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Romance in Hollywood
Aired December 29, 2006 - 19:00 ET
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A.J. HAMMER, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT ANCHOR: Marrying young in Hollywood, when is it too much, too soon? I`m A.J. Hammer in New York.
BROOKE ANDERSON, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT ANCHOR: And love on the set, what happens when on-screen chemistry turns into real life romance? I`m Brooke Anderson in Hollywood. A special edition of TV`s most provocative entertainment news show starts right now.
Tonight, on this special edition of SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, romance in Hollywood. From Colin Farrell, to Russell Crowe, what is it that makes bad boys look oh so good to the rest of us? Is that what attracted Britney to K-Fed, or Whitney to Bobby? SHOWBIZ TONIGHT with a special report, bad boys and the women who love them.
Also tonight --
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ANDERSON: Maybe not, tonight, happily unmarried in Hollywood. How people all across America are following in the footsteps of the biggest stars and not getting hitched. So, why are we walking away from walking down the aisle? Tonight, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT with the question, is it better not to tie the knot?
HAMMER: Hello, I`m A.J. Hammer in New York.
ANDERSON: Hi there everyone, I`m Brooke Anderson in Hollywood.
HAMMER: Welcome to a special edition of SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, romance in Hollywood. Yes, there`s nothing like love, Hollywood style, from the shocking hook-ups to the surprising splits.
ANDERSON: That`s right, A.J. In Hollywood, love is always in the air. First tonight, we have some advice for young stars in Hollywood who are even thinking about getting married. Take a good, hard look at Britney Spears. After Britney`s shocking divorce filing from hubby Kevin Federline, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT did some digging, and what we found is that getting married too young in Hollywood can be a walk right down the aisle to divorce court.
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ANDERSON (voice-over): Britney and Kevin, Reese and Ryan, Kate and Chris, young, rich, and on their way to divorce court.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You`re looking great. You`re looking great.
ANDERSON: At just 24 years old, pop princess Britney Spears is reported to be worth as much as $300 million. She`s also failed at marriage, twice.
ROBI LUDWIG, TLC`S "ONE WEEK TO SAVE A MARRIAGE": When people get married younger, they`re more inclined to get divorced, because maybe they marry for the wrong reasons. Maybe they marry just because the chemistry`s right.
BRITNEY SPEARS, SINGER: Our sex is so good.
ANDERSON: Britney wasn`t shy about the chemistry she had with Kevin Federline. The two dated for six months before becoming Mr. and Mrs. Spears in 2004.
Two years, two kids and many tabloid stories later, she`s decided to go solo. Her marriage, the latest on the growing heap of divorces in Hollywood.
DR. GAIL SALTZ, PSYCHIATRIST: I think celebrity couples are under extraordinary scrutiny and that that makes having a marriage, which already has about a 50/50 chance of surviving, if you look at overall national statistics, that many more times harder.
ANDERSON: With their all-American good looks and two adorable children, Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon and her handsome husband, Ryan Phillippe, were once seen as a Hollywood marriage that worked. When they first met at Reese`s birthday party, she was just 21. He was not even 23. They married two years later.
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you that may have been a mistake.
SALTZ: Reese Witherspoon becomes this major actress, is very successful. And even though she tried to help her husband feel comfortable with it, ultimately it was something he couldn`t tolerate.
ANDERSON: And then there`s Kate Hudson, a spitting image of her mom, Goldie Hawn, who won our hearts when she played a rock band groupie in the movie, "Almost Famous".
KATE HUDSON, ACTRESS: Groupies sleep with rock stars because they want to be near someone famous.
ANDERSON: That same year when she was just 21 years old, she married Chris Robinson, the front man for the popular band, the Black Crowes.
HUDSON: Married life is more than I ever thought it would be.
ANDERSON: Kate Hudson, a bride at 21, a mom four years later, and separated last summer.
SALTZ: Under 25 is potentially a risk factor for a marriage. You have left self-confidence going into a marriage.
ANDERSON: The experts SHOWBIZ TONIGHT talked with tell us that all couples, not just the rich and famous, can dramatically cut the likelihood of divorce by waiting until 25 to marry. That`s partially because during the early 20s, the brain literally is not equipped to make such life altering decisions.
LUDWIG: There`s the part of our brain that`s in charge of making, you know, sound decisions that really isn`t fully developed until -- until we`re older.
It`s almost like buying your favorite shoe that`s really expensive when you`re a 10-year-old. Well, you might enjoy it for a year, but it`s not going to do you a lot of practical good when you`re 30.
ANDERSON: Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson can probably attest to that. We all got a glimpse into their reality as newlyweds on their MTV show.
JESSICA SIMPSON, SINGER: Nicholas Scott, you know that is true.
ANDERSON: But the stress of the spotlight and demands of a public life caught up with them. Jessica Simpson, she was 22 when she said, "I do." She was 25 when she said, "I don`t anymore" and split with Nick.
LUDWIG: When you`re young and you`re romantic and you`re successful and you have money and you see this cute guy, you think, why can`t I make it last forever?
