Chriqui is no 'girl next door,' but she's one to watch Jun 6, 2008
"And that hurts. In America, I think it's still the choice that people will gravitate to the girl next door." ... She's the furthest thing from the girl next door, but this time it landed her a part opposite Adam Sandler in You Don't Mess With the Zohan, out today. (USA Today -- Life)
AMAZON: The Kindle online store Jun 2, 2008
We all knew and loved Valerie Bertinelli as the girl next door cutie, Barbara Cooper, in the hit TV show "One Day at a Time." Now she is the divorced mother of a teenager and is conducting a very public -- and already successful -- campaign to lose weight as a spokesperson for Jenny Craig. Losing It is Bertinelli's frank motivational story -- from her complicated family life to her struggles to maintain a healthy self-image while coping with celebrity, her tumultuous 20-year marriage to rock... (USA Today -- Tech)
The week's best films on TV May 31, 2008
The Girl Next Door (Luke Greenfield, 2004) 11 ... Innocent high-school nerd Emile Hirsch falls for the new girl next door (Elisha Cuthbert), and it turns out she's a former porn star, trying to give up her dodgy past. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Pop Tarts: Hugh Hefner's Girlfriend 'Scared' of Being Naked May 31, 2008
But it turns out that the "Girl Next Door" is terrified of taking it all off. "I'm really, really self-conscious, believe or not," she told Pop Tarts. (Fox News)
Kylie Minogue celebrates her 40th birthday in style May 28, 2008
SHE'S reinvented her image more times than she has had birthdays - from the girl next door in Neighbours to her wild look during her days in love with Michael Hutchence, to her sexy Showgirl style and on to her current X tour. or. (NEWS.com.au)
WW II veteran recalls sinking of USS Lexington May 26, 2008
While stationed near Long Beach, he visited an aunt and met the girl next door, Marjorie. A black and white photo shows them together, him smoking a pipe and wearing his jaunty white sailor cap, and she looking like actress Gene Tierney. (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
I Like to Watch May 25, 2008
Susan's teenage daughter has a crush on her sexy teacher, Susan's son has a crush on the girl next door whose mom appears to be a wanton coke whore, there's another nostalgic '70s hit song every few seconds ("Love, love will keep us together!"), and people actually say things like, "Who's up for a Harvey Wallbanger?" Basically, the whole thing is stylish and '70s-sexy but also shallow enough to feel like a less funny, hollowed-out combination of "The Wonder Years" and "Boogie Nights" -- which is... (Salon)
Sex and the City plays cash and Carrie at M&S May 23, 2008
The TV presenter is the girl next door with an edge. Sunday Times magazine. (Times Online)
June is Jam Packed with 'Instant' Gratification as The N Premieres Final Season of Instant Star and Launches the Hit Teen Comedy That '70s Show May 23, 2008
That '70s Show, produced by Carsey-Werner, revolves around several teens living in Wisconsin in 1976 including, Eric Forman (Topher Grace), who lives under the authority of his parents, Donna Pinciotti (Laura Prepon), the girl next door, Fez (Wilmer Valderrama), the foreign-exchange student soaking up American culture, Jackie Burkhart (Mila Kunis), the self proclaimed hottie, her on-again off-again boyfriend Michael Kelso (Ashton Kutcher) and Steven Hyde (Danny Masterson), the conspiracy... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Gwyneth Paltrow Bares a Breast in Film May 21, 2008
In "Two Lovers," Phoenix plays a mentally jumbled lonely guy who tries to juggle romances with both Paltrow s selfish car crash of a mistress and Vinessa Shaw s girl next door. Related. (Fox News)
"Survivor" All-Stars Ready for Battle May 14, 2008
Aside from his haunting turn in Into the Wild, his credits also include roles in the porn-star-neighbor comedy The Girl Next Door, the true-crime drama Alpha Dog, the skateboarding romp Lords of Dogtown, and the indie ensemble The Air I Breathe. Reporting by Whitney English. (Yahoo News -- Survivor)
Easy does it for Emile Hirsch May 11, 2008
"The Girl Next Door" was the closest Hirsch came to a teen comedy, even though the film is more "Risky Business" than "She's All That." Afterwards, Hirsch was back to more demanding roles in indie fare like "The Mudge Boy" and "Imaginary Heroes.". A turn as a star skateboarder in "Lords of Dogtown" earned Hirsch rave reviews but little box-office recognition. (Cherry Hill Courier Post)
'American Crime' is tough viewing May 10, 2008
