This Week: Just My Luck
Some people have all the luck; others - not so much.
Dashing good looks, a curvaceous figure, landing a job with a great boss, and breezing through the justice system could all be attributed to good luck. But, Lady Luck doesn't always deal a winning hand; just ask anybody with a ticket to a Broadway show gone dark this week.
Lucky to be blessed with good looks, Matt Damon was named People magazine's sexiest man alive this week. It's an honor that has been bestowed twice on his pals George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
If you've got an hour glass figure, you're not just lucky - you're smart! A new study shows that women who have a slender waist and full hips tend to be smarter and have smarter babies, too.
Photos: "Bourne" Again In London
Non-writing employees lucky enough to work for David Letterman don't have to worry about where their next paychecks will come from. The talk show host's production company, Worldwide Pants, announced this week that it will continue to pay staffers of "The Late Show" and "The Late, Late Show" during the Writers Guild of America strike.
Photos: Curvy - No Apologies!
Some might say that Lindsay Lohan got lucky when it came to serving her 10-day jail sentence in only 84 minutes this week. Lohan served minimal time because of overcrowding in Los Angeles jails.
Luck ran out for O.J. Simpson this week. The ex-football star will stand trial on robbery and kidnapping charges stemming from an incident at a Las Vegas hotel.
Photos: Livin' La Vida Lohan
Thousands of unlucky theatergoers who had tickets to one of more than two dozen Broadway shows this week found themselves with nowhere to go after theater stagehands walked off the job.
It's been a string of bad luck for Marie Osmond, who lost her 90-year-old father last week, and this week revealed that her 16-year-old son is in rehab. But the upbeat "Dancing With The Stars" contestant is still looking forward to being in the show's semi-finals next week.
Finally, it was a sad week for Kanye West, who pulled out of the Victoria's Secret fashion show after the loss of his mother Donda last Saturday.
Photos: "Dancing With The Stars"