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Posted: 06.01.2008 11:29

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DON'T MESS WITH JESS

Despite an ever-growing baby bump, Jessica Alba might still be mistaken for a pin-up girl—But as Andrew Goldman can tell you, there's no mistaking her career savvy or her ladylike focus on what matters most.

“I'm reading this dumb book, and it's getting in my head,” Jessica Alba says, as she digs through her giant studded Gerard Darel bag and pulls out a white hardcover buried among the bottles of acidophilus and chlorella supplements that have been rattling around in there for about a month, since she embarked on a new no caffeine or booze, endless glasses of water, truckloads of fruits and vegetables regimen. “I was so nauseous reading this while I was on the bike today,” she says. What emerges is Skinny Bitch, the pro-vegan diatribe masquerading as a chick-lit diet book that became an instant best-seller when Victoria Beckham was photographed carrying it. As Alba reads from the chapter concerning slaughterhouses, it's clear why seared loins haven't quite tasted so succulent since her trainer Ramona gave her the book. “Stunned or not,” she reads, “cows and hogs are then 'strung up' from the ceiling by a chain attached to their legs. In theory, while they dangle there, they are supposed to be unconscious. But often they are fully conscious, struggling, screaming, and fearfully staring at the workers while they have their throats stabbed open.” Alba peers up at me, mouth agape, then buries her nose in the book and describes the work of the wretched souls whose résumés include the words head skinner.

It's worth noting that Alba and I are not taking a break from picketing a Hormel plant, but sitting in the back of Sur La Table, the gourmet kitchenware store, near the Farmers Market in Los Angeles. We've just completed a private class in Mediterranean cooking, and those tender lamb kebabs dipped in pomegranate sauce sitting in our bellies are now conjuring visions of a woolly creature rolling around a pasture in a wheelchair. Even that cornmeal olive-oil cake with calvados-sautéed apples had milk, which, the Skinny Bitch authors remind us, contains traces of rocket fuel and udder pus. But Alba resides in a pragmatic world. When it came down to it, however cruel and toxic the meal, she did exactly what was expected with a writer and cooking teacher eyeballing her: She ate the goddamn food, and even managed to pronounce it “delicious.”

Alba has for some time been publicly chafing at her image as a staggeringly beautiful girl who lands atop any poll that measures men's arousal but has never attracted critical adulation for her acting. And the choked-down meal suggests what it might have felt like for her, a 12-year show business veteran, to stand on a stage last August next to pubescent High School Musical star Zac Efron and appear truly psyched to accept an unwieldy surfboard for being voted “Teen Choice Female Hottie of the Year.” A friend of mine related a story about watching Alba at ShoWest, the annual Las Vegas schmoozefest for movie theater owners, where she was promoting Fantastic Four. Alba, who posed for picture after picture with a long line of schlubby exhibitors, would beam as the flashbulb went off, and when the theater owner was lead away, her face would fall into a look of misery. As soon as the next guy was in place, she'd be ready with another electric smile.

“Jessica is very strategic in the way she approaches her career,” says John Stockwell, who directed her in 2005's Into the Blue. “She's not a bubbleheaded Maxim bikini babe. Look, she understands you have to do certain things to get to certain places, and when she's had enough of it, she'll use that position of being on those hot lists to get to a different level.”

So she didn't do all those self-deprecating bits as host of the 2006 MTV Movie Awards just for the fun of it? Nope. “I couldn't get seen for a comedy to save my life,” Alba says. She took the gig to show the industry that she could be funny. And largely because of that onstage goofing, Dane Cook, sitting in the audience, chose her to play his clumsy inamorata in last year's Good Luck Chuck, which, considering the critical excoriation the film received, might seem like a wash, or worse, for Alba—that is, until you consider the bigger picture. “I saw her interviewed and saw a silly freeness,” Mike Myers says. “Then when I saw the Good Luck Chuck trailers, that confirmed my initial thought that she'd be funny.” And now she is playing the owner of a cursed hockey team in Myers' big summer tent pole, The Love Guru, which Alba predicts will be a new Austin Powers-scale franchise.

