Mommy's Guide to Hollywood

Cross Fit

2011-12-24T14:58:00.000-08:00

This guest post from Hong Alexander

There is an athletic competition on directtv called Cross Fit Games. It is currently becoming the sport of the future. I find it very hard to believe what kind of exercises these athletes can do during the games. Whether its consecutive pull-ups or pushing a 275 pound sled, these athletes are in top shape. The women’s competition is exactly like the men’s competition, and they do the exact same exercises. The only difference is that the women do a little less weight than the men. The competition during the Cross Fit Games is fierce, and athletes from all over the world come to the United States to contend. Cross Fit has become extremely popular in the United States over the past few years. There are hundreds of Cross Fit gymnasiums across the U.S., and people are paying top dollar to get into the training. This is a whole new age of fitness, and it comes along with a diet routine as well. Even though the workouts may seem a little strange, it is obvious that they will get you into shape judging by how ripped up many of the professional athletes are. I am hoping to soon get into this craze, but I am thinking it will be part of my New Year’s resolution.

I hope the show is better than the commercial

2011-07-12T18:08:00.000-07:00

I'm glad the USA network stopped airing the stupid commercial for an equally stupid looking show, "Burn Notice." Well, maybe the show isn't sutpid, I really never listened to the commercial because the opening line was so stupid. "Most people would kill for a Miami vacation" Excuse me, no they wouldn't. In fact, most people would NOT kill for a Miami vacation. My ultimate dream fantasy vacation would be an entire year spent lollygagging through the European countryside, sipping wine and eating cheese and fresh bread, driving on the wrong side of the street and exploring ancient places. But still, I wouldn't kill anyone for it. Whose idea was that commercial? I just want to know. And how can the people editing it have thought even for a minute that that statement was one that should be included in the commercial. It takes a lot of people to make a commercial, much less an entire television show. Someone should have spoken up and said "Hey, that's stupid. No one would kill for a Miami vacation."

Harry Potter Museum Exhibit in Seattle - Hooray!

2010-08-18T10:21:00.000-07:00

Who can deny the educational value of a love for literature? JK Rowling's Harry Potter is about to cross curricular lines at the Pacific Science Center's Harry Potter Exhibition.
Over 200 artifacts including props and clothing from the films will be on display, including some from the yet-to-be-released "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," parts 1 and 2, respectively.

The 10,000 square foot display consists of replicas of Hogwarts, including the Gryffindor common room, Hagrid's hut, Dumbledore's Office, the Boy's Dormitory and Lockhart's classroom.
According to the Pacific Science Center's Website; "While touring through the exhibition space, discover iconic items such as Harry's original wand and eyeglasses, the Marauder's Map, Gryffindor school uniforms as well as costumes worn at the Yule Ball. Enter the Quidditch™ area and toss a Quaffle, pull your own Mandrake in the Herbology vignette, encounter Buckbeak™ the Hippogriff and even a giant Acromantula spider."

Exhibition advertising claims that "In this amazing exhibition, guests will get an up close and personal look at the artistry and craftsmanship that went into creating the iconic props and costumes that appeared throughout the Harry Potter films. These authentic artifacts will be displayed in elaborate settings inspired by locations from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry including the Gryffindor common room, Hagrid’s hut and the Great Hall."
Tickets go on sale August 14th and there will be IMAX showings of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

They might be hos but we can't call them that in country music

2009-01-12T18:25:00.000-08:00

OK so the other day I picked apart the song Love Story by Taylor Swift. Today I'm going to pick apart a song I have never heard all the way through. I don't even know who sings it. It goes like this; "Cheater, Cheater, Where'd you meet her?" and then I think the singer suggests a few different ways he might have met "That white trash.....ho"

Excuse me. I like crossovers, I'm not complaining about crossovers. I'm complaining about the use of the word "ho" in country music.

It's bad enough that country music is so full of alcoholism and infidelity, but must we add ebonics? I like it with my hip hop yo yo, but not in country music. There's a time and place for everything. There's a natural order in the world and mixing things up like this goes against nature. If the song becomes a hit, then I'm really getting old. Where will it end? Maybe next we'll be hearing "Yo cowgirls they get crazy. Yo preacher he get crazy" or "So what, I'm still a cowgirl."

Sorry, we listen to several different genre's in our house. So maybe that makes me an authority.

