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Moore Opts for Less at Intimate Wedding
ALISON M. ROSEN
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Lissome leading lady Julianne Moore , 42, tied the knot to her longtime boyfriend, writer-director Bart Freundlich, 33, in a small, intimate ceremony Saturday, the New York Post reports.
The pair, who met in 1996 on the set of Freundlich's "The Myth of Fingerprints," said their "I do's" at an undisclosed location and then celebrated until the wee hours at their West Village duplex, Moore's assistant Dan McCann tells the Post.
On hand for the festivities was a 36-person guest list that included Moore's pal Ellen Barkin (who lent Moore the long, sparkly earrings she wore for the occasion), Barkin's husband, Revlon honcho Ron Perelman, Billy Crudup and Peter Berg.
The bride, having apparently ditched traditional white for something a little less conventional, returned to her apartment wearing an elegant sleeveless lilac dress by Prada with Prada shoes. She carried their 1-year-old daughter Liv in her arms.
The groom wore a cream-colored suit and lilac tie that matched Moore's dress. He entered the apartment holding hands with the couple's son Caleb, 5.
This is the second trip down the aisle for the Moore. The star of "Boogie Nights" and "The Hours" was previously married to John Gould Rubin. The two divorced in 1995.
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ALISON M. ROSEN
people.com
Lissome leading lady Julianne Moore , 42, tied the knot to her longtime boyfriend, writer-director Bart Freundlich, 33, in a small, intimate ceremony Saturday, the New York Post reports.
The pair, who met in 1996 on the set of Freundlich's "The Myth of Fingerprints," said their "I do's" at an undisclosed location and then celebrated until the wee hours at their West Village duplex, Moore's assistant Dan McCann tells the Post.
On hand for the festivities was a 36-person guest list that included Moore's pal Ellen Barkin (who lent Moore the long, sparkly earrings she wore for the occasion), Barkin's husband, Revlon honcho Ron Perelman, Billy Crudup and Peter Berg.
The bride, having apparently ditched traditional white for something a little less conventional, returned to her apartment wearing an elegant sleeveless lilac dress by Prada with Prada shoes. She carried their 1-year-old daughter Liv in her arms.
The groom wore a cream-colored suit and lilac tie that matched Moore's dress. He entered the apartment holding hands with the couple's son Caleb, 5.
This is the second trip down the aisle for the Moore. The star of "Boogie Nights" and "The Hours" was previously married to John Gould Rubin. The two divorced in 1995.
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MAGIC MOMENT: Longtime couple Julianne Moore and Bart Freundlich finally make it official. The couple (along with son Caleb, 5) pause for a family photo as they leave their wedding reception.
(marcelthomasimages.com)
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FAB FAN
Julianne Moore went from guest of honor to rabid fan when the cast from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy showed up at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's Media Awards at New York's Marriott Marquis this week. "Oh my God, the Queer Eye guys are here!" said the actress, who was honored at the event. Moore was ushered into the VIP cocktail room, where she hugged the Fab Five. "Oh, I love that show," she told us. "They always try to find the best in everybody and they enhance it, which I think is a wonderful thing."
FAB FAN
Julianne Moore went from guest of honor to rabid fan when the cast from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy showed up at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's Media Awards at New York's Marriott Marquis this week. "Oh my God, the Queer Eye guys are here!" said the actress, who was honored at the event. Moore was ushered into the VIP cocktail room, where she hugged the Fab Five. "Oh, I love that show," she told us. "They always try to find the best in everybody and they enhance it, which I think is a wonderful thing."
I've seen a ton of pics on the mags of her and her family down here in San Diego going to Sea World and other local attractions.
Julianne Bares All for Arty Spread
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Stunning redhead Julianne Moore has bared all for an arty 42-page spread in American high-society magazine W . The actress appears lounging provocatively on a chaise lounge, wearing only gold-colored shoes and a huge red ring as part of a three-story spread - told in pictures. The naked picture, shot by Michael Thompson, begins a pictorial tale about a Mrs Robinson-type diva who seduces a younger man. The spread also features an odd tale of a woman who loses her nose, shot by video maker Michel Gondry , who manages to erase the actress' nose in one of the shots and has her attending a business meeting wearing a fake nose and glasses in another. The shots can be seen in the September W.
Seems like an odd choice for her....
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Stunning redhead Julianne Moore has bared all for an arty 42-page spread in American high-society magazine W . The actress appears lounging provocatively on a chaise lounge, wearing only gold-colored shoes and a huge red ring as part of a three-story spread - told in pictures. The naked picture, shot by Michael Thompson, begins a pictorial tale about a Mrs Robinson-type diva who seduces a younger man. The spread also features an odd tale of a woman who loses her nose, shot by video maker Michel Gondry , who manages to erase the actress' nose in one of the shots and has her attending a business meeting wearing a fake nose and glasses in another. The shots can be seen in the September W.
Seems like an odd choice for her....
Julianne Moore and director husband Bart Freundlich sneak a smooch break while filming Trust the Man on Nov. 22 in New York. This is the couple's third collaboration together; they first met on the set of 1997's The Myth of Fingerprints.
Julianne Moore and her husband, writer-director Bart Freundlich, take in a John Galliano fashion show in Paris on Tuesday. The New York-based couple just completed their third project together, the romantic comedy Trust the Man, due out later this year.
Tales of a desperate housewife
October 2, 2005
Julianne Moore isn't shy about airing her dirty laundry in public. In fact, the story she's about to tell reeks of personal details.
"This summer, we rented this little house by the beach. It was me, my husband Bart, and our two kids. All I can say is I did more laundry than I ever thought was possible," says the famous redhead.
"My son likes to play in his socks outside. Every five minutes, I'm like, 'Those socks are filthy. Hand them over right now.' Suddenly, I'd be standing there with another mound of laundry."
Call her an Oscar-nominated desperate housewife.
Moore plays a desperate housewife of another era in "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio," which opened Friday. Based on a true story, Moore plays Evelyn Ryan, a woman who enters several national jingle-writing contests in the 1950s in order to help feed her 10 children while her hard-drinking husband (Woody Harrelson) digs them into financial holes.
"There was a period of time in America where the advertising world actually went to the housewives of America and had them write jingles that would appeal to them," Moore says. "It was actually brilliant marketing."
Moore's character Evelyn is a former newspaper writer who juggles her kids and a husband who wanted to be a singer. A freak accident ruins his voice and destroys his spirit. That's why he spends the little money he makes at the liquor store.
"It's all on one woman who doesn't even have a job to feed and raise her 10 children. Can you believe it? Ten children," Moore says. "I pat myself on the back that I have two children, a job, and I'm doing OK. I'm managing. This woman was astonishing. She had all the stress and no help. She couldn't work outside the home, but had to find a way for her children to eat.
"The amazing thing is that this woman never gets really depressed," Moore says. "She feels confident. You watch her being able to handle anything."
Evelyn's true problems arise from her husband, who kills her joy. Each time she wins a refrigerator, a shopping spree, or even cash from her jingles, he finds a way to ruin the moment, including beating her new deep freezer with a bat.
"Finally, she says what I think is the most profound line of the movie between this husband and wife," Moore says. "She says, 'I don't need you to make me happy. I need you to leave me alone when I am.'
"The movie basically says that you have to create your own happiness. You also have to express yourself even if you don't seem to have an outlet, which is why this woman wrote jingles for contests."
The real Evelyn died in 1998. Moore was able to talk to several of her children to get a handle on the character.
"The kids even came to the set," Moore says. "And they brought Evelyn's grandchildren. Her best friend, who is still alive, came to the set. This is the friend who took Evelyn to buy her first pantsuit at J.C. Penney, which was a big deal."
Moore says the idea of playing a prize-winner was a bit foreign to her.
"Once, I won $246 in a slot machine," she says. "I didn't even enter contests as a kid. I did once send away for a Captain Crunch watch, but it never came."
