Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux made an increasingly rare red carpet outing over the weekend when they attended the Governors Awards in LA. The Governors Awards are the Academy Awards for the lifetime-achievement and specialized, pre-selected awards. You know who attended the Governors Awards last year? Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Maddox. They attended because Angelina was picking up the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Jennifer and Eyebrows Theroux went this year because Jennifer thinks she’s hustling for an Oscar nomination. How funny/weird would it be if Jennifer actually did end up with a nomination after she hustled so hard?
Anyway, it’s nice to see Justin coming out to support Jennifer. Plus, it seems like the Governors Awards are increasingly a hot ticket for would-be Oscar contenders in any given year. Several years ago, the Academy decided to stop handing out the specialty awards during the Oscar telecast, probably because those speeches were always a time-suck. This way, the honorees get to make the speeches they want to make without being cut off by a music cue. And nowadays, it’s a place where would-be contenders come out to shake hands, meet older Oscar voters and have a pleasant, no-stress evening.
Justin and Jennifer also stepped out on Thursday night for a “triple date night” with Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy’s wife Molly McNearney. I’ll spare you People Magazine’s breathless coverage, but you can read it here if you’re so inclined.
Photos courtesy of Getty.
Jen looks really good. I love her dress.
I do too. Though she does have fab legs, I like that she’s not wearing a super short dress. This length suits her.
Yes, this dress length really suits her, but those shoes look to be at least 7″ tall, or more. Her feet are almost completely vertical … how can she walk in those shoes?? And no, I’m not going to say anything about her looking ‘stumpy’ without them. I really think she looks nice. This dress is very appropriate for her, age and otherwise.
well, I’ve seen no pictures of her being carried, so I’m guessing that “how she walked” was “just fine”.
there are other pics on other sites and I’d say that 7″ is a bit of an exaggeration.
they’re not platforms and, from behind, look to be about 4″.
Whoa. I understand why hair curtains are usually a necessity for her. I think it’s nice that she’s dropped her hemlines for once, but then again her usual mid thigh length at 45 yrs old, does keep your eyes deflected from what’s above her neck. Smart move, re knowing what should go unexamined, like…her face and head.
I find this whole ‘will you let my power pr flack buy me an oscar based on nothing at all?’ campaign/charade even more mortifying than her typical coattailing desperado moves.
Looks good if you ignore that face. She has the oddest face that is not helped by the fillers/botox her tight face implies.
I was wondering if it was just me, but it seems like with her hair pulled back this way, her face looks super tight and … tweaky? Her eyes, especially seem squinty from something, sort of like Gwen Stefani’s not too long ago.
Gah! That face. What has she done? It’s made her look older.
she looks like she has had some work done and if u look close enough her lips look strange
I may be alone with this, but I would love her to be nominated! I don’t even know why, I guess I like to root for the Underdog and it would make Oscar night much more interesting.
Me too. Plus, I realĺy like her and think she’s a strong comedic actress. I would like to see her in more serious roles.
Her wheelhouse is comedy. She was just so-so in Derailed and The Good Girl. She’ll probably eventually end up back on TV, no shame in that.
It’s funny how people claim comedy is her wheelhouse, when in interviews be they in person or print she exudes no wit or sense of humor whatsoever. She usually has some stuttering brain farhting response, and is looking at the interviewer in a scared, leery way. Compare her interviews to Sandra Bullocks, or Melissa McCarthy’s…or hel, even Jenny McCarthy’s. Lol Even on Friends she was typically the straight person, reacting to funny people around her. All the actors on that show were funnier. I have no doubt comedy is where she’s most comfortable, having done sit coms and sketch comedy for 20 years, but even though it might be her ‘wheelhouse’ no one thinks of her as outstanding in it, or a comedienne.
Pookah, I meant what success she has has been in comedy, not drama. I agree that when I have heard her in interviews she has very little natural wit. She was lucky to work with talented writers during her Friends years.
