This post is just for some assorted Jennifer Aniston stories percolating through the system. Aniston’s Oscar strategist has been doing a good job getting the right kind of stories out there, and getting Aniston to do the right kind of interviews and profiles. And it is paying off. At the Hollywood International Film Festival in Capri, Jennifer tied with Amy Adams for the Best Actress Award. Aniston wasn’t in Capri to receive the award in person, probably because she was still on vacation in Cabo.
Jennifer will also receive the Montecito Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival later this month – the SBIFF gives out awards like candy, for what it’s worth. Previous winners of the Montecito Award (and award for “a performer who has given a series of classic and standout performances throughout his or her career and whose style has made a major contribution to film”) to Julianne Moore, Kate Winslet, Oprah Winfrey, Daniel Day-Lewis, Javier Bardem and more. Aniston is being honored along with (no joke) Michael Keaton, Steve Carell, Ethan Hawke, Felicity Jones, Patricia Arquette, Jenny Slate, Rosamund Pike, JK Simmons, David Oyelowo, Ethan Hawke, Chadwick Boseman and a partridge in a pear tree.
Meanwhile, CBS released some video clips of Aniston’s sit-down interview with Sunday Morning. We already read some quotes from this interview – Aniston talking about the tabloids and how it’s all a soap opera, etc. She was asked about the still-constant headlines about Brad Pitt and their eleven-year-old split and she said: “I don’t find it painful. I think it’s a narrative that follows you because it’s an interesting headline. It’s more of a media-driven topic.” When asked if she keeps in touch with Brad, she said: “We’ve exchanged good wishes an all that sort of stuff to each other, but it’s not a constant thing.” Here are two clips:
What bugs me is that the clips make it seem like Jennifer just talked about tabloid nonsense rather than her performance in Cake. That’s not necessarily on her though – the interviewer wouldn’t shut up about how Jennifer is the most famous and pap-stalked person in the world, ever (I mean, except for Angelina Jolie, amirite?????). She also blames “sexism” for the tabloid focus on her relationships and whether she’ll have babies. Which… eh. Whatever, Jen. I give up. I’m letting the cake wash over me. *rocks back & forth*
Photos courtesy of WENN.
I’m a little tired of hearing about her. Please go away after award season.
Me too!!! Although I do like her polka dot shirt in the interview footage. And I like her response to the Brad Pitt query.
This trick needs to staahp. The only reason people still pay attention to her is because of this very narrative that she helped to perpetuate. And the only reason that she is getting recognition is because people feel sorry for her and she told them to recognize her. I can’t believe that she is going to likely end up with an Oscar nomination when it seems like there are so many more deserving actresses out there, such as Felicity Jones for one. If she wins I will lose my freaking mind. I realize that I really should not be reacting like this towards someone who has no bearing on my life or wellbeing but she bothers me something awful, and I hold her friendship with Chelsea Handler against her. I need to stop reading celebrity gossip.
Completely agree. She seems to pretend to hate her public persona yet milks it for all that it’s worth.
THIS.
Woot! Second comment in. Almost as bad as JJ, lola.
Same sh*t different day.
THIS^^^^^^
WOW – i was just reading these comments and people call her obsessive?! PLEASE!
It’s a 9 minute interview that included discussion of her childhood, her family history, her school, roots in comedy, her movie and her thoughts on pursuing a dramatic role, and then her tabloid persona which involved 5 seconds on a divorce and then 5 seconds on a current relationship. Both responses seemed perfectly acceptable and does not make her sound like she’s throwing a pity party nor asking people to feel sorry for her.
Also – let’s not pretend that tabloids or gossip blogs are the paragons of integrity and practice ethical journalism. At their core, they are not afraid to exploit narratives to sell copies. Jennifer Aniston is not the devil. And if anything, i view discussing divorce on the same plane as talking about your children, or your family, or doling out marriage tidbits or advice. it’s all personal information. Frankly if anyone has any right to talk about this divorce, it’s the people who were actually involved in the divorce… And she’s done it without putting down her ex-husband, yes?
Edited again to add the last part
One interview does not make ANYONE obsessive in behavior per se.
However, in a decade long collection of her interviews, she can be found referencing the ex consistently even while there have been other men in her life, where it is known that you were bitter about its end, where if in public your ex cannot be found in a picture with you or talking to you in the public eye for over ten years, where you and your friends take jabs at his wife and kids, where you are still hoping for affirmation through any of his interviews in the midst of your over-extended spring cleaning even ‘five years after Brad’ and beyond. If your ex has publicly dissed you in print as Brad has, what would make you feel comfortable giving him ANY level of a shoutout on any occasion?
I mean, you would have to be high on weed during those interviews. Oh wait,…
She looks like Ellen DeGeneres in that last pic.
But it’s true what she said. And I better leave before this section is filled with how she’s uglier, famewhorey, and vainer than the other person. I must have missed what horrible thing this lady has done
+1. I just don’t get why she’s been hated this much and I also don’t get why we have to choose sides for the Brangelina vs Aniston showdown (!). It was created by the tabloids and it’s not fun to read the same BS over and over again. She’s an actress who was in good and bad movies, she’s pretty, she’s more talented than the majority of Hollywod. Enough with the sexist crap, she’s telling te truth.
I don’t hate her but I think that she is a bullsh*tter and people on this site just call her out on her bullsh*t. You want to see real hate, then go on the internet and see what is written about Angelina Jolie. Death threats, sexually explicit stuff about her kids, etc.
And this whole thing about sexism, again Aniston bullsh*t. Remember those really sexist Team Jen / Team Angie T-shirts. Aniston was very happy to pose with fans who asked her to sign their Team Jen Shirts. Furthermore her friendship with somebody who refers to other woman as c*nts means that she has not right whatsoever to be whinging and whining about sexism.
And LOL that you think that she is more talented than the majority of people in Hollywood.
Her well-documented interviews, live quotes– INCLUDING THIS ONE–, and magazine article tripe have consistently exposed her hypocrisy about hating the tabloid- yet using them to maintain her popularity as a celebrity AND as an actress.
Sexism exists -yes. How has sexism stopped her from playing the game and garnering over 100 million per year, at times, in income and in net worth?
TRUTH: Tabloids has been her MAIN source of relevancy. Her PR pitbull Huvane has created and bought her awards already. NOW she is at it again by paying another Strategist to help her win nominations because … of sexism. According to Jen, talent and motivation as an artist is not enough for her. A steady acting gig is not enough either. She has signed on to complete 8 films in which she is in a dramatic role in each of them. And yet, the interviewer asks about tabloid speculation… and the horror of it all.
