Let me preface this by stating that I actually really like Heather Graham a lot. She’s a bit nutty, and I envy the hell out of her sleep routine, but I’ve always respected that she never really took the romcom route to instant fame like a few other vacuous blondes like, say, Kate Hudson. Instead, Heather does a lot of indie films and a little bit of arthouse stuff even though a lot of it ends up being junk that goes straight to DVD. Occasionally, she’ll take part in a successful mainstream movie, and people will remember that she exists, which is strange because I find her pretty hard to forget. Maybe that’s because she gets naked a lot.

Anyway, Heather has taken on a very atypical role by appearing as “Awesome Aunt Opal” in the upcoming Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer, which is a children’s movie based upon a series of very successful books and should drum up a fair amount of family-related ticket sales. So Heather shows up (with her latest beau, Jason Silva, in tow) at the premiere while wearing a pair of black hot pants, a matching bustier, and strappy black platform heels. Sure, she looks great, but she seems a little — how do you say — underdressed for this type of movie premiere. At least her boobs aren’t popping out, right?

To be fair, Heather’s not really used to this sort of thing, but she could have taken a cue from Janet Varney’s red-carpet look and pulled on a simple, summery dress instead:

And at least the adorable kids from the movie, Madeline Carroll and Parris Mosteller, were appropriately covered up as well:

Photos courtesy of WENN

Pardon me, I just have to rant about this. When People Magazine asked Heather Graham, “How do you stay so young-looking and beautiful?” Heather replied, “I try to get 11 or 12 hours of sleep a night. It sounds excessive but that’s really what I need. It does the trick.” ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Yes, Heather looks good, and she could easily pass for more than a decade younger than her real age (she’s 41 years old!). But seriously, 11 or 12 hours of SLEEP? Every night?!? That means that Heather has literally been asleep for HALF of her life.

So here’s my rant: I’ve been a person who struggles with getting enough sleep for a very long time. It started when I was a teenager, it got really bad in college, and I still struggle with weeks and months of intermediate insomnia to this day. Drinking helps, honestly. If I have a cocktail before bed, I can get a decent night’s sleep. But I haven’t been drinking lately, and so my sleep pattern has been all out of wack. When someone like Heather just tosses off “oh, I sleep 12 hours a day” my mind is boggled. How can you do that? Really, I want to know! My body’s internal clock starts screaming “GET UP SLUT” around six a.m., no matter if I’ve just gone to bed at two a.m. Maybe it’s because I’m neurotic? I lay in bed and think about all of the crap I have to do. Maybe Heather doesn’t have that problem. Because she rarely works, and thus, she rarely has anxiety.

I don’t even remember the last time I got more than eight hours of sleep, honestly. Must be nice. I would love to have that kind of rest occasionally.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Heather Graham, 39, has a new interview in The Daily Mail. We haven’t heard much from Heather lately, but she’s starring in the new comedy The Hangover, which was a close second in its opening box office this weekend to the animated film Up. I’m surprised to hear she’s 39 because she looks about 10 years younger and is still drop dead gorgeous. She might not be the brightest bulb, though, if we take her latest statements at face value. Heather says she’s into tantric sex and she explains it well as a kind of connection with your partner rather than something as salacious as Sting made it sound. She’s also into transcendental meditation and is trying to learn how to levitate so she can “can fly across oceans and cities, saving people from being murdered.” Maybe she’s trying to put her bid in to play Wonder Woman, but she doesn’t fly on her own and has an invisible jet:

When I was a child my parents threatened to send me to a convent.
I’ve often wondered how that would have worked out. I’d have made a terrible nun. I’m a good Catholic girl in the way that Madonna is. In the sense that I’m not that good at all. If the church is having a hard time recruiting nuns, I’d make an ideal poster girl. ‘Become a nun or else end up like her!’

You haven’t lived until you’ve tried tantric sexual healing.
I first got into it when I was filming The Guru in 2002 and I haven’t looked back. What most people know about tantric sex is that Sting does it and it lasts eight hours. But he’s not having sex continually. You can take a bath, massage your partner, listen to music. The idea is that you let the whole thing build very slowly until finally you merge with your partner. It works for me.

My next ambition is to teach myself to levitate.
So far I’ve only succeeded in my dreams. I practice transcendental meditation and there is a phase where you’re meant to lift off the ground. It hasn’t happened yet. I’ll manage it one day. In fact, I’m aiming beyond levitation. I want to be able to fly like a superhero. I won’t be happy until I can fly across oceans and cities, saving people from being murdered.

[From The Daily Mail]

Transcendental Meditation does teach followers that it’s possible to fly when you’re enlightened enough. Critics say there is no flying in advanced stages and the demonstrations they’ve seen of yogis flying are more akin to “hopping.” Here’s a good segment from a National Geographic on the supposed phenomena of “Yogic Flying.” The practice is beneficial to the mind and body but there’s no evidence that anyone has actually defied gravity.

Transcendental Meditation, while seemingly innocent and helpful in theory, has been denounced as a cult by many former members and cult awareness groups. It costs money to learn and advanced courses can run up to a million dollars. The founder, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, is now a billionaire. A former legal advisor to the TM organization says that they use fraudulent and systematic accounting to avoid any tax liability.

Does Graham really think it’s possible to levitate to the point where humans can fly? Some people believe in astral projection and all that, but it sounds like she completely buys into Transcendental Meditation and believes that with enough practice humans can defy physics and fly around saving the world. Fellow practitioner David Lynch also thinks that levitation is possible and is trying to push to teach TM in schools.

People can believe in whatever they want. If they’re famous they should probably try and censor their statements to the point where they don’t sound completely wacky. Tom Cruise learned this the hard way.

Heather Graham is shown at the premiere of The Hangover on 6/2/09. Credit: WENN.com

Uma Thurman’s breast were on full display last night in a gauzy draped black Valentino dress that did little more than shield her from the wind. She chose the daring outfit for the Swarovski Fashion Rocks event, which she co-hosted. When you’re 37 and the roles aren’t coming in you’ve got to kick it up a notch and I think she pulled it off.

Also on the red carpet were Kate Moss in a a Swarovski studded flapper dress she designed herself for Top Shop. It is estimated to be worth $80k and will be auctioned off on eBay for The Princes Trust if Courtney Love didn’t manage to ruin it.

Lily Allen wore a questionable navy blue Chanel gown with an empire waist that didn’t flatter her newly slender figure, but she looked presentable.

Donatella Versace and Iggy Pop personified rock and rock meets fashion with their weathered faces and kick ass style.

Claudia Schiffer was matronly in a gold pencil skirt and poofy black top accented by a big gold belt.

Naomi Watts showed off her amazing post-baby physique in a gorgeous baby blue strapless gown.

Joss Stone shows the self-determination that has ruined her music career by pairing a plain bright pink Calvin Klein dress with white ankle heels.

Heather Graham was lovely but looked like she was trying too hard in a white sleeveless dress that was just a little too low cut. She should have used Uma’s strategy and picked something see through instead.

Thanks to WENN for these photos and The Daily Mail for some help figuring out the dress designers. I included a blow up of Kate Moss’ face because she just looks so trashy to me. Uma may be showing nip but she does it with grace.