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Was she always such a head-turner? Admits the actress: "I was a tomboy. I had three brothers. I was the girl with the dress on that always came back in the house filthy with scrapes and bruises. But I was always very girly. I had to be able to twirl so that my underwear showed."

Her best time for looking good, she says, comes "at the end of the night, when everything's soaked in and I'm still up. I like the leftover makeup in the morning. You've got to wash your face but there's always the leftover eye makeup, I love that."

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Bride Wars: On Set (April 16th)

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Kate Gets A Surprise

Kate Hudson had a little unwanted early birthday cheer this week in Boston.

The bubbly actress doesn't turn 29 until Saturday, but she was surprised (apparently by the woman who owns the mansion where she is currently filming "Bride Wars") with a bizarre cake that didn't go down too well.

"I saw the cake," says an on-set snitch. "It was weird, in the shape of a woman/snake/lizard kneeling. The company who made it applied a photo of Kate's head to the cake - it looks like something they probably got from Us magazine."

Sounds, um, interesting.

"Kate accepted the cake halfheartedly, but didn't eat it. It was found under some crew jackets and garbage when the crew was wrapping up."

To be fair, more cake is the last thing Hudson would want while making this film.

Laughs the snitch: "The day before, she had spent the whole day working on a scene where all she did was eat wedding cake!"

'3rd Rock' veteran joins fray in 'Wars'

Kristen Johnston has entered the bridal war zone.
The former "3rd Rock from the Sun" actress has joined the cast of "Bride Wars," a Fox comedy feature starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway.

Hudson and Hathaway play two childhood best friends whose engagements come at the same time. Subsequent wedding planning results in them picking the same ceremony location, New York's Plaza Hotel, and because of a clerical error, the same date.

Johnston will play Hathaway's self-absorbed, opportunistic fellow schoolteacher. Candice Bergen is also aboard, as a wedding planner.

Principal photography is underway in Boston. Gary Winick ("13 Going on 30") is directing.

Fool's Gold London After Party

Kate Refuses To Watch Own Films

Actress Kate Hudson refuses to sit through the movies she has starred in - because she can't bear to watch herself on the silver screen.

Hudson, 28, happily poses for photographs on the red carpet at the premieres of her films - but is frequently absent from the theatre when the lights go down.

She explains, "It's really a bizarre experience to see yourself in a movie and I don't think I will ever get used to it."

"It's almost getting worse. I still shake and sweat. I just don't like it. I don't know what it is."

MCCONAUGHEY + HUDSON PLAN A THIRD FILM

MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY and KATE HUDSON are looking for a third romantic comedy to do together - even though the punctual movie hunk can't stand the actress' tardiness.
The pair has played lovers on the big screen in hit films Fool's Gold and How To Lose A Man In 10 Days, and now MCConaughey admits they're looking to make it a trilogy.
But first he has to learn to deal with free spirit Hudson's late arrivals.
She says, "He can't stand it when I'm late. It drives him crazy when I'm late. And every time I come to an appointment he just looks at me and he tells me I'm tardy.
"Every time I'm, like, 10 minutes late, he pulls this little face."
But, despite that, she can understand why MCConaughey wants to work with her again: "We are super close and we just, for some reason, really connected from the first movie we did.
"It continues and, like any good relationship you have with your friends, it can drive you a little crazy... We drive each other crazy, but in a good way - in a sort of loving way."
MCConaughey admits he's just looking for the right script: "We haven't found the thing yet but obviously we are keeping an eye out."

HUDSON REFUSES TO WATCH OWN FILMS

Actress KATE HUDSON refuses to sit through the movies she has starred in - because she can't bear to watch herself on the silver screen.
Hudson, 28, happily poses for photographs on the red carpet at the premieres of her films - but is frequently absent from the theatre when the lights go down.
She explains, "It's really a bizarre experience to see yourself in a movie and I don't think I will ever get used to it.
"It's almost getting worse. I still shake and sweat. I just don't like it. I don't know what it is."