What might be coming Moore's way in the coming months is a little statue named Oscar. There's buzz she might get a Best Actress nod for either "Prize Winner" or the upcoming "Freedomland," based on the Richard Price novel. In that film, Moore plays Brenda Martin, a single mother who accuses a man from the projects of kidnapping her young daughter, who is now feared dead. Her accusations spark a racial explosion. The film also stars Samuel L. Jackson as the detective on the case and Edie Falco as a woman who looks for missing children.
"Basically, I play a white woman who walks into a black hospital in the middle of the night and says she was carjacked by a black man," she says. "It's about class division and poverty. In the end, it's really about how alike we are as human beings."
A big bonus for Moore was she got to work on her home turf of New York City. "It was fantastic to star in an urban, East Coast story. We shot in Brooklyn, and I was home every single night, which was really fantastic. I couldn't have been happier," she says.
The other bonus was working with Jackson. "I don't think there is anyone cooler than Sam Jackson," she says. "At the end, he not only gave me a Kangol hat, which made me feel cool, but he also gave me a necklace with my initials on the front and his on the back."
As for the Oscar buzz, Moore sighs.
"All I really want is for people to enjoy my movies," she says. "I want my work to be good, regardless of the other stuff like awards." In another breath, she adds, "Of course, you can't help but get caught up in the Oscar mania. But I think of it like hair."
An explanation is in order.
"OK, if you had a hairdo that you liked, but everyone hated your hair, including your man, then you'd be sad. It's the same thing with movies. I love these movies and if someone else likes them, too, then I'll just be thrilled.
"I won't lie," she says. "I want to be in movies that everyone likes."
In 2003, Moore married director Bart Freundlich, the father of her son Cal, 7, and daughter Liv, 3. Freundlich also directed Moore in "Trust the Man," an upcoming film starring David Duchovny.
At home, neither focuses on Hollywood. "It's all about the kids," she says. "Cal is a big boy now and very much into sports. He's adorable. Liv is so cute, and she wants to be like Mommy."
Moore sounds very much like any working mother when she laments packing her bags after this interview.
"I leave for London tonight and I'll be all by myself. It's awful," she says. "Of course, the first few days are great. I'll watch TV, hang out, read. But then I miss my family so terribly.
"The toughest part is the second night, when my daughter will call and say, 'Where are you, Mom? Are you coming home tomorrow?' And you have to say, 'Not yet, honey.'
"I can't wait to get home and wash all those socks," she says
October 2, 2005
Julianne Moore isn't shy about airing her dirty laundry in public. In fact, the story she's about to tell reeks of personal details.
"This summer, we rented this little house by the beach. It was me, my husband Bart, and our two kids. All I can say is I did more laundry than I ever thought was possible," says the famous redhead.
"My son likes to play in his socks outside. Every five minutes, I'm like, 'Those socks are filthy. Hand them over right now.' Suddenly, I'd be standing there with another mound of laundry."
Call her an Oscar-nominated desperate housewife.
Moore plays a desperate housewife of another era in "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio," which opened Friday. Based on a true story, Moore plays Evelyn Ryan, a woman who enters several national jingle-writing contests in the 1950s in order to help feed her 10 children while her hard-drinking husband (Woody Harrelson) digs them into financial holes.
"There was a period of time in America where the advertising world actually went to the housewives of America and had them write jingles that would appeal to them," Moore says. "It was actually brilliant marketing."
Moore's character Evelyn is a former newspaper writer who juggles her kids and a husband who wanted to be a singer. A freak accident ruins his voice and destroys his spirit. That's why he spends the little money he makes at the liquor store.
"It's all on one woman who doesn't even have a job to feed and raise her 10 children. Can you believe it? Ten children," Moore says. "I pat myself on the back that I have two children, a job, and I'm doing OK. I'm managing. This woman was astonishing. She had all the stress and no help. She couldn't work outside the home, but had to find a way for her children to eat.
"The amazing thing is that this woman never gets really depressed," Moore says. "She feels confident. You watch her being able to handle anything."
Evelyn's true problems arise from her husband, who kills her joy. Each time she wins a refrigerator, a shopping spree, or even cash from her jingles, he finds a way to ruin the moment, including beating her new deep freezer with a bat.
"Finally, she says what I think is the most profound line of the movie between this husband and wife," Moore says. "She says, 'I don't need you to make me happy. I need you to leave me alone when I am.'
"The movie basically says that you have to create your own happiness. You also have to express yourself even if you don't seem to have an outlet, which is why this woman wrote jingles for contests."
The real Evelyn died in 1998. Moore was able to talk to several of her children to get a handle on the character.
"The kids even came to the set," Moore says. "And they brought Evelyn's grandchildren. Her best friend, who is still alive, came to the set. This is the friend who took Evelyn to buy her first pantsuit at J.C. Penney, which was a big deal."
Moore says the idea of playing a prize-winner was a bit foreign to her.
"Once, I won $246 in a slot machine," she says. "I didn't even enter contests as a kid. I did once send away for a Captain Crunch watch, but it never came."
What might be coming Moore's way in the coming months is a little statue named Oscar. There's buzz she might get a Best Actress nod for either "Prize Winner" or the upcoming "Freedomland," based on the Richard Price novel. In that film, Moore plays Brenda Martin, a single mother who accuses a man from the projects of kidnapping her young daughter, who is now feared dead. Her accusations spark a racial explosion. The film also stars Samuel L. Jackson as the detective on the case and Edie Falco as a woman who looks for missing children.
"Basically, I play a white woman who walks into a black hospital in the middle of the night and says she was carjacked by a black man," she says. "It's about class division and poverty. In the end, it's really about how alike we are as human beings."
A big bonus for Moore was she got to work on her home turf of New York City. "It was fantastic to star in an urban, East Coast story. We shot in Brooklyn, and I was home every single night, which was really fantastic. I couldn't have been happier," she says.
The other bonus was working with Jackson. "I don't think there is anyone cooler than Sam Jackson," she says. "At the end, he not only gave me a Kangol hat, which made me feel cool, but he also gave me a necklace with my initials on the front and his on the back."
As for the Oscar buzz, Moore sighs.
"All I really want is for people to enjoy my movies," she says. "I want my work to be good, regardless of the other stuff like awards." In another breath, she adds, "Of course, you can't help but get caught up in the Oscar mania. But I think of it like hair."
An explanation is in order.
"OK, if you had a hairdo that you liked, but everyone hated your hair, including your man, then you'd be sad. It's the same thing with movies. I love these movies and if someone else likes them, too, then I'll just be thrilled.
"I won't lie," she says. "I want to be in movies that everyone likes."
In 2003, Moore married director Bart Freundlich, the father of her son Cal, 7, and daughter Liv, 3. Freundlich also directed Moore in "Trust the Man," an upcoming film starring David Duchovny.
At home, neither focuses on Hollywood. "It's all about the kids," she says. "Cal is a big boy now and very much into sports. He's adorable. Liv is so cute, and she wants to be like Mommy."
Moore sounds very much like any working mother when she laments packing her bags after this interview.
"I leave for London tonight and I'll be all by myself. It's awful," she says. "Of course, the first few days are great. I'll watch TV, hang out, read. But then I miss my family so terribly.
"The toughest part is the second night, when my daughter will call and say, 'Where are you, Mom? Are you coming home tomorrow?' And you have to say, 'Not yet, honey.'
"I can't wait to get home and wash all those socks," she says
I'm a big fan of Julianne M. Its a must see movie event pour moi!
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Moore Stands Behind Director Tamahori
Actress Julianne Moore is sticking by director Lee Tamahori after the
filmmaker was arrested for posing as a drag prostitute in Los Angeles last
month.
Moore is set to work with the "Die Another Day" director on the new movie
"Next" and insists she wouldn't think about pulling out of the project
because of Tamahori's scandal.
She says, "I feel bad for him. I think the experience was probably pretty
upsetting and humiliating and he's been very, very brave about it."
The former James Bond director was arraigned in Los Angeles last week after
allegedly soliciting an undercover cop, while dressed as a woman.
The director was arrested in Hollywood last month, after he approached the
police officer who was in his car, entered the vehicle and offered to
perform a sex act for money.
