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Daily Mail
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- Daily Mail
90s actor who starred with Julia Roberts and Melanie Griffith is unrecognizable with shockingly thin frame
Fans of '80s and '90s movies were in for a treat when one of the most beloved scene-stealers from those decades made a rare appearance in Manhattan on Friday. The iconic actor, now 65, turned heads during a brisk walk through the West Village—looking shockingly thin and nearly unrecognizable. The slimmed-down look was a far cry from the full-figured stockbroker he played opposite Melanie Griffith in 1989's Working Girl. It also marked a major departure from his heftier appearance in 1990's Flatliners, where he starred alongside Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, and Kiefer Sutherland. Dressed in a gray polo and navy shorts, the Tony-nominated star—who also appeared in Indecent Proposal and Benny & Joon—seemed to be getting in a workout, breaking a sweat while carrying a water bottle. Can you guess the star? Fans of '80s and '90s movies were in for a treat when one of the most beloved scene-stealers from those decades made a rare appearance in Manhattan on Friday The iconic actor, now 65, turned heads during a brisk walk through the West Village—looking shockingly thin and nearly unrecognizable If you said Oliver Platt, you're right! Back in 1999, Platt reflected on his career during a particularly busy moment, with three major films hitting theaters: Three to Tango with Matthew Perry, Bicentennial Man alongside Robin Williams, and Lake Placid with Betty White. 'I look back at the movies I've made, and there's not a single one I regret,' he told Esquire. 'But I like them for different reasons—some were fun to do, and for others the result was satisfying.' Platt singled out a few personal favorites. 'Funny Bones is really dear to me, but such a tense experience. Then there's The Impostors, which was criminally fun to make,' he said, referencing the 1998 comedy in which he and Stanley Tucci played struggling New York actors posing as stewards aboard a luxury liner bound for France. 'We kept saying to each other, "I can't believe we're getting paid for this—oh, yeah, we aren't."' In addition to his film career, Platt has earned critical acclaim across both television and theater. He's received five Primetime Emmy nominations, a Golden Globe nod, and two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, including recognition for his role as George Steinbrenner in ESPN's The Bronx Is Burning (2007). He was also Emmy-nominated for standout guest appearances in The West Wing (2001), Huff (2005–2006), and Nip/Tuck (2008). Platt is a familiar face on the small screen, known for major roles in The Big C, Fargo, and The Good Wife, as well as his ongoing performances as Uncle Jimmy on Hulu's The Bear. On Broadway, he made his debut in Conor McPherson's Shining City in 2006, earning a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor. He later returned to the stage as Nathan Detroit in the 2009 revival of Guys and Dolls.
Times
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Times
Notting Hill's selfie-takers are ignoring one thing: the movie's a turkey
What has been the biggest disappointment of my life? Along with losing my virginity and seeing U2 at Wembley, it was probably when the film Notting Hill came out in 1999. A romance that isn't romantic, a comedy with no good jokes, this intolerable follow-up to Richard Curtis's almost flawless Four Weddings and a Funeral sees Hugh Grant's cringing bookshop owner meeting Julia Roberts's odious actress, spending the night with her before deciding, bewilderingly, that they can't be together, then changing his mind after she gives him an original Chagall and jumping in a car for a faked-up 'rom-com run' to tell her that he loves her before she gets on a plane — which presumably, if she had, would only have meant he had to wait until she landed, when he could have given her a call. Spoiler alert, by the way. Now it turns out that this swizz, this stone-cold Turkey Twizzler of a movie, is still causing people pain a quarter of a century later. This month it was reported that residents in the candy-coloured W11 streets where it was made have had to endure fans of the film, more recently joined by Instagram influencers, thronging the pavements to get pics for their social media feeds. Some have the gall