Full Version: Charlize Theron & Stuart Townsend
QUOTED: "We're very happy. Why ruin it by getting married?" -- "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" actor Stuart Townsend, 30, to PEOPLE, denying rumors that he and actress Charlize Theron ("The Italian Job"), 27, are engaged ]]>
It's all black and white for Stuart Townsend and Charlize Theron.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
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US Weekly is reporting that Townsend is saying they are not engaged. Also from the mag "Townsend also said he had no problem with Theron pakcing on the pounds to play serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster: 'I'm not into girls who look like matchsticks.' "
SMOKIN' HOT: When attending a photo call for her new film, The Italian Job, Charlize Theron looks ready to jump on the fashion runway in an off-the-shoulder black sweater, white cigarette pants and heavy eye makeup.
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I have to say, I think she's one of the prettiest women in Hollywood these days.
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I have to say, I think she's one of the prettiest women in Hollywood these days.
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Charlize Theron at the 2003 GQ Men of the Year Awards in New York City]]>
The Globe is reporting that Charlize and Stuart are planning an Irish wedding....
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SORRY, CHARLIZE
Charlize Theron, statuesque in a low-cut, white column dress by Ralph Lauren, presented the leading actor award to Adrien Brody at GQ' s Men of the Year Awards. Remembering his antics with Halle Berry at the Oscars, however, gave her some pre-show jitters. "Everybody's scaring me about this," she said of a potential kiss. "I'm ready to give him an award, but I didn't quite think about (the kiss) until everybody started pointing it out." As for whether all the well-dressed gents on the red carpet appealed to her, she said, "I like men who are confident and comfortable, no matter what they're wearing."]]>
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SORRY, CHARLIZE
Charlize Theron, statuesque in a low-cut, white column dress by Ralph Lauren, presented the leading actor award to Adrien Brody at GQ' s Men of the Year Awards. Remembering his antics with Halle Berry at the Oscars, however, gave her some pre-show jitters. "Everybody's scaring me about this," she said of a potential kiss. "I'm ready to give him an award, but I didn't quite think about (the kiss) until everybody started pointing it out." As for whether all the well-dressed gents on the red carpet appealed to her, she said, "I like men who are confident and comfortable, no matter what they're wearing."]]>
Charlize, who deflected the charms of both Adrien Brody and Orlando Bloom at the GQ Men of the Year Awards last week, despite the actors doing, as the New York Post put it, "whatever they could to impress" her.
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Charlize Theron and Adrien Brody]]>
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CHARLIZE Theron is generating Oscar buzz for her searing portrayal of a serial killer in "Monster," but some real-life violence sent the actress scrambling for the exits at the party following the New York premiere Wednesday night.
Theron was caught in the middle of an ugly brawl between Brazilian paparazzo Laura Giannoni and a mystery man in Theron's entourage at the Viscaya lounge after the "Monster" screening nearby.
It started after the short, gray-haired man at Theron's table angrily objected to Giannoni photographing the star. Giannoni claimed that Theron's friend kicked her in the leg, cursed at her, and later grabbed her hair and punched her face before leaving with the actress.
A spokesman for Viscaya owner Bobby Malta says Giannoni spit in Theron's friend's face, spurring him to "grab her around the throat and try to strangle her.
"At that point, Charlize was clearly horrified," continued the spokesman, who witnessed the incident. "She wanted to be escorted out. So we escorted Charlize and her friend outside. The photographer continued to rant and rage. She was very upset. She went outside and hailed a police car. And we were happy to cooperate with them."
Giannoni denies spitting at Theron's friend and says he kicked her after she snapped a picture of Theron without permission. "I was bleeding from a cut on my cheek were he punched me," she said.
Giannoni filed a police report at the 13th Precinct. "They took pictures of my face, but I can't press charges against the guy because I don't know who he is . . . I am distressed, depressed and tired." The club maintains that no one saw the man punch Giannoni. Another partygoer said she only suffered a bloodless scratch on her cheek. Theron's spokeswoman did not return calls.
"Monster" details the story of Aileen Wuornos, a Florida prostitute who was executed for killing seven men in the 1980s. Theron, who physically transformed herself for the meaty role by gaining weight and shunning makeup, is garnering rave reviews for her performance.
While co-star Christina Ricci was shooting a movie and couldn't make the bash, "Monster" writer/director Patty Jenkins, Journey singer Steve Perry, actress Regina King and "Oz" stars Dean Winters and Lee Tergesen were there.
