PAULA NEAL MOONEY

by Paula Neal Mooney Back during one "winter of my discontent," I went thru an old movie-watching phase. With the sliding glass door of our Richton Park, Illinois, apartment taped closed to alleviate heat-leakage, I alleviated my cabin fever with movies like Butterfield 8 and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , starring the exquisite and violet-eyed Elizabeth Taylor. Perhaps that was when I fell in love with my absolute favorite old movie of all time, Sunset Boulevard , starring the delectable and dodgy and beautiful William Holden. These thoughts came to mind when I caught The Saturday Early Show's segment yesterday called Movies to Hit the Love Spot . On it they featured a movie called Brief Encounter , which, though I've get to view it, harkened back to those cozy pre-kid days of just me falling in love with slightly sepia images and slowly unfurling storylines. Described as a movie wherein a housewife and married man fall in love but never have a physical affair, Brief Encoun...

It's sad to blog this news: Chris Rock , the beloved, scruffy and skinny comedian who voices the absolutely hilarious Everybody Hates Chris sitcom has filed for divorce from his wife of 10 years, Malaak Compton-Rock . (I always loved the way that her first name rhymed with Rock. It seemed kismet...sigh...) Ironically, Chris Rock's new movie, which is set to be released in March, is called I Think I Love My Wife . TMZ.com reports that Rock has retained a "a high-powered divorce attorney to represent him." Uh oh. I hope this doesn't get ugly. But then again, Chris' comedy routines about marriage always were pretty bitter, heh? Plus, Chris and Malaak did separate once before, didn't they? I also remember when Oprah asked Chris what the most romantic gesture he ever made toward his wife was he answered: "I cleared her credit." Ouch. Okay, painful, but I guess true and very unromantic. That's the show that featured Malaak in her role as Founder...

I think I've seen her before. Abbie Cornish is one of those actresses that you know you know somehow, but just don't know how you know her...you know? So Abbie's people claim that she's not the reason behind the Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillipe split. Of course they do. Who would want to be as vilified as violet-eyed, black- haired sex kitten Liz Taylor was when she "came between" America's sweetheart Debbie Fisher and hapless, helpless, black-haired Eddie? And today the world is searching for info about Abbie Cornish . They want to know... Who is Abbie Cornish? Aussie actress How old is Abbie Cornish? 24 years young...yup, hun uhn Abbie Cornish pics? Yeah, I found a few nude ones, but you won't see them here I just feel so sad for Reese and the kiddies. It seems like she's done so much to try and hold the marriage together. I have a friend (seriously...she is a friend...I'm not talking about me here...I hope...) who is going thru this...