• December 05, 2005
• Vol. 64
• No. 23

Chatter

By Molly Lopez

Thanks, But No Thanks

With Thanksgiving on their minds, celebs sharing wht they cherished this year—and what they could have lived without

Thanks: For my family, always.

No thanks: For the war; It's a tragedy.
—JULIANNE MOORE

Emily Procter (CSI: Miami)

Thanks: For perspective, how the little day-to-day things that bother us fit in the grand scheme of things.

No thanks: For my clock: I bang it with a hammer, I ran over it with my car—and it just keeps working!

Josh Groban

Thanks: For being home this holiday. I haven"t been home for [one] in a while.

No thanks: For my dog--teething on everything in my house right now.

Thanks: For my life—it isn't guaranteed.

No thanks: My bad dog—she poops everywhere.
—SERENA WILLIAMS

Portia de Rossi

Thanks: For family. It's been really important to me this year.

No thanks: For Katrina.

Grey's Anatomy's Kate Walsh

Thanks: For my fantastic relationship with my boyfriend. He's amazing.

No thanks: For L.A. traffic. It's always a lesson in humility.

Adrien Brody

Thanks: After my trip to India, I'm more than grateful. I feel incredibly-fortunate to have my health.

No thanks: That more is not done for people less fortunate.

Charlie O'Connell (The Bachelor)

Thanks: That I fell in love and she moved in with me.

No thanks: I have to be cleaner around the house.

Brittany Snow

Thanks: Being on Nip/Tuck.

No thanks: Not playing Julian [McMahon]'s love interest.

Frankiie Moniz

Thanks: For everything. I've had so many amazing things happen at such a young age, and it keeps getting better.

No thanks: For the blaack mold on [my fiancée's] clothes from New Orleans

Thanks: That Coa ch just sending me two fabolous bags. There's a white leather; one with wool that's so St. Tropez '78, I'm going to go nuts.

No thanks: For meter maids. I could do without them, absolutely!
—EVA MENDES

Mario Cantone

Thanks: For my family and my partner, Jerry [Dixon], of 14 years.

No thanks: Turkey sucks. Last year I did a one-man show at Thanksgiving, and the tryptophan [made the audience] narcoleptic.

Gabrielle Union

Thanks: For the training camp where I send my two massive American Bulldogs and my Maltese. I know I'm not ready for children because I'm like, "Why can't I send kids there?"

No thanks: For gossip and rumors. It's never as bad as it seems.

Thanks: For everyone in my family doing very well.

No thanks: For Uggs and girls wearing winter boots in Malibu in the middle of summer. Wear legwarmers!
—ERIC SZMANDA (CSI)

Carson Kressley

Thanks: For [going] to see my grandmother.

No thanks: For the return of pleats. I still don't believe it's happening. It's like Armageddon.