Jennifer Garner picks up the kids in Santa Monica, CA on November 19, 2009 where the fabulous mom gives her littlest daughter Seraphina Affleck a tender smooch before the trio headed home.

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New Moon pales in comparison to Twilight, according to the critics.

Chicago Sun-Times’ Roger Ebert says “the characters in this movie should be arrested for loitering with intent to moan. Never have teenagers been in greater need of a jump-start. Granted some of them are more than 100 years old, but still: their charisma is by Madame Tussaud.”

Ty Burr of The Boston Globe remarks: “Sorry, girls: The thrill is gone.” He says that “where the first film’s director, Catherine Hardwicke, plugged into [author Stephenie] Meyer’s vision of supernatural teenage lust with abandon, Chris Weitz is stuck with a sequel that’s a morning-after mope-fest.”

Burr also says that the film favors werewolf Jacob (Taylor Lautner) than vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson).

“When he’s onscreen, Pattinson’s Edward is all emo posturing under a trembling bouffant – the actor suddenly seems to be embarrassed to be here,” says Burr. “Lautner’s performance, by contrast, has the warmth of an actual human.”

But Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times says Lautner and Kristen Stewart (who plays Bella) have no heat: “The connection between these two is so self-evidently non-romantic that it turns out not to be much of a diversion.”

USA Today’s Claudia Puig agrees, saying the the Bella-Edward romance is a bore and that “the pace picks up” once Jacob and his pals turn into werewolves. She gave the film 2.5 out of 4 stars.

Variety writes that ladies hoping to gaze at Pattinson the big screen ” may be disappointed by Pattinson’s reduced presence” in the sequel, “as his Edward appears predominantly in mumbling visions until a cliffhanger that brazenly sets up the next episode.”

Despite some harsh reviews, the film is still expected to earn more than $85 million during its first weekend (it has run up the biggest advance sales of any film in history). It opens in 4,024 locations, beginning with 3,500 performances at 12:01 a.m. Friday.

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I’m only going to work until about 11 today…then I’m going to see New Moon. It’s like a holiday for me. I know the movie isn’t going to be great, but doesn’t mean I’m not going to drop everything and go see it!

I don’t know why, but I’m totally surprised! I wonder what she’s got up her sleeve…

Oprah Winfrey will end her show after its 25th season wraps in 2011, according to publicists for her production company, Harpo.

This confirmation comes after speculation that Winfrey could be moving the popular syndicated talk show, which currently films in Chicago, to her new cable network, OWN, which is based in Los Angeles.

According to an employee, Winfrey told her staff about the plans during a meeting Thursday morning.

Winfrey also reportedly said that severance packages will be given to all employees with three or more years of experience  if they aren’t placed elsewhere in positions within Harpo.

Winfrey is expected to discuss the ending of her show in more detail during tomorrow’s show, which will taped live in Chicago.

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It looks like everyone’s favorite 1990s show will not be reuniting anytime soon! “I think it’s dead,” Mark-Paul Gosselaar told Life & Style about the much-hyped reunion for the cast of Saved by the Bell. Life & Style caught up with the actor, who played Zack Morris on the show, at the opening party for the new American Eagle Outfitters store in NYC’s Times Square.

“No one has come up with a good plan,” Mark-Paul added. “People have been saying, “Oh, I want a reunion.” Well, of what? Do they want to see us get together and talk to each other? Or do they want to see a full episode? No one is opposed to it, but there’s just nothing.”

Mark-Paul made an appearance as Zack Morris earlier this year on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Fallon was also one of the biggest proponents of the SBTB reunion. So what was Mark-Paul’s reasoning behind going in character? “I did what I did on Fallon for fun,” Mark-Paul says. “It was my idea.”

That’s a 10 gallon beanie alright!

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When Demi Moore appeared on the December cover of W magazine, she drew admiring glances for her slender figure and flawless skin.

But while most readers are used to a little airbrushing and touch-up on the covers, it appears the 47-year-old has fallen foul of an over-enthusiastic Photoshopper.

A chunk of her thigh appears to have been digitally removed from the cover between her hip bone and a casually draped sarong. (I don’t buy it…I think she just has her hips cocked to the other side)

There is a good chunk missing from what was her left thigh (our right). Underneath the sarong, the thigh continues but appears to be bulging out an inch more than the photoshopped area.

The mistake was pointed out by eagle-eye commentators and has been the subject of hot discussion on the internet.

According to Jezebel.com, W magazine claimed any retouching was done in-house by the staff of photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.

And a spokesperson added the photographers ‘did not do anything unusual or out of the ordinary on Demi Moore for the photo on the cover of W.

‘Demi is an extraordinary beautiful woman and we feel our cover reflects that.’

The actress, who is wearing a Balmain metal mesh and leather dress, was labelled a Demi Goddess in the accompanying article.

Demi took to Twitter today to dispell the rumors,

Here is the original image people my hips were not touched don’t let these people bullshit you! http://twitpic.com/q4v70

I love the pic and can only say I wish I had good lighting like that following me around all day!! Haha

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