Call me a lemming, but who doesn't love this lady? Seriously, I can't think of anyone who can't stand her ass. And that's saying something in Hollywood where there's always something to despise about everyone. Julia Roberts was honored at a black-tie event at the American Cinematheque on Friday night by her celebrity friends. She gave a sweet speech about her husband and father of her three children, cameraman Danny Moder.
"More than anything I am just the most proud wife and mother to three of the most amazing children," she said Friday night at an event in her honor. "And the widening of my life, and my hips, is really just the true gift of my husband Danny (Moder), who I would be so lonely without."
Way to wreck her figure with your sperm, Dan. Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, and Natalie Portman were among the stars who feted Julia at the ceremony. She turns 40 in two weeks. Yep, no snark. I like Julia. Jesus, where's Britney drinking a frap in crotchless panties and not caring that she lost her children when you need her? I'm losing my mojo here.
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Many more photos (Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Natalie Portman, Mike Nichols, Sally Field, Blair Underwood, Marica Gay Harden, Elizabeth Moss) from the 22nd Annual American Cinematheque event honoring Julia Roberts are after the jump.
Chaz says:
It's ironic that they had this ceremony for Julia, considering she turns 40 in a couple of weeks. It's almost as if Hollywood is saying goodbye to her as she moves into the age range where it becomes really hard to get good roles.
devil says:
It sounds like a farewell party to me, too. Julia still looks amazing, but has never been very smart and just isn't star material anymore. There are so few good acting parts for women anyway - especially women over 30.
Jinxy McDeath says:
Almost no A listers showed up, unless they were flogging projects filmed with her. She's a nasty women that very few of her contemporaries like. I hope this was a going away party for her, she looks every day of her age and then some. Buh bye bitch!
J Rez says:
"Everybody loves Julia Roberts. Everybody, everybody, everybody"
I sure as hell don't. Fuck that freaky-faced bitch.
Jamie says:
George Clooney was given the award last year. Nicole Kidman in 2003. Are they saying goodbye to them? Haters. Julia is beautiful and stunning. Julia is a true movie star. She has more charm and charisma in her little pinky finger then any starlet in her 20's or even 30's. She's Julia Fuck'n Roberts. She is what all those starlets strive to be. Katherine Hepburn, Audry Hepburn,they both new she would be a movie star. There will never be another one like her.
Mom says:
People, seriously, she's in a movie right now filming with Tom Hanks. He's VERY A-list. She isn't over.
autocollant says:
oh my god, she looks so beautiful. she just kept getting lovelier, huh. she looks like a model in those pics. she is certainly prettier with that shade of color of hair than blonde.
oh and yeah, she should do more movies but she has THREE KIDS. if she didn't have kids, she'd still be at the top. now, that she isn't. hollywoood is without a queen. angelina?? more hated than loved. jennifer a? charmless, ugly. nicole? ice cold and botox overdosed. julia reigns supreme. she has just taken a hiatus to maintain a certain normalcy. i cannot wait for charlie wilson's war.
RumersElephantFace says:
Wasn't Julia Roberts 39 like four years ago?
Sara says:
Why is Julia orange? I'll be glad when Hollywood gets over spray-on tans.
Ruby Jackson says:
Um, reality check.... I would say that VERA, Danny's wife doesn't love her.
Julia had an affair with a married man, then took it public by wearing clothes with snarky messages for his wife to see in the magazines. Classless hag, married to a cheater. Who, by the way, isn't a "Cameraman", he's an ASSISTANT to the cameraman.
flatbellydance says:
I never minded Julia in movies (wasn't crazy about her, but didn't despise her) until she got married. I, too, thought her actions were in poor taste.
What is it with these uber successful women (Britney, Julia, etc) thinking that just because of who they are, they can go in and destroy a marriage?
Somewhere along the way, Julia's head got too big for her personality. I still remember when she was at the top, on Oprah talking about knitting and being a "homebody". Then she makes a hard turn and becomes a selfish witch - stealing husbands, alienating her in-laws, etc. It's too bad. Other than that gigantic mouth of hers, she seemed flawless, once upon a time.
jason says:
Julia was born October 28,1967. Do the math.
Jamie says:
Julia is still on top. She is the only actress, whom can open a fuck'n movie. Just ask Warner Brothers. What the hell do you all know? You guys will say anything just because you hate her.