ANDERSON: Nicole Kidman was 22 when she tied the knot with Tom Cruise. Sparks flew on the set of their movie, "Days of Thunder". Their marriage lasted 10 years.
LUDWIG: They`re making movies about happily ever after and probably fool themselves to thinking this could be me. At least that`s the hope.
ANDERSON: So what`s a young star to do? From what SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has discovered, here`s some advice.
Maybe take a page out of Lindsay Lohan`s book: date around, sow you oats, have a good time. But you might want to wait a few birthdays before you take the plunge.
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ANDERSON: The rest of America doesn`t seem that far off from Hollywood when it comes to getting married young. The U.S. Census Bureau shows the median age for a women`s first marriage is 25, for men it`s 27.
HAMMER: Well, the shocking news of the Britney/Kevin split was greeted with a lot cheers from a lot people. And that`s because, I think, so many seemed to think that K-Fed simply wasn`t good enough for one of America`s sweethearts.
Well, that got us here at SHOWBIZ TONIGHT thinking. Who are the celebrity spouses that we`ve all loved to hate over the years? Well, I posed that question to a lady we love having on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, celebrity journalist Pat Lalama.
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PAT LALAMA, CELEBRITY JOURNALIST: Well, come on. First of all, by the time I get done with this segment I`m going to need the witness protection program, because I`ve got two words for Kevin Federline: bow-wow, except I`m insulting my dog. OK?
So I mean, this guy, you know, do I know him? Have I ever had a conversation with him? No. So to be fair, you know.
But come on. Anyone with any smidgen of an instinct could tell you this man is not prepared for commitment, has other things on his mind.
Now I do have to say one thing, as much as we all love Britney, she did know that he was with someone else when she decided she wanted him in her life.
HAMMER: True.
LALAMA: And she thought that when he left a pregnant girlfriend and also the mother of his other child, that he was suddenly going to come over to her side and change the color of his stripes. Well, I`m telling you, it`s just -- and plus, everything he`s done since then. He hasn`t even tried to be a good spouse. So as far as I`m concerned, ugh!
HAMMER: Well said, Pat. Well said. The interesting thing here that I just need to point out is before he started doing all the press for his album, which was dead on arrival, nobody liked him. And then he started doing press.
LALAMA: Right.
HAMMER: Even Brooke Anderson said, actually, you know, not such a bad guy. But we need to move on from K-Fed right now because in just a couple of weeks...
LALAMA: Seventy people showed up at his New York show, 70. I just had to get that in there.
HAMMER: Not a good sign.
Now, of course, as we know before Britney and Kevin split up, we got the news about Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.
LALAMA: Right.
HAMMER: And you have to acknowledge the similarity here. Because Whitney basically, also America`s sweetheart. Bobby Brown came around and stole her away from us, and then her life basically became a train wreck.
LALAMA: Remember when she was in that movie with Kevin Costner "The Bodyguard", I think it was called. Don`t try to steal my act. I`m the singer around here. Seriously.
She was -- she was stunningly gorgeous, nice, elegant, comes from this great family, gospel people. And talk about going from here to here. I mean, I`m just going to go out on a limb and say it. He was nothing but toxicity for her, and we all know it.
And I wish -- I am so happy that she seems to be trying to get back on track. She was at Barbara Davis` big charity event last week. Apparently, she looks stunning. She was together. And I pray -- she is the one I want to make the most. I think she deserves it.
And why -- you know, what do people -- you know what, somebody once said to me, A.J., you know you just can`t help who you love. Because you know, you look at couples and go, "What does he see in her?" Sometimes you just can`t help who you love. And who knows what drew her to him, but thank the lord that she`s getting out of it.
HAMMER: It was her prerogative, and she was his candy girl. But let`s move on now. We`ve got to get to Paul McCartney. Because of course, when he married Heather Mills, even Paul`s own daughter, Stella, couldn`t stand her.
LALAMA: Right, right.
HAMMER: She was basically doomed from the start.
LALAMA: OK. I don`t like this one. I don`t like her. There`s something really smelly about her. I don`t mean physically. I don`t know. I`ve never smelled her but just something yucko (ph) about her.
But let me tell you this. Now I`m sure you can relate to this. Somewhere if your life there had to have been a girlfriend that, you know, you knew the truth about what she was like but all your friends when you said, "Man, she`s so awful," they all said, "Oh, no way. She is just so wonderful." You know there are a lot of people who can put on a good face.
Now I love Paul McCartney and I have a feeling the whole world does not want to believe he could do nothing wrong. But we don`t know the whole story here. And the more I read, maybe he didn`t always have such a happy little, you know, face with the bedroom eyes all the time.
However, I don`t think anything he`s done could compare to her lack of integrity. I mean, oh, my God, I really -- I just...
HAMMER: Pat...
LALAMA: I`m out of words, can you imagine?
HAMMER: When you used the word "smelly" I think that was enough. And we`ve got to wrap it up there. Pat Lalama, thanks for joining us from Hollywood.
LALAMA: OK. Thank you.
