This week’s tabloids have two somewhat related (in my mind) stories about Jennifer Aniston. Neither story is really “negative” although one of them has my douche-radar humming, although that radar tends to ping constantly regarding Justin Theroux. So, in the wake of the box office failure of Wanderlust, it seems like Jennifer might be coming around to the idea that she needs to get out of her comfort zone and try something new. Star Magazine claims that the “something new” is Jennifer handing over her financial and business affairs to Justin. I really hope this isn’t happening.
In a move that signals the couple are heading toward marriage, a pal reveals that Jennifer Aniston, 43, has opened her portfolio for Justin Theroux, allowing him to control her financial future.
“He wants to turn her into a shrewder business-woman and expand her empire,” an insider reveals. He knows how much money she has and is actively trying to double it. But the move has some of her good friends worried.
“Justin is coming off a major career setback since Rock of Ages and Wanderlust tanked, and he’s already talking about sinking her money into another collaboration,” says the source. But Jen doesn’t seem concerned: “She trusts Justin 100 percent.”
[From Star Magazine, print edition]
I would be worried too – since Jennifer got with Justin, her business affairs haven’t been all that great. Of course, she’s still an extremely wealthy woman – no joke, she’s one of the richest women in Hollywood. But there are still some concerns – Wanderlust sunk and Jennifer isn’t being offered many quality scripts and she even lost more than $500K when she sold her New York apartments! She’s also been flip-flopping around LA real estate for a year, staying in pricey rentals and fancy hotels while she and Justin allegedly fix up some monstrous, money-pit Bel Air mansion. I’m not blaming all of that stuff on Jennifer or Justin – perhaps she needs better money management in general?
And the second part of the “Aniston needs to get out of her comfort zone” – The Enquirer claims that Courteney Cox has convinced Aniston that she needs to come back to television:
In a startling mid-career switch, Jennifer Aniston is returning to TV thanks to Courteney Cox. Aniston is tired of her hit-and-miss movie track record, and she’s taking Courteney’s advice to land a top-notch TV project – probably for HBO or Showtime – where she can reinvent herself as she makes the transition to mature leading lady, say insiders.
“Jennifer’s looking for an edgy, character-driven show along the lines of Edie Falco’s Nurse Jackie, Mary-Louise Parker in Weeds, or Glenn Close in Damages,” a source told the Enquirer. “She’s tired of so-so film scripts, bad movie reviews and disappointing box-office sales. She also thinks she’s getting too old to star in big-screen romantic comedies. So after a heart-to-heart with Courteney, she made up her mind to reinvent herself as a serious actress back on TV where she got her start.”
Jennifer is desperate for a juicy role she can sink her teeth into the way her good friend Laura Dern’s done in “Enlightened” the source added. And her production team is said to be working overtime looking for projects with memorable female characters.
“She joked she’ll even play a one-legged, crack-addicted prostitute as long as it’s a believable role,” reveals the source. “Jen hasn’t had a great movie review since ‘The Good Girl’ way back in 2002… she’s hoping a dramatic TV role can win her the praise she’s been lacking from her recent films.”
[From The Enquirer, print edition]
I chuckled at “like Glenn Close in Damages” because… well, bless her heart. Glenn Close is an acting legend, and she KILLS IT on Damages. But the other comparisons – Mary-Louise Parker on Weeds, Laura Dern on that fruity hippie show Enlightened and maybe Edie Falco on Nurse Jackie (although that one is a stretch too, kind of) – those are decent. I could definitely see Aniston returning to TV – in fact, I’ve suggested it for years. Aniston is a television actress – there’s no shame in it. Her best work was on Friends, a well-written, well-acted network ensemble, and nothing she’s ever done in film has even come close to comparing to it.
You know what I think is slightly interesting, though? All of Aniston’s Friends costars (save for David Schwimmer) have returned to TV in various ways. Lisa Kudrow has Showtime’s Web Therapy (I just saw an episode with Meryl Streep, FTLOG!), Courteney has Cougar Town, Matt LeBlanc has Episodes (he’s been winning awards for it too), and Matthew Perry has done a string of TV work, including the short-lived (and much missed) Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The Good Wife and a new series, Mr. Sunshine. Why doesn’t Aniston compare herself to any of them? She should be so lucky.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
I’d love to see her on tv again. Now that so many movie people are doing TV, maybe she’ll no longer have something against it (whatever it is she has against TV).
As an aside: are y’all going to cover the shooting at the CO midnight Dark Night premiere?
Going back to tv will be the smartest move of her career, she is good on tv shows.
Justin managing all her money…I hope it’s not true.
Ditto for going back to TV. They often have a very good script there.
As for putting Theroux in charge of her business affairs, hmmm…I’m not a big supporter of mixing business with my love life….
