Julia Roberts: Frist Celebrity To Hinduism? Oscar winner Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman) is not the first entertainment celebrity to hug Hinduism or its concepts-symbols-terminology. Golden Globe winner Marilyn Monroe (Some Like It Hot) once reportedly claimed that yoga (one of the six systems of orthodox Hindu philosophy) improved her legs.

Celebrities Greta Garbo, Marlon Brando, Cary Grant, Beatles, Gloria Swanson, Madonna, Mia Farrow, Shirley MacLaine, Britney Spears, John Coltrane, Yehudi Menuhin, George Harrison, Mary Tyler Moore, Donovan, Jennifer Jones, Leopold Stokowski, Sting, (the list goes on), sometime or the other reportedly had a crush on Hinduism or its concepts-symbols-terminology.

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, welcomed entertainment celebrities to immerse in Hinduism but taking it seriously and not just using it as a fashion statement. “Hinduism is the oldest and third largest religion of the world with about one billion adherents and a rich philosophical thought and it should not be taken lightly”, Zed stressed.

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Julia Roberts In Hawaii Beach: Sexy Bikini: At 42, she is still the world’s Pretty Woman. Recently photographed vacationing in Hawaii with her family the 5’9” beauty flaunts a body that surprisingly had already given birth to three kids.

Still a proponent of no cosmetic surgery, Julia Roberts insists on growing older naturally (“And maybe a little eye cream.”). Her au naturel look was proven with her unshaved underarms.

Records have it that this unshaven look she prefers was showed off first at the Notting Hill premiere in London at the end of the nineties.

Earlier this month Roberts also flaunted her toned legs in short-shorts at the NYC premiere of “Eat Pray Love’.

Roberts leads a healthy lifestyle and hadn’t ever been a Hollywood “size zero”.  She loves biscuits, gravy and grits.  She loves drinking Scorpino:  an Italian drink of vodka, crème, orange liqueur and Italian rice.  She also does Pilates, strength training and yoga.

Julia Roberts Videos: Interview In Her Home: There is a room upstairs in Julia Roberts’s home in Malibu that she calls her “little quiet room”. It is there that she keeps her personal oddments, sewing machine, her knitting basket and where she retreats from the world when she feels the need.

But, she says with a laugh, she doesn’t spend much time up there nowadays; being a housewife and mother, as well as continuing to act when the script appeals to her, takes up all her time.

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Julia Roberts slurps spaghetti in Rome, pets a rogue elephant in India and rides a bicycle through a tropical forest in Bali in “Eat Pray Love,” the turgid film adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir about a divorcee’s global journey of self-discovery.

This Freudian travelogue is like a lushly illustrated self- help book. It’s stuffed with picture-postcard sights, sounds and suggested aromas   there’s enough eating and drinking for a Food Network special.

But they can’t mask the underlying sappiness and bumper-sticker simplicity. After divorcing her bourgeois husband (Billy Crudup) and having a rebound fling with.

A small-time actor (James Franco), writer Liz (Roberts) leaves New York for a yearlong sabbatical in Italy, India and Indonesia. She’s restless, miserable and ready to dramatically change her life.

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Julia Roberts Says To kids away from sweets : Actress Julia Roberts has banned her three children from eating rich sugary foods at home. The Hollywood star has admitted that she allows twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, 5, and son Henry, 3, to eat candy and junk food only on special occasions.

I'm a pretty strict mom when it comes to sweets. Even though I have such a sweet tooth myself,' people.com quoted her as saying. 'You want sweets, ice cream and cake to be a great treat and a celebration. Something that's not everyday. I think this makes them appreciate it when they do have it,' she added.

She has, arguably, been the leading lady in Hollywood for the last 20 years. But even Julia Roberts gets nervous about her film projects, including her latest:

A big-screen adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's best-selling memoir, "Eat, Pray, Love." But it's a good thing.

"If I'm not feeling anxious and excited and nervous, then I haven't invested much in it and I shouldn't be there," Roberts says.

"So, really, I just want to put myself in a position where I am really feeling like I have to ramp up and accomplish my goals."

