These are some new photos of Jennifer Love Hewitt out shopping yesterday in LA. As you can see, Love has finally forgone even the pretense of wearing something that would show off part of her body – like that hideous sleeve-button Sister Wife dress, or that recent, unflattering tent dress. She’s now just throwing on a muumuu and calling it a day. Take that, haters!

I mean, I get it. She’s gained some weight. It’s not the end of the world, nor is it some kind of situation where Love is deserving of mockery… for her weight. I couldn’t care less about her weight. But I do care that no matter what her weight, Love rarely knows how to properly clothe her pear. This muumuu – in the guise of a long, oversized, long-sleeved sweater-dress – says to me that Love is at the point where she’s over trying to make the pear look cute. It says, “I’ve given up, bitches.”

By the way, regarding Love’s weight gain – last week’s Star Magazine had a bitchy story about it, called “More to Love!” There are references to how Love is “losing the Battle of the Bulge” and how she’s likely gained 20 pounds in less than two months. They even got a doctor to talk about how much weight she’s gained! Ugh. That makes me want to defend her.

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It’s been a while since we’ve done anything about Jennifer Love Hewitt, so why not? It’s a slow gossip day, and this dress is noteworthy. Honestly, I like the idea of this dress, much more than I like the execution. JLH is (partly) famous for figure, the infamous “Pear Ass” as her ex-boyfriend Jamie Kennedy called it. And pear-shaped ladies should try this general sillhoutte – empire waist, loose skirt masking the pear, showing off your assets (in this case, JLH’s shoulders and bust) and obscuring your faults (JLH’s recent weight gain, I guess, in her mind).

But there’s something that I kind of hate about this look on her. I think it’s a combination of the color – that too-strong orange color-block with the cream fabric on the bottom is not good – and the fact that the skirt is too billowy. All of that extra fabric ADDS weight to your bottom half rather than masking weight on your bottom half.

Two more things: JLH is at an age and a cup size where the girls need to be supported at all times in public. Her bust is simply too big to go braless. I get that she probably thought she couldn’t wear a bra with a dress like this, and she’s right. But the answer is “not wearing the dress”, not “wearing the dress without a bra.” Lastly, hideous bag. Just awful.

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Always a Pear-Ass and never a bride. Such is Jennifer Love Hewitt’s lot in life. Some think that Love really, really wants to get married at some point, and that’s why she’s always perpetually engaged. Some think that Love only really likes the engagement part, and that she might have some underlying issues with the marriage part. I don’t know… I don’t really think Love is pathetic or desperate (in love, but obviously her career is another story), I just think she’s got crappy taste in men and she’s a honest-to-goodness girly-girl romantic who wants every relationship to be straight out of a Harlequin romance novel. I would love to see Love get more pragmatic about relationships, and I would like to see her simply be alone for a while. I think “not dating” for a year would be great for her issues. But that’s not going to happen. Love has a new boyfriend (Alex Beh) and she’s already pressuring him for the ring. I think they’ve only been dating, like, four months or so.

Unlike a slew of Hollywood stars, Jennifer Love Hewitt isn’t engaged yet — but she’s got her Tiffany engagement ring all picked out. Three of them, in fact.

“I actually have three because I feel like I’m doing the guy a favor,” Hewitt, 31, explains during a Tuesday appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

“Women are very confusing. We never know what we want and we’re not very good at nailing that down for them. I feel like I don’t want to be upset if he picks a bad ring” explains the Lost Valentine star, who’s been dating Alex Beh for about 7 months.

Hewitt has never been married before — but broke off her engagement to actor Ross McCall in early 2008.

But she’s all set should Beh or another suitor brings up matrimony. “If it gets to that conversation. If marriage comes up, I’m like, “You know what’s so weird. There is this store [Tiffany's] and there are three rings in it… And if you chose one of these three, I’m going to be really excited. And if you go off on your own, we can have an awful, awkward moment. So why would you want to do that?”

Hewitt gushed about her new guy Beh, who had a great time as her date at the Golden Globes. “It was exciting! He’s never been to anything like that. ”

[From Us Weekly]

Doesn’t it ever get old, Love? Why all the pressure to get engaged? Why all the emotional vajazzling? Why all the emphasis on the sparkle and never on the emotional maturity for commitment and a marriage of equals?