I, also believe she should try her hand at TV again; how we I also believe her big ego has gotten in the way. She thought she would catapult into movie stardom, and frankly, that did not happen.
Or maaaaaybe she should just retire from acting.
Really! Between her movies and a decade of Friends, we’ve seen her bag of acting tricks ten times over. Maybe she went to the same acting school as Jenna Maroney.
She will not go back to weekly TV gig. I think she sees herself as a movie actor. And going back to TV would be like she failed. So don’t look for that to happen. And besides her cameos on other shows to my knowledge (I could be wrong) but those appearances did not generate big viewer numbers. She didn’t bring in a lot of viewers to those shows. Which is funny to me since her fanbase is vocal, yet they don’t watch her in droves. I never got that.
And regarding her money. I really don’t think she has all the money people claim. Mainly because of some of the actions she has taken. I would think someone with her MILLIONS would be brave enough to finance a film for herself as the STAR. But she has not done that. Actor/Actresses with less money and clout go on the limb and finance films for themselves. She has not. So looking at the other Friends Cast, it seems that all of them need to work. So I guess that Friends money is not what it was.
I don’t think any of them NEED to work, LOL. More likely they enjoy acting and have the opportunity, so why would they sit home? Same could be said of most high profile performers. Even the wealthiest keep making films and shows.
She would never finance a movie, even though she has the money because she will not go outside her comfort zone.
I REALLY hope she goes back to TV…I think if MLP (who is also way more talented than her) turned down Weeds Aniston would have been perfect casting. I think her fear is that she’d wouldn’t have another hit and then she’d face the humiliation of being a failed TV star and then have to call it a day in Hollywood. Still her best talent is her comedic timing which is perfectly suited to episodic television, she doesn’t like to change up her looks, and she gravitates towards playing the same character over and over again. These are all things that make her nearly unbearable on film but give her an advantage on TV!
If she’s dumb enough to let Justin control her money well she’s really, really dumb. I’m going to choose not to think to deeply on that part.
im neutral on anniston. she cant act but there are so many people that cant act and still do it.
im sure she can do good on tv. i couldnt be bothered to pay for a ticket and get to the cinema just for her but if she was on tv i would give her at least a chance.
give her some dramedy with a woman her age and her struggles and im sure it will do ok.
I seriously loved Studio 60…it was such a great show!!
So did I! I’m not even a huge Aaron Sorkin fan-but it was such a great cast. I have a soft spot for Matthew Perry.
Interesting though that she’s friends with Dern. The Angelina stories between the two of them must make for some epic girl talk.
I think if they are talking about Angelina all these years later it would make both of them highly Pathetic. I really doubt Angie is thinking of either of them.
It is interesting considering that both Dern and Aniston are homewreckers. Not sure why you think they’d talk about Angelina though since shes done nothing to either of the two. The myths of an affair with BBT and Brad were debunked along time ago. Aniston is homewrecking trash though and Dern got pregnant to Harper, a married man at the SAME TIME as his wife was pregnant to him. Andas we know, Aniston stole Justin Theroux from Heidi Bivens, whom she seduced and stole on the set of Wanderlust. Never mind that she had to break up a 14 year relationship and home to do it, Aniston cared nought for that. Maybe one day Aniston herself will finally be cheated on and she will understand what she did to Heidi when she came in and spread her legs for Justin. Dern and Aniston are both skank man-stealers who make a good couple. I guess homewreckers make the best friends hence Aniston and Dern being pals. Maybe they swap slutty man-stealing tips, how to break up a home? I can’t wait for karma to hit Aniston and Dern. I wonder what the original Mrs Harper and Heidi Bivens would talk about if they had a gal night? Epic talk?
Good Grief. There’s no such thing as a home if the man in the relationship just ups and leaves. Why do the dudes get a free pass for being terrible partners?
oh lighten up, peeps. i really don’t give a rat’s ass about any of these people, but it is quite a coincidence that both of these ladies had their husband/live-in partner not only leave them, but for the same woman? surely that comes up every now and then, although i do agree that they’re over it and have all moved on. but some nights, when the margs are flowing, i bet these two can still talk some shit. it’s inevitable. they’ve both been there.
Sigh. You obviously missed it the first time. NO, *neither* of them had their man leave them for the same woman. Re-phrase it as much as you want, it won’t become ANY MORE true than what it was in your first post. The ONLY thing these 2 have in common is that they both were the CAUSE of a man leaving their partners. Neither have been cheated on. There IS NO coincidence.
@ Lana,
All of that is nothing but speculation.
All right, Brangelunatic. Can we at least agree that both of these women had partners leave them? And then, miraculaously, both of those men chose, immediately, to take up with Angelina Jolie? And that this might, occasionally, come up in what might be a lively conversation based on shared experience? Or is that too rational a thought process for you?
