You know it’s going to be a good interview when “Couples Retreat” star Malin Akerman starts off by saying, “Time to unwind, undress and get skinny-dipping!”

Coolest woman ever? Probably. Mind you, her call to party wasn’t completely out of context. MTV News had traveled quite a ways to hang out with Akerman and her co-stars Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell, Kristin Davis and Jon Favreau. On this particular day in paradise, Akerman decided to mix up some cocktails in the midst of an interview — what she dubbed a Bora Bora margarita: pineapple nectar subbing in for lime juice.

“I like my stuff strong,” she warned. “I don’t know about you guys.”

Vince Vaughn, who said he prefers a beer or a Greyhound, with maybe a little cranberry juice thrown in if he’s in the mood, was impressed. “Yet another thing to throw on the résumé of awesomeness,” he told her, adding that getting drunk during an interview is usually a very bad idea

We disagree, Vince! How else would we learn, as you confessed with a laugh at one point, that your vacation of choice is not on a tropical island but somewhere you can “be in full chaps doing a cattle drive”?

As the booze flowed, the hilarity ensued. When it came to substantive answers, though, we’d probably have to rely on earlier, alcohol-free interviews, when we hit up Akerman, Vaughn and the rest of the cast with pop-quizzes about another. After all, they’d spent a couple months hanging out together, making this film about couples who head to an idyllic setting for vacation and end up in the midst of no-holds-bared relationship therapy. How much do they really know about their fellow stars?

Bell knew that Bateman got his start on “Little House on the Prairie,” though Bateman couldn’t name the HBO show on which Bell appeared (“Deadwood”). Akerman and Vaughn both struck out: she couldn’t name his first movie (“Rudy”), he couldn’t name her HBO show (“The Comeback”). And when it came to Favreau and Davis, well, Jon decided to rephrase some of the questions.

“What game did I play that would have made it impossible for us to have slept together in high school?” he asked.

“Badminton?” Davis laughed. “Volleyball?”

If you must know, the answer is Dungeons & Dragons.

From MTV

While the likes of Demi Moore, Hilary Swank and Natalie Portman have made it acceptable to shave your head for art’s sake, it seems Malin Akerman has brought the trend to the face. The rising starlet just wrapped “HappyThankYouMorePlease” in which she plays a girl suffering the hair-loss disease alopecia.

“I shaved my eyebrows off, they only just grew back,” Akerman told Tarts at the premiere of her latest comedy “Couple’s Retreat.” “It was so surreal; I felt like a different person. We filmed it. It was like going to the doctor and you don’t really want to take that needle but know you have to.”

But surprisingly, the 31-year-old actually felt more physically attractive without those arches of beauty.

“I was a little nervous but the final look was kind of beautiful,” she added. “I didn’t mind doing it, but I’d heard so many stories that eyebrows don’t grow back – that was the fear. But it was so interesting without eyebrows, when you’re in the shower everything just drips into your eyes and realize what function your eyebrows actually have.”

From Fox News

Malin was interviewed by Reelz Channel at the Bora Bora press junket and the premiere of the film. You can view both videos below!

I have added 130 HQ and MQ photos of Malin at the premiere of “Couples Retreat” from Monday! You can see them all by clicking on the gallery links below!

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Malin Akerman has made a career of being a chameleon. She was Katherine Heigl’s blonde bombshell sister in 27 Dresses, the dark-haired, sultry superhero in Watchmen and now she’s red-headed Ronnie, a mom of two married to Vince Vaughn in the comedy Couples Retreat. Off screen, the 31-year-old actress is happily married to musician Roberto Zincone, whom she met when they were in a band together. “He was the drummer in the band, which is a fantastic way to meet a man,” she says. “Musicians are very, very sexy.” iVillage spoke with Akerman about how she keeps things with her significant other strong, which costar was brave enough to go commando during a scene and why her tresses are ever-changing.

There’s a scene in Couples Retreat in which you’re totally annoyed by your husband when you ask him to help you pick out fixtures and he says, “I like the silver one” — and they’re all silver. Why can every couple can relate to that?

For guys, certain things are not that important. I know because my husband is a drummer and he’s obsessed, of course, with drums. So he’s on Web sites all the time and he’s like, “Baby, baby, which one do you like best?” and I’m like, “That one, with the silver things on it.” And he says, “They all have silver things on them.” It could be reversed. It’s like when women walk in with a new dress and you’re super-excited and you’re like, “Baby, what do you think about this?” and he says, “Oh, it’s nice.” That’s just the wrong answer.

