It seems like the day of the magazines, I always love the first of the month so I can see them all. Leighton Meester is on the cover of the December 2009 issue of Glamour magazine. Leighton always looks amazing in magazines.

I love the quote she gives at the end of the interview. I am sure many celebrities would like to be able to say the same thing she does.

“I’m proud of the work that I’ve done. I don’t care what people label me as. If they want to say I’m an actress, and I should never sing, that’s fine. If they know me for my music, because they don’t watch my show or my movies, that’s fine, too. I’m doing what I want with my life. I just do…me.”

I think she’s great at all she does…don’t stop Leighton.

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Finally, we get to see what the movie poster for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus will look like. (This is the UK version of it.) The movie stars Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Christopher Plummer, Colin Farrell, and Jude Law to name a few. There hasn’t been an official release date for the States yet. I can’t say enough how excited I am to see this movie. People that know me know that Heath is a very important person in my life as I talk about him often. I can’t wait to see his last movie up on the big screen.

A bigger picture of the movie trailer is below plus a close up of Heath.

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Jennifer Connelly is the October 2009 cover girl for the UK version of InStyle magazine. You have to love the photo shoot she does with the magazine and especially the 8-inch heels. I have been staring at them trying to figure out how it would even be possible to walk on them.

The actress is married to actor, Paul Bettany, and they have one child together, Stellan, 6. She also has a son from a previous marriage, Kai, 12.

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Taylor Swift is the September 2009 cover girl for Bliss magazine. I gather from the headlines on the page it’s a teen magazine. I wonder where ones like this were when I was a teen. I subscribed to YM and Seventeen, now a days they are so different than they were then. (I just googled it, it’s a magazine from the UK, it’s a teen magazine and often comes with free makeup. That sounds like a deal to me!)

In this issue Taylor talks about love, being fearless and being single. Here are the highlights:

Taylor on love: “Love is something that happens to really lucky people, but sometimes it’s not an exact fit. A lot of times you end up with people who maybe look the way you want them to, but don’t act the right way.”

Taylor on being single: “Right now, I’m genuinely happy being single. I feel that, when I meet the person who’s worth calling every night I’ll be happy to do it. But at the moment I don’t want to be out there looking for a boyfriend.”

Taylor on being fearless: “..being fearless is allowing yourself to get hurt. Putting personal details into my songs is a fearless move because there is a lot to lose. Some people might be freaked out and not talk to me in case they might end up in a song. But if one person is able to relate to it, then it’s worth it.”

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Eva Mendes is the cover girl for the September 2009 issue of the UK edition of Marie Claire. I was watching Hitch the other night and I was realizing I hadn’t seen Eva lately, and then I saw this cover. Here are the highlights of the interview in the magazine:

On her Calvin Klein adverts that were banned in the States: “You can’t show your nipples, apparently, in the States.  But you can blow up anything you please in a movie or on TV.”

On her curves: “I love my curves and I embrace them, but I have to walk a fine line.  There are certain dresses that are like: ‘Oh, this is really feminine. This isn’t sexy at all’, but then I’d try it on and it just turned.  I think it comes down to being voluptuous, and if your body’s a certain way, then things can go distasteful in a second.”

On regular therapy sessions: “I love therapy! I’m very into it. I’m very in touch with my feelings, so I’m a completely different person.  Not that different, but there’s nothing like going in and sitting down and talking to someone who has no emotional tie to your life. Just to talk to someone. It’s amazing.”

On visiting cemeteries: “I love cemeteries. They’re so beautiful and peaceful.”

I am a huge fan of cemeteries myself. I used to live by one growing up and I was always there. It’s true. It’s one of the quietest places in the world.

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It’s nice to finally see a magazine do justice to Blake Lively. I am loving this cover she did for the August 2009 issue of Glamour UK. It actually looks like her this time, and they didn’t photoshop the heck out of her. She’s so pretty just the way that she is.

I thought this quote from her was interesting considering Penn Badgley and her are now dating.

“At first I was so upset that they hired Penn for Gossip Girl..I actually poisoned the cast against him.”

I hope this is just a misquote. Sometimes magazines do that. I hope they did in this case. I don’t think Blake would do such a thing.

