New York, Feb 11 : Although Alex Rodriguez had broken ex-wife Cynthia's heart by `dating' Madonna, she was by his side during his emotional interview with ESPN in which he confessed that he used performance enhancing drugs in 2003.

Sitting off-camera, Cynthia watched him, clutching a tissue, with tears in her eyes as the Yankee slugger admitted to using steroids.

"It looked to me as though he had been crying, and it looked to me as if Cynthia had been crying," The New York Daily News quoted Willie Weinbaum, ESPN''s producer, as telling Newsday.

Washington, Feb 11 : Hugh Hefner's ex-girlfriend Bridget Marquardt has announced that she will spend Valentine''s Day with new beau Nick Carpenter.

The `Girls Next Door' beauty has been dating Carpenter since she parted ways with the Playboy mogul in October.

"I''m doing a club appearance in Vegas at Studio 54, so he''ll be my valentine and go along with me," Us magazine quoted Marquardt as saying.

When asked how are things going with Nick, she said: "Really good!"

Marquardt currently hosts the Travel Channel''s `Bridget''s Sexy Beaches', and met Carpenter when he directed her in the upcoming thriller, The Telling.

Washington, Feb 11 : American actress Michelle Pfeiffer has revealed that she finds reaching 50 to be a very liberating experience.

Pfeiffer had turned 50 in 2008 and she admits that she did not have any fear of getting older.

"If you think hitting 40 is liberating, wait till you hit 50 - and I was surprised at how liberating it was," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.

"The anticipation of something is always much worse than the reality," she stated.

The other thing she likes about growing old, are the roles she gets to play.

Washington, Feb 11 : Former American madam Heidi Fleiss has revealed that she has abandoned her plans of starting a brothel catering to women in rural southern Nevada.

Fleiss had first announced her plans to open a bordello featuring male prostitutes at a property she owns outside the Nye County town of Pahrump, some 60 miles west of Las Vegas, late in 2005.

"I don''t want to work so hard. ... and deal with all the nonsense in the sex business," Fox News quoted Fleiss as telling the Las Vegas Review-Journal .

Washington, February 11 : Kristy Swanson left her wedding guests gasping after she got her movie stunt double to take a tumble down the stairs.

The original `Buffy The Vampire Slayer' star fooled the invitees by getting Heather Burton Gibson dressed in a white gown and veil after asking her to play the prank for her.

"I just thought, ''Well, I''ll ask her,'' and I go, ''Will you fall down the stairs for me?'' and she said, ''Hell, yeah, I''ll do it,''" Contactmusic quoted her as saying.

Washington, February 11 : Mickey Rourke has confessed that he wanted to ape veteran Al Pacino's fame and success, but landed elsewhere.

`The Wrestler' star revealed that his non-conforming attitude towards showbiz rules and politics prevented him from reaching the top most glory he had always dreamt of.

"I wanted to be as big as Al Pacino. I thought my acting ability was enough so I didn''t play by the rules, I ignored all the politics, I upset people and in the end I lost everything," Contactmusic quoted him as saying.