James Franco is a versatile artist and seriously hot so who better to have to promote a custom-tailored clothing line!

Photographer Nathaniel Goldberg took advantage of the actor’s sexiness and put it to good use in their new ad campaign for Gucci Made To Measure with this “All The World’s A Stage” set of photos.

“James has an innate ability to fuse classic elegance with contemporary style and interpret formalwear in an individual way, true to the spirit of our Made to Measure service,” the label’s creative director, Frida Giannini said. “With Gucci’s Made in Italy tradition and sartorial expertise, personalized formalwear is the ultimate way for a man to express his own style.”

Franco,33, was snapped in Rome at the film studio Cinecittà for the shots which feature him decked out in the luxury goods brand superior suits looking suitably (ha!) sexy.

The service is set to be available in 11 stores by the end of the year with prices starting at around $3000. Customers will be able to choose from a wide variety of fabrics, colors and added details including diamante embroidery and the designs take about six weeks to execute.

[images: Nathaniel Goldberg/Gucci]

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Karina Smirnoff attended Joico’s Beauty for a Cure celebrity charity event for breast cancer in Beverly Hills at the Gavert Atelier salon on Friday, October 14th.

Smirnoff sipped Voli Light cocktails that included a “Pink Karina” drink and there was a refreshments, candy and alcohol bar for attendees to partake in.

The Dancing With The Stars pro, who is paired with top contender J. R. Martinez this season, was scheduled to get married to Detroit Tigers baseball player Brad Penny in January but that is now on hold.

According to an insider, there is no trouble between the two, just very busy schedules.

Smirnoff and Penny, both 33, are said to be considering alternate event days and trying to spend more time together while they choose a new wedding date.

More Karina photos are below. (Read the article)

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Viola Davis and her husband, actor Julian Tennon have a new addition to their family – a baby boy.

Davis, 46, announced earlier this year she was planning to adopt and at last night’s Elle Magazine’s Women in Hollywood Tribute dinner, she confirmed the adoption.

It was actually her costar from The Help, Octavia Spencer, who let the cat out of the bag when she introduced Davis.

Davis acknowledged she now has a baby girl and told the audience her name was Genesis.

No other details are known at this time, but when she announced her intentions at The Help premiere, she did say it was to be a “domestic” adoption.

This is the first child for Viola and Julian.

Congratulations to the family.

UPDATE: They couple adopted a girl, not a boy as originally posted. We changed the information to reflect the correction.

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The Clinton Global Initiative is backed by lots of celebrities who want to do good but perhaps they aren’t as effective as they think as this Funny or Die video points out.

The stars are part of the new Clinton Foundation’s Celebrity Division and Ben Stiller gets the team together for a brainstorming session.

Matt Damon wants a Clinton softball team, Kristen Wiig suggests holding your breath for 1 minute a day, Ted Danson & Mary Steenburgen just want to flirt, Jack Black has a theme song and Kevin Spacey pranks the team with a little reprimand/help from former President Clinton.

Oh and stop taking Sean Penn‘s lunch, y’all!

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True Blood star Alexander Skarsgard headed to the Hamptons over the weekend for the 2011 Hamptons International Film Festival.

Skarsgard, who premiered Melancholia to the audience, was one of the actors honored with the Breakthrough Performance Award. Emily Browning, Shailene Woodley and Anton Yelchin were also recipients of the trophy.

The 35 year-old actor said he was fond of The Hamptons and enjoyed hanging out there this year while filming in New York City.

“I’ve actually been coming out a lot this summer, because I’ve been shooting in New York the past two and a half months,” Skarsgard told Movieline.

“My best friend, who’s out here tonight with her husband, they have a house out in Amagansett. So on weekends, when I’m done shooting, that’s where I go off to. I’ve been out there a lot this year.”

More photos of Alexander are under.  (Read the article)

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It’s week 5 on Dancing with The Stars and the 8 celebrity contestants went back to the 80s for inspiration in last night’s show.

How did they do?

The guys took the night ending up in the top three spots with J. R. scoring at the very top for the first time, Ricki dropped a bit and wasn’t her usual self and Carson’s fun personality doesn’t look like it’s going to be enough to keep him around another week.

J. R. Martinez: He and Karina Smirnoff did a sexy samba to Gloria Estefan‘s “Conga” and set the judges hearts’ aflutter. Score: 28

David Arquette: Kym Johnson and David had the tango this week and the Scream actor was quite good. The passion and agression of the dance was too Soft Cell‘s “Tainted Love” and David’s daughter Coco was again the cutest ever, cheering on her dad. Score: 25

Rob Kardashian: Cheryl Burke is making real progress with the reality star and it was duly noted by the judges. The rumba the two danced was quite good and he’s coming out of his shell. Score: 25

Ricki Lake: Ricki and Derek Hough weren’t living up to their own standards this week. The foxtrot wasn’t bad but it just wasn’t as good as they’ve been doing. Score: 24

Hope Solo: Maksim Chmerkovskiy, a Bon Jovi song and the tango should make any gal super sexy and Hope started to let that side of her through. She points out that she isn’t an actress (true enough) and has trouble getting in to “character” but she hasn’t let herself go either. She tackles a dance routine like the athlete that she is. Now she has to incorporate the performance part. She’s getting better. Score: 24