So you go on the attack and accuse me of being a ’Brangelunatic’ when I attacked neither Jennifer or Angelina, in fact all I did was provide facts. And you want to talk about ‘rational’? smdh. You’re the essence of a loon. What makes you think I like one rather than the other? Projection much, looniston? I didn’t know cold clinical neutral facts upset you so much so that you have to make it personal because you can’t cope with being corrected. Dern’s own publicist said their split was mutual. There is no indication that BBT left Dern, or that Dern even left BBT. Same with Pitt and Aniston. There is no indication anywhere that Brad left Jen, or that Jen left Brad. So where are you getting that BBT and Brad left? Did it ever occur to you that maybe Dern left BBT? And maybe Aniston left Brad? Thats the point. We *don’t know* who left whom. You are making that *ass*umption that anyone left anyone. Just as you made the assumption that because I gave rational clinical facts that makes me a ’Brangelunatic’. As opposed to a tabloid-loving assumption-making looniston? If you can make the ASSumption that I’m a Brangelina fan, I can make an assumption that you are a bitter looniston DESPERATE to deflect Aniston’s homewrecking. Yep. I noticed you conveniently side-stepped that. I wonder why?
I rather question her work ethic. About Rumor Has It, she said ‘worst movie, worst experience, don’t wanna talk about it’. Really? She was part of a team though, she could’ve make it publicly clear that her sucking ruined the work of her co-workers. About Derailed, she said ‘thrillers are hard, I don’t need to make this kind of movies, it’s like caviar, you only had to try it once’. It’s like, again, not taking responsibility for her lack of performance. True, she was a looker in Derailed, but she really failed as a femme fatale. Later on, she said about the same movie that the audiences were not ready to see her as a villain. Yeah, our fault that she made a whiny villain. And no, I’m not obsessed, I just have an efficient memory when it comes to such crap.
Yes, *real* acting, ie dramas, thrillers is hard work, clearly Aniston is lazy and prefers to churn out cheap and lazy movies than aim for substance and to perfect her craft. Hence why she’ll never be nominated for an Oscar. Shes after easy money and quick fame and fortune, not a meaningful career. Her lack of work ethic you’d think is embarrassing for her fans. Shes incredibly lazy.
All acting is *real* acting, Lana.
Being funny is considered harder by many many actors than being dramatic because comedic timing is extremely difficult to get down-you either have it or you don’t.
Most actors can cry convincingly or get angry-that’s acting 101. Making someone laugh is a bit more subtle and Aniston has great comedic timing and phrasing.
I think a thriller was hard for her because she’s a natural comedian. And frankly maybe she just likes having fun on set and not getting all depressed and angry. Maybe thrillers and dramas are too much of a downer. Maybe she isn’t obsessed with the “craft” (eyeroll) of dramatic acting and is more interested in having fun with the hand she was dealt (i.e. being more adept at being funny than being dramatic).
You people crucify her for seeming to enjoy her life and her career. Jealous much?
Great comedic timing? Lol, sorry hun, no, she doesn’t. Aniston doesn’t ‘have it’. Phrasing? Have you heard her in interviews? The twit can barely string a sentence together. Dramas and thrillers require a level of acting that Aniston doesn’t have the ability to deliver, drama and thrillers are much, much, much harder to do than comedy, THATS why she is stuck to doing cheap and tasteless romcoms. As for jealous, sorry, I hate to burst your bubble little kid (who else uses the jelly term?) but I’d be jealous of Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver or Angelina Jolie sooner than I’d be jealous of this talentless superficial slutty bimbo twit with the comedic timing of a lamp post. I feel SORRY for Aniston. I can promise you with everything I have, the day I am ‘just jely’ of Paris Hilton, Lyndsay Lohan and Britney Spears, is the day I start being jely of Aniston. But I find your desperation to defend the twit amusing.
Haha she said those things?! How glib! Derailed was on basic cable this past weekend and despite my better judgement I watched. She was horrible in it. As was the movie in general. She isn’t a good actress and she picks terrible projects. I wouldn’t watch her on a tv show. I hate how people think movie actors are better than tv. As if! I would take a Dexter/Breaking Bad/Homeland trifecta over any of her garbage rom-coms! Also, if she has her own production company why not take the time to adapt an awesome book or develop an age appropriate project? She obviously only cares about the money/fame and not about being some great actress as evident by her choices in roles. It also made me lol when it said she hasn’t gotten a good review since 2002! Lol how tragic.
Plus Jen’s idea of “acting” is primarily based on styling her hair differently.
As for her money, whoever’s been handling Jen’s finances all these years has been doing a damn good job, considering her net worth is supposedly upwards of 100 mil. She’d be a fool to turn the management over to Justin, whose bank balance is a tiny fraction of hers. If there’s any truth to this rumor, she needs an intervention as much as JLo.
