Jessica Alba and Ashton Kutcher flirted using flowers yesterday while filming Valentine’s Day in LA.

Lucky Ashton has been getting his fill of one-on-one time with his female costars, including some steamy scenes with Jennifer Garner earlier this week.

Jessica seems to be having fun at work with Ashton, but she’s even more smiley when spending downtime with her family.

Jessica Alba and a friend tested out mattresses on a shopping trip in LA on Wednesday. She also decided to try out a lighter hair color perhaps getting into the Summer spirit.

This isn’t the first time she’s gone brighter, but what do you think — do you like her better as a blonde or a brunette?

While the temperatures are rising this long Fourth of July weekend, it will give Jess a chance to show off her hot bikini body along with her new look.

Not surprisingly, Jessica Alba is dealing in a different type of paper these days.

The actress has made an undisclosed donation to the United Way of Central Oklahoma as part of her apology for plastering a great white shark poster over one of the charity’s billboards in a misguided attempt to draw attention to the deep-sea predator’s dwindling population.

“We’re very pleased she made a contribution,” United Way spokeswoman Erin Brewer told the Oklahoman, adding that the money will go toward various good works around Oklahoma City.

The dollar amount was not disclosed, so the mailed-in contribution could equal anywhere between $500 and $9,999.

Local police confirmed Monday that they would not be pursuing vandalism charges against Alba for her role in the stunt, photographic evidence of which inevitably ended up online.

“I got involved in something I should have had no part of,” Alba said in an apologetic statement last week.

Jessica Alba is working ”overtime” to get pregnant again.

The actress – who gave birth to daughter Honor Marie last June – and husband Cash Warren are keen to add to their family and want to conceive by the end of this year.

A source said: “Jessica and Cash are working overtime to get pregnant. She and Cash are boasting that they love being parents and are determined to expand their family as soon as possible.”

Jessica, 27, recently revealed how giving birth had given her life a new meaning.

She said: “So far, motherhood is the best thing ever. It is exhausting but way more fulfilling than anything I have done. Everything I do now is so much more meaningful because of her.”

The stunning star also claimed the labor wasn’t as painful as she expected.

She said: “Contractions aren’t that bad. If you’ve ever had bad cramps? That’s what they’re like.”

“But that moment when they put the baby on your chest – that’s deep. It’s a deep experience.”

It is learnt that talks are on with the Fantastic Four Hollywood star Jessica Alba, to play an important role in director Venkat Prabhu’s Goa.

The movie has Jai, Vaibhav, Premji Amaren and Arvind Akash in the lead, and is said to be a road film in which a group of friends go on a trip to Goa. This is the third directorial venture of Venkat Prabhu, after Chennai 600028 and Saroja.

There are three heroines in the film and through Warner Bros the co producers of the film, Ocher Studios is trying to rope in the sexy Jessica Alba. Sources close to Venkat say that the actress has asked for a script which is send to her through her manager.

Besides a Hollywood heroine, there are two more heroines in the movie, and it is said that talks are on with Sneha and Genelia for the same.

Jessica Alba says nothing is ‘off-limits’ in her newly-renovated house.The actress, who shares the Los Angeles mansion with her husband Cash Warren and their five-month-old daughter Honor, is thrilled with the refurbishment and says it’s the perfect home for her family.

She said: “It’s kid-friendly, animal-friendly. You can jump on the sofas, walk around barefoot. There’s nothing off-limits here.”

Jessica, who also has three dogs, says she insisted on using non-toxic paint and recycled furniture in the environmentally-friendly property.

She added: “The energy here is so inviting – it is open and playful. And everywhere you look, inside and out, you get to see a part of nature.”

The 27-year-old beauty also revealed her film producer spouse is very domesticated and loves helping out with Honor.

Jessica told America’s InStyle magazine: “He is pretty organized for a dude.”

Jessica Alba refuses to leave her four-month-old daughter while filming new movie ”An Invisible Sign of My Own.”

The 27-year-old actress – who welcomed Honor, her first child with husband Cash Warren, into the world in June – is finding it difficult to leave her daughter when she goes to work.

She told People magazine: “To be honest with you, it’s tough – and if it was any other movie I wouldn’t be doing it.”

“It’s difficult to spend any time away from her. I love my daughter and she’s going to be with me every day on the set.”

Jessica plays a mathematics teacher who helps troubled young students in the new movie, which also stars Mackenzie Milone.

The stunning star recently revealed becoming a mother has given her life new meaning. She said: “So far, motherhood is the best thing ever.”

