For the first time ever, “Women’s Health” magazine will be launching its cover featuring a celebrity on it, you know who they picked? Why, miss Banks of course!

Women’s Health Editorial Director David Zinczenko today announced the selection of “W” star Elizabeth Banks as Women’s Health’s first-ever celebrity cover,for the October 2008 issue. The introduction of celebrity covers coincides with a series of art and editorial enhancementsthat Zinczenko says are designed to drive home the healthy,active lifestyle that Women’s Health has come torepresent.
“Elizabeth Banks is the perfect star to usher in the new era at Women’s Health,” Zinczenko said. “From Seabiscuit to Spiderman 3, everything she does is a success. And that goes for Women’s Health as well.”
Banks says she was impressed by what the magazine stands for. “It’s an honor to be the first celebrity on the cover of Women’s Health,” she said. “The emphasis this magazine puts on leading an active, healthy, and exciting life perfectly reflects my beliefs! Women’s Health is substance with style, by promoting positive body image no matter who you are.”

Elizabeth will be on the October 2008 issue of the magazine!

From Market Watch

Elizabeth has confirmed herself on her blog that she will be returning to “Scrubs” this season!

Scrubs – yup, I’m back.

I can confirm I’m returning to Scrubs as JD’s baby mama for a couple episodes. Nail biter!!

It’s going to be awesome! Remember, “Scrubs” is now going to air on the ABC network this season.

Hey all. Capone in Chicago here, with an important announcement.

Elizabeth Banks is the most beautiful woman in the world. On top of that, she’s a gifted comic actor, she swears like sailor both on and off screen, she’s got a great laugh, and she’s given a steady string of solid performances in recent years that has made her one of the most sought after actresses of her generation. I distinctly remember noticing her for the first time in WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER, and she’s gone on to star in nearly all of the films from the men and women who made MTV’s “The State,” including THE BAXTER and the upcoming ROLE MODELS. She’s played Betty Brant in all three SPIDER-MAN movies, Jeff Bridges wife in SEABISCUIT, and the insatiable Beth in THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN. The woman stole my heart in the romantic-comedy SLITHER (that’s a joke, by the way, but Banks is awesome in this film), she looked great in an elf costume in FRED CLAUS, and she made Ryan Reynolds one lucky S.O.B. as one of his love interests in DEFINITELY, MAYBE.

And considering what I’ve been hearing about the screenplay for Oliver Stone’s W., I think Banks’ comic skills may come in very handy playing Laura Bush. By my count, Banks will be seen in three more movies before the year is out, including Kevin Smith’s ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO. She plays Miri, a woman who self-admittedly likes to fuck. Considering the X-rated nature of Smith’s plot about a best friends who decide the make an amateur porn to make some money, Banks feels like the ideal, open-minded, fearless lady to embody Miri. You only need re-watch the “I’m Fucking Seth Rogen” video on YouTube to know that the woman is utterly without boundaries.

This interview was conducted literally mere minutes after Banks and the rest of the ZACK AND MIRI panel members stepped off stage at Comic-Con. We were literally sitting behind the stage. So here is the woman I will forever refer to as simply “Banks” because she told me I could.

Elizabeth Banks: So who are you with?

Capone: Ain’t It Cool News.

EB: Love it. Love Ain’t It Cool.

Capone: Have you been to Comic-Con before?

EB: Yeah, I came for SLITHER.

Capone: Of course, and you’re my hero for being in SLITHER, because it’s one of the greatest times I had in the movie theater that year.

EB: It is a great movie, I know. It’s one of those marketing debacles I think doomed it to fail. It was really funny, but they didn’t know whether it was a comedy or a horror movie. “What do we do?”

Capone: In talking to Seth Rogen just before the panel, we got to talking about how ZACK AND MIRI almost inadvertently tackles the serious economic crunch that a lot of people are going through right now.

EB: I know, the economy is a mess, and that’s what the movie is about. Someone asked me earlier if I could relate to Miri, and I grew up lower-middle class. We had days where we went to grandma’s house to take baths, and it was like “Yay, we’re going to grandma’s house to take a bath!” But it was because we didn’t have hot water, which my parents didn’t want to tell us. So instead we had fun nights at grandma’s house. I totally get it. It makes sense to me that these guys feel as desperate as they do. Kevin does a good job of writing out the circumstances for them but not taking things so seriously. It’s just porn; it’s just people fucking, you know? Let’s do it; let’s make money.

[At this point, not realizing that there's an interview going on, Traci Lords interrupts our conversation to say good-bye to Elizabeth. As Traci is about to leave, Elizabeth says…]

You look gorgeous. That was really fun; they really love you in there. [Turns to me] Cultural icon Traci Lords. Woohoo!

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Elizabeth will be in the September 2008 issue of “W” magazine. Kate Hudson is featured on the cover of the issue she’ll be in… You can view the magazine’s website at Wmagazine.com. I’ll be adding scans as soon as possible from the issue.

Elizabeth has blogged a bunch recently at her official blog… There’s her first ever Vlog – about the earthquake that happened in LA recently… (I felt it too! lol) There is also behind the scenes photos of Elizabeth at the Mean magazine photo shoot (the issue will hit newsstands in September!) and the only picture of Elizabeth at ComiCon that I’ve seen so far. So make sure you keep visiting her blog, because she’s active and uber-cool in it!