September 6, 2008

Brad Pitt’s Kids Make Him Laugh, Long for Sleep

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt will have audiences laughing out loud as a knucklehead fitness employee in Burn After Reading, but what makes PEOPLE’s two-time Sexiest Man Alive chuckle in real life?

“My kids,” Pitt, 44, told PEOPLE at the Toronto International Film Festival gala screening Friday for his new Coen Brothers comedy also starring George Clooney.

Speaking of his kids with Angelina Jolie, newest additions, eight-week-old twins, Knox and Vivienne, are great, he added.

Jennifer Lopez Reveals Details of Her Pregnancy

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony

Jennifer Lopez says she was “selfish” for the first time in her life while she was pregnant with twins Max and Emme, who are now 6 months old.

Midway through her pregnancy, Lopez had just finished her concert tour with husband Marc Anthony last fall when she told him she needed him to take the reins, she tells Elle magazine in its October issue cover story. “I said, ‘I did the superwoman thing, I finished the tour – now I need you to take care of me,’” said Lopez, 39.

September 3, 2008

Zac Efron Finds Fame a Double-Edged Sword

Zac Efron

Zac Efron

The fame High School Musical brought Zac Efron has been a mixed blessing.

“You don’t realize until it’s gone, but it is so important to feel normal,” the 20-year-old tells Teen Vogue for its October issue, about seeking some anonymity. “I’m growing up under a magnifying glass, and I just try to rise above it and live my life.”

He adds, “I’m not going to complain. But it’s something I’m learning to cope with.”