Fool's Gold London Premiere

Kate attended the London Premiere of Fool's Gold, Co star Matt was also there.

Kate has recently said she has a crush on RICKY GERVAIS.

"Ricky comes out at the Baftas and he starts making jokes. There is nothing more attractive to me than that. That guy was out there making that whole place laugh, and he's so self-deprecating and so funny. It's amazing to watch."

Undercover Kate

Kate shooting a scene for the movie Bride Wars. They must be having alot of laughs filming this

Bergen hitches 'Bride'

Candice Bergen has signed on to co-star opposite Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway in the romantic comedy "Bride Wars" for Fox 2000 and New Regency.
Story revolves around best friends (Hudson and Hathaway) who are pitted against each other when their wedding dates clash. They compete for venues, services and guests. Bergen will play Marion St. Claire, the queen of all wedding planners.

Gary Winick will direct from a screenplay penned by June Diane Raphael and Casey Wilson. Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith also wrote on the project.

Hudson is producing with Julie Yorn and Alan Riche. Matt Luber exec produces.

Shooting starts this month in Boston.

Bergen hasn't appeared in a film since 2003's "The In-Laws." She recently wrapped the remake of the ensemble comedy "The Women" for Picturehouse.

Fool's Gold Dvd Release Date

Warner Home Video has officially announced Fool's Gold which stars Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, and Ewen Bremner. The disc will be available to own from the 17th June, and should retail at around $28.98. The film itself will be presented in anamorphic widescreen, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. Extra material will include a Flirting With Adventure: The McConaughey-Hudson Chemistry featurette, and a gag reel. A Blu-ray release will also be available for around $35.99.

Hudson's Sleep Relief From Son

Hollywood actress Kate Hudson was almost forced to delay filming on new movie Fool's Gold, after her young son Ryder gave her a black eye on the eve of the movie's shoot.

The Almost Famous star admits the four-year-old - from her marriage to Black Crowes rocker Chris Robinson - is a troubled sleeper, and when he climbs into bed with her, she is often left with injuries from his constant "thrashing".

So she is thankful to spend some time away from the youngster, because it means she is able to get a decent night's sleep.

She says, "I can have a deep sleep on the plane - something I can never do at home because Ryder comes into bed with me every night."

"Ryder is such a thrasher, he falls out of bed at least once a week. One night - before the first day of shooting in Australia - he'd hit my eye so hard with his heel that I thought I was going to have a shiner (black eye) in the morning."

"Not great to turn up on the first day of work with a black eye. I put ice on it all night! I woke up every hour because it kept melting - otherwise I would have been a complete mess!"

Church joins Hudson in 'Big Eyes'

Thomas Haden Church is to star opposite Kate Hudson in biopic Big Eyes.

The Spider-Man 3 star will play Walter Keane, husband of '60s artist Margaret Keane, reports Variety.

Margaret was famous for her drawings of children with big eyes, which were sold under Walter's name.

The independently-financed movie will focus on her "personal awakening" as a result of the feminist movement and the subsequent lawsuit over the right to use her own name on her artwork.

It will be directed by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski from their own script.

HUDSON'S STRICT RULES

Hollywood star KATE HUDSON is glad she is a strict mother - because her son RYDER has become the perfect child.
The Almost Famous beauty chose to strongly discipline her child - with ex-husband Chris Robinson - because her mother Goldie Hawn let her run wild as a kid.
And the Fool's Gold star thinks her tough tactics have paid dividends because the four-year-old is so well behaved.
She says, "When I had Ryder, suddenly there were a lot of rules. I'm much stricter about things like manners than I thought I'd be. My mom wasn't strict at all.
"He had a couple (of tantrums). He had a couple and I would just stare at him and wait. He would realise I wasn't doing anything - unaware I trying desperately to remain calm inside - and he would stop. It worked."

Kate & Anne On The Run

Kate & Anne in New York shooting their new movie Bride Wars. Looks like they're having alot of fun. The movie wraps up in New York, they will move to Boston, where they will finish the movie