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Uma Thurman Welcomes Third Child

Actress gives birth to daughter, her first child with financier boyfriend Arpad Busson. By Kara Warner Uma Thurman Photo: Getty Images

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It’s a Girl for Uma Thurman and Arpad Busson!

Congratulations are very much in order for Uma Thurman and Arpad Busson. The actress gave birth to her third child on Sunday night, multiple sources confirm, a girl whose name and measurements are being kept a secret for the time being. But “Mom and baby are doing well,” a rep for the actress says in a statement. It’s Thurman’s first kid with Busson, a financier she started dating in 2007, split briefly with in 2009 and has been steady with every since. Busson has two children himself with Elle MacPherson – sons Flynn, 14, and Cy, nine-and-a-half – while Thurman plays mother to daughter Maya, 14, and son Levon, 10, with ex-husband Ethan Hawke.

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‘Bel Ami’: The Reviews Are In!

‘This new ‘Bel Ami’ has a lot to recommend it, but it never seems as artful or smart as ‘Dangerous Liaisons,’ writes Noel Murray of the A.V. Club. By Kara Warner Robert Pattinson in “Bel Ami” Photo: Magnolia Pictures At long last, your wait to see Robert Pattinson in all his shirtless , pants-less, bum-baring big-screen glory has arrived! “Bel Ami” opens in Los Angeles, New York and other select cites Friday (June 8), in addition to already being available on VOD. Our story takes place in 19th-century Paris, where self-made man of sorts Georges Duroy (Pattinson) uses his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties. It’s a curiously familiar societal setting in which politics and media jostle for influence and where sex is power and celebrity an obsession. As excited as Pattinson fans are to see their favorite star in action, the critical mass is less than impressed with the “Twilight” hunk’s assets in this particular period piece as it’s currently sitting at a 31 percent “Fresh” rating at Rotten Tomatoes . Without further ado, let’s sift through the “Bel Ami” reviews! The Story “Guy de Maupassant’s novel ‘Bel Ami’ has been adapted for the stage and screen multiple times — most memorably in 1947, in a movie starring George Sanders and Angela Lansbury. The novel’s appeal is obvious: It explores the social strata of 19th-century Paris by showing an ambitious scoundrel hopping from bed to bed. But given the era when the book was written, and given when its best-known adaptations were made, most ‘Bel Ami’s have had to imply a lot, being coy about what’s really happening in those private chambers. So for the new adaptation, directors Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod and screenwriter Rachel Bennette try to take more advantage of the freedoms of modern cinema, making sure that their ‘Bel Ami’ has plenty of sex and straight talk. The result is almost a test case for whether explicitness is a virtue. The verdict? Inconclusive. This new ‘Bel Ami’ has a lot to recommend it, but it never seems as artful or smart as ‘Dangerous Liaisons,’ the film it most resembles.” — Noel Murray, A.V. Club Pattinson’s Paramours “What we get … is a dumb, entitled-but-tortured dreamboat falling into bed with a bunch of aristocratic women, and then turning inexplicably and insupportably Machiavellian only after he’s thoroughly slighted. First charming the throaty, free-spirited Madame Forestier (Uma Thurman, giving the film’s most engaged performance, to little avail), then the apparently erotically frustrated and still slightly gaminesque Clotilde (Christina Ricci, who looks pretty comfortable striking poses inspired by Degas’ odalisques, bless her heart) and finally wife-of-hated-boss Virginie (Kristin Scott-Thomas), Pattinson maintains the air of a kid being sent to bed without dessert. … The more experienced moviegoer may experience relief from the movie’s tedium by recalling the much better period pieces that female members of the cast have appeared in. Seeing Thurman in elaborate costume brought back fond memories of the much edgier and coherent and fun ‘Dangerous Liasons.’ For Ricci, of course, there’s ‘Prozac Nation,’ no, wait, sorry, the appealingly bloody Gothic ‘Sleepy Hollow.’ And for Scott-Thomas, well, when her character finds out that Duroy has just left the army after serving for five years in Algiers, she says, ‘I once heard a rather foolish story about the desert,’ and of course I thought, ‘You mean “The English Patient”?’ ” — Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies A Pouty Pattinson? “Mr. Pattinson’s strained performance in ‘Bel Ami’ leads a long list of problems in a film whose plot is so elaborate it would have been better served spread out over several hours. … As you watch Mr. Pattinson twist his features into expressions of cunning and treachery, as if he had just been practicing in a mirror, the primary missing ingredient is charm. This reasonably good-looking 26-year-old English actor, with his asymmetrical eyes and a doughy torso, affects a cold, reptilian sneer. Bad boys may have their appeal, but this one lacks the animal magnetism of even an amateur Lothario. To watch Christina Ricci, Uma Thurman and Kristin Scott Thomas melt under his icy ministrations is to roll your eyes in disbelief.” — Stephen Holden, The New York Times The Final Word, Pro-Con Style “[O]n the whole ‘Bel Ami’ is highly watchable. As is often the case in costume pictures especially, the degree to which different characters are convincingly of the world of the film varies. Thomas, for instance, is at once tragically and comically lovely as the good, religious wife seduced out of her right mind. She can telegraph that world in a glance and a few words. Thurman has a tougher time with Madeleine; although she makes a shattering indictment of Georges near the end, her character in particular — the ambitious political player stymied by her sex — demonstrates an endemic problem with the script (by Rachel Bennette) and the direction: The best performances seem to inhabit a story that the filmmaking doesn’t bear out.” — Michelle Orange, Movieline “Is it his acting, the inexperience of co-directors Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod — each making their feature film debut — or both? Some reports from Cannes (although not from TIME’s Richard Corliss) had Pattinson coming into his own in David Cronenberg’s ‘Cosmopolis,’ but he gives no hint of depth in ‘Bel Ami.’ On the other hand, even an expert meanie like Colm Meany, playing George’s dismissive editor, doesn’t make much of an impression. The ladies fare a little better. Scott Thomas, despite her blessings in the innate elegance department, makes a convincing case she’s as pleased at being petted as a neglected whippet. In between considered puffs on a cigarette and playing a parlor game of French politics, Thurman’s Madeleine has a memorable sex scene with George involving both a figurative and, one senses from the pain on Pattinson’s face, literal testicular crushing. Time check: it’s been 24 years since she played the innocent virgin in the similarly themed, infinitely superior ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ (which in turn spawned its own teenaged version, ‘Cruel Intentions,’ apt to be a lot more fun for Pattinson’s ‘Twilight’ fans than ‘Bel Ami’). Reality check: Robert Pattinson and John Malkovich; very different generations of le sex machine Fran

