Leaping across the city skyline, Benjamin Millepied‘s first ad for YSL men’s fragrance L’Homme Libre drops online.

The professional ballet dancer and fiancé to Natalie Portman was chosen to represent the bergamot, leather, patchouli and pink pepper based scent and the ads were shot by photographer Patrick Demarchlier.

Millepied, 34, with piercing blue eyes matching the sky, appears to be mid pirouette on a rooftop.

‘I’m happy and proud to have been chosen by Yves Saint Laurent, one of the world’s most prestigious brands,” the French-born dancer said.

“I admire the world of this House, its elegance and modernity. Monsieur Saint Laurent was a fashion genius, a lover of the Arts, he also knew how to use his talent to serve the art of dancing.”

Millepied has modeled for Club Monaco and the Gap before. With his current ad, he joins his fiancée, Portman, who models for Miss Dior Cherie, in the world of high profile ads for couture fashion houses.

The couple just welcomed their first child into the world last month. Aleph Portman-Millepied, born June 14th.

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Blu-ray is the new standard, DVD is on its way out and every week they are releasing many films on the relatively new format. Here’s the full list of Blu-ray movies out this week on July 19th, 2011.

Amélie
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Belly of the Beast
Best of Travel: South Africa
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Boyz n the Hood
Bridget Jones’s Diary
Chocolat
Desert Flower
Doctor Who: Series Six, Part 1
House of the Rising Sun
Limitless
The Music Room
NHL Stanley Cup Champions 2011: Boston Bruins
Nowhere to Run
Peep World
Potiche
The Reef (2010)
Shark Week: Restless Fury
Sweeney Todd / Sleepy Hollow
Take Me Home Tonight
Tekken
Torchwood: The Complete Original UK Series
WWE: Fatal Four Way 2011

This week’s highlight is Limitless starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro. It’s a very entertaining movie that proves that Cooper is capable of much more than just goofy comedy. Other great movies out this week are Chocolat and Amélie, if you missed either of them they are both must-see films.

Source: High-Def Digest

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Here’s the brand new teaser trailer for next summer’s mega-sequel The Dark Knight Rises.

Not a lot is shown in this teaser other than a quick glimpse at Bane and his massive stature. The teaser definitely gives the impression that Batman may die in the end, something that will be debated for the next twelve months leading up to it’s release on July 20th, 2012.

Source: Trailer Addict

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Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner are proud parents to a newborn baby girl and have decided to name her Arabella Rose.

Ivanka’s father, 65 year-old business tycoon Donald Trump, stopped by Fox & Friends this morning for a chat and told the hosts he didn’t know her name either until shortly before he came on the show.

“I just left the hospital and the baby is beautiful,” Trump said. “Arabella Rose is the baby’s name. I just found that out by the way.”

This is the first child for Ivanka and Jared and she tweeted her family’s joy.

“Jared and I are having so much fun playing with our daughter! Arabella Rose is beyond adorable. She’s truly a blessing.”

Ivanka has modeled in the past and appears with her father on Celebrity Apprentice. Kushner is the owner of the New York Observer newspaper.

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It’s not a Hollywood premiere, but you might not be able to tell after all the celebrity invites.

First Mila Kunis got (and accepted) her viral video invitation to the Marine Corps Ball then her Friends With Benefits costar Justin Timberlake was asked (and he too said yes) to the fancy military event.

Now the ball is in Betty White‘s court as she gets a video from a Marine hoping to squire the 89 year-old comedienne.

Sgt. Ray Lewis is the latest military man to put up a YouTube vid with an invitation to the dance and he says she would be perfect to accompany him.

“She’s funny, she’s sweet, she’s mature. She’s the all-around perfect woman,” he says. “I really think we’d have a good time. I’m fun, you know. … I think I can make her laugh. I think she can make me laugh. I think we can laugh together. … So, call me!”

Both Kunis and Timberlake appeared on the Today Show and confirmed they are going.

“Marines have a lot of balls,” Kunis said.

“We want to pay honor to our country and embrace their balls,” JT quipped.

White has not responded to Lewis yet but one can only hope!

Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake and Betty White together – that’s a magic trio even Hollywood can’t top.

Betty’s invite from Sgt. Lewis is below. (Read the article)

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Tiger Woods’ former mistress, Rachel Uchitel has given the golf pro back a good chunk of the money he paid her to keep quiet about the details of their affair.

Uchitel, 36, is handing the cash back because of her appearance on the VH1 TV show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.

Although she never mentioned Woods’ name in the show, A report from TMZ says Uchitel’s lawyer, Gloria Allred advised her that she would lose if Woods decided to sue her for breaking the confidentiality clause of the contract.

While Rachel had to return her portion of the hush money, Allred allegedly worked out a deal with Woods’ lawyer, Jay Lavely, allowing the legal eagle to keep her fees if Uchitel returned her portion of the dough.

Uchitel is unhappy with the advice she received from Allred and has hired a malpractice attorney to recoup her losses.

Uchitel did not comment on the story but Allred, who no longer represents Rachel, said she always did the right thing by her and isn’t going down without a fight.

