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20 May 2008 6:45 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Love on the rocks? Not any more. Titanic star Billy Zane and U.K. TV personality Kelly Brook – who called off their engagement in April – appeared very much "back on" at Monday night's "On the Rocks"-themed Chopard even in Cannes. The couple posed for photos as Zane rocked his shoulders to the music and Brook stroked his head. What's the best thing about Cannes? "It's a collision of charity, champagne and cellulite!" he told People, earning a kiss from Brook. Gwyneth Paltrow and director Spike Lee were on hand to present the Chopard Trophy (given each year to two

19 May 2008 6:25 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Christina Ricci is so obsessed with her packing rituals she feels depressed if she doesn't have time to complete them before travelling to a new city.

The Speed Racer star, 28, has admitted to an out-of-control shopping habit, and now says she's gone to extremes, organizing her overflowing closet in order to prevent her from spiralling into a depression.

She says, "I have to make a list of every single item, down to three T-shirts, two sweaters. I look at my list and I check things off. I like order.

"When things are messy or a suitcase is exploding, I feel out of sorts. Coming back to a sloppy room is very depressing to me."

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19 May 2008 7:00 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Christina Ricci was so disturbed by the marketing campaign for her movie Black Snake Moan, she became an activist for rape victims.

The 28-year-old actress starred in the 2006 drama as Rae, a sexually abused girl desperate for male attention.

But when she saw herself appearing on film posters posing seductively in a navel-bearing top and revealing shorts, the actress was prompted to step up her involvement in the Tori Amos-founded organisation Rainn (The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network).

She says, "I wasn't really comfortable with the way (Black Snake Moan) was being marketed and I was trying to combat how exploitive that campaign was, given what I thought the movie was about when I was making it.

"So I became directly involved with Rainn (on the issue of) rape trauma syndrome, and they were like, 'Wow, you know a lot about this.'

"They asked me to be their national spokesperson, which was amazing. Then they invited me to go to Washington to lobby the Congressional Appropriations Committee for funding for legislation. That was crazy. I didn't know just anyone could go and meet with congress-people. I kept saying, 'You guys know I didn't go to college, right? I'm just an actress."

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11 May 2008 6:18 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Christina Ricci is living in fear of a wild predator running wild near her Hollywood home.

The star confesses she's too scared to spend any time outside, convinced the bobcat will savage her.

She says, "There's a bobcat in my neighbourhood. Now I run from my car into my house. I'm terrified of getting eaten by a bobcat. They eat people."

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10 May 2008 7:08 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Christina Ricci was groped by a chimpanzee on the set of new movie Speed Racer.

The actress was filming a scene with the animal for the cult cartoon-turned-action picture when the set started to vibrate.

And the chimp was so terrified it jumped onto Ricci - clinging to her chest in fright.

She says, "The whole set shakes, as it is supposed to for the scene, but the monkey freaks out and grabs my left breast.

"It was hanging off me, so I just leaned over, so its little feet could touch the ground and take some weight off my boob before the monkey ripped the whole thing off."

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9 May 2008 3:28 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

It's no surprise that Madonna likes to "work so hard there's no time to play" - you don't become the Queen of Pop by vegging out in front of Loose Women, you know. But we can't help wondering whether Her Madgesty has forgotten how to let her hair down. In fact, her recent night on the tiles with Justin Timberlake sounds about as wild as a W.I. meeting. "I had a shot of tequila," Madge admitted. "I may have had a lemon drop, too." Oooh... We can't imagine how she coped with the hangover.

10. Christina Ricci

Poor Christina was attacked by a monkey while shooting Speed Racer. This is why they say 'Never work with children or animals', you know.

9. Miley Cyrus

The Hannah Montana star is set to be a billionaire by the time she's 18. Wowzers!

8. Simon Cowell

We know . . .

Nick Levine

8 May 2008 9:09 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Christina Ricci ranks having to kiss a ghost as the most embarrassing thing she's ever done.

The star appeared in the 1995 movie version of cartoon show Casper - and insists smooching the computer-generated spook was particularly daunting.