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CHARLIZE Theron is generating Oscar buzz for her searing portrayal of a serial killer in "Monster," but some real-life violence sent the actress scrambling for the exits at the party following the New York premiere Wednesday night.
Theron was caught in the middle of an ugly brawl between Brazilian paparazzo Laura Giannoni and a mystery man in Theron's entourage at the Viscaya lounge after the "Monster" screening nearby.
It started after the short, gray-haired man at Theron's table angrily objected to Giannoni photographing the star. Giannoni claimed that Theron's friend kicked her in the leg, cursed at her, and later grabbed her hair and punched her face before leaving with the actress.
A spokesman for Viscaya owner Bobby Malta says Giannoni spit in Theron's friend's face, spurring him to "grab her around the throat and try to strangle her.
"At that point, Charlize was clearly horrified," continued the spokesman, who witnessed the incident. "She wanted to be escorted out. So we escorted Charlize and her friend outside. The photographer continued to rant and rage. She was very upset. She went outside and hailed a police car. And we were happy to cooperate with them."
Giannoni denies spitting at Theron's friend and says he kicked her after she snapped a picture of Theron without permission. "I was bleeding from a cut on my cheek were he punched me," she said.
Giannoni filed a police report at the 13th Precinct. "They took pictures of my face, but I can't press charges against the guy because I don't know who he is . . . I am distressed, depressed and tired." The club maintains that no one saw the man punch Giannoni. Another partygoer said she only suffered a bloodless scratch on her cheek. Theron's spokeswoman did not return calls.
"Monster" details the story of Aileen Wuornos, a Florida prostitute who was executed for killing seven men in the 1980s. Theron, who physically transformed herself for the meaty role by gaining weight and shunning makeup, is garnering rave reviews for her performance.
While co-star Christina Ricci was shooting a movie and couldn't make the bash, "Monster" writer/director Patty Jenkins, Journey singer Steve Perry, actress Regina King and "Oz" stars Dean Winters and Lee Tergesen were there.
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-- Charlize Theron, 28, to "Access Hollywood," on her role as a serial killer in "Monster" (people.com)]]>
The Black Pack
Charlize Theron crosses to the dark side fort the New York premiere of Monster . She heats it up in an oversize black ribbed Celine turtleneck sweater, black Gucci miniskirt, black opaque tights and sexy thigh-high black leather Gucci spike boots. Our only complaint? We'd love to see more than just her beautiful face. But if anyone can bring back the '80s somber all-black craze, it's surely Charlize.]]>
Charlize's Shocking Family Trauma
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January 8, 2004
Stunning CHARLIZE THERON stepped out of her glamour gear and into the warped mind of serial killer AILEEN WUORNOS for the chilling flick 'Monster,' and now the daring actress is talking about her real-life, violent, family homicide on the next "Primetime Thursday" with DIANE SAWYER. Watch ET for the latest.
Born and raised in South Africa, Charlize recounts the childhood incident where she witnessed her mother shoot and kill her father in self-defense. Sawyer asked Charlize if she was always on her mother's side and how the ordeal affected her. "I was there. So, you know, I saw what happened," she explains. "There were three people in that room. And I know that -- if -- if my daughter was in the same situation, I would do the same thing."
She also reveals how the tragedy has influenced her acting career: "Through acting, I get to make my work very personal; I think that has been my survival. I think acting, and the way people say therapy have healed them, acting has healed me."
And Charlize has moved onto not only become one of the most beautiful faces in Hollywood but a formidable actress as well. She just received a Golden Globe nomination for her transformational role as real-life, convicted, serial killer Wuornos in 'Monster.' The svelte star put on over 20 pounds and is virtually unrecognizable in the part. When asked if the woman she portrayed on-screen was crazy, Charlize divulges, "No ... I think crazy is too easy of a way to explain it. She'd gone through so much up to that point that I think the closest thing that I could relate her to is like a stray dog. I mean, the way -- I think she'd been just beaten up so many times in her life."
'Monster' is currently in theaters, and "Primetime Thursday" airs January 8 at 10 p.m. EST on ABC.
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January 8, 2004
Stunning CHARLIZE THERON stepped out of her glamour gear and into the warped mind of serial killer AILEEN WUORNOS for the chilling flick 'Monster,' and now the daring actress is talking about her real-life, violent, family homicide on the next "Primetime Thursday" with DIANE SAWYER. Watch ET for the latest.