Let's just please not allow country music to use the word "ho" OK. Women, even the sleezy ones aren't garden tools. AND, if it's short for whore or hooker, let's just realize both of those words were originally meant to imply prostitution and I'm willing to bet that 99% of the people who have been called a ho are really NOT getting paid for it.

On another note, I really like the Dierks Bentley song "Feel that fire" but not the video. The half-naked lady on the hood of his car and playing with puppies in lingerie really isn't what I pictured when I heard the song. Each verse sounds like a little girl getting older and older, not an immature supermodel play-acting in a music video. I hope the song wasn't written by a pedophile, because the video kind of creeped me out. Grow up, woman.

Love Story Sucks

2009-01-10T18:19:00.000-08:00

OK, I know I'm going to upset a lot of adolescent and teenage girls here, but I just have to say the following;

I really hate the song "Love Story" by Taylor Swift.

The first time I heard it, I was watching the video, which is really pretty. Her hair is awesome. her dress is beautiful. She has an awesome voice. SHE doesn't suck. The setting is romantic, I'm still enough of a little girl to say that I really liked the video. So I thought I'd like the song but every time I heard it, I ended up disliking it a little bit more, and with all the time we've spent in the car and working on the other house, I have officially reached the point where I really HATE that song.

I will attempt to pick out a few of the more bothersome points here;

"You were Romeo, I was a Scarlet letter"
OK- if I remember The Scarlet Letter well enough, then that would mean that one of them was married, right? Yet why is she all concerned with her Dad and he's proposing to her in the end of the song? She's obviously not married. So is little miss Princess a young girl who is dating a married man? Maybe I'm wrong about the implications of the term Scarlet Letter. I'd reread it if it weren't all packed up right now.

"Marry me, Juliette you'll never have to be alone"
Oh poor pathetic little girl. Imagine. alone. Excuse me, but if a man's biggest asset is that he can keep you alone, then keep lookign honey. How about "Marry me, Juliette, I'll keep the b ills paid and let you decorate the way you want and I'll put the toilet seat down."

"I talked to your Dad go pi-ick out a white dress"
What century is this? And,um... the word pick only has one syllable.

"Romeo save me"

OK- this is where my inner feminist comes through. Attention modern songwriters: please don't perpetuate the lame romantic insanity that says
"women are empty lonely shells without a man around and we need to be rescued from our pathetic little lives"
or
"Our daddies decide our romantic fate and if you wanna buy a girl just appeal to her Dad and make a side deal so you can rescue her from her miserable existence"

"This love is difficult but it's a--re---eal"
yeah, they stretched the word real to be three syllables. They could have just added filler words, like "the real deal" which would still rhyme, but anyways, they didn't.

I realize that teenage girls can be hopelessly romantic. I really do remember that. However, I don't think we should be feeding the insanity. Or mis-using literary references because maybe we think girls are so stupid that they aren't reading the classics. Or stretching out words like "pick" into two syllables and "real" into three syllables so we can maintain the same lame story-telling tuneless rhythm that wouldn't have seemed so lame if the word "pi-ick" wasn't used.

With all of that said. I don't turn it off when it comes on. I sing along with my girls and every time there's a pause in the song, I pick pick pick it apart, just in case my kids haven't figured out where I stand on the issues, as a romantic feminist. They roll their eyes because they're secretly hoping a prince in his white horse will come rescue them from their nutty mom and feed them white bread and let them ride by the airbag. And they REALLY want that dress. Me, too. And that hair.

Latest Cheetah Girls Movie Sucks

2008-10-01T12:08:00.000-07:00

I watch enough kids Tv that I'm sure I can say quite objectively that the Cheetah Girls suck. They didn't used to suck, their first movie was OK. This 3rd film in India sucks, though. "Dance me if you can" is the most lame song I've ever heard. their acting is fine, their dancing is a lot of fun, but the lyrics to their song are very very lame- too many poorly formed rhymes and awkward words in the songs. The girls have talent, and the dancing is fun, but the words are lame. Also- the storyline for the movie was also pretty stupid. The obvious solution to the problem that even my 7 yr old suggested early in the movie wasn't ever brought up. Why didn't they all 3 just SPLIT the pay?

Jason Lee's new baby girl's name Xoo KleenR

2008-08-24T01:10:00.000-07:00

I'm always amazed by celebrity baby names. I wonder if I were a celebrity if I would have named my kids stranger things. Jason Lee has a son named Pilot Inspektor, They just had a new baby girl and haven't announced the name yet. I'm voting for "Xoo KleenR" in case they haven't decided yet.

Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale have just had their second child, too. Oldest boy is named Kingston, and the new one is named Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale

It all makes Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter "Apple" sound quite peachy.

Penn & Teller (aren't they gay men?) have named their "daughter" Moxie Crime Fighter

Jamie Oliver has daughters named Poppy Honey, Dixie Boo and Dixie Dot (I wonder if they're twins?)

Bob Geldoff (who is that?) has daughters named Fifi Trixibelle and Peaches Honeyblossom. It just makes me want to puke.

So- if you plan to become famous, I advise you have your children first. That's what I did. Otherwise, I might have named them something stupid. If Jason Lee doesn't choose Xoo KleenR, maybe Lil qT, Strudel Noodler, or MuMu Lampshade Boppity Lee or Finnicky Pineapple.

for more stupid celebrity names check this list at stupidcelebrities.com

Paris and Angelina and Madonna and a little Jamie Lee (Not Jamie Lynn)

2008-07-23T00:14:00.000-07:00

Paris Hilton is visiting Vegas with Benji.

Am I the only one who doesn't care? Why is this story so popular? I can see why the whole Angelina baby twins pictures are so exciting. I mean, what could be more exciting than having six kids, right?
I don't think it's newsworthy that Angelina's dad is quoted as being "excited and happy" about the birth of the twins. Of course he is, what the hell is newsworthy about that? I think it would be newsworthy really if he said "I am afraid she won't lose her baby weight" or how about "I'm wondering if she's going to breastfeed them both." Or how about "They're not as cute as I thought they'd be." But happy and excited. Nope. Not newsworthy. Not at all. Everyone else on the planet is happy and excited, too.
I wonder if they're done. I mean, the tabloids (not that I care) made such a stink about her being weak and having all these emergencies, but is it really true? Or are they just making news about nothing. I mean, she could be totally strong and healthy and they just make a big deal about her sitting down or something and acting like she's too tired to stand anymore. Give the girl a break. I'm so glad they moved to that area where they'll be left alone. I would have done the same thing. Hmmm, maybe I will.

And what's the deal with Madonna.
OK, so she's dumping her husband and the guy she's with is dumping his wife. OOh- surprise. Am I the only one who was actually surprised by the idea that she had ever settled down? Remember that sex book she wrote, come on. And this guy she's with, some sports guy. His wife is all upset calling Madonna a home wrecker. Whatever, it's her stupid husband that's with her. It takes two. It's not like Madonna yanked him away by his earlobe. HE is the homewrecker, she's just a

Oh my, I can't believe I am calling a celebrity names based on the stupid tabloid stories. Really, I don't care about these things.

But her books are so stupid. Did you know Madonna wrote some children's books. They're the absolute stupidest things in print. Shallow characters, boring dialogue and complete brainlessness.

Jamie Lee Curtis, she writes good children's books.

Is it too late to be a mermaid when I grow up?

2008-06-15T19:40:00.001-07:00

I should check into the whole mermaid thing. When my sister and I were little we'd swim in our Grandma's doughboy pool all day long. I once eloquently declared that we were "as brown as a paper bag" from the sun. "Let's be mermaids" we'd say and try swimming with our ankles hooked together.

In fact, just last week at the hotel in Portland, my daughters and I were mermaids, although we weren't nearly as cool as the girls from this Australian Tv show that's been picked up by Nickelodeon (do they call it that anymore, or is it just Nick?)

Anyhow- the mermaid TV show H20 is awesome. I hate that the characters are young teens struggling with boyfriend/girlfriend issues, but honestly, it's always tastefully done and gives us fuel for conversation. I think Australia would be like the worst place to be a mermaid, what with the Irikandji- deadly microscopic jellyfish- swimming around everywhere.

The girls are adorable. Why do magic girls always come in three's? Phoebe, Prue & Piper, now Cleo, Emma and Rickey. Anyhow- I predict that H20 will become wildly popular because I love it. OK - oh I just remembered how out-of-touch I am with the rest of the world. Sorry girls, better find another job.

Is a meme to win a book technically a "media" relevant post?

2008-05-16T23:29:00.000-07:00

All sorts of goodies from Tricia Goyer. Check it out here...
and enter for yourself, enjoy!