Moore Stands Behind Director Tamahori
Actress Julianne Moore is sticking by director Lee Tamahori after the
filmmaker was arrested for posing as a drag prostitute in Los Angeles last
month.
Moore is set to work with the "Die Another Day" director on the new movie
"Next" and insists she wouldn't think about pulling out of the project
because of Tamahori's scandal.
She says, "I feel bad for him. I think the experience was probably pretty
upsetting and humiliating and he's been very, very brave about it."
The former James Bond director was arraigned in Los Angeles last week after
allegedly soliciting an undercover cop, while dressed as a woman.
The director was arrested in Hollywood last month, after he approached the
police officer who was in his car, entered the vehicle and offered to
perform a sex act for money.
Julianne on her way to gay pride march...kidding...just out and about. 
QUOTE (BobbyD @ Jul 21 2006, 02:40 PM) 
Julianne on her way to gay pride march...kidding...just out and about.
Woof.
Talk about Ginger Kids...she has man legs too, it kind of looks like she has hair on them. Is she going the Cynthia Nixon way?
QUOTE (Babloo328 @ Jul 21 2006, 01:09 PM)
QUOTE (BobbyD @ Jul 21 2006, 02:40 PM)
Julianne on her way to gay pride march...kidding...just out and about.
Woof.
Talk about Ginger Kids...she has man legs too, it kind of looks like she has hair on them. Is she going the Cynthia Nixon way?
If you slide the pic down so you can only see it from the waist down, it also looks like there's a package. What's she thinking?
WHITE KNUCKLES
JULIANNE Moore became a movie star only after she forced herself to learn how to drive. The flame-haired actress tells C magazine: "I didn't learn to drive until I was 27 . . . Back in L.A., going to auditions, I white-knuckled it on the road." Moore also says she prefers life in New York. "There's less pressure in New York. Nobody bothers me there. It's not a one-industry town." And on being a burgundy bombshell, Moore says, "Having red hair limits your clothing palette."
JULIANNE Moore became a movie star only after she forced herself to learn how to drive. The flame-haired actress tells C magazine: "I didn't learn to drive until I was 27 . . . Back in L.A., going to auditions, I white-knuckled it on the road." Moore also says she prefers life in New York. "There's less pressure in New York. Nobody bothers me there. It's not a one-industry town." And on being a burgundy bombshell, Moore says, "Having red hair limits your clothing palette."
So I'm reading the August Vogue in the mornings when I dry my hair (I rarely get this magazine, but they had it on sale at Costco and it looked interesting this month, what can I say?) Anyway, it's a style through ages issue and for the 50s, they profiled Ellen Barkin--who's best friends with Julianne Moore. Ellen jokes about how she calls her up and says "Julie, if I see ONE more picture of you in jeans and birkenstocks in the Post...." I thought that was really funny 
But Ellen goes on to say something like "when you have your style, what can you do?"
But Ellen goes on to say something like "when you have your style, what can you do?"
Saved by the Freundlich maneuver
Julianne Moore and Bart Freundlich, who directed her in his New York-based romantic comedy "Trust the Man," swear the adultery part isn't based on their marriage.
But when it comes to cake, art did imitate their life.
In the flick, Moore's character is preparing for a play and gives up eating carbohydrates, only to binge on a large piece of birthday cake late at night and choke in front of her husband, played by David Duchovny.
"The cake thing really happened. She had such a big piece in her mouth. I saved her. It was in L.A. around Golden Globes time. And it was my birthday," Freundlich told our Patrick Huguenin. "She's in this nice, beautiful dress and she's wearing a $100,000 necklace. I come out of the bathroom and see her choking."
Moore added, "It was my first Golden Globes and I was nervous. I hadn't eaten all day and I was sucking it down. And I choked."
Julianne Moore and Bart Freundlich, who directed her in his New York-based romantic comedy "Trust the Man," swear the adultery part isn't based on their marriage.
But when it comes to cake, art did imitate their life.
In the flick, Moore's character is preparing for a play and gives up eating carbohydrates, only to binge on a large piece of birthday cake late at night and choke in front of her husband, played by David Duchovny.
"The cake thing really happened. She had such a big piece in her mouth. I saved her. It was in L.A. around Golden Globes time. And it was my birthday," Freundlich told our Patrick Huguenin. "She's in this nice, beautiful dress and she's wearing a $100,000 necklace. I come out of the bathroom and see her choking."
Moore added, "It was my first Golden Globes and I was nervous. I hadn't eaten all day and I was sucking it down. And I choked."
Julianne Moore stays close to home in new movie
Julianne Moore plays an actress whose husband cheats on her and is a self-confessed sex addict in her new film "Trust the Man," which was written and directed by her husband, Bart Freundlich.
But don't go making assumptions about their marriage, they hasten to say while promoting the film in New York, where they live. The movie was filmed on the city's streets and in the restaurants and bars they frequent in Greenwich Village.
"I've never been to a sex addicts' meeting, although I think probably every guy thinks he's a sex addict if you ask him," said Freundlich. He has two young children with Moore, as do the couple in the movie, which opens on Friday. Both of Moore's children appear in the film as her children.
Oscar-nominated Moore plays Rebecca, whose marriage to Tom, played by David Duchovny, is in a rut. Her brother Tobey, played by Billy Crudup, is a lazy slacker unwilling to commit to his girlfriend, Elaine, played by Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Freundlich said there were elements of his character in both men in the film, a romantic comedy about the gulf between the way men and women approach life.
"They're both extremes," he said. "I'm somewhere between the two of them ... I'm sort of freelance like Tobey is (but) I don't sit in my car and make grilled cheese. I don't cheat on my wife, I don't stay home and take care of the kids all the time, but I do some of the time."
Moore said while there was a certain amount of autobiography in the movie, particularly "the affection and the importance of our relationship and our family life," it was a mistake to take movies too literally.
"You have a germ of an idea in something that might be based in a reality but not all of it's true, it's just to illuminate something," she said in an interview. She added that a scene where she chokes while gulping down a slice of cake late at night was inspired by something that really happened.
BEYOND AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Freundlich, who met Moore when he directed her in "The Myth of Fingerprints" a decade ago, said "Trust the Man" was more personal than his previous work because of the subject matter.
"But because it was through a comedic lens, it was really blown up beyond the point of autobiography," he said.
"It was like, OK, I watched Julie choke on a cake once. Imagine if I had to give her the Heimlich maneuver, and imagine if we had just come home and we hadn't had sex for a long time and she was like 'We're going to have sex tonight,' and that happened," he said.
The movie has won a mixed reception in early reviews, with some comparisons to Woody Allen's quirky Manhattan-focused view of the world and relationships, but also some criticism about its failure to break the mold of a "stagnating genre."
Moore, who has four Oscar nominations to her name for films such as "The Hours" and "The End of the Affair," said she can't help taking reviews to heart, especially if they're bad. "It's still incredibly painful," she said. "Someone will always read it to you even if you've managed to not look at it."
But she added, "If you're going to bask in the glow of the good stuff, you have to take the killer stuff."
Moore started her career in daytime soap operas such as "As the World Turns" and she's had her share of misses along with the hits, but she said she didn't regret any of her choices.
"It's a bit like bad boyfriends, how would you know a good one unless you've had a couple of bad ones?"
Julianne Moore plays an actress whose husband cheats on her and is a self-confessed sex addict in her new film "Trust the Man," which was written and directed by her husband, Bart Freundlich.
But don't go making assumptions about their marriage, they hasten to say while promoting the film in New York, where they live. The movie was filmed on the city's streets and in the restaurants and bars they frequent in Greenwich Village.
"I've never been to a sex addicts' meeting, although I think probably every guy thinks he's a sex addict if you ask him," said Freundlich. He has two young children with Moore, as do the couple in the movie, which opens on Friday. Both of Moore's children appear in the film as her children.
Oscar-nominated Moore plays Rebecca, whose marriage to Tom, played by David Duchovny, is in a rut. Her brother Tobey, played by Billy Crudup, is a lazy slacker unwilling to commit to his girlfriend, Elaine, played by Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Freundlich said there were elements of his character in both men in the film, a romantic comedy about the gulf between the way men and women approach life.