Jennifer Lopez Stylist on Revealing Oscar Dress: No Nip Slips Here!

J. Lo? More like J WHOA! That was the reaction many Oscar viewers had last night when they watched Jennifer Lopez saunter out to the stage and stand alongside Gwyneth Paltrow to present… the awards for something. We can’t exactly remember, considering the distraction of Lopez’s cleavage, as demonstrated both by her Academy Awards dress (left) and the gown she donned at the Vanity Fair post-party (right). Now, Mariel Haenn – the stylist for this American Idol judge – has come out and tried to silence talk that his client exposed her nipples to an audience of millions. “The Oscar dress was custom made for JLo…The dress fit perfectly to her every inch,” Haenn Tweeted. “There were cups built in and in NO chance that there were any, how do you say? ‘slips.’…jokes on everyone who thought they saw something.” J. Lo, of course, is no stranger to creating headlines for her fashion taste. Remember this catsuit on New Year’s Eve 2009?

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Sean Young Demands Apology from The Academy Awards

Sean Young has come out and told her side of the story. The actress was arrested for battery outside The Governors Ball last night, after she allegedly refused to leave the premises and then slapped a security guard who touched her shoulder. But Young tells People she was “just standing by the line” outside the Academy Awards-sponsored event and not “bothering anybody” when the the commotion went down. “I started to leave and [the guard] grabbed my arm and he started pulling me,” said the actress , who claims she was on hand just to snap photos with celebrities for her Facebook page. “And I turned around and I was pulling my arm away – and I struck him.” Referring to the Academy, the former Ace Ventura star added: “They need to make a public apology on behalf of their security guard,” although the Academy says in a release that it played no part in the situation, stating: “There was an incident with Ms. Young outside the Academy’s Governors Ball. It was not the Academy who pressed charges.”

