Julia Roberts 2

your task: 2 read about julia roberts. then make a report of maximum 8 sentences to tell what you know about her? 3 then think if you like her or not? why (not)? what can you learn from her? report it to your friends julia roberts-2 career 2006 broadway debut julia roberts made her broadway debut on april 19, 2006 as nan in a revival of richard greenberg's 1997 play, three days of rain opposite alias and kitchen confidential star bradley cooper, and the 40 year old virgin star, paul rudd. although the play grossed nearly us$1 million dollars in ticket sales during its first week and was a commercial success throughout its limited run, most critics heavily criticized roberts' performance. the new york times' critic ben brantly, a self-proclaimed 'juliaholic,' described her as being fraught with "self-consciousness (especially in the first act) [and] only glancingly acquainted with the two characters she plays." brantley also criticized the production of “greenberg's slender, elegant play,” writing, “it's almost impossible to discern its artistic virtues from this wooden and splintered

interpretation, directed by joe mantello.” three days of rain received two tony award nominations in stage design categories, but took home neither prize. roberts did, however, receive a broadway.com audience award (a minor theatrical prize) for her performance. 2006—present roberts's two films released in 2006, the ant bully and charlotte's web, were both animated features for which she provided only voice acting. her next film is charlie wilson's war with tom hanks and phillip seymour hoffman, directed by mike nichols and based on the book by former cbs journalist george crile; it is scheduled for wide release on december 25, 2007. fireflies in the garden, also starring ryan reynolds and willem dafoe is currently in postproduction, with release set for 2008. it has also been announced that roberts will star in the friday night knitting club, based on the novel of the same name by kathleen jacobs. influence as of february 2007, roberts's films have grossed $2,204,631,930 at the american box office making her the biggest female movie star in history and reaching this feat with only 31 films to her name.[7] she was also placed at the pinnacle of the ulmer scale,

a comprehensive guide to the global star power of actors and directors in independent and studio films created by james ulmer, ahead of such other luminaries as tom cruise and tom hanks. this was partly owing to her ability to attract filmgoers solely on the basis of her name's appearance above the title and without the support of a male co-star, something few other actresses have been able to do. personal life roberts's personal life has often been in the spotlight, a fact reflected in her notting hill, a romantic comedy about a famous actress falling for a bookstore owner played by hugh grant, another star with a high-profile personal life. relationships roberts has had widely reported romantic relationships with numerous famous men, including liam neeson, dylan mcdermott, kiefer sutherland, lyle lovett, daniel day-lewis, matthew perry, and benjamin bratt. she was briefly engaged to mcdermott, her steel magnolias co-star. she met sutherland in 1990, when he was her co-star in flatliners; he left his wife and children to move in with roberts. in august 1990, roberts and sutherland announced their engagement, with an elaborate studio-planned wedding scheduled for june 14, 1991. roberts broke the engagement three

days before the wedding when she discovered sutherland had been meeting with a stripper named amanda rice. roberts subsequently went to ireland with jason patric, a friend of sutherland's. on june 27, 1993, she married country singer lyle lovett; the couple had met only three weeks earlier. the wedding took place on 72-hours' notice and was held in marion, indiana, near where lovett was appearing on tour with his band. less than two years later, in march 1995, the couple announced their separation. they subsequently divorced. in 1998, roberts began dating law & order star benjamin bratt, who was her escort for the march 25, 2001 academy awards ceremony at which she won her oscar. three months later, in june 2001, roberts and bratt announced that they were no longer a couple. "it's come to a kind and tenderhearted end," she said of their relationship.[8] roberts met her current husband, cameraman daniel moder, on the set of her movie the mexican in 2000 and they began an affair. at the time, moder was married to vera steinberg moder and it was reported that roberts offered danny's then-wife $400,000 to agree to a divorce.[citation needed] after moder's divorce was finalized, he and roberts wed on fourth of july 2002, at her ranch in taos, new mexico.

