In this week’s Page Six Magazine, Actress Maria Bello – star of the upcoming summer blockbuster “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” – is on the cover and full of surprises, both for fans and herself, as she talks about her son, a new romance and how her latest film role is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream.

 
The 41-year-old says her turn in a big action blockbuster a childhood fantasy come true:

“When I got into acting, I told my dad my dream was to be Indiana Jones. He said, ‘Honey, you want to be the girl in Indiana Jones?’ And I said, ‘No, I want to be Indiana Jones!”  She also says she’s not afraid to play her age. “I never was. I’ve never been an ingénue. I like getting older.”

Maria opens up on age and family, talking candidly about her love for her 7-year-old son Jackson Blue (whom she had with former husband and screenwriter Dan McDermott) and her relationship with her beau of a year-and-a-half, Bryn Mooser, 28.

“I was always anti-marriage,” she admits. “I didn’t understand monogamy. I couldn’t figure out how that could last. And then I met Bryn and I started to understand the beauty of constancy and history and change and going on the roller coaster with someone – of having a partner in life.”

While Maria is content ultimately in a pair of broken in Levi’s, she also loves to indulge in classic fashion.  For her cover shoot, PSM dressed her in Chanel, Alice + Olivia, Monique Lhullier and Moschino.

 Her new favorite designer? The up-and-coming Brian Reyes, known for his use of color and texture, who’s quickly becoming a go-to guy for red carpet fashion.

“I will definitely be checking out his collections, now!” she says.

Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves have plans to move to Brazil in order to plant roots in the model's home country. I'm not sure how long Matty will be able to stay away from Hollywood. Wait - what am I saying? Warm sunny weather, sandy beaches, daily reasons to be shirtless and jogging. Uh oh!

"Camila’s from Brazil, but I’ve never been. We want to establish some sort of lifestyle there because we want Levi to absorb the culture where his mother came from. Culture is very important to both of us."

Education first! That's what Jessica Alba promises for her newborn daughter, Honor. While it would be easy and tempting to get her started right away, Jessica insists that her child will not step foot on a set until after she's finished with college.

"When she finishes college, she can do whatever she wants. I think at some point all little kids express that desire, because they’re so used to being treated like a star."

Gossip Girl took all of the negative things people were saying about them and turned it into their latest controversial advertising campaign."Every Parent's Nightmare" was written up by the Boston Herald. Instead of sulking about the bad press, they spun, spun away. Same applies for the rest of the set.

I guess they are all about the shock value. But I'm still not convinced this show has much longer to live. It gets more press than any other TV program I know, yet I don't know a single person that watches it. 

Anyone excited about season two?

 

Fingers crossed that Star has pulled this story out of their you know what. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick have been such a success story that I would hate to see them go down the normal Hollywood divorce route.

Supposedly Matthew is cheating on Sarah Jessica with a redheaded youth counselor he met at a bar. She's 25 years old.

Do you believe it, or is this just Star being Star?

OOOOH!!! I am so excited about this. Check out Nicole Richie all sweaty and serious in this newly released shot of her scene on Chuck. This will most certainly open up a few doors for the reality star to continue her career on the small screen. Who knows? Maybe in a year's time we will see her joining pal Paris Hilton on the big one.

Last year Sarah Jessica Parker was named the unsexiest woman of the year by men's magazine Maxim. She was very public about how the title hurt her and said it was a "brutal" insult.

But it looks like the magazine is ready to make nice....kind of. They are naming her this year's "unexpected crush" and say she'll receive the award in their August issue.

Hmm, too little too late? What do you think?

Amanda Peet got some pushback from her recent comment calling "parents who don't vaccinate their children parasites." When I read it, I was a bit surprised and so were a few other people.  Amanda must have gotten enough negative attention from it to print up another statement clarifying what she said. She still stands by her ground, but here is what Amanda said.

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I wanted to address my comment in Cookie magazine that "parents who don't vaccinate their children are parasites." I believe in my heart that my use of the word "parasites" was mean and divisive; I completely understand why it offended some parents, and in particular, parents of children with autism who feel that vaccines caused their illness. For this I am truly sorry. Since my mom has Parkinson's Disease, I know what it feels like to want a concrete cause, and a concrete cure, as soon as possible.

However, I still believe that the decision not to vaccinate our children bodes for a dangerous future. Vast reductions in immunization will lead to a resurgence of deadly viruses. This is as indisputable as global warming. I know a lot of parents who secretly use as a justification, "Well, enough other people are vaccinating, so therefore, we don't have to."

In this era of cynicism, it's hard to believe that any corporation, medical or otherwise, has our best interests at heart. But it's irresponsible to suggest that virtually the entire medical community, and the CDC, and the American Academy of Pediatrics are behind a massive cover-up about vaccine safety. Fourteen studies have been conducted (both here in the US and abroad), and these tests are reproducible; no matter where they are administered, or who is funding them, the conclusion is the same: there is no association between autism and vaccines. How many more studies do we need to conduct on vaccines, before we start re-channeling our efforts and money towards research on autism?

The real question is why the media and journalists are still presenting vaccine safety as a controversy. There are a few fringe medical groups and parent advocacy groups who claim that vaccines cause autism, or that they have too many "toxins," or "viral challenges" for our tiny babies' bodies to handle. In fact, although there are many more vaccine doses given today, the entire vaccine schedule contains far fewer antigens—components of viruses or bacteria—than vaccines of the past. (In other words, it's more shots, but less vaccine.) Why doesn't anyone talk about this? There are still fringe scientists who claim that HIV is a government conspiracy, but these people do not get a lot of media coverage, as it's accepted that this theory has no medical/biological plausibility.

My concern is for our children and their futures. In the fifties, vaccines were recognized as life-saving. My mom had polio and was quarantined when she was 6 years old. It's so hard to appreciate vaccines now that so few children are dying from preventable diseases today, but that could all change if we're not vigilant. There are currently multiple measles outbreaks in the United States. Hopefully children do not have to die before people start to realize the cost of withholding vaccines.

My best wishes to you and your families,

Amanda (and Frankie)

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Sometimes, Shia Labeouf is SO attractive to me and other times I can't remember why I thought so to begin with. THEN I remember that scene in Disturbia... you know the one. The one I rewound a half dozen times. YUMMY! Shia hasn't been able to replicate that moment for me in any of his future films, so I have high hopes for Eagle Eye.

Thankfully, the boy is doing some promotion for his most recent movie and took this month's cover of Arena Magazine. Inside he talked about how his family used to take him to AA meetings as a child. 

“I grew up around a lot of (aggressive) guys like that (Transformers director, Michael Bay, widely known as a screamer according to Arena).

My parents used to take me to AA meetings when I was very young. So I know aggression, I know insanity.”

ONTD

Will she adopt a 30 year old? Doubt it... but it's worth putting out there. Sorry mom!

Victoria Beckham said she would love to have a girl in next month's Allure magazine because that would give her someone to hand down her wardrobe to! UGH! Just the thought is getting me giddy.

I'd love to have a girl - just for all the clothes I've got to hand down.

And when asked about the rumor that she doesn't eat, Victoria made a joke.

I've been accused of not eating for 10 years. If I hadn't eaten, I'd be awfully hungry.

Victoria also commented on her looks claiming she is very ordinary looking. 

“As you can see, I’m a normal-looking girl, and I just make the best of what I have. I’m not out-of-the-ordinary-looking at all – I’m incredibly ordinary.”