The interviewer should have asked WHY she thought it best to hire an Academy Award specialist and why no one has been able to see the film.
Here’s another thought. More women than men go to the movies. Women are more likely to buy tabloid and magazine articles than men. If she could learn how to get butts in the theatres– in other words, dial down your personal non-drama, stop comparing yourself to women who are mothers as well as accomplished actresses, and focus on delivering a performance that people will remember and enjoy– MAYBE her obsession with Brad/Angelina’s film success can be overlooked.
There is so much hypocrisy in some comments here imo. The entire celebrity money market is built on judging women, from body parts to life choices to misrepresenting interviews such as this one with JA … tabloids always trying fit a square peg into that never ending stupid triangle and then having the gall to blame her for it. She obviously was surprised at the question about the ex in a morning interview but graciously and quickly tried to brush it aside as if it were an annoying fly.
Aniston does NOT get a pass on feminism when she allows the focus of MOST of alll of her interviews to center on her hair, her looks, her bikinin body, her diet — everything physical — then cry feminism when she is not getting her way the way she would like when it comes to getting roles that she would prefer to have.
Again, feminism does exist. She ALLOWS interviews to steer in this directio because she wanted to be regarded as a sex symbol. Now she wants to be taken seriously, doesn’t want the baby question asked, does not want the marriage question asked, does not want people in her love life– yet SHE is the one that makes the public announcements through the media – i.e. People magazine- about her engagement, wedding details, diet, hair.
She has created this circus. When it was favorable – no complaints. Now the 11 year coat-tailing is blatantly obvious, back to whining again.
At the end of the day, she controls what is out there about her. And she pays a pretty penny by design.
That people STILL find a divorce over 10 years old a fascinating topic about you is telling.
@Josephina, who wrote: “Aniston does NOT get a pass on feminism when she allows the focus of MOST of alll of her interviews to center on her hair, her looks, her bikinin body, her diet — everything physical — then cry feminism when she is not getting her way the way she would like when it comes to getting roles that she would prefer to have.”
We can add to your list those naked magazine photo shoots (and the naked “GQ” magazine cover) she did for media/public attention to the ‘physical,’ too.
It’s not entirely what Aniston has done. It’s what her fans and best friend goddess circle/PR have done. Likely with her approval. I’d be shocked if Aniston was not on board with all those pity party quotes and interviews/statements her PR man has made.
Aniston could have easily been only an actress known for her work/business ventures (smartwater among others) and less for her last ex husband and his family. Facts are her career has only survived because her name is known for being 1. part of friends show. 2. in the tabloids.
So, it’s not directly Aniston claiming this or that, but you’d have to be a naive fool to think she hasn’t at the very least approved all these stories that go to PR friendly publications like Peoples and US.
Going to the Toronto Film Fest with a sheer top and no bra, posing topless and rubbing up against her stylist and she talks about sexism? Paper thin lips one month and plumped out the next, narrow faced one day and then looking puffed up and claiming she wouldn’t inject anything into her face. The paps were going crazy when she announced her engagement, yet hid her hand in her pocket for 3 months before she showed the ring. If she didn’t want the questions about Brad, she could have shut it down with one sentence, but throws in another four for good measure. She’s an ok actress, but wouldn’t be where she is today without her playing the PR game so well.
Ann
Sexism and wearing revealing clothes are not the same. Also, it’s fairly often ladies on the red carpet wear clothes that appear fine until the brighter than bright flash bulbs put them to the test.
That aside I agree. She plays the PR game and plays it extremely well.
Thank u. Anyone that doubts her, and her nefarious pitbull PR flack, take a look at minute 42:00 in this Goopyth/Handler interview http://youtu.be/q_VAeasE-uU to hawk her latest ghostwritten b.s. ‘book.’ If you don’t think Huvane, the PR monster isnt behind all of these hags and their meangirl b.s….you’re very VERY naive. He’s the biggest meangirl of all.
Yeah I don’t know either. I guess she’s just guilty of having shared the same man as St Angie. People keep acting like it’s a constant competition, and the media feeds on that.
“St” Angie? You clearly are a hater of Angelina’s. People do NOT hate Aniston because she was with Brad, the answer to why she is hated, is on this very thread! She has stalked and coat-tailed the JPs for 10 years, created and fanned the flames of the ‘Team Aniston’ thing, smeared and vilified a woman for 10 years, hired a talk show host to attack Angelina and her children….is that enough for you? Because I could go on and on.
Lana, “hired a talk show host”…. Are you serious? I would so love to see the link you must have that states Aniston HIRED Handler. Handler is a woman with her OWN opinions!!
What you say is true Lana. But the JPs had done the same thing. Those 3 have been constantly c@ck blocking each other for the last 10 years. It’s not one sided.
It’s Hollywood. They are all playing the game, they are all hustling in one way or another, they are all famewh@res.
There is no other way to become and stay famous.
DJ, seriously, you cannot be *this* gullible and naïve!! It is more than OBVIOUS to anyone who has paid attention that Aniston/Huvane hired Handler to attack Angelina and her children. This is not a topic in dispute. Because its stone cold obvious. As soon as Handler became repped by Huvane, she stopped attacking Aniston in her jokes and switched vociferously to attacking Jolie. Handler is most definitely not a woman with her own opinions. She is PAID to give ‘her’ ‘opinion’ on Jolie. Far too many coincidences with Aniston walking on stage on cue grinning, for it to be otherwise. Wake up.
Um, Em’, PLEASE show me HOW the JPs have c.ck blocked Aniston? It IS one sided, that is what the proof shows. Angelina and Brad have never said one word about Aniston. Not…one….word. So HOW are they doing the ‘same thing’? Brad and Angelina has gone through the past 10 years with restraint, dignity and class. NEVER ONCE responding to Aniston’s passive-aggressive and outright aggressive attacks on them. NOT…..ONCE. Yes, they do play the media game to sell movies and perhaps sell their image. But they have NEVER responded or dignified any of Aniston’s attacks. Never. It clearly is all one-sided.
Val
I’ll thank you for not putting improper titles before Jolie’s name in a manner to inflate and insult. At this point She is only titled Dame Angelina Jolie and cannot be Saint until her death and at that point miracles will be examined and then declared Saint :p
Lana’s logic: “if you don’t agree with me, you’re gullible and naive!!!11!11!one!” No dear. If you can’t see that the JPs are just as bad as Aniston, then YOU’RE the one who is gullible and naive.
Grant
Put down the People mag and step away.