The day before our cooking class, at lunch in Beverly Hills, Alba's eyes almost roll out of her head when the subject of the Teen Choice award comes up. Of meeting Efron, she says, “He looks like a child with a lot of makeup. I was like, 'My God, you're just a little kid.'” Alba, however, will be 27 in April, a milestone she seems to be approaching with all the enthusiasm of a cat being ushered through the gates of a water park. “I'm anticipating it,” she says lugubriously. “I'm feeling old, yes…27 was when Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, and Jim Morrison all died.” It doesn't take long to notice just how far Alba is from the seductress you would suspect her to be after sampling the Internet's vast collection of her cheesecake shots. (How much gravitas can any woman muster in a bikini?) Add to that all those profiles in men's magazines depicting her as an expert flirt about one glass of cabernet away from jumping the writers' bones.

Over lunch, the vibe she gives off is a lot more sober CEO than purring sex kitten. “I think there are ambitious girls who will do anything to be famous, and they think men in this business are used to women doing that,” Alba says. “Contrary to how people may feel, I've never used my sexuality. That's not part of it for me. When I'm in a meeting, I want to tell you why I'm an asset, how I'm a commodity, how I can put asses in the seats, not, 'There's a chance you're going to be able to fuck me.' That's never been my deal.” To illustrate, she mentions a conversation she had with Frank Miller, the graphic novelist and codirector of 2005's Sin City, in which she played the stripper Nancy Callahan, who, thanks to a firm no-nudity clause in Alba's contract, never doffs her studded leather bra. “It wasn't even something I was at all aware of before Frank pointed that out. He said, 'You never use your sexuality at all. You never even throw that card in the mix. You're the only actress I've ever met who doesn't do that.'”

But she certainly has a ready arsenal of sex appeal at her disposal, even if she chooses not to engage it. She's wearing a black slipdress on this 90-plus-degree October day, because, she says with characteristic bluntness, “It's hot as balls outside.” Photos can't begin to replicate what it's like to be in close proximity to her full upper lip, which got her teased as a kid but helped land her on the pages of Seventeen at age 12. To behold that lip's grandeur is to finally understand the ideal those aging actresses are pursuing when they collagen themselves to the point of resembling trout. Though she describes her body as “relatable” to regular women—comparing her own curves to those of Halle Berry, Beyoncé, and Jennifer Lopez—Alba is definitively slight; her lithe, twiggy arms and long, slender fingers making her more serpentine than bodacious.

Her body has served her perhaps too well. “Jessica will have to do something like what Charlize Theron did with Monster in order to get people to pay attention to what a good actor she is,” says Stockwell, who for Into the Blue shot Alba and costar Paul Walker in swimwear for three months. “Executives at MGM could barely focus on what was happening on the screen because they were so distracted by how good she looked in a bikini. I would literally get notes saying, 'Hey, why did you cut that one shot of Jessica swimming by?'” Walker seems to have been similarly taken when he told a reporter in 2006 that “I couldn't take my eyes off that ass. I'm sorry. She's beautiful,” and went on to describe Alba not as the consummate actress, but rather as “the kind of girl you want to have angry sex with for the rest of your life.” Nice.

(elle.com)

Das Video vom Shooting findet ihr im Video-Thread!

MfG

Maestro

Posted: 06.01.2008 11:44

heißer gehts nicht mehr love

Kabelhilfe Gender: Joined: 01 Jun 2007 Posts: 15

Beautiful

Posted: 06.01.2008 15:32

Well, thats hot biggrin

^^

Tontechniker Gender: Joined: 25 Jan 2005 Posts: 136

geniale Fotos - sie sieht unglaublich aus

Kameramann Gender: Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Posts: 338

Ich kann es mir nicht vorstellen, dass die Aussagen in diesem Text in dieser Form stimmen. Damit meine ich die Wortwahl, sowohl von Alba als auch von Walker. nein

Beleuchter Gender: Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Posts: 53

ALRO 11 wrote:

Ich kann es mir nicht vorstellen, dass die Aussagen in diesem Text in dieser Form stimmen. Damit meine ich die Wortwahl, sowohl von Alba als auch von Walker. nein

Die Quelle des Walker-Zitats ist ein Interview mit dem Complex Magazine. Im Zusammenhang wirkt es weniger krass. Complex scheint ein halbwegs reputierliches Printmedium zu sein, dem man nicht ohne Weiteres Erfindungen unterstellen möchte.

Posted: 07.01.2008 09:01

Scans CosmoGIRL Februar 2008

MfG

Maestro

Posted: 07.01.2008 11:16

Ich find sie mit dem Zopf sehr schön!

Posted: 07.01.2008 13:37

Ja - unglaublich süß...

