Good thing Bill’s not still in office
It’s a bust of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton – in more ways than one.
Cast in resin and bearing ample cleavage, “The Presidential Bust of Hillary Rodham Clinton: The First Woman President of the United States” was unveiled this week at the Museum of Sex in Manhattan.
Sculptor Daniel Edwards says he wanted to depict the 58-year-old New York Democrat “with her head held high, a youthful spirit and a face matured by wisdom.”
But her face is not what’s attracting all the attention.
“Her cleavage is on display, prominently portraying sexual power which some people still consider too threatening,” says Edwards, whose last work, unveiled at a gallery in Brooklyn, depicted Britney Spears on her knees giving birth on a bearskin rug.
Clinton, widely thought to be considering a presidential run in 2008, has declined comment.
Vim and Viagra-ous
Reports that Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has suffered a stroke are greatly exaggerated.
“I’ve never felt better,” the 80-year-old Hefner said earlier this week.
“We had a lingerie party Saturday night, and I went up a little early because (girlfriend) Holly (Madison) had a cold. I am in very good health,” he added.
An underwater birth?
Bryce Dallas Howard, star of M. Night Shyamalan‘s new movie, “Lady in the Water,” is having a baby.
“I can’t talk about the pregnancy too much,” says the 25-year-old daughter of director Ron Howard, explaining: “I’m a little superstitious.”
Howard, who has a role in next year’s “Spider-Man 3,” was married in June to actor Seth Gabel.
Losing that Apple shape again
Gwyneth Paltrow says she’s lost her baby fat three months after new son Moses‘ birth.
As with her pregnancy with daughter Apple two years ago, Paltrow says she was “horrified” to face the prospect of shedding 40 pounds.
“It’s all lovely when you are pregnant, but when … you are still carrying tons of extra weight and everything’s all hanging and sagging, you think, ‘How is this ever going to go back?’ ” she says.
“But it does – if you do a lot of working out.”
They don’t let you eat cake
Kirsten Dunst, who plays a young Marie Antoinette in director Sofia Coppola‘s upcoming biopic, poses as the French queen for a photo spread in September’s Vogue magazine.
Dunst, 24, wears a series of dramatic floor-length gowns by designers such as Alexander McQueen and John Galliano, and by the film’s costume designer, Milena Canonero.
“You breathe differently in those dresses; you move in a special way,” she says.
The birthday bunch
Country singer Porter Wagoner is 79. Actor George Hamilton is 67. Actress Jennifer Warren is 65. Singer-guitarist Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) is 57. Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is 52. Actor Bruce Greenwood is 50. Rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot is 43. Actor Peter Krause (“Six Feet Under”) is 41. Actor Michael Ian Black (“Ed”) is 35. Actress Rebecca Gayheart is 34. Actor Casey Affleck is 31. Actress Imani Hakim (“Everybody Hates Chris”) is 13.