Blog Posts by Lizbeth Scordo

Margaret Cho goofs off on the red carpet. (D Dipasupil/WireImage)

Margaret Cho was recently nominated for her first-ever Emmy … but it's for a guest role most viewers don't even realize she's playing. After all, who would ask a 43-year-old woman to portray North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il? "30 Rock" star and executive producer Tina Fey would (and did!) and Cho jumped at the chance.

Tom Cruise and daughter Suri at Disney World last week. (Instagram)Tom Cruise has been pulling out all the stops when it comes to daughter Suri lately. Since his split with wife Katie Holmes six weeks ago, the actor has turned his solo visits with his 6-year-old into fun and exciting excursions — helicopter rides, beach days in the Hamptons, and even a trip to Disney World last week. But the father-daughter duo didn't just take a ride on Space Mountain and spin on the Tea Cups and call it a day. Cruise, 50, also arranged for a once-in-a-lifetime experience for his little princess by booking the ultra-exclusive Cinderella Castle Suite.

Russell Brand debuts a new tattoo. (INFDaily.com)Russell Brand proved he's taking his sobriety seriously when he debuted a new tattoo over the weekend. The tat, which runs the length of his right forearm, reads "Lord, make a channel of thy peace," a line from the St. Francis of Assisi prayer, which is often recited at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and is also included in the AA book, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.

The living room features floor-to-ceiling windows. (HeidiKrauss.com)

While one of the world's best swimmers, Michael Phelps, is over at the Summer Olympics in London collecting more gold medals, his realtor has been pretty busy herself back at home … selling the 27-year-old's Baltimore condominium.

Elton John, Neil Patrick Harris, and their families visited St. Tropez together. (INFDaily.com)Another summer, another pilgrimage to St. Tropez for pals Elton John and Neil Patrick Harris and their respective broods. The 65-year-old singer and the 39-year-old star of "How I Met Your Mother" were spotted strolling through the streets of the ritzy resort town with their significant others on Thursday, all clad in very vacationesque uniforms of collared short-sleeve shirts, shorts, and shades. Harris, joined by fiancé David Burtka, pushed a stroller containing the couple's boy-girl twins, 22-month old Harper and Gideon, while John and husband David Furnish gave their 19-month-old son Zachary a lift. Both couples had their kids via surrogate in 2010.

Actor Matthew McConaughey, 42, and Brazilian model Camila Alves, 30, probably feel like they’ve been together forever as the parents of two children with a third on the way and a recent wedding under their belts. But if not for a chance meeting at a Los Angeles hot spot back in 2007, none of it would have ever happened.

It was McConaughey’s good friend Lance Armstrong who gave it away. “Lance came to talk to me and it was at a time when you knew they were always together. So I was like OK, I’m outta’ here. I’m going to the other side of the room.”

Michelle, Malia, Barack, and Sasha Obama. (Getty Images)

Barack Obama made history as the first African-American president of the United States when he was elected in 2008, but any girl growing up in America today — even his own daughters — could eventually make history again as the nation's first female president. The question looms, however, as to why in the year 2012, 164 years after America's first women's rights conference was held, hasn't it happened?

President Obama and his wife, Michelle, sat down with Ladies' Home Journal to share their theories on why women don't get involved in politics nearly as much as their male counterparts do, and what they're doing to ensure their daughters stay confident and build leadership skills.

Katie Couric is having a busy summer preparing for her new syndicated talk show, called “Katie,” which premieres in less than six weeks and will air in nearly every U.S. market, but it sounds like she’s still finding time for her personal life.

Over the weekend, Couric, 55, attended the Ellen Hermanson Breast Cancer Benefit, which took place at a private home in the Hamptons, with her reported new beau, 49-year-old John Molner, head of mergers and acquisitions at an investment bank. Though rumors have been swirling for the last couple of months that the former “Today” show co-anchor had been dating someone, it’s the first time the two have appeared publicly together. Witnesses told the New York Post that Couric looked “in love” and that Molner held her hand and put his arm around her to make sure she didn’t slip in some post-rainstorm mud on the way in. “She was careful not to be photographed with him, but they were clearly together,” one guest told the newspaper. “They looked good