that you have to work every single day and if you just assume that everything is as wonderful as it was the year before, it’s inevitable you’re going to run into problems. Sharing your life and creating family with someone is the most difficult and most rewarding thing you can do and it takes work every day. No one has perfected marriage.”

By Carole Glines

Milestones - September 3

September 3rd, 2007

  • Charlie Sheen can forget Denise Richards and custody battles for a day. He turns 42!
  • Shaun White continues to fly high — the snowboard/skateboard extraordinaire is legal at 21.
  • Let’s hope Jennifer Jason Leigh got her husband a nice gift! Writer/director Noah Baumbach blows out 38 candles.
  • Olympic gold medalist and softball star Jennie Finch takes aim at 27 years of age.
  • Who says Hollywood relationships don’t last? Debra Messing and her screenwriter hubby Daniel Zelman celebrate their seventh anniversary today. They have been together since 1990!
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