No need to go and make this a direct and personal attack on other posters. Try first to articulately frame your argument before resorting to school yard tactics.
Otherwise your comment does not carry much weight.
Also, the Jolie Pitts for the most part haven’t a PR team. It’s well known. When they are promoting anything you get a few pap walks, interviews, and that’s it. If there was a team I bet we’d get more stories about how they endear themselves to their fanbase. Or more family outings. In truth we don’t. They could, but they don’t unless they’re contractually obligated or benefitting a charity/personal cause.
Aniston has a PR powerhouse behind her. It’s just a known truth. And Huvane plants stories in PR friendly publications. This too is known. And it’s common sense if you don’t share the thoughts your employees and friends are saying publicly about your personal and private life they’ wouldn’t be your friends?
They wouldn’t be mine.
So, please give some examples or cases where the Jolie/Pitts have played the press and used PR teams to the same effect as Aniston. In as much detail as possible please.
She is more full of ca-ca than an overflowing commode. She is a B-list actress who made an A-list marriage and has been milking her A-list divorce like a prize cow for the past ten years. Name me one other actor who still gets asked about a ten year old divorce. Why doesn’t she get asked about her current fiancé? She has made her status as the ex-Mrs. Brad Pitt define her entire existence.
Liz. Taylor !
Ava Gardner, Anjelica Huston, Nicole Kidman…
Angelica was selling a book, of course.
Nicole had children, and when she mentions her divorce, it is usually in relation to her children, and her pledge to be closer to them.
Liz and Ava were from the Studio system era, and even Liz overcame the “homewrecker” stamp, hey, even Ingrid Bergman did. People actually let it gooo on her.
With this said, This one-note actress has been able to outlive her friends fame thanks to her publicist. She, to me, seems obsessed with being a lead actress, she is not that talented. Give me Diane Keaton any day, for a quirky fun older actress, I’d prefer her in any Aniston role, even in bikini.
Agreed. And the reason she’s lost popularity isn’t because she is ‘hated,” but rather because people have finally since through her B.S. She doesn’t have the savvy-smarts to play the Hollywood game well on her own (unlike her PR Guru, Steve Huvane) so she’s coat-tailed the Jolie-Pitts in order to stay relevant. When (if) she marries Justin Theroux she will be forever severed from Brad Pitt and finally responsible for her own relevancy. It’s so much easier to coast along when you’re an insecure, B-List actress who desperately seems to need A-List recognition.
By the way, I don’t hate her either. I just loss respect for her tactics in 2005. It was the ‘Pity Me, that Villainess stole my missing-sensitivity-chip husband and broke my heart!’ print articles and TV interviews that did it. All the while (at least from July of 2005), she was all loved up with Vince Vaughn.
Josephine and Lana you have made my day! Thank you for preaching the truth. And “she knows her truths”? That line was also stolen from Brad. But the truth will go over a lot of people’s heads and, again, Aniston is given a pass because she’s just being Jen and people think it’s cute. I don’t, but my opinion doesn’t matter.
Nicole get’s asked about Tom in every in-depth interview, Gwyneth is still often asked about Brad and Ben, Ben get’s a ton of J.Lo questions… even Angelina used to get a lot of questions about Billy Bob long after her divorce.
That’s just what happens when you were once part of a really high profile couple. People are still interested decades on, just look at Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
Couldn’t agree more! The narrative is conducted by the media. She was married to Pitt, they divorced, Pitt is remarried with 6 children, but yet THEY still ask if she talks to her ex. Why? My favorite part of the interview was when she asked the idiot, “do you talk to your ex?” Boo yah!!!
As has been explained, Aniston and Huvane get the people to ask these questions. She wants the questions.
The challenge with this is she has had MANY EXES since Brad left in 2005:
Vince Vaughn
Paul Sculfor
John Mayer
Gerard Butler
+++ – lesser well known men where the relationship was short-lived (no need to list them)
And she follows along willfully! She could have talked about ANY of her exes. SHE does not. She goes right along with it.
The media are people. The stories don’t write themselves, people are writing them. In this case the “media” was a paperweight, male interviewer, clearly in awe of her. She said what she wanted to say.
And we are calling her on it.
@Josephine, what do men Aniston has dated, have to do with an EX husband?
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@Lana, yes, explained by JP fans which, is completely one sided. Pfftt!!
Explained? Really? Only in someone’s fantasy and hate filled mind.
@josephina
One dude made it very clear at a press conference that he never dated her. It seems he didn’t want to play her game.
@DJ-
Brad has an ex as well yet interviewers are not compelled to ask about Jen. It is not sexism there is just no interest, Brad characterized it best – dead end. Furthermore, Brad has led such an interesting life there is plenty to talk about. No one would dare ask Brad how Aniston is doing today because no one believes she is a factor in his life,
She can make Brad Pitt as little or as big in perception by her actions, deeds and words. Complete SILENCE lets everyone know there is no story to follow, EVEN IF there was one. Aniston is a woman who enjoyed the A-list status of Mrs. Pitt and still gets attention as ex-Mrs. Pitt. Don’t believe it? Go back to this interview.
Aniston has been in several public relationships , only to remind. skip and reference back to Brad through HER interviews. It is sad that she allowed this to happen and it is her fault. Notice how she confirms a relationship with him when it is clear that there is no relationship with his wife or kids included. Creepy.
@funcakes-
That would be Bradley Cooper. He gave 2 or 3 interviews to emphasize that he was NOT dating Aniston. Then pictures surfaced of him dating Renee Zellwegger.
+1. Obsessive hate of JA’s persona is one of the odder features of the blogosphere lol
I agree. She’s probably one of the least offensive celebrities. She doesn’t talk about politics or religion or social issues like other celebrities ,but for some reason she gets people riled up.
@FingerBinger I first noticed it on a comment board soon after that VF interview. That interview was so mild, so innocuous -it’s hard to fathom the hate, except it seems zero-sum and related to AJ: “I love AJ, therefore I can only hate JA” LOL. I hope some day they go to lunch or something just to mess with peoples heads
FingerBinger, I agree with you as usual. Save the vitriol for someone who says and does outright horrible things. So she uses the tabs and shaded her ex’s new piece. Sounds like a lot of other celebs out there to me.
It really is bizarre.