Born and raised in South Africa, Charlize recounts the childhood incident where she witnessed her mother shoot and kill her father in self-defense. Sawyer asked Charlize if she was always on her mother's side and how the ordeal affected her. "I was there. So, you know, I saw what happened," she explains. "There were three people in that room. And I know that -- if -- if my daughter was in the same situation, I would do the same thing."
She also reveals how the tragedy has influenced her acting career: "Through acting, I get to make my work very personal; I think that has been my survival. I think acting, and the way people say therapy have healed them, acting has healed me."
And Charlize has moved onto not only become one of the most beautiful faces in Hollywood but a formidable actress as well. She just received a Golden Globe nomination for her transformational role as real-life, convicted, serial killer Wuornos in 'Monster.' The svelte star put on over 20 pounds and is virtually unrecognizable in the part. When asked if the woman she portrayed on-screen was crazy, Charlize divulges, "No ... I think crazy is too easy of a way to explain it. She'd gone through so much up to that point that I think the closest thing that I could relate her to is like a stray dog. I mean, the way -- I think she'd been just beaten up so many times in her life."
'Monster' is currently in theaters, and "Primetime Thursday" airs January 8 at 10 p.m. EST on ABC.
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Actress Charlize Theron broke down in tears during a TV interview in America last night when she was asked about the night she watched her mother shoot her father. The South African movie star insists her mother acted in self defense, but admits for years she lied about her dad's death. And on Primetime Thursday last night, Theron choked up when interviewer Diane Sawyer quizzed her about the night her mother took on her alcoholic father - when the actress was just 15. She said, "Oh Diane... erm... you know the tough thing about things like this is that everybody now knows. It's out. For years I just said that he died in a car accident." Theron went on to reveal that acting has helped her deal with the incident. She added, "I think acting has healed me. I get to let it out. I get to say it and feel it in my work and I think that's why I don't go through my life walking with this thing, and suffering."
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Actress Charlize Theron broke down in tears during a TV interview in America last night when she was asked about the night she watched her mother shoot her father. The South African movie star insists her mother acted in self defense, but admits for years she lied about her dad's death. And on Primetime Thursday last night, Theron choked up when interviewer Diane Sawyer quizzed her about the night her mother took on her alcoholic father - when the actress was just 15. She said, "Oh Diane... erm... you know the tough thing about things like this is that everybody now knows. It's out. For years I just said that he died in a car accident." Theron went on to reveal that acting has helped her deal with the incident. She added, "I think acting has healed me. I get to let it out. I get to say it and feel it in my work and I think that's why I don't go through my life walking with this thing, and suffering."
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SHIMMERING CHARLIZE: Charlize Theron successfully sheds her Monster makeup and pounds and looks like her old glamorous self in a stunning, gold draped dress at the National Board of Review Awards in New York. Theron took home a statuette for Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress.
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Charlize Theron and her Irish boyfriend Stuart Townsend have been thrown out of their favorite Los Angeles sushi bar -- for being too greedy.
The pair were barred from the Nasawa diner for ordering too much food.
Theron says, "I have been going to this restaurant for three years. It's kind of like a date place for me and Stuart and we're good customers.
"The food is amazing and there's no menu and you basically eat what's fresh, which is great. He threw me out because I ordered too much food.
"The funny thing is we've been going so long that we've seen him do it to other people and it always kind of disturbed us, but it's always a funny story to tell to people. Now I can see everybody at the dinner table going, '... and Charlize Theron got totally kicked out.'
"I got kicked out in front of the entire restaurant. It has been a good year so far."
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The pair were barred from the Nasawa diner for ordering too much food.
Theron says, "I have been going to this restaurant for three years. It's kind of like a date place for me and Stuart and we're good customers.
"The food is amazing and there's no menu and you basically eat what's fresh, which is great. He threw me out because I ordered too much food.
"The funny thing is we've been going so long that we've seen him do it to other people and it always kind of disturbed us, but it's always a funny story to tell to people. Now I can see everybody at the dinner table going, '... and Charlize Theron got totally kicked out.'
"I got kicked out in front of the entire restaurant. It has been a good year so far."
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QUOTED: "Note to self. Do not become Halle Berry."
-- "Monster" Golden Globe winner Charlize Theron, 28, in The New Yorker, saying that she doesn't wish to follow Berry's career path of following an Oscar-winning role with playing a Bond girl ]]>
'Charlize Theron flashed me her boobs'
January 27 2004
By Jeremy Gordin
I have had Charlize Theron's breasts in my face, right under my nose in fact. You don't believe me? It's true.
