The XX Factor : Julia Roberts

Old Spice

Dahlia Lithwick — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:44:00 GMT

Susannah . The headline here is actually kind of worse than “Julia Roberts is OLD.” The headline — or subhed — is the coy suggestion that “Julia Roberts is a superstar, but her box-office reign might be over.” Then the piece is packed with arguments (as...(read more)

One Wedding, Three Children and ... a Funeral?

Dana Stevens — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:10:00 GMT

More for Susannah on Julia Roberts: I don't think either Dahlia or I were motivated to tear into that Newsweek piece on her by our undying love for America's sweetheart. Rather, we were struck by the article's disingenuousness, what I called its "eyelash-batting"...(read more)

That's Hollywood Ancient

Susannah Breslin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:41:00 GMT

Count me out on crying "sexism!" when it comes to Newsweek 's characterization of Julia Roberts as "Hollywood ancient." And that's exactly what the author said — Hollywood ancient — and you know what? He's absolutely right. By the response here, you'd...(read more)

Pretty (Old) Woman

Dana Stevens — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:51:00 GMT

Yuck. Like Dahlia , I hate the way this Newsweek article on Julia Roberts perpetuates sexist assumptions — 41-year-old women are "ancient"! Time off to raise children = career suicide! — while batting its eyelashes innocently. The author is effectively...(read more)

Hollywood Ancient

Dahlia Lithwick — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:23:00 GMT

Jamie Foxx. Paul Giamatti. Benicio Del Toro. Liev Schreiber. Guy Pearce. Philip Seymour Hoffman . Pretty safe bet that if any one of these 41-year-old actors had been the subject of this Newsweek piece they wouldn’t have been run through the gender double-standard...(read more)

She's Still Got It

Willa Paskin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:14:00 GMT

The New York Times just ran a piece about Julia Roberts , who's coming out of self-imposed semiretirement in March with Duplicity , a comedic caper co-starring grizzly man Clive Owen. Roberts has been taking it relatively easy since 2001 , in which time...(read more)

Privacy Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Bonnie Goldstein — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:53:00 GMT

Bad juju ? The National Enquirer lived down to its tabloid expectations and gave the press a sweetheart of a bone to chew in the weeks before the political conventions. Mickey’s MSM should send them a thank-you note. Rachael is right. The Edwards’ personal...(read more)