@db: That VF interview made her look like a whiny entitled child. “I was shocked! The world was shocked!” Who in hell does she think she is? The world had a lot more important things to get shocked over than the collapse of her marriage. She was not the first woman to be publicly humiliated by a divorce. I imagine Nicole Kidman and Debbie Reynolds went through hell when their husbands publicly abandoned them for other women, but they kept their heads high and their mouths shut. Aniston, OTOH, saw fit to drown herself and the interviewer in floods of tears while assigning 98% of the blame for the failure of her marriage to her ex-husband. That’s what got people disgusted, and that’s why they called her on her bullshit. She deserved all the opprobrium she got for that interview.
db
Have you ever paid for that swill SmartWater? That dislike is justified! Normally any somewhat filtered water that is cold I’ll drink, but wow you can taste something in that water that seems wrong.
@FLORC Never tried it. Maybe I’ll run out for some. After greasing up in Aveeno 😉
db
Haha! I never liked Aveeno either, but that was long before Aniston became the spokesperson.
Smartwater is simply this. Water boiled. Steam captured and condensed into water again only without salts. Salts then added back into water. They say on the bottle water is diistilled to it’s purest form and infused with electrolites, but that’s fancy talk. Anyways what I think I’m tasting is the old film in the condensing pipes. It just tastes weird.
I honestly like her but she’s just a one trick pony. It would be refreshing for her to talk about anything but her usually talking points.
I agree, but what would she talk about? All she’s interested in is her hair, her exercise regimen and vacationing in Cabo.
Aniston is trying to break away. Working on a role like hers in Cake was starting to do that. What bothers many is her role in Cake is a stepping stone. Yet her campaign has been all Huvane creating buzz. To stay quiet, seek more roles like this and have a full black out on all those distracting tabloid games isn’t easy.
She needs to understand she hasn’t been seen as a decent actress in some time. Even with good supporting cast. That each premiere must be plagued with pregnancy, engagement rumors and if she’ll flash the camera on screen..
It’s all tired.
FLORC, you’ve nailed exactly why her entire Oscar campaign bothers me. Like I’d STILL be bothered by it, because I think even less of her dramatic skills than I do of her comedic skills (only person I liked on Friends was Lisa Kudrow), but I’d be willing to let it roll off my back, because it IS a game, and so-so performances get nominated all the time, and I can’t really hate on a woman for going up against the Studio System…..but you’re right.
This role is a stepping stone to be taken more seriously. And it bothers me that
a) the movie/her, from what I’ve heard isn’t very good. I just can’t fathom going all out for a mediocre film–but I guess that’s what you gotta do.
b) she’s trying to pretend like she didn’t go on all of those shows/interviews, hosted by her friends, who all repeated how Oscar worthy she was. I mean, for FFS, when Angelina went on Jon Stewart’s show, he said he loved her movie, but he wasn’t going on and on about how she needed to be nominated for an Oscar.
c) Where are the other cast mates??? You’d think that it would HELP her Oscar campaign if her coworkers, a lot of respected actors, were pulling for her, as well. And she could’ve spread some of that Smartwater money to Adriana Barozza….I’ve read that she is the best thing from the movie. But it’s just SO weird and self indulging. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a one woman/man Oscar campaign, where none of the cast, director, etc ever went to any of the screenings. If they did, I apologize.
d) It just strikes me as BS to be all “Give me an Oscar because I gained ten pounds, got ‘ugly’, and wore a back brace for a few months!”….how is it the minute that she switches into a more serious role, she wants all of the awards to go with it?
And after all of this, then what? I mean, is this going to have more producers/directors look at her for more dramatic roles? I don’t think so–not unless Cake goes into wide release (as far as I’m aware, it’s only out in limited release) and makes decent/good money for dramas……and if that doesn’t happen, what is she going to do next? Awards are nice, but she has to sell this movie…key word being SELL. If it doesn’t make any money, then it won’t matter how good she was in it. And then what will she do w/her career? I’ve looked on her IMDb page, and she’s got nothing coming up…..I wonder if it’s a do or die moment for her???
I used to really like her but she’s become so insufferable…she complains about gossip but she is still relevant also thanks to it.
how is this her fault? She´s an actress and thanks to her marriage there will always be gossip. She just tried to use it and direct it in a better direction for her and her career. Nothing wrong with that. That´s how being famous in Hollywood works.
How is it not her fault? She encourages the narrative.
Her PR team, headed by Stephen Huvane, are the ones planting the stories!
She needs a new PR team that will give her new things to talk about.
Her pr responds to almost any silly gossip about her. She and him pay too much attention. Also quite a few stories have been planted by her team, and then deny them.
I remember when the engaging story and ring came along. Totally planted, and I remember how she was chasing Perez Hilton and complaining about his critics, how now she has finally won over Howard Stern and Chelsea Handler.
They (her and her team) cannot stand critics, but on the other hand she makes fun of cartoons of her using guns to “meet” with angelina and talking “off the record” and then complaining how tabloid Vogue went.
I would say that a friend as powerful as aniston could ask Handler from fueling the fire and stop calling the mother of her ex’s children a c*nt. Even if Handler has her “own” opinions. Handler benefis a lot from aniston, she could, but of course she/they won’t. I bet they toast with margaritas fter every show she crosses the line.
I watch CBS Sunday Morning on a regular basis and JMO, Aniston wanted the Pitt marriage mentioned. Just a few weeks ago, Sienna Miller was on the Sunday Morning Profile for American Sniper, the same segment Aniston just did, and while there was mention of Jude and the nanny (not by her), there was a clear omission of the B. Getty affair, save for some tabloid covers. The reporter focused on the Murdoch hacking scandal, which was spun to make her look heroic.
Aniston has more juice than Miller and yet, Aniston was ‘made’ to talk about her failed marriage? Don’t think so. As I said earlier, all of these machinations are designed to position her in a less pathetic light, ten years after the breakup.
Her oscar campaign is starting to make me really dislike her. She is completely rewriting her history to blame others for her lack of film success and from everything I have read her performance is not on par with the other ladies up for nominations. If she gets nominated it is just more proof oscars are rarely about talent and instead who is the most popular in Hollywood.
Really? And if she does get nominated for an Oscar, please remember your words the next time Jolie or Pitt are nominated. “Minimally talented”!
Why drag Jolie and Pitt into this? I haven’t seen J posting before, so why do you AUTOMATICALLY *ASS*UME they are JP fans? You can be a hater of one, and not a fan of the other. Yes, Aniston is minimally talented, or rather she has zero talent. The same cannot be said for Angelina, she is extraordinarily talented, just deal with it.
Lana, I believe you brought the JP’s to this conversation up thread. Practice what you preach!
Actually, she didn’t bring it up. She responded to a snarky “St. Angie” comment that had no place in this discussion anyway.