"They're both extremes," he said. "I'm somewhere between the two of them ... I'm sort of freelance like Tobey is (but) I don't sit in my car and make grilled cheese. I don't cheat on my wife, I don't stay home and take care of the kids all the time, but I do some of the time."
Moore said while there was a certain amount of autobiography in the movie, particularly "the affection and the importance of our relationship and our family life," it was a mistake to take movies too literally.
"You have a germ of an idea in something that might be based in a reality but not all of it's true, it's just to illuminate something," she said in an interview. She added that a scene where she chokes while gulping down a slice of cake late at night was inspired by something that really happened.
BEYOND AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Freundlich, who met Moore when he directed her in "The Myth of Fingerprints" a decade ago, said "Trust the Man" was more personal than his previous work because of the subject matter.
"But because it was through a comedic lens, it was really blown up beyond the point of autobiography," he said.
"It was like, OK, I watched Julie choke on a cake once. Imagine if I had to give her the Heimlich maneuver, and imagine if we had just come home and we hadn't had sex for a long time and she was like 'We're going to have sex tonight,' and that happened," he said.
The movie has won a mixed reception in early reviews, with some comparisons to Woody Allen's quirky Manhattan-focused view of the world and relationships, but also some criticism about its failure to break the mold of a "stagnating genre."
Moore, who has four Oscar nominations to her name for films such as "The Hours" and "The End of the Affair," said she can't help taking reviews to heart, especially if they're bad. "It's still incredibly painful," she said. "Someone will always read it to you even if you've managed to not look at it."
But she added, "If you're going to bask in the glow of the good stuff, you have to take the killer stuff."
Moore started her career in daytime soap operas such as "As the World Turns" and she's had her share of misses along with the hits, but she said she didn't regret any of her choices.
"It's a bit like bad boyfriends, how would you know a good one unless you've had a couple of bad ones?"
Julianne's sad puppy dog tale
Julianne Moore, husband Bart Freundlich and son Cal are at the Chelsea West Cinemas for the premiere of the movie 'Trust the Man.' He wrote and directed the film.
There were tears in the Julianne Moore household after the family's new puggle puppy died of distemper after just three weeks. And the actress isn't pleased with the Brooklyn pet store that sold her the ailing pooch.
"Julianne and the kids were very upset," says a source. "She called the store to complain after hearing others from her dog's litter suffered the same fate, but the store denied responsibility."
A manager at Puppy Paradise on Flatbush Ave. confirmed Moore bought her dog there, but told us he didn't know it had died. He denied any of their dogs were sick.
However, Moore soon found a way to put smiles back on the faces of Caleb, 8, and Liv, 4, her children with director-husband Bart Freundlich.
The family now has a 7-month-old terrier/Labrador mix named Cherry, which they bought from a breeder.
Julianne Moore, husband Bart Freundlich and son Cal are at the Chelsea West Cinemas for the premiere of the movie 'Trust the Man.' He wrote and directed the film.
There were tears in the Julianne Moore household after the family's new puggle puppy died of distemper after just three weeks. And the actress isn't pleased with the Brooklyn pet store that sold her the ailing pooch.
"Julianne and the kids were very upset," says a source. "She called the store to complain after hearing others from her dog's litter suffered the same fate, but the store denied responsibility."
A manager at Puppy Paradise on Flatbush Ave. confirmed Moore bought her dog there, but told us he didn't know it had died. He denied any of their dogs were sick.
However, Moore soon found a way to put smiles back on the faces of Caleb, 8, and Liv, 4, her children with director-husband Bart Freundlich.
The family now has a 7-month-old terrier/Labrador mix named Cherry, which they bought from a breeder.
MOMMY AND ME
Julianne Moore shuttles look-alike daughter Liv, 4 – and a bouquet of balloons – around lower Manhattan on Wednesday. The two redheads hit the shops for some mother-daughter bonding.
Julianne Moore shuttles look-alike daughter Liv, 4 – and a bouquet of balloons – around lower Manhattan on Wednesday. The two redheads hit the shops for some mother-daughter bonding.
CUTE! What an adorable little girl!
'CHILDREN''S HOUR
Julianne Moore takes a night off from the lights of Broadway to warm up to Josh Hartnett at a New York City screening of her film Children of Men on Monday. The futuristic drama also stars Hartnett's Sin City costar, Clive Owen.
Julianne Moore takes a night off from the lights of Broadway to warm up to Josh Hartnett at a New York City screening of her film Children of Men on Monday. The futuristic drama also stars Hartnett's Sin City costar, Clive Owen.
CHILD'S PLAY
The frigid New York City temperatures aren't keeping Julianne Moore and daughter Liv, 4, from enjoying the simple pleasures of life – like chasing a newspaper blown in the wind and doing some window shopping on Thursday.
The frigid New York City temperatures aren't keeping Julianne Moore and daughter Liv, 4, from enjoying the simple pleasures of life – like chasing a newspaper blown in the wind and doing some window shopping on Thursday.
Moore, Ryder to star in 'Pippa Lee'
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. actresses Julianne Moore and Winona Ryder are set to star in director Rebecca Miller's screen adaptation of her novel "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee."
Also joining the cast is "Breaking and Entering" and "The Princess Bride" actress Robin Wright Penn, Variety.com reported Tuesday.
Miller, whose films include "Personal Velocity" and "The Ballad of Jack and Rose," is the daughter of late playwright Arthur Miller, who wrote the drama, "The Crucible." Ryder starred in the 1996 film version of "The Crucible," alongside Rebecca Miller's husband, Daniel Day-Lewis.
"Pippa Lee" is a drama-comedy about a put-upon wife whose husband falls for a younger woman, paving the way for "a very quiet nervous breakdown, the trade paper said.
Miller is slated to begin shooting the film in April in Connecticut.
Ryder has starred in "The Age of Innocence," "Bram Stoker's Dracula," "Little Women," "Reality Bites" and "Girl, Interrupted."
Moore is known for her roles in "Children of Men," "The Hours," "Hannibal" and "An Ideal Husband."
Julianne Moore's bid for a cure
(CNN) -- Julianne Moore was running errands in Manhattan when she heard Tom Lindsey call out to her.
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Julianne Moore and Tommy Lindsey; Moore said the Lindseys are "working very, very hard to bring awareness and find a cure" for TSC.
At first the actress thought he was just another fan, but she soon realized Lindsey wanted much more than an autograph.
He explained that his 3-year-old son Tommy suffered from a disease called tuberous sclerosis complex and that he and his wife were trying to raise awareness about it.
"He said, 'We need somebody's help,'" Moore remembers. "'We're having this gala ... could you come?'"
While Moore had received similar invitations before, there was something about his story that touched her. She attended the event and began a partnership with the Lindseys that has lasted for five years and raised more than $1 million for TSC research. Video Watch Moore and the Lindseys talk about TSC »
Before their son was born in 1999, Staten Islanders Tom and Peggy Lindsey had never heard of TSC. When they noticed that Tommy would occasionally twitch in his car seat, they had some concerns.
While their family and pediatrician tried to convince them it was normal, they eventually brought the baby -- then 5 weeks old -- to the emergency room. After a battery of tests, the Lindseys were told their son had Tuberous Sclerosis Complex; the seizures were being caused by tumors that had engulfed one side of his brain.
The neurologist who delivered the news wasn't optimistic. Peggy Lindsey remembers being told, "He'll never walk. He'll never talk. You should consider an institution." Tom Lindsey recalls it was "a very dark day."
TSC is a genetic disorder which causes tumors to form in various organs, primarily the brain, eyes, heart, skin, kidneys, liver and lungs.
According to the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance, a support group for families, at least two children a day are born with TSC and approximately 1 million people worldwide suffer from the disease.
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Some people are severely impacted, suffering seizures, severe mental retardation and physical handicaps, while others are more mildly affected. The fact that symptoms vary so widely contributes to the disease being frequently misdiagnosed.
