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EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has won a heated auction among four other studios and streamers for a Julia Roberts and Jennifer Aniston comedy vehicle. The untitled body swap comedy was pitched last week by Max Barbakow, who will write and direct the film. LuckyChap Entertainment, the production label of Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara, will produce alongside Roberts and her Red Om Films banner, Aniston’s Echo Films, and Barbakow. He is best known for directing Palm Springs, the Andy Samberg-Cristin Milioti 2020 comedy won by Neon and Hulu at Sundance for a then-festival record sum. The comedy is based on his original pitch.

The White Lotus star and recent Golden Globe Award winner Jennifer Coolidge continues her winning streak: Harvard-based Hasty Pudding Theatricals has named her the recipient of its 2023 Woman of the Year Award.

Pretty woman! Julia Roberts was the epitome of timeless glamour at the 2023 Critics’ Choice Awards.

That ‘90s Show and Night Court after 17 and 31 years, respectively, in new incarnations this week. (That ’70s Show ran until 2006, with Night Court signing off in 1992.) In the case of That '90s Show, (it originally aired on Fox), with O.G.

—the 45-year-old opted for a sheer, illusion Oscar de la Renta gown, complete with matching face mask. For her hair and makeup, went with sleek chignon and her signature natural vamp.Chastain's stunner of a gown was adorned with a sequined web pattern that spiraled in concentric circles toward her waist.

EXCLUSIVE: Once again, working under the Guild’s restrictive rules for inclusion among nominees for the WGA Awards for Best Original and Adapted Screenplays, several leading Oscar contending screenplays are AWOL on the official WGA ballot sent to eligible voting members this morning.

just found out that she is related to another person who is very famous on this planet (no, it's not , although that would be iconic). The Oscar-winner is distantly related to star (and three-time Oscar nominee) Edward Norton. Roberts and Norton discovered they are connected in the season premiere of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr, which aired on Tuesday, January 3.

CBS’ broadcast of the 45th annual Kennedy Center Honors — which recognized George Clooney, U2, Tania León, Gladys Knight and Amy Grant — took home a Wednesday night ratings win for the network.

What a moment! George Clooney was caught by surprise when his pal Julia Roberts took the stage at the 2022 Kennedy Center Honors in a dress covered with his pictures.

EXCLUSIVE: Usually content to let their logo on the front end of films speak for them, Working Title partners Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner spoke to Deadline in a prolific moment and a series of anniversaries that go beyond the 20th for their holiday classic Love Actually. They reached 30 years together at a company that turns 40 next year. The duo scored a big hit in the George Clooney-Julia Roberts romantic comedy Ticket to Paradise, and have Matilda the Musical playing in UK theaters, and opening on Netflix elsewhere for Christmas, with the Lena Dunham-directed Catherine Called Birdy released by Amazon and The Swimmers by Netflix. After playing the Toronto and Zurich festivals, it has ranked near the top of Netflix’s most watched films globally since its release.

Greetings from the movies corner of the pop culture world. You remember movies, right? All of three years ago, the brightest and the best offerings shined on the big screen. (Your diverse 2019 offerings included universally acclaimed hits such as Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Knives Out and Parasite.)

The Golden Globes TV nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association this morning were as surprising as they were … exclusionary.

Harry and Meghan, the Netflix docuseries about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's departure from royal life, gave us plenty to talk about, from Harry's in a spouse to . Still, it wasn't as jaw-dropping as many had thought. That may change this week when part two premieres. More pressing is tonight's season two finale of The White Lotus, in which we'll finally find out who died and what's in store for .

Best friends for life! Julia Roberts turned her love for pal George Clooney into a fashion statement at the 2022 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, December 4.

wore a gown plastered with pictures of BFF 's face. Clooney was one of the honorees at the event, so this kind of makes sense, I guess. The gown—a fitted number with a full skirt and small train—is a custom Moschino creation from creative director Jeremy Scott.

Guest after guest at the Kennedy Center Honors told reporters of the spirit of bipartisanship at the ceremony, what with the presence of President Joe Biden, Chief Justice John Roberts and congressional leaders of both parties.

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Paying it forward. Julia Roberts confirmed that Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King paid the hospital bill for her birth to help her parents.

Nearly four months after Katie Thurston and John Hersey announced their split, the former Bachelorette is poking fun at her relationship status on Halloween.

America’s sweetheart! Julia Roberts‘ film career has spanned decades and genres, even earning her an Academy Award for her hard-hitting role in Erin Brockovich and charming audiences with her Golden Globe-winning part in Pretty Woman.

Universal/Working Title’s Ticket to Paradise has winged past the $100M mark globally. With Tuesday’s grosses included, the Julia Roberts/George Clooney romcom’s split is $20.6M domestic and $81.9M from the international box office for a worldwide total of $102.5M so far.

A Pretty Woman and a favorite Friend! Matthew Perry and Julia Roberts briefly — and secretly! — dated in the mid-‘90s, the actor revealed in his October 2022 memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.

Matthew Perry is no stranger to high-profile romance — but he’s still searching for “The One.”

Getting candid about the past. Matthew Perry revealed the heartbreaking reason he decided to end his relationship with Julia Roberts following her 1996 cameo on Friends.

That figure tops the $60 million opening that lead star Dwayne Johnson posted with the “Fast & Furious” spinoff “Hobbs & Shaw” in August 2019 and is consistent with the $67 million opening that Jason Momoa’s “Aquaman” earned in December 2018. It is also closer to the $70 million projections that independent trackers initially posted before lowering them to $60 million closer to release.

Pretty Woman! Kaitlyn Dever opened up about her evolving personal style — and how Ticket to Paradise costar Julia Roberts serves as a major fashion inspiration.