to enter the front gardens to get the right shot. They make a lot of noise. They leave rubbish behind. Locals are so irritated that a number of them have taken the desperate step of painting their homes black. What enrages me most, though, about this is the evidence it provides that there are still people out there who think Notting Hill is a good film. • Hugh Grant's best performances — ranked Let's summarise. Curtis scored a surprise hit with Four Weddings by casting Grant as a posh avoidant who panics when he sees all his posh friends getting married, until the death of a slightly older posh friend forces him to get serious. Solid. Relatable. Crammed with good jokes. The screenwriter's next move was to cast Grant as a posh avoidant with a group of posh friends, including (again) one with a disability and a working-class flatmate. Again he's in love with a glamorous American out of his league. Jokes are repeated. 'F***ety f***!' Grant exclaims in the first film. 'Shittety brickety,' he mutters, less plausibly, in the second. The laziness of all this is compounded by the film's incredibly unconvincing disavowal of privilege, which in fact it would do far better to own. In Four Weddings, Grant's friend Tom cheerfully admits to being the seventh richest man in England. In Notting Hill, even though all the characters are obviously loaded, they claim to be poor. Grant's friend's restaurant is failing. His own bookshop, located in prime real estate just off Portobello Road, is struggling to stay afloat. Yet he owns a house with a roof terrace in the heart of Notting Hill, which (a glance on Zoopla reveals) would now be worth £3 million. Need another way to relate to these guys? They're all total losers, we're assured. Grant's sister Honey works in 'London's worst record store'. His friend Max is 'the worst cook in the world'. His friend Bernie is 'the worst stockbroker in the whole world'. His friend Tony is 'the worst restaurateur'. His flatmate Spike is 'the stupidest person you've ever met'. The film is imbued with a bizarre glorification of uselessness that is epitomised in the notorious 'brownie' scene. Personally I have always struggled to care for a brownie (there's something twee about the very word), yet here it randomly becomes the prize in the sob story Olympics. One of Grant's posh friends can't have children. Roberts has no self-esteem. And so on, and so on. Supposedly a classic, the scene is actually weird and depressing. • Inside the ultimate Notting Hill bachelorette pad Vulnerability is winning. Self-contempt, less so. Given that Americans are supposedly unable to understand our tendency to talk ourselves down, it's hard to know what Roberts sees in Grant, unless it's the fact that he's the only person on the planet who is arguably better-looking than her. That said, she has some off-putting qualities herself. She's rude one moment, needy the next. And she has zero dress sense. The teenage crop top she wears in one early scene is a very odd choice. When she sports a man's tie in the Ritz, it's meant as a tribute to kooky Diane Keaton in Annie Hall. But it leaves Roberts looking like a pantomime horse. Speaking of kooky, the entire last scene — the press conference in the Lancaster Room at the Savoy Hotel — is ripped off from Roman Holiday (1953). In that much better film, Audrey Hepburn's celebrity princess reveals her love for a journalist in the crowd with a carefully nuanced answer. In Notting Hill, Roberts does something similar with a less nuanced one. We then cut to a shot of the pair relaxing together in a residents' garden, reading Captain Corelli's Mandolin, of all things. Just as Chagall (along with Munch and Dalí) is the top-dollar painter for people who don't like painting, Louis de Bernières' middle-brow blockbuster is the book for people who don't read. And Notting Hill is the film for people without eyes. (And Ronan Keating's When You Say Nothing at All, which plays over one key scene, is the song for people who lack access to any of the five senses.) It's fashionable to make a noise about how much you hate Curtis's next big rom-com, Love Actually (2003). But in fact, Love Actually is far from being the worst in his rom-com oeuvre. It contains one or two good jokes and Emma Thompson's heartbreaking turn alone makes it worth a watch. Not so Notting Hill. It's time we called time on the idea that there's any merit in this slow, insipid, neighbourhood-wrecking stinker.
