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Posted: 31.01.2008 11:49

30.01.2008 - Jessica Alba am Los Angeles Airport

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She's not blind to her looks
But versatility, not beauty, is Jessica Alba's aim.

THIS spring, Jessica Alba will give birth to her first child with fiancé and movie producer Cash Warren. But on a recent evening, the 26-year-old star was anticipating another due date: the release of "The Eye," a remake of the Pang brothers' 2002 Hong Kong thriller. Alba stars in the film as a blind musician who, after receiving a dead woman's eyes in a double corneal transplant, is haunted by hellish visions.

"I want people to talk to the screen and be like, 'It's behind you!' 'Get out of there!' " says Alba, giggling gleefully. "I think that's fun."

Alba is actually a bit of a closet horror fan. As a kid, she used to hide behind her parents' couch to sneak peeks of scary movies such as "Hellraiser" and "Friday the 13th," as well as Hitchcock classics. And she once took a date to see "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" to ensure maximum cuddle time. "When you're just starting to get used to the opposite sex, it's a great icebreaker," she says, her voice cracking ever so slightly.

While she still likes getting her thrills and chills, "The Eye" appealed to Alba because "it has some humanity to it," she says. "Nobody's getting mutilated." She also saw it as a chance to challenge herself and, in the process, perhaps even change the way audiences see blind people. "I wanted her to get her disability when she got her sight," the star says of her character, a concert violinist. "It's kind of a reverse of how everyone feels about this handicap."

As a character study, "The Eye" marks a bit of a departure for Alba, who is perhaps better known for her bikini-perfect body than for her acting chops, despite being serious about her craft.

On this January evening, the mommy-to-be was in full nesting mode in her L.A. home, awaiting the arrival of her friend and stunt double from "Fantastic Four" for some girly bonding time ("I might do nails") before heading to the Sundance Film Festival to support "Made in America," a new documentary from Stacy Peralta about gang violence that Warren co-produced.

Alba is more than comfortable with a peripatetic lifestyle. Her father served in the Air Force, and she moved around a great deal as a child, spending time in California, Mississippi and Texas. Growing up, she and her older brother, Joshua, enjoyed all the staples of a Mexican American household -- though the actress is also of Danish and French ancestry. She remembers dinners of carne asada, rice and beans, and tripe soup, as well as "tortillas with every single meal -- even spaghetti."

By high school, Alba had embarked on an acting career, filming the TV series "Flipper" in Australia and being privately tutored on the set. Later, when she returned to Southern California to continue acting on TV shows, including "Chicago Hope," she found herself searching for a real sense of identity. "It was a weird time," recalls the actress. "I wanted to figure out my purpose in life."

Performing helped give her that sense of direction. After taking an acting class with William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman at New York's Atlantic Theater Company, Alba got her first big break, starring as a genetically enhanced action hero on the television series "Dark Angel," created by "Titanic" director James Cameron. Since then, she has played a host of "hottie" roles, including a sexy scuba diver in "Into the Blue" and a sweet-natured stripper in Robert Rodriguez's "Sin City," a movie that required the star to do her homework.

Among the tips Alba picked up while shadowing strippers for "Sin City": To deal with anxiety, down a shot and stare at one spot on the wall. At the time, the experience was quite a reality check for the sheltered actress, who had been anticipating a little more glitz and a little less grit.

"You know, you saw Demi Moore in 'Striptease' and you're like, 'Oh, my God, it's the most glamorous thing ever!' " Alba says. "And it's not. . . . So, I watched Beyoncé videos and channeled her."

"The Eye" offered the actress a very different kind of challenge. Alba's preparation for the role began a few years ago when she started eschewing lunch breaks for violin lessons in her trailer on the set of "Fantastic Four" and later "Good Luck Chuck." ("My costars would hear the violin and they'd go, 'Rrrehh, rrrehh.' You know, it sounds really bad," she says, laughing.)

