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NEWS ABOUT: Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts stories: 18 news summaries

 Meet 
 Hollywood's 
 New 'It Girl' 

Carey Mulligan's role in An Education reminiscent of Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman

Oct 28, 09 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thanks to her lauded role in An Education, Carey Mulligan is Hollywood's latest "It Girl," poised to join the ranks of Julia Roberts and Audrey Hepburn. "She has fragility, she has humor, she can be very moving, she's bright, and she's great to look at,"... More »

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Iraq • entertainment • Shia LaBeouf • Julia Roberts • celebrity • Molly Ringwald • Audrey Hepburn • Jay-ZTV • Carey Mulligan

 Julia Roberts 
 Flick Bars Indian 
 Worshippers 
 From Temple 

Villagers none too happy with actress, who was previously considered 'Hindu-friendly'

Sep 22, 09 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - She may be America’s sweetheart, but villagers in India are not feeling the love for Julia Roberts after the actress caused them to be barred from their temple—at the beginning of a religious celebration, no less, the Telegraph reports. Ironically, Roberts—and her 350-member security team, derided... More »

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entertainment • India • Julia Roberts • celebrity • worshippers • Hindu • religious conflict • movies • temple • Eat, Pray, Love

 Stars Bomb at the Box Office 


Aug 21, 09 3:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood executives are scratching their heads over why so many mega-wattage stars are failing to fill movie houses. A record number of usual box-office successes like Denzel Washington, Will Ferrell, Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks came up short, in some cases not even attracting enough viewers for producers to break... More »

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Hollywood • Julia Roberts • Denzel Washington • movie deal • movie financing • Will Ferrell • movie ratings • movie star

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Bardem May 
 Join Roberts 
 in Eat, Pray, Love 


Jun 8, 09 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Javier Bardem is in talks to join Julia Roberts in the film adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, reports Variety. Roberts is slated to play the author, and Bardem would play love interest Felipe, whom the real-life Gilbert eventually married. Brad Pitt is producing. Elsewhere: More »

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entertainment • Britney Spears • Angelina Jolie • Hollywood • Brad Pitt • Switzerland • Julia Roberts • Geneva • Pete Doherty • Javier Bardem • Brangelina

(Newser) - Julia Roberts brought quite the potty mouth to a Tom Hanks tribute in New York yesterday, Us reports. “Alright well, it’s late and I’m paying my babysitter overtime and I have to pee,” the actress said as she took the stage. “So Tom, everybody fucking... More »

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film • Julia Roberts • profanity • Tom Hanks • Lincoln Center • tribute • movie star

 Hollywood Trims Star Deals 

It's curtains for deals that pay actors before studios recoup losses

Apr 2, 09 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - In this economic climate, even Hollywood has become risk-averse, forcing actors to share in a film’s success or failure, the Wall Street Journal reports. “First-dollar gross” deals, which pay actors handsomely even when films flop, are out of favor. For years, top actors drew deals paying a percentage—... More »

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Hollywood • film • contracts • Julia Roberts • Steve Carell • Paramount Pictures • Harrison Ford • financial crisis • movie studios

NEW RELEASE

 It's No Lie: Duplicity Scores 

Spy film gets wide, warm reception

Mar 20, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Critics aren’t hiding their love for the twists and turns of Duplicity, a combination “caper movie,” “love story,” and “extra-dry corporate satire,” AO Scott notes in the New York Times. The buzz on the Julia Roberts-Clive Owen flick:
  • "Attempts—and to
... More »

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film • Julia Roberts • movie review • spy • thriller • Clive Owen • movies • Duplicity

10 Seriously Unlucky Irish Accents in Film

Sean Connery and Julia Roberts make
the list—twice

Mar 17, 09 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - In honor of St. Patrick's Day, Irish Central ranks the worst Irish accents to hit the big screen.
  • Sean Connery, "the gold standard to judge against all other bad Irish accents," takes the No. 1 and 2 spots, for Darby O'Gill and the Little People in 1959
... More »

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film • Julia Roberts • Ireland • Sean Connery • St. Patrick's Day • movies • Irish accent

glossies

America's Sweetheart Headed for Heartbreak

Julia's box-office reign may be long gone

Mar 7, 09 3:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Mercy! Hollywood’s original Pretty Woman may already have her best days behind her, Ramin Setoodeh writes in Newsweek. After 5 years spent raising her children, Julia Roberts is returning to theaters in Duplicity, sporting her infectious laugh and adorably toothy smile. “But this may be the last time... More »

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Hollywood • Julia Roberts • movies • actress

(Newser) - Julia Roberts is poised to step back into the spotlight with next month’s Duplicity, and Hollywood is hoping she can do again what none of her successors has been able to—pull boffo box office, the New York Times reports. “It’s just so clearly there,... More »

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Hollywood • film • Julia Roberts • box office • Clive Owen • actor • movie industry • new release • Danny Moder