The crime, notorious for its heartlessness, was also dramatized in Jack Ketchum's 1989 novel "The Girl Next Door" and a 2007 film of the same title. Keener's Gertrude is quite obviously a mess, and it's painful to see Sylvia's naive carny parents leaving her and her sister, Jenny, in Gertrude's home. (Boston Globe)
Emile Hirsch's career is going at Mach speed May 9, 2008
But it wasn't until a decade later that he landed his breakout role, as the boy next door in the 2004 sex comedy The Girl Next Door. He then played a skater hooligan in 2005's Lords of Dogtown and a drug dealer in 2006's Alpha Dog. (USA Today -- Life)
Fisher still fighting uphill money race May 8, 2008
" Attempts to reach the company Wednesday were unsuccessful. Fisher said the team will know by the end of the week whether to hunt for another sponsor. Even without a backer, she will attempt her seventh Indy start, which would tie her with Lyn St. James for the most by a woman at the Brickyard. As Danica Patrick became the face of the IRL as the first woman to lead the Indy 500 and later win an Indy-car race, Fisher, 27, also can lay claim to a significant slice of series history. Fans voted... (USA Today -- Sports)
This wheel is on fire May 8, 2008
Most of his movies had been well reviewed, but little-seen indies (The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, The Lords of Dogtown, Alpha Dog) and the suggestive cult flick The Girl Next Door, before Penn's film lifted him to a higher level of recognition. True to form, though, Hirsch says he is open for his career to take off in any direction. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
All Men Are Liars May 2, 2008
Posted by: Girl Next Door on May 2, 2008 9:08 AM ... Girl Next Door on May 2, 2008 9:08 AM ... " Maybe not here, but there was a British comedy called 'Coupling' I think a few years ago, based on 'Friends'. Not that funny but apart from little swearing (prime time tv after all), there was plenty of inarticulate, thoughtless, sexist stuff. And you know, anyone who's ever watched Benny Hill knows how men think. The funny thing is how they chose not to show it once feminists started complaining... (Sydney Morning Herald)
Woman Says Bengals Player Punched Her May 2, 2008
Neighbors say the fight was bad enough, but, then they heard the 6' 3", 259 pound linebacker hit an innocent bystander, a woman."And I walked down there and ended up finding out that he had hit the girl next door. "Brooks is facing a misdemeanor assault charge for punching the woman in her eye.According to court papers, she was trying to quiet the fight between the two men in front of the house because it was scaring the neighborhood kids.Brooks has been in trouble before. He was kicked off his... (WKRC.com, OH)
Critics' Picks Apr 19, 2008
s "The Girl Next Door" don't know how good they have it. Nor does he. (Salon)
Wooten: Slicing & dicing the Dems Apr 18, 2008
Hey, I don t believe in god, but then again I don t believe in Jim Woodenhead either, or Apple Pie, the Girl next door, or America. So What. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Red-hot Toni comes out of the blue Apr 14, 2008
TONI PEAREN has declared she is no longer the girl next door after taking on a sexy role in the new Aussie soap Out Of The Blue ... "Obviously, I'm very used to playing the girl next door. I often get cast in those roles ... for my entire career, always sweet and innocent and accessible," she said ... "This is my first role out of Funniest Home Videos, which was definitely girl next door, and she's a lot more complex and cunning and interesting.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
THE EVOLUTION OF SEX SYMBOLS Apr 13, 2008
Click Thumbnails to View Last modified 4/11/2008 - 5:57 pm Originally created 041308. We take stock of the bodies and souls that have seduced our imaginations over the years. (Florida Times-Union)
Book Claims Mantle Played A Day Game Apr 9, 2008
Wednesday, April 09, 2008 Last Update: 06:30 AM EDT. NIFTY BOOKS ON NAUGHTY ACTS. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Casual games embrace girl next door Apr 7, 2008
GRANNIES, GO-GETTERS AND THE GIRL NEXT DOOR ... When Sandlot Games was designing Jill, the star of Cake Mania, great care was taken to make her look like the girl next door. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Mother Goddam Apr 5, 2008
But neither was she buttoned up like the girl next door. Her wit betrayed her. (Guardian Unlimited)
‘Definitely’ May Be the Best Romantic Comedy of the Year Apr 4, 2008
Meet blond Emily (Elizabeth Banks), the college sweetheart and girl next door who follows Will to New York and finds her own niche in the city s competitive pace. Then April (Isla Fisher), the exasperating, apolitical and always confrontational redhead who runs the copy machine, plays Kurt Cobain and haunts second-hand book stores for the lost copy of Jane Eyre her father bought and inscribed for her 13th birthday, a few weeks before he died. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