@ DJ–
Brad and Angelina are respected by their peers in the film industry. Please go review their IDMB credits and the glaring facts. Each has a longstanding, well-decorated film success history complete with nominations and awards in every department.
Brad and Angelina each have shown that they have consistent star power to get a movie greenlit AND generate huge box office turnout worldwide like no other actor. They also take on artsier, riskier roles and STILL generate box office success.
Back to Aniston: she aspires to have the film success AND respect that they have ALREADY earned.
Aniston is NOT at the peak of her game when it comes to acting. A veteran? Yes. This appears to be the FIRST YEAR that she is receiving film recognition as a FILM ACTRESS from her peers— WITH the help of a paid Academy Award Strategist and WITHOUT the help of the general audience seeing the movie.
This only serves to make Jennifer look pathetic. Why is she always referencing the ex-husband? What about the husband to be? It actually makes him look like she doesn’t care for him. I’m predicting after her Oscar run, Justin will be gone.
Not a JA fan, but I would have no problem with her getting recognition if she deserved it. This is just blatant cheating/buying /manipulating/conning her way to the top. Not fair to the other well-deserving actors being considered. I often wonder what people like JA say to themselves in the wee small hours when they must at least concede to themselves that they are cheaters.
I don’t think that those type of people ever acknowledge it, even to themselves. I think that if the thought does creep into their minds, they just quickly squash it down again.
@Renee…sadly, I think you are spot on.
I mean, I hear you, but what do you think the Oscars are? Everyone is hustling. If she believes in her performance, why not? It’s not like she tries this every single year.
@Angela…there’s this little issue of merit.
Eh, in a perfect world Greata. The whole thing is about politics now and lots of deserving people are passed over for who campaigns the hardest. It’s pretty sad and I wish it was simply about the best performance, etc but there is so much hustle.
Guess it’s easy to be nominated when not too many people have seen your movie.
Wasn’t she voted the hottest by some men’ s magazine? There was a whole award show too. And the world went “what? !”
She was at some sad little award show by People magazine. It was small and sad. It looked like the winners were already informed beforehand.
I still like her. She’s not my favorite actress, but again, whether she manipulated the tabloids in the past or not, it’s pretty evident that she’d rather have attention focused on her movie and her attempts at serious acting. I do think this narrative of sad, sad Jen and the watched womb took on a life of its own, and she’s trying to dial it back. Whatever.
*Comet Sophie with a strong coffee chaser*
Sorry Kiddo – I usually agree with most of the things you write but this one I disgree.
Jennifer created the sympathy monster and she is continuing to feed it to this day. She and the whole world knows that she is irrelevant with her association with Brad & Angelina. Which is why she constantly brings them up in her interviews or gets her showbusiness friends to attack the JPs for her.
Love you too, Kiddo, but Maya is right. This is probably the first time in her life that she wants attention for her movie instead of herself.
This comment is to Maya: You have also, and always do, command my thanks for your comments. What I have noticed is some people, constantly compare Angie to Jennifer. Such as, Jen was nominated for a Golden Globe, but Jolie was omitted. Good for Jen. Angie is not in a race with Aniston. But what I’ve noticed is not one time has someone said Angie was presented to the Queen and made a Dame. What is Aniston doing to become a dame? Jolie flies a plane? When will Jen learn to fly a plane? Get my drift?
it´s Hollywood and it´s total normal to use media for image and career. That´s how being famous in Hollywood works. And yes the problem in Jen´s case is that the narrative of the sad, betrayed, childless woman became too big to handle and control. At first it may have looked as if she can use it, but now after one decade the media completely has taken over and Jen has no control about it. I really think she tries to change this now she is older and hopefully wiser.
The fact that she keeps bringing it up herself all on her own shows she has complete control over it and is pushing the narrative harder than ever.
Eh, I agree that it got out of control, but think she’s been able to work with it, honestly. She’s still around, still relevant, still making movies and money. That’s a lot better than many former TV It Girls.
“Work with it”? She created a monster with that Vanity Fair interview and she’s been riding it ever since. She and her publicist know damn well that if it wasn’t for her never-ending pity party she would have vanished into obscurity a decade ago.
What Vanity Fair interview? The one from 10 years ago? Seriously who cares?
Sorry, Jennifer, but “We’re the Millers”, “Along Came Polly”, “The Break-Up”, and “The Bounty Hunter” are not Oscar level work and you did accept those roles. You could also take “babies and Brad” off the discussion list by not answering questions about them.
Can I just say it? This Lee Cowen person was thisclose to getting down on his knees to kiss her butt. I mean, I get it, she’s huuuugeee (no, she’s not). Can you for a second stop fangirling her and do the interview like a professional journalist already?
That said, though I don’t usually like Aniston and how she portrays herself in the media, just this once, perhaps because of Cowen’s over-acting, she did ok.
Seriously this woman has no dignity nor a shred of self respect. She has sunk so low that she is using her divorce with Brad to gain sympathy and maybe get an Oscar nomination via pity.
It’s no coincidence that she approved this Brad question – she knew that she will get the headlines by bringing up the divorce and how Brad left her for Angelina. People are already now talking about how she deserves a nomination (or win) because of what she went through because of Brad and Angelina.
Jennifer has built her whole career on sympathy and now she is using what happened a decade ago to get awards.
Again I sincerely hope one of these days – Jennifer’s real truth about her pr manipulations and how she bought Oscar bloggers will be exposed. This woman does not deserve any acclaim simply because she didn’t wear makeup and was dumped by the sexiest man alive for the sexiest woman alive.
Her movie Cake was supposedly released last week and yet no boxoffice numbers are revealed. The reviews on Rotten Tomatoes have been tampered with. Clear sign that Jennifer and her team are hiding the movie.
In your life you need either inspiration or desperation – it seems that Jennifer has always and will always choose desperation.
LOL. Still blaming everybody else for a narrative that her and her publicist created. For somebody who has spent most of their adult life in therapy, Jennifer Aniston appears to have gained very little self-awareness.
Also LOL at the 10 years after Brad reference. Just surprised that she did it for a sit down interview and that she isn’t on the cover of some magazine with her t*ts hanging out.
Seeing that she is so desperate to get this Oscar, I wouldn’t put it past her to make some kind of comment on Angelina Jolie next.
She was able to refrain from talking about her CURRENT fiance but she was NOT able to deflect about a “tabloid-driven” (cough, Bull**it,cough) , 11-year old PAST relationship? A relationship that she KNOWS people have an interest in finding the tea about?
This is ONE VERY THIRSTY woman. Thirsty for A-list status, box-office movie star-relevancy AND an Oscar nomination!