1. List three things you would do with a chest full of gold (assuming you got to keep it!)

I'd put some in savings, invest some in real estate, spend a ridiculous amount at a spa, hand a few gold coins out to total strangers (mostly moms) fund several chinese adoptions and college funds and.... start a foundation to decide about at a later date

2. List three charities/missions/organizations you support (and why).
goodwill, christmas child, youth sports, and girl scouts.

3. List three ways you have volunteered your time/services.
girl scout leader, raking leaves for the elderly, packaging food donations for food banks and making baby blankets for displaced youth

4. List three things you keep "hidden" when company comes over.
bras in the bathroom, dirty cloth diapers in the bathtub, not much else- my guests can see the mess.

5. List the last three things you've lost.
keys. purse. cell phone

6. List the last three things you've found.
keys purse cell phone

I am totally Enchanted

2008-04-25T13:19:00.000-07:00

Does everyone else love this movie? We embarrassed the kids when we saw it at the theater by dancing around as we left singing "That's how you know." My movie-buying mother-in-law bought it for M2's birthday and we love it. Have I ever mentioned that in High School my favorite movie was "Can't by me love" and I was totally in love with Patrick Dempsey (Is that his name?) Well he sure has aged nicely, he's just as cute in this film as he was when I was a kid. I heard he's on an addictive prime time TV series I don't have the attention span for. Enjoy this film , it's rated G so it's totally kid-safe. If you're the "no magical stuff" kind of mom, then you'd be turned off by the title anyways and wouldn't even be reading my reviews to begin with, so whatever. have a great day.

HDTV? WTF?

2008-04-08T08:52:00.000-07:00

I just don't get it.

I see this commercial last night, one of the ones that depicts the ongoing battle between cable television and satellite television. When I was a kid one of the big deals was that only on satellite can you get 350 sports channels and 280 movie channels in 300 languages. Now, it's HDTV. Apparently you can't get HDTV on Cable. I've seen this term, HTDV all over the place. So I ask my husband; what is HDTV? "It's the picture quality" he says. Maybe I got the short answer because we really were in the middle of watching something. I hope there's more to it than that, really. PICTURE quality? Who the hell watches TV for the picture quality? I watch for the story line. How can the same general public that loves youtube really be THAT concerned with picture quality? I don't buy it. Who the hell cares? Maybe there's like smell-o-vision involved or something? I just really don't give a crap about HDTV, it seems like the stupidest thing- all you have to do is aim your bunny ears toward Hollywood, and put a bit of aluminum foil on one of them. Picture Quality; Hmph

Family Film Festival

2008-04-04T22:53:00.000-07:00

We occasionally have a family film festival. Normally I am a bedtime story kind of Mom. I love snuggling up and sharing a book with the girls, but there are days when I need to get work done on the computer, or my throat is sore, or I'm simply not in the mood to lay down and or read. Sharing a movie with the kids is fun. Sometimes we rent, sometimes we pay per view, and sometimes we watch one from our home collection. I'd say we have 4-6 movie nights per month. Usually every Friday and sometimes more often. I have even found a way to let them eat popcorn in the living room without driving me nuts.

When I was a id movies-on-demand weren't the norm. We'd wait all year to see the annual broadcast of The Wizard of Oz.

So what are your family film traditions?

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

2008-04-04T22:39:00.000-07:00

I love this movie. I love musicals. My kids love to sing, E1 is a way better singer than I am, in fact she is going to Portland with her singing group to perform next month and to New York in the late Summer. She's ALWAYS singing. You know how some kids run into their room and blast their Stereo. She goes into her room and sings. I can tell how she feels by the song that she's singing. And it's the tune, not the words that do the expressing.

Back to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

I get so much more out of it as an adult than I did as a child. I don't even think I liked it as a kd, so I was surprised that my kids liked it. Same thing with Herbie (not Herbie reloaded with Lindsey Lohan, although that one was cute, too.) I'm talking about Herbie the Love Bug.

Anyhow, if you haven't seen Chitty Chitty bang Bang with your kids, you might want to check it out for your next family film night. Watch the Costumes. Listen to the songs. Sing them. Discuss the relationships between the Characters. Compare the lunacy of the Baron with modern day and historical rulers. And while you're at it, go ahead and let them eat popcorn in the living room. Throw a sheet on the floor and tell them it's a picnic movie night, so you don't get popcorn everywhere.

