Tuesday September 09, 2008

The Curse Returns

David Duchovny and Tea Leoni are having marital problems? Why am I not surprised? The Redbook curse rains on the dull and likable alike, and—as I predicted more than three years ago—it looks like it will pour on the Duchovny/Leonis soon enough. Appearing solo on the glossy’s cover still appears to be somewhat dangerous. Just ask Shania Twain (December 2007), who split with husband Mutt Lange this summer. But the magazine doesn’t even put couples on its covers anymore, and with good reason. The last four couples to grace Redbook’s cover (excluding pre-cursed couple John and Carolyn Kennedy) are, in order: Leoni and Duchovny (April 2005), Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen (February 2005), Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor (July 2004), and Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey (March 2004). If I were Ms. Taylor, I think I’d start filtering hubby’s internet connection.