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Jennifer Love Hewitt and Alex Beh: Half Marathon Mates
Getting a little exercise while supporting a good cause, Jennifer Love Hewitt strapped on her running shoes for the Dodge Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon in Los Angeles on Sunday morning (October 24).
With the event taking place at Griffith Park, the former "Ghost Whisperer" actress was joined by new beau Alex Beh as the pair showed off their physical fitness during the lengthy west coast run.
And while she's currently in tip-top shape, Jennifer recently spoke with OK! about dropping the pounds after being criticized following the 2007 fiasco in which she was plastered on websites and mag covers in a set of unflattering bikini photos.
Of her initial efforts to get into shape, she said, ?A couple times I stopped in the middle and burst into tears because I felt like I couldn?t do it. I was torn to shreds physically, mentally and emotionally."
Currently in a healthy state, Love Hewitt spends an hour and a half a day on a mostly cardio routine, while also doing a little weight lifting, partaking in spin classes and keeping a healthy diet.
Kanye West's 'Runaway' Co-Star Selita Ebanks Recalls Onscreen Kiss
'Everyone's watching and I'm giggling inside trying to stay in character,' she tells MTV News.
By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Sway Calloway
Selita Banks in Kanye West's "Runaway"
Photo: Universal/Def Jam
As if Selita Banks didn't have enough to worry about on the Prague set of Kanye West's "Runaway" — making her most high-profile acting turn in his short film while wearing nothing but a few strategically placed feathers — she also faced the prospect of her first ever onscreen kiss.
Luckily, she and West were on the same page when it came to their smooch. "It was very PG," she told MTV News. "There was nothing spicy." (See what Kanye had to say about Selita's performance and more in our post-premiere interview.)
That didn't stop the whole experience from being more than a little embarrassing. "It was very awkward," she admitted. "And then everyone's watching. That was actually my first onscreen kiss. That was very awkward. This is my homie, and then everyone's watching and I'm giggling inside trying to stay in character."
The kiss itself only lasts a few seconds in the film, which premiered Saturday on MTV at 8 p.m. As uncomfortable as it was, Ebanks noted that West was on-point as a director. "When Kanye was not on set, that's when the craziness happened. Because it's his story, his vision," she explained. "Working with him was extremely easy. Very professional, very direct, knew exactly what he wanted."
What he wanted was to create a work of art — focused on the magical relationship between West and Ebanks' breathtaking phoenix — that captured his creative rebirth after a difficult and demoralizing period in his life. Ebanks, who has known West since they worked together on Pharrell's "Number One" music video, could see the way in which her acting partner truly has changed and, in a sense, been reborn both as an artist and as a person.
"I've known him for a very long time, and I have to say, his whole outlook, his patience, the way he speaks to people, he's learned a lesson," she said. "The last few years of his life have been extremely hard. But it's like I tell him: 'Sometimes you have to go through those things. You have to be the phoenix.' "
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Kanye West Calls Bon Iver Track 'Crescendo' For 'Runaway' Film
'Lost in the World' features 'my favorite eight bars that I've ever written in my life,' Yeezy tells MTV News.
By Jayson Rodriguez
Kanye West
Photo: MTV News
Although the short film Kanye West is set to premiere on Saturday is being billed as "Runaway," nine songs (including the title track) play throughout the 35-minute clip, and the entire collection appears on the rapper's forthcoming My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
The previously released tracks "Power" and "Devil in a New Dress" managed to make it into the production, as did the leaked Bon Iver-assisted track "Lost in the World." (Editor's note: Spoiler follows.) The Bon Iver number serves as the final musical palette in the short film, the last track on Dark Twisted Fantasy and, according to West, the weighty message of the song struck the proper emotional chord for the closing scene.
"That was the last song on the album and emotionally it just fit the crescendo of everything that I was saying and what I wanted to say to this girl," West told MTV News. "And it's also my favorite eight bars that I've ever written in my life. I think it's one of the greatest pieces of writing, that verse: 'You're my devil, you're my angel/ You're my heaven, you're my hell/ You're my now, you're my forever/ You're my freedom, you're my jail/ You're my lies, you're my proof/ You're my war, you're my truce,' and the last line is, 'You're my stress, you're my masseuse.' "
Earlier this week, West revealed the concept of the film — a story about a fallen phoenix — is a metaphor for his career. In the last 12 months, the rapper endured a self-imposed exile after his 2009 MTV Video Music Awards run-in with Taylor Swift left him ostracized. He resurfaced, however, with the rousing "Power" and through a series of impromptu performances at the offices of Twitter, Facebook and Rolling Stone.
With the release of his new album looming and a renewed sense of self, the rapper said he can relate to the idea of renewed opportunities.
"I love characters in general, but [I loved] how colorful the bird is and just the design, it's just something I would've picked or drawn as a 5-year-old," West said. "It definitely relates to everything that I've been through, like, burning to the ashes and rebuilding and becoming a better person and delivering better product."
Are you thrilled to finally see how Kanye's recent releases play out in the "Runaway" short? Tell us in the comments!
Kanye West's "Runaway" will premiere on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on MTV, MTV2 and BET, and will also stream live on MTV.com, BET.com and VH1.com, followed by a live Q&A session on MTV and MTV.com.
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