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Kate Hudson is the cover girl for the February 2009 issue of UK Cosmopolitan. I love this picture of her on the cover…well what you can see of it. Why must they cover the cover with all that writing?

In the interview with the magazine she talks about being single, marriage, and dating. Here are the highlights:

On being single: I’d always been the kind of girl who really loves being in a relationship – I don’t think I’ve been properly single since I was 17 – so it’s always where I’ve felt at my best. But this time it’s different. I’m single and all of my friends are with someone, and that’s never happened before … It’s really nice to sit up at night and read a book, or knit – I love knitting! … I even love sitting there and sometimes being a bit bored, because it makes me appreciate the times when I do do things with my friends … I definitely want to incorporate this new ‘me’ into my next relationship, where you still do things by yourself.

On dating: Dating is a funny one. I’ve never sought love out. I’m a big believer that women should just live their lives and if it happens, it happens.

On getting married again: I don’t know. Who knows who I’ll end up with, and if marriage would even be important to them. I dreamt of the fairy-tale love story – but not so much of the wedding. I never pictured the type of dress I’d wear. For me, it was more about finding the man I was going to have children with. I didn’t think I’d be looking for more than one, though!

Kate has one thing right, usually someone comes along when you aren’t looking for it.

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I saw these scans and just had to post them. It’s Robert Pattinson in the UK version of OK magazine. This interview was a cute one actually. Robert just has a way of making people think he doesn’t know what he’s talking about but actually he’s one of the smartest people in the world.

Here are some highlights from the interview:

On girls throwing themselves at him and if he’s ever been turned down: Not really. I’m such a wimp with that stuff. If I’m not sure she’s interested I won’t go near. It has to be a sure thing!

On if he’s had his heart broken: I don’t think so – maybe it’s been dented, though.

On experiencing an intense relationship like Edward and Bella: I’ve never experienced that but it must be an amazing feeling to say: “I absolutely need you.” Sometimes I feel like that about a cheeseburger!

What a cutie he is..and he likes meat…also a plus!

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Jessica Biel is the December 2008 cover girl for the UK edition of Marie Claire. Can you believe that it’s already the Christmas season??? In the interview with the magazine she talks about being a movie star and her biggest fear. Here are some highlights of the interview…

On posing for photographers: ‘It’s taken a few years to feel comfortable doing that sort of stuff. Even now I still feel sort of ridiculous.’

On music: ‘I like all that fun music, lots of old-school stuff and yes, some Whitesnake. Absolutely.’

On her recent interest in popular music: ‘I was sick and tired of not knowing who people were talking about.’

On becoming a movie star: ‘I never thought to myself, “I’m going to do this musical, then I’m going to be a movie star” I never made that jump. For a very long time I wasn’t thought of as anyone with any credibility in the film world. Everyone is tramping through the swamp everyday in this business’

On working in TV: ‘I was really up tight, when you work on television for a long time you’re in a really organized situation; in film, it’s so much more improvisational and relaxed.’

On being in the film ‘The Illusionist’:  ‘I was so thrilled to get that part, it was such a joy for me, oh it was great.’

On asked how she feels about aging: her biggest fear in life: ‘I don’t know – I better start figuring it out. I feel my knees changing – like, why do I have this pain when I’m running on the treadmill? What’s going on with my lower back when I wake up in the morning? I just feel changes.’

‘I’m definitely fearful in a very vain manner about aging. I think its freaky weird to look at a picture of your grandmother when she was a young woman then look at her now.’

On plastic surgery: ‘I’m really afraid of blades on my face. That freaks me out beyond belief. I would way rather have wrinkles than some slice up going on.’

On her high profile status: ‘It’s hard. The hardest part of this whole wonderful, bizarre lifestyle and profession. You have to be Zen about it, because it can make you crazy.’

On marriage and having kids: ‘I kind of go back and forth about marriage and kids. I feel like if it’s an organic way for me and the right time in my life then yeh. If it’s right, it’ll be right – but at this moment, that seems totally foreign.’

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Anne Hathaway is Marie Claire magazine’s August 2008 cover girl. I love the photo shoot that she did and I just had to share it.

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