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Ever since Julia Roberts married Danny Moder and started having babies, she’s been “on holiday” from Hollywood. Which is fine – a little Julia goes a long way. Over the past eight years, she’s turned in some interesting performances here and there – she was grossly miscast in Closer and Duplicity, but I actually enjoyed her in Charlie Wilson’s War (which is overall a GREAT movie that I would highly recommend). I recently tried watching Eat, Pray, Love but I kept turning it off because the film was awful, her character was a whiner and Julia was apparently the only actor in the film who got to have good lighting – everybody else looked like hell. Julia’s last film foray was the disastrous-looking Mirror Mirror, which came and went from theaters earlier this year, making $160 million overall, most of it overseas. That’s not bad – and probably better box office than the film really deserved. What is my point? My point is that Julia barely works these days, and when she does, it’s rarely some critical darling or huge hit. So if an out-of-work A-lister quits Hollywood, does anyone even care? Well, that’s sort of the point of this Enquirer story. Julia might “quit” Hollywood because she wants to be a hippie in Hawaii. Who doesn’t?
Julia Roberts has gone from glamorous A-list superstar to country bumpkin at her Malibu eco-mansion – and now friends say she’s ready to quit TinselTown altogether to run a sustainable farm in Hawaii.
Julia, 44, raises chicken and goats, using the eggs and milk to feed her family. She also grows organic lettuce, celery, squash and tomatoes, and she fig, lemon, peach, avocado and orange trees on her property.
“Julia has been into healthy eating for some time, but she got even more interested in it after deciding to lose the 10 pounds she gained while playing the Evil Queen in ‘Mirror, Mirror’,” said the course. “Julia became really fanatical about the food her family was eating – everything had to be organic or homegrown if possible. She’s even considering moving to Hawaii where her family vacations every year, so they can live off the land, bask in the sun and surf 365 days a year.”
Julia’s Earth Mother ways aren’t limited to food. She’s banned all plastic, gets 85 percent of her home’s energy from solar panels, and she and her husband Danny Moder both drive hybrid cars.
Julia also hates using e-mail and social networks like Facebook and Twitter and won’t let her kids – twins Hazel and Finn, 7, and Henry, 5 – go online. She also severely limits their TV viewing time.
“She’s turning into a real hippie,” said the source. “She really believes she’s much happier and healthier living down on the farm.”
[From The Enquirer, print edition]
I’m assuming that Julia is not out there, toiling in her fields day after day? She has a farming staff, right? And does she really grow all of that stuff on her Malibu estate? That seems less like a vegetable patch and more like… I don’t even know. And it’s all in Malibu? That’s some valuable real estate, so those are like the most precious vegetables ever. ELITIST! No, I get it. I mean, I understand how someone (rich) could say, “Screw this Malibu mansion and exquisite Malibu farm, I’m going to go be a hippie in Hawaii and surf every day and run a sustainable farm.” Because, seriously, why not?
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
Written by Kaiser
Posted in Julia Roberts
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I’ll help her pack her bags if it will hasten her departure.
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Me too.
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Aww I like julia…
hahaha
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probably cause hollywood has finally quit on her and that gruesomely fake laugh…AMEN!
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hahaha, that’s what I came here to say.. I fully support her move, it can’t come quick enough!
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Count me in
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Oh yes! +1 Can’t stand her!
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Yup. See ya, Jules. By all means let the door hit your skank a** on the way out.
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Julia, please take Jennifer Aniston too!
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Let her go! But it’s really not hard to imagine she grows all that on what is probably a sizeable area of land. My mom grew almost every thing we ate on a fairly small back yard in the San Gabriel Valley when I was a kid. But she was a real hippy
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Let her go! But it’s really not hard to imagine she grows all that on what is probably a sizeable area of land. My mom grew almost every thing we ate on a fairly small back yard in the San Gabriel Valley when I was a kid. But she was a real hippy
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eat, pray, love sucked! turned it off after 1/2 hour.
the ‘decision’ to retire is easy when your star has faded.
but, i get the feeling her focus is her husband and kids. unlike jlo or madonna, she doesn’t seem consumed by staying relevant in her career.