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ANDERSON: And now we want to hear from you. It`s our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT question of the day, romance in Hollywood, do stars give up on relationships too easily? Vote at CNN.com/SHOWBIZTONIGHT. Send us an e- mail, SHOWBIZTONIGHT@CNN.com. And don`t forget SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is the only entertainment news show that lest you express your opinion on video e-mail. To find out how to do it, just head to our website, CNN.com/SHOWBIZTONIGHT. remember, videos have to be 30 seconds or less. Then watch for your video e-mails right here, only on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
HAMMER: So, why are more female stars saying what age gap? It`s a trend that has got Hollywood buzzing, and SHOWBIZ TONIGHT takes a look at the new recipe for love, older women and younger men.
ANDERSON: Plus, love on the set. Brad and Angie, Ben and Jen, and Julia and Danny. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT takes a look at what happens when stars supposedly mix business with pleasure. We`ll also have this --
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GEORGE CLOONEY, ACTOR: I`m not getting married, not going to do. Done it, been there, don`t feel like doing it again.
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HAMMER: Happy unmarried in Hollywood, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT finds out why some stars are choosing not to say, I do. And how they`re still finding a way to make love last. This is a special edition of SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, romance in Hollywood.
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ANDERSON: Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, romance in Hollywood. I`m Brooke Anderson in Hollywood. Now, for the first time in history, there are more unmarried households in the United States than married ones. And a lot of Americans seem to be imitating what`s all the rage in Hollywood, being happily unmarried. The news comes from a shocking recent survey and star couples are leading the way. They`re just fine living together without taking their vows.
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ANNOUNCER: "Leave it to Beaver."
ANDERSON (voice over): Is America looking less like "Leave it to Beaver" and more like "Leave it to Brangelina"? It is, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which tells us that for the first time, unmarried adults represent more American households than families headed by a married couple. That means less of this...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I give you this ring...
ANDERSON: ... and more of this...
GENE SIMMONS, SINGER: I`ve had a real avowed fear of marriage.
ANDERSON: Rocker Gene Simmons and actress Shannon Tweed have been together 23 years and have two kids. But Simmons refuses to get married. And when the Simmons and Tweed clan stopped by SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, Simmons made no apologies for their arrangement.
SIMMONS: While everybody is pointing fingers at us, all the rest of you have been divorced a few times.
ANDERSON: It seems that all of America is mirroring the Hollywood trend. Confirmed bachelors like George Clooney, who seems to be sticking to what he told us in 1997...
GEORGE CLOONEY, ACTOR: I`m not getting married. I`m not going to do it. Done it, been there, don`t feel like doing it again.
ANDERSON: Long-time unmarried couples such as Oprah Winfrey and her boyfriend of 20 years, Stedman Graham, and unmarried with children couples such as Tim Robinson and Susan Sarandon, now in their 18th year together. And Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn now in their 23rd.
And don`t forget Tom and Katie and Brad and Angelina, who, despite having some very famous babies, have yet to announce wedding dates.
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is asking, is marriage in Hollywood or marriage in America on the way out?
COOPER LAWRENCE, DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGIST: I think what you`re seeing in Hollywood is a reflection of what`s going on in the country.
ANDERSON: Developmental psychologist Cooper Lawrence tells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT that Hollywood stars are among the many Americans who seek to avoid divorce by avoiding marriage.
LAWRENCE: They don`t want to be like everybody else. They don`t want to get divorced like everybody else. So how -- how do you not do that? You don`t get married in the first place.
ANDERSON: That`s definitely the case for Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. Goldie Hawn, whose daughter, Kate Hudson, is now enduring the collapse of her marriage to rocker Chris Robinson, recently told CNN`s Larry King why marriage just isn`t for her and Kurt.
GOLDIE HAWN, ACTRESS: We`ve both been married. I`ve been married twice. It didn`t work. He was married once. That didn`t work either.
I like being his girlfriend. I like that notion. I think it`s sexy.
And I do think that it`s a way of saying, "You know what? I don`t own you. And there is no paper that says that. My union with you is in my heart."
ANDERSON: But such talk doesn`t sit well with some conservative groups.
DR. JANICE CROUSE, CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA: It`s one thing for someone who is very wealthy, who is a high-profile celebrity to do that. But for the average American young woman and children it is a disaster. It`s an absolute disaster. It`s a recipe for poverty, it`s a recipe for very poor outcomes in terms of children`s behavior and well-being, and in terms of women`s well-being.
ANDERSON: Of course, no one is declaring marriage dead in Hollywood or anywhere else. There are plenty of happily married celebrity couples who have families. It`s just that, along with traditional families like the Cleavers, America is full of other kinds of families that could make for more interesting family sitcoms along the lines of "Full House".
BOB SAGET, ACTOR, "FULL HOUSE": You can go, but I want you back at 11:00 on the dot.
ANDERSON: We can only hope.
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ANDERSON: For the record, the percentage of U.S. households headed by married couples is 49.7 percent. Other types of households, 50.2 percent. So, A.J., pretty close.
HAMMER: So Brooke, what is it that helps these unmarried couples keep the love alive? Does saying, I do even matter anymore? Well I got some answers from psychologists Ian Kerner and Robi Ludwig. I began by asking them about Kate Hudson`s separation from her husband Chris Robinson and why Hudson didn`t take cues from her mom, Goldie Hawn, who as we just heard, has never married long time companion Kurt Russell.