Verblüffend wie wandelbar sie ist, obwohl sie ja eigendlich sehr markante Gesichtszüge hat. Wer sie mal als Model sehen will, sollte übrigens mal auf YouTube den Begriff ISA KNOX eingeben. Ist eine koreanische Kosmetik-Firma, für die sie mal ein Comercial gedreht hat - sehr nett...

Gruß
Tosh

Posted: 07.01.2008 13:52

Warum so umständlich Tosh? Ein Blick in den Video-Thread genügt.

MfG

Maestro

Posted: 07.01.2008 15:56

Hmm - ich sollte mir wirklich mal die Zeit nehmen und hier gründlich herumstöbern. lupe

Irgendwie scheint es mir, das ich danach keine anderen Quellen für News über Jess mehr brauche.
Danke für den Tipp - werde gleich mal meine anderen Quellen aus meinem Favoriten-Ordner löschen... wink

Danke sagt...
Tosh

P.S.: ...wenigstens die Suchfunktion habe ich schon gefunden und gründlich ausprobiert.

Posted: 07.01.2008 19:57

Sie sieht echt gut aus. Fast wie zu DA Zeiten. Also so jugendlich, meine ich. Als wäre sie in den letzten Jahren gar nicht gealtert.

Posted: 07.01.2008 21:42

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Jessica Alba Hits Out At Paparazzi

Jessica Alba has hit out at the paparazzi in a new magazine interview.

The Fantastic Four actress – who is well known for her dislike of being papped – says she is too ‘boring’ to warrant the attention.

After making an illegal right turn in her car and nearly being plowed into by a Mercedes, Jess reportedly told a journalist for Elle: "[The paparazzi are] Fuckers! They do this [follow] to me every day. And every day there's no story. I'm not doing drugs. I'm not running over people. I'm not going to clubs. I'm not dating anyone famous. I'm not doing anything interesting! I don't get it. I'm the most boring chick ever."

Jess also takes a pop at High School Musical star, Zac Efron, in the new issue of American Elle, calling the 20-year-old actor, “a child with a lot of makeup.”

Meow!

(entertainmentwise.com)

MfG

Maestro

Kameramann Gender: Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Posts: 338

Aber sie ist geil!!! biggrin

Da interessiert es einen Paparazzi nicht, was sie macht.

Posted: 08.01.2008 20:17

Maestro wrote:

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[...] I'm the most boring chick ever."[...]

nein!!! das ist sie nicht... aber trotzdem müssen sie ihr nich so auf die pelle rücken nein

Maestro wrote:

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[...]
Jess also takes a pop at High School Musical star, Zac Efron, in the new issue of American Elle, calling the 20-year-old actor, “a child with a lot of makeup.”[...]

damit hat sie ja mal sowas von den knackpunkt getroffen lach

Posted: 08.01.2008 20:27

Naja Langweilig finde ich nicht, sie ist einfach normal. mit der Zeit schwindet dann sicher auch das Interesse!

Posted: 08.01.2008 20:46

02.01.2008 - Jessica unterwegs in Beverly Hills

MfG

Maestro

Posted: 08.01.2008 21:02

is das ein overall???

Posted: 08.01.2008 21:03

Scheint so! Sieht aber besser aus als bei Hella von sinnen!

Posted: 09.01.2008 21:12

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“Angelina Jolie is insanely sexy”

Actress Jessica Alba says she can’t make out why she gets so much male attention when there are so many more beautiful Hollywood stars.

“Scarlett Johansson is insanely sexy, Jessica Biel is insanely sexy, Angelina Jolie is insanely sexy,” she enthuses. “So why me? It doesn’t even make sense.” The 26-year-old ‘Sin City’ actress also reveled she likes a woman with curves. “I prefer some ass,” she tells Britain’s OK! magazine. “I think women that have a body, that are feminine, with a little shake – that’s what a woman is about.”

Jessica - who’s pregnant with fiancé Cash Warren’s baby – insists she’s not bothered about competing to look good. “In Beverly Hills there’s like a whole race of women that look exactly the same,” she says. “The cheeks, the lips, the tits, the ass everything. “They’re scary. They’re so skinny. I’m not a make-up and hair kind of girl. I don’t really have a brush.”

Jessica met Cash, 28, while making Fantastic Four in 2004.

(showbizspy.com)

MfG

Maestro

Posted: 09.01.2008 22:46

Ich muss ja sagen: Jess ich glaube wir finden dich so sexy, weil du eben nicht so auf Schminke und all das abgehst, das macht dich natürlich sexy.