I’ve seen her in interviews and she’s pretty funny.
Strong comedic actress????? Do you know how MANY movies were made from 2005-2014 that were comedies and she was barely in ANY of them????
WTF????????
AND, her PEERS and the INDUSTRY have yet to agree with you… Where are the nominations??
Damn, SMH…
If she did a really great job in Cake I would love to see her nominated as well. I’m no fan of nominations just because.
A few years back the Oscar and other award shows suffered from low ratings so the amount nominated was increased hoping to spark interest for viewers.
Yes, if she did a good job in the film, I’d like to see her get a nomination and be known as something other than a jilted ex.
Betty, the ‘jilted ex’ trope is why she’s still relevant to this day, and is also why you and others are tolerant of, and enabling her sad manufactured pipe dreams…let’s be honest.
FLORC, I think it was only the Oscar best pic nominees that had the number of possible nominees increased,
Nah. I’d love to see her win, if only for the incomprehensible acceptance speech that I anticipate. She could thank Justin’s eyeballs, and then later return to the stage and apologize for forgetting the emoting left eyebrow; who will later engage in a furious argument, in the limo, for having been left out. That eyebrow is such an arrogant asshole.
The tabloids will then write a piece from a ‘close source’, (meaning Cimberbatch’s Curl) who calls the Eyebrow a ‘talentless hack’ who treats Jen poorly. Jen’s nips will later chime in that it was unfair that their scenes were cut since they, alone, were responsible for catapulting Jen’s career, and that they now feel betrayed. Jen’s hair will say that she stood by her through thick and thin, and that they both deserved to win, in spite of the stunt double wig.
That is priceless! You win.
this is brilliant, except that you forgot to somehow include “The Leg”, just so the triangle is complete.
I would only want her nominated if she were really good in the role, not just because she’s the underdog.
I think the reality is from the reviews she did alright, but not Oscar-worthy.
Lol at a rich a lister being an underdog. I save my sympathy for brilliant performances that have rave reviews that get snubbed because they don’t have a big studio backing them up example Brie Larson in Short Term 12 last year.
Oscars aren’t about merit. There are more than 4-5 good performances in film in a year and the same type of people always get nominated. I love the drama so bring on Aniston, I don’t even care about talent.
Yep, mediocrity is overtaking the world. Nobody cares about true talent anymore, it’s all about the LOOK and popularity (the fact that Britney Spears can still sell out a venue even after professional acknowledgement of lip syncing and studio embellished vocals is strong testament to this). It’s a Reality TV world, baby.
I think Jennifer Aniston is talented and is very good at what she does. I’ve enjoyed several of her films (“The Object of My Affection” and “Picture Perfect” are my favorites), but I don’t think she has Oscar caliber range as an actress.
You won’t see me paying for a JA movie but I ain’t gonna pretend that the Oscars is more than white old man politics. She belongs there. In a world where Annette Bening has NO Oscars and that Swank girl TWO, Imma gonna let Aniston pass. Lupita had to win imo but most years, I’m just ‘meh’ about it.
Re Britney: she doesn’t even sing in the studio anymore! She has somebody impersonating her vocals. I need ‘Blackout’ Britney back, that album is flawless.
Aniston can act but not that good. She kills comedy and light drama though (The Good Girl is my fave!) but otherwise nope. She has no business at the Oscars if it’s on merit but for the politics and that good ole Hollywood drama: why welcome Rachel 🙂
That Swank girl was phenomenal in Boys Don’t Cry. If we’re talking about undeserved Oscars let’s mention Penelope Cruz or the fact that Lawrence has 3 nominations and a win instead of 1 nomination.
I’m not with you because I have taste, and think only people who merit recognition for acting are people that have garnered a consensus on their talent and their particular film performance. I’m not with you because I don’t agree with even talented actors buying their awards, let alone hacks like Aniston who are blatantly trying to jig the system.