She also worked with a blind consultant and attended a blind orientation center. There, she began learning how to read and write basic Braille and walk with a cane while wearing sleep shades. "When you get over the shock of not being able to see, you definitely get more attuned to the rest of your senses," the star says of the experience. "I became more sensitive."

As for why she doesn't take on more Latina roles, Alba says she wants to wait for the right one. But her cultural identity is still very important to her. "When I look in the mirror, I see someone who's definitely not white. I don't have thin lips. I have dark brown eyes. Even though I have light skin, when I'm in the sun I don't burn," Alba says, with a sly laugh. "Yeah, I have flavor."

Nor does Alba feel the need to defend her decision to conceive a child out of wedlock. "I'm a grown 26-year-old person, I'm a good person, I give a lot of myself to people who I love, and to people who I don't even know," she says. "I try to be as good of an example as I can. But I can't succumb to anyone having any sort of weird judgments about me because I'm not married."

Certainly, her impending motherhood will help Alba develop an entirely new skill set in her personal life, but professionally she's continuing to expand her horizons. Next up she's set to appear opposite Mike Myers in "The Love Guru," but beyond that, she's looking for roles that will demonstrate her versatility. Most of all, Alba, who admires Charlize Theron's Oscar-winning transformation in "Monster," wants to be seen as a multifaceted actress who can take on any role.

"I'm not really attached to my appearance," she confesses. "I know I can get dressed up and look like something. But what's more of a challenge is someone allowing you to play that role and letting you go there -- having a director and writers believe in you. To do something where I got to just concentrate on the performance and discover, that's the ultimate, as far as I'm concerned."

(latimes.com)

"When I play, my dogs run away from me - they try and cover their ears. I'm like, 'I'm sorry!'" JESSICA ALBA admits learning the violin for her role in remake THE EYE was torture on her pets. (contactmusic.com)

"My number one is probably JOHNNY DEPP. GEORGE CLOONEY has that old-school feel and I like ERIC BANA. To me, it is so much more about the whole package." FANTASTIC FOUR star JESSICA ALBA names her favourite leading men. (contactmusic.com)

*kaffeetrinker*

MfG

Maestro

Posted: 01.02.2008 00:29

Bei der Wahl zur Most Desirable Woman of 2008 belegte Jessica Alba den 5. Platz!

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Jessica Alba takes the TMi quiz

Q: What's the last thing you bought online?

A: I haven't bought anything online. Maybe music, I guess, on iTunes.

Q: Which film are you more interested in, Iron Man with Robert Downey Jr. or Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull?

A: That's tough. I love Robert Downey Jr. and Terrence Howard. So I'm excited about Iron Man, but I'm obsessed with Indiana Jones.

Q: What did you think about being listed 81st in Golf Digest's ranking of Top 100 Hollywood golfers?

A: Oh, wow.

Q: Did you know that?

A: No, I had no idea. Wow, look at that. That's hilarious.

Q: What did you think about being named FHM magazine's sexiest woman in the world?

A: Very flattering. Umm. That's all.

Q: How's the best way to handle men when they are acting like pigs?

A: Ignore them.

Q: Of the characters you've played, which did you think had the best name?

A: Sue Storm was pretty good.

Q: When is the last time you made chicken enchiladas?

A: About two weeks ago.

Q: Academy Awards best-picture prediction?

A: I think it may be between There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men.

Q: Grammy song-of-the-year prediction?

A: I don't even know. Umbrella was pretty fun.

Q: Golden State Warriors or San Antonio Spurs?

A: Warriors.

Q: Would you rather go skin diving or motorcycle riding?

A: Motorcycles.

Q: What do you collect?

A: Ummm. I don't really collect anything. Purses?

Q: Have you ever owned a hamster?

A: No. I don't like rodents.

Q: What magazine is at your bedside?

A: Good magazine. I like that magazine.

Q: Would you more likely take child-rearing advice from Mike Myers or Eva Longoria?

