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At the 2010 Operation Smile gala in New York City, Jessica Simpson’s sexy smoky eyes gave us something to smile about. “Jessica had a really dramatic dress on, so I wanted to smoke up the eyes a bit to add some glamour,” said her makeup artist Jeannia Robinette.

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The Dixie Chicks, sisters Emily Robinson and Martie Maguire have taken a big step by releasing an album without lead vocalist Natalie Maines Pasdar. According to the sisters, they were getting rather anxious during their 4 year hiatus, wanting to get back into the studio.  For Emily it was even more urgent because she needed something to focus on after her divorce from country singer Charlie Robinson in 2008.  So, the sisters started writing…Hence, Court Yard Hounds…

Martie Maguire and Emily Robinson

As children growing up in Addison, Texas, Martie and Emily learned to play multiple instruments, including guitar, banjo, and violin.  Their parents pushed them at age 12 and 10 to do bluegrass shows together which eventually led to forming the Dixie Chicks in 1995 with Natalie as lead vocalist.  They have won 13 Grammy’s as well as selling 30 million albums. Their new solo album Court Yard Hounds, is filled with acoustic, rock, country and folk elements.  Martie told BSW that her sister Emily just kept sending her song after song that she had written over a two year span. The Sisters will be on tour this summer with The Eagles. Their album will debut on May 4, 2010.

Court Yard Hounds

Look out, these two working mom’s have musically inclined children as well and from what BSW has heard, they have formed their own band and who knows…they might be bigger than the Dixie Chicks…

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This picture immediately brings that famous Rupaul song to my ears. You know the one, “you better woooork!” Jennifer Aniston is living proof that 40 is the new 20. Revealing her killer abs in the newest workout-inspired Smart Water ad, Jennifer proves she doesn’t have to sweat it when it comes to looking hotter than ever.

Currently running in magazines, this shot has 41-year-old Aniston wearing dark workout wear that highlights her amazing muscle tone.

“My workout partner,” reads the copy. “Working out feels great… afterwards. That’s why I drink Smart. It’s hydration I can feel. (And it’s one part of my routine I never sweat.)”

Besides the beverage, Aniston — whose latest round of Smart Water ads also show her in bed, and in the kitchen, credits yoga with keeping her in top form.

“It completely changed my life,” says the star, who combines her poses with a mix of cardio and toning exercises. One thing she doesn’t do is follow a baby food diet,  a growing rumor that’s been making the rounds.

“Sorry, but the last time I had baby food, I believe I was 1,” Aniston told People magazine. “I’ve been on solids for about 40 years now.”

In fact, Aniston says, she doesn’t deprive herself at all. “Look I eat really well and I work out, but I also indulge when I want to,” she told Harper’s Bazzar UK.

“I don’t starve myself in an extremist way. You’re not taking away my coffee or my dairy or my glass of wine because I’d be devastated. “My advice: Just stop eating s–t every day.” Well, we couldn’t agree more with that, but what about the smoking Jen? Have you given that up?

One thing I have always found so strange about those who work out. Especially when they care so much about how they look, and what they eat. In any case she does look unbelieveable, and I can attest to the fact that yoga is indeed life changing not only for your body, but also for your mind.