Nancy Grace: She and Tristan McManus danced a rumba to Spandau Ballet‘s “True” and it was one of her best performances. Her technique isn’t improving but her showmanship was much more appropriate this week. Sexy not “floozy” as Len Goodman told her. Score: 22

Chaz Bono: Pro Cheryl Burke brought her dad in to help Chaz with his confidence as a “bigger” guy and it seemed to boost his confidence. The two danced a rumba to Kool & The Gang‘s “Get Down On It” and Carrie Ann Inaba remarked it was the most footwork she’s seen from Chaz. Score: 22

Carson Kressley: Ah, Carson. He and Anna Trebunskaya‘s days are numbered. Fun as always – cheerleader costumes and Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go” fit his personality perfectly but there just isn’t any technique coming along week after week. If he just could get a little better with the actual dancing – his showmanship is excellent. Maybe Hope and Carson could “Freaky Friday” themselves and switch bodies for a week… Score: 19

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The third time is the Charm(ed)!

Actress Shannen Doherty married Kurt Iswarienko on Saturday, October 15th at a private Malibu estate in California.

The 40 year-old walked down the aisle in a Monique Lhuillier gown that she said she was thrilled with.

“I felt great,” Doherty said. “My dress [was] stunning.”

As it turns out, it wasn’t the only gown she wore – Doherty had three dresses and changes, which was probably wonderful for her new reality show filming during the wedding.

Doherty’s TV show Shannen Says will debut on the WE network in 2012 and the nuptials will be featured.

A second dress, blush colored with lots of tulle and a fitted frock with side slit was the reception outfit.

This is the 90210 star’s third marriage. Her first was to Ashley Hamilton, son of George and Alana Hamilton, in 1993 and to Rick Solomon (Paris Hilton‘s sex tape partner) in 2003.

[image: FayesVision/WENN]

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Rooney Mara landed one of the most coveted roles in film this year when she was cast as Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo.

Now she adds another enviable notch on her fabulous belt – a Vogue cover.

Mara shares in the November 2011 issue how director David Fincher tried to mentally prepare her for a part that could change her life forever:

“I was ready to throw down. I was thinking, You either think I can be this girl or you don’t, but I need to move on with my life. He [Fincher] sat me down and gave me this long spiel about all the bad things that are going to come to whoever plays this part. He said something like, ‘Vivien Leigh was incredible in A Streetcar Named Desire, but she will always be Scarlett O’Hara, and you need to be prepared for that.’”

Mara also said that embodiying the character has made her wear clothing differently:

“Before, I dressed much girlier,” she says. “A lot of blush-colored things. Now I literally roll out of bed and put on whatever is there. I have really enjoyed being a boy this last year.”

TGWTDT with Mara, Daniel Craig, Stellan Skarsgard and Robin Wright is in theaters December 21st.

Check out her gorgeous photo shoot below.  (Read the article)

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E! News host Giuliana Rancic appeared on NBC‘s Today Show and announced she has breast cancer.

Rancic and her husband, Bill Rancic, have been trying to have a baby and while Giuliana was undergoing in vitro fertilization treatments, a mammogram revealed the cancer.

“Through my attempt to get pregnant for the third time, we sadly found out that I have early stages of breast cancer,” she said on the Today show. “It’s been a shock. A lot of people have been asking, we saw that you went and got IVF, are you pregnant? But sadly, we’ve had to put that off because of the news.”

Giuliana said the cancer was caught in it’s early stages and her prognosis is good.

The 37 year-old Fashion Police host has had two attempts with in vitro before – her first pregnancy sadly ended in a miscarriage and the second try was unsuccessful.

“I still want this baby … because this baby has saved my life,” Rancic said. “I truly feel God was looking out after me … If I had gotten pregnant later down the line, I could have been a lot sicker.”

Giuliana said she will undergo surgery this week and radiation therapy will begin shortly after.

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Paying homage to Martin Scorsese, Harper’s Bazaar has lined up Chloe Moretz, Keanu Reeves and other actors to recreate scenes from some of the director’s most famous films – all while clad in designer duds, of course!

Moretz, wearing Louis Vuitton, takes on Jodie Foster‘s star making role in Taxi Driver with Reeves portraying Robert DeNiro‘s Travis Bickle.

Foster gave the magazine a sweet story about Scorsese trying to instruct her in a scene with DeNiro:

“When we were shooting Taxi Driver, I think Marty was really uncomfortable with the fact that I was so young. The memory I have is of him and Robert De Niro trying to tell me how to unzip [De Niro’s] pants. And Marty keeps bursting out laughing. He can’t get a word out, and he tries to act serious, you know? He keeps smoothing down his face on both sides, but he just keeps laughing. And then De Niro decides he’s going to take over because he can do it.”

Other photos include Kate Bosworth, enraptured (and wearing Givenchy) for the Michelle Pfieffer role in The Age of Innocence.

Christina Hendrick (in Zac Posen) and Jack Huston recreate the Cameron Diaz/Leonardo DiCaprio dance in The Gangs of New York.

Emily Blunt, Ben Kingsley, Michael Pitt and more famous faces grace the Scorsese inspired photo shoot by Jason Schmidt.

Check them out below.  (Read the article)

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