But yeah, Jennifer Love Hewitt gives women a bad name. When dudes say things like “Bitches are crazy,” they’re talking about bitches like Love. I don’t know of any man who would stick around after being told that their girlfriend had already picked out three engagement rings at Tiffany’s. Bitch is crazy.

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These are just some of the photos from last night’s Art of Elysium’s gala. It was a parade of “Who?” for the most part (Rachel Bilson was there, shock), but there were a few bigger names, for some reason. I was going to start out with my beloved Gerard Butler, but I was quickly transfixed by Jennifer Love Hewitt and her boyfriend Alex Beh. I mean… when did Jennifer Love lose her damn mind? I can’t even see how this dress looked good on the rack. YIKES.

The second biggest WTF appearance was Jesse James and Kat Von D. Kat looks like death warmed over. Jesse looks heavily medicated. They so deserve each other. Oh, and yes, Kat looks pregnant. Gross.

On to Gerard. He’s been looking so good lately – he’s lost some weight, and he’s kept it off. His hair is a really great length now, and the only thing that would really improve his appearance is a really great shave. BUT – I just have to say this: even at his gut-and-moobs explosion best, I still would have hit like a house on a fire.

Kelly Osbourne, looking like hell. Bad makeup job, dumb prom dress.

Nicole Richie – like the dress, hate the hair and makeup. She was aiming for vintagey 1920s, and she just looks corpsey.

I strongly believe Julia Stiles got some radical Botox. Her face looks like it’s made of wax.

James Franco was there! He looked baked.

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For some reason, CB and I rarely have heated debates over celebrities. We agree on most people, and there’s the off hot guy that one of us likes more than the other (for me, Gerard Butler and Ethan Hawke, for CB, Matt Damon and Sam Worthington). However, the state of Jennifer Love Hewitt is always up for a discussion betwixt CB and I. I’m generally “against,” and CB is usually “for”. CB likes Love in a girl-next-door kind of way, thinking that Love is harmless and sweet. I think Love has a more nefarious streak, and to me, she’s barely one step up from Jessica Simpson’s dumb shenanigans. Barely.

Anyway, Love has a new BOYFRIEND and now that she and Alex Beh have been dating for a full… three months, maybe?… they’re totally in love and they are ready to bring their LOVE everywhere. They will bring their love to red carpets. They will bring their love to interviews. They will bring their love to music videos! Oh, yes. Jennifer Love and Alex are starring in a new music video for Dave Barnes – and it’s a Christmas song too! Note several things about this video: one, Love is wearing the motherload of makeup; two, Alex Beh might be even cheesier than Love and three, this actually isn’t a bad Christmas song, but the video denigrates it.

Did anyone else notice that Love is so top-heavy that she has a hard time walking down stairs? Poor Love. Also: she’s a terrible actress. Just awful. I know CB likes her and everything, but my God. This is embarrassing.

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Jennifer Love Hewitt went to another event with her cute new boyfriend, actor/director Alex Beh. I know I’ve made fun of Hewitt for oversharing in the past and have basically said that her career relies way too much on her personal life. I still believe that, but look at how happy and natural these two look together. They’re like two peas in a pod with their dark messy hair and superwide grins. It’s like they were making out in the limo on the way over. Kaiser is convinced that Hewitt is drunk in these photos (she wrote the title for me) and I’m seeing it in some these squinting photos definitely, but that’s the look of punchdrunk love mixed with a few cocktails. I’m happy for her.

That dress is just too much, though. Her boobs are nearly hanging out and the asymmetrical bodice is bedazzled with random bookmark ribbons and a monochromatic dream catcher as the pièce de résistance. It’s like she was scrapbooking pictures from a wedding and just stuck the supplies on her dress. The cut is so unflattering. It reminds me of a weird white toga thing she wore a couple of years ago, but not as pretty. Hewitt wore this number to a semi-formal charity event for “Virgin Unite and the Eve Branson Foundation,” and wasn’t wildly overdressed, but definitely could have gone with something simpler.

This week’s National Enquirer recounts a story I remembered briefly from last week. Beh admitted recently that he read Hewitt’s The Day I Shot Cupid book cover to cover in order to get tips on how to woo her. It worked out well for him obviously, and may explain why he’s brought her flowers every single day since they started dating.