Nim' Island

2008-03-28T20:05:00.000-07:00

Thank Goodness Abigail Breslin is doing something new. She's a talented little girl, but I really hated "Little Miss Sunshine." What a lucky kid to get to work with the elusive Jody Foster, it must have been an excellent script for JF to even consider doing it, WTH does she do lately anyways? I guess whatever the heck she wants. Is Nim's Island any relationship to the Secret of Nim? Or is it the secret of Nimh? Such mysteries of life and children's media.

IMDB- have you tried it?

2008-03-12T10:32:00.000-07:00

Hello, mammas, I just wanted to let you know about a tool I use to evaluate and find family movies and other reviews. The Internet movie database has a resource where you can find out which other movies your favorite actors and actresses have been in. So if your daughter gets all crazy about Hilary Duff's movies (she really was great before the whole skeleton eating disorder- hopefully she'll grow out of it. Did you know she was homeschooled?) You can enter Hilary Duff's name into the search bar and it will bring up her page that has a list of all her movies (each movie in the database has its own page) The Imdb is also a good resource for independent films, too. In addition, they have photo gallery pages and a little message board forum for each celebrity and movie in their database. So check it out, I think you'll like it.

Go ahead, sign up now.

2008-02-14T10:55:00.000-08:00

Back in the old days (Um, like last week when my travel blog was rejected) you used to have to have 20 posts in a blog that was at least 90 days old. SO I decided to pay attention to that little blog, and make a few other ones, since my pagerank on my original blog sucks, I figured they could build off of each other and maybe one day, when google updates their pageranking system (which I hear is like very 90 days) then maybe my original blog will be worth something, and then maybe I can grow these other blogs, too and Mwa hahaaha rule the mom blogging world, like Dooce and Amalah.

But now, they have changed the rules, so that any blog that has ten posts and is 30 days old will qualify.

I think it's a stupid mistake. There's already too many of us scrambling like vultures to grab the few opportunities that are available for new bloggers. They pay $20 for posting when you sign up, just to announce that you've done it. So they'll have all these people signing up and getting paid for making their first post announcing that they've signed up and then their system will be overloaded because all these people will be trying to get paid posts all the time. It isn't easy hitting the refresh button ten thousand times a day hoping a new one will come up. And sometimes the verification words are long and complicated. Like "Renoir $285,837.20" and things like that. It's not a lifestyle everyone is cut out for. If you think you might be the one who can handle it, then click the purple image below and they will help you register for paid blogging. I don't think you can handle it, though. I am just warning you.

You should do it fast because I don't know if they'll stay in business like this for long. Hopefully you're someone with a blog that has a higher page rank than mine, so that you won't be taking opportunities that I could be using to feed my kids. My six kids. Seriously.

Celebrity Valentines

2008-02-14T06:47:00.000-08:00

I will leave you today with some funny celebrity Valentines I stumbled upon. So what if they're from 2002. Enjoy.

Little Square Wheels

2008-02-10T12:29:00.001-08:00

Little Square Wheels is a great little CD we keep in the car. I actually got it from an old neighbor, a homeschooling Goddess (I'm serious, she was amazing) that lived around the corner from us when I was pregnant with G1. I don'[t know if her husband IS Doug Fleming Jr or if he was his partner or something, but somehow, he's got something to do with this CD. She's the mamma who first introduced me to The Well Trained Mind. I wonder how they're doing now? Heidi, the Artist from Seattle. I hope they're doing well. I thought her husband's name was Bill.

I've gotta admit

2008-02-06T15:43:00.000-08:00

I am totally addicted to Rosie O'Donnell's blog. It's like she's just another mom. And really, in a way, she is. She might never worry about her mortgage payment but she really is just a mom. When it comes down to it, we all are.

Pregnant Again

2008-01-28T00:45:00.000-08:00

Not me, silly. It's Tori Spelling. I blogged about her back in September. So we're old friends. I will bet thousands of dollars that she has a girl this time. That's how it is in Hollywood, they all have a boy and a girl. It's a good thing we moved away from there.

The Water Horse

2008-01-26T00:53:00.000-08:00

This film was adorable. I didn't really find anything offensive in it. Maybe some foul language, maybe?