A: Definitely Eva.

(chron.com)

Movie beauty JESSICA ALBA once took a date to watch horror movie THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE - so she could cuddle up to him in fear. Alba stars in new horror remake The Eye and believes watching a scary film in the cinema is the best way to get intimate with a new love. The 26-year-old, who is pregnant with her fiance Cash Warren's baby, says, "When you're just starting to get used to the opposite sex, it's a great icebreaker." (contactmusic.com)

MfG

Maestro

Posted: 01.02.2008 01:43

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"No One Gives Cameron Diaz a Hard Time for Not Speaking Spanish"

Jessica Alba is finally hitting back at critics who question her identity. In an exclusive interview with Latina, the star of the new horror film The Eye dishes about the harsh double standard facing Latina actresses in Hollywood and how it's affected her differently from her peers.

"No one gives Cameron Diaz a hard time for not speaking Spanish," says Alba. "Her dad's Cuban, and I was telling her I feel so bad because everyone is so nasty to me for not speaking Spanish. She's like, 'I don't speak Spanish! I barely speak English!'," says the pregnant star with a laugh.

Although Alba's father is a second-generation Mexican-American, the actress has admitted that she was never taught to speak Spanish as a child, and Diaz isn't the only Latina who shares her struggle in learning the language. Shortly after she was denied a role in director Spike Lee's 25th Hour, Alba had a revealing conversation with that movie's star, Rosario Dawson. "[Lee] said, 'We're going to hire a Latin girl who can speak Spanish,' and then he hired Rosario. What's so funny is that I've worked with Rosario and she's like, I don't speak Spanish.' I was like, 'You don't?' And she was like, 'No!'"

Alba has faced increasing scrutiny over her latinidad, most notably since 2007, when a series of controversial quotes surfaced in which the actress seemed to question her roots. Reacting to those statements, Cuban-American celebrity blogger Perez Hilton has notoriously referred to her as "Jessica 'Don't Call Me Latina' Alba."

When asked whether the seeming hypocrisy in the industry bothers her, Alba is to the point. "You know, certain people they want to pick on, and certain people they don't."

(latina.com)

MfG

Maestro

Posted: 01.02.2008 18:47

Screencaps - The Tyra Banks Show (01. Februar 2008)

MfG

Maestro

Posted: 03.02.2008 15:00

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Just the Facts on Jessica Alba

FACT ONE: Jessica Learned From the Very Best
Jessica Alba took her first acting class at the age of twelve, and within a year she had her first movie role in Camp Nowhere. After graduating from high school at 16, she studied acting at the Atlantic Theater Company under the Oscar-nominated husband-and-wife team of William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman.

FACT TWO: She's Willing to Lend a Hand (or Shoe)
Jessica is currently appearing in a new advertising campaign for the Good Cents Initiative to raise money to provides AIDS medication for children in Africa and India. She also supports Soles4Souls, a relief organization that has collected over two million pairs of shoes for disaster victims across the globe.

FACT THREE: Change Is Coming for Jess and Cash
In December Jessica officially announced that she is expecting her first child with fiancé Cash Warren in the late spring/early summer. They met on the set of Fantastic Four, where he was working as the director's assistant. She told OK Magazine that pregnancy has made her more relaxed, but, "I wake up to hiccups every single morning. Never had hiccups before."

FACT FOUR: She's Bringing the "Love" to the NHL
Next up for Jessica is The Love Guru, written by and starring Mike Myers. She plays the owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team who seeks the help of Pitka, a spiritual self-help guide, to mend the marriage of her star player and his wife. It also stars Ben Kingsley, Meagan Good and Justin Timberlake.

FACT FIVE: All Those in Favor Say "Eye"
Following in the footsteps of Naomi Watts and Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jessica plays the lead in a remake of a successful Asian horror movie. She took six months of violin lessons for the role of a blind musician who gains supernatural visions after a corneal transplant. Scroll down to check out the theatrical trailer.

