Sofia Vergara left viewers shocked after making an ill-advised “rape joke” on live television.

The Colombian-born screen star – who was romantically linked to Tom Cruise in 2005 – tried to make light of her youthful appearance on American TV’s The View.

One presenter expressed surprise that Sofia, 37, dubbed ‘Sofia Viagra’ for her effect on certain men, was old enough to have an 18-year-old son.

Host Sherri Shepherd said: “And also, you’re a single mum of a teenage son – who’s 18?!

“You look so good!”

She said: “I cannot lie about my age because they count.”

As viewers saw a photo of her with son Manolo Gonzalez, host Sherri said: “What? Did you have him when you were 12?”

Laughing, she replied: “Thirteen. I was raped.”

Another of the show’s presenters, veteran reporter Barbara Walters, looked stony-faced as Sofia made the remark.

And Whoopi Goldberg, who also hosts the daytime talk show, appeared shocked at the comment.

He then laughs out loud and insists: “I really don’t!”

The tattooed 21 year-old is hitting back at recent criticism that he is a Hollywood troublemaker after he was left fighting for his life after being stabbed at a party.

But Clark, the grandson of Hollywood legend Clark Gable, says he doesn’t care what the critics say about him.

Instead he is determined to prove them wrong and fulfill the legacy his famous grandfather left behind when he tragically died at the age of 59 in 1961.

Clark never met his grandfather but the resemblance to the Gone With The Wind actor is uncanny.

He has the same brooding good looks and at 6ft 3in tall is even taller than his 6ft 1in grandfather.

He also has the same intense presence as he speaks out for the first time about the stabbing two months ago which left him in intensive care after his lung collapsed.

The attack left him close to death but as he recovered he claims he finally realised that he wanted to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps and become an actor.

Speaking at his Malibu home for the first time since the attack, Clark revealed: “The press reports about the stabbing didn’t really bother me but I just don’t want people to think that I am some kind of Hollywood brat.

“I have this great legacy that I’ve been left by my grandfather, that is amazing to have been born with.

“The stabbing has pulled me out of that other life that I was living and made me realize that I needed to wake up and use what I was born with.

“I realised that I needed to use this name that I was born with and follow in my grandfather’s footsteps.

“He was a legend. One of Hollywood’s greatest actors and I need to uphold that legacy.

“The criticism about me, or me cashing in the name, doesn’t bother me at all as I am not out there like other celebrity children or grandchildren.

“I’m not in Hollywood. Before the stabbing no-one knew who I was, or that I even existed!

“People have a false sense of who I am but I don’t think they should as they don’t know me.

“I don’t mind people knowing I am Clark Gable’s grandson but people need to know that I am not him.

“I am going to be doing my best to be myself.

“I want to make him and my father proud but I don’t want to be a clone. I am my own person.

“I want to follow in my grandfather’s footsteps the best way that I can. I am taking it one day at a time.

“I would love to be an actor. I don’t know if I could ever be on the level my grandfather was but I don’t mind if people make the comparison.

“But I don’t think people will compare me that much because I am my own person.

They are going to realize that once they see me on screen.”

Clark has begun taking acting lessons while he recovers from the stabbing.

He has also done some modeling work and appeared in a couple of commercials.

But now his goal is to make movies and hopefully one day become as famous as his grandfather.

He added: “I know the Clark Gable name is going to open some doors for me but I don’t want people to think that I am just using it and taking it for granted.

“I am not going to go out there and get loads of movie straight away because of the name, or going a win loads of Oscars.

“I am myself, my grandfather was his self. He had the fame, I got the name.

“That’s what I want to communicate to people.

“Even though my name is Clark Gable, I am still going to have to work to prove that I am good, perhaps even work harder because there is that legacy there that I have to live up to.

“I would love to play the Rhett Butler role from Gone With The Wind – just for the catchphrase.

“I love that catchphrase: “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn’.

“But right now it’s just one day at a time for me. I am still recovering from the stabbing and am on anti-biotics so I need to take things a bit slower than usual.

“But I’m taking acting lessons and having some coaching and learning everything first.

“I’ve done a couple of little commercials but nothing major yet.”

Clark is lucky to alive and able to take acting lessons after he spent nearly a month in hospital after the attack.

It happened two months ago at a party in Calabasass, just north of Los Angeles when he went to help a friend who was being threatened by four other men.

Clark explained: “I went outside the party and a bunch of guys were standing around my friend and one of them had a knife to his throat, so I ran and tackled the guy with the knife.

“I don’t know exactly when I was stabbed but I tackled him to the ground and I think that as I got on top of him someone came up behind me and stabbed me then in the side.

“I didn’t realize that I had been stabbed at first. I just thought someone had punched me really hard in the side.

“The fight had been broken up and those guys took off.

I walked inside the house and all of a sudden I felt this warm trickle down my back.

“Being stabbed doesn’t feel how everyone thinks it feels.

“When you cut yourself with a knife or scissors and you get that instant pain, it didn’t feel like that at all. Instead it was like a hot burning sensation.

“Then I walked into the house and collapsed and started bleeding profusely.