“It is exhausting but way more fulfilling than anything I have done. Everything I do now is so much more meaningful because of her.”

Jessica Alba has posed in a Hannibal Lecter mask in a bid to encourage people to vote in the US Presidential election.

The “Fantastic Four” actress is seen with messy hair, no make-up and tears running down her face in the photograph shot by Mark Liddell which shows her mouth tightly hidden behind metal nails – referencing the cannibal character made famous by Anthony Hopkins in 1991 movie “The Silence of the Lambs.”

Jessica’s photograph, a “Declare Yourself” public service announcement (PSA), bears the tagline: “Only you can silence yourself. Make them hear you. Register to vote now.”

Jessica, who previously appeared in a raunchy bondage-themed advertising campaign for Declare Yourself, recently said: “If you don’t register and vote and make a difference, and hopefully change the bad things that are happening in our country, you are essentially just binding and muzzling yourself.”

The 27-year-old actress isn’t the only star to use her celebrity to persuade Americans to vote.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Halle Berry, Jennifer Aniston and Ellen DeGeneres are among those appearing in the “5 Friends” PSA.

Explaining his involvement in the cause, Leonardo said: “I mean, seriously, after this whole video – if you’re not going to vote, I don’t even know what to say. You know you have to vote.”

Jessica Alba has appeared in a raunchy bondage-themed advertising campaign.

The “Sin City” actress stars in the dramatic photographic campaign for voter group Declare Yourself – which encourages young people to register to vote in the upcoming US Presidential election – and is seen topless, with black tape across her mouth and chest and heavy eye make-up.

The pictures include the tag “Only You Can Silence Yourself,” and Jessica, 27, claims they “really resonate” with the issue of voter registration.

She said: “If you don’t register and vote and make a difference, and hopefully change the bad things that are happening in our country, you are essentially just binding and muzzling yourself.”

“We sign up for MySpace pages and Facebook pages, and download music off the internet. The least people can do is register to vote online, actually making a difference in their world, not just making their lives a little bit cooler.”

Photographer Marc Liddel shot the campaign, and despite the racy nature of the pictures Jessica insists she was not embarrassed.

She said: “It didn’t freak me out at all. What I like about Marc’s work is that he tells a story and brings real emotion to his pictures.”

The actress has also spoken about her three-month-old baby Honor, her first child with husband Cash Warren, insisting being a parent is the most fulfilling thing she has experienced.

She said: “So far motherhood is the best thing ever. It is exhausting but way more fulfilling than anything I have done. Everything I do now is so much more meaningful because of her.”

New parents Jessica Alba and Cash Warren are banning their baby daughter from chasing fame – until she’s at least 21.

The newlyweds are determined to make sure Honor, who was born in June, should finish her education before she pursues the life of a celebrity – if that is the life she chooses.

Jessica Alba says, “When she finishes college, she can do whatever she wants.”

But the actress admits it could be tough convincing Honor to wait: “I think at some point all little kids express that desire, because they’re so used to being treated like a star.”

Jessica Alba says giving birth was more like ”meditation.”

The 27-year-old actress – who welcomed daughter Honor Marie into the world on June 7 – insists she exuded quiet strength during the natural labor and the whole experience was incredibly peaceful.

She said: “I didn’t scream. It was really Zen. The labor was more like meditation. I did yoga breathing. I was focused. I ate a lot of soul food before she was born.”

Jessica’s husband Cash Warren added: “She didn’t make a sound. It was amazing.”

The “The Love Guru” actress also revealed she has already embarked on an exercise and healthy eating regime to shed her post pregnancy weight.

She told America’s OK! magazine: “I started working out last Thursday, but for 20 minutes. I do cardio on my own. I’m doing it slow.”

“Now I’m starting to eat more healthy. Because after working out, having fried chicken and mashed potatoes is a little counteractive.”

Cash is convinced Honor looks just like him, but he is worried his daughter will later develop Jessica’s stunning features and he will have to deter numerous male suitors.

He said: “She looks like a girl version of me. She has my nose, my eyebrows and my forehead and dimples.”

Jessica added: “She has my mouth when I was a baby. And my ears.”

Cash said: “Maybe Honor is a mixture. I want her to look like me, because a daughter looking like Jessica, I’d kill myself!”

Jessica Alba has sold photographs of her daughter Honor Marie for $1.5 million.

The “Fantastic Four” actress – who gave birth to Honor, her first child with husband Cash Warren, in June – signed a deal with America’s OK! magazine, after caving into demand for the exclusive first pictures.