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ROBI LUDWIG, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST: But in a way, her daughter did, because Goldie Hawn got married young two times, and then came to the decision later on that maybe marriage was not for her, and the way to be happy with someone was to choose to be in a relationship not married. So it`s very possible that her daughter will ultimately end up making the same decision.
IAN KERNER, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST: You know, with one out of -- with one out of two marriages ending in divorce, two out of three remarriages ending in divorce, Kate Hudson still has some time ahead of her to get it right or get it wrong again. You know?
LUDWIG: I think there was a study in California that said, you know, the third marriage the charm. It`s the happiest yet.
KERNER: There you go.
HAMMER: But then -- then we see the couples that can make it work.
LUDWIG: Yes.
KERNER: Yes.
HAMMER: You know, the big celebrity couples like Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon, they always come to mind. Oprah Winfrey and Stedman, the names we`re always hearing tossed around.
Now, we all love to imitate what goes on in Hollywood. So would you say that, you know, we should be following their example?
KERNER: Well, I think for a lot of people today, marriage is sort of a jaded institution. I mean, just look at the divorce rates. I think a lot of people feel like, hey what we have is great together, let`s not get married and, you know, screw it all up. So -- and I think you can turn to Hollywood and see some of these couples who are cohabiting and really doing well together, and it`s easy to follow in their example.
LUDWIG: But what I can tell you in terms of my own private practice, when I see single people, and if they want to get married, it doesn`t matter what`s going on in Hollywood. They want to be in a relationship in a traditional kind of way.
HAMMER: But it does make it more acceptable in some ways, doesn`t it?
LUDWIG: Well, I think it gives...
HAMMER: When we see this going on and we`re reading about it in the newspapers.
LUDWIG: Well, it does influence, I suppose, culture and cultural norms. But I think basically people are going to make their own decisions. And Hollywood gives us other options, but I don`t think anybody is turning to Oprah and saying, "Well, Oprah is not married, I`m not going to be married either."
HAMMER: True.
KERNER: But I think we do look at these people and we see, wow, they are very powerful individuals, they have a real sense of identity. And, you know, they don`t need a piece of paper to tell them that they are a couple. In fact, they don`t want to lose their identities potentially in a marriage. They want to be together and still be strong individuals.
LUDWIG: I think what`s important to realize is that marriage doesn`t mean something positive to everybody. In some cases, marriage is something very negative and hurtful.
HAMMER: Sure.
LUDWIG: And so people make the decision to not be married as a way to feel intimate with somebody and not be in a situation where they are vulnerable.
HAMMER: Or perhaps to have sort of a way out. I mean, sitting right there on that couch where you are recently telling me he doesn`t need to be married...
KERNER: Yes.
HAMMER: ... Gene Simmons, the front man of KISS. He and Shannon Tweed, his model wife, have been unmarried, as they like to call it, for over 23 years.
KERNER: Yes.
HAMMER: And he says he likes having that little escape pod. That doesn`t seem like a good thing to me, though.
KERNER: No, it actually is, because it`s a way of breathing inside the relationship, especially if you have fears of commitment, if you`ve had bad experiences. It`s also a way of sort of staying on your toes and saying, "Hey, there is no taking each other for granted `till death do us part."
LUDWIG: That`s true.
KERNER: Like, "We`ve got to, like, be great together all the time or I`m out of here."
LUDWIG: And I also think probably Gene Simmons is a little bit rebellious in that he might be more traditional than he would like to admit. And the reality is, in some ways, everybody gives themselves a way out if they are unhappy, whether they`re married or not married. Nobody wants to be in a relationship where they`re going to be miserable.
HAMMER: And very quickly now, we just saw Brad and Angelina have a baby. That can certainly change the dynamic of a relationship. But so can getting...
LUDWIG: It certainly will.
HAMMER: ... so can getting into a marriage.
KERNER: Yes, absolutely.
LUDWIG: There you go.
KERNER: And I just think for Brad and Angelina, whether they stay married -- whether they get married or stay cohabiting, they should just really create a model of love for their children, because that`s what matters most.
HAMMER: Dr. Ian Kerner, thank you very much for joining us, the author of "She Comes First."
And Dr. Robi Ludwig, the host of "One Week to Save Your Marriage," which airs Monday nights on TLC.
Thanks for joining us.
LUDWIG: Thank you.
HAMMER: Thanks.
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ANDERSON: Older women, younger men. It`s a trend that has Hollywood buzzing. Ahead, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT with a special report on why more female stars are turning a blind eye to age when it comes to finding love.
HAMMER: What is it that makes bad boys so attractive to the ladies? SHOWBIZ TONIGHT investigates why women have a soft spot for guys who are rough around the edges. We`ll also have this.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When there are sex scenes in the film, you could almost expect that something is going to happen.
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ANDERSON: From Angelina and Brad to Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck, what happens when on set chemistry turns into real life romance? That`s still ahead on this special edition of SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, romance in Hollywood.
