Elizabeth came in at number 32 for the magazine’s list. Congratulations Elizabeth!

“She had us bewitched—and sometimes bewildered—with turns in the 40-Year Old Virgin, Role Models, Our Idiot Brother, and 30 Rock,” Men’s Health wrote.

“The studio execs were like, ‘People don’t want to see girls [in the bathroom].’ And I was like, ‘I’m writing from experience! You go to a club and you have to wait in a huge line, so people double up. And, yes, you think you’re only going to take a little pee, but sometimes some poops come out.’ We never got the pooping scene as right as they got it in ‘Bridesmaids.’”

The plot was very similar to Bridesmaids in the vein that a bride is forced to make her cousin into her maid of honor, needless to say it was never anything more than a script.

Actress Elizabeth Banks has been hanging out in paradise with Leonardo DiCaprio. But no, it’s not like that!

Banks joined DiCaprio on a trip to the Galápagos Islands to learn more about ocean conservation. And the vacation, she claims, changed her life.

In a recent interview in Self magazine, Banks claims that what she learned has altered the way she eats, shops, and lives.

“My trip to the Galápagos Islands in April was an amazing experience, says Banks. “I got interested in ocean conservation when it was presented to me in this very powerful way: When you go to Yellowstone and you see eagles and geysers and bears, you think, Thank goodness we don’t allow them to build a skyscraper here; thank goodness we’re conserving this land. We don’t do that with the ocean. Less than 1 percent of the planet’s oceans is preserved. That should change! I don’t think I’m the one who’s going to change the world, but hopefully, I can provide some momentum for change by sharing what I learned.”

The actress goes on to explain that she now tries to focus on things like consuming less, walking more, and eating the right kinds of foods.

I’m no scientist,” says Banks. “But it’s clear to me we’re putting too much pressure on the earth.”

Elizabeth Banks, although perhaps not a name that rings any bells with many, is the perfect example of gorgeous woman who is all the more lovable and popular because she doesn’t take her good looks too seriously. With her blonde hair, blue eyes, perfect features and a body to kill for, the actress knows she’s beautiful but also very open about the pains she goes through to look this good, as How Celebrities Lose Weight can confirm.

For starters, the 35-year-old star has often spoken about how she too, just like almost every other woman on the face of this planet, has moments when she’s not happy about her looks. It’s her chest, tummy or backside that she would like to change, though, she says, but rather her weight and height. Since she can’t do anything about the latter, she makes sure she keeps the former in check by staying very active yet, surprisingly enough, avoiding going to the gym if she can.

“I really believe you have to make time for it, but I also know how hard it can be to find time to get to the gym and keep up with it. The idea of getting in the car and driving to the gym and finding parking – it’s just not happening, because the whole thing could be a two-hour endeavor. I try to make it as easy for myself as possible,” Banks once said. With this in mind, the last time she had her home renovated, she made sure she had a gym built in too, so that the only thing she needs is the will to go inside it and get to work.

Still, she avoids fitness and Pilates because of her past experiences. “I can’t stick with [group fitness] long enough to really learn the moves. I’ll be in the back, with mirrors all around, and when everyone else’s hands are down, mine are up. Theirs go up, and mine go down. I just start laughing at myself and end up in a giggle fit, on the ground, laughing for the whole second part of the class. […] A Pilates machine looks like a torture machine, and it’s really hard. I’ve done it twice, and my stomach hurt for four days afterward,” she says.

Because of this, she sticks to routines that she’s already tried and that have suited her just fine, like an intense workout on the treadmill, exercises devised by her personal trainer using weights and free weights. When she’s not inside her personal gym breaking a sweat, Banks can be found with her husband on the tennis court or hiking near her Los Angeles house.

From Soft Pedia

Actress Elizabeth Banks and her husband Max Handelman didn’t get into producing to create better roles for the “40-Year-Old Virgin” star, but in a strange way, that’s exactly what happened.

