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She’s one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood. She won the Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award for her1988 hit “Working Girl.” She's the daughter of Golden Era star Tippi Hendren and the wife of Antonio Banderas. But Melanie Griffith says today, the work offers have pretty much dried up. “It is what I never thought would happen when I was in my 20s and 30s, hearing actresses bitch about not getting any work when they turned 50. Now I understand it, it is just different. In a lot of ways, (Hollywood) a very superficial place,”...

Actress Melanie Griffith isn't as busy as she was during the '80s when she starred in films like "Working Girl" and "Something Wild." She isn't making her career any easier for herself by disparaging half of her audience via her Twitter feed. Here's Griffith weighing in sanctimoniously about the mindset of those awful, awful conservatives. Melanie Griffith tweet The irony here is that Griffith was cheering on Vice President Joe Biden's bullying, demeaning debate performance on Twitter before weighing in with her query on conservatives

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Actor Will Smith and basketball standout Earvin "Magic" Johnson for dinner and Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas for post-meal mingling. President Barack Obama waded into the domain of the stars Monday as he hit the California fundraising circuit in one of his busiest donor outreach trips of the season. Smith, in an elegant three-piece suit, and Johnson, the standout former point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers, were guests at the home of producer James Lassiter and his wife, Mai. About 40 contributors, including actress Hillary Duff, contributed $35,800 each for a cozy dinner and a...

THOUGH the "cosmetologists" of Beverly Hills consider it heresy to say so, expensive beauty treatments can make you look older. Melanie is locked in a no-win war with her beauty treatments. Picture: AFP If they don't want anyone to find this out, they should come up with a way to keep Melanie Griffith at home. Recent pictures of the actor, 45, reveal a woman whose essential good looks are caught up in a no-win battle with her beauty treatments. The forehead is smooth (botox injections take care of that) but a little too smooth. Her lips are plump (half the...