Julia Roberts Gossip

Denzel Washington was honored last night with the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award. As one of the most popular and beloved figures in the industry, basically everyone showed up for him. Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Cicely Tyson, Spike Lee, Julia Roberts, Jodie Foster, Jerry Bruckheimer, Mahershala Ali, Jamie Foxx, Frances McDormand (who will costar with Washington in Joel Coen’s Macbeth), Cary Elwes, Keegan Michael Key, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Hudson, Issa Rae—a LOT of people turned up for Denzel. Full Story

How could I resist? Julia and Juliet are close enough and here’s Julia Roberts, looking UNREAL, in Verona today shooting an ad campaign.  Her hair is slighhhhhtly shorter, right? It’s a good length for her. I like how the layers are framing her face. Then again, I just generally love her face. Full Story

Probably my favourite Hollywood Reporter issue of the year, first because it’s good gossip, not for us, but for celebrities, to see who among them, by the work of their stylists, made the list; and for those who didn’t, well, that’s work too – because now they have a whole new year to try to get on the list. Full Story

Whatever Julia Roberts’ equivalent of the Beygency is, Duana is its president. Duana and her Best Friend’s Wedding Party (I just made this up since Duana says Julia stans are too old for a fan nickname) will want to come for me based on the headline of this post alone. OK, bring it. I can handle it. Full Story

I don’t have much to say about this. I just want to scream and squeal and jump up and down with you, like all of us all together, looking at this magazine cover. And in the corniest, cheesiest move ever, burst out into a singalong. You know the song. I just gave you the first line.  Ahead of Valentine’s Day, Entertainment Weekly is celebrating My Best Friend’s Wedding. Full Story

Roma won Best Picture and Best Director last night at the Critics’ Choice Awards but that doesn’t mean it’s the Oscar favourite. The Critics do not speak for the Oscars when it comes to Netflix. And the Oscars have a complicated relationship with Netflix. What will be interesting to see then is how the Oscars respond to all this love for Roma. Full Story

I’m a Julia Roberts stan. I don’t have anything to hide. One of the saddest moments this fall was realizing she’d had her birthday and I couldn’t pretend to be Oprah interviewing her all “Julia is FIFTYYYYYY” anymore.  I take immense pleasure in everything she does and says (and wears – I’ll get to that in a second). Full Story

As I posted about yesterday, we will soon see Jennifer Aniston, with Dolly Parton, all over the talk show circuit to promote Netflix’s Dumplin’, premiering on Friday. Full Story

Taylor Swift’s big deal is our top story… But only after we get to Julia Roberts and goop. Julia was a guest on Gwyneth Paltrow’s podcast which was a revelation to me and then Duana had a revelation about her voice – which is what many of you have been trying to tell her for years. Full Story