Yahoo
18 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Julia Roberts Shares Rare Photo of Son Henry — & His Most Stunning Feature — on His Golden Birthday
Julia Roberts' baby boy is all grown up! The Pretty Woman star shared a rare picture of her youngest son Henry to celebrate his 18th birthday — his golden birthday, as he turned 18 on the 18th! — and we are amazing by his striking eyes. 'In the blink of a joyful eye this beacon of a boy is ⚡️ 18 ⚡️,' Roberts captioned the photo on Instagram on June 18. 'I love you Henry. #goldenboy #goldenbirthday.' More from SheKnows Serena Williams' Daughters Team Up to Give Their Mom a 'Fresh, Young' Makeover in the Cutest New Video The picture she shared features Henry as a young child, with long dirty blonde hair framing his face and a green hoodie pulled up over his head. He stares at the camera with a serious look on his face, and his bright blue eyes look absolutely gorgeous. Jennifer Aniston commented, 'Happy Birthday sweet Henry! ❤️🥳' Rita Wilson wrote, 'Henry!!!!! Happy Birthday!!!! 🎈🎉🎁🎊🎂' Roberts shares Henry and twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, 20, with husband Danny Moder. He shared a picture of Roberts with their three grown-up kids on Mother's Day, captioned, 'Mothers make the coolest stuff. Love these guys.' Even though all of her kids are grown now, Roberts doesn't plan on being any less involved in their lives. In a 2023 interview with TODAY, she shared how she doesn't treat her twins differently now that they are in college. 'I parent them the same way out of the house that I parented them in the house, which is, you know, 'Are you getting enough sleep?' And 'You sound like you're sick.' And 'Are you drinking tea?' And 'Text me when you get home you get home (so) I can see that you're home safe and sound,' Roberts told the outlet. 'And I have an immense amount of appreciation for both of my older kids because they still allow me to be the same mom to them and it's not eye-rolling and there's a huge amount of understanding,' she added. Hopefully Henry will have the same understanding for his loving mom as his older siblings do!Best of SheKnows Tween & Teen Slang 2025: A Definitive Guide to 'What the Hellyante' Your Kid Is Saying Right Now Celebrity Parents Who Are So Proud of Their LGBTQ Kids Recent Baby & Toddler Product Recalls Every Parent and Caregiver Should Know About
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Julia Roberts posts rare photo of son Henry to celebrate his 18th birthday
shared a rare photo of her youngest child Henry to celebrate his 18th birthday with a sweet Instagram post on Wednesday. The Pretty Woman actress, 57 - who recently reunited with Notting Hill screenwriter 26 years after the beloved movie hit theaters - uploaded a throwback snap of the teen to ring in the special milestone. Henry could be seen wearing a green hoodie in the image when he was younger alongside a tribute penned by his famous mother. 'In the blink of a joyful eye this beacon of a boy is ⚡️ 18 ⚡️ I love you Henry,' Roberts wrote, as well as the hashtags '#goldenboy' and '#goldenbirthday.' The Oscar winner shares Henry, as well as twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, 20, with husband Daniel Moder - whom she tied the knot with in 2002. Comments in the post were limited, but some celebrities joined in on the birthday wishes. 'In the blink of a joyful eye this beacon of a boy is ⚡️ 18 ⚡️ I love you Henry,' Roberts wrote, as well as the hashtags '#goldenboy' and '#goldenbirthday' Jennifer Aniston wrote, 'Happy Birthday sweet Henry!' while Tom Hanks' wife Rita Wilson typed, 'Henry!!!!! Happy Birthday!!!!' Julia's three kids have made rare appearances on her social media accounts over the years. Last month in May, the star was seen posing for a memorable picture with her children in celebration of Mother's Day. Her husband had shared the image to his own Instagram page and captioned the photo with: 'Mothers make the coolest stuff. Love these guys.' And a few months earlier in April, Henry briefly stepped into the spotlight as he joined his mom to watch a Broadway show in NYC. The pair cheered on her close friend George Clooney in the production of Good Night And Good Luck at the the Winter Garden Theatre. Both Roberts and her son were spotted arriving to the venue as the actress also greeted fans awaiting outside. During an interview with Today in 2023, Julia opened up about her children now that they are older. 'I parent them the same way out of the house that I parented them in the house, which is, you know, "Are you getting enough sleep?" 