She's the one Mar 31, 2008
"I was always classed as the girl next door, really tomboyish, when I always wanted to be really kitteny." What, I ask, is her best model pose. "Well," she says, "now people are more about chin up, but when I was modelling it was all about chin down, relax your mouth, look up. The other thing is to look stern. I read an article the other day about the new trend for the sacrificial-virgin look. I thought it was really interesting - super-young girls, blonde, really wide-eyed.". (Guardian Unlimited)
Is This New Web Site the Future of Television? Mar 27, 2008
So far, the most popular episodes reflect the limited offerings and the geekiness/maleness of the early adopters: The Simpsons, Family Guy, The Girl Next Door. But when the voting and commenting crowds arrive, and more women show up, and more shows and movies get added, Hulu has the chance to be a fascinating microclimate. (Slate)
Book Excerpt Mar 18, 2008
She was the epitome of the Girl Next Door, if only the girl next door was a stunning brunette. Catherine didnt really look as exotic as Angelina Jolie, her favorite actress, but Catherine loved when people said she reminded her of Jolie. (CBS News -- 48 Hours)
Imbruglia and Branson Mar 16, 2008
It seems that former Neighbours' girl next door Natalie Imbruglia has wasted no time in getting back on the horse, so to speak. The adorable Aussie has been romantically linked with the son of billionaire businessman Richard Branson, just weeks after splitting from her rock star husband. (Sky News Australia)
Philip French's Screen legends Mar 15, 2008
He directed her as a tough, gum-chewing chanteuse in It's Magic (aka Romance on the High Seas, 1948), which made her a movie star and for some years she alternated between playing band singers, usually exploited by the men she worshipped (as she was in real life) and serving as Warner's resident 'girl next door', a freckled ingenue with corn-fed charm. Her screen persona came to reflect the tug between professional independence and domestic submission that characterised postwar life in the... (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Age no barrier: Demi Moore Mar 10, 2008
Less sex on legs, more girl next door: Quest for a new Chiko roll girl. Powered by. (LIVENEWS.com.au)
This week at the movies Mar 8, 2008
He recounts how he moved to New York from Wisconsin and tells of his romantic relationships with three very different women, but changes their names so Maya has to guess whether her father married his college sweetheart, longtime best friend, or the girl next door. As he tells his story, Maya helps him realize it s never too late to go back and find a happy ending. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Hollywood sex: What's hot or not? Mar 7, 2008
Natalie Portman in Closer, Elisha Cuthbert in The Girl Next Door, Rose McGowan in Grindhouse, Lindsay Lohan in I Know Who Killed Me. Do you know how many Hollywood striptease scenes my boyfriend has downloaded from YouTube. (MSNBC -- News)
Agyness Deyn: The face of a generation Mar 5, 2008
Kate Moss has long been applauded for her "girl next door" good looks that are today, truth to tell, anything but. Agyness Deyn, though, is the real deal. (Independent)
Critic's corner Mar 5, 2008
The Popular Girl, the Jock, the Bully, the Girl Next Door and the rest obsess about their past while '80s hits play in the background ... The Popular Girl, the Jock, the Bully, the Girl Next Door and the rest obsess about their past while '80s hits play in the background. (Boston Globe)
Ricci Needs No Rescuing Mar 2, 2008
Christina Ricci doesn't play the girl next door very often, but she wouldn't mind doing so - as long as that girl had some substance to her. "My girl next door needs to do all the things boys do," she says, "and be more capable than a lot of them.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Liu's 'Milk Tea' Blues Mar 1, 2008
BEIJING, March 1 -- Taiwan's entertainment scene has a mild-mannered "girl next door". The singer and actress is also a song, book and movie scriptwriter. (Xinhuanet, China)
Now Playing: "My TV Went Out" Feb 25, 2008
Time Warner Cable dramatizes the hazards of satellite TV with this vignette about the girl next door. Source: VideoAdded On February 25, 2008. (Multichannel News)
Flesh & ‘Blood’ Green Ridge native Paul Dano is proud father of actor starring in film nominated for eight Oscars at tonight’s ceremony Feb 24, 2008
The Girl Next Door (2004). Taking Lives (2004). (Scranton Times, PA)
