Julia Roberts

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NOT A FAMEWHORE? PUUUHHHLLLEEAASSEE!

Her behavior the night she won the Oscar for that dreadful "Erin Brockovich" was bad enough..... "The man with the stick", Not bothering to thank the real EB, and her hogging the stage way, way beyond her allowed time. Totally classless.

But, given that she was excited, etc., I was able to forgive that, even though that movie stunk and her claim to fame in it was that she had industrial strength underwear.

BUT THE NEXT YEAR!!!! What a bitch. While it is common for people who've been a part of a film to mention their co-workers as Oscar candidates, never before have I otherwise seen anyone campaign for another actor to win the Oscar before that year. Tacky, tacky, tacky. (And if I hear correctly, frowned on big time by the Academy.) She wasn't the only one, but she led the charge being quoted as saying "I can't believe that I have an Oscar (Neither can I, bitch), and Denzel Washington doesn't have one. (Conveniently forgetting that DW already had 1 Oscar for his splendid supporting role in "Glory".)

Additionally, it appeared that she wanted to squash the rumor that she had refused to kiss Denzel Washington in "The Pelican Brief" and it was disgusting that when she came onstage to give the Best Actor Award she felt the need to tell the world "I Kissed Sydney Poitier". (Yeah, but did he kiss you, bitch?)

Then, after she opens the envelope to read the winner, she says "I love my life" when she sees Washington's name. (Yeah, bitch, it's all about you.)

It went from bad to worse then, as she attached herself to Denzel like a succubus to the point he had to literally heft her off the stage when he left. Entertainment shows footage of that night showed that JR was everywhere that night where DW was. It was alllll about Julia.

THAT, FOLKS, IS A FAMEWHORE.

[realitybug]

I don't care. I love her, she's gorgeous, and I love her movies.

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While it is common for people who've been a part of a film to mention their co-workers as Oscar candidates, never before have I otherwise seen anyone campaign for another actor to win the Oscar before that year. Tacky, tacky, tacky.

Warren Beatty openly campaigned for Halle Berry back when she was nominated (although he didn't present her with her award so it wasn't, I guess, as blatant). Jack Nicholson (in a brilliant move that still failed to get him his fourth Oscar) claimed that he wanted Adrien Brody to win/thought Adrien should win for The Pianist - even though Jack was nominated that same year. I am not a fan of Julia or her movies, but I thought it was sort of sweet that she campaigned so heavily for Denzel and didn't see it as tacky at all.

However, I do think it was uncomfortable to watch her try to kiss Denzel when he seemed a little out of it/not as pleased to see her as she was to see him (or maybe he was just stunned that he won the Best Actor Oscar). I don't mind when a celeb uses their presenting time to make it all about them (the comment about kissing Sidney Poitier was cute, imo) but it was pretty icky of her to try to make herself part of Denzel's win. After the winner is announced, make it all about him. If he kisses you, thats great (hello, again, Mr. Brody) but if you kiss him (Julia) it comes across as grabbing the spotlight.

The rumor I heard about The Pelican Brief was that Denzel refused to kiss her. I remember reading something (around the time of The Bone Collector) that stated that Denzel refused to do love scenes with white actresses. This might have been true at one time (no idea, really) but he had a sex scene with Milla Jovovich in He Got Game so it isn't true any more. I personally think that the non-relationship between Denzel and Julia in The Pelican Brief had more to do with cowardly studio heads who feared that an interracial couple would alienate potential customers rather than either actor's refusal to get physical.

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The rumor I heard about The Pelican Brief was that Denzel refused to kiss her. I remember reading something (around the time of The Bone Collector) that stated that Denzel refused to do love scenes with white actresses. This might have been true at one time (no idea, really) but he had a sex scene with Milla Jovovich in He Got Game so it isn't true any more. I personally think that the non-relationship between Denzel and Julia in The Pelican Brief had more to do with cowardly studio heads who feared that an interracial couple would alienate potential customers rather than either actor's refusal to get physical.

What I heard was that black women did NOT want to see Denzel kissing a white woman, probably a sensitive issue regarding successful black men hooking up with white women (O.J. for example). I have no idea if it's true, but it does make sense. But of course, Julia thought it was all about HER.

As for campaigning for someone else's Oscar - which Halle Berry role did Beatty campaign for? Was it for the movie they both appeared in? If so, it is common for co-workers to mention their hopes for others on the same film. If it was for "Monster's Ball", I don't remember that. There were a lot of people talking about Halle Berry, but it never came across the same way as the "You must vote for Denzel" stuff. I thought that kind of campaining was really, really insulting to the other nominees, particularly when you are the one presenting the statuette. I can understand cheering for a friend, but it's not as if the other nominees didn't have the right to an equal chance. There are plenty of great actors who NEVER won at all (Richard Burton, anyone?), or who lost for their greatest work only to be rewarded for some inferior film just because they got old waiting (Paul Newman for "The Color of Money".) I though DW was rather ticked off that night and thought that his initial comment on receiving the Oscar that night was very telling.