A source said: “Jessica wasn’t planning to sell the photographs, but gave in after she was bombarded by offers from various weekly magazines.”

“She settled on a $1.5 million deal, which will cover the first photographs and a set of pictures of Honor from another event later in the year, such as Thanksgiving or Christmas. Honor is absolutely adorable and the photos are all so cute.”

Jessica isn’t the only celebrity to have sold photographs of her firstborn.

Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves – who welcomed their first child Levi Alves McConaughey earlier this week – reportedly signed a deal with the same magazine for $3 million.

Jessica Alba ”never felt less sexy” than when she was pregnant.

The 27-year-old actress – who gave birth to daughter Honor Marie in June – never felt attractive after piling on the pounds while expecting her first child.

She said: “I never felt less sexy when I was pregnant! I mean, I wouldn’t have changed it for the world and my cravings weren’t bad – I craved citrus fruits, like lemons, oranges and grapefruits.”

“But I wanted to get rid of all the weight. It was also a time of great happiness, though, and I certainly didn’t have any cravings not to be pregnant.”

Since giving birth, Jessica admits she is now more in love with husband Cash Warren than ever before.

She added to Britain’s Cosmopolitan magazine: “Cash believes, as I do, in taking life as it comes.”

“Nothing was planned – the pregnancy or the wedding – but he took it in his stride and convinced me we’d conquer all, I love that.”

“He makes me laugh more than anyone – and he’s great looking too.”

Jessica and Cash married in a secret ceremony in May.

Jessica Alba is to play Barbarella in a remake of the classic sci-fi movie.

The Sin City and Fantastic Four star will take on the erotic role made famous by Jane Fonda in 1968.

Jessica, 27, landed the part after director Robert Rodriguez split from his actress girlfriend, Rose McGowan.

He had been planning to remake the film with Rose in the leading role, but studio bosses refused to finance the £50million scheme because Rose wasn’t a big enough name.

An insider said: “Now Rose is out of the picture, Jessica is perfect – she’s gorgeous and can be a badass on screen.”

Jessica Alba’s brother says she gave birth to daughter Honor Marie naturally.

Josh Alba revealed his new niece – who was born on Saturday (June 7, 2008) – is “gorgeous” and the family couldn’t be happier with her arrival.

He told “E! News”: “She is gorgeous. She looks just like my sister. Jessica did everything natural…It went really well. We are all just ecstatic. She definitely looks like an Alba to me.”

Jessica’s father Mark – who flew to California from Florida so he wouldn’t miss the birth – also gushed about his new granddaughter and says Honor is the spitting image of her famous mother.

He said: “She’s got Jessica’s complexion, her hair, her eyes. She looks like Jessica when she was a baby.”

“I thought Jessica was the prettiest baby I had ever seen, but I was wrong. The fact that this little girl came out of my daughter’s stomach, it blows my mind.”

Meanwhile, Jessica and husband Cash Warren’s choice of name for their daughter has been praised by a baby naming expert.

Pamela Redmond Satran, co-author of baby-naming guides “Cool Names” and “The Baby Name Bible,” said: “Honor is one of the Puritan Virtue names that has been making a comeback along with sisters Hope, Faith and Charity.”

“My guess is that Jessica Alba, going through life as one of several trendily-named ‘Jessicas’ in any room, was looking for a name that was both classic and unusual, and she made an excellent choice.”

Jessica Alba’s friends and family were stunned to discover she had got marie

The 27-year-old actress tied the knot with Cash Warren, 31, in a secret ceremony on Monday (May 19, 2008) with no guests present, and the couple managed to keep their nuptials hidden from everyone.

A source close to Jessica, who described her as “very responsible” said: “Jessica and Cash’s ceremony surprised even good friends.”

“She used to feel it would be OK to wait until after the baby was born to get married but her traditional side must have really kicked in.”

“Cash is a wonderful guy and she really does love him.”

Jessica’s “emotional” father Mark confirmed the ceremony, saying: “It was well-hidden from the paparazzi – and a lot more.”

Mark also spoke of his happiness for the “Sin City” star, adding to Latina.com: “I think it is good news for her.”

“I’m glad for her. She’s a beautiful girl. I’m her dad and I’m happy for her no matter what happens.”

Jessica and Cash are expecting their first child this summer.

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Jessica Alba admits that shooting her latest horror movie was one of her most intense experiences yet. The pregnant actress reveals to Rob Driscoll what it was like playing a blind woman – and why she’s pleased there was no bloodshed

SHE may have shot to fame alongside Ioan Gruffudd as a Hollywood superhero but Jessica Alba’s latest movie experience was far less glamorous.