on november 28, 2004, they became the parents of fraternal twins, daughter hazel patricia and son phinnaeus walter. their third child, son henry daniel moder, was born on june 18, 2007 in los angeles.[9][10][11] roberts has long owned a penthouse apartment in manhattan's gramercy park neighborhood. she reportedly loves to shop anonymously, buying her own organic greens on weekends at the market in nearby union square. she and her family divide their time between their homes in taos new mexico, new york city, malibu, and venice beach, california. charities roberts has given her time and resources to unicef as well as to other charitable organizations. in spring 1995, roberts, an enthusiastic supporter of unicef, asked if she could meet some of the relief agency's neediest recipients. on may 10, she arrived in port-auprince, as she said, "to educate myself." the poverty she found was overwhelming. "my heart is just bursting," she said. unicef officials hoped that her six-day visit would trigger an outburst of giving: $10 million in aid was sought at the time. in 2000, roberts narrated silent angels, a documentary about rett syndrome, which was shot in los angeles, baltimore and new york. the documentary was

designed to help raise public awareness about the disease. in july 2006, earth biofuels announced roberts as a spokeswoman for the company and as chair of the company’s newly formed advisory board promoting the use of renewable fuels. vocabulary 2006 broadway debut: cuộc ra mắt ở broadway in revival of …. làm sống lại gross (v) kiếm được cả thảy limited run (n) thời gian biểu diễn giới hạn critics (n) các nhà phê bình performance (n) sự biểu diễn a self-proclaimed juliaholic: người tự xưng là hội chứng julia being fraught with self-consciousness: đầy sự không tự nhiên, để ý đến bản thân thái quá glancingly acquainted with the two characters she plays: ít biết rõ về hai nhân vật cô ấy đóng discern (v) hiểu rõ, nhận thức sâu sắc artistic virtues (n) giá trị nghệ thuật wooden and splintered interpretation (n) sự diễn giải thô thiển và rời rạc (wooden làm bằng gỗ; splintered: rời ra thành từng mảnh nhỏ) 2006 - present: release (v) trình chiếu animated features (n) phim hoạt hình

voice acting (n) lồng tiếng it is scheduled for wide release: nó được lập kế hoạch trình chiếu rộng rãi release set for 2008: trình chiếu được ấn định là năm 2008 influence: sự ảnh hưởng feat (n) chiến thắng pinnacle (n) tháp comprehensive guide to the global power of : cẩm nang hướng dẫn tổng quát để đạt được quyền lực toàn cầu của … ahead of: đi trước, đứng trước luminary (n) danh nhân this was partly owing to her…đây là nhờ một phần vào … filmgoer (n) người đi xem phim personal life: đời sống cá nhân in the spotlight: luôn được mọi người để ý đến. a fact reflected in her notting hill: một sự kiện đã được phản ánh trong bộ phim notting hill của cô ấy. a romantic comedy: một hài kịch lãng mạn high-profile personal life: cuộc sống cá nhân thu hút nhiều sự chú ý relationships: các mối quan hệ

romantic relationship: mối quan hệ lãng mạn briefly (adv) ngắn gọn, ngắn ngủi to be engaged to: đính hôn với co-star: bạn cùng đóng vai trong một bộ phim elaborate studio-planned wedding: một đám cưới đã lập kế hoạch chi tiết stripper (n) diễn viên múa thoát y a stripper named amanda rice: diễn viên múa thoát y có tên amanda rice subsequently (adv) sau đó country singer (n) ca sĩ hát nhạc đồng quê band (n) băng nhạc separation (n) sự chia tay divorce (v) ly dị date (v) hẹn hò date law & order star benjamin bratt, hẹn hò với ngôi sao trong phim luật pháp và trật tự benjamin bratt. escort (n) người hộ tống academy awards ceremony: lễ trao giải academy it's come to a kind and tenderhearted end: nó đi đến kết cục dễ thương cameraman (n) người quay phim, chụp ảnh on the set of her movie: khi bắt đầu quay bộ phim của cô ấy they began an affair: họ bắt đầu mối quan hệ ranch (n) trại chăn nuôi fraternal twins: anh em sinh đôi

penthouse apartment (n) căn hộ ở trên mái của một tòa nhà cao tầng shop anonymously (v) đi mua sắm nặc danh (nghĩa là không cho ai biết) organic greens (n) thực phẩm hữu cơ (như kiểu rau sạch ở việt nam) charities: hoạt động từ thiện charitable organization (n) tổ chức từ thiện relief agency (n) tổ chức cứu tế neediest recipient (n) người nhận cần thiết nhất overwhelming (adj) tràn ngập, quá mạnh, không chống lại được my heart is just bursting: trái tim tôi như muốn nổ ra. unicef officials: quan chức unicef trigger (v) khởi sự (một hành động) outburst of giving: một đợt cho …(rất nhiều) $10 million in aid: 10 triệu đô tiền tài trợ narrate (v) kể lại documentary (n) phim tài liệu raise public awareness: làm cho công chúng nhận thức spokeswoman: nữ phát ngôn viên promote (v) xúc tiến renewable fuels (n) năng lượng/nhiên liệu có thể tái chế được