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Just a few days ago we heard that Jennifer Love Hewitt was producing two new romantic comedies that she sold to ABC and Fox. She’s also developing a series for Lifetime based on her housewife-turned hooker TV movie, The Client List. Hewitt is keeping busy post-Ghost Whisperer and it sounds like she’s carved out quite a career for herself that doesn’t involve waiting on casting decisions.

Inevitably, though, she’s still talking about her love life. This usually gets her plenty of coverage so you can’t blame her. Hewitt recently did a half marathon and later attended an event with her new boyfriend, an actor-director named Alex Beh. They’ve been dating since July and are both comfortable enough about it to talk to the press. It sounds like Alex is quite the romantic, as he gets Jennifer flowers every day. She also gushed about how she believes in love, and hopes to have a family and children.

“Every single day since I’ve met him, he has bought me flowers,” she said.

“He doesn’t miss a day. It never gets old!”

Jennifer and Alex — who started dating in July — recently completed a half-marathon together!

“We really were just there to root each other on. I actually hurt my knee halfway through, so he slowed down and stayed with me, which was really nice!” she added. – From ShowbizSpy

“I’m a hopeless romantic. I love love. My middle name is Love. Valentine’s Day is my favorite holiday. I want to have a family and children. I am a sucker for every romantic comedy that comes out.” – From US Magazine

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Hewitt reminds me so much of Jessica Simpson. On one side they’re smart businesswoman who are doing extremely well on their own. On the other they seem to idealize men and relationships to the point where they think the right one will solve all their issues. Life is not like a romantic comedy and the cute dopey guy the girl gets in the end can often end up bugging the shit out of her (and vice versa) after the dopamine wears off. Still, in Hewitt and Simpson’s case it seems like the feeling is mutual with their new guys and that’s sweet. What’s going to happen when Hewitt’s guy forgets the flowers though? Is that going to signal the start of a new “serious” phase in their relationship? That’s usually what happens in the movies, and then they’re driven apart by some contrived situation, only to reunite at the last minute. In the romcoms that Hewitt loves, all conflict is solved by the magic of matrimony.

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Well, I’ve been prepared for this. Jennifer Love Hewitt really is an old-fashioned kind of celebrity. She still “rolls out” a new boyfriend in the oh-so-standard way. First is the “rumor” that she’s dating someone. Then, the coy confirmation. Then some candid photos of the two of them running errands (“Oh, the paparazzi caught us walking the dog! How cute!”). And then the interviews and more formal red carpet photos. That’s where we are now – Jennifer Love has been dating Alex Beh for several months, and they just did their first red carpet photo op, on the heels of their joint interview talking about how “in love” they are. Next up: they get engaged, Love gushes in interview after interview for a year, and then the engagement is called off. Rinse and repeat. By the way, I still can’t get over how much this Beh guy looks like John Mayer. Beh and Mayer could be brothers. Love really has a type. Ugh.

But it’s not all repeating the worst dumb patterns! Variety reports that Love is slated to produce several new comedies in the coming year:

Now that she’s no longer whispering to ghosts, Jennifer Love Hewitt has been busy behind the camera developing several TV projects. Through her Fedora Films shingle, Hewitt and production partner A.J. Rinella have set up comedies at ABC and Fox, as well as a series adaptation of her TV film “The Client List” at Lifetime.

At ABC, Hewitt is behind “Bad Taste in Men,” from scribe Austin Weinberg. The single-camera half-hour comedy centers on a Chicago woman who’s been unable to find the right guy and settle down.

Hewitt is exec producing with Rinella, Brillstein Entertainment’s Peter Traugott and Untitled Entertainment’s Dannielle Thomas. ABC Studios, where Fedora has a first-look deal, would produce.

In the case of “The Client List,” Lifetime is looking to develop a fresh take on the TV movie, which starred Hewitt as a Texas housewife who becomes a prostitute. “The Client List” posted Lifetime’s second-highest audience for an original TV movie this year. Jordan Budde (“90210″) will write the series project, which will offer a new take on the idea — originally based on a Texas Monthly magazine article. Hewitt, Rinella, Thomas and Howard Braunstein (whose Jaffe-Braunstein shingle produced the movie) are all exec producers.