Granger says:
I don't hate Julia, but I'm not a big fan, either. She certainly has star quality -- the smile, the laugh, and the fact that she's a little bit mysterious and guarded, but gregarious and emotive at the same time -- but I don't think she's a great actress. In terms of real range and depth, she doesn't hold a candle to Hilary Swank, Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron (among others), who have proven they can play a wide range of characters, and look dramatically different in most roles. Julia is good because she knows her strength and what the audience wants. She's a hard worker, and makes loads of money for the studios, and that's all that really counts. But I think there's a big difference between being a great actress and a movie star. And Julia is a movie star.
Jenn says:
She is a narcissistic homewrecker. She is right up there with Angelina Jolie!!!!!!!!!!!
emma says:
How does one 'steal' a husband? Walk into the living room and snatch him off the couch? Gag him and put a gun to his head and cart him away in the trunk of your car? Poor defenseless men - who knew they had so little control of their destiny that they could be "stolen" like any other possession?
emma says:
How does one 'steal' a husband? Walk into the living room and snatch him off the couch? Gag him and put a gun to his head and cart him away in the trunk of your car? Poor defenseless men - who knew they had so little control of their destiny that they could be "stolen" like any other possession?
Logan says:
Never been a Julia fan. Her eyes always have this strange look of faraway panic, or like she may snap at any moment.
MardiGras says:
Right on, Emma!
It seems to me there had to have been problems in his marriage in the first place for him to leave his wife and hook up with Julia. It takes two to tango, as they say...
MardiGras says:
Right on, Emma! It seems to me there must have been problems in his marriage to begin with for him to hook up with Julia. And why is everyone blaming her? It takes two to tango,as they say...
MardiGras says:
Right on, Emma! It seems to me there must have been problems in his marriage to begin with for him to hook up with Julia. And why is everyone blaming her? It takes two to tango,as they say...
Kat says:
I have never been a Julia fan eihter - well, maybe during her first few films, but somewhere along the way, she stopped acting and started relying heavily on her mouth - her smile/teeth, her looks, etc. There is not a single movie that she is in that does not flash that rediculously large too-many-teeth smile, like it is supposed to buy the audiences over. Wont' work with me. Also, in Ocean's 11, in her opening scene, she lumbers across the casino in evening dress walking like a lumberjack - she cannot act. P.E.R.I.O.D.
Ugh says:
I don't care for her and have never though she was pretty at all. Plus she's just another one that slept with a married man so that is probably what made me think less of her.
maureen says:
ME--I'm the one. I despise her-bleah! What a horseface
JaneSays says:
I love that Julia has a charitable heart and an open mind but face it, she is a mediocre actress. I don't care how many awards she wins, she's the queen of method acting and her movies bore me to tears. And she DID have an affair with a married man (the one that widened her hips to match her double-wide mouth) while she was dating Benjamin Bratt, so she's just as "ice cold" as some of her younger, less talented, Hollywood-nobody peers. While she is an extremely charitable woman, she's also proven that she's extremely selfish by not just WAITING until Danny (or Vera) filed for divorce. It doesn't matter if a couple is having problems or not; if they haven't begun proceedings to end the marriage, then it's still a legally binding marriage, albeit a shitty marriage. For a women who's touted as being so intelligent, you'd think she'd have erred on the side of caution when it came to pursuing a MARRIED MAN! (Oh, and that stupid shirt she wore to send a message to Vera; that lame shit started another lame trend of wearing shirts to express your feelings instead of simply verbalizing them. That was very twat-ish of her indeed). Julia deserves credit for her charity work but not for much else.
Ruby Jackson says:
I for one never said she 'stole' someone else's husband... but what kind of woman has an affair with a man who is married? That means you've got so little regard for yourself, the man, and his wife that you would come in to the relationship 'through the back door' as it were. Women with real class wait until the divorce is final, then walk through the 'front door.'
Remember the book by Maryanne Williams... I forget the title... she writes about a woman who was the wife confronting the mistress. The mistress says to the wife, "I didn't do this to hurt you" and the wife says, "But you also didn't do anything to love me, either." Put yourself in the other person's shoes for a minute. Mature and classy women don't do that to each other.
Gary says:
Julia is COOL!