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Very true Jackie! She is not a famewhore stunt queen. Apart from the shady way she allegedly obtained her husband, she really has a pretty cool history. I say Good for her.
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Hmm she dump keifer Sutherland and took up his best friend this bitch is as shady as they come
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I don’t really judge because Danny Moder’s fiance was being pretty annoyingly passive aggressive (who knows where fault lays)…but Julia wore that “A Low Vera” T-Shirt during the divorce lol.
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Agreed her last 3 or 4 movies have bombed. If she wants to work she’d have to take less money… better claim to be ‘retiring’ than admit her star has faded over the last decade.
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Am I the only one who enjoyed mirror,mirror? It was cute…
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Am I the only one who enjoyed mirror,mirror? It was cute…
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The book was horrible-totally whiny and self indulgent. I thought it was perfect casting-but no way was I going to have to sit through it.
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I’m pretty sure she is ok with alcohol though….
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And apparently she’s ok with traveling on her private jet to enjoy her “eco friendly” and organic living. That last picture was in the Daily Mail too–with a story about her trip to Hawaii…on her private plane…the only way she’s ever traveled.
That woman is such a hypocrit in every way. Can’t stand her.
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Gah!! those teeth! not a fan of her after the cheating/a low vera-shirt antic so good riddance!
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I, for one, won’t miss her. Hope the door doesn’t miss her a$$ on the way out, either.
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Cheers to that.
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Sound like a good life to me! If I didn’t live in a high rise condo, I would totally grow my own food. . . until then I’m forever a Whole Foods girl.
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I know right that sounds like an ideal amazing life. Sign me up Julia I’ll toil in your fields in Hawaii. I’ll sleep on a hammock and surf all day.
btw xoxoxo whole foods too. 
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Sounds fantastic. Who wouldn’t LOVE to have a ‘sustainable farm’ with chickens and goats? On HAWAII?? Especially if you have people who can do all the hard work for you. You just concentrate on being a hippie and eat all the organic fruits and veg from your own garden. What a sweet, sweet life.
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Sign me up, that is my dream for real. We go on the regular and I love it there!
If only I had her money, it would make it so much easier.
Oh, just so you know the back side of Malibu is all horses and estates and ranches. I totally can see that. We had a 50 mile Malibu endurance horse ride every year. Tons of terrain and land.
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You had a 50 mile Malibu endurance horse ride every year? Sweet! I’ve never been to California, would love to visit it one day…
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@Cherry, yep. I did them all over CA, have ridden MANY miles of the Pacific Crest trail. I do 50 and 100 mile rides. It’s like ultra-marathoning or the original X-games:) Also, this sport will be added to the Olympics and is practiced all over the world. UK, Oz, UAE, Canada, etc.
Horses come first, always. Vet checks every 12-15 miles, you pull out at the slightest hint of lameness or tiredness in your horse. The most fun I ever have! Also the most challenging thing I have ever done. Done them in the desert, the forests, all terrain-the AERC is great. Someday I want to do the tevis.
100 miles from Auburn to Truckee, over 20K feet of altitude change up and down in the ride. Much like a marathon it is more a finish is to win, not a race. Though I did qualify for the national Championships one year. That’s the crap part of being on tour.
My horses are with my friend, when we tour in Cali, I have her bring them to me. I’ll be doing endurance rides in 2013/14 again when we swing into OC and Santa Monica.
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Sounds like an amazing experience, TOT!
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If I had the means, I’d do the same thing!
I can’t say I’d miss her in show biz either, I’ve found her very annoying the past few years.
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Her brother Eric has been and always will be the talent in that family.
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Don’t let the stable door hit your ass on the way out Julia!!
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Ha ha! Yes, put her out to pasture.
She can’t leave Hollywood soon enough. I certainly won’t miss that donkey laughter (braying?). Her America’s Sweetheart shtick is tired and unconvincing anyway.