"It's just as common as cystic fibrosis, " says Tom Lindsey. "Yet no one in the medical community is familiar with it."
Horrified by the doctor's diagnosis, the Lindseys sought a second opinion. Tommy was treated with anti-seizure medication but still suffered about 50 seizures a day, which slowed his development; by the time he was 3, he only had the maturity level of a 17-month-old.
Eventually the Lindseys decided to have him undergo brain surgery to remove the tumors. Three surgeries later, the seizures stopped and in time Tommy learned to speak.
While Tommy's health problems nearly consumed the Lindseys' lives, they also knew they had to do something to help others.
"We made a pact that we weren't going to allow this to happen to anyone else, if there was anything that we could do about it," Tom says. "We decided we wanted to make tubular sclerosis a household name."
By using the media to raise awareness, they hoped to make TSC as mainstream as multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease or breast cancer -- resulting in more research funding and, one day, a cure.
The Lindseys threw themselves into their work. While they would eventually raise close to $200,000 for research, they knew the best way to get media attention was to find a famous face to sign on to their cause; they approached numerous celebrities but to no avail.
Then one evening in 2002, Tom Lindsey walked past Julianne Moore on the street -- and their fortunes changed.
Since then, Moore has become a committed and outspoken advocate for TSC. She's raised more than $500,000 through fundraising events with Lacoste, Cartier and Fredericks of Hollywood, and in April 2005 she testified on Capitol Hill and helped get a $1.2 million increase in research funding from the Department of Defense.
To honor her commitment and dedication, the TS Alliance founded the Julianne Moore Research Fund.
Today, Tommy is 8 years old. He still has residual brain damage, but he's working with a behaviorist and speech therapist and is now able to ride a specially modified bike.
While Peggy Lindsey spends most of her time caring for Tommy and his 2-year-old sister Abigail, she also manages to devote considerable time to TSC advocacy.
Tom Lindsey, who holds down two jobs to help pay the family's medical bills, also works tirelessly for the cause, traveling to Washington every year to lobby for more research funding.
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Together, the Lindseys and Moore have brought global attention to a disease that affects approximately 50,000 people in the United States.
"It's not necessarily that ... I can really fix my son," Tom Lindsey said. "I can hope that my son's life is going to fix everyone else coming in behind him."
(CNN) -- Julianne Moore was running errands in Manhattan when she heard Tom Lindsey call out to her.
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Julianne Moore and Tommy Lindsey; Moore said the Lindseys are "working very, very hard to bring awareness and find a cure" for TSC.
At first the actress thought he was just another fan, but she soon realized Lindsey wanted much more than an autograph.
He explained that his 3-year-old son Tommy suffered from a disease called tuberous sclerosis complex and that he and his wife were trying to raise awareness about it.
"He said, 'We need somebody's help,'" Moore remembers. "'We're having this gala ... could you come?'"
While Moore had received similar invitations before, there was something about his story that touched her. She attended the event and began a partnership with the Lindseys that has lasted for five years and raised more than $1 million for TSC research. Video Watch Moore and the Lindseys talk about TSC »
Before their son was born in 1999, Staten Islanders Tom and Peggy Lindsey had never heard of TSC. When they noticed that Tommy would occasionally twitch in his car seat, they had some concerns.
While their family and pediatrician tried to convince them it was normal, they eventually brought the baby -- then 5 weeks old -- to the emergency room. After a battery of tests, the Lindseys were told their son had Tuberous Sclerosis Complex; the seizures were being caused by tumors that had engulfed one side of his brain.
The neurologist who delivered the news wasn't optimistic. Peggy Lindsey remembers being told, "He'll never walk. He'll never talk. You should consider an institution." Tom Lindsey recalls it was "a very dark day."
TSC is a genetic disorder which causes tumors to form in various organs, primarily the brain, eyes, heart, skin, kidneys, liver and lungs.
According to the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance, a support group for families, at least two children a day are born with TSC and approximately 1 million people worldwide suffer from the disease.
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Some people are severely impacted, suffering seizures, severe mental retardation and physical handicaps, while others are more mildly affected. The fact that symptoms vary so widely contributes to the disease being frequently misdiagnosed.
"It's just as common as cystic fibrosis, " says Tom Lindsey. "Yet no one in the medical community is familiar with it."
Horrified by the doctor's diagnosis, the Lindseys sought a second opinion. Tommy was treated with anti-seizure medication but still suffered about 50 seizures a day, which slowed his development; by the time he was 3, he only had the maturity level of a 17-month-old.
Eventually the Lindseys decided to have him undergo brain surgery to remove the tumors. Three surgeries later, the seizures stopped and in time Tommy learned to speak.
While Tommy's health problems nearly consumed the Lindseys' lives, they also knew they had to do something to help others.
"We made a pact that we weren't going to allow this to happen to anyone else, if there was anything that we could do about it," Tom says. "We decided we wanted to make tubular sclerosis a household name."
By using the media to raise awareness, they hoped to make TSC as mainstream as multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease or breast cancer -- resulting in more research funding and, one day, a cure.
The Lindseys threw themselves into their work. While they would eventually raise close to $200,000 for research, they knew the best way to get media attention was to find a famous face to sign on to their cause; they approached numerous celebrities but to no avail.
Then one evening in 2002, Tom Lindsey walked past Julianne Moore on the street -- and their fortunes changed.
Since then, Moore has become a committed and outspoken advocate for TSC. She's raised more than $500,000 through fundraising events with Lacoste, Cartier and Fredericks of Hollywood, and in April 2005 she testified on Capitol Hill and helped get a $1.2 million increase in research funding from the Department of Defense.
To honor her commitment and dedication, the TS Alliance founded the Julianne Moore Research Fund.
Today, Tommy is 8 years old. He still has residual brain damage, but he's working with a behaviorist and speech therapist and is now able to ride a specially modified bike.
While Peggy Lindsey spends most of her time caring for Tommy and his 2-year-old sister Abigail, she also manages to devote considerable time to TSC advocacy.
Tom Lindsey, who holds down two jobs to help pay the family's medical bills, also works tirelessly for the cause, traveling to Washington every year to lobby for more research funding.
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Together, the Lindseys and Moore have brought global attention to a disease that affects approximately 50,000 people in the United States.
"It's not necessarily that ... I can really fix my son," Tom Lindsey said. "I can hope that my son's life is going to fix everyone else coming in behind him."
Julianne Moore to star in 'Shelter'
Nala to produce supernatural horror thriller
Julianne Moore is looking for "Shelter."
The thesp will topline the supernatural horror thriller, which is being produced by Nala Films.
"Shelter," based on a script by Michael Cooney ("Identity"), will be directed by the Swedish duo Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein ("Storm"). Lensing starts in late March in Pittsburgh.
Logline is being kept under wraps. The budget is in the $22 million-$25 million range and will be financed through Nala Investments, parent of Nala Films.
Nala Films prexy Darlene Caamano Loquet and Emilio Diez Barroso, chairman and CEO of Nala Investments will produce along with Mike Macari and Neal Edelstein of Macari Edelstein films.
Recent Nala projects include "In the Valley of Elah," "The Air I Breathe" and "Dan in Real Life."
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Nala to produce supernatural horror thriller
Julianne Moore is looking for "Shelter."
The thesp will topline the supernatural horror thriller, which is being produced by Nala Films.
"Shelter," based on a script by Michael Cooney ("Identity"), will be directed by the Swedish duo Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein ("Storm"). Lensing starts in late March in Pittsburgh.
Logline is being kept under wraps. The budget is in the $22 million-$25 million range and will be financed through Nala Investments, parent of Nala Films.
Nala Films prexy Darlene Caamano Loquet and Emilio Diez Barroso, chairman and CEO of Nala Investments will produce along with Mike Macari and Neal Edelstein of Macari Edelstein films.
Recent Nala projects include "In the Valley of Elah," "The Air I Breathe" and "Dan in Real Life."