In 1994, when I was the founding editor of South African Playboy, the editorial team was looking for its first Playmate, but having trouble as no "respectable" girl who met the standards set by Playboy USA would appear fully nude. I was phoned by someone called Charlize Theron from Benoni.
Accompanied by her mom, and dressed in jeans and a T-shirt (green, if I recall correctly), she came to see me and the magazine's deputy editor and art director (both women) to show us her modelling portfolio. She had done a shoot in the United States made up as a Marilyn Monroe lookalike.
Theron was gorgeous. Moreover, she told us: "I have worked a little in the States and know what Playboy is like, how important it is to one's career to appear in it - and I have no qualms about appearing naked." We had told her that our first Playmate would be shot at Playboy headquarters in Chicago: this was part of the "prize" for being chosen.
I called the publisher into my office to meet Theron. She, in turn, called me out the office and said: "Look, she's lovely, but you know that Playboy - or rather, Hugh Hefner, who every month still vets every Playmate photo shoot - has this thing about Playboy women being large-busted. She's clearly not well-endowed enough."
How do you tell someone that her breasts are too small to make it into Playboy?
But this was what I was paid to do, so the publisher and I went back inside my office and I said, "Er, well, you see..."
"You think my breasts are too small, don't you?" she interrupted.
And then, she whipped off her T-shirt, under which she wore no bra, and said, "You better have a better look. They're sort of hidden under this shirt."
Theron got the job with immediate effect.
Alas, she soon after received a more lucrative modelling offer and, in the end, was not SA Playboy's first Playmate. But she was certainly one of the most confident, single-minded and beautifully-endowed people I had ever met.
Jeremy Gordin is the Managing Editor of the Independent News Network]]>
January 27 2004
By Jeremy Gordin
I have had Charlize Theron's breasts in my face, right under my nose in fact. You don't believe me? It's true.
In 1994, when I was the founding editor of South African Playboy, the editorial team was looking for its first Playmate, but having trouble as no "respectable" girl who met the standards set by Playboy USA would appear fully nude. I was phoned by someone called Charlize Theron from Benoni.
Accompanied by her mom, and dressed in jeans and a T-shirt (green, if I recall correctly), she came to see me and the magazine's deputy editor and art director (both women) to show us her modelling portfolio. She had done a shoot in the United States made up as a Marilyn Monroe lookalike.
Theron was gorgeous. Moreover, she told us: "I have worked a little in the States and know what Playboy is like, how important it is to one's career to appear in it - and I have no qualms about appearing naked." We had told her that our first Playmate would be shot at Playboy headquarters in Chicago: this was part of the "prize" for being chosen.
I called the publisher into my office to meet Theron. She, in turn, called me out the office and said: "Look, she's lovely, but you know that Playboy - or rather, Hugh Hefner, who every month still vets every Playmate photo shoot - has this thing about Playboy women being large-busted. She's clearly not well-endowed enough."
How do you tell someone that her breasts are too small to make it into Playboy?
But this was what I was paid to do, so the publisher and I went back inside my office and I said, "Er, well, you see..."
"You think my breasts are too small, don't you?" she interrupted.
And then, she whipped off her T-shirt, under which she wore no bra, and said, "You better have a better look. They're sort of hidden under this shirt."
Theron got the job with immediate effect.
Alas, she soon after received a more lucrative modelling offer and, in the end, was not SA Playboy's first Playmate. But she was certainly one of the most confident, single-minded and beautifully-endowed people I had ever met.
Jeremy Gordin is the Managing Editor of the Independent News Network]]>
Is it just me or did Stuart look rather bored and unhappy at the GG?
Maybe he's not too happy that his/their life is going to be a circus for a while??? He's cute though. ]]>
Theron Keeps It 'Reel' for Theater Chain
Wed, Jan 28, 2004, 11:01 AM PT
By Hanh Nguyen
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Charlize Theron, nominated for a best actress Oscar for her role in "Monster," will be making an additional appearance on the big screen this award season.
The 28-year-old starlet will wish a Happy 100th Anniversary to Loews theaters in an ad preceding the scheduled feature. In the trailer, she'll read the romantic account of one man who proposed to his girlfriend at a Loews theater.
The story is one of the thousands of "Reel Memories" submitted by movie fans for Loews' anniversary contest. The memories collected were received from patrons ranging in age from 90 to less than 10 years old.
Hollywood celebrities will be appearing on Loews movie screens nationwide throughout the year to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the country's first and oldest movie theater exhibitor.
Theron's trailer will run from Friday, Jan. 23rd through the Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 29.