According to Handelman, a former investment banker who spent his 20s working for Solomon Smith Barney and News Corp., “It was very important at the outset to establish our credibility as producers who could find material that is commercial and viable.”

Take “Surrogates,” a big-budget sci-fi thriller that stars Bruce Willis and opens Sept. 25 via Disney. Handelman (an admitted “comicbook nerd”) admired the graphic novel, so the couple started by courting its creator, Robert Venditti, who had always imagined Bruce Willis in the lead.

Then they pitched it to Mandeville’s Todd Lieberman, an old college friend from their days at the U. of Pennsylvania 17 years earlier (“Max started dating Elizabeth orientation week of our sophomore year,” Lieberman recalls).

Willis then bowed out of Oliver Stone’s Vietnam project “Pinkville” to “make our movie,” says Banks. “And Oliver subsequently had to make ‘W.’ in which I played Laura Bush, so I inadvertently created one of my favorite roles for myself.”

Since launching their Brownstone Prods. shingle two years ago, the couple have set up at least four more projects, including competitive a cappella comedy “Pitch Perfect” and “Expedition 6,” the true story of three astronauts stranded aboard the International Space Station, both at Universal. They are also developing “America’s Most Hated Woman,” about atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair who lobbied against prayer in public schools, for Lifetime.

Only DreamWorks’ “Forever 21,” a “Working Girl”-style comedy with an ageism twist, is intended as a star vehicle for Banks, who sees producing as an extension of her craft: “I’m a trained storyteller. As an actor, we’re the last person to board the train that is a movie, but as a producer, I get to be there with the seed and watch it grow.”

P.O.V.

AGES: Banks: 35; Handelman: 36

HOME BASE: Los Angeles

INSPIRED BY: “We were impacted early on by Kennedy/ Marshall (who made “Seabiscuit” with Banks) as a husband-wife team who seem really grounded and are very respected,” Handelman says.

WEB: chooseyoursurrogate.com

Elizabeth Banks prefers simple, classic pieces, but the pantsuits and pearl necklaces she wears in Oliver Stone’s upcoming film W.? They don’t get her vote. “The wardrobe was very First Lady—clothes I wouldn’t normally be seen in,” she laughs.

The actress, who also stars in Eddie Murphy’s new movie, Meet Dave, says her fave red carpet dress is the Christian Dior sheath, seen here, which she wore to the Spiderman 3 premiere. “It was pretty and fresh, which is exactly how I wanted to feel that day,” explains Elizabeth, who also wore Dior jade and diamond earrings.

The vibrant ensemble looked stunning against her fair skin. “I’m really lucky. I don’t have circles under my eyes. I don’t have tired-looking skin,” says the star, who preserves her natural beauty by drinking lots of water. A Banks beauty tip: “I like cold compresses,” she adds. “If I’m in a rush, I’ll grab a soda can and stick it under my eyes.”

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Just trying to get everyone caught on some new movie roles for Elizabeth. Read below:

New Movie: “What Was I Thinking?”

Actresses Leslie Mann and Elizabeth Banks will explore the comic side of bad relationships in “What Was I Thinking?,” a movie based on the nonfiction book of the same name.

The film will revolve around a woman who gets dumped during her engagement party. Her friends spring into action and whisk her away on a ski trip for healing and hedonism. Threading through their adventures on the trip are four flashbacks dealing in “worst ex-boyfriend” tales.

Mann (who happens to be married to Apatow) would play a woman who dates a lot but never seems to have serious relationships, while Banks is a woman on the rebound. Two other lead female parts have yet to be cast. (Source)

New Movie: “Forever 21″

Elizabeth Banks will star in and produce the workplace comedy “Forever 21.”

Mike Culbert and Mike Pellettieri wrote the screenplay for the DreamWorks Studios project, which is now looking for a director.

Banks’ most recent big-screen role was in the horror film “The Uninvited.” In 2008 she appeared in “W.,” “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” and “Role Models.” She has just signed on to star with Leslie Mann in the comedy “What Was I Thinking?” (Source)