The April issue of Women’s Health hit newsstands this week!

Rashida Jones has quite the resume - Karen from “The Office”, Quincy’s daughter, Maroon 5’s back-up singer, a Harvard grad, and the star of the racy new Farrelly brothers’ show, “Unhitched”.

For a girl who rode the school bus with Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian, and whose lifelong gal pal is Nicole Richie, Rashida has certainly taken a different path than her peers!

This driven and intelligent starlet isn’t afraid to tell it like it is…and it’s all revealed in the April issue of Women’s Health.

“I think about what it would be like to have a daughter now, one who is influenced by Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and Britney Spears – and, ugh, it’s so depressing. Where are the other young Hollywood role models who are cool, smart, and out there doing something with their lives? Maybe Miley Cyrus [aka Hannah Montana]? There’s a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn’t be able to just dress up and look pretty.”

On being a Hollywood kid and growing up as the daughter of Peggy and Quincy Jones:

“My parents wanted cool people around who were fun and family-oriented: it created a nice, safe environment. So I didn’t have a hankering to go out and rebel. It was the classic ‘My parents are crazy cool, and I was a straight-up geek.’”

On her ethnicity:

“I’m lucky because I have so many clashing cultural, racial things going on: black, Jewish, Irish, Portuguese, Cherokee. I can float and be part of any community I want. The thing is, I do identify with being black, and if people don’t identify me that way, that’s their issue. I’m happy to challenge people’s understanding of what it looks like be biracial, because guess what? In the next 50 years, people will start looking more and more like me.”

The 2008 Major League Baseball Season is less than two weeks away, starting on March 25th.

Just in time for the first pitch of the season, Women’s Health features Derek Jeter, as the “Hottie of the Month” in the April issue.

Check out what this sexy, EIGHT-TIME ALL-STAR stud had to say to WH…

Jeter tells women the one thing they need to know:

“How difficult it is for a man to approach a woman! Everyone fears refection.”

Jeter on what’s better than sex:

“Winning. I’m very, very competitive. If my grandmother asks to race me down the street, I’m going to try to beat her. And I’ll provably enjoy it! When out put a lot of hard work into one goal and you achieve it, that’s a really good feeling.”

Tell-tale sign a woman is head-over-heels:

“The dead giveaway? He always thinks about her first.”

Jeter’s catch goes bats for…

1. Family: Who doesn’t love a family man?

- Grandma took him to his first Yankees game when he was a kid and he never starts until he knows where his folks are seated – it’s been a habit since Little League.

2. His on-field idol: Hall-of-Famer and former outfielder Dave Winfield

3. His off-field idol: His dad, a shortstop in college and now a clinical social worker

4. TV: His favorite shows these days are “Entourage” and “American Idol”.

5. Film: A movie fanatic too!

“During the off-season, I go to the movies almost every day. You hear
about women buying shoes? I buy DVDs. I definitely have a problem.”

6. A day off - His ideal: sleeping in, dining out with friends, and finishing with a flick

7 A good tune: He’s a fan of old-school R&B.

8. A field of dreams: He hopes one day to own a MLB team himself.

“I’d love to call the shots, to put a team together. That would be a lot of fun.”

9. Amazing woman: Pay close attention ladies!

- The One must be independent, intelligent, driven, and happy

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