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Niki Taylor Talks Pregnancy And Her Exit From Bravo's "Make Me A Supermodel" Supermodel Niki Taylor has probably been on the cover of every woman's magazine more than once but she's getting ready to fill shoes that she hasn't modeled in 14 years: new mom. The 33-year-old beauty is expecting a new arrival in March, her third child but first with husband and NASCAR driver Burney Lamar, who she married in December of 2006. "I'm so excited. It's been a long time. It's like starting all over." Her twins, Hunter and Jake, are now 14 years old. Taylor also said that she doesn't see herself relegating the twins to much babysitting duty. "I'm only having one this time so I want him all to myself," she said, flashing her famous smile. She already knows the sex of the baby, though she won't reveal it, and left the name-picking to Lamar. "That's my husband's job. I know the name too but I don't want to say anything yet," she said. Taylor was away from the spotlight for a few years, choosing motherhood over modeling work and moving to Nashville to raise her children. She only made headlines for her very serious car accident in 2001, which left the model in a near-death coma. She has undergone over 30 surgeries to reach her incredible recovery. Earlier this year, she joined the ranks of Tyra Banks and Heidi Klum of supermodels-turned-reality television stars when she hosted Bravo's Make Me A Supermodel, a modeling competition where viewers were able to vote for the winner of $100,000 and a modeling contract. A new season starts early next year but Taylor revealed that she won't be a part of it. "There is a second season but I'm not doing it. I'm not in it. I live in Nashville and I was on a plane two times a week and I'm pregnant now. It was a lot of flying for me," she said. "They decided to take the show in a more... not risque... but.. just a little more.. I'm just not good at telling people how to look or act or be," she said. "It was a great season. I don't know how the second season will be but I'll definitely watch it. Tyson's still on it," she said, referring to male supermodel and co-host Tyson Beckford. But did she have a good experience hosting the first season of the Bravo show? "I liked it. I mean, reality television isn't reality television but it definitely makes for great TV," she said. Though Taylor may not have felt as comfortable as Tyra in judging fierceness, she does look up to her supermodel peers for their turn from the runway to running an empire. "They own their own brand. That's the way to go," she said. "Ultimately, I want to own my brand. I would love to get into home goods. I love decor, I love decorating. I love the home," she said. With her new baby arriving in a few months, it looks like Niki Taylor will choose home again over Hollywood. Source: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7013416581

Actor Bruce Willis and model Emma Heming sit courtside in Game One of the 2008 NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers.

Carrie Underwood 2006 Billboard Music Awards

Carrie Underwood outtake from Seventeen Magazine Photo Shoot

Carrie Underwood at the 2006 American Music Awards - Arrivals November 21, 2006

Ali Landry at the 2008 American Music Awards - Silver Spoon Gifting Lounge - Day 3, Los Angeles, CA November 23, 2008

