Cover Girl: Hilary Swank on InStyle Magazine

Oscar winning actress Hilary Swank graces the February issue of InStyle magazine to talk about life after Chad. Her and her husband, Chad Lowe separated over a year ago and divorced after eight years of marriage. 'Tis a shame. Eight years in Hollywood is like a lifetime.

At the cover shoot, Hilary got nothing but praise for her professional demeanor. "She's just really down-to-earth, friendly and warm," said assistant stylist Cristal Butler. "She likes to keep things simple."

"The best thing about working with Hilary is that she looks good and has great hair," said hairstylist Kevin Ryan. "It makes my job easy!"

As for her love life these days, mum's the word. "I'm in a relationship with a great guy who's not a public person, and I want to respect that. But yes, I am in a relationship." That guy is her agent, John Campisi.

"I've never lived alone before, ever," says Swank, who won Oscars for "Boys Don't Cry" and "Million Dollar Baby." "I went from living with my mom right to living with Chad. Now with my travelling a lot and not staying any place for long, I have a box filled with floating receipts, makeup I'll never wear, random dog toys, and a stack of greeting cards I pick out for friends, which inevitably end up in some storage unit."

Currently she is starring in Freedom Writers, a Paramount Pictures release, and in the meantime, she's working on herself. She says she learned to let her guard down after her breakup with Lowe."I absolutely couldn't have made it through the last year without my friends," she says. "It was hard for me to say, 'Yeah, I need help.' But I did let go, and it was a relief."

It's Official: Courtney Thorne-Smith Marries!

The According to Jim and former Melrose Place star, Courtney Thorne-Smith, 39, reportedly got married over the weekend to her fiance, Roger Fishman, in a small ceremony in her Los Angeles backyard. Apparently the ceremony was so small, their families weren't even aware of it.

It is her second marriage. Her first marriage (in 2000) hit the skids before the pictures hit InStyle magazine. In 2003, she nearly got married to cardiologist Robert Andrews, but called it off just a few weeks before her walk down the aisle.

Hopefully she's got it right this time.

A source told InTouch Weekly, "She wanted to make sure she didn't have egg on her face a third time. Courtney and Roger took an extended vacation together over the Christmas holidays. After they returned, they quietly made it all legal."

Photo from TV.com.

Beyonce on the Cover of InStyle Magazine

R&B singer/actress Beyonce makes the cover of the January issue of InStyle magazine. Well spoken, hard working and above all, a good role model, it's no wonder they chose her. During the cover shoot, DJ Logic played music by Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Roberta Flack and more. "She's very playful on top of everything," said assistant stylist Cristal Butler. "We just had a really great time!"

One question I was eager to ask Beyonce didn't make the cut for my cover story. I saw how close she is to her two-year-old nephew Daniel, the son of her sister Solange - they were watching cartoons in bed together when I arrived for my interview. "Do you want to have kids of your own?" I later asked her, thinking that if she and Jay-Z ever got married and had a baby, that child would be like the music industry's answer to Shiloh Pitt-Jolie: R&B royalty. “I love to baby-sit my nephew, but doing that actually lets me know that I'm not ready yet,” Beyonce told me. "Because I couldn't imagine having a person that I'm responsible for right now. I feel like it's important that before a young woman gets married or has a child, she knows what she wants out of life."

Beyonce paused for a moment to reflect before adding: "I don't think that's something you should rush. For me, that's going to happen when it happens. It might be two years. It might be one year. Or it might be 10 years. I'm still young, and right now I'm happy. And satisfied."