Archives for February 2008

Julia Roberts has received the Best-Dressed Oscar in a new online poll by Parade.com.

Roberts’ look at the 2000 Academy Awards gave her the edge over Halle Berry’s outfit at the 2001 event. Hilary Swank was in third place with her outfit at the 2004 event.

The survey also named Richard Gere and Sandra Bullock as the Favorite Actor and Actress Never Nominated for an Oscar.

Julia Roberts has been named the Best Dressed Oscar winner in a new online poll.

The actress' look at the 2000 Academy Awards, where she was named Best Actress for her portrayal of 'Erin Brockovich', gave her the style edge over Halle Berry in Parade.com's Oscar Survey Spectacular.

Roberts scooped up 25% of the vote with Berry's 2001 outfit trailing close behind with 24%.

Hillary Swank came in third for her 2004 'Million Dollar Baby' outfit.

Parade.com's in depth online survey also named Roberts' 'Pretty Woman' co-star Richard Gere and Sandra Bullock as the Favourite Actor and Actress Never Nominated for an Oscar.

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The Canadian actor - who is dating 'Match Point' star Scarlett Johansson - was hoping to get his hands on the 40-year-old redheaded actress in some raunchy love scenes for new movie 'Fireflies in the Garden', but had to settle for the "old Julia Roberts".
The 31-year-old star said: "I was so excited until I found out the scenes I have with her are when she's playing my mother. I was like, 'Couldn't we have a hot romance instead?' It's so sad. I have to tell my friends that I'm getting to act with the old Julia Roberts."

The 2001 Oscar winning actress for her role in “Erin Brockovich” arrived in a direct flight from United States and after checking through migration and customs together with her party boarded a private plane to the south of Chile.

According to Channel 13, Ms. Roberts is staying at the Hacienda Riñihue in southern Chile, belonging to US tycoon Douglas Tompkins who is an outspoken environmentalist. He has been accused by different Chilean groups of impeding “progress” in the vast tracks of pristine land and wildlife he possesses and by more nationalist groups of being a “threat” to Chilean national security.

There’s no idea how long the renowned actress will be staying in Chile.

According to the Chilean press she’s the latest of a long list of Hollywood luminaries who have chosen Chilean Patagonia to spend time and rest.

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New films starring Hollywood sirens Penelope Cruz and Julia Roberts premiered at the 58th Berlin Film Festival Sunday, bringing celebrity mega-wattage to tragic personal stories.

Cruz plays a literature student who falls for her womanising professor (Ben Kingsley) before an illness strikes in "Elegy", an adaptation of a Philip Roth novel by Spanish filmmaker Isabel Coixet.

The picture, in the running for the Berlinale's Golden Bear top prize, deals with the elusive nature of physical beauty and includes several nude scenes with Cruz, who routinely ranks among the world's most stunning women.

But she brushed away reporters' questions about her appearance, saying she had never been typecast as a pretty face or seen her sex appeal diminish her opportunities as an actress.

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It’s something we hope we never have to do - take our kids to the hospital.  And yesterday  Julia Roberts had quite a scare, as she rushed her daughter to the Emergency Room.

The “Pretty Woman” actress was spotted taking her daughter Hazel to a local hospital in Malibu.  On the way in, Julia looked quite concerned.

After about 45 minutes, the mother and daughter pair returned to the car, again looking very upset.  But it appears that whatever was ailing the young girl had been remedied.

Since her success in “Charlie Wilson’s War,” we’ve been wondering, “What’s next for Julia Roberts?” Reportedly she’s signed on as producer and star of a big screen adaptation of Margot Berwin’s “Hothouse Flowers.”

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