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HAMMER: It`s time now for SHOWBIZ staff picks. It`s our special romance in Hollywood edition. The SHOWBIZ TONIGHT staff had a big love- fest over the best romance movies ever. Here now, our top five. When it comes to romance, nothing quite like a classic. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT says, we`re still looking at you Humphry Bogart and Ingred Bergman. The 1942 film still holds up today.
Fast forward a few decades to "Pretty Woman." It must have been love between stars Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. She walked off the street and stole his heart.
Next, "When Harry Met Sally." Who can forget the diner scene when Meg Ryan fakes it? Now, if that doesn`t spell romance, what does?
And our hearts definitely do go on for our number four choice. There`s good reason Titanic is the top grossing romantic film.
Finally, "The Notebook" proves love knows no limit, or does it? You`ll have to see it to find out.
ANDERSON: Why are more women saying what age gap? It is a trend that`s got Hollywood buzzing. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT takes a look at the new recipe for love, older women and younger men.
HAMMER: Plus, Britney dumps her bad boy, but what attracted her to that guy in the first place? We`re taking a good look at the allure of the Hollywood bad boy. That`s coming up. We`ll also have this.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When there are sex scenes in the film, you could almost expect that something is going to happen.
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ANDERSON: Love on the set, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT takes a look at what happens when stars supposedly mix business with pleasure. This is a special edition of SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, romance in Hollywood.
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HAMMER: Welcome back to this special edition of SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, "Romance in Hollywood." It is 30 minutes past the hour. I`m A.J. Hammer in New York.
ANDERSON: And I am Brooke Anderson in Hollywood. This is TV`s most provocative entertainment news show.
HAMMER: You know, Brooke, romance often blooms on a movie set. Big- time stars working very intimately together. Oh, think, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, for instance. In fact, sometimes they get so intimately involved they end up cheating up on their spouses.
Why is there so much love on the set? SHOWBIZ TONIGHT investigates in just a few moments.
ANDERSON: Mixing that business with pleasure, A.J.
Also, Hollywood is all abuzz about a new dating trend, A.J: older women hooking up with younger men.
HAMMER: And why not?
ANDERSON: We`re going to tell you who`s doing it, and why it`s become a popular new recipe for love. That`s straight ahead.
HAMMER: But first tonight, Brooke, we just never know what to expect when stars fall in and out of love. When Britney Spears and Kevin Federline first hooked up - well, it left most of us just kind of scratching our heads. What did she see in this guy after all?
Well, now, of course, their split was almost as shocking as their marriage was. But this breakup has got us thinking: Why do ladies like bad boys so much? You know, K-Fed not exactly the poster boy for prepiness - always wearing the tank tops, doing the hard partying. Kind of rough around the edges, right?
So we here at SHOWBIZ TONIGHT rolled up our sleeves, put on a leather jacket and hopped on the SHOWBIZ TONIGHT motorcycle to find out why females flock to Mr. Wrong.
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HAMMER (voice-over): Ah, bad boys. From Jack Nicholson to Colin Farrell to Charlie Sheen. They are rugged, handsome, confident. They are oh, so irresistible, but also oh, so unattainable.
HILARY BLACK, EDITOR IN CHIEF, "TANGO" MAGAZINE: They really do make us feel so good. Why is it?
Well, because they`re handsome. They`re elusive. You know, we have this inability to possess them and I think that for a lot of women that`s the whole mystique.
HAMMER: Pop princess Britney Spears knows the mystique. She fell for a bad boy in a big way. She ditched her bubblegum image with squeaky clean Justin Timberlake for not-so-squeaky clean Kevin Federline -- a smoker, a slacker and a fledgling rapper.
BLACK: Kevin Federline is a bad boy who attained a status after he tasted fame. It affected his personality and made him into this Alpha male, would-be rock star.
HAMMER: Let`s face it: Mr. Wrong is nothing new. He`s been right for years now.
Just go back and take a look at the classic Hollywood bad boy, Warren Beatty. Beatty`s been connected to a galaxy of beautiful women, from Joan Collins to Bridget Bardot, a real love-`em-and-leave `em kind of guy - - a bad boy who many thought would never settle down.
But wouldn`t you know, it just took the right woman. Enter Annette Benning.
BLACK: Warren Beatty was a bad boy his entire life, and then when it came time for him to settle down, he picked a powerful, confident, acclaimed actress in her own right, who was exquisitely beautiful and, you know, she captured him. It was, I think, heartening for a lot of women to see that someone like Warren Beatty could be tamed.
HAMMER: Beatty could be tamed, but most bad boys can`t. Why is that? What is it about these guys?
BLACK: They`re charming. They`re charismatic. They`re never boring. I mean, who can resist - who can resist somebody who is just focused on you, focused on making you, for that moment, the center of the universe? I think that is often why Bill Clinton has been described as being such a ladykiller, because when he`s talking to you, you`re the only person in the world, and I think he`s kind of the ultimate bad boy.
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HAMMER: So now that Britney Spears has booted her bad boy, Kevin Federline, to the curb, we here at SHOWBIZ TONIGHT thought that Britney should do lunch with another music diva who has finally ditched her deadweight. We`re talking, of course, about Whitney Houston, saying bye-bye to Bobby Brown.