Kutty Chetan Feb 24, 2008
The secrets of freeing Chetan are in an astrological chart that falls into the hands of three heroes- Raj, a gadget lover, Yamini, the girl next door who performs magic tricks and Snuggles- a talking parrot who is actually a human astrologer. Storyline. (Hindu)
2007 Adult DVD Empire Award Winners Announced Feb 23, 2008
Dream Girls won the first-ever Best Amateur DVD award for their release of Discovering The Girl Next Door 3. Check out the complete list of Empire Awards winners. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Definitely, Maybe Feb 16, 2008
Is her mother Will's college sweetheart, the dependable girl next door Emily. Is she his longtime best friend and confidante, the apolitical April. (Anchorage Daily News)
Letter from India Feb 16, 2008
"Transgenders in India are seen as immoral and evil. I will break that image by being articulate, intelligent and a bit like the girl next door," Rose, said, calmly leafing through the script of her first show - an interview with a prostitute about her recently published autobiography. "This is a radical development. There have been transsexuals in Indian movies, but always as the object of ridicule or as villains. This is the first time in the history of Indian television that a transgender... (International Herald Tribune)
Spielbergs Screen 'Test Feb 10, 2008
"It was like being told to make love to Marilyn Monroe," Spielberg tells Charlotte Chandler in her new Crawford bio, "Not the Girl Next Door,". But the two got along great and Spielberg said he learned a great deal from her. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Aretha: "Just The Lady Next Door" Feb 7, 2008
But, in a wide-ranging interview in her Beverly Hills hotel room, Franklin told Early Show co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez she tries to think of herself as "just the girl next door.". "You HAVE to know that you're the 'Queen of Soul," Rodriguez insisted. (CBS News)
'Lipstick' tints careers Feb 6, 2008
"Sex and the City was always about a thirtysomething woman who finds that she's single when she wasn't expecting it. (Lipstick) is the new career woman, the girl next door who makes good," Bushnell says. "Where are we now as women? What's changed?". (USA Today)
More fun for the winners Feb 5, 2008
(The linebacker likely cheered up when one of his biggest fans, Playboy "Girl Next Door" Kendra Wilkinson, showed up later. . (Boston Globe)
There Will Be Blood Review Jan 23, 2008
The story then follows the difficulties Plainview faces in drilling the land, including constantly butting heads with both a rival oil company and a local preacher played by Paul Dano, (Little Miss Sunshine 2006, The Girl Next Door 2004) as well as the deafening of his son when one of his derricks explode. The film, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson of Magnolia and Boogie Nights, is expertly made. (The Suffolk Journal, MA)
Steroids? I didn't take 'em, I swear ... Jan 20, 2008
If Don Evans or Richard Schwartz had been around then, Andy might have sued the girl next door instead of standing her up because there was a new girl in town to take for a malted over at the drug store soda fountain. But I digress. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Schooled in cool Jan 20, 2008
It has become more ubiquitous than ever: co-opted by Tesco and your dad, by mobile phone adverts and the girl next door. In the space of 12 months, though, the story has started to change. (Guardian Unlimited)
Playboy Magazine Searches For Its 55th Anniversary Playmate Jan 18, 2008
"We're looking for someone who is sexy, sophisticated, and the all-American girl next door.". Playboy photographers will travel across the U.S., interviewing candidates in each of the following cities. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
WILD COURIC RAW: ANCHOR CAUGHT OFF-CAMERA, AGAIN... Jan 16, 2008
" by b1gg33k on January 15, 2008, at 12:32PM PST What gets me is the two imitations she does of Ann Curry when she says "Time for the weather and Al". She must think Ann sounds like a newscaster suffering from a perpetual post-nasal drip. by SouthJunkie on January 15, 2008, at 12:23PM PST This is gay. This whole website is gay. by tabirdfan on January 15, 2008, at 12:19PM PST Well it just shows that cbs hired an ameture to do their news cutie kouric has never been a real bright bulb. she... (The Drudge Report)
Friends, family in The Colony stand by arrested Arizona beauty queen Jan 15, 2008
