 The former “That ‘70s Show” star has a new role playing a 20-something Chelsea Handler in the new show, “Are You There, Chelsea?” The real Chelsea actually is there, playing the older sister Sloane, and serves as executive producer on the comedy. Handler told CNN that Prepon is perfect to play her: " She’s very salty, she’s very down to earth, and she’s very direct.”  Laura Prepon participate in the first Annual Head to Hollywood Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament and Auction at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino June 3, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The charity, founded by actress Carmen Electra and Us Weekly editor Ken Baker, provides brain tumor survivors and their families a VIP celebrity experience in Hollywood, California.  LAURA PREPON TALKS ABOUT POKER Well, I created the show. It's awesome. Basically, I play a ton of poker. We have a home game at my house almost every night. I watch a ton of poker. I watched Celebrity Showdown. I watched World Poker Tour, and those shows are rad. I love them. But I always wished they would show what really happens in a home game – the trash talking, the fighting and the laughing and everything that goes on.  I always wished I could see that, so I created it myself and here we are. So we go into a celebrity's house with him and his friends and they play for $10,000. Winner takes all. It's not for charity. It's good because you get to see the regular Joe, so to speak. Most celebs don't need the money as much as their friends do. I have friends who come to my house and gamble their tip money to make their rent. One of them slept at my house for about two weeks. But, you know, whatever. It's all in good fun.     |
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