I tried to wrap something around my waist and I couldn’t. Someone in the house called 911 and the paramedics got there within five minutes.

I was in the ambulance and was stable. But then all of a sudden my lung collapsed.

“I couldn’t breathe. I stopped breathing. And I was still bleeding everywhere.

“I was airlifted to UCLA Hospital in Westwood and I was there for seven days.

Heather had found out what had happened through my sister.

“After seven days I was released and sent home. Everything was great and I felt great.

“But by the time I got home I was sweating. The next morning I woke up with a 104 degree fever and a full recollapsed lung.

“I was rushed out of my house by an ambulance after my dad called 911 at 6.30 in the morning.

“I was taken to hospital again and was there for another three weeks.

“I had extensive surgery. I had got pneumonia and I had to have all the pneumonia in my left lung taken out.

“After my surgery I had three test tubes coming out me, plus my stab wound was stapled shut.

“It was a nightmare. I couldn’t believe that it was happening.

“I kept thinking it was a dream and I would wake up. But I did wake-up. The whole thing was a wake-up call and happened for a reason.”

Clark also revealed the stabbing led to him being reunited with his girlfriend, Heather Chadwell, 34.

The couple, who were introduced by Clark’s sister Kayley, had split a few months earlier, mainly because of the 14 year age gap.

But once Heather, who has appeared on such reality show as Rock of Love and Charm School with Sharon Osbourne, heard about the stabbing she went to the hospital.

The pair have been inseparable since and Heather has helped nurse Clark back to health.

The couple are now also planning a reality show about their life together and Clark’s bid to become an actor.

Heather, who did not believe he was Clark Gable’s grandson when they first met, revealed: “I was in shock when I heard about Clark being stabbed.

“It really scared me. I didn’t know what was going to happen.

But I knew I needed to be strong for him and so I headed straight to the hospital and was then at Clark’s side the whole time he was in the hospital.

“I think the stabbing saved his life. He was surrounded by some wrong people and we were on a break.

I had not talked to him in a while, I knew he wasn’t happy though. I kept worrying and worrying about him.

“I’ve been looking after him since he got out of the hospital and it’s taking a while for him to get back on his feet and back to his full strength.

“But now we’re back together and are planning a reality show together, it’s going to be a lot of fun.”

While the couple are waiting to film their reality show, Clark is spending his time getting better – and going on casting calls.

Clark said: “I was aware of my grandfather when I was about six years old.

“My own father sat me down and told me about him and showed me some of his movies – Gone With The Wind, Stagecoach and I think The Misfits.

“If I can be anywhere near as good as actor as my grandfather, I would be really happy.

“AT the moment I am still recouperating as I came out of the hospital 17lbs lighter, so I just need to get back to my full strength.

“Now that I look back on it, it’s like it all came together for a reason.

It all lined up perfectly to where I was meant to be stabbed that night.

I think it saved my life. It happened for a reason.

“It was a blessing in disguise because ever since this happened things in my life have only got better and better.

“I know I am going to make my grandfather proud.”

Renee Zellweger is the apple of Bradley Cooper’s eye, according to a New York newspaper.

The latest reports had the pair growing distant after a steamy European sojourn that saw them passionately embracing inside a historic church.

But the New York Daily News claims it’s all back on and that Cooper is on the verge of making things official. A source said: “It’s very serious. As soon as his mom gives the sign-off, he’s going to propose. Renee’s and Bradley’s previous marriages [to Kenny Chesney and Jennifer Esposito, respectively] both ended after only four months. They have that in common – it’s one of the things that brought them together.”

The pair is now planning to break bread over Thanksgiving with Cooper’s parents in Philadelphia. The source continued: “Things have been heading in this direction for the two of them for a while but this definitely solidifies how serious they are. Renee says she’s nervous, and she’s really hoping it goes well. She’s very excited.”

The romance is “quite serious. Renee and Bradley are crazy about each other”, the source added.

2012 star Thandie Newton said she has ‘never dated an actor’ and stopped using her sexuality as a tool in relationships a long time ago.

Newton, 37, married writer Ol Parker in 1998 and they have two young daughters together: Ripley and Nico.

The RocknRolla star appears in the new disaster movie 2012 alongside John Cusack, but she said she has never had a relationship with another actor.

She said to UK magazine In Style: “I’ve never dated an actor, just had the odd fling. Isn’t that weird?

“I don’t flirt with people – a long time ago, I stopped using my sexuality to have a relationship with people.

“I don’t think you really get a sense of me, sexually, and that’s why I have really great relationships with straight men.”

Helena, 43, will soon be seen on UK TV screens when she plays the title role in a biopic of the legendary author Enid Blyton on BBC4.

Talking about the biopic, she said: “I won’t watch it. Most actors loathe watching themselves. It’s not like I am going to do the same part next year, so what’s the point?”

Helena, who has two children with partner Tim Burton, also revealed she is reading Blyton’s books to her son Billy.

The wife of media magnate Rupert Murdoch will produce an English-language Chinese drama starring Zhang Ziyi, who, some say, is China’s hottest female acting star.