I'm sure that there have been other times when people gave Oscars to their friends, or even better, when people wanted to give them to friends and ended up giving them to someone else. It takes some class to behave graciously. Julia's behavior was lousy. Bitch.

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The only reason there's not more dirt about her out there is because she cuts deals with the media. Like the time E! was going to do a thirty minute special on her love life. Instead she struck a deal where she'd give them an exclusive interview if they wouldn't do the special. Goodness forbid "middle america" finds out how much meat (some of which were married at the time) she's had in her. Yet another reason she's a hypocrite. Note to Julia: "Own up to your sexuality. There's nothing wrong with getting laid." Unless of course there are married men involved...which doesn't seem to deter her. She's cunning I'll give her that. No, don't like her. She's like a lot of stars. They appear to be one thing and are completely another. The t-shirt incident proved that to me.

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missmarple said:

I though DW was rather ticked off that night and thought that his initial comment on receiving the Oscar that night was very telling.

What did he say?

[FotoStoreSheila]

she really is not a famewhore at all

I will agree with that statement. She manages to live her life in relative peace and quiet. And the only time I see her on a red carpet, is when she's there to promote her movies.

It's only when she's in the spotlight that I remember why I don't like her. She seems phony, insecure, and I get "total bitch" vibes from her. She was on GMA recently with Paul Newman, and I had to change the channel because she was so nauseating. She was spouting insipid poetry about motherhood like someone who's never actually done it. Or someone who has a team of nannies to do all the hard work. I can't even bear to watch her on Letterman or Oprah unless I've taken gravol.

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As for campaigning for someone else's Oscar - which Halle Berry role did Beatty campaign for? Was it for the movie they both appeared in? If so, it is common for co-workers to mention their hopes for others on the same film. If it was for "Monster's Ball", I don't remember that.

It was for Monster's Ball. He mentioned their professional relationship (Bullworth) and talked about how great she was in general. Much like Julia did with Denzel. I guess I just don't see the harm in campaigning for an admired co-worker or friend. I do, however, think that her actions at the Oscars (the "I love my live" comment and trying to kiss him) were unnecessary and off-putting, but I didn't see anything terrible about her support of Denzel. I didn't see her campaigning as putting the other nominees down, but her Oscar-night antics could be seen as a giant "HA" (and we know Julia does those oh-so-well) to the nominees who didn't win.

What did he say?

In Denzel's acceptance speech, he said (paraphrasing) "Killing two birds with one stone." I thought he was talking about the Academy giving Sidney Poitier an honorary Oscar (or perhaps giving Halle Berry one - not sure if she won before or after him) that same year. That year, there had been A LOT of press about the number of black nominees (some of it rather insulting, imo - like they were nominated because they were black not because they gave incredible performances). I didn't think his comments had anything to do with Julia Roberts.

[Ginger]

She pissed me off the year she was a presenter at the Golden Globes. It was the year of Erin Brockovich and Traffic, and she was presenting Best Director. Even before she said the nominees, she was onstage giggling and going, "Oh, this is so much pressure for me!" You know, joking about the fact that she obviously wanted Steven Soderbergh to win and fully expected him to. So she was doing all kinds of theatrics with the envelope, and she was all giddy when she opened it--clearly ready to scream out Soderbergh's name, jump up and down, and slobber all over him when he went up there to get the award. And then she looked at the name in the envelope, her face fell, and she quietly said "Ang Lee". It was obvious she was disappointed, and it was so disrespectful to Ang and to all the other nominees. She should never have been allowed to present that category--but clearly she assumed her buddy Soderbergh was going to get it and then they were going to have a big, smug party together up onstage. Ang was even asked about the moment backstage because it was so awkward, but he was clueless.

[kostgard]

I like Julia in movies. I get a bit tired of the same role over and over again, but I have liked a lot of her work and I like it when she steps out of the rom-com role. And I do like that she doesn't actively seek the spotlight, despite her behavior on the red carpet and at award shows. Outside of those events, I hardly ever hear about her. She just seems to stick to her little ranch in New Mexico.

However, she doesn't seem like someone I would like to hang out with. I keep hearing too many stories about how she can be a stone-cold bitch, and that she often treats wait staff in restaurants and clerks in stores like shit. The way she treated her husband's then-wife didn't exactly score points with me either. But her behavior hasn't gotten so bad that I would boycott her work, like I currently am with Tom Cruise and Michael Jackson.