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.
28.10.2022 - 18:37 / usmagazine.com
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.
“What I’ve learned is that you always want to do what you’re not doing,” the Runaway Bride star told The New York Times in April 2022 of her acting career. “Whenever I’m in a comedy, I think I just want to be at a table with a cup of tea sobbing over something. Then you’re doing that, and you think, ‘Oh to be wearing a pretty dress and laughing.’ People sometimes misconstrue the amount of time that’s gone by that I haven’t done a romantic comedy as my not wanting to do one.”
She added: “If I had read something that I thought was that Notting Hill level of writing or My Best Friend’s Wedding level of madcap fun, I would do it. … I’m living my acting dreams.”
The Georgia native — who got her start acting in Mystic Pizza and Steel Magnolias — eventually went on to star in a string of successful romantic comedies, including Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride and Notting Hill.
Her starring turn as lawyer Erin Brockovich in the 2001 drama of the same name went on to win Roberts her first Oscar. “[I keep my trophy] in the parlor,” the Ocean’s 11 actress revealed during a December 2019 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “It’s in a room that has a piano in it that my daughter [Hazel] plays, so we call it the piano room and I thought it might sound pretentious, so I said ‘parlor’ [instead].”
While Roberts — who shares twins Hazel and Phinnaeus and younger son Henry with husband Danny Moder — loves performing, it’s the role of “mom” and “wife” that are her favorite positions.
“When I’m not working, [being a
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.
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George Clooney and Julia Roberts have been making movies together for more than two decades now, first sharing the screen in 2001’s “Ocean’s Eleven,” and re-teaming for “Ocean’s Twelve,” “Money Monster,” and the Clooney-directed “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” (though they shared no scenes). Yet it’s not just their shared charisma and charm that accounts for so much of what works in their new movie “Ticket to Paradise.” It’s that we now, as an audience, have a relationship with them, so we’re pulling for them in a way we don’t when a random Disney personality and Instagram influencer are potentially paired in a new Netflix rom-com.
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Julia Roberts wore the coolest outfit for her appearance on The Jimmy Kimmel Show. She was photographed as she made her way to the show, holding on to George Clooney’s arm, and showing off a stunning Gucci x Adidas suit.George Clooney and Julia Roberts on being older parents and missing experiences in their kids livesJulia Roberts opens up about her journey as a mom: ‘My dream come true’Roberts wore a beige suit that was the perfect union of fun and elegant. The beige suit was made up of a jacket and pants, both items with aligning black stripes that are typical of Adidas’ brand.
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