The Angelina Jolie Effect Angelina Jolie has gone from wild child to A-list actor, Earth mother and a serious humanitarian Angelina Jolie, Oscar-winning mega-celebrity, companion of Brad Pitt and mother of six - including five-month-old twins - is crouched over a breast pump in a hotel room. "I was just pumping," she says, by way of introduction. "It's such a funny thing to do, like a dairy cow." Right now, her twins, Knox and Vivienne, are safely stashed somewhere in New York City, while Jolie is in a suite at the Waldorf Astoria. Pitt has the rest of the brood - Maddox, 7, Pax, 5, Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, 2 - in Berlin, where he's shooting Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards. "Neither of us is allowed all the kids at once, because the other one gets lonely." Jolie, 33, seems so familiar from magazine covers and billboards that it's almost disconcerting meeting her in person. She's often portrayed as a saint-like figure in a sweeping empire-line frock, with a clutch of adorable urchins balanced on her hip and her handsome beau careening into the scene on a dusty dirt bike. Or else, she's clutching a gun, ready to shoot. Today, there are no weapons and no brood. But there's no mistaking her. There are the grey-green eyes, pillow-like lips, almost translucent complexion and inky tattoos peeking out from under her cream silk Ralph Lauren dress. Clint Eastwood, director of her current release Changeling, describes her as having "one of the more striking faces on the planet". Jolie is seated, poker-straight, on a maroon couch with tatty cushions between us and a nibbled biscuit on the table. She's here to talk about the true story set in Prohibition-era Los Angeles. Jolie plays single mum Christine Collins, whose son, Walter, disappears. Looking for good publicity, the police department reunites her with her 'son' who is, in fact, a drifter kid from Iowa looking for a free trip to California. Collins confronts the police, insisting the child isn't who they say he is, and ends up being slandered as an unfit mother. Her only hope comes in the form of community activist Reverend Gustav Briegleb (played by John Malkovich). Halfway through the film, the storyline shifts to include serial killer Gordon Northcott and the infamous Wineville chicken coop murders. Northcott kidnapped and killed 20 young boys between 1928 and 1930, and it's highly likely Christine Collins' son was among those slain. "I'd heard it was a wonderful script," says Jolie, "in that Collins was an extraordinary woman. "I wanted to know the story and couldn't put it down. "Then I thought, I never want to do a film like that. I didn't sleep well that night; I couldn't get the thought of anything happening to my kids out of my mind." A film about child murders might seem an odd choice for someone who's such a devoted mother, but Jolie says it was the bond between the character and her son that attracted her to the plot. "(There's) the other side of it; the fight this woman had and the idea of justice and never giving up hope. Instead of being upsetting, it became this inspiring story. "I thought making the film was a final piece of justice for her; I suddenly found myself wanting to tell it." There's a scene towards the end where Collins' workmates invite her to a bar to listen to a radio broadcast of the Academy Awards. She has a bet on It Happened One Night winning best picture, which you can't help but view as a sly nod at an Oscar. Does she think Changeling stands a chance of winning? "I never think that," she says, "because, in the end, you just have to make a film you love." As a director, Eastwood is something of a king-maker - think Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby. "For me, Clint was the big deal," Jolie says. "Just being able to work with somebody I've admired so much and then to meet him - he was everything I hoped he'd be." It says something of Jolie's character that she has no agent or publicist, and her manager, Geyer Kosinski, has been with her since she was 19. "He's my friend. He kind of handles everything." (It was Kosinski who introduced Jolie to Billy Bob Thornton.) After so many years in the industry, Jolie (or is it Kosinski?) certainly knows how to play the fame game. "Every time you do a movie, you should do a magazine," she says, matter-of-factly. For Changeling, there's a spread in the high-end US magazine W, photographed by Pitt using Kodak Tech Pan film - which hasn't been manufactured for four years (the rolls were found on eBay and sourced from Israel). "He's a real artist, more so than me. He has an amazing eye and is a real student of art," she says. On the magazine's cover, Jolie is pictured breastfeeding, and there's a glimpse of a tiny hand. "I'd just given birth to the twins and was feeling very private at home. I couldn't imagine a stranger coming in and me putting on a bunch of outfits. So I loved these photographs so much." In the portfolio, there are silhouettes of Jolie's body, and close-ups of her pulling silly faces and tottering in heels with Zahara. "It was a great experience to work together," she says. "It's important for couples to find projects outside of the children." What else do two of the most impossibly glamorous and famous people on the planet do together? "We both fly planes, but we haven't done that in a long time because we've been busy. We talk about the motorcycle trips we want to take in the future. We both want to get back to painting. "We take French class together. We used to have date nights - now we have date hours," she laughs. There was another set of photos taken at the family compound in the south of France - the first pictures of her twins - that sold for $22 million to People and Hello! (two years earlier, pictures of Shiloh sold for $6.3 million). The money raised went to the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, which supports health clinics in Ethiopia and Cambodia, rebuilds Iraqi schools and counsels children of US military killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, among other causes. When asked about the staggering sum paid for images of her children, she says, "I try not to think about it too much." In the million-dollar photos, Jolie is wearing no make-up and her nursing bra strap is showing. "I couldn't be bothered getting dressed. Before they took the pictures, Brad and I attempted to clean our room and we were like, 'Argh!'" She throws her hands up in the air. "We were trying to pull ourselves together. But, at the same time, you don't want to change yourself." Truth, it seems, is Jolie's shield. She once told a Vogue journalist, "You can ask me anything." These days, I wonder if she still feels so free. "I answer every question honestly, or I don't answer at all, because I have to remain open, for myself. "But I'm more aware of a leading question looking for something trashy, or somebody who isn't going to listen to what I say." Seven years ago, Jolie began a daily record on the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) website about her journey to Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Cambodia and Pakistan. Her postings were collected in a book, Notes from My Travels (Pocket Books). She has no plans for another book, but has been working on some newspaper editorials. "It helps me focus my thoughts," she says. Of her travels, Jolie says, "I love any new place. Obviously my sons' and daughters' countries are special, but Sierra Leone was the first country I ever went to with the UN - there'll always be something about West Africa. "To this day, it was the most brutal (country) I've seen - the cutting off of limbs as a form of aggression was just so horrendous. I completely changed as a person." In 2005, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jolie met with Peter Gabriel, musician and co-founder of Witness, a human rights advocacy group. She was interested in his organisation's work in Sierra Leone and joined the group in a meeting with former president Ahmad Kabbah to advocate for the implementation of Sierra Leone's Truth and Reconciliation Commission's findings. "She really does want to use her celebrity for good," says Suvasini Patel, communications manager for Witness. "She recognises its power and potential, and is willing to use it where appropriate to shine a spotlight on terrible human rights atrocities." Patel goes on to describe Jolie as "smart, thoughtful, generous and incredibly dedicated to our cause". Still, there was a time when the actor was better known as a bad-ass babe, wearing a vial of her second husband's blood around her neck and kissing her brother passionately on the red carpet. The beginning of her relationship with Pitt was played out against his divorce from actor Jennifer Aniston. But, despite the public's obsession with the couple, Jolie has always done her own thing, found her own truth. Right now, her mission is working with the UNHCR and being a mum to six. That number may well rise, though she says she plans to wait until the twins are six months old before adopting again. Being a mum clearly suits her; she tells cute stories about her kids: "You hear them giggling and scrambling and making plans together in the middle of the night." And the excuses they make about not going to bed: "Our seven-year-old, Mad, writes letters now. He'll write these really long, extended letters that he'll slip under our door. "'Hi Mum and Dad, I don't want you to be mad, I'm just walking around. I can't sleep. I hope it's OK. If you feel like visiting me' It just goes on and on." She rolls her eyes. "We're so thrilled he's using his language and writing letters, so we write in reply." Jolie's next project is the CIA thriller Salt, which originally had Tom Cruise in the lead. After Cruise dropped out over creative differences, Jolie's interest in the project prompted the studio to rewrite the screenplay for a female star. The film's director is Australian Phillip Noyce (Dead Calm, Rabbit-Proof Fence). "I love him," she says. "Phillip is such an extraordinary man and a great director. He has a strong way about him. He seems like he's being quiet and lovely, and yet, he's dictating everything." The most curious film in Jolie's repertoire is an upcoming adaptation of Russian-born American Ayn Rand's cult novel, Atlas Shrugged. Jolie is lined up to play Dagny Taggart, heiress to the Taggart Transcontinental railroad, whose business is crumbling as society disintegrates. "It's been hard to develop the script, because studios look at three pages of speech and say you can't have that much talking. And anybody who's a fan of this (work), knows you can't cut certain speeches." It was a few years ago when Jolie became interested in Rand's controversial writing, famous for its strong views on sex and gender. "You'd hear different things and wonder, who said that? Oh! That was her, again," she says. "I don't agree with everything, but there's a great deal I do agree with." In Atlas Shrugged, characters are attracted to people who hold the same values. Is this something Jolie sees in her relationship with Pitt? "I think there's something in that, absolutely. That's why, when you're younger, you don't understand sex as much. I know I finally found someone who" she breaks off, searching for the right words. "We agree where we stand, what we believe in, what our values are. We don't agree 100 per cent on everything, but we support each other where it counts. That's why everything else between us is so strong." Source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...80-2902,00.html

