● Mark Wahlberg thinks he could have prevented tragedy on 9/11, had he only been on the right flight. “If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did," he tells Men's Journal this month. "There would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin and then me saying, ‘OK, we’re going to land somewhere safely, don’t worry.’” If only, Marky Mark. [MensJournal]

After years of keeping a low profile in the French countryside with hubby actor Johnny Depp, longtime inamorata Vanessa Paradis is ready for her close up. Described as "yet another interpretation of the Miu Miu woman," Prada unveiled its Fall 2008 campaign starring the 35-year-old singer Vanessa Paradis. Miuccia Prada chose Paradis because she has "certain powerful independence" and captures "the overlapping qualities of fragility and feminine strength."