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers in 'Shelter'
(FROM VARIETY) – Jonathan Rhys Meyers has joined Julianne Moore in the cast of Shelter, the supernatural thriller from Nala Films. The plot is being kept under wraps. Swedish duo Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein (Storm) will direct from a script by Michael Cooney (Identity). Shooting is scheduled to start next month. Rhys Meyers stars in Showtime's The Tudors. He also recently appeared in Match Point and August Rush. (Variety)
Julianne Moore: No Desperate Housewife
Rumors have been swirling that casting agents over at Desperate Housewives are searching for some big name stars to drop onto Wisteria Lane.
But now OK! can confirm that Academy Award nominated actress Julianne Moore will not be one of them.
Moore was reported to be appearing as the sister of Bree (Marcia Cross) in three future episodes, including the season finale.
OK! made a call to Stephen Huvane over at PMK, who flatly denied the rumor, telling OK!, "Julianne will NOT be on Desperate Housewives."
Also said to be joining the Housewives cast is the OC's Chris Caramack.
Rumors have been swirling that casting agents over at Desperate Housewives are searching for some big name stars to drop onto Wisteria Lane.
But now OK! can confirm that Academy Award nominated actress Julianne Moore will not be one of them.
Moore was reported to be appearing as the sister of Bree (Marcia Cross) in three future episodes, including the season finale.
OK! made a call to Stephen Huvane over at PMK, who flatly denied the rumor, telling OK!, "Julianne will NOT be on Desperate Housewives."
Also said to be joining the Housewives cast is the OC's Chris Caramack.
Julianne Moore Fumes Over Spitzer 'Embarrassment'
By Susan Yara
Originally posted Wednesday March 12, 2008 09:00 AM EDT
New York Governor Elliot Spitzer apparently won't be getting off easy with his celebrity constituents.
"A f---ing embarrassment" is how Julianne Moore, once a fan of the former attorney general, termed the politico's involvement in a prostitution ring – for which it is anticipated he will resign on Wednesday.
"I'm really pissed," the fiery New Yorker, 47, told PEOPLE during Tuesday's TSE flagship SoHo store opening. "I honestly don't care where or how people have sex, or with whom, but prostitution is illegal. For someone whose got such a reputation for having a real attitude towards crime, you have to walk the walk. I'm sorry."
Meanwhile, TV hosts were more than happy to have a new political punching bag for their monologues. For instance:
• Stephen Colbert remained deadpan on his Comedy Central Colbert Report, saying of Spitzer, "I sat next to the guy three times and I didn't pick up on any of this, and I usually have excellent whore-dar."
• "They're talking about impeaching Eliot Spitzer if he doesn't step down," said Late Show's David Letterman, "and I'm thinking, 'Whoa, a Democrat being impeached for extramarital sex. Well, happy days are here again!' "
• Spitzer, who was accused of being Client 9 for the call-girl ring, was even topic one with Late Night host Conan O'Brien, who joked, "Not surprisingly, clients 1 through 8 were Charlie Sheen."
• Finally, The View co-host Joy Behar opined, "Aren't you sick of men? Viagra is destroying our government."
By Susan Yara
Originally posted Wednesday March 12, 2008 09:00 AM EDT
New York Governor Elliot Spitzer apparently won't be getting off easy with his celebrity constituents.
"A f---ing embarrassment" is how Julianne Moore, once a fan of the former attorney general, termed the politico's involvement in a prostitution ring – for which it is anticipated he will resign on Wednesday.
"I'm really pissed," the fiery New Yorker, 47, told PEOPLE during Tuesday's TSE flagship SoHo store opening. "I honestly don't care where or how people have sex, or with whom, but prostitution is illegal. For someone whose got such a reputation for having a real attitude towards crime, you have to walk the walk. I'm sorry."
Meanwhile, TV hosts were more than happy to have a new political punching bag for their monologues. For instance:
• Stephen Colbert remained deadpan on his Comedy Central Colbert Report, saying of Spitzer, "I sat next to the guy three times and I didn't pick up on any of this, and I usually have excellent whore-dar."
• "They're talking about impeaching Eliot Spitzer if he doesn't step down," said Late Show's David Letterman, "and I'm thinking, 'Whoa, a Democrat being impeached for extramarital sex. Well, happy days are here again!' "
• Spitzer, who was accused of being Client 9 for the call-girl ring, was even topic one with Late Night host Conan O'Brien, who joked, "Not surprisingly, clients 1 through 8 were Charlie Sheen."
• Finally, The View co-host Joy Behar opined, "Aren't you sick of men? Viagra is destroying our government."
Zeta-Jones to star in Freundlich rom-com
By Gregg Goldstein
March 20, 2008
NEW YORK -- Catherine Zeta-Jones will star in Bart Freundlich's new May-December romantic comedy for Mark Gill and Neil Sacker's Film Dept. production outfit.
In the untitled feature, Zeta-Jones will play a single New York City mom who captures the eye of her new neighbor, a 25-year-old man. The project seems to mirror real life for the 38-year-old Freundlich, who's married to the 47-year-old Julianne Moore.
The film is set to shoot April 17, and casting hasn't been finalized for the male lead.
Tim Perell, Freundlich, Gill and Robert Katz are producing under the Process production banner. Sacker and Michael Goguen are the executive producers.
The film is one of the first for president Steve Bickel's Film Department Int'l, which will unveil its debut lineup at May's Festival de Cannes, along with the upcoming thriller "Law Abiding Citizen" starring Gerard Butler and other titles.
It also marks one of the first big deals for Cinetic Media's new management division headed by Bart Walker, who reps Freundlich and Perell.
Romantic comedies are old hat to both star and writer-director. Zeta-Jones starred in "Intolerable Cruelty" and "No Reservations," while Freundlich helmed "Trust the Man" starring Moore.
The Film Dept.'s Dan Stutz negotiated the deals with Freundlich and Perell's reps Walker, Management 360's Evelyn O'Neill and attorneys Ira Schreck and Joe Dapello, as well as Zeta-Jones' reps WMA and attorneys Sam Fischer and P.J. Shapiro.
By Gregg Goldstein
March 20, 2008
NEW YORK -- Catherine Zeta-Jones will star in Bart Freundlich's new May-December romantic comedy for Mark Gill and Neil Sacker's Film Dept. production outfit.
In the untitled feature, Zeta-Jones will play a single New York City mom who captures the eye of her new neighbor, a 25-year-old man. The project seems to mirror real life for the 38-year-old Freundlich, who's married to the 47-year-old Julianne Moore.
The film is set to shoot April 17, and casting hasn't been finalized for the male lead.
Tim Perell, Freundlich, Gill and Robert Katz are producing under the Process production banner. Sacker and Michael Goguen are the executive producers.
The film is one of the first for president Steve Bickel's Film Department Int'l, which will unveil its debut lineup at May's Festival de Cannes, along with the upcoming thriller "Law Abiding Citizen" starring Gerard Butler and other titles.
It also marks one of the first big deals for Cinetic Media's new management division headed by Bart Walker, who reps Freundlich and Perell.
Romantic comedies are old hat to both star and writer-director. Zeta-Jones starred in "Intolerable Cruelty" and "No Reservations," while Freundlich helmed "Trust the Man" starring Moore.
The Film Dept.'s Dan Stutz negotiated the deals with Freundlich and Perell's reps Walker, Management 360's Evelyn O'Neill and attorneys Ira Schreck and Joe Dapello, as well as Zeta-Jones' reps WMA and attorneys Sam Fischer and P.J. Shapiro.
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It also marks one of the first big deals for Cinetic Media's new management division headed by Bart Walker, who reps Freundlich and Perell.
Romantic comedies are old hat to both star and writer-director. Zeta-Jones starred in "Intolerable Cruelty" and "No Reservations," while Freundlich helmed "Trust the Man" starring Moore.
Romantic comedies are old hat to both star and writer-director. Zeta-Jones starred in "Intolerable Cruelty" and "No Reservations," while Freundlich helmed "Trust the Man" starring Moore.