Britney and Whitney were both at the top of their game before they got together with their bad boy. So can Whit and Brit return to divadom?
Well, to get into that I talked to developmental psychologist Cooper Lawrence, and clinical psychologist Judy Kuriansky.
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HAMMER: We just covered a mass of reasons why women are attracted to these bad boys. But let`s get into so me more.
Cooper, is --is part of it the fact that these women are big stars and fame has a little something to do with it?
COOPER LAWRENCE, DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGIST: That`s part of it. You have to remember, these are two women that developmentally, at very young ages, were pop stars. And they went through all these years of being a pop star and they were looking for normal. And to them, bad boys seem normal.
HAMMER: But they`re not normal. I mean, they`re normal maybe to them.
It - is -- is part of the thinking, Dr. Judy, that maybe they can be changed? Maybe somebody like the pure, wholesome Britney Spears can - can perhaps tame this guy, K-Fed?
JUDY KURIANSKY, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST: Yes, and all young girls feel that way. There`s a lot of young girls who are just like Britney and Whitney, who fall into that trap, thinking, Not only am I going to change his ways and make him into the good guy, but he`s going to give me an exciting life.
The real key here that`s interesting is that the girls identify with that. They want their own wild side to come out, which is why the real solution to this, so that you don`t fall into the mess that they`re both in, is to be who you want to be.
And, you know, they got a little bad girl inside themselves, too.
HAMMER: Yes.
KURIANSKY: Britney`s a little bad girl, and so is Whitney. So.
HAMMER: Well - well, it`s funny, you say they - they -- they are sort of drawn to these guys because they want to have a little excitement in their life.
Yet you look at Britney Spears, it doesn`t look like -- like she needs much more excitement.
KURIANSKY: It`s the inside excitement that they are talking about, the fact that they`re cool and they could be hip. And a lot of girls are brought up to be the nice girls and the good little girls and to behave, and so they want to let that side out. And the guys give them the opportunity to do that.
So that`s why I say they do it themselves. Then they don`t have to be attracted to the bad guys, and then they can find a nice guy.
LAWRENCE: And also there`s some validation of that, because if they want to feel like they`re bad girls and a bad guy likes you, well then I must be a bad girl, because if he`s bad, then I must be and we`re a perfect couple.
HAMMER: Yes.
And -- and Dr. Judy just mentioned, OK, they moved through their bad-boy phase, and now they can look for the nice guy.
And really, talking specifically about Britney Spears and Whitney Houston, how important is it now for them that they seek out the anti-K- Fed, the - the anti-Bobby Brown?
LAWRENCE: I think it`s very important. I think that it would be great for them, especially because they both have children, and they want to be role models. So what a great role model, is if now they finally find somebody who really does reflect who they are inside and where they - where they`ve gotten to developmentally -- where they - where they`ve come to.
KURIANSKY: I think they probably will, too, because they`re the ones that kicked them to the curb, and that`s what`s really important. And -- and because, as mothers, it`s enough.
It`s like a straw that broke the camel`s back, because they both had, not only children, but the guys are children. They`re even worse adolescents than the babies that they have. And so I think it`s partly an acknowledgement that Britney and Whitney have grown up a little bit.
HAMMER: Yes.
KURIANSKY: . enough to say, I`m not going to put up with this infant anymore, who`s like an adolescent kid, who`s acting like the worst kind of teenager imaginable. So that`s a good sign that - that they can find a nicer guy who`s a little more mature, as long as their friends and the people around them help them.
HAMMER: And - and I imagine -- and this may be something that some people watching at home can relate to -- when you break up with a bad guy, people don`t have such a problem with it, as much as when you break up with a nice guy, right?
LAWRENCE: Right, because if you break up with a - with a bad guy, it`s good for you. Break up with a nice guy, what`s wrong with her? Why did she break up with this fabulous guy that the rest of us deem valuable? So obviously there`s something wrong with her. Whereas break up with a bad guy, it`s - you`re - you`re in a better place, clearly.
HAMMER: And shedding that dead weight is -- is just going to help their career come back.
KURIANSKY: I - well - well, I mean, Britney and Whitney both need to grow up, too.
HAMMER: Yes.
KURIANSKY: .and really settle down and, you know - and really be mature women and mothers.
HAMMER: Well, the world will be watching, Dr. Judy. We`ll see if they can actually pull that off.
Cooper Lawrence, Dr. Judy Kuriansky, I appreciate you both being with us tonight.
Grab your copy of Cooper Lawrence`s book, "Been There, Done That, Kept the Jewelry" -- great title -- and Dr. Judy Kuriansky`s book, "The Complete Idiot`s Guide to a Healthy Relationship" -- great title -- both in bookstores now.
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ANDERSON: You`ve heard the saying "age ain`t nothing but a number." SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you more female stars are taking that phrase to heart, literally. Coming up, we look into a big trend in Hollywood: older women finding love with younger men.
We`ll also have this:
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KURIANSKY: When there are sex scenes in the film, you could almost expect that something is going to happen.