The actress recently won a Golden Globe for her portrayal of convicted serial killer Aileen Wuornos in "Monster."
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Wed, Jan 28, 2004, 11:01 AM PT
By Hanh Nguyen
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Charlize Theron, nominated for a best actress Oscar for her role in "Monster," will be making an additional appearance on the big screen this award season.
The 28-year-old starlet will wish a Happy 100th Anniversary to Loews theaters in an ad preceding the scheduled feature. In the trailer, she'll read the romantic account of one man who proposed to his girlfriend at a Loews theater.
The story is one of the thousands of "Reel Memories" submitted by movie fans for Loews' anniversary contest. The memories collected were received from patrons ranging in age from 90 to less than 10 years old.
Hollywood celebrities will be appearing on Loews movie screens nationwide throughout the year to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the country's first and oldest movie theater exhibitor.
Theron's trailer will run from Friday, Jan. 23rd through the Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 29.
The actress recently won a Golden Globe for her portrayal of convicted serial killer Aileen Wuornos in "Monster."
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7 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CHARLIZE
February 11, 2004
Star Online
Her mesmerizing portrayal of a serial killer in Monster snagged her a Golden Globe Award on Jan. 25, and now Charlize Theron is nominated for a best actress Oscar. Star has the scoop on this 28-year-old from South Africa:
1. SHE WAS A BALLET FANATIC AS A CHILD
Charlize's childhood friend Marlise Wolmarans says, "We were doing The Nutcracker in school and we were backstage in point shoes. Her feet were bleeding and she took off her shoes with skin and blood everywhere, but she carried on."
2. ENGLISH ISN'T HER FIRST LANGUAGE
Charlize was raised speaking Afrikaans, a Dutch-based language spoken in South Africa. "It's still very much a part of me," she says. In January, she told Diane Sawyer, "My boyfriend actually told me two days ago that I was talking to him in my sleep in Afrikaans."
3. HER MOTHER KILLED HER DAD -- AND SOMEHOW SHE GOT OVER IT
On June 21, 1991, when Charlize lived on a farm in rural South Africa, her alcoholic dad Charles threatened to shoot Charlize and her mother, Gerda. He fired his gun into Charlize's room ("Everybody in South Africa has a gun," Charlize has said), prompting Gerda to grab her own gun and kill him. More than 10 years later, Charlize says, "It's a part of me; it doesn't rule my life."
4. SHE GOT FAT FOR HER MONSTER ROLE
To prepare for her role as serial killer Aileen Wuornos, Charlize gained 30 pounds by gorging on junk food. "I ate lots of Krispy Kreme doughnuts," she told Star. "Losing it wasn't as much fun."
5. SHE REPORTEDLY WANTS TO GET MARRIED
Charlize is smitten with her Irish boyfriend, actor Stuart Townsend, 31, whom she met almost three years ago when they filmed Trapped. "I've never been the marrying type," says Charlize, who is officially not engaged, "but I could definitely see myself enjoying a big day out now that I've met Stuart."
6. SHE WANTS TO STAR IN A COMEDY
After many dramatic roles, Charlize is ready for something different. "I'm dying for a comedy... I like to laugh," she said. "I can be funny, too."
7. SHE LIKES TO DRIVE -- FAST
"I drive a Mercedes, and I have a tendency to drive too fast, which is very bad," says Charlize. For The Italian Job, she filmed a chase scene, which got her motor running even more: "I got two tickets within a month."
-- DAVID CAPLAN
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February 11, 2004
Star Online
Her mesmerizing portrayal of a serial killer in Monster snagged her a Golden Globe Award on Jan. 25, and now Charlize Theron is nominated for a best actress Oscar. Star has the scoop on this 28-year-old from South Africa:
1. SHE WAS A BALLET FANATIC AS A CHILD
Charlize's childhood friend Marlise Wolmarans says, "We were doing The Nutcracker in school and we were backstage in point shoes. Her feet were bleeding and she took off her shoes with skin and blood everywhere, but she carried on."
2. ENGLISH ISN'T HER FIRST LANGUAGE
Charlize was raised speaking Afrikaans, a Dutch-based language spoken in South Africa. "It's still very much a part of me," she says. In January, she told Diane Sawyer, "My boyfriend actually told me two days ago that I was talking to him in my sleep in Afrikaans."