Idiots. None of those movies made decent money. Poor Gerard Butler, so handsome and that bod in 300 was to die for. So his romcom with Hilary Swank tanked - quelle surprise. I think he's better off in sand and swords flicks for now. He can do the heroic/larger than life thing while not everyone can. Romantic comedy is something else altogether. I'm not sure he has the right touch for them. Zeta Jones should be able to pull them off, but hasn't thus far. She's better with the femme fatale roles.
Well, one thing's for sure - no co-star romance.
QUOTE (hedda_louella @ Mar 19 2008, 08:57 PM)
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It also marks one of the first big deals for Cinetic Media's new management division headed by Bart Walker, who reps Freundlich and Perell.
Romantic comedies are old hat to both star and writer-director. Zeta-Jones starred in "Intolerable Cruelty" and "No Reservations," while Freundlich helmed "Trust the Man" starring Moore.
Romantic comedies are old hat to both star and writer-director. Zeta-Jones starred in "Intolerable Cruelty" and "No Reservations," while Freundlich helmed "Trust the Man" starring Moore.
Idiots. None of those movies made decent money. Poor Gerard Butler, so handsome and that bod in 300 was to die for. So his romcom with Hilary Swank tanked - quelle surprise. I think he's better off in sand and swords flicks for now. He can do the heroic/larger than life thing while not everyone can. Romantic comedy is something else altogether. I'm not sure he has the right touch for them. Zeta Jones should be able to pull them off, but hasn't thus far. She's better with the femme fatale roles.
Well, one thing's for sure - no co-star romance.
Hedda, could it have been that nobody wanted to see horse face Swank in a romantic movie? I know I don't like her since that hideous thing she exposed about her ex (so she could pick with her male double manager) and I cannot see anyone as good looking as Butler falling for her without getting paid a LOT of money for it.
QUOTE (mf'smom @ Mar 19 2008, 06:12 PM)
Hedda, could it have been that nobody wanted to see horse face Swank in a romantic movie? I know I don't like her since that hideous thing she exposed about her ex (so she could pick with her male double manager) and I cannot see anyone as good looking as Butler falling for her without getting paid a LOT of money for it.
She's so despised that I'd bet money it was her lack of charisma and overt hideousness that sank that flick.
She's a two-time Oscar winner, as a co-star (on paper) she looks good. P.S. I Love You was, ostensibly, a good change-up from sand and blood for Butler. And I'm sure he was well paid.
I've only seen him in a few things and they were all macho-macho roles. Perhaps my doubts about his ability to carry it off are my own prejudice coming to the fore. God knows that Swank is the most repulsive A-lister I've seen in years. Her massacred performance in The Black Dahlia made me swear off of ever seeing her in anything again. Brilliant novel, shit film. Of course now I'm wondering about the romcom with Butler, because I like him. In any event, CZJ is no Hilary Swank. He stands a much better chance with her. I'll certainly give it a look but I have my doubts.
Julianne Moore Vogue Paris
QUOTE (ElleDriver @ Apr 24 2008, 12:08 PM)
Julianne Moore Vogue Paris
What the hell is she thinking?
Damn, I think she looks great. Even though they photoshopped away her natural lines and freckles she looks amazing. And lets keep it real, she works in an industry that sells sex.
Please don't tell me that she needs the work that desperately
I don't like the pictures, she looks great herself but I hate the crotch shots. I hate those in general in photoshoots, not sexy at all.
I don't like the pictures, she looks great herself but I hate the crotch shots. I hate those in general in photoshoots, not sexy at all.
I think she's having a mid life/career crisis, wanting to prove that even though she's in her mid 40's she's still the sexy hollywood actress.
QUOTE (Antianeirai @ Apr 24 2008, 06:58 PM)
Damn, I think she looks great. Even though they photoshopped away her natural lines and freckles she looks amazing. And lets keep it real, she works in an industry that sells sex.
I agree. I think the pics are hot.
To me it just looks European. They allow women over 40 to be sexy there.
I think she looks pretty good, the photoshopping helped. I did do a double-take when I first saw them. It was kind of, "Whaaa?" but I like the pics.
I think she looks pretty good, the photoshopping helped. I did do a double-take when I first saw them. It was kind of, "Whaaa?" but I like the pics.
Moore Hits Out Against Celebrities Seeking Attention For Goodwill Efforts
Actress JULIANNE MOORE has slammed ANGELINA JOLIE and MADONNA for deliberately seeking media attention for their humanitarian efforts.
Moore, 47, claims she has made a conscious effort to keep her own political and social activism out of the limelight, and she cannot understand why stars get so much attention from the press for volunteering their time to help others.
She says, "It's definitely the 'to whom much is given' thing. And we have a tremendous amount of privilege.
"But, at the same time, I don't know why so much emphasis is placed on celebrities who volunteer. Most people do things in their daily lives. It's just normal."
Moore currently sits on the board of pro-choice organisation Planned Parenthood and works in support of U.S. campaigns for international non-profit organisation Save the Children.
Source: contactmusic
Actress JULIANNE MOORE has slammed ANGELINA JOLIE and MADONNA for deliberately seeking media attention for their humanitarian efforts.
Moore, 47, claims she has made a conscious effort to keep her own political and social activism out of the limelight, and she cannot understand why stars get so much attention from the press for volunteering their time to help others.
She says, "It's definitely the 'to whom much is given' thing. And we have a tremendous amount of privilege.
"But, at the same time, I don't know why so much emphasis is placed on celebrities who volunteer. Most people do things in their daily lives. It's just normal."
Moore currently sits on the board of pro-choice organisation Planned Parenthood and works in support of U.S. campaigns for international non-profit organisation Save the Children.
Source: contactmusic
QUOTE (hedda_louella @ Apr 25 2008, 11:33 PM)
To me it just looks European. They allow women over 40 to be sexy there.
Being of a certain age, that's fine by me.
I'm with Freckles, though; enough with the crotch shots already! There's more to "sexy" than that, otherwise we all would find Paris Hilton as hott as she finds herself. 
Quaid, Moore to play Clintons in new film
Movie is third in series featuring Michael Sheen as British PM Tony Blair
Access Hollywood
LOS ANGELES - Dennis Quaid and Julianne Moore are gearing up to join the cast of a new film about former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, which HBO and Executive Producer Kathleen Kennedy are in discussions to make, Access Hollywood has learned.
If the deal goes through for HBO and Kennedy, Quaid and Moore will play former first couple Bill and Hillary Clinton in “The Special Relationship,” the third in a trio of films that concern former Prime Minister Blair, a source told Access.
The film will focus on the relationship between the two world leaders.
According to Variety, which first reported news of “The Special Relationship,” the film series began in 2003 with UK TV movie, “The Deal,” and was followed up in 2006 with “The Queen.”
Michael Sheen, who recently starred in “Frost/Nixon,” and previously played Blair in “The Queen,” will reprise the prime minister role. Helen McCrory, who was also in “The Queen” as Cherie Blair, Tony’s wife, is also expected in the cast.
“The Special Relationship” will be set during the time when President Clinton engaged in an affair with one-time intern Monica Lewinsky. According to IMDB, the intern will be shown through archival footage.
Quaid and Moore previously teamed up to play husband and wife in 2002’s “Far From Heaven,” a drama set in the 1950s.
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Movie is third in series featuring Michael Sheen as British PM Tony Blair
Access Hollywood
LOS ANGELES - Dennis Quaid and Julianne Moore are gearing up to join the cast of a new film about former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, which HBO and Executive Producer Kathleen Kennedy are in discussions to make, Access Hollywood has learned.
If the deal goes through for HBO and Kennedy, Quaid and Moore will play former first couple Bill and Hillary Clinton in “The Special Relationship,” the third in a trio of films that concern former Prime Minister Blair, a source told Access.
The film will focus on the relationship between the two world leaders.
According to Variety, which first reported news of “The Special Relationship,” the film series began in 2003 with UK TV movie, “The Deal,” and was followed up in 2006 with “The Queen.”
Michael Sheen, who recently starred in “Frost/Nixon,” and previously played Blair in “The Queen,” will reprise the prime minister role. Helen McCrory, who was also in “The Queen” as Cherie Blair, Tony’s wife, is also expected in the cast.
