Cover Girl: Courteney Cox on Redbook

Actress Courteney Cox is definitely juggling these days ... wife to actor David Arquette, mom to 2-1/2 year old daughter Coco, and acting and producing her newest television show Dirt. She is also on the cover of the February issue of Redbook magazine. She certainly is gorgeous!

Redbook offered a behind-the-scenes glance on the cover shoot for this one:

A star is born: Courteney arrived to the Los Angeles photo studio on time and headed into the hair and makeup room. Chris McMillan, hairstylist extraordinaire who does hair for everybody from Jennifer Aniston to Reese Witherspoon, styled Courteney's hair, and it was clear they were good friends. About an hour later, Courteney's little girl, Coco, showed up — "tiny and adorable," says REDBOOK's creative director, Tracy Everding — with her nanny and headed into the hair and makeup room, too. No, no cover for BQ (that's Baby Quarterly, of course) in her future just yet. Coco was having her picture taken for the family's holiday card. And what could be more appropriate holiday attire than...why, a floor-length red wig and a sea-green mermaid costume obviously. The little mermaid amazed even herself at how different she looked in her wig. What did Mom think? "Her mom was so great with her," says Photo Director Bruce Perez. "Jokey and fun. She never talked down to Coco. It was more like she was talking to a good friend." When Coco emerged ready for the camera, "she was a natural in front of the lens," says Perez. "She was laughing and having a great time."

She's got the look: Courteney herself was also a pro on camera. She worked easily with the photographer James White. "She was totally professional and businesslike," says Special Projects Director Lori Berger. "She knew exactly what to do in front of that camera and how to knock those pictures out one, two, three. No downtime or fooling around."

Style secrets: Overall, the clothes had a formal, dressy mood and were primarily from high-end designers: Geren Ford, Gucci, Chloe, and Alessandro Dell'Acqua. Everyone's favorite was the silk ruffled Geren Ford blouse Courteney's wearing on the REDBOOK cover. We suppose it's par for the celebrity course, but "Courteney looked more amazing than ever," remembers Berger. Amazingly toned, flawless skin, beautiful. Where do we sign up?

The way the cookie crumbles: Courteney requested a chicken Caesar salad for lunch, but by far the best part of the menu, recalls Perez, was the "exceptional cookie platter" caterers City Kitchen supplied. Cinnamon, white chocolate, chocolate chunk, raisin...hungry yet?

Soundtrack: As for tunes, the photographer's assistant plugged in his iPod and kept everyone rocking out to a mix of '80s New Wave music: The Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen, Siouxsie and the Banshees. Now those were the good old days.