"She was kind, caring, very studious. She was the girl next door, better than the girl next door. "That's why it's so shocking," she said. Susie Richardson, mother of one of Ms. Fulbright's classmates, echoes the fond memories and says she, too, was stunned by the news and pictures. "When I saw that mug shot, I couldn't believe it," she said. "It makes me so sad. " Felicia Koppang said her classmate was "energetic, very strong-minded. (FOX 11, AZ)
Mustaches: Facial hair 'do of the year Jan 15, 2008
The Men's Health Girl Next Door trumpets the mustache's return as well, calling its revival a backlash from the metrosexual "girlie-man era" of which dudes are growing tired. I don't know, man. (Florida Times-Union)
Tickets for popular Hannah Montana can be hard to find Jan 12, 2008
She s not fake she s very down to earth, just like the girl next door, said Lowery, who often watches the show. Hannah and Taylor like the reality of the show, too that her real-life dad and best friend play those roles on the show. (Skieston Standard Democrat, MO)
Why Do Celeb Moms-to-Be Stay Mum? Jan 9, 2008
"You can no longer play that sexy girl next door once you're pregnant," said Ronn Torossian, CEO of 5W Public Relations. "You can no longer be a boy band star if you have a girlfriend that you're living with. A celebrity brand is much different from a real-life person. A celebrity brand is something that is carefully cultivated, and sometimes reality gets in the way of that.". (ABC News)
'I didn't hit that pregnant girl' Jan 4, 2008
I want to change my girl next door image. Salman Khan to unveil statue at Madam Tussauds. (SantaBanta.com)
Indiana brothers say it's their turn to serve country Dec 20, 2007
While his big brothers jostled for supremacy on the backyard basketball court, he became best friends with the girl next door. She and Jake would sell lemonade and night crawlers out by the road. (USA Today -- News)
Sanjay Dutt and Suneil Shetty in Dus Kahaaniyan Dec 9, 2007
Featuring a recently single man and the girl next door, like every other film on this list, nothing here is as it seems but the plot felt more heavy-handed than the better stories in this lis,t and the twist in this tale is more easily predicted than some of the others. Post intermission, we visit Lovedale which stars Neha Uberoiand Aftab Shivdasani [] with appearances by Anooradha Patel and Anupam Kher. (Rediff)
Rowling most fascinating of 07 Dec 8, 2007
Walters, like millions of viewers each week, was taken aback by Heigls beauty, saying, (She has) that fresh scrubbed look, so even when she is very glamorous, she is kind of the girl next door. Provided, the girl next door is beautiful. (MSNBC -- News)
From 'Buffy' to group sex Nov 29, 2007
Although she doesn't play the girl next door, Dushku, a sloe-eyed beauty with an insouciant air, steers away from her more typical screen image as "the bad, sexy girl." She was pleased when writer-director Miles Brandman, 26, offered her the other female lead, the not-as-adventurous-as-she-thinks woman who's "more personal and just vulnerable at times, raw.". Dushku has been acting since she was 10, debuting opposite Juliette Lewis in "That Night." She played Arnold Schwarzenegger's daughter in... (Los Angeles Times)
Screamfest frightfully fun, freaky Nov 25, 2007
Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door What ... They said "The first authentically shocking American film I've seen since Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, from some 20 years ago. If you are easily disturbed, you should not watch this movie. If, on the other hand, you are prepared for a long look into hell, suburban style, The Girl Next Door will not disappoint. This is the dark-side-of-the-moon version of Stand By Me." Stephen King, writer Misery. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
It's my parody... Nov 24, 2007
After falling for the girl next door, the hero says, "I stared at the ceiling and wondered how I could be in love with someone whose name had no anagram.". For 10 years or so, Martin informally studied psychology in a way that puts one in mind of this character studying the way people behave from what seems like a special distance. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
SCREAMFESTINDO: Horror fest wants viewers 'scream, clap and boo' Nov 18, 2007
Psychological thriller seems to dominate the line-up with various disturbing subjects; from mysterious terror (Ils, France), brutal voyeurism (Footsteps, UK) deadly games (Thailand's 13 Beloved and UK's The Waz), to the true story of rape and murder (Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door, US). Monsters, vampires and cannibals can be found in horror comedy Frostbitten (Sweden), Headspace (US) and Welcome to the Jungle (US); while roving psychopaths are on the loose in titles such as The Hamiltons... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