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^this exactly. Couldn’t have said it better.
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Nope. I won’t miss her. I can think of a few she can take with her, too…
my insomnia may have messed with my perception, but do her eyes look coked-out to anyone else?
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Hmmm…. wonder is she dyes her hair with something natural…..
I am down with the “hippie” lifestyle as long as I still have access to daily shower and deodorant!
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Eat, Pray Love horrible an so was duplicity. I got them both on Netflix a while back and didn’t make it through either.
Also, do hippie/environmentalists jet around on private planes? I saw the rest of the photo set where she has the baby seat thingy and they were boarding a private jet. Hypocrite much?
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“Closer” was even more horrible. I watched it on a plane and was squirming in my seat. I do covet that ring though.
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I’m all meh about moving to hawaai n whatever but I find it a little weird maybe even hypocritical that someone who made her living from movies limits her kids watching TV.
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I think it’s perfectly normal for parents to shield their kids from the downside of their own professions.
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Down home hippie.mmk.
With botox and hair dye, right?
Because she ain’t all natural.
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I really like that ring.
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her last movies are not good and she yet lives in New Mexico (she only goes to LA for her working or her husband’s job) so it wouldn’t be surprising
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Banning plastic and tv is totally exaggerated.
Oh but good for her, I mean who wouldn’t like to live in Hawaii?
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it totally buy this.
we Scorpios love us some natural Mother Earth livin’.
in Hawaii she can hang with Roseanne over at her Macadamia nut farm.
can you imagine them over there hootin’ it up with those legendary cackles?
Roseanne: HAAA-HAAA-HAAAA!
Julia: OH! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!
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Me! Me! Me! Scorpio! Me!
There ain’t bitches like us scorpios…
Let the bitches roll, Jules, but we scorpios rule…
Hee heee hawww hawww heee
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I’m a Picses and hubby is a scorpio. Awesome combo and we both love the outdoors.
And sessy time:)
It’s a scorpio/picses thing!
Scorps are awesome, I’ve had mine for 24 years. Loyal to the core too.
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daang! another thing i didn’t know we had in common (look at the part in her hair)…’premature graying’. ahhhhhhh!
i loath those pesky grays.
thank the lord i just came back from picking up some Clairol root touch-up during lunch.
phew…crisis averted!
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Scorpio here!
I’d love to hang out with Roseanne on her farm – as long as Julia isn’t there.
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Pisces here with Scorpio sister, we’re planning our old age together once we outlive the mens, cuz we know it’ll never be boring!!!
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I was about to mention how Roseanne had already beaten Julia to the punch.
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Goodbye, Julia, GOODBYE – NO REALLY, GO. BYE BYE.
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She does a great job keeping her kids hidden away from the papps. I guess she’s had enough of Hollywood.
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I do respect her for that. It clearly shows that women who get their kids papped (why hello Jessica Alba, Jennifer Garner and “bonus” mom Leann Rimes) are full of it when they complain about “getting harassed.” Julia Roberts-annoying as she is-is a Movie Star-and manages to keep her kids pretty much hidden.
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Sounds like a good idea to me. Healthy lifestyle that smart peeps are turning to more and more. Who wants to poison themselves or fam with poisoned food and sick lifestyle
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i am so glad someone said it. I thought she was miscast in CLOSER.
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Sounds lovely!
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Go!! Please, go away Julia Roberts
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I’m really surprised more ultra-rich people don’t do this. Sounds like a dream life. I would include an animal rescue or sanctuary on the property.
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I would too! Not that her career is that hot right now but if I had some of the money these celebrities do I would retire and not work! I guess they either really love acting or can’t stand to be out of the limelight.
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The only problem I have with all the “living organic” chatter. Is you sound pretentious as hell.
As if suddenly this is something only the very wealthy can afford. So suck it! You poor folks! (Matter of fact I have two elderly Uncle’s who have been “living organic” going on 90 years.
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Up until probably the 1950′s, this was how most of America lived.