3. HER MOTHER KILLED HER DAD -- AND SOMEHOW SHE GOT OVER IT
On June 21, 1991, when Charlize lived on a farm in rural South Africa, her alcoholic dad Charles threatened to shoot Charlize and her mother, Gerda. He fired his gun into Charlize's room ("Everybody in South Africa has a gun," Charlize has said), prompting Gerda to grab her own gun and kill him. More than 10 years later, Charlize says, "It's a part of me; it doesn't rule my life."
4. SHE GOT FAT FOR HER MONSTER ROLE
To prepare for her role as serial killer Aileen Wuornos, Charlize gained 30 pounds by gorging on junk food. "I ate lots of Krispy Kreme doughnuts," she told Star. "Losing it wasn't as much fun."
5. SHE REPORTEDLY WANTS TO GET MARRIED
Charlize is smitten with her Irish boyfriend, actor Stuart Townsend, 31, whom she met almost three years ago when they filmed Trapped. "I've never been the marrying type," says Charlize, who is officially not engaged, "but I could definitely see myself enjoying a big day out now that I've met Stuart."
6. SHE WANTS TO STAR IN A COMEDY
After many dramatic roles, Charlize is ready for something different. "I'm dying for a comedy... I like to laugh," she said. "I can be funny, too."
7. SHE LIKES TO DRIVE -- FAST
"I drive a Mercedes, and I have a tendency to drive too fast, which is very bad," says Charlize. For The Italian Job, she filmed a chase scene, which got her motor running even more: "I got two tickets within a month."
-- DAVID CAPLAN
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Has anyone located a pic of Charlize at the Germany premier of Monster?? I only caught a quick glance on TV coverage, but the dress she was wearing was an A++++.
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Hotly-tipped Oscar nominee Charlize Theron has become so overwhelmed by the attention lavished on her - she fled to Brazil to escape. The Monster actress, 28, decided to take a 10-day break to the South American nation recently after winning countless Best Actress accolades during the Awards season, including a Golden Globe. And Charlize - who dates Irish hunk Stuart Townsend - believes the trip has helped her to continuing enjoying the acclaim heaped up her performance as serial killer Aileen Wuornos . She says, "I took ten days off. I went to Brazil for ten days and just kind of got away from it all, and I think that was good because I don't want to get to a place where it just becomes too overwhelming. So I'm just enjoying it and feeling very happy about all of it!"
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Hotly-tipped Oscar nominee Charlize Theron has become so overwhelmed by the attention lavished on her - she fled to Brazil to escape. The Monster actress, 28, decided to take a 10-day break to the South American nation recently after winning countless Best Actress accolades during the Awards season, including a Golden Globe. And Charlize - who dates Irish hunk Stuart Townsend - believes the trip has helped her to continuing enjoying the acclaim heaped up her performance as serial killer Aileen Wuornos . She says, "I took ten days off. I went to Brazil for ten days and just kind of got away from it all, and I think that was good because I don't want to get to a place where it just becomes too overwhelming. So I'm just enjoying it and feeling very happy about all of it!"
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WHO KNEW...
-- that best actress nominee Charlize Theron pronounces her name "Te-ron" and not "Ther-on"?
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-- that best actress nominee Charlize Theron pronounces her name "Te-ron" and not "Ther-on"?
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Star Online
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Hollywood beauty Charlize Theron was presented with an ounce of gold as she met South African president Thabo Mbeki on Monday. The Benoni-born actress returned to her homeland to share her Oscar success with her countrypeople after winning the Best Actress award for Monster last month. Mbeki invited Theron to meet him in a government guesthouse in Pretoria. The Premier enthused, "Very well done, Charlize. Excellent. The whole country is very proud." Mbeki handed the 28-year-old a box containing an ounce of gold ingrained in the rock in which it was formed and the wording, "Presented to Charlize Theron, our South African star, by President Thabo Mbeki." Theron gushes, "It's gorgeous. This has been lovely. It's been such a warm welcome."
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Hollywood beauty Charlize Theron was presented with an ounce of gold as she met South African president Thabo Mbeki on Monday. The Benoni-born actress returned to her homeland to share her Oscar success with her countrypeople after winning the Best Actress award for Monster last month. Mbeki invited Theron to meet him in a government guesthouse in Pretoria. The Premier enthused, "Very well done, Charlize. Excellent. The whole country is very proud." Mbeki handed the 28-year-old a box containing an ounce of gold ingrained in the rock in which it was formed and the wording, "Presented to Charlize Theron, our South African star, by President Thabo Mbeki." Theron gushes, "It's gorgeous. This has been lovely. It's been such a warm welcome."