“I was not involved in any way in the allegations set forth in the TMZ story which appears today and which references me.  I have not had a conversation with or communicated with Jay Lavely about any client in more than a year.  I am reserving all of my legal rights and remedies against anyone who defames me.”

In other Uchitel news, Tiger’s ex-wife Elin Nordegren‘s new beau Jamie Dingman, has also dated Rachel. It is rumored that Rachel was living in his Miami apartment when news broke of the Woods/Uchitel mistress scandal.

Can someone link them to Kevin Bacon for a round of six degrees of infamy?

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Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating today, July 18th, including:

1918 – Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa
1921 – John Glenn, astronaut
1938 – Paul Verhoeven, filmmaker
1940 – James Brolin, actor
1940 – Joe Torre, baseball manager
1941 – Martha Reeves, singer
1954 – Ricky Scaggs, country musician
1960 – Anne-Marie Johnson, actress
1961 – Elizabeth McGovern, actress
1964 – Wendy Williams, radio host
1967 – Vin Diesel, actor
1976 – Elsa Pataky, actress
1980 – Kristen Bell, actress
1982 – Ryan Cabrera, musician
1985 – Chace Crawford, actor

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Jane Fonda is angry and she wants everyone to know it!   She was scheduled to promote her new book, Prime Time, on QVC yesterday, but the shopping channel canceled her appearance.  What happened?  Jane tells her side on her blog – and does not mince words.

I was to have been on QVC today to introduce my book, “Prime Time,” about aging and the life cycle. The network said they got a lot of calls yesterday criticizing me for my opposition to the Vietnam War and threatening to boycott the show if I was allowed to appear. I am, to say the least, deeply disappointed that QVC caved to this kind of insane pressure by some well funded and organized political extremist groups. And that they did it without talking to me first. I have never shied away from talking about this as I have nothing to hide. I could have pointed out that threats of boycotts are nothing new for me and have never prevented me from having best selling books and exercise DVDs, films, and a Broadway play. Most people don’t buy into the far right lies. Many people have reached out to express how excited they were about my going onto QVC and hearing about my book.

Bottom line, this has gone on far too long, this spreading of lies about me! None of it is true. NONE OF IT! I love my country. I have never done anything to hurt my country or the men and women who have fought and continue to fight for us. I do not understand what the far right stands to gain by continuing with these myths. In this case, they denied a lot of people the chance to hear about a book that can help make life better, easier and more fulfilling. I am deeply grateful for all of the support I have been getting since this happened, including from my Vietnam Veterans friends.

It’s not hard to imagine that some people are still angry at  Jane for her Vietnam War protest activism.  Emotions were so high at the time, with the U.S. was divided on the issue of the war.  At the same time, I can’t imagine that folks would still be SO angry that they would raise a protest against her appearing on a home shopping show.   Now if she were running for political office, I could understand that pointing out her past views would be relevant.  But she’s hocking a book.  On a home shopping network.  It just doesn’t seem worth it to me.

For their part, QVC was quite matter of fact about the cancellation.  They issued the following statement:

“Jane Fonda was scheduled to appear on QVC today, Sat. July 16. Due to a programming change, she did not appear in the 10 a.m. show as scheduled. QVC is live 24 hours a day and welcomes more than 22,000 guests a year. It’s not unusual to have a schedule change with our shows and guests with little or no notice.”

Prime Time is published by Random House and will be in bookstores on August 9th.

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After confessing that she was “trying not to think” about labor and delivery because she was “terrified,” it appears Ivanka Trump came through it all right.  She gave birth to a baby girl on Sunday in New York City.

She announced the happy news on Twitter:

This morning @jaredkushner and I welcomed a beautiful and healthy little baby girl into the world. We feel incredibly grateful & blessed. Thank you all for your support and well wishes!

This is the first child for Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner.    Their daughter joins a recent Hollywood baby boom that includes Harper Seven Beckham, Aleph Portman-Millepied, and Bingham Hawn Bellamy.

Congratulations Jared and Ivanka, and welcome Baby Kuchner!

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Can’t stop obsessing about the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?  Now you can take your unhealthy interest in everything Kate Middleton to an even higher level.   A 2001 VW Golf previously owned by the Duchess is up for auction on eBay.

The blue hatchback was first registered to Kate in November 2001.  She passed it down to her brother James Middleton, who then sold it to a neighbor for $2,300.

That guy, Sonny Brazil, has decided he is going to make bank off this humble vehicle.  He’s offering his car to “pre-approved buyers only” for the not-so-humble starting price of  £20,000.   That’s about $33,000 in US dollars.    Which is a bargain, really, when you consider that the car has been valued at about $48,000 by an auction house in the UK.

Sonny says that he believes that this car “will be the best piece of Royal History anyone could have.”   I don’t know if I’d go that far with it, but it would certainly be fun to give it a spin, just to say you did.

Would you bid on Kate’s car?  Drop a comment and tell us!

[ Images by WENN.com ] / Photo Source:  eBay

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