Having a huge garden, that was tended to by the family was typical. You did not use chemical pesticides on it.
Home canning was a standard event every Summer if you planned on eating vegetables that Winter.
It is hard work to maintain a garden. Takes lots of sweating and devotion. It is a daily chore. That makes your back hurt.
And I for one don’t see Julia out there sweating like the help, maintaining a larger garden.
So every time I read how some pretentious loud mouth… going on about how much better they are than you! Because they are living organic and keeping it real.
All I want to do urp on their hemp shoes.
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I can be a farmhand…in Hawaii for sure
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She apparently did a lot of her housework and childrearing in New Mexico, so I believe this. If gardens are properly set up, they don’t take that much weeding. Also, in certain areas of Malibu there are a lot of multi-acre properties, but she’d have to have the area cleared and maybe some dirt brought in to grow crops.
When JR was in her 20′s and 30′s she was really attractive. But now she honestly looks matronly to me. And her features that were always large, look gigantic in an otherwise shrinking face. She reminds me of the middle-aged mother of a friend I had growing up and this woman was not attractive at all. JR has less and less to feel entitled about.
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Imagine her and Roseanne as neighbors…
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Good riddance.
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Oprah lives there too and they are buddies.
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If I had her money, I’d go be a hippie in Hawaii, too. Why not? What better place to go be a hippie, lol! I actually loved her in Closer, but I just love that movie. I also really liked Eat Pray Love. She was great in it.
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I have found her annoying and rather snotty since the “low vera” t-shirt she wore…hate when celebrities become so big that they start acting as though they are better than everyone else.
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So glad she won’t be rammed down our throats anymore. She is the only actress I truly cannot stand to watch – In every movie and interview she seems like she is always watching herself and telling us ‘look at how radiant yet real and down to earth I am… Look at how joyful I am’. She is the most INAUTHENTIC actor and celebrity out there.
From reading the comments here I can see I have not been alone. No one is buying the image that she (and the powers that created her) have been plastering everywhere.. So unfair that she gets compared to people like Audrey Hepburn who truly had those qualities and grace. JR is just a packaged product that we’ve all had to tolerate, like McDonalds: totally fake.
And yeah, hippie farm thing is my dream. But she has still has to live with herself and that can’t be too pleasant.
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So is that private plane in the bg a hybrid too? I’ll give her props for keeping her kids private but that’s about it. Never understood her appeal.
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This. See my comment above.
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A LOW HA Julia!
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LOL brilliant!
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…and she can take Sandra Bullock with her
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Noooo, Sandra can stay, she is fun I like her, and her little boy is a cutie.
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I’m with you. Sandra seems genuinely down-to-earth. In interviews she displays a good sense of humor and no pretentious attitude like Julia or Goop. We’re keeping Sandra.
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I think she looks great.
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She’s an annoying, pretentious jerk who parks in handicapped spots so I’m all for this move.
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This trick was lucky-pre-internet when she hit it big, so all her stuff had limited circulation. I really haven’t liked much she’s done and won’t miss her when she’s gone.
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Speaking of Julia Roberts, I don’t care about Julia Roberts.
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Her nose is atrocious..she looks like an evil witch. Why do naturally beautiful woman mess with their faces? JR`s attitude is offensive, and i have not watched one of her movies in over a decade.
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Ehh, I can’t hate her, honestly. She’s like the opposite of a famewhore, we very rarely see her kids papped–which honestly, I think may be one of my biggest pet peeves. I know you can’t hide in your basement and keep your kids under blankets, but the fact is, she manages to stay on the down-low when she’s not promoting something, so I give her props for that.
And honestly, if I had her kind of cash, I’d move to Hawaii and surf and organic farm all the time. And eat an acai bowl for breakfast every morning. Man, I still daydream about the deliciousness:)
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I’d eat my weight in jicama and pineapple and mango. YUM!
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Hey, more power to her. I’d move to a sustainable farm in Hawaii if I could afford it.