Tiger Woods wife Elin Nordegren watches Tiger from the crowd during the final round of the The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra, Florida. March 28, 2004

Ali Landry and her daughter Estela do some Christmas shopping on Robertson Boulevard Los Angeles, California December 13, 2008

Jim Belushi And The Sacred Hearts In Concert At Seminole Hard Rock Hotel HOLLYWOOD, FL - DECEMBER 12: Former model Niki Taylor poses backstage at the Jim Belushi and the Sacred Hearts concert at Hard Rock Live held at the Seminole Hard Rock hotel and casino on December 12, 2008 in Hollywood Florida.

Brad Pitt Jokingly Defends His Facial Hair as 'Brave' As a two-time Sexiest Man Alive, Brad Pitt is used to people dissecting his looks. But his favorite accessory these days – a scruffy thin mustache – has fans scratching their heads. Whether on the red carpet for Benjamin Button or in New Orleans for his Make It Right foundation to help residents return to the city, Pitt's mustache is front and center. The actor proudly brushes off any criticism, telling PEOPLE "It's fashion. Who am I without creative facial hair?" After hearing about the naysayers, he adds, "I consider it very brave." In truth, the 'stache is for his role in the Quentin Tarantino movie he's filming, Inglourious Basterds. After learning that his pal George Clooney is also sporting facial hair, Pitt quips, "I cannot get this guy out of my slipstream. He calls me up and wants to know what I'm wearing – and then he shows up in the same thing. Next thing you know he's going to have six kids. Just got to tell you it's getting really old."

Bruce And Demi Look-ALike Gal Pal Step Out Bruce Willis and with his girlfriend Emma Heming were seen leaving a Beverly Hills medical center today carrying some Trader Joe’s grocery bags. Usually hairless, the Die Hard hunk was sporting a little bit of salt and pepper up top today. We wouldn’t be doing our job if we didn’t speculate of a possible baby on board. While Bruce may be a ripe old 53-year-old, Emma’s fresh and fertile at just 30. Perhas that explains why the usually camera-friendly lingerie model went out of her way to hide her shape behind her man? Stay tuned! December 12, 2008

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Ali Landry and Estela Shop 'Til They Drop Ali Landry and 16-month-old daughter Estela Ines looked festive as they shopped at The Grove in Los Angeles on Thursday. They were joined by Ali's sister, Gena, who swung a laughing Estela back and forth on the way between stops at shops including American Girl Place and Pottery Barn Kids. Ali recently spoke about her love for dressing up her daughter on an everyday basis. Estela is the first child for Ali and husband Alejandro Monteverde. December 11, 2008

Ali Landry and Daughter Estela Going to a Neighborhood Halloween Party Ali Landry took her daughter Estela to a Halloween party for younger kid's at a party near her neighborhood. The party was a safe and fun way for smaller children to enjoy the holiday. October 24, 2008