For horror movie The Eye, not only did she have to play a top-class concert violinist, but also a woman who has been blind since childhood.

So intense was the filming experience that Alba endured “a lot of sleeplessness” during the shoot.

In preparation, Alba spent six months learning to play the violin, as well as visiting blind orientation centres and mixing with blind people.

It’s all a far cry from the glitzy, glamorous image conveyed by the glossy Hollywood movies that have made her famous – the two Fantastic Four movies (which saw her pucker up to Cardiff-born Gruffudd), Sin City and Into The Blue.

But then, despite huge success as one of the industry’s hottest young female stars, Alba is, in her own words, something of a perfectionist when it comes to the day job – and also a realist.

“First and foremost, I’m an actress, so if I’m playing a violinist no-one’s saying I have to be absolutely note-perfect all day long while we’re filming,” explains Alba, who will be 27 on Monday .

“Obviously you’re not going to pick up an instrument that complex in so short an amount of time. But I wanted to get it right. I couldn’t have the audience think that I wasn’t playing. I practised so much. And we were shooting nights, so my days ended when everyone else’s started. It’s kind of impossible to sleep at seven in the morning with the sun spilling into your room!”

Alba is expecting a child in May with her film-producer fiancé, 28-year-old Cash Warren, whom she met while making Fantastic Four. Other heavily pregnant starlets might not have turned up to promote their latest movie, but you quickly get the impression that The Eye is a fairly substantial project in the Alba canon – and indeed very different from her usual, more mainstream fare.

“It was the most interesting female role I’ve ever read,” says Alba. “And it’s certainly not your average, typical horror movie. It’s more about a young woman who is faced with things that she really cannot explain, and who fears that she is losing her mind and her grip on sanity.”

The film is, in fact, a remake of a cult 2002 Chinese supernatural horror movie. Alba’s character, Sydney Wells is an acclaimed violinist, blind since a tragic childhood accident, who decides to undergo a double corneal transplant, in the hope of regaining her sight.

The operation is successful, and Sydney can see for the first time in 20 years. But her happiness is short-lived as she starts to be haunted by inexplicable shady visions and frightening images alien to her own life and circumstances. “Are you seeing dead people?” asks her doctor in a knowing reference to The Sixth Sense. Of course she can – and this is what has made the film such a hit at the US box office.

California-born Alba has turned down more than a few “slasher” movies before now, but she considers The Eye to be several notches above that cynical, money-grabbing genre.

“A lot of horror movies have girls running away from a guy who is torturing them or kidnapping them,” she explains. “There’s always much more a victim stance when it comes to the female character and it usually involves crying and screaming.

“I found The Eye a far more fascinating and complex scenario. It’s not about gore, it’s about suspense and psychological tension. When I read it, I realised it didn’t need to have people’s body parts being ripped apart, it didn’t need cursing and it didn’t need sex. I thought it was a complete, terrifying experience without those things that would make it an 18-rated movie.”

Alba does, however, claim to be an avid fan of more traditional Hollywood horror. “One of the first movies I ever remember watching was Nightmare On Elm Street – I think I was about four and a half,” she confesses with a laugh. “It gave me nightmares until I was 13. My parents didn’t know, nor did they approve, obviously. I was a sneaky child, I hid behind the couch and watched the whole thing. Later that night, I insisted on sleeping in bed with them; if I was going to be sucked into the bed into some netherworld, I was going to be with them!

“Later on, I loved movies like Psycho, The Birds, It, Poltergeist, Rosemary’s Baby, The Ring – those kind of movies are more my speed than people getting mutilated and chopped into bits.” Alba started taking her violin lessons for The Eye while she was shooting the second Fantastic Four movie. “I had to train for months just to learn how to hold the bow and instrument properly and that’s only half the battle,” she grimaces. “I’m playing complicated classical pieces in the film, so I had to learn how to play the actual notes.”

Equally challenging, of course, was playing a woman who is blind. Alba spent time living at the New Mexico Commission for the Blind, where she learned basic Braille reading, and received training under the guidance of a certified orientation mobility instructor.

“I also spent time with a woman around my age who’s a musician herself and who’s been blind since she was three,” reveals Alba. “She travels all around the world on her own, and she doesn’t have a guide or a dog. Just observing her and spending time with her, she was pretty much my inspiration for my character.”

