Brittany Murphy: A Needless Celebrity Death
February 4, 2010 by josieb
Filed under Diet & Weight Loss, Health
The lead story in the Thursday, February 4th morning edition of the Los Angeles Times was simple and direct. It began: “The L.A. County coroner’s office says actress Brittany Murphy died of pneumonia complicated by an iron deficiency, anemia and multiple drug intoxication.”
The Times, one of the nation’s top five dailies, has long made a [...]
Sex & the Single Woman: Celebrity Couples We Love
Alright, ladies, time to open up. Who is your favorite celebrity couple?
Sure, Brad and Angelina are great gossip fodder, but who do you really admire?
A few of my picks:
Beyonce and Jay-Z: They seem to be really great about doing their own thing professionally and staying out of the drama.
Simon and Yasmin Le Bon: I’ve mentioned [...]
Sex & the Single Woman: Who’s Your Celebrity Twin?
Over the weekend some friends and I got to talking about who would play us in a movie adaptation of our lives.
Sex & the Single Woman’s Random Crush of the Week: Phil Keoghan
In this regular series we’ll be spotlighting other celebrity men who get us all hot and bothered. First up: Phil Keoghan, host of “The Amazing Race.”
Q&A with John Gray: “He Stares at Other Women.”
June 9, 2009 by admin
Filed under Friendships & Family, Relationships
Dear John, I recently had my breast implants removed because I came to believe that they were dangerous to my health. When my boyfriend and I first met and fell in love, I did not have implants, so I know he was attracted to me, and my breast size was not an issue. Lately, however, [...]
Sex and the City of Angels
April 15, 2009 by allison
Filed under Sex & the Single Minded Woman
I recently stumbled across a book review for Bad Girls Go Everywhere in the Wall Street Journal. It’s a biography on Helen Gurley Brown, long time editor of Cosmo magazine and author of the book, Sex and the Single Girl.
The main claim of the biography on Mrs. Brown is that she was a trailblazer and [...]
Gisele Bundchen vs. Bridget Moynahan: Stepmother Love, or Undermining?
Snippets from Vanity Fair’s article with the new Mrs. Tom Brady (aka Gisele Bundchen) are coming out, and boy, are they juicy. Speaking of Tom’s son with Bridget Moynahan, Gisele, who admitted that she hasn’t met Moynahan, said: “I understand that he has a mom, and I respect that, but to me it’s not like because somebody else delivered him, that’s not my child.
Top 10 Best-Dressed Single Stars: Hollywood’s Hot List
March 7, 2009 by allison
Filed under Fashions Under $50
Who says having a big fat doorknocker of a diamond on your ring finger is the only way to earn a spot on the best-dressed list? Not us. In fact, we happen to think that it’s Hollywood’s single starlets who seem to really have a keen eye for style. The 10 gals below epitomize true [...]
SMW Celebrity Scene: Around the World, and Then Some
The top of my New Year’s resolution list reads to stay slim and trim, be the best person I can be, and make a lot of money and save it! Though, no matter how much you save, when it goes, it goes much faster than you think! My New Year’s was spent with friends at [...]
Single Celebrity Relationships: What We Can Learn From Them
January 29, 2009 by admin
Filed under Sex & the Single Minded Woman
Falling in love is an intimate experience-unless you’re a celebrity.
Getting jilted is one thing. Being kicked to the curb in the flashbulb glare of the tabloid paparazzi is every woman’s worst nightmare. Here’s what we mere mortals can learn from celebrity relationships, both good and bad:
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt…
The Good: It’s inevitable that sparks [...]




