Julia Roberts

Oscar Wild! Predictions For This Year's Award Winners

My Oscar Predictions For The World To See

Broadway's Political Past

Caine plays optical-illusion games; Of Thee I Sing remains bouncy and sharp

The Mother Load

Caine plays optical-illusion games; Of Thee I Sing remains bouncy and sharp

Star Stricken

Caine plays optical-illusion games; Of Thee I Sing remains bouncy and sharp

Love on the Run

Caine plays optical-illusion games; Of Thee I Sing remains bouncy and sharp

Egg Hunt

Fertility Companies Hit the Silver Screen

Balls of the Belles

The Women's Picture

Tit for Tat

The Women's Picture

Preaching to the Converted

Do the Left Thing

Drive, He Said

Auto Da Fé

Conflict Management

Auto Da Fé

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Auto Da Fé

Bipolar Ex

Auto Da Fé

Hell and High Water

Auto Da Fé

Freak Wave

Summer's Bonanza Includes Unusually Nutty Celebrity news. Tabloid Heaven or Hell?

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Summer's Bonanza Includes Unusually Nutty Celebrity news. Tabloid Heaven or Hell?

Crime Scenes

Summer's Bonanza Includes Unusually Nutty Celebrity news. Tabloid Heaven or Hell?

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Summer's Bonanza Includes Unusually Nutty Celebrity news. Tabloid Heaven or Hell?

This Is Your Life

Summer's Bonanza Includes Unusually Nutty Celebrity news. Tabloid Heaven or Hell?

Shoes

Summer's Bonanza Includes Unusually Nutty Celebrity news. Tabloid Heaven or Hell?

Gloss This Mess Around

Two Brothers Walked Into a Bar

Different for Girls

Chick flicks flip the script: Julia does a Robin and Yorkshire's finest go the full mumsy

Infernal Affairs

The art of four play: Cruel lies and crueler truths in a tastefully sordid relationship drama

The Flirty Dozen

We know what they did last summer: Paid vacation makes for surprisingly snazzy sequel

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We know what they did last summer: Paid vacation makes for surprisingly snazzy sequel

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We know what they did last summer: Paid vacation makes for surprisingly snazzy sequel

'Catch and Release'

We know what they did last summer: Paid vacation makes for surprisingly snazzy sequel

Tony Gilroy's (Heretofore Unseen) Expert Light Touch in Duplicity

We know what they did last summer: Paid vacation makes for surprisingly snazzy sequel

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We know what they did last summer: Paid vacation makes for surprisingly snazzy sequel

Gentle Rain

Can a good play shelter a movie star from criticism's wet blanket?

Pretty Hate Machines

The sick, sublime joy of celeb-bashing blogs

Can You Name Anyone Who's Not In Valentine's Day?

​Valentine's Day--aka Love, American Style, the Movie--is one of those criss-crossing ensemble pieces starring literally everyone alive who's ever walked the earth and ended up in front of a camera. In an attempt to satisfy every possible demographic, it has young people, old people, whites, ... More >>

The Worst Oscar Speeches

via Wikipedia​Supposedly this year, Oscar winners are forewarned to save their gratitudey lists of agents and preachers for backstage. On the telecast, they'll be advised to actually say something meaningful about the work they're being rewarded for. I don't necessarily agree that the Oscars ... More >>

Vaguely Irritating Eat, Pray, Love Trailer Lacks Food

The trailer for Eat, Pray, Love has been released, and while we don't want to participate in the inexplicably rabid Elizabeth Gilbert-hating, let's just say that if you didn't like the book, the trailer is probably not going to win you over. Unless you have a serious thing for Julia Roberts. To our ... More >>

Today in Awesome New York Signage: the Jersey Couture Tuna Cheddar Melt

A friend of Runnin' Scared has alerted us to this delightful mashup of Dunkin' Donuts and Jersey Couture billboards, sighted at the Fulton G stop today. ​ Lean in close and let's take a listen:

Can Julia Roberts Score a Comeback?