Coat-tailing at its finest. She couldn’t say “Really, please, let this go– I’m here for Cake?””
As individuals, we define how we are seen. Latest PR tactic, CONTINUE to show connection to Brad Pitt. When has Brad ever STATED that he keeps in contact with her???
STILL CANNOT stand on her own. Still name-dropping Brad Pitt – OVER A DECADE later… SMH
Yep she is giving women a bad name. If she wants to succeed then freaking do it herself instead of using her ex husband’s name.
Talking about Justin does not make headlines, talking about Brad Pitt DOES.
Wow…everytime I turn around, Anniston is on TV, in a magazine, in an interview online, on a commercial….Honey, a little of you goes a looooooooooong way…You are not as good as you think you are! Please, please, go back to Cabo, put on a bikini, and shove a bottle of tequila in your mouth…Just because you plumped yourself up, didn’t wear makeup, and didn’t have your hair shallacked to perfection, you still can’t act!!!!!! You are not Charlize Theron in Monster…Charlize can act…If JA is nominated for an Oscar, I swear, I will never watch the Oscars again….
Me too – I will never watch the Oscars if she get nominayed or even wins. That simple confirms that she has bought her way to an award that she don’t deserve.
Jennifer is not a dramatic actress and she doesn’t deserve to win before the likes of Julianna Moore, Rosamund Pike, Amy Adams, Felicity Jones etc.
But one thing I have noticed on Twitter is that people getting are sick and tired her and her pitt party. They are actually telling her to stop being so desperate and move on.
+1
Why does she feel the need to talk about tab stories? I know of no other celeb, who’s supposed to me major, so focused on them. Jennifer really must not have anything else to talk about.
The disingenuousness of this is laughable. Aniston and her PR are the ones planting these stories to keep her in the public eye. Does she really think, with all the new celebs around in the last 10 years, that we would believe tabloids would still find her the most fascinating person on the planet if they weren’t given “encouragement” by Huvane? She feigns irritation, but the truth is, she loves being famous. Loves it.
Really! Here we go again. She is too predictable. She makes every interview be about her marriage to Brad, and babies. If she didn’t continually coat-tail Brad and Angelina like she does, she’d be as relevant as Lisa Kudrow. She and Huvane create the tabloid drama, and then respond to it to keep her name in the tabloids and press. This bch is as phony as a 3 dollar bill.
Lisa is ten times the actress that Jennifer is. If only she knew how to play the game as well as Jennifer does.
Lisa Kudrow writes, produces and stars in two TV shows. She might not be relevant to Star, if that’s the barometer by which we measure who matters, Kim K is the most relevant person in the world.
I think my brain is going to melt, so I will be leaving before it does…good Lord. I don’t think even think I can say “Don’t hate the player, hate the game”, because I am SUCH a h8ter….and I leave her with this. SHUT UP…omfg. Just stop talking. This has become the most boring, the most tryhard Oscar campaign ever….it’s reaching AnnE levels for me….
@Virgilia Coriolanus…she makes Anne look like an amateur.
I would like to see this movie if there is already Oscar buzz
There is definitely sexism at work in the tabloids. It’s always about women fighting, women competing, women’s bodies, etc. Male celebrities are rarely treated the same way.
+1. I’m wondering why no one on this thread has picked this up. Most tabloid buyers/consumers are female, and some of us do enjoy dissecting every piece of a female’s life than a male’s. Some of us would rather focus on a woman’s thighs and any other imperfections they claim to see. In general, society focuses on the “flaws” of a female yet rarely calls out the males.
To a certain extent, that tabloid story is always going to follow her around. But she’s a forty something actress, it keeps her in the news and she is smart enough to know that. When Melissa Leo was nominated for an Oscar a few years ago, she had to promote herself because no magazine was going put her on the cover. Aniston probably has been offered worse roles than she has taken! She does play a media game so how come that’s something Jolie gets praise for and Aniston gets slammed for? IMHO, her husband left her for the most beautiful woman in the world ™ and she’s handled herself with a lot of grace since them. BTW, I am a fan of both actresses, it’s Brad who gets on my nerves a bit sometimes. I would be pleased if she was Oscar nominated because she deserves it for her comic timing alone. She was great in Friends and I think people underestimate that.
What???
The purpose of the nomination is to reward outstanding performance in a dramatic role, not give away a sympathy award to rebuild and coddle a neurotic egotistical woman. Doesn’t she have a Goddess Circle of Friends to help console her? How much screaming at the ocean can you do before you realize it’s time to stand up on you own two feet, move forward and NOT look back? BTW, I am talking about her career choices for film roles.
Her self-proclaimed victimization is what irks most people. She is a victim of her choices in life. She needs to own it. When she chooses not to she comes off like someone who lacks depth. And ain’t it funny that that person wants to be recognized seriously in dramatic roles? You cannot give what you don’t have.
And this is where Huvane, and newly-hired the Academy Award strategist are relevant and purposefull…. she is gonna BUY her way into A-list status! She is gonna buy respect!
What???
The purpose of the nomination is to reward outstanding performance in a dramatic role, not give away a sympathy award to rebuild and coddle a neurotic egotistical woman. Doesn’t she have a Goddess Circle of Friends to help console her? How much screaming at the ocean can you do before you realize it’s time to stand up on your own two feet, make the necessary changes, move forward and NOT look back? BTW, I am talking about her career choices for film roles.
Her self-proclaimed victimization is what irks most people. She is a victim of her choices in life. She needs to own it. When she chooses not to she comes off like someone who lacks depth. And ain’t it funny that that same person wants to be recognized seriously in dramatic roles? You cannot give what you don’t have.
And this is where Huvane, and newly-hired the Academy Award strategist are relevant and purposefull…. she is gonna BUY her way into A-list status! She is gonna buy respect!
Amen! Amen! Amen! Girl, you are on a roll.
Agree with everything you say. And the vitriol for her here is just bizarre to me.
*braces self for diatribes about how AJ has faced far worse hatred*
@Esmon – braces self for diatribes about how AJ has faced far worse hatred
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Well you said it, AJ has.
Ok, that might be true, I don’t really know, but how do two wrongs make a right? It seems like people here are hell bent on hating JA in retaliation for some AJ hate? That’s what’s bizarre to me, that people simply cannot move on.
With me it’s not retaliation against people hating AJ. It’s what Aniston has done herself. The incident that really soured me towards JA was when she was showed a cartoon of herself pointing a loaded gun at AJ and her response was to laugh and say that it was the funniest thing that she had ever seen.