 Leo Corrals 
 Star Pals 
 for Get-Out- 
 the-Vote Video 


Stars can't bear to tell public 'don't vote'

Oct 29, 08 4:46 PM CDT
(AP) - Leonardo DiCaprio brings out the big guns for a get-out-the-vote video with an A-list cast including Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford, Will Smith, Steven Spielberg, and Justin Timberlake. Leo produces and appears in the spot, in which Spielberg directs the actors to use reverse psychology to get young people... More »

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Steven Spielberg • Leonardo DiCaprio • Julia Roberts • Justin Timberlake • vote • Harrison Ford • Election 2008

GLOSSIES

 Next Batman May Be
 Lurking in Obscurity 

Radar lists subversive characters who deserve shot at breaking out of comics

Jul 24, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - With The Dark Knight—featuring a Batman "easily inhabited by the George Clooneys or Christian Bales of the world"—all the rage, Radar presents "other subversive comic book characters who probably won't—but really should—show up at a theater near you," including:
  • Female Furies:
... More »

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Julia Roberts • Batman • The Dark Knight • comics • Mark Wahlberg • Sharon Stone

Holmes' Sept. Broadway Debut Already a Bust?

Tickets aren't selling, and producers fear
the worst

Jul 2, 08 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Katie Holmes is not drawing the tickets sales for her Broadway debut producers had hoped for, the New York Post reports. "I bought 1,000 tickets to the show," one broker says of the September revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons. "I still have them."... More »

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theater • Nicole Kidman • Tom Cruise • Broadway • Julia Roberts • Katie Holmes • ticket sales • All My Sons

ANALYSIS

Stars Losing Gravitational Pull, Hollywood Finds

Franchises, concepts drive movie receipts more than A-list personalities

May 2, 08 6:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The lure of A-list movie stars is on the wane, the Hollywood Reporter notes after an examination of recent box-office receipts and extensive polling of Tinseltown insiders. Due in part to ubiquity on the internet and magazine racks, big names like Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts have seen their films... More »

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Hollywood • Brad Pitt • Pirates of the Caribbean • Julia Roberts • Tom Hanks • box office • Matt Damon • The Bourne Ultimatum • George Clooney • The Bourne Identity • The Bourne Supremacy • movie industry

10 'Yeah, Right' Movie Couples

These on-screen pairs lack chemistry or are just plain weird

Feb 17, 08 5:01 AM CST
(Newser) - The silver screen has seen countless memorable romances; unfortunately, it has also produced a host of bizarre on-screen hook-ups. Yahoo! Movies runs down the 10 worst:
  1. Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte in I Love Trouble
  2. The original Bennifer in Gigli
  3. Anne Heche and Harrison Ford in Six Days, Seven
... More »

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entertainment • film • Rosie O'Donnell • list • Kelly Clarkson • Julia Roberts • romance • Ben Affleck • Madonna • Harrison Ford • Jennifer Lopez • Eddie Murphy • Natalie Portman • Woody Allen • Hayden Christensen • Nick Nolte • Anne Heche • Kevin Spacey • Kate Bosworth • Adriano Giannini • Justin Guarini • Dan Aykroyd • movies

NEW RELEASE

Charlie Wilson's War a Winner

Sorkin writes, Nichols directs, Hanks stars, movie shines

Dec 21, 07 10:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Charlie Wilson's War, the darkly comedic true story of the largest and most successful covert operation in US history, leaves critics mostly charmed. The Mike Nichols project featuring Tom Hanks, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julia Roberts "is that rare Hollywood commodity these days," writes Variety's Todd McCarthy, "... More »

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Julia Roberts • movie review • Tom Hanks • Mike Nichols • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Aaron Sorkin • movies

Witherspoon Rises to Top of Salary List

America's latest sweetheart commands up to $20M per movie

Nov 30, 07 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Rendition was a dud, but Reese Witherspoon's peachy $15 million to $20 million fee per movie puts her atop this year’s highest-paid actress list. But she and other leading ladies—such as runner-up Angeline Jolie—often accept lower payoffs to keep their schedules packed, the Hollywood Reporter observes. More »

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Angelina Jolie • Hollywood • Nicole Kidman • list • Halle Berry • Julia Roberts • celebrity • salary • Jodie Foster • Katherine Heigl • Reese Witherspoon • Cameron Diaz • Renee Zellweger • Drew Barrymore • Rachel McAdams • Jennifer Garner • movies

Baby Boy for Julia Roberts

Pretty woman has something to talk about: a third child

Jun 19, 07 6:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Actress Julia Roberts gave birth to her third child on Monday, a baby boy. Henry Daniel Moder, who weighed in at 8.5 pounds, was born at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Us Magazine reports. The 39-year-old Roberts and husband Daniel Moder already have twins, Phinnaeus and Hazel. More »

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pregnancy • children • Julia Roberts • baby • celebrity

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