Actress Anne Hathaway, accompanied by a harpist, sang “Ave Maria” at the Funeral Mass of her paternal grandmother, Jacqueline Ann Gouin, on Wednesday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in the city’s Andorra section.

Her grandmother, who died Aug. 21 at age 86, lived at Cathedral Village.

Hathaway’s father, Jerry, is one of five children. The actress’ mother, Kate McCauley, also grew up in the area and went to Mount St. Joseph Academy and acted in the troupe at La Salle. Anne Hathaway was born in New York and raised in North Jersey, and still pops up in Cape May. Last summer, out with friends, she sang karaoke at Martini Beach.

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Stage veterans Christina Applegate, Anne Hathaway, and Sigourney Weaver will be honored at Variety’s Power of Women luncheon, to be held on September 24 at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel. Jane Lynch will host the event.

The trade publication will also honor Christina Aguilera, Maria Bello, January Jones, Sherry Lansing, and Laura Ziskin. All of the women were chosen because of their charitable work.

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Anne Hathaway is listed number #1 for LoveFilm.com’s Top 20 Actresses Under 30.

Age: 26
2008 ranking: 6
Credits: Rachel Getting Married, Brokeback Mountain, The Devil Wears Prada, Becoming Jane, Get Smart, The Princess Diaries
Debits: Princess Diaries 2, Havoc
Hathaway has gone from strength to strength over the last 12 months. She got terrific reviews for the chain smoking recovering addict in Rachel Getting Married and was the only actress under 30 to get an Oscar nomination this year. Get Smart was a hit and she proved an elegant, plucky comedienne. Hathaway also earned rave reviews for her performance in ‘Twelfth Night’ in New York. Such acclaim has propelled her to the top of our list this year. Next from Hathaway, she’s the White Queen in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, and costarring in an ensemble romantic comedy with Julia Roberts, Valentine’s Day.

The Hollywood Reporter has announced that actor and comedian Josh Gad has joined Jake Gyllenhaal and recent New York star Anne Hathaway in the business-world drama “Love and Other Drugs” at Fox 2000/New Regency.

Ed Zwick is helming the project, originally titled “Pharma,” which Charles Randolph adapted from Jamie Reidy’s nonfiction book “Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman.” To read the full THR article click here.

Variety reported a few months ago that Anne Hathaway will star on both stage and screen as Judy Garland in the Weinstein Co.’s stage and film adaptations of Gerald Clarke’s bio “Get Happy.” The Weinstein Company recently optioned the stage and film rights to the book, first published by Delta in 2001. (more…)

Anne Hathaway has apparently shown how much she cares about her fans, for she treated people waiting in line to see her final performance in Shakespeare play Twelfth Night with pizza. According to reports, fans had to wait overnight for tickets to see Hathaway close her run in New York’s annual Shakespeare in the Park event last week, as the tickets were available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The actress surprised her queuing fans by arriving at 3am on Sunday to personally thank them for their support, reports the Daily Star. The report further reveals that Hathaway brought a giant box of pizza, and offered a slice to every person in line.

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