Now to me, that was a pretty disgusting comment that JA. She’s also made comments at the expense of AJ children which I believe crossed a line.
The vitriol for BOTH of them is bizarre to me. Why waste your time hating Jen or Angie?
An oscar for friends? for her comedic timing? nope.
I would say give one to Charlie Sheen, then, or many other TV actors who are good at comedy. She has been recognised and paid very well for her comedc timing. And her being good at a show is a metter of opinion. I liked the Monica character and CCox was great, but the timing of Lisa Kudrow was the best. Also, let us not forget that writers are the real STARS of a comedy show. she was one of six, but it happened that her role and Shwimmer’s had the romantic lead together-not together that elongated friends as a soap opera would.
She has some strength in Hollywood, so playing tabloid victim is extremely distasteful, especially since it is a well known fact that that her publicist has many deals with the tabloids. There is really just nothing to her – hair, yoga and diet have always been her only talking points.
I think she is a fine comedic actress but I would like her better if she just kept her mouth shut.
I like some of Jen’s movies, but her interviews are very dull and ignorant. Seems insincere.
I am beginning to understand why Brad smoked so much weed when he was married to Jen. The drivel is maddening.
Always thought they were an arranged Hollywood marriage. Brad often seemed disconnected from Jen, and didn’t try to hide his disillusionment. Dead end indeed.
I like her just fine, but she has one of the most powerful publicists in the game and it’s known that he has at least created some of this — going back as far as the Friends days when she was the standout.
I heard she’s paying her Oscar campaigner $2m for a nomination and another $3m if she wins. She’s also spending millions for the campaign
Every actor/actress does that…. Nothing new!
Uh no they don’t. Get off it.
What did she get wrong tho?
Women ARE constantly asked about children and marriage in a way men never have been, or for that matter, ever will be.
She didn’t bring up the topic, the interviewer did, she merely answered the question.
Women are expected to want babies and a husband, those who have other goals are judged, period. Just last night at work I got my ass chewed out for daring not to have children at 33 😤
My patient didn’t know me from Adam but chastised me for not being married and told me that I would literally die alone–i then had to excuse myself because two days ago my bf’s sister was found dead, alone in her apartment 😭
Hell, for all the proclamations made on this board about feminism, there are constant critiques about actresses that perpetuate sexism repeatedly: body shapes, implants, choices made in life and how one woman’s ideas of happiness don’t compare to another woman’s idea of happiness 😒
She’s thirsting for that award, no doubt, but if you genuinely believe she alone cultivated that scorned woman image… well you’re (collective you) are incredibly naive.
She’s never been a serious actress (I did like her in The Good Girl) but is she not allowed to grow and try something different? No one is critiquing Matthew McHoweverYouSpellHisName for jumping ship into something grittier.
Maria, you are ON IT this morning. And I’m sorry about your bf’s sister. Something very similar happened to a good friend of mine just this week. The holidays are a really tough time to deal with death.
Don’t be disingenuous. Why did the interviewer think it was necessary to drag up her past divorce as if it was still germane to her current career?
This woman is angling for a pity Oscar. “I deserve to be recognized for what Brad and Angie did to me ten years ago.” She controls the narrative. If she didn’t want to discuss it, she could have set the ground rules prior to the interview and refused to answer any questions related to her marriage or her divorce.
I heard a radio interview with her yesterday and I really don’t think she wants an Oscar because of “what Brad and Angie did” to her. She’s been in the business a long time, has faced being pigeonholed as a comedic actress and is trying to broaden her horizons and show TPTB that she’s capable of more. Just as AJ broadened her horizons from actor to director. Why isn’t JA allowed the same acknowledgement for trying to evolve?
She may not want an Oscar because of “what Brad and Angie did to me” but it’s the only way she’ll ever get one and deep down, she knows that.
@esmom she has pigeonholed herself with the roles she has chosen. If she had wanted, mre than 10 years ago, she had money and a production company to make even a smaller film for herself, like some actresses like her have done before.
Drew Barrymore, Salma Hayek, etc.
“Why did the interviewer think it was necessary to drag up her past divorce as if it was still germane to her current career? ”
My guess is because the show/interviewer wants the attention and ratings that come with it. They get her to respond to a question about her previous marriage, their interview gets picked up by every gossip blog and entertainment show, and drives traffic to their site to watch the video. All which results in $.
lucy2, you’re exactly right. The fixation on her former marriage is definitely media-driven and a burden she may never shake as long as it gets the clicks.
Janet, a pity Oscar? Oh, my… Aren’t you the naive one.
Blah..Blah..Blah..She is like a broken record.If nobody is talking about her ,she brings herself to the forefront, so there….
Are there any numbers or reactions from Cake
Not yet, and it makes one wonder why not. It’s been in limited release for a week. If the box office numbers and reactions were good you’d think they would want to publish them. No numbers at all and only one tepid review in the Los Angeles Times.
It actually had a qualifying release this weekend but those numbers are never reported. It officially opens on Jan 23.
Hazel is right, qualifying release is not exactly the same as limited release. Qualifying release numbers are not reported. Exact same situation with “Still Alice”, which also opens later this month.
Hazel, why shouldn’t the numbers be reported? “American Sniper” went into limited release in only 4 theaters and made over $1,000,000. Ditto “Selma”. If the numbers for “Cake” were good, they would be all over the place. Sold-out theater, etc. That the numbers weren’t reported should tell you all you need to know. The movie sucks.
Janet, does the same standard apply to “Still Alice”?
“Still Alice” is scoring 87% on rottentomatoes. I don’t think it has anything to worry about in terms of being an considered an Oscar-worthy film. And Julianne Moore, unlike Aniston, is a genuinely talented actress who doesn’t have to pimp herself to the media to score an Oscar nom.
Funny thing about those Cake reiewers on RT. If they praise the film It’s a story of Aniston leading the way ad shining. If it’s negative it’s a complex look at the film in full. Most reviews still praise Anna Kendrick. The pro Cake reviews only mention Aniston like there’s no other cast.
Those I know that have personally seen Cake thought it was a hard watch. Boring with cringeworthy performance on Aniston’s part. Also, the storyline is misleading. And 3 of them are Aniston do-no-wrong fans!
I don’t hate Jennifer but she is full of contradictions. What she says on camera is totally different from her actions, just check out her body language whilst being interviewed. She makes all sorts of faces, slightly nervous yet trying to come across as funny even sarcastic at the same time. It’s like she’s always trying to hide her real self behind her public persona. Her answers seem contrived and I find her insincere.