Then there’s the untitled comedy project at Fox, which is being written by Tiffany Paulson. Single-camera laffer is a romantic comedy told from the p.o.v. of a career-driven woman. Walt Becker is exec producing with Rinella, Dana Dubois and Walt Becker.

Hewitt will be seen in the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie “The Lost Valentine” opposite Betty White. Telepic will air on CBS in early 2011. Hyperion recently published Hewitt’s book, “The Day I Shot Cupid.”

[From Variety]

Wow – it sounds like Love could actually become a pretty successful television producer, and a producer who employs many up-and-coming women behind-the-scenes. Good for her – that’s the kind of feminism I can get behind, even though it sounds like most of the projects are about finding a man and/or being a hooker. Oh, well.

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Note: US Weekly has the event photo

Just last week, Kaiser wrote that she was shocked that Jennifer Love Hewitt had been with her new boyfriend, an actor/director named Alex Beh, all of three months and hadn’t granted an interview about it yet. This is Love Hewitt’s second boyfriend after her high profile split with Jamie Kennedy. She also dated Jenny McCarthy’s ex husband, John Asher, after he had a guest stint on Ghost Whisperer. It looks like Kaiser was right again, because J.Love got Beh to participate in a half marathon with her, during which she had the chance to talk about their relationship. Of course.

UsMagazine.com first reported in July that Jennifer Love Hewitt was dating actor/director Alex Beh — and on Sunday, the two made their first public appearance together, participating in the Dodge Rock ‘n’ Roll Los Angeles Half Marathon.

“We’re crazy!” she joked to Us when asked why they decided to do the race together. “We are really excited about all the charities involved, and we heard the Rock ‘n’ Roll marathon was really fun and just sort of silly and a great way to stay in shape.”

Hewitt, 31, told Us she met Beh “through friends at a dinner party” after splitting with her Ghost Whisperer costar Jamie Kennedy.

What first attracted him? “Her eyes, her beauty,” Beh told Us.

“My running ability!” Hewitt then joked, prompting Beh to add, “Yes, her running ability! It was her eyes, and really, we just laugh the whole time.”

Added Hewitt, “We laugh a lot … he’s hilarious!”

Beh told Us that he has even read her relationship advice book, The Day I Shot Cupid, which Hewitt told Us she wrote because, “Everybody has been writing about my dating life forever. I decided it was time that I actually gave my own opinions on love and dating and all that stuff.”

Beh’s critique? “It’s very informative. I learned all I needed to know. When I first met her, I really was able to just map out all the things to do and not to do.”

[From US Weekly]

Love Hewitt is like Jessica Simpson, but not quite as… dumb. I hate to put it that way, but it’s hard to find another way to describe her. She’s kind of clueless when it comes to what she should tell the press about her relationships, though, and she’s had her moments of oversharing. Still, her relationships last relatively long and she doesn’t have a lot else going on so I can see why she would bring her new boyfriend to an event. She’ll never quite get the fact that it’s better for her to try and keep her business personal. I might be wrong though. She wrote a whole book about dating and managed to squeeze a lot of press out of it.

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I had totally forgotten that Jennifer Love Hewitt had gotten herself a new boyfriend. She began dating Alex Beh since July, shortly after J. Love and Jamie WhatsIt broke up. I hadn’t been paying attention, granted, but I appreciate the fact that Love let me forget about her. She stopped calling the paparazzi on herself, and there has been a real dearth of candid shots of her for a few months. So it is with joy that I show these new photos of Love and Alex, at LAX and coming out of the grocery store, all over the weekend. At first I didn’t even know this Alex character – I though Love was back to hanging out with John Mayer. Right? Alex is very Mayer-esque. Love has a type.

So who is Alex Beh again? He’s an actor and short-film director. That’s all I’ve got. They’ve been together for what is it? Three months at least? I’m totally f-cking shocked that Love hasn’t given an interview about how he’s “the one” and how they’re going to get married, for sure. Has Love finally gotten smart about relationships? Is she with a dude who doesn’t call her a Pear Ass? Is she in a relationship she doesn’t feel the need to whore out in interview after interview? We’ll see.

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