Julia Roberts created a "timeless couture look" at the Oscars in 2001, her hairstylist has revealed. Serge Normant was behind the actress's gorgeous hair creation on the night of her big win over a decade ago.

The style oozed Hollywood glamour and was more than perfect for the moment when all eyes were on the Erin Brockovich star as she collected her trophy. "It was a great moment when Julia won her Oscar in 2001. The hair kind of happened. It wasn't overly planned and we ended up with this gorgeous, timeless couture look," Serge told the UK edition of Glamour.

The celebrity hair expert also named his favourite style of all time. Normant said he was so impressed by French actress Catherine Deneuve's crowning glory in 1967 movie Belle De Jour, he put up the film's poster in his apartment. Very blonde and voluminous, the top section of her locks is swept-back to show off her gorgeous features. "I love Catherine Deneuve's look in Belle De Jour - in fact, the only picture hanging on my wall in my downtown NYC salon is an original poster from the movie," he revealed.

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Hollywood actress Julia Roberts has been roped in to star in Ryan Murphy's new film The Normal Heart. The Oscar-winning actress is being joined by Alec Baldwin, Matt Bomer and Jim Parsons in the movie, which chronicles the rise of the HIV/AIDS crisis in New York in the 1980s.

In the film, Roberts will play the role of wheel-chair bound doctor Emma Brookner,  Larry Kramer has written the script for the movie, which is being adapted from the theatre show of the same name.  Mark Ruffalo has already been signed up for the role of Ned Weeks in the movie.  Alec Baldwin will portray Mark's brother, a lawyer who is struggling to deal with his sibling's sexuality. It will be the second time Ryan and Julia have worked together following the success of Eat Pray Love.

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Julia Roberts has signed up for the eagerly awaited film adaptation of award-winning play The Normal Heart. The Oscar-winning actress will play a wheelchair-bound doctor in the movie, which is about the rise of HIV/Aids in New York's gay community in the 1980s, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin, Chuck actor Matt Bomer and Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons - who recently appeared in the Broadway revival of the play - have also joined the cast of the autobiographical drama, which was penned by Larry Kramer.

It was previously announced that Mark Ruffalo, who bagged an Oscar nomination for his performance in The Kids Are All Right in 2010, is on board. Glee creator Ryan Murphy will direct, and the film will be produced by Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment. The play was first staged in 1985 and there have been several revivals since then. It scored a Tony for best revival last year.

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Julia Roberts and Alec Baldwin are the newest stars to sign on to the Tony Award-winning drama, A Normal Heart. The stage show which is about the beginnings of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, will be adapted into a big screen movie. This is the latest project for Glee creator, Ryan Murphy, who already has an all-star cast set.

In addition to Roberts and Baldwin, White Collar's Matt Bomer, The Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons, and Mark Ruffalo are all set to begin filming. This autobiographical story written by Larry Kramer debuted off-broadway in 1985. It then started again in 2004 in Los Angeles and London, and made it to Broadway in 2011.

The Huffington Post explains that Ruffalo will be playing Ned Weeks, the character that will be the first to raise concerns about the epidemic. Baldwin will step in to play his brother, while Roberts will play a doctor confined to a wheelchair, being the only one taking the newfound disease seriously. Parson had previously acted in the Broadway version and is set to reprise his role of a Southern gay activist. Bomer's character will portray Felix Turner, a gay fashion journalist and Week's boyfriend.

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Ryan Murphy is putting together an all-star cast for his latest film project, the big-screen adaptation of the Tony Award-winning drama The Normal Heart, being produced by Brad Pitt’s Plan B shingle. Julia Roberts and Alec Baldwin, plus White Collar   star   Matt Bomer and Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons, are joining Mark Ruffalo in the autobiographical drama, written by Larry Kramer, that details the rise of HIV/AIDS in New York’s gay community in the 1980s. Murphy, who hit mainstream success with Glee, is directing from a script by Kramer.

The play won the Tony for best revival last year, as well as best supporting actor and best supporting actress (for John Benjamin Hickey and Ellen Barkin, respectively). It also garnered nominations for best actor and best directing. It was originally staged Off-Broadway  in 1985 and has seen several revivals in London and Los Angeles.

Murphy optioned the rights to the play last August and had Ruffallo attached as Ned Weeks, who is one of the first to raise an alarm when what was then known as  “gay cancer" surfaces in New York. Roberts will play Emma Brookner, a wheel-chair bound doctor who is one of the only doctors in New York talking the new disease seriously. That role is the one that won Barkin her Tony.

Baldwin is playing Weeks’ brother, a lawyer having a hard time dealing with his sibling's sexuality. Bomer’s character is that of Felix Turner, a gay fashion journalist who becomes Week’s boyfriend and tragically contracts the disease. Bomer will be stepping into the shoes that won Hickey his Tony. Parsons, who acted in the Broadway version, will reprise his role, that of a Southererner who is a gay activist and part of a gay men’s health crisis group.

Murphy's last film was Eat, Pray, Love, which starred Roberts. With Glee and his FX series American Horror Story, he is one of the few writer/directors who regularly tackle gay themes to both critical and popular success.

CAA is putting together the financing and insiders say Participant Pictures is circling. Roberts (CAA, Hirsch Wallerstein) next stars in Relativity’s Snow White fairy tale Mirror Mirror while Baldwin (CAA, N2N Entertainment) next appears in New Line’s adaptation of the Broadway hit Rock of Ages. The next  feature for Bomer (CAA, Anonymous Content) will be the Steven Soberbergh movie on male exotic dancers Magic Mike, while Parsons (UTA, Principal Entertainment, Hansen Jacobson) had a scene-stealing cameo in The Muppets.