“It’s like she’s always trying to hide her real self behind her public persona” That is EXACTLY what she is doing! Unfortunately many gullible fanistons still buy her phony ‘American Sweetheart’ butter-wouldn’t-melt-in-her-mouth *ACT*. She is conniving, phony and a master manipulator. Luckily people are beginning to wake up to the vindictive fraud that she is.
I think we see it more in recent events. She likes fart jokes, wears glasses, her fiance jumps out of closets at her. Since these little bits aren’t so praiseworthy I think they’re fairly true. Although another was her basic beauty routine. That was funny. Herself and many others have confirmed she spares no time or expence on her appearance. Which is fine! Just don’t spin around and ignore that last statement.
Why does Angelina get to change her public persona but Jennifer can’t do the same? Why does anyone really give a s**t what any of these people do or say? They’re harmless. It’s not like they are promoting harmful behaviors. It’s fun to read about bc, like Jennifer says, it’s like a soap opera- it’s not real. None of us actually know any of these people at all.
Jennifer hasn’t exactly changed her public persona (Rachel Green) for years which is why I find what she says during interviews to be contrived and insincere. I would applaud her if she could be more frank about what she really feels instead of hiding behind some safe answers when she really just want to kick someone’s ass.
Marny, YES!! But the JP Stalkers will never see it that way. They know EVERYTHING about the JP’s and their children as well as, EVERYTHING there is to know about Aniston. They act as though they know them personally!
Look, It’s inevitable to talk tabloid when it comes to Jennifer Aniston. Either it’s her will or not tabloid was who she was to everybody else in the world. And she’s not the only actress who decided to talk about previous breakup for these oscar ‘campaign’ or what not apparently Patricia did it too. Every interview she takes is gonna ask about her private life. They’re gonna pick most intriguing ones and put it on their headlines. And this might not be her fault.
The reason it’s so uncomfortable, is that she’s pushing herself in the game she didn’t exactly earn. Yes, she’s been on the industry over 20years, she’s done something different for the first time and made herself a little triumph. But this, doesn’t mean the audiences should talk about her on the same league as Jessica Chastain. She needs to give audiences some time, dig herself another beautiful script that people can actually see what talent she got. Worst thing these showbiz people can do is putting words in their audiences mouth. And I believe Jennifer is pushing it too far.
On paper, it seems like she would be fun to hang out with. I also enjoy the beach, pot and margaritas (long ago), and I have straight hair and sleep with middle aged hipsters. However, the Chelsea Handler friendship baffles me. JA has played on her good girl image, yet she spends time with that mean spirited Hag?! I don’t get it.
This campaign really did come out of the blue. I wonder was it because everyone in the cast but her was getting accolades for their performance in the film and she was the weakest link. The few reviews you can find was talking about Adriana Barraza and how good she was. There was no distribution and Aniston is not know to throw her clout (ie money) into get a project to get it done (that movie where she was going to sing and be in prison). So she set up a distribution but would not finish it to get everyone in the cast to promote the hell out of it and get it in theater’s. This just shows that it was not about getting this film out to the masses because you are proud of it, you are making it all about you. That seems to be her MO and this is so transparent. Jen never bothered me before, but now she kind of is. This campaign is not giving her a new fan base and kind of annoying the ones she have.
I actually do think she has made a contribution to entertainment culture-but more so for TV. I mean, like her or not, he hair and friends’ persona had influence and is still known. I think Office Space was a classic movie and she was part of that-but like most of her films, another actress could’ve taken her place and done it just as well or better. Still, I enjoy her in comedic roles…i think she’s got great timing and physical comedy skills, too.
I’m curious. Why do they never ask her if she’s heard from Vince or Owen Wilson? He’s another who made sure Kate Hudson showed up when they were filming the dog movie (who was the star of the movie). But it’s all about Brad. If people would actually read sometime, the public would know, according to her father, that she and Brad don’t keep in touch. And why does she have all this animosity toward Angelina? Brad is the one who left her, not Angelina. Comments have been made that Jennifer knew her marriage was in trouble at the beginning of 2004. But guess since only 2% of the failure of the marriage is her fault, she was blissfully happy and didn’t see the break up happening.
It’s strategic….having a 10 year war with Brad Pitt would have gotten her nowhere, no one hates Brad Pitt. Her PR flack is a genius, in 2008 they took Anistons beef with rad, and turned it into a catfight with Jolie, with Aniston lauding Pitt and proclaiming undying love and pride on Oprah, and throwing shade and sneers at Angelina. She got massive press (coinciding with her promotion of what would be her first hit after many many duds…the dog movie with owen wilson where she played 3rd fiddle to the dog) starting with an unveiling of her uncool Angelina vogue cover on Oprah, then she went on an anti Angelina tear in another major publication…then a few months later handler signed with Huvane to do Aniston’s dirty work on the regular, quid pro quo. She said from the start in VF, her beef was with Pitt…didn’t blame Angie and never thought Brad cheated. So why does she start using Angelina as her punching bag in 2008-2009. Two reasons: Angelina was gearing up to get nom’d for Best Actress in Changeling, Brad for Benjamin Button..she wanted that stopped and influenced negatively…also, she still held a major grudge with Brad although she knew she couldn’t continue the cold shoulder warring routine with him, what better way to get back at him, than to try and demonize the woman he loves. You might think her beef is with Angelina, but it’s still about getting back at Brad…it will always be about that, she’ll never admit t, she’s a liar and a manipulator (she and her PR flack) but if you don’t believe it…look at how she’s treated her mother for 20 years…you think she’d be any less grudgey with a man she thinks humiliated her in front of the world, by daring to fall in love with someone beautiful after he left her?
Angie has an enviable and global fanbase.
You know, the type that help generate a 750 million box office turnout for a Disney movie.
Back to Aniston, since we are on an Aniston thread: The movie Cake was released in ONE theatre during the last week of December 2014. Perhaps you are one of her loyal fans that saw the movie in California. Or perhaps you are one of the fans that read her magazine articles and feel warm and fuzzy afterwards. Or perhaps you find her thinking thoughts on sexism and feminism groundbreaking. Or perhaps you see Aniston as the poster child for the little talent that should.
BTW, it was Brad Pitt who introduced Aniston to Huvane because Huvane was Brad Pitt’s agent first. It does not appear that Huvane handled the change with any grace. Once he merged his life with Angie, Brad Pitt branched out, leaving Huvane with just Aniston. And so the design to keep the false ” Golden Couple” alive to continue to generate marketing dollars, be it on the internet, tabloids, or stale questions referencing a 10 year old, dead end marriage may not be as random or self-propelling as some like to think.