(movies.yahoo.com)

MfG

Maestro

Posted: 04.02.2008 11:31

02.02.2008 - Jessica & Cash unterwegs in Beverly Hills

Die beiden wollten eigentlich shoppen, doch dann sollen sie sich gestritten haben und Jessica soll sogar geweint haben (letztes Bild). sad

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EMOTIONAL ALBA KICKS WARREN OUT

Impending motherhood is proving to be a big threat for pregnant JESSICA ALBA's romance with fiance CASH WARREN - she keeps throwing him out of their new home. The sexy star admits her emotions are "all over the place" and the slightest thing can turn her into a sobbing, screaming mess. Unfortunately for Warren, a producer and Internet entrepreneur, he's the target of the actress' rants. She explains, "I think I threw him out of the house twice already since I've been pregnant, and he's like, 'Are you just pregnant? I hope you're just pregnant and acting crazy,' and I'm like, 'It has nothing to do with that.' "And then we cry and we hug and he's like, 'You're preggers, what do you want?' "Little things get me so mad... He calls five minutes later than he said he was going to. You get so emotional when you're pregnant, and so irrational. It's totally dumb."

(contactmusic.com)

Vielleicht lag es ja nur daran. rolleyes

MfG

Maestro

Posted: 04.02.2008 12:17

Was für ein Arsch. rolleyes

Posted: 04.02.2008 13:56

i-wie macht sie das noch viel viel süßer

Posted: 04.02.2008 13:59

Byakuya wrote:

Was für ein Arsch. rolleyes

Wo doch jeder weiß, dass man einer Schwangeren nichts abschlägt und sich auch nicht mit ihnen streitet. Meine Theorie über ihn bestätigt sich von Tag zu Tag mehr. rolleyes

Kameramann Gender: Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Posts: 338

Byakuya wrote:

Was für ein Arsch. rolleyes

Wieso ist er sofort ein Arsch? Ihr wisst doch überhaupt nicht, was passiert ist. Außerdem hat sie selber gesagt, dass sie sehr schwierig ist. juggle

Posted: 04.02.2008 15:29

Maestro wrote:

.... She told OK Magazine that pregnancy has made her more relaxed , but, "I wake up to hiccups every single morning. Never had hiccups before."....

Maestro wrote:

...The sexy star admits her emotions are "all over the place" and the slightest thing can turn her into a sobbing, screaming mess.

mhm passt nicht oder? erst so dann so ? tongue

Posted: 04.02.2008 17:56

mhm, kann das letzte bild nicht öffnen sad

Edit by Maestro:
Es ging zwar bei mir, aber ich hab's nochmal hochgeladen!

Edit by TiMoMaNN:
Jop geht THX

Posted: 04.02.2008 19:33

Schwangere haben sowieso Gemütsschwankungen. Damit muss er sich abfinden. Die beiden werdens schon packen. Denke mal nicht dass Jess einfach schluss macht nur weil sie einen Streit haben. OK weiß ja gar nicht um was es ging.

Posted: 04.02.2008 19:55

Sie meinte ja auch sie heult jetzt viel schneller als vorher!

Posted: 04.02.2008 20:21

Das sind die Hormone. Das wird sich nach der Schwangerschaft wieder einränken. Ihre Figur sieht aber echt gut aus. Mal sehen wie sie sich in den letzten Monaten verändert. wink

Posted: 04.02.2008 20:38

Crna Gora wrote:

Byakuya wrote:

Was für ein Arsch. rolleyes

Wo doch jeder weiß, dass man einer Schwangeren nichts abschlägt und sich auch nicht mit ihnen streitet. Meine Theorie über ihn bestätigt sich von Tag zu Tag mehr. rolleyes

... mein brunder... rolleyes

Posted: 04.02.2008 22:54

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Jessica Alba 'attacked by ghost'

Jessica Alba has claimed that she was attacked in bed by a ghost when she was a teenager.