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Who Should Play Whitney Houston in Rumored Biopic?

Bobby Brown is not the only person reportedly looking to profit off Whitney Houston’s death. According to Great Britain’s The Daily Mail , plans for a Whitney biopic – which existed when the singer was still alive – are being fast-tracked, and a number of big names are lining up for the main role. The leading contender? Rihanna, with Jordin Sparks, Jennifer Hudson and Vivica A. Fox also allegedly up for consideration. “Whitney knew about the project and was excited to see where it would lead,” an insider says , comparing the film to What’s Love Got To Do With It , a Tina Turner biopic that landed two Oscar nominations for Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne. Who do you think should portray Houston if this movie goes into production?

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Uma Thurman and Arpad Busson: Expecting!

Uma Thurman is pregnant with her third child! This will be the first for the actress and boyfriend Arpad Busson … who called off their engagement in 2009, but recently got back together. In a big way, it appears! “She’s excited,” a Thurman pal said. “She’s happy; just a few months along right now.” The 41-year-old actress already has two children, 13-year-old daughter Maya and 10-year-old son Levon, with her former husband, Ethan Hawke. Her ex-spouse also has two children with his second wife, Ryan. Congratulations to Uma and Arpad “Arki” Busson! [Photo: WENN.com]

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Uma Thurman Pregnant With Third Child

Mom-to-be will star as Robert Pattinson’s love interest in ‘Bel Ami.’ By Kara Warner Uma Thurman Photo: Jamie McCarthy/ Getty Images Uma Thurman is a mama-to-be once again. According to E! Online, the “Kill Bill” and ” Bel Ami ” actress and her financier beau Arpad Busson will welcome a new bundle of joy into the world later this year. The new addition to Thurman’s family will join her children Maya, 13, and Levon, 10, with whom she shares custody with ex-husband Ethan Hawke. Hawke has expanded his family in recent years as well. After marrying his and Thurman’s one-time nanny Ryan Shawhughes in 2008, the happy couple has welcomed two children of their own: Clementine, 3, and Indiana, 6 months. Although Thurman will likely begin preparations for her new arrival, fans will get to see more of the 41-year-old beauty in Robert Pattinson’s next film, “Bel Ami,” which opens in March. Thurman has been fortunate to have co-starred with a slew of handsome younger men in her films over the years, which she said she has not taken for granted: “I have been cast opposite a lot of really handsome, charming young men,”

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Uma Thurman Pregnant With Third Child

Mom-to-be will star as Robert Pattinson’s love interest in ‘Bel Ami.’ By Kara Warner Uma Thurman Photo: Jamie McCarthy/ Getty Images Uma Thurman is a mama-to-be once again. According to E! Online, the “Kill Bill” and ” Bel Ami ” actress and her financier beau Arpad Busson will welcome a new bundle of joy into the world later this year. The new addition to Thurman’s family will join her children Maya, 13, and Levon, 10, with whom she shares custody with ex-husband Ethan Hawke. Hawke has expanded his family in recent years as well. After marrying his and Thurman’s one-time nanny Ryan Shawhughes in 2008, the happy couple has welcomed two children of their own: Clementine, 3, and Indiana, 6 months. Although Thurman will likely begin preparations for her new arrival, fans will get to see more of the 41-year-old beauty in Robert Pattinson’s next film, “Bel Ami,” which opens in March. Thurman has been fortunate to have co-starred with a slew of handsome younger men in her films over the years, which she said she has not taken for granted: “I have been cast opposite a lot of really handsome, charming young men,”

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Top 10 Stars Who Got Nude at 18

They’re 18 and last, and they’ve grown up real fast! Today, we pay tribute to those happy trail-blazing starlets who were brave enough to strip down on screen at the age of 18. From Uma Thurman to Asia Argento , these babes are eighteen! Eighteen! Eighteen! Eighteen and I like it!

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