What did Couples Retreat teach you about relationships?

That they’re complicated. I’ve been in a relationship for the past six years, and I think the one thing I’ve learned is that you can’t lose sight of the person that you’re with. A lot of times when life happens you forget about your significant other and they fall into third place in your list of important things in life and you can’t do that. My husband and I have a date night once a week and we go to a restaurant or he cooks and we have dinner together. But then the phones are off and it’s just me and him.

What’s your advice for couples so that they don’t end up on a therapy retreat?

Having fun together is super-important. If you don’t do it, then your partner becomes a chore. The bedroom is very important as well. It keeps a relationship strong. That, and it’s sort of the cliché, but if you’ve got a good communication system, then you’re golden. My husband and I have not once in six years had a yelling match. We’ve actually sat down and communicated and listened. The great thing — and the reason I married this man — is because he listens and he does something about it, which is rare.

You’ve never had a yelling match?

It’s so crazy. It really is. That’s one of the things that make you say, “Wow this is so easy. It’s so easy. Is it supposed to be this easy?” and I finally just swallowed that pill and said after four years of being together, “Well, I guess this is the right relationship.” I’m pretty proud of myself. I’ve had some bad ones, so that’s why I was so shocked.

One of the first scenes you shot was of the four couples having to strip down to their skivvies in front of each other.

It’s a good way to get to know people right away. And Faizon Love went completely commando in that. For real. That wasn’t hard to act out. It was completely authentic. Literally he pulled down his drawers and there he was. All of him. It was fantastic. It was really brave on his part.

You’ve changed your look a lot. Your hair is red in this movie. You were blonde in 27 Dresses and a very dark brunette in Watchmen.

You know, it really isn’t by choice. I could do it just as good blonde, that’s no problem. It’s been quite the journey for my hair. It actually has never been my decision to go a different color with the hair. It always had to do with the character. I think this one was more production’s decision. I kind of agreed with them, just because she is a stay-at-home mom, and she’s more involved with her kids and getting the house ready. If you’ve ever been blonde, it’s a lot of upkeep to go in and get your highlights done and all that. And I think for Ronnie, that’s not realistic.

What color is next?

I don’t know. Maybe purple. We’ll see.

From iVillage

How Well Do ‘Couples Retreat’ Stars Know Each Other?

Malin Akerman, Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell, Jon Favreau and Kristin Davis are quizzed on their knowledge of each other.

Come for the laughs, stay for the nudity. That may not be the official tagline for the new Vince Vaughn comedy “Couples Retreat,” but it could certainly work. The movie takes place almost entirely at an insanely picturesque resort in the middle of tropical French Polynesia, requiring the actors to spend their days in bikinis, swim shorts and other revealing beach gear. No one takes it all off — this is, alas, a PG-13 affair — but there’s plenty of flesh-baring screen time for Vaughn and co-stars Malin Akerman, Kristen Bell, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau and Kristin Davis.

Especially, Vaughn emphasized to MTV News, for the men. “We know what the kids like,” he joked. “If me and the guys are going to show some skin around, we know the ladies are going to show up. That’s what we do.”

“That’s how they lure us in,” Akerman confirmed. ” ‘Hey, ladies, we are getting naked today,’ and we say, ‘We are gonna be there!’ ”

“I’m a servant to my craft,” Vaughn deadpanned. “If the scene calls for it, I’m gonna do it. Thankfully, diet and exercise are high on my list.”

Diet and exercise high on Vaughn’s list? This seemed to come as news to an amused Akerman. She and Vaughn play one of four couples — along with Bell and Bateman, Favreau and Davis, and Faizon Love and Kali Hawk — who head to the tropical destination, some to work on their marriage, others to speed the dissolution of their matrimonial bond. Chatting with Akerman during the interview, Vaughn was quick to compare his workout regimen to how one cares for an automobile.

“You don’t take the car out and drive it 100 miles per hour every day — you’re going to burn that car out,” he said. “Take the car out maybe once, twice a week, 30, 35 miles per hour. Keep it in the speed limit. Maybe 55 on a highway. Turn off that engine. Shut it down. Let it cool off.”

According to Bateman, one castmember in particular had no problem rocking swimwear in front of the camera. “Favreau’s got mad confidence,” he said.

Bateman himself admitted that he didn’t quite share Fav’s self-assurance. “I’m three months of a personal trainer away from anything non-comedic,” he said.

From MTV