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HAMMER: Finding love on the set. From Angelina and Brad to Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck to Julia Roberts and - well, a few people - what happens when on-set chemistry turns into real-life romance. That is still ahead on this special edition of SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, "Romance in Hollywood."
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HAMMER: Thank you, Gnarls (ph).
And welcome back to this special edition of SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, "Romance in Hollywood." I`m A.J. Hammer in New York.
Tonight, love on the set. Do you ever think, Why is it that so many celebrities are mixing business with pleasure when they`re working? Why does filming a movie mean falling in love?
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT looks at why co-stars just can`t seem to keep their hands off each other.
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HAMMER (voice-over): From Ben and Jen to Vince and Jen to Brad and Angelina, the on-set romance is a time-honored Hollywood tradition. And SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is here to tell you, that tradition is alive and well.
KURIANSKY: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are the poster couple for falling in love on set.
BRAD PITT, ACTOR: Come on, honey. Come to daddy.
HAMMER: You could almost see the sparks fly when Brad and Angelina co-starred as husband and wife in "Mr. & Mrs. Smith."
KURIANSKY: When there are sex scenes in the films, you could almost expect that something is going to happen. People want to see the chemistry on the screen.
HAMMER: And people did. That movie sent the rumor mill spinning -- especially since Brad was still married to Jennifer Aniston when he shot those steamy scenes with Angie.
KURIANSKY: But Brad Pitt falling for Angelina Jolie was not just about being on set and being lovers. She was also his ticket to doing something important in the world. The fact that she`s a U.N. ambassador and traveling all over the place -- he wanted to do that. So there was a bigger package for him.
HAMMER: Angelina`s not the only actress who mixes business with pleasure. Jennifer Garner met her first husband, Scott Foley, on the set of "Felicity." Then came boyfriend and "Alias" co-star Michael Vartan. And then came Ben Affleck, who she met when they co-starred in "Daredevil."
JENNIFER GARNER, ACTRESS: Nice to meet you.
HAMMER: Now Ben and Jen are married, with a kid.
KURIANSKY: There are so many elements that add to the possibility of falling in love on the set. Indeed, you`re isolated; you`re spending an enormous amount of time with one another; and you`re separated from your own home life.
HAMMER: Before that Ben and Jen, there was this Ben and Jen. Jennifer Lopez and Ben fell for each other on the set of "Gigli." That movie flopped, and eventually so did the romance.
JENNIFER LOPEZ, ENTERTAINER: You`re not my type. Good night.
KURIANSKY: The bubble that`s created on set when you`re in that romance can certainly burst and be over when you go back to your own lives, and when you`re distracted or when you`re on the next movie set.
HAMMER: Maybe that`s what happened to Julia Roberts, who hooked up with a long list of leading men, including Liam Neeson, Dylan McDermott, Kiefer Sutherland, Lyle Lovett and Matthew Perry.
She`s now married to cameraman Danny Moder. And get this: she met him -- where else? -- on the set of "The Mexican."
With all this canoodling between co-stars, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you, there is a way to keep famous relationships safe.
KURIANSKY: One way is to have a life that is away from Hollywood. So you have someone like Julia Roberts who`s now living in another state, happily married to Danny Moder, raising her kids.
Goldie Hawn has that, too. She has a house in Utah.
HAMMER: Speaking of Goldie Hawn, guess where she met Kurt Russell, who`s she been with for 24 years? On the set of their 1982 movie "Swing Shift."
Goldie`s daughter Kate Hudson may have learned a thing or two from mom. "People" magazine reports Kate, who`s split from Chris Robinson, is quietly stepping out with her "You, Me and Dupree" co-star Owen Wilson, although the two deny a relationship.
KURIANSKY: In the long run, if somebody is going to fall for their co-star, and leave you for somebody else, you need to just say, You know what? There was nothing that I could to stop that from happening.
HAMMER: And as SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has shown you, it is something that happens plenty in Hollywood.
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HAMMER: So what is it about being on a movie set that makes celebrities fall head over heels in love with their co-stars -- so much so that they`re sometimes actually willing to leave their wives and husbands?
Well, I talked to Dr. Drew Pinsky, who`s host of Discovery Health Channel`s "Strictly Dr. Drew," and I asked him why it is that on-screen chemistry often turns into real-life romance.
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HAMMER: We hear of this happening on movie and TV sets all the time. But it seems staggering how often it goes on.
I mean, we know that office -- office romances will break up a marriage or two here and there.
DR. DREW PINKSY, "STRICTLY DR. DREW": Sure.
HAMMER: But with celebrities -- what is about being on the set that really encourages them to hook up off the screen?
PINSKY: Well, your report was quite good. As you`ve -- and as you`ve pointed out here, it`s like any other office situation. These are the people around with whom you work.
Now the problem here is that oftentimes it`s at the expense of relationships back home. And as you pointed out in the piece, that this is a very isolated environment on a movie set. If you`ve ever been on a movie set -- I mean, it`s almost like an isolation tank. You are up at 6 in the morning; you`re - you`re working till late at night. You have no interaction for weeks and sometimes months at a time with anyone except your co-stars. And you`re being encouraged to have very emotional experiences with your co-stars. That`s the nature of the acting set-up.