She tells MTV.com, "Kissing Casper was really embarrassing, because he was supposed to be see-through, so I had to make kissing faces, and I was 13, and I was so mortified. Oh that was terrible."

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7 May 2008 5:03 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Christina Ricci has revealed that she hated working with a monkey on her new film Speed Racer.

The actress stars alongside the animal in the family adventure movie, but admitted that she couldn't get along with the chimp despite her best efforts.

She told Ds: "I'm not a monkey fan. I tried to be a good sport. I was a good sport.

"I tried to change my opinion about monkeys early on, I gave myself a good talking to and decided to not be the only pill on set who didn't like the monkey."

Ricci said that she was forced to tell the . . .

Alex Fletcher

7 May 2008 12:28 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Christina Ricci has "given up" going to music concerts - because she is so short she can never see the stage.

The 5 foot 1 inch (1.6 metres) star admits her petite stature means that whenever she goes to a gig, she is always unable to see the band as everyone around her is so much taller.

And Ricci insists she just can't enjoy live music any more.

She tells British magazine Closer, "I hardly ever go (to gigs) - I've given up. I'm so small, I can never see the stage. So I figure, what's the point?"

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6 May 2008 6:47 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Christina Ricci has revealed that she wants to concentrate on family films in the future.

The actress said she is tired of playing tortured souls and enjoyed the opportunity to star in her first action movie Speed Racer.

She is quoted as saying: "I wanted to do a kids' movie again. I wanted to do a family film. There are so many family movies for kids but they don't actually teach you anything.

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Beth Hilton

5 May 2008 6:37 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Christina Ricci wants to dedicate her career to making family films - because she's sick of sex, drugs and sleaze on screen.

The star appears in new family-oriented race-car movie Speed Racer, and loved the experience so much she is pushing for more clean-cut roles - and she wants the rest of Hollywood to follow suit.

Ricci, who has played sex-hungry tramps and nymphomaniacs on screen, says, "I wanted to do a kids movie again. I wanted to do a family film. There are so many family movies for kids but they don't actually teach you anything.

"Speed Racer really stresses integrity and morals and a love of family, and that's something I think is really important and a trend we need to bring back."

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29 April 2008 6:41 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Shopaholic actress Christina Ricci hated shooting new movie Speed Racer in Germany - because she was isolated miles from any designer stores.

Ricci was based in the arty Kreuzberg district of Berlin, miles from any pleasurable distractions, and couldn't feed her shopping addiction.

She explains, "I love approval and validation, and, if I can get those by dressing well, I am all over it.

"I'm just not a cool hipster. I want to be in a nice pretty area, where there's a Gucci and Louis Vuitton a block away".

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27 April 2008 3:56 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Christina Ricci has hit out at Hollywood stars who blame the media for their lack of privacy and personal woes.

The actress, 28, has grown tired of the complaints of her fellow stars - claiming their predecessors were forced to work in much more difficult conditions.

Ricci says, "It used to be stricter. You couldn't go places, you had to get approval from people, they had a say in who you dated, and you were basically their property and a public figure, and had no claims or rights to a private life. So, in a lot of ways, it's better."

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22 April 2008 6:30 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Christina Ricci has taken aim at Lindsay Lohan for playing a stripper on screen and setting a poor example to young girls.

Ricci claims stars like Lohan, who peeled off in 2007 movie I Know Who Killed Me, have created a culture of women who find flattery in misogyny.

She says, "It used to be something that we (women) were sort of ashamed of. You didn't want to admit to people that you were a stripper.

"But now, the hottest thing to say is, 'I can work a pole!' Who gives a f**k? But it's a huge weird thing.

"I mean, you see actresses, and their passion project is to play a stripper. It's just stupid."

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20 April 2008 6:00 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

The cast of upcoming summer blockbuster Speed Racer added to the star count at the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race in Long Beach, California on Saturday by turning up to cheer on celebrity car racers Drew Lachey and Wilmer Valderrama.