After Alba’s extensive musical preparation for the role, might a back-up career as a violinist beckon? “Never in a million years,” she laughs. “It’s the most difficult instrument on the planet. I did six months of extensive training with three different violin teachers, and these are women who’ve been playing since they were three years old, all of them. They are all in orchestras, and they still practise eight hours a day. I just simply don’t have that amount of dedication, to be honest.”

For Him Magazine (FHM) has bestowed its annual “sexiest woman in the world” title on Megan Fox, the sultry blue-eyed American actress and model best known for her roles on the television series ‘Hope & Faith’ and breakout role in the 2007 film ‘Transformers’.

FHMOnline.com recently unveiled the results of its annual 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll of FHM readers, and the 21-year-old model-actress has landed at the top of the sexy list.

She beat out the stunning beauties, like Angelina Jolie (No. 12), Rihanna (No. 14), Kim Kardashian (No. 17), Paris Hilton (No. 77) and last year’s no.1 sexy woman, Jessica Alba (No. 3) to reach at the top.

Megan earlier was listed at no. 68 in 2006 and crawled up to no. 65 in 2007. And, this year she made a sudden leap to the top that came largely because of her sexy turn in Michael Bay’s robot-smashing “Transformers,” where she plays the love interest of Shia LaBeouf’s character Sam Witwicky.

Born on May 16 1986, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Fox began her training in drama and dance at the age of 5. She began acting and modeling at the age of 13 upon winning several awards at the 1999 American Modeling and Talent Convention in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Fox made her film debut in the 2001 Olsen twins comedy “Holiday in the Sun” as the spoiled heiress and rival of Ashley Olsen. She subsequently became a frequent fixture on television with her notable roles in What I Like About You, Two and a Half Men, and Hope and Faith.

In real-life, Fox is rumored to be engaged to actor Brian Austin Green, who is a whopping thirteen years her senior, and most known for his role on Beverly Hills 90210.

Joining Fox in the top 10 this year are- Jessica Biel (No. 2), .Jessica Alba (No. 3), Elisha Cuthbert (No. 4), Scarlett Johansson (No. 5), Emmanuelle Chriqui (No. 6), Hilary Duff (No. 7), Tricia Helfer (No. 8), Blake Lively (No. 9) and Kate Beckinsale (No. 10).

Troubled pop star Britney Spears came in last place at No. 100, while Lindsay Lohan, Cameron Diaz and Paris Hilton managed to get the No. 16, 18 and 77 spots respectively on the list.

FHM said nearly 9 million votes were cast by the FHM readers worldwide for the 14th edition of the annual poll to choose the sexiest women in film, television, music, sports, and fashion.

Jessica Alba has revealed that she will be more choosy about film roles when she becomes a mum.

The pregnant actress, whose horror remake The Eye is released in UK cinemas this week, is already taking a break from the big screen since her most recent filming on The Love Guru alongside Justin Timberlake, Mike Myers and Ben Kingsley.

And she doesn’t seem too worried about it either.

“I know how fickle and silly this business is,” she continues. “I know it takes just one movie to put you back up, or you can have five that are great movies that no one sees and you’re down in the gutter again.

“It’s so fickle that you have to get on with your life and keep your priorities straight or you will just go insane.”

Jessica, engaged to Cash Warren, admits that after the birth of their first child she will choose her roles more carefully.

“This is obviously a life-altering experience and to say it’s not going to influence decisions I make would simply be crazy because I’m already a different person and the baby hasn’t come yet.

“I’m sure once the baby is here my priorities will shift even more and spending time away from your child and at work, it has to be well worth it.

“I still feel like I’m just starting. Most actresses that I really love hit their stride in their 30s and 40s and I’m hoping that will be the case for me.”

With the impending arrival of her baby, Jessica Alba’s nesting instincts have kicked in and she is making the final preparations to welcome her first child.

Speaking at People’s book party for Healthy Child Healthy World author Christopher Gavigan, the 26-year-old actress revealed that she wants to get the house ready as soon as possible because the time’s running out.

“I’m just trying to get my house ready before the baby comes. It’s kind of hectic, it’s getting close and the house isn’t even ready yet,” People quoted Alba, as saying.

Alba, who has taken time off from acting, is handling the bulk of the duties to get ready for baby.

“I’m not working so it’s been a good place to put all my energy so it’s been a nice distraction,” she said.

“I’m used to having to be somewhere all the time, and it’s kind of the first time in my life where I really haven’t been working in a while, and now it’s just about the baby being healthy, the house being ready, and nesting, it’s really different. It’s cool – I feel like I’m fully absorbing the whole experience,” she added.