“The Special Relationship” will be set during the time when President Clinton engaged in an affair with one-time intern Monica Lewinsky. According to IMDB, the intern will be shown through archival footage.
Quaid and Moore previously teamed up to play husband and wife in 2002’s “Far From Heaven,” a drama set in the 1950s.
Copyright 2009 by NBC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Moore's Son in Snowboarding Accident
Julianne Moore is nursing her 12-year-old son back to health after he broke his wrist in a snowboarding accident.
Caleb, The Hours actress' son with director husband Bart Freundlich, has become a big winter sports enthusiast growing up in New York.
But he was forced to take some time off from the slopes after crushing his wrist in a fall during a recent excursion.
Moore says, "My son is an active snowboarder and he just broke his wrist snowboarding".
The concerned mum insists the boy is recovering quickly - but she's more concerned about her son's hygiene than his broken bones.
She laughs, "Let me tell you - nothing compares to the smell of a 12-year-old's cast when it comes off. They just emanate an odour at 12 - it's incomparable".
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Julianne Moore is nursing her 12-year-old son back to health after he broke his wrist in a snowboarding accident.
Caleb, The Hours actress' son with director husband Bart Freundlich, has become a big winter sports enthusiast growing up in New York.
But he was forced to take some time off from the slopes after crushing his wrist in a fall during a recent excursion.
Moore says, "My son is an active snowboarder and he just broke his wrist snowboarding".
The concerned mum insists the boy is recovering quickly - but she's more concerned about her son's hygiene than his broken bones.
She laughs, "Let me tell you - nothing compares to the smell of a 12-year-old's cast when it comes off. They just emanate an odour at 12 - it's incomparable".
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Julianne Moore Won't Stray Too Far For Her Art
Julianne Moore will not go too far from her Long Island home for a movie part.
Moore, 49, who has two children with her director husband Bart Freundlich, said: 'My family life is incredibly important to me. I want to be with them as much as I can. I try to work in New York, or I work in the summer time when my family can come with me. The days of me doing a big film where I need to be away for months during the school year are over.'
Moore appears in A Single Man with Colin Firth, a gay-themed movie set in 1962 that is setting movie critics on fire. When she was asked whether she felt her approach would keep her away from plum roles, she replied :'It doesn't seem to affect the roles I get. That's the reality of my life so I don't think about it too much.'
Moore, who formerly lived in New York, is mother to Caleb, 12, and Liv, seven. Freundlich recently directed episodes of the popular TV series Californication.
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Julianne Moore will not go too far from her Long Island home for a movie part.
Moore, 49, who has two children with her director husband Bart Freundlich, said: 'My family life is incredibly important to me. I want to be with them as much as I can. I try to work in New York, or I work in the summer time when my family can come with me. The days of me doing a big film where I need to be away for months during the school year are over.'
Moore appears in A Single Man with Colin Firth, a gay-themed movie set in 1962 that is setting movie critics on fire. When she was asked whether she felt her approach would keep her away from plum roles, she replied :'It doesn't seem to affect the roles I get. That's the reality of my life so I don't think about it too much.'
Moore, who formerly lived in New York, is mother to Caleb, 12, and Liv, seven. Freundlich recently directed episodes of the popular TV series Californication.
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Julianne Moore's soap return bittersweet
Actress Julianne Moore was thrilled to get the chance to return to the TV soap where she began her acting career, so she could thank her old cast mates and friends before the show was axed.
The actress, who played sisters Frannie and Sabrina Hughes on "As The World Turns" in the mid-1980s, was upset when she heard the long-running show was ending and signed up to appear in one of the final shows.
She tells WENN, "There is no time continuum in soaps, so I just came back as one of the sisters. The other one was stuck somewhere else!
"'As The World Turns' was my first big job and everyone was wonderful and incredibly professional and very supportive and loving. It was a great job for me, so when they said the show was ending it was incredibly sad because you don't want to see anything end like that.
"I was happy to go back and glad to be there near the end of it. I was glad to see the people who played my parents and the woman who played my sister and to see a couple of the crew-members who were still there. It was cool to be able to have that opportunity and to thank people."
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Actress Julianne Moore was thrilled to get the chance to return to the TV soap where she began her acting career, so she could thank her old cast mates and friends before the show was axed.
The actress, who played sisters Frannie and Sabrina Hughes on "As The World Turns" in the mid-1980s, was upset when she heard the long-running show was ending and signed up to appear in one of the final shows.
She tells WENN, "There is no time continuum in soaps, so I just came back as one of the sisters. The other one was stuck somewhere else!
"'As The World Turns' was my first big job and everyone was wonderful and incredibly professional and very supportive and loving. It was a great job for me, so when they said the show was ending it was incredibly sad because you don't want to see anything end like that.
"I was happy to go back and glad to be there near the end of it. I was glad to see the people who played my parents and the woman who played my sister and to see a couple of the crew-members who were still there. It was cool to be able to have that opportunity and to thank people."
source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate...7#ixzz0ia9LkIl6
Julianne Moore Would Confront Husband If He Was Cheating
JULIANNE Moore insists she’d confront her husband if she thought he was cheating on her with another woman.
The actress — who raises Caleb, 12, and seven-year-old Liv with Bart Freundlich — is adamant she would deal with issue of infidelity head-on, not ignore it and hopes everything works out.
“What if I thought my husband was having an affair? I don’t know what I would do,” she told Parade magazine.
“But I can’t tell you the phone calls I’ve gotten from married women I know who say, ‘Listen, I have to talk to you because I think my husband is with someone.’ Then you say, ‘Have you talked to him about it?’ And they say no. I think women do that a lot. I think we turn to our girlfriends instead of confronting our husbands. That’s just postponing the inevitable.”
Moore — who locks lips with Amanda Seyfried in new movie Chloe — admits she has “trouble” when it comes to kissing people — onscreen or off.
“I have trouble kissing people,” she said. “That’s the scariest thing for me to do, frankly, is kiss an actor, because it’s very intimate. On- or off-screen, whenever you kiss anybody for the first time it’s terrifying.
“But then you get used to kissing them and that same thing happens with an actor that you’re working with. You just get more comfortable.”
Moore recently revealed that she got married on the advice of her therapist.
“For me the only reason to get married was my children,” she said earlier this month. “I had a therapist who said marriage is really a container for a family. Freud says you need love and work, and a family and a job give you a balance. One element can’t give you everything.
“You can have friends in movies and plays you make, but they’re not your family. And you can’t expect family to give you the stimulation work is going to provide, because that is not their responsibility.”
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JULIANNE Moore insists she’d confront her husband if she thought he was cheating on her with another woman.
The actress — who raises Caleb, 12, and seven-year-old Liv with Bart Freundlich — is adamant she would deal with issue of infidelity head-on, not ignore it and hopes everything works out.
“What if I thought my husband was having an affair? I don’t know what I would do,” she told Parade magazine.
“But I can’t tell you the phone calls I’ve gotten from married women I know who say, ‘Listen, I have to talk to you because I think my husband is with someone.’ Then you say, ‘Have you talked to him about it?’ And they say no. I think women do that a lot. I think we turn to our girlfriends instead of confronting our husbands. That’s just postponing the inevitable.”
Moore — who locks lips with Amanda Seyfried in new movie Chloe — admits she has “trouble” when it comes to kissing people — onscreen or off.
“I have trouble kissing people,” she said. “That’s the scariest thing for me to do, frankly, is kiss an actor, because it’s very intimate. On- or off-screen, whenever you kiss anybody for the first time it’s terrifying.
“But then you get used to kissing them and that same thing happens with an actor that you’re working with. You just get more comfortable.”
Moore recently revealed that she got married on the advice of her therapist.
“For me the only reason to get married was my children,” she said earlier this month. “I had a therapist who said marriage is really a container for a family. Freud says you need love and work, and a family and a job give you a balance. One element can’t give you everything.
“You can have friends in movies and plays you make, but they’re not your family. And you can’t expect family to give you the stimulation work is going to provide, because that is not their responsibility.”
Source showbizspy.com
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