I am sure there's a financial connection between the fact that the Discovery Channel is showing all sorts of things about the Loch Ness Monster during the same time this film comes out. It always works that way. How often is the Loch Ness Monster ever mentioned? I think I've gone a year or more between hearing or using the term and now suddenly it's all over TV and there's a movie coming out.

I think a prospective filmmaker would do well to figure out what's going to be on TV if they can't afford to PUT it there simply to hype up their movie.

I think it was very sad how angry and mean the military man was. Maybe that's why I think military people are crazy sometimes. Movies always portray it as such a mean element of socialization. Why would anyone want to put themselves through that?

I think the scenes where the kid was riding on the back of "Caruso" (his name for the water horse) were impossible. The thing clearly (and logistically) had slippery skin. How are we supposed to believe that that little boy was able to hold on tight enough to go zipping through the water like that? It looked like fun, exploring the wonderful world of sunken ships and hidden ancient monuments and everything but seriously, I just couldn't get past the fact that there was nothing to hold on to and they were going very very fast.

Also, there's a scene where the beast rams into an underwater gate (which I'd like to verify historically, it sounds interesting) and the beast in unscathed. I just think he should have cut himself or something. It didn't seem real enough.

And I wish we'd seen more of a love affair between the lovely widow mum and the groundsman. Boy, he sure was a hottie.

Not a Review

2008-01-24T10:14:00.000-08:00

I just had to note that I found a blog by Nichole Ritchie's man, describing the feelings of coming home with his new baby, Harlow. Such sweet Sentiments.

The Golden Compass

2008-01-18T06:44:00.000-08:00

I think all they hype about this movie making kids want to kill God was ridiculous. It was fantastic. The whole Ice bear fighting scene was very well done, I normally hate fast-action fight scenes because to me it's just a mass of killing and mean-ness. This was a one-on-one fight, though and while I expected Lyra to TELL her friend that the bad ice bear killed his father, She didn't, so maybe that will come out in a sequel. Santa got my daughter the books for Christmas (so many levels of humor there) so I should try to read them. Nicole Kidman was wonderful as always. We didn't get to see much of her, but the film was excellent. It's one I'd like to own.

Here's something very few people will notice- Lyra wears an amazing pink/purple toned knitted sweater. Apparently it's made from twine and strings or something. I looked it up online, it's totally one-of-a-kind. That means I can never ever have one. That means I can't even make one. How unfair is that? I want one more than ever.

Anyhow, I don't think the movie will make anyone want to kill God. I don't think God can die anyways. I think the movie does show how giving too much power to ANY authority (the magistrate in this movie appears to represent a government AND a religion) can be a bad thing.

I don't think kids will get THAT from this movie, though- they're more interested in the concept of having an animal attached to them all the time. Especially my purse-dog-loving 11 yr old.

Alvin & The Chipmunks

2007-12-14T07:31:00.000-08:00

Can I say that I don't even WANT to see this one. it comes out today and I am so not interested. My kids happen to think the chipmunk voice is so funny. ONe of my girls actually sounds like a chipmunk when she talks, which is adorable. Maybe they've never heard of RECORD PLAYERS. Remember those, old folks. You play them on the wrong speed, and That's where chipmunks come from. It's true. And computer animated critters making semi-obscene jokes and gestures is only a little bit funny. So I haven't seen it yet, but I'm going to give it a firm two stars. Because it exists. It's probably Non violent.

Martian Child & Sandra Bullock

2007-11-02T07:35:00.000-07:00

Martian Child is released today, it looks really good. The kids aren't interested in it, though so we probably won't see it. Joan Cusack used to bug me for some reason. She doesn't anymore, I think she's really talented. I like that she doesn't try to be a Diva. She seems really real, like we could have a cup of coffee together and I wouldn't be like "OMG it's hard to talk to you because you're Joan Cusack." Even her name, Joan, is not a Diva name. She's real. I'm liking that more and more lately. And you never hear of her drinking binges or love affairs. I might even believe it if I heard she was a mother. IN fact, I'd be more surprised if she didn't have kids. AS surprised as I was when I learned that Sandra Bullock was a delicate-brained sensitive gal who is afraid of commitment and might never have kids. I don't know, I always thought she looked like she might be a good mom. She might be, in fact- having kids strengthens you maybe she should try it. She couldn't possibly screw up any more than tons of other people have. Marriage, though- I think she (In case she's reading this) don't do it because it is so much harder than raising kids. And if she's sensitive, she really should not get married in Hollywood.