Susan Sarandon, Emile Hirsch, Matthew Fox, John Goodman and Christina Ricci all took in the sights and sounds of the Long Beach Grand Prix's celebrity day.

Into The Wild star Hirsch will bring the cartoon character Speed Racer to life next month when the movie adaptation hits cinemas.

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19 April 2008 7:25 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Christina Ricci is still bitter about the way her 2007 film Black Snake Moan was marketed - because she felt movie posters and trailers exploited women.

The actress played a troubled wildgirl who is taken in by Samuel L. Jackson's eccentric bluesman character and chained to his radiator in an attempt to rid her of her demons.

She admits she loved making the film and had high hopes for it until she saw the marketing campaign, which included a poster featuring a scantily-clad Ricci at the end of a chain held by Jackson's character, Lazarus.

She fumes, "The way that movie was marketed was probably one of the most disappointing and upsetting things that's ever happened to me in my career.

"I have no interest in exploiting women any further than they've already been exploited.

"The whole reason I made that movie was to say, 'Oh yeah, that girl you called a slut probably went through this, so you might not want to use her and throw her away or judge her.

"All they (marketing bosses) cared about was college-age boys going to see it."

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4 April 2008 12:43 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Christina Ricci has criticised young stars who frequent the Hollywood party scene - insisting they all know their wild partying will be documented by the press.

The Sleepy Hollow beauty isn't a fan of young actresses who blame their documented intoxicated states on the pressures of fame - as she has never been offered drugs at A-List parties.

But the 28-year-old admits the industry has changed since she started out as a child star - because stars weren't hounded by the media like they are today.

She tells Britain's Elle magazine, "Why would you'd get drunk and fall over in front of photographers I don't really know.

"People used to warn me, saying, 'Be Careful! You're an actress so there's temptation all around!' Well, no one has ever offered me drugs.

"I liked drinking but I couldn't handle it, so I stopped. Luckily for me, there wasn't that much media then. Now if you go out you're going to end up in the paper."

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2 April 2008 9:15 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Move over, Justin. Jessica Biel has found a new No. 1 fan in Christina Ricci. The 5-foot-tall actress – who had to fill out a pair of barely-there hot pants for her upcoming role in Speed Racer, directed by The Matrix's Andy and Larry Wachowski – is full of praise for Biel's famously fit physique. "I asked my trainer, 'Can you give me Jessica Biel's butt?'" the actress – who starred with Biel's beau Timberlake in last year's Black Snake Moan – tells the U.K. edition of Elle. "I want a bigger butt." Alas, because of her tiny frame, "they said I couldn't,

1 April 2008 6:53 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Michael Atkinson

On its surface, Ang Lee's career has been distinguished by a seemingly aimless ricochet between nations and milieus (Taiwan, New York, Wyoming, Devon, Shanghai, Connecticut, etc.), and between adapted disparate source materials (Jane Austen, Rick Moody, Annie Proulx, Wang Du Lu, Stan Lee) . and from both perspectives, you can find something to carp about. Indeed, Lee is rarely considered in serious debates about contemporary heavyweights, and his cultural rootlessness (read: opportunism) and dependence on literature may well be the reasons. We commonly like our auteurs to come packaged as purebred cultural expressors, and as artists largely independent of old narrative voices. But Lee's case can also demonstrate, movie by movie, the irrelevance of location, and the depth-finding force of deft adaptation.

"The Ice Storm" (1997), newly Criterionized, makes the point with a cudgel: Lee may have been Taiwanese, but his first all-American movie couldn't have been more American.

Michael Atkinson

6 March 2008 11:02 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Christina Ricci is ready and prepared to go under the knife to improve her looks, if the ageing process kicks in too early.

The 28-year-old insists she is happy with her body thus far, but has no problem with cosmetic surgery - and loves the idea of being given strong medication to deal with the pain.

Ricci explains, "(I'd have surgery) if I aged in a really unfortunate manner. Or something happened, like the skin on my knee dropped.

"I don't mind having dental work or any surgery, because I like the pills they give you."

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