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March 10, 2004
National Enquirer Online
It played like a Winona Ryder moment as "Monster" star Charlize Theron waltzed out of ritzy Barneys New York in Bev Hills with an armful of purchases, wearing a bright red Marc Jacobs raincoat she'd forgotten to pay for, and - BUZZZZ! - the antitheft alarm went off! A plainclothes security officer stopped her right away, but Charlize mistook him for a pushy fan and yelled, "SECURITY!" Murmured the guy, "I am security, ma'am." A store manager told her she'd forgotten to pay for the coat when she went to the register - and Charlize started laughing, explaining she'd forgotten she was wearing the damn thing. Apologizing, she paid up and exited laughing.
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National Enquirer Online
It played like a Winona Ryder moment as "Monster" star Charlize Theron waltzed out of ritzy Barneys New York in Bev Hills with an armful of purchases, wearing a bright red Marc Jacobs raincoat she'd forgotten to pay for, and - BUZZZZ! - the antitheft alarm went off! A plainclothes security officer stopped her right away, but Charlize mistook him for a pushy fan and yelled, "SECURITY!" Murmured the guy, "I am security, ma'am." A store manager told her she'd forgotten to pay for the coat when she went to the register - and Charlize started laughing, explaining she'd forgotten she was wearing the damn thing. Apologizing, she paid up and exited laughing.
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CHARLIZE TEARS UP: Though she resisted crying at the Academy Awards, Best Actress winner Charlize Theron couldn't keep the tears away while getting a hug from former South African president Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg. During her visit to her native country, she was also honored by current president Thabo Mbeki.
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Theron Slams Beauty Jibes - In a See-Through Dress
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Oscar-winner Charlize Theron has criticized people focusing on her beauty - even though she appeared at a charity event yesterday in a see-through dress. The South African star is furious at suggestions she won her Academy Award in February because she vastly altered her appearance to play dowdy lesbian serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster . She rallies, "Anybody can make themselves ugly. Do you think the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences is going to give an award to somebody just because they made themselves ugly? Do you think Nicole Kidman just put on a fake nose and got an Academy Award? She was really f***ing good in that movie (The Hours )! People forget the work, the performance." Theron - who attended the Green Cross Millennium Awards in Los Angeles in a daring see-through black dress, which showed off her breasts and g-string - continues, "Somewhere along the line we forgot what actors do. All of a sudden, somehow, the fashion industry crept into the movie industry. Celebrity has really taken over and over-shadowed what actors do. Actors aren't supposed to be beautiful; actors are supposed to tell human stories, but that kind of got lost."
imdb.com
Oscar-winner Charlize Theron has criticized people focusing on her beauty - even though she appeared at a charity event yesterday in a see-through dress. The South African star is furious at suggestions she won her Academy Award in February because she vastly altered her appearance to play dowdy lesbian serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster . She rallies, "Anybody can make themselves ugly. Do you think the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences is going to give an award to somebody just because they made themselves ugly? Do you think Nicole Kidman just put on a fake nose and got an Academy Award? She was really f***ing good in that movie (The Hours )! People forget the work, the performance." Theron - who attended the Green Cross Millennium Awards in Los Angeles in a daring see-through black dress, which showed off her breasts and g-string - continues, "Somewhere along the line we forgot what actors do. All of a sudden, somehow, the fashion industry crept into the movie industry. Celebrity has really taken over and over-shadowed what actors do. Actors aren't supposed to be beautiful; actors are supposed to tell human stories, but that kind of got lost."
This is the first I've heard they're going to be in a movie together.
darkhorizons.com
Head in the Clouds: The Charlize Theron/Stuart Townsend movie is scheduled to open August 13th.
darkhorizons.com
Head in the Clouds: The Charlize Theron/Stuart Townsend movie is scheduled to open August 13th.
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The One That Almost Got Away: Charlize Theron dares to bare with beau Stuart Townsend.
I don't get how Stuart can look so hot on film, but not so great in photographs...
SHARING SECRETS: Oscar winner Charlize Theron is the recipient of sweet nothings from boyfriend Stuart Townsend at the Los Angeles premiere of the Sylvester Stallone thriller Shade. The couple will star together in the romantic war drama Head in the Clouds, due later this year.
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He is one hottie!! She better hang on to that one or I will take him. 
He is cute! I saw him in that one vampire movie though and I was so unimpressed that it sort of ruined him for me for awhile.
Charlize is beautiful. I think she'd be the first one to tell you that though!
Charlize is beautiful. I think she'd be the first one to tell you that though!
