NeNe Leakes celebrated a birthday yesterday! She turned 45. ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta‘ star marked the occasion with a dinner in Beverly Hills. There was no sign of her estranged husband, Greg. I’ve only caught bits and pieces of this season’s RHOA, and I thought the two were trying to work things out.

Well, NeNe’s got a lot on her plate these days. She’s in the show ‘The New Normal.’ That’s another show on my “need to check out” list. Have you seen it? How’s the show and how’s NeNe?

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Don’t blame Gwyneth Paltrow’s slim and toned body on starvation! Gwyneth says she refuses to starve herself (and her trainer pal Tracy Anderson probably wouldn’t allow it).

“I eat everything! With food, I’m a lot more relaxed than people think,” she claims, maintaining that her indulgences include oysters and cocktail sauce, baked stuffed lobster and French fries.

Oysters are certainly an indulgence, but are they fattening? Hmmm… Gwyneth admits she is a fan of diets, however. She says she likes to kick off the new year with a three-week detox called the Clean Program. It doesn’t allow any processed foods, dairy, gluten, refined sugar, caffeine, or alcohol. I wouldn’t last the DAY on that- LOL. Gwyneth said of the detox, calling it her “favorite thing.” More power to you, Gwyneth. She does look fab, so whatever she’s doing, she should keep it up!

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Drew Barrymore isn’t letting being a new mom slow her down! She is launching her own cosmetics line. It will be called Flower, and it’ll be available in Wal-Mart starting next month, January 2013. Drew explained how she became involved in the project:

“I think, if you really care about things, then you just naturally get involved. I don’t want to sit there and hope it works out. I want to be in the middle, in the mix, making sure it works out.  It is almost an uncontrollable desire to be one of the people who is creating. Maybe it is just a type of personality. I can’t sleep at night. I care.”

A Maesa Group executive, which is producing Flower cosmetics, said:

“[Flower cosmetics are] true luxury at mass. Once we identified this white space, we thought to ourselves, you know what, we should tackle this. We should build the best color cosmetics brand that we can.”

The timing is perfect for Drew, too: her contract with CoverGirl is about to expire.

“It was really my sole project, and I don’t want to do things where I am just checking in and out. I really do everything at infinite percent.”

Are you going to keep an eye out for Flower?

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Jennifer Lawrence is currently hard at work on the set of ‘Catching Fire.’ The SAG and Golden Globe nominee does plan to take some time off to celebrate Christmas. ‘The Hunger Games’ star will join her family in her hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.

“My brother just told me in an e-mail that we’re all going to go clay pigeon shooting. He found this place where they let you shoot clay pigeons and then give you dinner afterwards. He’s real excited about it. We’ve never done it before. I don’t know what his shooting skills are like — I’m sure they’re better than mine. I’m going to have to bring my bow and arrow.”

I bet her shooting skills are up to the task after her training for ‘The Hunger Games’! It’s good to hear Jennifer’s going to get to spend the holiday with family.

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A rumor came out a while ago that Russell Crowe and Danielle Spencer had split. It was never addressed publicly one way or the other. Russell has been in the United States for a while now, filming ‘Noah’ and now ‘Winter’s Tale.’ Russell broke his silence after Page Six reported he was dating Katie Lee (Billy Joel’s ex-wife). He tweeted:

As soon as I finish this job & can get home, my priority is to try to bring my family back together.These latest reports are false & cruel.

It sounds like Russell and Danielle are having problems. But it also sounds like Russell wants to fight to save his marriage. Something tells me he’s not an easy guy to say “No” to!

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Here’s the role that’s earning Jessica Chastain acting nominations left and right! She’s already been nominated for a SAG award as well as a Golden Globe for her acting in the highly anticipated ‘Zero Dark Thirty.’ Here’s a new trailer for the movie, which hits theaters in January. It looks like there’s a lot more detail about the search to find Osama Bin Laden. The raid done by the SEALs seems to be the climactic part but certainly not the entire movie.

Are you interested in seeing this or are you tired of hearing about the Osama Bin Laden raid? At this point, there have been a number of documentaries and a best-selling book about it. I’m interested because of Jessica and director Kathryn Bigelow. They’re both incredibly talented: I trust this will be entertaining.