The 63-year-old poses for an un-retouched photo shoot at the Dubai Film Festival.

More specifically, I’d like us to discuss this issue:

In My Girl — the feel-good Macaulay-Culkin-evaded-the-burglars-but-now-he-dies-of-bee-stings movie of 1991 — Jamie Lee Curtis’s character spoke the following words: “The first rule of makeup is that you can never wear enough blue eye shadow.”

Is this still true???

Should you ever wear blue eye shadow anymore??

Evan seems to think so.

And perhaps an even more pressing issue: What the hell happened to Anna Chlumsky? Granted, I was 9 years old when I saw that movie, but I remember feeling that this young woman was poised for an extraordinary career. In fairness, I felt the same way about Curly Sue (who today is a phenomenally talented and under-exposed singer).

Caroline Kennedy — the daughter of JFK and Jackie O — has officially announced that she will pursue the Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Clinton when she becomes Obama’s Secretary of State. NY Governor David Paterson will determine who gets the seat.

Her uncle, Senator Edward Kennedy, is struggling with terminal brain cancer, and his illness has forced members of his extended family to contemplate the possibility that the Senate could be left without a Kennedy for the first time in a half century. Edward Kennedy has encouraged his niece, to whom he talks nearly every day, to pursue Hillary’s seat, a spokesman for the senator said.

You know who else wants that seat?

Fran Drescher.

Both women have distinguished records as humanitarians — but neither has much political experience.

Who would you rather see in Hillary’s Senate seat?

Caroline or Fran???

Can this country possibly exist without a Kennedy in the Senate???

Ryan Phillippe is in Australia to spend the holidays with the woman who broke up his marriage, actress Abbie Cornish. Ryan will spend Christmas with Abbie’s family in Sydney. His kids will be with their mom, Reese Witherspoon, and her boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal.

And I doubt there’s any truth to the rumors that Abbie’s preggers, as the pic above was taken today in Sydney at the Calvin Klein show, where Abbie reportedly sipped champagne all night.

“Is it just me or is Jennifer Aniston getting hotter?”

Hugh Hefner, when Extra interviewed him and showed him a copy of Jennifer Aniston’s GQ cover.

Fuck. Yes. She. Is.

Jennifer Aniston is single-handedly showing the world than women can get sexier with age. If Hugh Hefner says it, it must be true!!!

Oh, and he also talked to Extra about the Holly split, saying “I was blindsided by the breakup … But Holly was looking for something more that I couldn’t give her. She was looking for marriage and children … Within two weeks, a pair of twins arrived and turned out they were interested in being my girlfriends … Several girlfriends are easier to handle than one wife.”

That Mr. Hefner. He’s so, so wise.

Jim Carrey did a very revealing interview with Larry King this week, where he opened up much more than usual, and talked about everything from depression and Jenny McCarthy to The Fockers. Here are some highlights:

King: So have you turned down anything you regretted?

Carrey: I never regret. … [But] you know, “Meet the Parents” was something that I was developing.

King: You turned that down?

Carrey: Yes. I actually created the Fockers in a creative meeting. Yes. But, it was perfect that Ben Stiller did it. When I saw it, I went, “That’s the way it’s supposed to be done.”

King: Ever want to do Broadway?

Carrey: Sure, sure. I’ll do that.

King: Do a play?

Carrey: I would love to do it. I hope I could do it.

King: How did you and [girlfriend Jenny McCarthy] — how did that happen?

Carrey: It’s funny how that happens when you’re in a place that’s really wonderful. I had already gotten to a place in my life where I felt at peace, and I was invited to David Spade’s birthday party. And I went out there that night and I was just in a zone. And I just felt wonderful. It was one of those times when you don’t have to be anywhere but where you are.

King: And you had no girlfriend?

Carrey: I had no girlfriend at the time. I mean, I was just knocking them off one after another. It was just sick. But — so I went to the party. And I just stood there in the middle of the room and kind of had that feeling like I was everything I felt. And she looked at me, and she said, “You just looked so peaceful that I had to come and talk to you.”

King: What did you think when you saw her?

Carrey: I went — well, I mean, I’d seen her a bunch of times, never in person. But I just thought — well, she’s nothing like the persona, like the “Singled Out” person that I met — or that I knew, that I had seen. Because I don’t think I wanted to go out with that person. You know? She was brilliant, but that wasn’t the choice I would make. She was completely different than that. She was really sweet.

King: And that’s magic when it hits?

Carrey: Yes. Beautiful.

King: You can’t predict it?

Carrey: No. You’re just lucky while it’s there, you know. That’s all, just lucky.

King: Are you going to marry Jenny?

Carrey: No. I am married to Jenny. I love Jenny very much, and we have a great relationship. And we’ve both been married a couple times. … I like it the way it is, and I think she likes it the way it is. You know? And that’s all we need. I really don’t, at this point of my life, feel like I need to have the approval of someone in the collar or a judge to tell us that our relationship is sacred.

King: Didn’t you suffer from depression?

Carrey: Yes.

King: How did you get through that to this?

Carrey: Well, that’s another thing. You know at the risk of like opening up the whole Tom Cruise Prozac argument, you know, I don’t disagree in many ways. I think Prozac and things like that are very valuable to people for short periods of time. But I believe if you’re on them for an extended period of time, you never get to the problem. You never get to see what the problem is, because everything is just kind of OK. And so, you don’t deal. And people deal when they get desperate.

King: So how did you do it?

Carrey: I take supplements. … It’s a wonderful thing. It’s amazing. I’m going to talk a lot about it in the near future.
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King: You’re going to write about it?

Carrey: Yes.

There’s a lot to digest here.

What do we think of Carrey’s views on anti-depressants? Can you effectively address the issues underlying depression while being treated for it chemically? And what the fuck does he mean by “supplements”? Is this like Jenny treating autism with a wheat-free diet?

And what of Meet the Parents? Would it have been better with Jim Carrey? Or was it meant for Ben Stiller?

And what do we think Ben thinks of Jim being all like, “Dude, your hit? It was my idea.”

GET TO TALKING.

I need to hear your thoughts.

The gorgeous host of the Style network’s The Dish — who you probably remember as Topanga from Boy Meets World — got her handprint done in cement for Planet Hollywood yesterday.

I interviewed Danielle awhile back for Film.com (read it here), and I left out a portion of our conversation in my write-up. At some point during our chat, I mentioned how much I hate my natural hair and how jealous I am of hers. Danielle then basically stopped the interview to ask me why I didn’t like my hair, why I didn’t love my body in general, and then spent like five minutes trying to cheer me up, despite me being like “Dude, this interview is supposed to be about you!” It was very refreshing celeb behavior — normally when you bring your own life up AT ALL during celeb interviews, they basically pretend that they didn’t hear it. Seriously. Any comment that is not about the celebrity is just totally ignored — sometimes so much so that it’s comical. So I was really impressed with how gracious and sweet she was, and I’m officially a fan.

Congrats, Danielle!