The actress said her parents were forced to call in expert help after a "presence" ripped the covers off her bed and lay on top of her. She revealed that the incident has given her nightmares ever since, saying: "I had no idea what it was. I felt this pressure and I couldn't get up, I couldn't scream, I couldn't talk, I couldn't do anything. Something definitely took the covers off me and I definitely couldn't get off the bed, and then, once I did, I screamed, ran to my parents' room and I don't think I spent many nights in that house ever again."

The 26-year-old added: "There's something in my parents' old house, I don't know what it was. I can't really explain it... They got it blessed and they burned sage and stuff since then." Alba, who is expecting a baby with fiancé Cash Warren, recently admitted that she hopes her child grows up to be a "nerd".

(digitalspy.co.uk)

MfG

Maestro

Posted: 04.02.2008 22:57

Was bedeutet nerd?

Posted: 04.02.2008 23:03

Guck mal hier
einfach in nen' paar sekunden hefunden wink

Posted: 04.02.2008 23:07

Dazu muss man aber wissen das sie das als Witz gemeint hatte:

I want my kid to be a nerd. I want him to be really, really smart and want him to be in the band or orchestra or something. No, it's just a joke I have with my fiancé. He can't be cool. Our kid has to be a nerd. If your child wants to be [something], you want to support him and whatever they want to do, but [becoming an actor is] not something that I'd be pushing my kid to do at all. I think it's important for your kid to find their own way.

MfG

Maestro

Posted: 04.02.2008 23:15

Aha,ich habe halt beim Uebersetzter von Google schnell nachgesehen und da bekam ich zur Antwort auch wieder nerd

Posted: 06.02.2008 01:53

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Jessica Alba Likes Obama

Jessica Alba is a young woman whose power extends far beyond the Hollywood Hills. In fact, it goes all the way to Capitol Hill as she joins a slew of stars supporting presidential candidates.

"I am leaning toward Obama," Alba told Pop Tarts at the premiere of her new thriller, "The Eye," on Thursday night. "He is pretty incredible!" But even though Alba is earning big bucks as one of the most in-demand dames in Tinseltown, it turns out she is troubled by the value of her bountiful bank balance. "The economy is huge — the fact that our dollar is so low is unbelievable," Alba said. "Health care is another big one and, obviously, the war in Iraq."

Later, Pop Tarts spotted a somewhat sick-with-the-flu Jess hightailing it from the theater just moments after the movie began, and the pre-yummy mommy didn't return for the after-party, either. According to an insider, the thrill and intensity of the new flick not only caused Alba to suffer nightmares during filming, it also causes "trigger kicking" from her bouncy little bun in the oven when she watches it.

(foxnews.com)

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MfG

Maestro

Posted: 06.02.2008 17:12

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No Plastic Surgery For Jessica Alba

Jessica Alba has ruled out ever having plastic surgery.

The 26-year-old beauty - who is pregnant with fiancé Cash Warren's baby - is perfectly happy with her appearance and can't understand why people go under the knife to copy her look. She told Latina magazine: "I like that I look different. I like having flavour. I think it's funny that women get their lips injected and get butt implants. Everyone wants to look like us now."

The 'Sin City' star recently revealed she finds women who rely on plastic surgery "scary". She explained: "In Beverly Hills there's a whole race of women that look exactly the same. The cheeks, the lips, the t**s, the a** 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 also admitted she finds male attention hard to accept because there are so many "insanely sexy" women in Hollywood. She said: "Scarlett Johansson is insanely sexy, Jessica Biel is insanely sexy, Angelina Jolie is insanely sexy. So why me? It doesn't even make sense."

(ecanadanow.com)

MfG

Maestro

Posted: 06.02.2008 18:12

Hoffentlich bleibt sie sich dabei auch treu! Das einzige was gegen das altern hilft, ist es in Würde zu tun sag ich dazu immer!

Posted: 06.02.2008 21:48

MfG

Maestro