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May 21, 2003 - Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Eve, and Kelly Osbourne were on hand for the PlayStation 2 'Bungalow Beach Party' on Friday (May 16) at the Viceroy Hotel in Santa Monica, California. Check out pictures from FilmMagic.

May 19, 2003 - Us Weekly mentions John and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos dining at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.

May 17, 2003 - Maxim magazine announced their 'Hot 100' for 2003 list, where Rebecca Romijn-Stamos was listed at #29. Christina Aguilera topped the list. Check out the entire list here.

May 15, 2003 - Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and Salma Hayek were on hand at the Placido Domingo & Friends Concert & Gala on Tuesday (May 13) at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Check out pictures from Rex Features (page1 / page2) FilmMagic, DailyCeleb, CelebrityPhoto, and GettyImages.

May 13, 2003 - Entertainment Weekly did a q&a with Rebecca and asked what's the hardest part of playing Mystique? "What's hard is acting behind all those prosthetics on my face, because I don't know if I'm getting across what I'm trying to, because of all the silicone," she said. "It's like exterior Botox without the needle. I should market it. At least I didn't have to wear contacts in this one. I did in the first one. I couldn't see, and it's really hard to kick ass when you can't see the ass you're trying to kick. They did the eyes in post-production this time, but Alan had to wear his. I told him it's a rite of passage." Read more.

May 11, 2003 - Rebecca Romijn-Stamos was on Last Call with Carson Daly on Friday (May 9). Read a rough transcript on the forums.

May 10, 2003 - The Las Vegas Sun reports John Stamos and wife Rebecca Romijn-Stamos dined at Simon Kitchen and Bar (Hard Rock) Wednesday with former Beach Boys keyboard guy Billy Hinsche and his new close personal friend, former Playboy playmate Rebecca Scott.

May 8, 2003 - X-Men 2 stars Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Romijn Stamos were photographed out and about in New York City on Tuesday (May 6). GlobePhotos has since removed the pictures.

May 8, 2003 - Jay Leno joked during his Tonight Show monologue on Wednesday, "The beautiful, Rebecca Romjin-Stamos. She was on the other night. I was thinking -- she said it took five hours every day to apply her body makeup for the X-Men movie. Five hours. Of course, the makeup men could've done it quicker, but they were using finger paint."

May 6, 2003 - According to studio estimates issued on Sunday, the massively hyped X-Men sequel sold $85.9 million worth of tickets in its first three days of release across the United States and Canada. It also earned $69.3 million from 93 countries, taking its total to $155.2 million -- more than half of what the first movie, 2000's 'X-Men', made in its entire run.

May 6, 2003 - John and Rebeccam Romijn Stamos were photographed walking about in SoHo, New York last week. LFI has since removed the pictures.

May 6, 2003 - The X Men 2 cast, including Rebecca Romijn-Stamos stopped by MTVs TRL on Monday (May 5) in New York City. Check out pictures from WireImage.

May 5, 2003 - Rebecca Romijn-Stamos dished to Ted Casablanca of E! Online on what gives X2 a leg up on all the rest. "I like to call it a blockbuster with a brain," she said. "It's this huge superhero movie that actually has this great message about tolerance and people who have been alienated for being different."

May 5, 2003 - Rebecca Romijn-Stamos on her character Mystique/Raven Darkholme to Get Real Detroit: "Blue People Anonymous: We're the freaks among the freaks. There were so many visitors on the set with their jaws on the floor, so we [Romijn-Stamos and Cummings] found ourselves in each other's trailers complaining like an old, bitchy blue married couple. We were our own special blue support group." The full story at getrealdetroit.com has since been removed.

May 5, 2003 - Rebecca Romijn-Stamos will be on Live with Regis and Kelly on Tuesday.

May 3, 2003 - X2: X-Men United reviews
Steve Tilley of the Edmonton Sun - 4 out of 5 stars.
Paul Clinton of CNN: "a superior sequel"
Dan Nicholl of iafrica.com: "Engrossing heroes and villains in 'X2'"
Betsy Pickle of Scripps Howard News Service: "'X2' has classic characters and powerful story lines that will hook fanboys and non-initiates alike."
David Germain of The Associated Press: 2 stars
Katrina Onstad, National Post: "Usually, sequels exist only to suck the loonies from the pocket of every joker with a weekend hankering for escapism, but X2 doesn't feel greedy."
Jeff Strickler, Star Tribune: 3 out of 4 stars
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: "'X2' is the film that asks audiences to celebrate the ultimate death of the human race. Such audacity might have been something to build on, if only the filmmakers knew what they were saying."
Peter Covino of News-Gazette Entertainment Editor: "Latest X-Men is good, but should have been better."
Jason Walsh of Marin Independent Journal: "Improves upon the first installment, but it's almost difficult to describe why."

May 2, 2003 - The mutants are back on the big screen in the new blockbuster "X-Men 2." Some new mutants join Wolverine, Storm, Cyclops and the rest of the team. Feedroom.com has since removed the video.

May 2, 2003 - Comic book fans have been waiting with mutant anticipation for the second in the X Men series -- 'X Men 2.' Gene Shalit shares his review in the latest edition of 'The Critic's Corner.' MSNBC.com has since removed the video.

May 2, 2003 - Rebecca Romijin Stamos was on hand for the Glamour Magazine Hosts Body Confidence Forum on Tuesday (April 29) at Greg Isaacs 360 Studio in Brentwood, California. Check out pictures from WireImage.

May 2, 2003 - Rebecca Romijn Stamos is on the cover of the new Arena magazine, where she's showing off her sexy backside.

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