Ever been to one of those weddings that just will not end? “Rachel Getting Married” is the cinematic equivalent, a movie with a powerful performance from Anne Hathaway but a story undone by the self-indulgence of director Jonathan Demme, who loiters interminably on some scenes.

Anne Hathaway, left, is Kym and Rosemarie DeWitt as Rachel in “Rachel Getting Married.”

Demme’s detours into documentaries (“Neil Young: Heart of Gold,” “Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains”) actually serve him well as he crafts a loose, docudrama style that infuses great authenticity into this anguished reunion tale of family and friends.

But Demme did the reflect-real-life thing almost too well. Many moments are genuine to the point where you feel trapped in a room with someone else’s relations in a marathon session of picking and clawing at old wounds. Read the full article »

Rising star Anne Hathaway has come in for a lot of criticism for her body, with many claiming that she is too thin. While she has done her best to defend her body, she also revealed recently that she admires the figures of some of her fellow celebs according to reports.

Hathaway was quoted as saying, “I don`t think it`s just Hollywood that gives out that message. As a society we put out these unrealistic body images to young women. But I`m a normal shape and Scarlett Johansson is not a skinny, skinny girl. Beyonce Knowles looks after herself and has a beautiful body. Reese Witherspoon looks great.” Read the full article »

 At 26, she’s the youngest of this year’s Best Actress nominees.

She’s a luminous beauty, preternaturally gifted, and often described as the closest this generation can come to Audrey Hepburn. And if that wasn’t old-school enough, she shares the exact same name with Shakespeare’s second wife. Read the full article »

If “The Wrestler” bears witness to the resurrection of actor Mickey Rourke, then “Rachel Getting Married” stands as representation of Anne Hathaway’s emergence into full-fledged actress. Far removed from the days of “Ella Enchanted” or “The Princess Diaries,” Hathaway explodes onto screen with a powerful performance as a recovering drug addict that has earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination.

Just as the title suggests, a woman named Rachel is indeed getting married. The point of the movie, however, is the repercussions of this wedding on an already dysfunctional family. Over the course of two days, we learn secrets and truths about these people which uncover more than just sad, explanatory information. Read the full article »

Anne Hathaway is laughing off her failed relationship with her incarcerated conman ex Rafaefaello Follieri by playing a crooked clown’s girlfriend on hit animated series The Simpsons . The Devil Wears Prada star will play series regular Krusty the Clown’s love interest in an upcoming episode, in which her character testifies in court on behalf of her wrongly-accused boyfriend. Read the full article »

I have new candids of Anne out & about with Emily Blunt, John Krasinski and Adam Shulman at AOC restaurant in West Hollywood on January 24, 2009.

GALLERY LINK:
- Candids in 2009: In Los Angeles – January 24

ET’s Mark Steines is getting “high fives” with the always-glamorous, SAG award nominee Anne Hathaway, and talking about her recent Oscar nomination — Mark also caught up with SAG Award winners Kate Winslet and Alec Baldwin as well as several celebrity couples.

“You never get used to it,” Winslet says of her Oscar nomination for her role in ‘The Reader.’ “I’m more nervous this awards season than I ever have been before.”

Celeb couples to arrive on the red carpet include: James Earl Jones and Cecilia Hart, Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick and comedic couple Will Arnett and Amy Poehler.

Mark also talks with Jeremy Piven of “Entourage” who says the success of his show is “pretty surreal.”

The red carpet excitement doesn’t stop there — “Desperate Housewives” actress, Teri Hatcher, awards Mark with his own title of “honorary member of the gown wearing community!”

Source: ET

I have uploaded new event of Anne at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on January 25, 2009.

GALLERY LINK:
- Events in 2009: Screen Actors Guild Awards – January 25

Pretty much all of us “regular people” have Googled ourselves at one point or another. But what if you were so popular that a Google search could result in finding nasty rumors and horrible commentary about yourself that you wouldn’t necessarily want (or need) to know? Such is the problem with celebrities Googling themselves. Recently, new Oscar nominees Brad Pitt, Robert Downey Jr., and Anne Hathaway participated in a round table where they answered the question of whether they had ever Googled themselves. Click through my slideshow to see who admitted to it and who denied it!

Source: Geek Sugar

Anne Hathaway’s dog was left nonplussed by its owner’s Oscar nomination.
The actress was at home with her pooch when she learnt she had been shortlisted for a coveted gong.

As she and her parents celebrated, her dog looked on bemused, she told entertainment website HollyScoop.com

She said: “I was with my parents and my dog when I got the news and we were all overjoyed – although I’m not sure my dog knew what was going on.”

Anne has been nominated in the actress in a leading role category for her role in Rachel Getting Married.

She is up against Angelina Jolie, Melissa Leo, Meryl Streep, and Golden Globe winner Kate Winslet.

Anne said: “It is such a thrill to be recognised in this category with these remarkably talented women.

“This is a great day to be an actress.”

It is the first time that the 26-year-old actress has been nominated for an Academy Award.

Source: Press Association

Jonathan Demme has been making films — some of the smartest and funkiest in modern cinema — for 35 years now. He has navigated a circuitous path through celebratory slice-of-life drama such as Melvin and Howard, the screwball thrillers Something Wild and Married to the Mob, concert movies such as Stop Making Sense, the prestigious Oscar-winners The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia, and documentaries. If his next project is a western or something in 3-D, he’ll have the full house.

Has all this experience resulted in a magic formula? When we meet in a hotel suite high above the drizzly London streets, I ask Demme if he would like to add anything to his declaration, in the late 1980s, that the secret to making a decent movie is: “You get a good script, good actors, and try not to screw it up.” He lets out a joyful laugh — the first of many from this genial 64-year-old with short, bristly grey hair and a dusting of stubble — and gives an exaggerated slap of the thigh. “That’s the formula, baby!” he whoops. Read the full article »