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8A ThE MIAMI HERALD birthdays Cces an Jerry Lewis S3 Mceo 'e'cr Bernardo Bertolucci a-d gae sc Nest Chuck Woolery is £3 Arc's Victor Garber and Erik Estrada Access Kate Neltigan sSS tar nger Nancy Wilson sE5 Access Isabelle Huppert 54 Raoeer Flavor Flay 50 Fo ger Patty Griffin s45 Access Lauren Graham 42 Act or Judah Fnedlander 10 Roc' 40 COMPILED BY KOCINE MAPS QUICK CHAT Jessica Szohr a glamour girl Jessica Szohr (pronounced zorr) isn't the most Hollywood of names but the actress who plays Vanessa on CWs popular Gossip Girl about elite Upper East Side kids really refreshingly doesn't care We caught up with the 23-year -old Wisconsin native from her home in New York She'll be down March 21 for a private party celebrating her cover-girl status for Ocean April issue at the Mondrian HoteL it like growing up in Wisconsin? will always have a special place in my heart my family is still there But I love warm weather which is why psyched to get to Miami after a long What can we expect from Gossip Girl? drama drama Vanessa and Nate are still together She helps him reconnect with his family In real life the actress is with costar Ed Westwick who plays Chris all become close To be able to go to work and be there with some of your closest friends is such a What is something most people know about you? the oldest of five kids and I write in my journal every day and have done since I was Guilty pleasures? fries and ranch Cheetos Hello How is your style different from does lots of colors and patterns and I like to say funky She always wears earrings For me personally much more simple jeans and a shirt girl I think I could pull off style when not at MADELEINE MARR SPA 9 am to 7 pm 3i uf I 22 Aquanox Spa iVsS PicksCav-j fpj sue11 a' a es Bath Bior-ivy irisb CJhP Ha Foct Scut ana lr si Rse Facal AgarKx at the Trjmp 3 ona! Beach Fe-rt Col ICS Aye rn Bea 305 fc92 5730 Sed events to revesa ian -e-a dcon COHEN ONTHE WEB Hunk clicks with new role Your computer is about to get a little more entertaming WB's new Web senes Rocknllc CA created by The OC's Josh Schwartz chronicles the lives of 20-somethings working in the LA music industry Each show on wwwTheWBcom runs about four minutes set for a 20-episode run starting Tuesday Another reason to watch got local ey candy Matt Cohen from North Miami stars as Syd a bass player and bartender Cohen graduated from American Heritage School in Plantation then majored in business at Florida State University before moving to LAHe soon landed roles in movies like Boogeyman 2 and The Supernatural and The OC In real life the 26-year -old recently got engaged to Orlando native and actress Mandy Musgrave whom he met on the set of The South of Nowhere each support says Cohen of his current Rockville costar her being from Florida makes visiting the families so much When Cohen gets back home one spot he has to hit: Crab Shack in Miami Beach no he says a bunch of college kids eating fish in a bag and crab No stops at Mansion? not a big club he says prefer to see people wth the lights on and hear what Cohen who admires Mark Wahl-berg and Edward Norton find inspiration from any one actor at a loss for words when it comes to the greats like Brando and he says not to sound cocky I want to be the next MADELEINE MARR For more fun listings go to miamicom fuew Mk --t AS SEEN ON SCREEN Lauren Bacall on life love and Leo Even at 84 screen icon Lauren Bacall likely to sit still Last week the actress flew from her home in New York to Washington DC to attend Sen Ted Ken- Qi TO WITCH BOX OFFICE on top Race to Witch Mountain raced to No 1 at the weekend box office bypassing expectations with $25 million in ticket sales The PG-rated sci-fi flick starring Dwayne Johnson as a cab driver with a pair of alien teenagers along for the ride topped the R-rated superhero epic Watchmen which earned $181 million in its second week According to Media By Numbers estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at US and Canadian theaters were: Race to Witch Mountain $25 mil-lioa 2 Watchmen $181 million 3 The Last House on the Left $147 million 4 Taken $67 million 5 Tyler Madea Goes to Jail $51 million 6 Slumdog Millionaire $5 million 7 Paul Blart: Mall Cop $31 million 8 Just Not That Into You $29 million 9 Corallne $33 million 10 Miss March $24 million 77th birthday gala Then she was off to Houston for a screening of To Have and Have Not The actress born Betty Joan Perske spoke with the Houston Chronicle on life love and movies What are your thoughts on the state of movies? of them are terrible If you have a decent script and a decent director forget it What I find most disconcerting is that people in the profession are not creative but only interested in money which is what this country is most Whom do you admire of actors? a big fan of Daniel Day-Lewis He stands alone I think And a great admirer of Leonardo DiCaprio He still looks so young I think why passed over when it comes to awards time I love Jessica Lange always been a fan of hers and Annette Bening and Kate Winslet always been good even in those early movies in Many actresses of a certain age bemoan the lack of parts for more mature women over 28 horrible infuriating put in a category because of a number next to your There was a 25-year age gap between you and Humphrey Bogart When you married you were 20 to his 45 What was the biggest challenge of that generational difference? challenge was to keep up with him He was a man of extreme energy and intelligence Sentimental Loving An extraordinary man I had to learn his ways I was so thrilled to meet his friends Noel Coward! I never would have known those people I was in awe all the time He adored me never had it before and never have it You were also married to Jason Robards What was that like? was a very different thing He was a great actor who just stop drinking He had a hard time rising above the Bogart memory I spent 8 'h years with him And I had a great son (Sam Robards) He has the Robards acting What about your acting genes? consider myself a great actress just trying to stay alive actually I think good and learned a lot certainly mostly in the theater been sloughed off movies for years But what can you do? BACALL mprpwprsir iww'iyfHr.