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This poster is about as sugary sweet as we expected. Mirror Mirror, aka one of the two Snow White installments set to hit theaters in 2012 (this one obviously doesn't feature Kristen Stewart, got the poster treatment and it gives us some face time with stars Lily Collins and Julia Roberts.

So before we break it down, we gotta know: From your first glance at the one sheet, will you be lining up for this one when it hits theaters?

We're still undecided. Tho, who are we kidding, we're sure we'll be there opening night, if just for shirtless Armie Hammer alone. Which is something we think could have helped this poster. Man candy never hurt anyone, did it?

But anyways, the poster stays in line with the comedy shtick the film showed off in its trailer, with smirking Lily looking cute as a button in her signature blue Snow White gown and tiara while holding one of those dreaded apples (just to really remind you this is a Snow White flick).
 
Here's our beef: We adore Julia Roberts. Like love, love, love the actress, but we're not loving what we've seen so far from her "evil" queen. While Charlize Theron seems downright dastardly in the Snow White and the Huntsman trailer, Jules came of mildly bitchy. And in the poster she looks just, well, mildly annoyed at best.

Whatever, moving on: We couldn't help but notice that in big bold letters the poster reminds you that the fairy tale flick comes out March 16, 2012—a few months before SWATH bows on June 1 (a battle the two films duked out earlier this year).

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"Extra's" Jerry Penacoli sat down with Julia Roberts to talk about her upcoming role as the Evil Queen in the Snow White adaptation "Mirror Mirror" -- and how she almost turned it down! "I was like, this is a terrible idea," admitted Roberts. "I was against it a thousand percent." But her mind was changed when she met director Tarsem Singh, who recently helmed "Immortals." Julia explained, "I'm such a fan of Tarsem and fell so under his spell! It was pretty fun."

The Oscar-winning actress also felt bad for being so "awful" to her co-star Lily Collins, who plays Snow White. "I was terrible," said Roberts, who joked, "I think I might've slapped her once for no reason! Just because she's pretty!" Will Julia take her kids -- twins Hazel and Finn, 7, and Henry, 4 -- to see the film? "They're too little for it and I think it would be disturbing.""Mirror Mirror" casts its spell in theaters March 16, 2012.

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Julia Roberts has become such a big fan of Adele after listening to her '21' album that she has issued a warning to the singer's future boyfriends to never hurt her. The 44-year-old actress has said she would stand shoulder pad to shoulder pad with the Grammy nominee, if the Brit singer's next boyfriend treats her badly.

"Anybody that's going to date her is a brave man. "You're going to get a whole lot of love, but you'd better treat her right, or we're all coming after you. The 'Pretty Woman' star became a fan after being given a copy of '21' by her hairdresser. "Adele's music is so personal that you get invested in her life.

The singer underwent an operation recent for her damaged vocal cords "When Adele had her health scare, I had random people saying to me, 'Oh my God, did you hear about Adele?' "We feel like Adele's in our book club or she lives in our neighbourhood - that's a gift, to make people feel that way," She added.

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Julia Roberts has issued a strong warning to any man wishing to date Adele. The 'Pretty Woman' actress is a huge fan of the 'Someone Like You' singer and has threatened to harm her next boyfriend if her treats her badly.

She told Entertainment Weekly: 'Anybody that's going to date her is a brave, brave man. You're going to get a whole lot of love, but you'd better treat her right, or we're all coming after you.'Julia says the reason Adele, 23, has become a worldwide star is because people can relate to her and the pain and heartache she's going through.

She said: 'Adele's music is so personal that you get invested in her life. 'When Adele had her health scare, I had random people saying to me, 'Oh my God, did you hear about Adele?' 'We feel like Adele's in our book club or she lives near us - that's a gift, to make people feel that way.'

Meanwhile, Adele - who recently underwent throat surgery - has revealed she is going to take a couple of years to work on her third album, following the huge success of '19' and '21'. She said: 'I imagine I'll be 25 or 26 by the time my next record comes out, as I haven't even thought about my third record yet. 'I'm just going to lay some concrete, set up home and just 'be' for a bit. I'll disappear and come back with a record when it's good enough.'

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Julia Roberts has a warning for British singer Adele's future boyfriends – they better treat her right or the Pretty Woman will come after them. The Hollywood actress star gushed about the 23-year-old songstress in an article she wrote for Entertainment Weekly. And she warns the London-born star’s prospective suitors: 'Anybody that's going to date her is a brave, brave man.

'You're going to get a whole lot of love, but you'd better treat her right, or we're all coming after you.'The 44-year-old Notting Hill star tells the US magazine – which names Adele as one of its Entertainers of 2011 – that, like many fans, she feels “invested in” the singer’s life after hearing her hit album, 21. The mother-of-three, who says she loves the song Someone Like You, writes: 'Adele's music is so personal that you get invested in her life. Is it going to work out? It better, because that guy will never find someone else like her!''

And she says that she is not the only person to feel that way, adding that her friends and neighbours were worried about the Londoner, who recently had to undergo throat surgery. She says: 'When Adele had her health scare, I had random people saying to me, 'Oh my God, did you hear about Adele?'

'A mum that I talk to in the car-pool [queue] asked me – and a girl that I run into at the gym. It really made me think, 'God, we all have a real investment here'. 'We feel like Adele's in our book club or she lives in our neighbourhood – and that's a gift, to make people feel that way.'

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