'And "You sound like you're sick." And "Are you drinking tea?" And "Text me when you get home you get home (so) I can see that you're home safe and sound."' The star added, 'And I have an immense amount of appreciation for both of my older kids because they still allow me to be the same mom to them and it's not eye-rolling and there's a huge amount of understanding.' Julia also made rare comments about her husband Daniel during an interview with British Vogue last year. While on the topic of how she maintains her 'lustrous youth,' the actress gave a special shout out to Moder. 'Good genes, leading a life that is fulfilling, and I have said this - and I say it usually as kind of a joke - but I do believe in the love of a good man. 'I believe that my husband loves me and cares for me in a way that makes me feel deeply, deeply happy,' Roberts added. The actress has been keeping busy and recently whisked herself away to the U.K. to celebrate pal Scarlett Curtis' birthday - the daughter of screenwriter and director Richard Curtis. He notably wrote the screenplay for the 1999 film Notting Hill - which also starred Hugh Grant, Rhys Ifans, Hugh Bonneville and Emma Chambers. The film was directed by Roger Michell and raked in $363.8 million in the box office with a budget of $42 million. Curtis is known for writing other classic movies including Four Weddings And A Funeral, Bridget Jones's Diary and About Time. He also stepped behind the camera to director projects including Love Actually as well as About Time. Scarlett took to her Instagram stories to upload a photo of Julia and Richard as they enjoyed a special reunion at the birthday gathering. The two could be seen sitting next to each other holding a conversation as the actress draped her arm over the screenwriter's shoulders. Scarlett added text over the image which read: 'gonna go back to crying and feeling so loved i wanna burst.' During her time in the U.K., Roberts also was seen stopping by Soccer Aid at Old Trafford over the past weekend. She dressed for the occasion wearing a plain black shirt as well as black pants and a red blazer with soccer ball prints on the material.
Digital Trends
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Digital Trends
Erin Brockovich is the movie you need to stream on Peacock this month
The year 2000 was an excellent one for director Steven Soderbergh. He directed not one, but two Best Picture nominees. Plus, Soderbergh took home the Oscar for Best Director for Traffic. The other movie he made that year is even better than Traffic. Erin Brockovich, starring Julia Roberts at the peak of her powers, follows a single mother of three children who discovers a massive coverup being perpetuated by a major energy company. Here are three reasons you should check it out while it's on Peacock: Recommended Videos We also have guides to the best new movies to stream, the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on Amazon Prime Video, the best movies on Max, and the best movies on Disney+. Julia Roberts has never been better People don't often win Oscars for the movie they delivered their best performance in, but that was absolutely the case here. Roberts' version of Erin Brockovich is a firecracker — a volatile woman who cares deeply about the real people affected by this cover-up and becomes determined to help them. Crucially, the movie suggests that Brockovich's kindness and her willingness to listen are central to the discoveries made in the case and to ultimately get these people the kind of settlement they deserve. Brockovich is highly competent, even if that competence is packaged a little unconventionally. The movie is a delicate tonal balance Because it's based on a true story, Erin Brockovich always feels grounded in some sort of reality. At the same time, the movie is always both funny and at least some degree, tense, in part because Brockovich and the small law firm she works for are going up against a massive conglomerate. The movie works because it's perfectly paced and because it knows exactly how to make all its characters feel interesting and alive. That's a result of great performances, but also thanks to Soderbergh's complete mastery of the moviemaking process. It's cast with people who feel real Julia Roberts is one of the most beautiful and radiant people alive. She's perfectly cast as Brockovich, who often feels larger than life. Soderbergh then chose to fill out the rest of the cast with actors like Albert Finney and Aaron Eckhart, who are plausible as people you might meet in a rural part of California. The movie's verisimilitude is key to its overall effect, and the actors that inhabit the movie's universe are key to that working. While there's a lot of pain and turmoil in this movie's plot, it doesn't hurt to have a happy ending. You can watch Erin Brockovich on Peacock.
