Blog Posts by Lizbeth Scordo

Roger Ebert and wife Chaz. (Jason Merrirr/Getty Images)For Roger Ebert, there was one person in his life who got a perennial thumbs up: his wife Chaz.

The fabled film critic found the love of his life relatively late in life, after spending most of his adult years as a bachelor (and even once going on a date with Oprah Winfrey). The woman he'd marry at age 50 would become his best friend and life partner right away, and after Ebert's cancer diagnosis more than a decade ago, would become his liaison to concerned fans (often using humor to share bad news) and the rock he leaned on throughout his illness, until the day he died.

“I am devastated by the loss of my love, Roger -- my husband, my friend, my confidante and oh-so-brilliant partner of over 20 years,” Chaz said via a statement on Thursday. “We had a lovely, lovely life together, more beautiful and epic than a movie. It had its highs and the lows, but was always experienced with good humor, grace and a deep abiding love for each other."

So who was Chaz Ebert and why was her relationship with Roger so special? Read on for a peek inside their marriage.

Will and Jada Pinkett Smith on April 3. (J. Countess/Getty Images)When it comes to their marriage, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have heard it all.

He's gay.

She's gay.

She cheated with a co-star.

They're divorcing.

They have an open marriage.

Jada Pinkett Smith address that last rumor (which she calls "the most persistent") this week when she was interviewed on HuffPost Live.

When asked if there's truth to the statement that she and Smith have an open marriage, the 41-year-old responded with, "No. I think people get that idea because will and I are very relaxed with one another." The 41-year-old explained that the rumors also stem from how she's answered questions in past about dealing with other women when she's married to a big superstar. Then things got a little more ambiguous: "My answer is always, 'I've always told Will, you can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be okay. Because at the end of the day, Will is his own man. I'm here as his partner, but he is his own man. He has to decide who he wants to be and that's not for me to do for him. Or vice versa."

Biggie's childhood apartment. (Zillow)

If you were to describe what you think the Notorious B.I.G.'s childhood home in Brooklyn, New York, looks like, chances are you wouldn't include terms like "stainless steel appliances," "crown molding," or "granite countertops."

The Notorious B.I.G. (NY Daily News/Getty Images)

While those upgrades might not have been part of the 972-square-foot unit when the late rapper grew up there back in the '70s, they are now. The 3-bedroom, 1-bath third-floor apartment recently hit the market, according to real estate website Zillow, with an asking price that the building's famous former resident (who wrote songs about growing up in the ghetto) probably never could have imagined: $725,000, or about $745 per square foot.

Kevin James' estate is for sale for $5.5 Million (Redfin)

It's pretty fitting that actor Kevin James made his fortune on the hit sitcom "King of Queens" because it looks like the actor has certainly been living like a king in recent years.

The 47-year-old has put his 11,291-square-foot Los Angeles-area mansion on the market for $5.495 million, according to real estate website Redfin. And a peek inside shows an over-the-top home that appears better suited for some of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" than for the burly star of "Paul Blart: Mall Cop."

Ashton Kutcher (Getty Images)He may be playing a billionaire computer genius who created many of the devices the whole world uses to communicate every day in the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic, "jOBS," but, in real life, Ashton Kutcher's latest entrepreneurial aspirations are a little less shoot-for-the-stars. The 35-year-old has launched a new company that sells T-shirts.

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As if having movie stars for parents isn't cool enough, a day out with dad for the Jolie-Pitt kids also includes off-roading adventures.

On Sunday, Brad Pitt took his three boys to a beach in Santa Barbara, California, where the Oscar-nominated actor cruised on the sand in a utility vehicle with son Knox on his lap, while his two older boys drove themselves along the water's edge. Maddox, 11, took the wheel of an ATV, while 9-year-old Pax rode a mini dirtbike. (And yes, both boys were wearing helmets.)

See More Pics from the Jolie-Pitts' Easter Weekend Trip

Cooper in curlers on March 20. (INFDaily.com)And in curls on April 2. (FameFlynet)
It was hard to miss Bradley Cooper sporting dozens of little pink perm rollers a few weeks ago (not to mention the fact he was parading around with a bare chest beneath an unbuttoned jacket on the Boston set of his latest flick in that photo, too). And on Tuesday, fans were finally treated to another just-as-fanastic pic showing the finished product: The hunk's head full of (very tight) curls.

The beachfront home. (ElisabethHalsted.com)

Listen up, kids. When your teacher tells you that you'll never amount to anything making dirty jokes, using swear words, or talking about bodily functions, just remind her of Judd Apatow. (OK, if there are any kids reading this, don’t actually do that.) But thanks to the fortune the 45-year-old has made producing, writing, and directing hit over-the-top comedies like “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “Knocked Up,” and “Bridesmaids,” he just picked up a beachfront Malibu home for nearly $11 million.