CHARLIZE THERON: South African-born Theron, 28, glowed in movies like Sweet November and The Italian Job but won critical acclaim (and a Best Actress Oscar) only after disguising her willowy frame and delicate features in 2003's Monster. Now the former model (pictured in 2000), who is dating actor Stuart Townsend, has "the whole package," director John Frankenheimer once said. "She's one of the most beautiful girls around."
EOnline.com
HOT PROPERTY: Oscar winner Charlize Theron in talks to star in Jinx , a comic-book adaptation about a bounty hunter who has to trust a wanted criminal so they can partner up to find millions of dollars in abandoned mob money and start a new life together.
HOT PROPERTY: Oscar winner Charlize Theron in talks to star in Jinx , a comic-book adaptation about a bounty hunter who has to trust a wanted criminal so they can partner up to find millions of dollars in abandoned mob money and start a new life together.
Theron Gets Broody
South African actress Charlize Theron is ready to settle down and have a baby after winning her Best Actress Oscar earlier this year. The blonde beauty, 28, admits now she has established herself as a serious actresses after her performance in Monster, she can concentrate on other aspects of her life. Theron, who has been dating Irish actor Stuart Townsend for two years, told reporters at the Cannes Film Festival at the weekend, she is looking forward to starting a family. She says, "The Oscar was like getting a sigh, a seal of approval. I'd like to devote myself to a little person at home right now. When I left South Africa, I never believed I would find this success. Now I have got it, I want something more lasting, more fulfilling. Stuart feels the same way."
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South African actress Charlize Theron is ready to settle down and have a baby after winning her Best Actress Oscar earlier this year. The blonde beauty, 28, admits now she has established herself as a serious actresses after her performance in Monster, she can concentrate on other aspects of her life. Theron, who has been dating Irish actor Stuart Townsend for two years, told reporters at the Cannes Film Festival at the weekend, she is looking forward to starting a family. She says, "The Oscar was like getting a sigh, a seal of approval. I'd like to devote myself to a little person at home right now. When I left South Africa, I never believed I would find this success. Now I have got it, I want something more lasting, more fulfilling. Stuart feels the same way."
http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/#1
I actually think these two may get married one of these days...
CLEANING LADY
Even Oscar winners do housework: Charlize Theron cleans the pool with beau Stuart Townsend (those are his feet) at their Malibu house Monday in preparation for a Memorial Day bash.
people.com
Who says shooting a movie in a foreign land has to be all work and no play? Certainly not Charlize Theron, who spent some downtime shopping recently with beau Stuart Townsend at East Berlin, a boutique in the hip district that was once under Communist rule. Theron ? in Berlin and raven-haired to film Aeon Flux ? bought a white jersey skirt, while Townsend picked up a jacket and a buckled canvas wristband. "You didn't even realize they were stars," says a spy. "The store was full and it was just the two of them shopping. No bodyguards or anything. She is so beautiful but looks totally different with the short black hairdo. She was very nice ? didn't act like she should get special treatment." Also spotted in the boutique recently: Lenny Kravitz and Alanis Morissette (separately).
Who says shooting a movie in a foreign land has to be all work and no play? Certainly not Charlize Theron, who spent some downtime shopping recently with beau Stuart Townsend at East Berlin, a boutique in the hip district that was once under Communist rule. Theron ? in Berlin and raven-haired to film Aeon Flux ? bought a white jersey skirt, while Townsend picked up a jacket and a buckled canvas wristband. "You didn't even realize they were stars," says a spy. "The store was full and it was just the two of them shopping. No bodyguards or anything. She is so beautiful but looks totally different with the short black hairdo. She was very nice ? didn't act like she should get special treatment." Also spotted in the boutique recently: Lenny Kravitz and Alanis Morissette (separately).
Zap2It.com gossip
"Do you and Charlize have a special friend like Penelope in your life?"
It was asked of Stuart Townsend, boyfriend of Oscar winner Charlize Theron, who's in a three-way relationship with Penelope Cruz in the movie "Head in the Clouds," which debuts at the Toronto Film Festival.
A rather stunned Stuart looked at the journalist squarely and said, "Uh, no, and if we did, I wouldn't tell you about it."
"Do you and Charlize have a special friend like Penelope in your life?"
It was asked of Stuart Townsend, boyfriend of Oscar winner Charlize Theron, who's in a three-way relationship with Penelope Cruz in the movie "Head in the Clouds," which debuts at the Toronto Film Festival.
A rather stunned Stuart looked at the journalist squarely and said, "Uh, no, and if we did, I wouldn't tell you about it."
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