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Reader request! A reader recently asked where to get a slouchy knit hat like the ones spotted on Mary Louise Parker and Jennifer Aniston. These will be quite popular come fall/winter and are a cute way to cover up a bad hair day. Get on board with these cute hats below.
Mary-Louise Parker Always Planned To Adopt
When 'Weeds' star Mary-Louise Parker decided to adopt a child, she was fulfilling a dream from when she was a little girl.
"I would daydream about it all the time," the Emmy-nominated star of Weeds, now in its fifth season, told PEOPLE – speaking for the first time about the subject – earlier this summer at a benefit for Worldwide Orphans Foundation
hosted by La Perla in Beverly Hills. "I thought about the fact that
there were children who didn't have anything, and I felt like I could
help. It was something that weighed on me."
So when Mary-Louise went to Africa in 2007 and adopted Caroline Aberash (a.k.a. Ash), it was no spur-of-the-moment decision. Ash joined older brother William Atticus.
Yet Mary-Louise makes it clear that being a single parent isn't easy, but she feels it was worth it.
"It was something I did for the world and for my son and then for me,"
Parker, 44, said of adding a second child to her family. "And when I
say the world, I also mean my daughter. Once I knew her, she became
part of that.
But it's hard raising two kids as a single person. It's a lot of
pressure."
What a wonderful gesture!
Photos by INF
Mary Louise Parker For More Magazine
Who doesn't love Mary Louise Parker?!!
The smart, sexy star of 'Weeds', has known both rapturous reviews and highly publicized heartbreak. Now, she opens up to More about dating as a single mother, taking a stand against Botox and the allure of sex in hotel hallways.
Excerpts from the interview, on newsstands May 26, follow:
More writer Meryl Gordon arrived at Parker’s Greenwich Village duplex to find a CPR class for adults, including her ex Billy Crudup. Gordon notices the atmosphere is amicable and questions Parker:
“I’ve never commented on the situation, and I won’t because it’s not fair to my son.” Then, she softens and says, “Who wins? No child can benefit in that situation. Your love for your child should eclipse any other feelings you have for another person.”
About being “bitter” about a Weeds nude scene:
“I didn’t think I needed to be naked, and I fought with the director about it, and now I’m bitter…I knew it was going to be on the Internet: ‘Mary Louise shows off her big nipples.’ I wish I hadn’t done that. I was goaded into it.”
In response, the show’s coexecutive producer Roberto Benabib defend the moment, saying that the nudity was necessary to convey the character’s vulnerability:
“We felt at that point in her life, her defenses had been so thoroughly stripped away, there was a nonchalance to the nudity that informed the scene…I thought it was wonderful, one of the five best scenes Mary-Louise has ever done [on Weeds].”
Still, Parker enjoys playing her complex and devious character:
“I like it the more extreme it is. Jenjii [Kohan, the series’ creator] has been amazing in surprising me.” But, she adds, “I don’t like it when it’s crass and crude for humor’s sake. And I don’t like it when it’s sentimental, when she’s a sweet mother. To me, she’s not that.”
About losing out on the movie roles of her stage performances:
Click on the continue reading link below to see this answer as well as the rest of the interview. So much more to read!
Mary Louise Parker So Crazy In The Bedroom That She Broke Her Toe
I kid, I kid! It was for a role! Mary Louise Parker broke her toe while shooting a scene for Weeds.
"I smashed it on the bed frame. Good for me,
right? How's that for commitment?" she mused. "Fantastic!"
But, the director of the scene was forced to make do with that. When asked whether he used the footage she said,
"They kind of had to," explained Parker. "It was the first take!"
Ahhh, the work hazards of being an actor or actress. It's almost as crazy and dangerous as being a blogger. :P
