LOS ANGELES -- In her latest movie, Jessica Alba falls into a penguin pond, stabs Dane Cook with a dental tool and accidentally tears off her skirt by closing it in a car door.Alba plays Cam, a clumsy penguin-keeper who captures Cook's heart in “Good Luck Chuck," in theaters Friday.The role represents a departure for Alba, who gained fame as an action star — first on TV's “Dark Angel," then in films such as “Fantastic Four" and “Sin City."The 26-year-old actress, whose current crop of projects includes a horror film and a romantic comedy with Mike Myers, talked with The Associated Press about her dream career, her love of science and what it's like to be one of the world's sexiest women.AP: What drew you to the role in “Good Luck Chuck"?Alba: I loved that the girl in this film, more than any other film than I had read, certainly in this genre, was doing all the physical comedy.

Titmuss ditches 'fake' image

Abi Titmuss is trying to go natural with her looks to ditch her 'fake' image.Titmuss told Sky Showbiz: "I've no fake fingernails, no fake tan, no fake hair anymore. It's all me. I feel much better actually. "For a woman, natural is sexier and I feel more like myself."The nurse-turned-glamour model added: "I've stopped drinking for six months. I'm much calmer, I've got more spiritual as well. I've grown up in the last few months. I've been doing a lot of reading."She also revealed that she is due to star in a new ITV2 show, where she appears alongside James Lance as a woman that tries flirting with Jesus. .

Morristown, Mendham's Vigilante capture gold

ELIZABETH -- Laura Vigilante had never before raced in an invitational meet, let alone seen Warinanco Park. But in the end, neither fact mattered.

Vigilante, Mendham's sophomore speedster, clocked in at 16:28 to capture gold at the Stewart Memorial Invitational on Saturday.

Not so bad for a newbie, eh?

"It felt so good," Vigilante said. "I wanted this so bad."

Saturday's other highlights included Morristown's girls tallying 70 points to bring home a first-place team trophy. Mendham's boys (66 points) and Madison's girls (59) took second-place team finishes.

Michael Franklin of Mendham grabbed third-place (16:28) in a race with some of the state's best.

Morristown's Dale Kinney (19:32) and Rebecca Enright (20:13) placed second and third, respectively.

Vigilante, in her first cross country season since dropping soccer, has been on a tear.

The Buzz: Weight winner from Louisville

Congratulations to Louisvillian Melissa Joyce! The 42-year-old went from 244 to 140 pounds in about 13 months and is a winner of the 2007 Weight Watchers Inspiring Stories of the Year Contest. She was rewarded with a trip to New York where she received fashion styling from Isaac Mizrahi. She also appeared with Mizrahi on "The Today Show."

Inside a magical mystery movie

A publicist warned that Jim Sturgess looked just like his character in "Across the Universe." OK, "warned" isn't the right word. Promised was closer.

Sitting in an overly air-conditioned ballroom at the Four Seasons, the 26-year-old Brit was as shaggy, loose and winning as Jude, his "Across the Universe" avatar. (The film is scheduled to open Friday in Denver.)

Though he's done television work in Britain, the role of a young man who travels to America to meet his father and is swept up in the cultural jubilee and political trauma of the '60s marks Sturgess' true debut.

Two days later, director Julie Taymor's extravagantly loving Beatles musical was to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

"I'm kind of terrified about that," Sturgess said of the flashbulb demands and red- carpet extravagances.