People, and that includes Forbes, have NO idea what money she has.
I am not surprised if this is true – Jason comes off as a conniving poseur. Aniston has never been all that bright and it probably takes little to fool her.
I really liked her in Derailed.
@Vesper…Yes, I also liked Jennifer in Derailed. Good acting and a good movie!
I like Jen but I dont think she should put Justin in charge of her money, that never ends well.. I dont know why actors dont like to do TV but if it were me, I’d jump at the chance if only for the financial security…
Oh please, Justin is no Gabriel Audrey. He comes from a rich family in Hollywood. And Jen always has been very good with money, business and pr.
And (this is my personal opinion, dont attack) she will never be satisfied as an actress because she will always compare herself and be compared to the other two (the ones who shall not be named). Poor Jen.
Justin does not come from a rich family in Hollywood. Where does some of this come from? His dad is a successful corporate attorney but he’s not rich in the sense you seem to think.
I doubt the money story, she’s probably had a good manager and investment group for years and is doing just fine.
I think a good tv show could work. I think she’s better suited to it, but who can blame anyone for taking film roles when the offers were there?
A lot of people are recognizing that the high quality tv out there is as good or better than many films right now, it’s not like it was back when film actors looked down on tv.
I very much doubt this is true. There’s a reason she’s one of the richest women in HW, and it’s most certainly not because she does stupid things like hand over the management of her assets to just anyone.
As for “flitting around pricey rentals and hotels” while she fixes up a “money pit”, do you really think that one of the richest women in HW is going to stay in a 500 square foot studio apartment while she’s renovating? If she actually did ever buy that house at all. For all we know, her money people have told her the same thing as many are realizing right now… Real estate is going to drop like a rock. So, poor money manager Jen sold her old house for twice what she paid for it before the bottom dropped out of the market, may or may not have lost money on the NY apart deal (because the figure you’re basing yourself on was an estimate, not a contractual selling price) and may well be holding her cash at hand for when it really becomes a buyers market. Buy low, sell high… Yeah really poor money decisions… *eyeroll*.
Do you really think she sold her house on her own or maybe she had a top notch real estate agent (just like she has a top notch PR agen Steven Huvane) sell her house?
Just sayin…
And your point is what?
I dont dislike Aniston but I certainly wouldnt rank her with my favorite actors. I am happy that she’s managed to find someone to be with for a good amount of time. What I really like about her is that she doesnt have a strong desire to live a typical life of marriage and babies. She’s smart in that regard.
Another bullsh-t story!
I don’t believe a word of the financial aspect of this article. I do think Jennifer should try a different type of character- she was really great in The Good Girl
*sigh*
What is UP with all these powerhouse Hollywood chicks putting low-brow, suspect, loser guys in charge of their hard earned wealth?
Jennifer Lopez w/ skeezy Caspar Smart…now Aniston.
Do these women REALLY feel so insecure without a man at the helm of their destiny?!
Hey, I love my hubby. And clearly, these women are “in love with love” and desperately want marriage. I guess if they want a man in charge of their fate, there’s no reason they shouldn’t be as frustrated with their mates/ husbands as we are. J/K, I love my guy.
But I will ALWAYS be certain that I have more than a piece of paper saying I’m married to fall back on.
I am not a fan but I would definitely watch whatever she was in if she returned to television.
LOL!!! What “rich Hollywood family” is Jsutin Theroux from? Face it! He is an out-of-work D-list failure and Jenny isn’t far behind. She also isn’t one of the richest women in Hollywood. She has far to go to get to the Julia Robertses of this town. Her former bestie Courtney Cox is way richer than JA and she isn’t throwing her money around like a drunken sailor trying to impress the unwashed masses and some hipster wannabe.
I could envision a scenario where Jenn & Justin might form a partnership in a production company.
Jennifer would obviously need to invest the vast majority and Justin would have a certain amount of decision making abilities over expenditures.
I doubt that she would ever allow Justin to handle any substantial portion of her investment portfolio.
I hope that Jenn keeps an open mind as far as television opportunities are concerned.
Jen, I have 1 word for you: Jell-O. Think about it.
I just don’t get her appeal….she’s not unusually exotic or beautiful…she’s not tall like a model and can’t act, really….I wish she and Justin would just get married and spare us all the in between stuff.
Sorry Jen but you’re no Mary Louise Parker or Glenn Close or Edie Falco – or even a Laura Dern for that matter. I just don’t think she has the acting chops to pull off a high caliber show…
Why would she do that?
So everyone needs to do research. Theroux is not some”casper smart” character. He has either helped write/produced some great movies. Tropic thunder, iron man, etc. Maybe he’s not known much for acting but he has other things going for him.