Last week OK! magazine published the first photos of Honor Marie, newborn daughter of Jessica Alba and Cash Warren, on the cover and in the pages of their magazine and this week they unveil a few outtake photos that weren’t published in the issue:

What a doll, what a pretty family. Methinks that Honor Marie is going to grow up to be a stunning beauty, much to her father’s chagrin (Cash confessed that he is worried that his daughter may turn out as beautiful as her mother saying, “I want her to look like me, because a daughter looking like Jessica, I’d kill myself!”).

So … do we think that Honor and Levi Alves (this week’s celebrity coverbaby for OK! magazine) might grow up and be destined for one another?

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Sweet and innocent Rupert Grint, known to the world as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter movies, has taken on a new, more adult role in a new BBC production called Cherry Bomb. Like his Harry Potter co-star Daniel Radcliffe (who took on a West End role in Equus that required he be completely nude on stage), it seems that Rupert is looking to expand his acting horizons beyond the realm of kiddie flicks. Here is a pic of Rupert lookin’ all clean and nice like he normally does …

After the jump, check out a sorta graphic (prolly NSFW) photo of the lad bloodied and bruised …

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Legally Blonde: The Musical has cast its new Elle Woods and her name is Bailey Hanks. After an 8-week season of the MTV competitive reality TV series Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods Bailey beat out all the other contestants to win the lead role on Broadway. Here are a few pics of Bailey posing at The Palace Theater after it was announced that she was cast as the new Elle Woods:

And here are a few pics of Bailey taking her first night bows this past Wednesday night after successfully completing her premiere performance on Broadway:

Bailey Hanks won the MTV competition “The Search For The New Elle Woods” making her the new successor to Laura Bell Bundy in the role of Elle Woods. She and her Legally Blonde “co-star” Bruiser, hit Times Square to ‘Bend & Snap’ and meet the press! On Monday, June 2, 2008, MTV premiered the reality show “Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods” to find a talented singer/actress/ dancer to take over for Broadway star and Tony Nominee Laura Bell Bundy. Thousands of talented young women came from across the country to make their dream a reality—as MTV and Legally Blonde The Musical teamed up to find Broadway’s new Elle Woods. After what might have been the toughest audition in Broadway history—comprising two months of workshops, training sessions, challenge after challenge and arduous eliminations—one remarkable rising star stood out from the crowd: Bailey Hanks, the 20-yr old Southern charmer with the complete package of extraordinary dancing, singing and acting skills. Not only was she cast in her dream role, she also recorded the hit single “So Much Better”, produced by Ghostlight, now available on iTunes.com and Amazon.com. On Wednesday, July 23, 2008, Bailey made her Broadway debut as “Elle Woods”, the role that made Reese Witherspoon and Laura Bell Bundy stars, at Broadway’s famed Palace Theatre, 1564 Broadway. A big fan of the movie, when Bailey learned about MTV’s auditions for “Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods” she didn’t hesitate to drive from her hometown of Anderson, S.C., to Nashville, Tenn., to follow her dream of being on Broadway in her favorite musical. A genuine Southern Belle, this pastor’s daughter has been dancing and performing for 15 years and has starred in The Wizard of Oz, Seussical the Musical, A Year With Frog and Toad, Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, High Steppin’ Country and more. A former beauty pageant queen, Bailey won the Miss Liberty Teen pageant in 2006 and one of her most memorable performances to date has been singing the national anthem for President Bill Clinton in 2000 … Autumn, the first runner-up in the competition known for her curly red hair & dazzling singing voice, will understudy the role of Elle Woods on Broadway and will perform in the ensemble. Lauren, the youngest contestant on the reality show, will understudy Becky Gulsvig, who stars as Elle Woods on tour, and will be a member of the ensemble. Rhiannon, known for her enthusiasm and stage presence, will play the role of Margot, Elle’s best friend, on tour.

It’s pretty crazy to think that any person without any supposed previous experience can audition for a reality TV show and then end up with a starring role on Broadway … there really is no biz like show biz. Congrats goes out to Bailey for this very cool accomplishment. I hope she makes the most of her opportunity and reaches new heights of success.