Toddles has that same car-seat! His is in CowMooFlauge
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Julia has had her time in the sun. Am I the only one who liked Mirror Mirror? It’s a testament to Hollywood that Julia’s presence in movies won’t be missed.
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Yeah shes so earthy will all that botox and filler in her face. Shes a faux Hollywood Hippie.
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I’m not a Julia Roberts fan, but I admire how she’s handled her career. She worked a lot, did the “famous actress” thing and made a ton of money in her twenties and thirties and now seems to really be focusing on her family. As others have pointed out, she’s not out there parading her children around. I think her life sounds wonderful. She really has had the best of both worlds.
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Does anyone think it’s just a lame attempt to get us to beg her not to retire?? Please, please, please don’t leave us!! We’ll write letters to get you better film roles!
I think a humble person just quietly retires and moves on to live a happy, quieter life. I think a biatch who misses the fame puts leaks out alleging she’ll be gone from the big screen indefinitely.
You’re replaceable, Ms. Roberts. We ALL are.
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Her farm is in Taos, New Mexico where some of my family live. The locals hate her because she makes a big deal out of wanting to be treated normally and then turning around a demanding special treatment at restaurants, shops etc.
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Go Julia. You will not be missed. You are a legend in YOUR OWN mind.
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Hasta la vista baby!! Aka….BYE!
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she “really believes she’s happier?”
Well…I’m pretty sure that means she IS happier. More power to her.
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What kind of eco hippie flies to Hawaii in her own private plane with a huge cache of luggage? She is faux eco hippie – as in buffet style – she picks and chooses what she wants to participate in as far as being eco and where it concerns her with least effort.
Try flying coach and reducing your carbon footprint for you and your family – then I will believe the hype.
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I don’t understand why *everyone* in Hollywood doesn’t do this when their careers start to fade. I would think it would be such a relief once one has solid portfolio of films and enough money to support a small country to leave the abusive culture of Hollywood far, far, FAR, behind.
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because that would require accepting that they are fading stars and admitting it everyone else. too much ego for that.
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but i thought hollywood quit her already.
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She has not aged well.She looks like a guy now. Her brother is a great actor and so handsome. She is no longer a very good actress in my opinion.
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Please. Oh please!! Take that untalented neice Emma with you too.
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^This times 100.
Julia has been in some entertaining movies, but Emma flat out sucks. She did not “inherit” her father’s acting skills, so let her be exiled. So sick of shameless Hollywood nepotism.
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And I’d suggest Hollywood is just about ready to quit Julia. Win-win.
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No one will miss you Julia. Good riddance. Oh and JULIA DOESNT GROW HER OWN ANYTHING!! The mexicans she hired and treats like shit grows her precious little garden and milks her goats. SOOOOOOO sick of hearing other actors and directors and writers talk about how wonderful she is, they all know she sucks. they just cant be honest, its all nicey nicey nicey phony phony phony craaaaaaaapppppppp!
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Yes, she does suck. This is how she got so famous. Get my drift?
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Good riddance. She does immoral movies then limits her kids’ viewing, what a hypocrite. If she has one more lip lift and lip pump job, her tongue will be able to go into her nostrils. Where the hell are they hiding the repeated lip lift scars already? Normally they are under the nose and also in the nostrils, which may account for the horridly pinched witch nose. As you age, your upper lip drifts away from your nose, not closer. Julia defies all of humanity by reversing this with repeated lip lifts and fillers that have destroyed her cupid’s bow and made her upper lip look WEIRD.There is maybe 1/4″ of space between her upper lip and the bottom ofher nose, LOL. She’s not even 45 and her neck looks bad already, even with all the surgeries. She LOOKS 45!!!! All the surgeries did nothing to make her look 25, what a joke.
You Scorpios age badly, have never seen one age well yet, though you’re pretty when young. Look at ubermodel Jean Shrimpton, Scorpio, egads, so gorgeous, had surgeries and still fell down the well, aged horribly.
Bye Julia, your movie career promoted immorality and things do have a way of catching up… even if you have $$$.
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