Posted: 10.01.2008 00:58

Richtig, sie sieht auch ohne Make-Up klasse aus. smile

Posted: 10.01.2008 09:41

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Jessica Alba: “I’m ready to be a mum”

Sex symbol Jessica Alba has spoken out about her pregnancy, insisting: “I’m ready to be a mum.”

Alba stunned fans when she announced she was pregnant at 26, coming just after numerous rumors of problems in her relationship with boyfriend Cash Warren. But the Fantastic Four beauty insisted that she is happier than ever. “I’m madly in love,” she says of Warren. “I come from a huge family and I’m the oldest of 15 cousins, so I’ve known I’ve wanted kids. “I’m ready to be a mum, and it’s a really happy time for us and our families.”

The pregnancy will delay her career and being a mum could change her public profile as a single sex symbol. But Alba insists a good business brain is behind her success - not her sex appeal. “I think there are ambitious girls who will do anything to be famous,” she says. “Contrary to how people may feel, I’ve never used my sexuality. That’s not part of it for me. When I’m in a meeting, I want to tell you why I’m an asset, how I’m a commodity, how I can put asses in the seats, not, ‘There’s a chance you’re going to be able to f**k me’.

“That’s never been my deal.”

Under the headline ‘Don’t Mess With Jess’, the star made numerous attacks on her co-stars and fellow actors. Of meeting ‘High School Musical’ hunk Zac Efron, Alba says: “He looks like a child with a lot of makeup on. I was like, ‘My God, you’re just a little kid’.” She also dismissed a journalists claims that Eva Mendes was worthy of consideration as a Hollywood leading lady, with Jessica saying the only dark skinned leading ladies out there are “Jennifer Lopez, Halle Berry, me”. “Mendes,” she said. “But is Mendes greenlighting movies?”

She is most dismissive of Into The Blue co-star Paul Walker. “Paul was the lead, Paul helped develop it. You wouldn’t believe how much that kid got paid! And I don’t think he did one ounce of publicity,” she complained. She thought their film together was “dumbed down for no reason” - but that still fairs better than her recent comedy Good Luck Chuck. “It’s porn!” she complained. “It wasn’t supposed to be like that. There were all these actresses who got conned into being completely naked. Every day when I was done I ran away. As long as they didn’t disrespect me, I couldn’t give a rat’s butt.”

Even her family does not escape criticism.

When I go to Mexico, I want to go to see the pyramids, to earn about the history. “My parents want to go to Senor Frogs every day.” One person who it is not so surprising she attacks is Michael Weatherly, her former fiancé. He was my first love,” she admits. “The way I grew up was tat you marry the first person you have sex with. That’s the way everyone in my family is.” But it wasn’t to be - and it put her off dating celebrities. “F***in’ actors, man,” she says. “No more actors. I like to work with them, but I don’t need to be in a relationship with one.”

Alba laughed off reports that she is ashamed of being Latina. “Of course I’m proud f my heritage!” she insisted. “That’s all I know! I only know a Mexican-American upbringing.” But she admitted that her ethnicity has made it hard finding the right roles. “Nobody really knows what to do with me,” she said. “I’m half Latin, but I grew up in the States, and I cant get roles playing a Latina because I don’t speak Spanish. And I don’t want to be the best friend, or the promiscuous girl, or the maid, because those stereotypes still exist with Latin roles.”

“I want to be a leading lady.”

She dismissed other Latin stars who complain that their heritage stops them reaching their goals. “I thought that because I have brown skin shouldn’t make any difference,” she said. “Why should only Aryan-looking girls be that girl? Really, I say, your skin colour has hindered you that much?” In an interview where she dismissed many others, she also seemed to dismiss one other celebrity - herself. Alba insisted she could not understand why people are so interested in her life. “I’m not doing anything interesting,” she insisted. “I don’t get it.”

“I’m the most boring chick ever.”

(showbizspy.com)

Und Jessica scheint gerade in San Francisco zu sein:

Jessica Alba, Cash Warren (with whom she's having a baby) and Warriors
star Baron Davis had dinner at Mamacita (an appropriate venue) on Sunday.
She didn't have anything to drink. Next day, Alba and Warren were seen in
the lobby of the W Hotel. (sfgate.com)

MfG

Maestro

Kabelhilfe Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 22

hmm sehr unsympathisch in dem interview finde ich..sie sollte mal aufpassen das sie nicht zu abgehoben rüber kommt.. btw, sind sie und mendes nicht freunde??