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Life hasn't always been so kind to Julia Roberts - the highest-paid actress in Hollywood. Paul Donnelly takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride, from the success of Pretty Woman to the high-profile flop Hook and the re-establishment of her reputation with Notting Hill in 1999, through to her Academy Award for Best Actress for Erin Brockovich and her surprise wedding in 2002. Confidential also lifts the lid on Roberts' sensational personal life - a life that has put her in the headlines more often than her movies.
With a winning smile and drive to succeed, Julia Roberts has become a powerful force in Hollywood. Fame hasn't always brought happiness to the Oscar-winning actress, but she's learned to run her career with self-confidence and has found contentment in her personal life.
Julia Roberts represents a return to the glamour of the great Hollywood stars of another era. Fans flock to her movies, and she's a staple cover subject of People magazine and every entertainment show imaginable, but her real life has only been seen in tabloid glimpses until now. James Spada has gone back to Julia's beginnings in Athens, Georgia to unearth fascinating facts about her family and her early dating life. And he's followed her career from movie to movie-both on screen and behind the screen-to show fans what the private face of Julia really is. As an artist, Julia has changed dramatically from the talented but sheltered girl who found fame first with a role in the independent movi...
'They told me he died, but I never believed them. I'd have known, ' she says, her voice little more than a whisper and her eyes searching mine. 'A mother would know if her child died, wouldn't she?' The phone call comes in the middle of the night, rousing Danni from her safe, warm bed. The police have found her mother Diana wandering along the main road, miles from her house, confused and lost. Danni races to her mother's side, but when she arrives, as always, her mother doesn't seem to care. 'Go away, Danni, ' she says. 'I don't want you.' When she was a child, Danni would lie awake at night wondering what she had done to make her mother so cold. Now she is determined to put the past behind...
A brief biography of the well-known actress, Julia Roberts, star of such films as "Steel Magnolias," "Pretty Woman," and "My Best Friend's Wedding."
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She lit up the screen in Pretty Woman, Steel Magnolias, and Dying Young. Now, from the bestselling author of Michael Landon, comes an explosive unauthorized biography of Julia Roberts that tells all. Covers her ill-fated affairs, her surprise marriage to country singer Lyle Lovitt, and more. 16-page insert.
Julia Roberts is the highest-grossing actress of the past decade. A star of mostly romantic comedies, she broke through and earned respect and an Oscar forErin Brockovich,a true story about a legal secretary who helps win a giant class-action lawsuit against a major industrial polluter. Now veteran celebrity biographer Frank Sanello brings fans up to date on the actress, including previously unreported details of her personal life and a look at the many rumors that have surrounded her. Based on a series of exclusive interviews with the actress herself as well as with colleagues and friends, this engrossing biography is a must-read for Julia Roberts' many fans.
Julia Roberts was one of the first two faces to appear on QVC The Shopping Channel in 1993, and her warmth and honesty have encouraged millions to shop from the comfort of their own homes ever since. She was not, however, a stranger to television, having previously appeared in Beadle's About, The Price is Right and numerous advertisements, including the Woolwich Building Society where she famously asked, 'Can I help you?' None of this would have come about id she hadn't survived the killer disease polio in the 1950s. Not only did she survive but, against all the odds and the advice of her careers teacher at school, she became a professional dancer. That was the start of a long and varied car...
I was so sure I saw Sophie on the beach that day. But it couldn't be her. Sophie's dead... Ever since we locked fingers and swore to be best friends at school, Sophie was there for me. When she married my brother, I followed her down the aisle as her bridesmaid, thrilled that we were becoming family. We laughed together and cried together. We shared everything. At least I thought we did. And then she was gone. The terrible accident that took her life devastated me, and though everyone else has moved on, I can't. She was so quiet, those last few months. I keep thinking there is something I don't know... Now I'm standing on the beach we visited when we were younger and there's a woman with lon...