And sometimes those feelings are in highly charged romantic or sexual circumstances. And as I`ve pointed out on this show a couple weeks ago -- I talked about the fact that I had done a recent study on celebrities -- and they have the kind of personality structure that makes it difficult for them to maintain boundaries, the ability to maintain a distance between self and other, and not get co-mingled with those very intense feelings that are going on on the set, is something that`s already difficult for a celebrity.
Now, you put them in that -- that work environment, where they`re being urged to have those experiences, they`re isolated from the rest of their world, and yes, indeed -- naturally enough, some very intense feelings develop -- unfortunately, sometimes at the expense of experiences - I mean, relationships back home.
HAMMER: Well, and speaking of intense experiences on the movie set -- you know, there are intense sex scenes that often happen.
And I got to wonder -- because Dr. Judy just said in -- in that story, when there are sex scenes, almost -- you can almost expect that something`s going to happen. Now of course, if you talk to an actor, they will say, Oh, it`s very mechanical.
PINSKY: Yes.
HAMMER: You know, we have lots of people around; there are lights and it`s very uncomfortable.
But come on. You have two beautiful people who are that close to each other take after take. Sparks are potentially going to fly.
PINKSY: And -- and again, as I said, somebody who tends to have the kind of personality construct that has difficult maintaining boundaries, yes. And -- and again, because of that sort of narcissistic construct, celebrities often don`t understand what relationships need. So they leave their family back home; their -- their wife or even kids, and say, I`ll be back in three months, not really appreciating what those relationships need or how they will suffer when their intimacy is transferred into another setting.
HAMMER: Now -- now real quickly, Dr. Drew, sometimes, as we`ve seen, it can last when they hook up on the set. I mean, we saw some examples just now...
PINSKY: It -- it can last. It`s really -- I don`t know what the data is on that. But I -- I would expect that they last less frequently than you might expect. Because when you -- as Judy pointed out, when you go back into the real world, that sort of fantasy context -- these are no longer the people that are pretending to be on the set; these are people trying to have a relationship in real life. And the reality can be far different than the fantasy.
HAMMER: Of course, when we saw Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, they`re still together all these years later. Julia Roberts and Danny Moder, and of course Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt seem to be doing well. But perhaps they are the exceptions.
Dr. Drew, it`s always good to see you. I appreciate you being with us tonight.
PINKSY: My pleasure.
HAMMER: Dr. Drew, of course, is the host of Discovery Health`s "Strictly Dr. Drew."
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ANDERSON: When it comes to romance, Hollywood is reflecting a national trend: men have been dating younger women for years. Now SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you women are making up for lost time. Hollywood is buzzing about this new recipe for love: older women and younger men.
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ANDERSON (voice-over): Demi, Geena, Mira and even Madonna, once called cradle robbers, now called cougars, their relationships termed May- December. It`s the trend that has Hollywood all abuzz: older women with younger men.
We`ve seen it on TV in "Sex and the City."
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Samantha, I like you. You like me.
ANDERSON: We`ve seen it in the movies. "Stella Got Her Groove Back," dating a man half her age.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She knows she likes me. Isn`t that right?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, Winston (ph), that`s right.
ANDERSON: And Diane Keaton learned a lot about life and love in her onscreen May-December romance in "Something`s Got to Give."
KEANU REEVES, ACTOR: I`m 36.
DIANE KEATON, ACTRESS: So I am like almost 20 years older than you. That`s an enormous amount of years to be older than somebody, don`t you think?
REEVES: Don`t think it matters at all.
ANDERSON: And more and more, Hollywood leading ladies are looking to the boys for real-life love.
The most famous cougar out there: actress Demi Moore. This hot 44- year-old mom just celebrated her first anniversary with her 28-year-old husband, Ashton Kutcher.
Mira Sorvino has two children with hubby Chris Backus. She`s 39; he`s 25.
Even Oscar-winning actress 50-year-old Geena Davis has a hubby 15 years her junior.
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT hit the streets to find out why more and more women today are turning a blind eye to age.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They`re in the workplace. They`re making more money. They`re more independent. They don`t need an older man to, like, support them.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We want to recapture our youth. We want to make sure that we`re not getting old.
ANDERSON: So, ladies, if you`re single and looking for love, remember this about younger men:
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They are more charming. They`re more vivacious.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They`re more fun. They don`t take things too seriously.
ANDERSON: And Ivana Trump, who is also with a younger man, said it best on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
IVANA TRUMP, HOST, "IVANA YOUNG MAN": I said, "I would rather be a babysitter than a nursemaid."
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ANDERSON: And SHOWBIZ TONIGHT will be right back.
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HAMMER: You know, Brooke, I`m feeling so much love, this shirt was actually a shade of yellow when - when the program began, so.
ANDERSON: Then it turned pink. Love is in the air.
HAMMER: I - I - I think our special worked, yes.
Thank you very much for watching this special edition of SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, "Romance in Hollywood." I`m A.J. Hammer in New York.
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