Diaz's gracious regrets; Aston's turn offs

From MSN

Cameron Diaz may have spent the weekend mourning the sudden death of her father, Emilio, but, professional that she is, she still did her part to promote her new movie, "What Happens in Vegas."

The actress was an understandable no-show at a meet-and-greet with the press on Saturday in Los Angeles, but she expressed her regrets in a handwritten note sent through leading man Ashton Kutcher, reports Us.

"First of all I want to thank all of you for your support over the years," she wrote in the missive, which was penned on personalized stationery. "I was really looking forward to this weekend getting to talk to my friends about a film that I am so proud of."

Because of her dad's passing, "I have chosen to be with my family this weekend," said Diaz. "But it was important for me to convey to all of you how much I love this film. We really did have the best time, most fun and laughs making it."

She added that she planned to watch the comedy, in which she and Kutcher play accidental newlyweds battling over a $3 million slots jackpot, with her family.

"It was a unanimous decision that we all needed to share a good laugh," said Diaz. "After all, that's why we make films like these. So people can leave behind their worries for a couple of hours. Have a good laugh."

Kutcher went out of his way to praise his absent co-star to the gathered press, albeit in his trademark doofy way.

He called working with Cameron "horrible," joking, "I mean, showing up to work having to look at a good looking woman who is funny and happy to be alive and joyous and nice to people was a nightmare."


Would you take advice from this man?

Other nightmares for Demi Moore's dewier half: pantsuits, perfume, dripping diamonds and self-absorption.

Like Diaz, Kutcher took pen in hand to stump for the flick, with his musings taking the form of a piece in Harper's Bazaar on the things he finds least appealing in the opposite sex.

"I love women. I like the way they think, the way they care. I like the way they flirt by flipping their hair," he cogitates in verse. "In fact, the only way I can really share what makes a woman attractive is to describe the few things that don't."

So, what's the surest way to turn off the guy who made millions by humiliating his celebrity brethren with childish pranks?

"If I can smell your perfume and we're not making out, you're wearing too much," declares Kutcher. "More of a lot of things in life is better. Perfume does not apply."

He also seems to have some conflicting notions on the feminine sartorial mystique.

"Dress how you want to be treated," the actor suggests. "If you show respect for yourself, you will be respected. I like seeing a female body as much as the next guy, but a midriff on display does not do it for me."

Alas, he then undoes that good advice by opining, "By the same token, sexlessness is just that. I call it the Hillary Clinton look. She would be so much more appealing if she just took off the pantsuit, took a lesson from Jackie Kennedy, and found her own Oleg Cassini."

(A few problems with his theory: Jackie was the First Lady, not a presidential hopeful, and women's clothes -- like women themselves -- have made a few advancements in the last 48 years or so.)

Ashton also has a decidedly narrow notion on who's buying the rocks ladies got, observing to the mag, "Women who wear big blingin' stones don't look like they have a lot of money; they look like they have a lot of someone else's money. I don't want my woman looking like she got bedazzled."

What he does want is a woman (his or otherwise) who can dress up but still accessorize with "a cheap little bracelet. It shows you don't take yourself too seriously."

As for what Kutcher believes is "the most unattractive thing in the world," that would be selfishness.

"Don't worry about what you are getting," he advises, "worry about what you're giving. Always show appreciation. Women who focus on what they don't have are unattractive and attract unattractive people."