I am still pretty bummed that Laura Bell Bundy, the original Elle Woods on Broadway, had to say goodbye to the show … I really love that girl. Here are a few pics of LBB’s final bow on the night of her final performance as Elle Woods:

Click HERE to watch exclusive video from Broadway World of LBB’s last night as Elle in Legally Blonde. She will be missed.

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Earlier this month, the Washington DC branch of Madam Tussaud’s Wax Museum unveiled a new wax statue of model/talk show host Tyra Banks … and now it’s the NYC branch of the Madam Tussaud’s family to give it a go. Here are a couple pics of the new NYC wax statue of Tyra alongside a couple pics of the real deal for comparison:

Yeah, I think the DC branch got it more right … this statue ain’t lookin’ all that hot. Especially when you consider that the London branch of Madam Tussaud’s was able to make Amy Winehouse look nice and healthy with their statue … how could the NYC branch do this to poor Tyra. The pics on the right are just horrible … er, oh wait … those are the real pics … um, yeah scratch what I just said … it’s a very nice statue ;)

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Here are a few pics of David Beckham training with his teammates on day 2 of practice for the MLS All-Star soccer game that is set to take place later on today … in a couple of the pics, Becks appears to be showing off his sexy legs to his soccer cohorts:

Woot! I realize that there are many photos that feature Sexy Becksy showing off a lot more than just this bit of leg but these pics are still very nice … or as my Aussie friend Kirsten likes to say, that’s noice. Yummo!!!

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Yesterday I reported that Lifetime TV is airing a 10-episode marathon of Sophia Petrillo-centric episodes of The Golden Girls tomorrow afternoon from 12PM – 5PM in honor of the passing of Estelle Getty but the network has added one more extra little tribute to her memory. Lifetime has been showing a brief memorial to Estelle at the end of each re-run episode of the show that they’ve been airing since her passing:

Yeah, it’s nothing fancy or elaborate but it’s a nice tribute to the amazing Estelle Getty, especially since the network airs eps of The Golden Girls 6 times per day (9, 9:30AM, 4, 4:30PM and 1, 1:30AM).

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Okay … so without going into the outrageous and totally unacceptable deets, let me just say that I am still here in NYC after Delta Airlines repeatedly lied to the passengers on Flight 1 to London last night and when it was all said and done canceled our flight altogether. All indication was that our flight was On Time ready to leave for London, even after we boarded the plane and they closed the doors … THEN they told us that they were missing a pilot who was flying up to NYC from Washington DC. Cut to hours later, no pilot ever boarded a plane in DC, the flight was canceled and our luggage was kept from us without any guarantee that it would be forwarded to London.

We try to leave for London again in a few hours:

Not only did we lose a day in London, we lost hundreds of dollars for an unused hotel room AND we aren’t totally sure that our luggage will make it to London with us. I cannot stress this point enough — NEVER EVER FLY DELTA AIRLINES. Their customer service is insulting their employees are a joke (shrugging their shoulders at every turn telling us that there is nothing they can do) and their attempts to remedy situations where they are at fault are nonexistent. Once this trip is completed, I will never set foot on a Delta plane again, I will never EVER give them one penny more. I’m not at all surprised that the company is repeatedly sued by its passengers … any company that makes it a matter of policy to LIE to its customers, employee people who give answers to questions by shrugging their shoulders and who also confess that they don’t even fly Delta Airlines because of their shitty service. The reason this is all surprising to me is that I never flew them before … and I never will again. Head on over to the site DeltaReallySucks.com to keep abreast of what a terrible airline this company is. They absolutely deserve to go out of business.

I can only hope that we make it London successfully tonight/tomorrow morning with our luggage in hand … the rest of our travels are governed by Air France, an airline that offers impeccable customer service, as far as I’m concerned.

Wish us luck … hopefully I’ll be coming atcha from the other side of the pond tomorrow.