The film, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, tells the 19th-century story of the lifetime friendship of Lily and Snow Flower, who were subject to the strict codes governing the women of the times. Wendi Murdoch, a China-born former news executive and beauty, will produce the movie along with the Malaysian-Chinese wife of MGM chairman Harry Sloan, Florence.

Zhang won acclaim in 2005’s Memoirs of a Geisha.

She will also produce, while Wayne Wang of Joy Luck Club fame will direct.

Actress Debi Mazar has revealed her daughters have play dates with Madonna’s children.

The 45-year-old, who recently took part in Dancing With The Stars, appeared in a number of Madonna’s music videos, and she revealed that she is good friends with the actress and their kids play together.

She said: “Madonna and I have been friends for almost three decades – dear friends. Our children have had play dates and we will always be friends.

“Will we worth together again? I hope so! We are both creative minds and enjoy each other’s company immensely.”
Source: Splash News

Hollywood couple Courteney Cox and David Arquette have teamed up with an American jewellery manufacturer to create their own range for charity, according to reports.

The pair are spearheading a drive to raise money for children suffering from epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a rare genetic condition that affects the skin.

They reportedly decided to raise money after a friend’s child fell victim to the condition.

Arquette said: “There is a beautiful child named Brendon, the son of one of our dear friends, Andrea Pett Joseph, who was born with epidermolysis bullosa or EB.

“We were not aware of the condition until it affected us personally but, of course, once we got to know this incredible child we wanted to do whatever we could to help.”

The Satya EB Charity Collection features a range of affordable butterfly-adorned pieces, and proceeds will help fund treatment and medical research for EB sufferers.

Gilbert, 45, who played Laura, is now starring as mother Caroline in the stage musical.

She said, “It’s an amazing experience, a real gift to be able to do it. I had never done a musical before last summer, when the show debuted. That aspect, being able to approach something totally new in this business, is a miracle.”

Gilbert also said she gains great satisfaction from charity work, with such groups as Habitat for Humanity. “People get so complacent. We get caught up in our own lives and dramas, and forget to see the bigger picture,” she said. “We rely on each other as human beings, and this show demonstrates that clearly.”

David Letterman is still a smooth operator.

The sex scandal-hit talk show host climbed a ladder in his studio to present Courteney Cox’s mother with a bunch of birthday flowers.

Cox’s 75-year-old mother, also named Courteney, sat in the front row of the balcony at Letterman’s New York studio, but that did not put the comic off.

With the Friends star watching on, Letterman took off his jacket and climbed the ladder to hand over the red roses.

Cox told Letterman that her family was with her in New York to celebrate her mother’s birthday.

Screen siren Megan Fox’s biker leathers and skimpy denim short shorts from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen are going under the hammer in a worldwide auction.

Fans can bid to get their hands on sexy Megan’s outfits from the hit movie as part of a sale of Hollywood memorabilia.

The short shorts costume also includes a figure-hugging football tanktop which Megan wore while straddling a motorbike in her role as heroine Mikaela Barnes.

The two outfits are expected to sell for up to $5,000 each in the LA auction.

The biker costume includes a black leather jacket and matching trousers and black leather boots.

They are among several Transformers items up for grabs – including a giant 17ft full scale model of robot Bumblebee which was used in the movie and is tipped to fetch a cool $80,000.

Joe Maddalena, president of auction house Profiles in History, said: “Megan Fox has become the new sex symbol – anything worn by her is in great demand by collectors.”

The auction will start at noon local time on Friday and bids can be placed by phone, fax or live on the internet.

Source: Splash News

The 22-year-old is a former Laguna Beach star who has been in trouble with police several times since the reality show was ditched.

Wahler has been booked into Yakima County Jail after sentencing in Seattle, according to a jail spokesperson. He will serve 120 days in jail but be eligible for release after 80 days, subject to good behaviour, a Seattle courts spokesperson said.

In 2007, Wahler said: “I did try drugs, but it was never my thing. It was alcohol, for sure. It would take me about 10 drinks before that other side came out. It’s like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.”

No explanation for the current minor drinking charge was available.

Bridget Jones star Renee Zelleweger will reportedly wear a fat suit for the third film in the series.

Renee, 40, previously put on 30lbs of weight for the role of podgy Bridget in the last two movies and she did that by eating pizza and peanut butter sandwiches.

However, it has now been claimed that the star wants to keep her slim figure and will be wearing a padded outfit for the role in Bridget Jones 3 instead.

A source said to Britain’s Reveal magazine: “Renee will be wearing a fat suit in the third film as it took her a while to lose the weight last time.

“She’s also thinking about the effect quickly putting on an then losing 30lb has on her body.”

Source: Splash News
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Parker, 44, wore a slim, black dress by Alexander McQueen to a Sex and the City event in New York.

She told Britain’s SHE magazine: “I actually had to cut myself out of that dress. My husband was out of town, so I was alone when I got home and I couldn’t unzip it. So, I got the scissors out.”

Parker is best known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City.

She admitted that she doesn’t share Carrie’s passion for fashion: “I don’t have the Carrie Bradshaw passion and devotion to it.”