And Roberts wasn't the only one: Director Ryan Murphy confessed facing a bout of nerves before meeting his star.

"I was really nervous before I met her because I have been a fan, too. I have seen all of her movies," he said. "Nothing surprises me about her because.

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Julia Roberts goes where no other A-list female star has ever gone on celluloid in her new film, “Eat Pray Love,” based on the best-selling book by Elizabeth Gilbert. “Honestly, I think it’s the most controversial scene ever caught on film,” says director Ryan Murphy. “People will gasp. Jaws will drop open. It’s so shocking, I can’t even explain it.

”He’s talking about a scene where Roberts eats pasta. We’re not just talking about a few Weight Watchers-sanctioned bites or the good-for-you wheat stuff. Roberts downs bowls of freshly made white-flour linguini glistening with butter and garlic.

She’s dealing with a tough divorce and vacationing in Italy at the same time. Her cure is carbs — and pass the Alfredo sauce. “I can’t honestly remember how many bowls of pasta I had at one sitting,” Roberts says. “Six,” Murphy says without pause. “And to have a woman eat onscreen with such unabashed joy was …”

“Revolutionary,” Roberts concludes. Weighty matters Just as revolutionary is Roberts in person on a sunny morning in Napa Valley, Calif., where it’s obvious that none of that pasta remains on the hips of the 42-year-old mother of three. Looking fit and slim, she arrives from a private estate in a nearby town via limo, which drops her at the swanky Bardessono Hotel.

In pleated black pants and a silk Givenchy shirt, Roberts passes by vacationing wine aficionados in the bar who don’t notice that a major celebrity is in their vicinity. Her hair is dark and flows over her thin face; her smile is wide and the hugs flow freely from her.

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Julia Roberts is now a Hindu having converted since filming her latest movie Eat Pray Love last year After shooting, she now often visits temples to 'chant, pray and celebrate.' Born to a Baptist and Catholic couple, she is hoping to be reincarnated as 'something quiet' after the pressures of fame. She said to Elle magazine: 'I'm definitely a practising Hindu. Golly, I've been so spoiled with my friends and family in this life. Next time I want to be just something quiet and supporting.'

The film saw her acting in India, during which she threw herself into Hindu culture and was 'astounded' during a visit to the Taj Mahal. In Eat Pray Love, which comes out in the US on August 13, Roberts' character tries to find herself through Hindu spirituality.

 Hollywood actress Julia Roberts reveals that she has been practising Hinduism after filming her new movie 'Eat, Pray and Love' in India. The 42-year-old admits she regularly goes to temple to 'chant and pray and celebrate' with her three children and husband cameraman Daniel Moder,. She said: 'I'm definitely a practising Hindu. Golly, I've been so spoiled with my friends and family in this life. Next time I want to be just something quiet and supporting.'

In the film, Roberts plays a woman hoping to find herself through Hindu spirituality. The actress caused controversy in India last September when local Hindus were barred from celebrating an important religious festival while she shot scenes for the film in their temple on the outskirts of New Delhi.

Villagers hoping to mark the beginning of Navratri, nine days of worship of their Goddess Durga, at Ashram Hari Mandir in Haryana, found their temple sealed by Roberts's vast security team of 350 guards, bulletproof cars and a helicopter. 'Eat, Pray, Love' is a big screen adaptation of the bestselling memoir of the same name by Elizabeth Gilbert.

September is traditionally the biggest month for advertising and editorials in fashion magazines, so how lucky for Elle  that Julia Roberts' highly anticipated chick flick, "Eat, Pray, Love," drops just in time for her to be their September cover girl. Elle released this first image of the issue, on newsstands August 11, and it includes an interview on the new film, her career and her family life.

Roberts waxes especially poetic on her and husband Danny Moder's kids. "The children became the shooting stars of him, of that thing we have," she tells Elle. "How lucky we are that we love each other so much that we burst into three pieces."

Profound, Julia, but what else did you get to wear for the shoot?Oh, there she is on a kitchen table (Eat!), looking good, if a little grumpy. The actress also reminisces about on-set shenanigans during the "Ocean's" films with George Clooney and Brad Pitt:

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