ESQUIRE magazine has named actress and Derek Jeter love interest Minka Kelly its 2010 Sexiest Woman Alive.
If you saw her breakthrough role as Lyla Garrity, the steel magnolia of a cheerleader in "Friday Night Lights," you wouldn't be surprised to discover that there's a lot more to Kelly than her looks. An Esquire cover story for the November issue reveals a woman whose early life had plenty of derail potential but whose integrity kept her balanced.
She grew up poor, sometimes hungry, with a stripper mom (now dead) and an absentee dad, Rick Dufay, whose claim to fame was a brief gig as a guitarist in Aerosmith. She lost an early opportunity to be in Playboy because she wouldn't get breast implants. Until she was cast in "FNL" at age 26, she worked mostly as a nurse.
Here's what she has to say about turning 30 this year:
"I think it's the most exciting birthday I think I've ever had. I'm so excited to be a woman. Done with the twenties. I'm confident - confident in my skin, and I'm cool with my flaws and all that stuff. It just feels nice to be at peace with yourself. I think my thirtieth birthday gave me permission to have all that. The twenties were a pain in the ass - figuring it all out. What am I doing? Where do I go?"
Cool. We almost forgive her for dating a Yankee shortstop.
Mideast peace accord?
New-media poster couple Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore have gone to Israel to find "love" and "compromise," even as rumors of their marital troubles have gone viral.
"Sharing Love & Light while in Israel," Kutcher Tweeted. "Asking 4 the energy 2 forge bonds with our similarities & find compromise in our differences."
There have been rumors of cheating, rumors of open marriage, rumors of threesomes!
Oh, my.
If they can compromise their way back to marital stability after all this, maybe they'd like to tackle the West Bank settlement freeze.
Black Girls Rock! awards
When the awards are going to the likes of Ruby Dee and Missy Elliott, might be better to call it Black Women Rock! But then again, the inspiration here is DJ Beverly Bond's Black Girls Rock! Her organization mentors young black women and works to combat negative media images of black women.
The awards have been given before, but this year's will be the first to air nationally. The event will be held Saturday in the Bronx; see the special Nov. 7 on BET.
Besides the legendary actress and the rapper-singer-producer, honorees include actresses Keke Palmer and Raven-Symone, and author Ilyana Vanzant.
The sweet smell of ostentation
The City of Beverly Hills has made its ZIP code an icon, so why not . . . create a fragrance line?
The trio of perfumes launching this week marks the first move toward marketing the city as a brand. "This is a center of fashion, sophistication, energy," said Mayor Jimmy Delshad. "We decided this was the right product for us."
Of course, skin treatments are coming, along with a men's cologne. Expect to pay about $120 for the perfume in department stores; a portion of the proceeds will help fund city and chamber of commerce marketing.
Eau de Logan? Evening in Bridesburg? Two Street pour L'Homme? To think, Philly could've tried this instead of opening a casino.
'Bourne' anew
Fans of the Bourne spy thriller franchise will cheer director Tony Gilroy's announcement of a fourth film, "Bourne Legacy." They may be less excited to learn that Matt Damon won't play Jason Bourne this time.
"This is not a reboot or a recast or a prequel. No one's replacing" Damon, said Gilroy, who co-wrote the first three Bourne flicks, based on the late Robert Ludlam's popular novels. "Legacy" was written by Eric Van Lustbader.
Continued Gilroy, "There will be a whole new hero, a whole new chapter . . . this is a stand-alone project." No word on Damon's replacement.
Tatt TV bits
_ Describing her as "the perfect person to bring a new 'voice,' if you will, to daytime," Fox announced that comedian/actress Fran Drescher ("The Nanny") will host an entertainment-themed daytime weekday talker starting Nov. 26. The show will air on several Fox-owned stations, including Philly's WTXF, and may get full national syndication next year if it does well.
Awwwwwwwwwwww.
_ "Raising Sextuplets" parents Bryan and Jennifer Masche have decided that their domestic revolution will not be televised.
The WE reality-show stars parted after Bryan was arrested at Jennifer's parents' home last month and charged with disorderly conduct and domestic violence. Producers wanted to interview them about their separation but each refused, according to RadarOnline.com. "They just did not feel it was appropriate," a source close to the couple told RadarOnline.com.
Restraint. Such a rare trait in a reality-show cast.
"At this point another series of 'Raising Sextuplets' is just not going to happen for them," the source said. "Bryan wants to try and get his wife back, but at present she does not want to reconcile with him."
Daily News wire services contributed to this report.
Howard Gensler is on vacation.
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