​She reportedly turned down The Blind Side and The Proposal, two smashes that ended up making Sandra Bullock the hottest property in Hollywood except for the sex rehab center where her husband ended up. But now Julia Roberts has said yes to what seems like a sure thing: Eat Pray Love After ... More >>

Eat Pray Love Serves Near-Constant Catharsis, But Hardly Any Arc

The title is a spoiler in three parts

OKCupid Reveals What White People Purport to Like for Online Dating Purposes

White women love Eat Pray Love. And fro-yo. And ballet flats. And Julia Roberts movies.​OKCupid's dating research site, OKTrends, did a rather fascinating analysis of 526,000 of their online daters' tastes, breaking down the most popular words and phrases used within the different self-stated ... More >>

The Oscar Nominations Are Here! Who Got Shafted?

​ Actually, not that many people. Though I predicted the royal shafting of quality actors like Jacki Weaver and John Hawkes, they actually got in there because Oscar has decided it likes grit and realness! (I got 29 out of 35 right, which is not embarrassing.)

The Worst Oscar Speeches In History

​Something about copping an Oscar often brings out the worst in people--phoniness, fake humility, excessive blubbering, and total inarticulation. As we hold our collective breaths for February 27, here are the absolute worstest so far:

Julia Roberts Fan Has Had Her Face Tattooed on His Body 82 Times

via Metro UK​Just when the dreary weather is really starting to get to you on this Thursday afternoon (chin up, it's Thursday!) there comes the news that a 56-year-old man in Mexico by the name of Miljenko Parserisas Bukovic has tattoos of Julia Roberts' face all over his body. There are a lot ... More >>

Woman Barred From Shopping at Victoria's Secret Throws Chili on Panties

Not available at Victoria's Secret. ​"Woman Chili-Bombs Panties at Victoria's Secret" has to be your headline of the day. At least until someone dumps fried pickles all over the counter at an adult video store. (Send us your tips!) This happened: A woman infuriated at being barred from the Vic ... More >>

Tom Hanks Ages Into Mid-Life Obsolescence in Larry Crowne

Not available at Victoria's Secret. ​"Woman Chili-Bombs Panties at Victoria's Secret" has to be your headline of the day. At least until someone dumps fried pickles all over the counter at an adult video store. (Send us your tips!) This happened: A woman infuriated at being barred from the Vic ... More >>

Tom Hanks And Julia Roberts Kissing: Want To See It?

​In Larry Crowne, America's heroes Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts develop an unlikely attraction--and I'm wondering if you'll be hot for it. He plays a downsized man who decides to go back to school, where he studies speech with Julia, a cranky, unhappily married woman who's over everything.

5 Reasons to Get Excited About the Royal Wedding in Monaco

WikipediaYou can call him Al. ​OMGEEZE ANOTHER ROYAL WEDDING. Okay, so this one isn't quite as engrossing as the Kate and Wills hoopla in April, but there are reasons to get excited about the upcoming nuptials of Prince Albert II and South African former Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock. The ... More >>

Hollywood's 10 Highest Paid Actresses

​According to forbes.com. (10) Meryl Streep $10 million per picture. What???? She should make that just for waking up. (9) Sandra Bullock $15 million. I bet she'd trade all that in for one normal man. (8) Cameron Diaz. $18 million. I guess there's something about Mary.

Dog Deathly Afraid of Julia Roberts

In stark contrast with the man covered in Julia Roberts tattoos, this dog simply cannot bear the sight of the Pretty Woman star. Wonder how he'd react to Richard Gere?

Back in the Heartland, Writer Confronts His Past and Present in Fireflies in the Garden

In stark contrast with the man covered in Julia Roberts tattoos, this dog simply cannot bear the sight of the Pretty Woman star. Wonder how he'd react to Richard Gere?

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