New mother Hilary Duff has played down reports she is stepping up her exercise regime in a desperate bid to regain her pre-pregnancy figure, insisting she is not "freaked out" about slimming down.

The singer/actress gave birth to her first child, a son named Luca, last month, but she wasted no time in getting back to her exercise regime and returned to Pilates classes weeks later.

Duff recently admitted she was hurt by a series of cruel jibes about her new curves, telling Parade magazine, "I read comments on my Twitter page about how I'm waddling into Pilates and I go, 'Wow, that's a re...

Pregnant actress/singer Hilary Duff is planning to head back into the studio to record her first album of new music since 2007.

The Cheaper By The Dozen star is due to give birth to her first child, a boy, with her ice hockey player husband Mike Comrie early next year, but she's refusing to let pregnancy derail her plans to return to the pop charts.

Duff tells Eonline.com, "I want to get into the studio. I want to start recording. Even if I just mess around and kind of get myself in the swing of it. Before I got pregnant I was thinking about making a record, so I still want to do that."...

Pierre Morel's film from last week "From Paris With Love," isn't awesomely bad, but instead it's just plain bad. As an action movie, it's visually entertaining because it engrosses you in the fight scenes and shootouts

, while maintaining solid pacing. These elements are completely overshadowed however by the horrendously written dialogue and plot.

The story doesn't introduce any specific elements to engage the audience or fully explain the terrorist plan the protagonists are hoping to thwart. In some instances the dialogue is so ludicrous that you find yourself audibly laughing at ...

Cute, scruffy haired Jared Padalecki was born on July 19, 1982 in San Antonio, Texas, and is the middle child of three kids. The "Supernatural" star knew at an early age that he wanted to be an actor, so he began taking acting lessons when he was 12 years old.

Padalecki's road to fame began when in 1999 when he won a contest - that was held and sponsored by the "Teen Choice Awards" - at the local Planet Hollywood. The grand prize was a trip to Los Angeles to present awards and escort celebrity winners offstage at Fox's "Teen Choice Awards." A talent agent told Jared to look him up whe...

A little-known actress has been caught up in the middle of a messy sex scandal hoax with George Clooney and Tom Cruise.

An Internet hoaxer pretending to be Tiffany DuPont, 26, claimed she had "offered" herself to Clooney and Cruise and slept with both. But now the actress has hit back at the cruel lies.

DuPont, who had a small role in Hilary Duff's Cheaper By The Dozen film, has denied she wrote the online story that was picked up by celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.

In a post on her website, the actress reveals she was the victim of an elaborate hoax.

-George Clooney P...

Happy Birthday to "Harry Potter" nemesis Tom Felton (1987), British pop singer Billie Piper (1982), Taking Back Sunday singer Adam Lazzara (1981), Brazilian supermodel Fernanda Tavares (1980), Brazilian soccer superstar Ronaldo (1976), rapper Mystikal (1975), British one-hit-wonder Chesney Hawkes (1971), "Match Point" actor Rupert Penry-Jones (1970), Weezer bassist Matt Sharp (1969), "Cheaper By The Dozen" actress Bonnie Hunt (1961), "Charles In Charge" actor Scott Baio (1961), rocker Joan Jett (1958), Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli (1958), Australian singer Nick Cave (1957), singer Debby Boo...

"I've never had a real pregnancy scare. But there have been those moments where, if I'm just even half a day late, I'm like, 'What's going on? No!" Knocked Up actress Katherine Heigl can relate to the dilemma of an unwanted pregnancy.

"If you're going to see a movie like Cheaper By The Dozen at the end you're supposed to feel good. The point of a horror movie is you're supposed to feel terrible." Hostel director Eli Roth wants audiences to leave his films feeling sick.

"I'm really shocked. Not because I'm shocked that we lasted, it's just a lot of years. You can't stop time." Sa...

Tom Cruise is to star in a detective comedy with Ben Stiller, it has been claimed. The action hero will allegedly star alongside Stiller in an updated version of the classic comedy novels The Hardy Boys, called The Hardy Men. The movie sees the eternal teenagers finally grown up, but still up to their old tricks.

Production for the film, directed by Shawn Levy, is due to begin in October. Levy also directed Stiller's latest box office hit Night At The Museum as well as The Pink Panther and Cheaper By The Dozen.

Cruise reportedly met Stiller to discuss starring in the comedian's la...

The controversial broadcast of Madonna's Confessions tour special on TV failed to lure viewers and ended up finishing fourth in its time slot. NBC made headlines when it censored the concert and refused to broadcast controversial footage of the pop star hanging from a crucifix during one of her songs.

The special "Madonna: Confessions Tour" was broadcast on Wednesday, the night before Thanksgiving, and failed to find an audience. Among those shows beating Madonna were CBS drama Jericho, ABC's "Show Me The Money" and Fox broadcasting of the movie Cheaper By The Dozen.

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FOX is fixing up a delicious star-studded holiday weekend with the world broadcast premieres of Cheaper By The Dozen on Nov. 22, Spider-Man 2 on Nov. 23 and Bruce Almighty on Nov. 24.

For the first course, FOX starts off with the world broadcast premiere of “Cheaper By The Dozen” Wednesday, Nov. 22. When Tom Baker gets his dream job of coaching his alma maters football team, he uproots his family of 12 from small-town Illinois to the big city. Meanwhile, his wife, Kate, also achieves her dream of having her book published. While Kate is away promoting the book, Tom has a hard time ba...

Happy Birthday to "Harry Potter" nemesis Tom Felton (1987), British pop singer Billie Piper (1982), Taking Back Sunday singer Adam Lazzara (1981), Brazilian supermodel Fernanda Tavares (1980), Brazilian soccer superstar Ronaldo (1976), rapper Mystikal (1975), British one-hit-wonder Chesney Hawkes (1971), "Match Point" actor Rupert Penry-Jones (1970), Weezer bassist Matt Sharp (1969), "Cheaper By The Dozen" actress Bonnie Hunt (1961), "Charles In Charge" actor Scott Baio (1961), rocker Joan Jett (1958), Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli (1958), Australian singer Nick Cave (1957), singer Debby Boo...

* Piper Perabo was terrified when she filmed her first love scene because Demi Moore stared at her while she acted out sexual intimacy with Ashton Kutcher. Moore refused to take her eyes off the star during the sizzling scene for Cheaper By The Dozen, and Perabo hopes she never has to repeat the experience. She says, "She would come on set. It was fairly intimidating."

* Michael Douglas has put his custom-built golf buggy up for auction to raise money for charity. The high-tech cart was designed by the stars of MTV's Pimp My Ride and has a satellite TV, a cigar humidor, fridge, compute...

NBC's "Saturday Night Live" pulls out the stops on its sole February broadcast with two legendary performers: Steve Martin and Prince (LIVE, February 4, 11:30 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.).

Steve Martin returns to Studio 8H for his record-solidifying 14th hosting appearance. The award-winning actor, comedian, author, playwright and producer's hosting stints have left an indelible impact on SNL's 30-year history. With recurring characters like as the "Wild and Crazy" Czech Festrunk brothers, each Steve Martin-hosted show is an event unto itself.

Martin is set to take on the role of Inspector C...