But I will say, No. No, you’re not all alone, in lieu of the ‘revenge happily ever after’ that’s ruled and driven her entire latter-day career, and the tabloids for more than a decade and a half — happiness, in any capacity…is what her supporters/enablers/coddlers have always wanted for the luckiest woman in the world. Even though they insist she’s got everything, and love to eyerollingly chant you go Jen, you always get the feeling they don’t believe it…so they need something/anything tangible. A man, a baby and award of some kind…even an MTV or people’s cheese award…they don’t care. So even the deluded campaign she’s on right now thrills them no end.
Not because she’s given anything special or at all, to the world of cinema, or even tv (i found both Kudrow and Cox to be more talented, and naturally comedic) – but because her power PR flack has done a great job of making people actually believe that this hundred millionaire, in lieu of ever actually having earned her continual exhausting brain numbing never-ending celebrity spot in the sun on merit, and amassing a lucrative fortune through tv resids, relevancy/pity over losing ‘Brad Pitt’ and great endorsement deals – has miraculously managed to convince people that she is the ‘underdog,’ in anything.
Poor Julianne Moore, how she continues to share a PR flack with this fraud, is beyond me.
@Pookah…an Oscar for Julianne Moore?…Yes Please! Aniston better beware Tracy Flick!
I’m with u Pookah
Juliannes film will probably be marketed by the studio flacks, Jens film is indie in every sense of the word which is why shes paying her personal PR guy to do the heavy lifting.
My big realisation this last few weeks is that Jen could win an Oscar one day. Oscars are very much popularity contests and Jen is very well liked within Hollywood circles. She just needs to find a vehicle backed by the Weinstein Oscar campaign machinery and she is in. And why not? This life is full of average individuals accomplishing incredible things on sheer determination, resilience and cunning.
And Jen is one of those, hell with a face like hers its even a miracle shes a leading lady. Its nice to see talent succeed but I am always more amazed by those who against the odds scraped through with the little God gave them. Give me the underdog any day. She can have my vote.
I agree with Pookah. I think some people are smoking the good sh*t. No way Aniston deserves an Oscar for any of the crapola she’s done so far. Aniston has very little range or natural ability, in my opinion. No way she deserves an Oscar in a world where neither Julianne Moore nor Annette Bening nor Glenn Close have one. If Aniston won, it would prove the Oscar is a joke and that it can be bought if you hire the right people and don’t wear make-up! They would lose their last shred of integrity. The Oscars have some serious slips with some of the people who have won so far, including Julia Roberts, Reese, etc.
if that sh*t continues with Aniston, then they should call it the door prize for rich celebs who make bank in Hollywood.
Fantastic post, Pookah.
And no, you are not “hating”- just spitting out glaring facts. Amazeballs!
Let the Jenhens whine all they want- She had a movie released a few months ago and just about EVERY supporter on this blog has conveniently IGNORED this fact and skipped over her performance in that movie as well.
The big elephant is STILL in the room.
@KatyD, who wrote: “I think some people are smoking the good sh*t.”
🙂 🙂 🙂
If we’re giving Oscars nom just for being an underdog then lindsay Lohan should get one. Why aren’t you routing for her to get nominated?
Underdog? I suppose so only in the sense that this is a small film, but I otherwise don’t get this argument at all. She’s had plenty of success. I’m just finding it hard to route for someone who is putting on this much of a full court press this early. She doesn’t feel like an underdog considering that she is getting way, way more oscar attention that anyone else out there, and for a movie that no one has seen.
I like when people surprise everyone and have a break through performance, and then I often root for them too. I’d be surprised if she got a nomination though, but I haven’t seen Cake so I don’t have any opinion on whether she deserves it or not.
“I haven’t seen Cake so I don’t have any opinion on whether she deserves it or not.”
yeah, but that hasn’t stopped everyone else from saying she doesn’t deserve it.
I personally don’t care very much about the Oscar race thing, but I do find it funny that so many folks who took a wait-and-see attitude about OTHER oscar-buzzing films/directors/actresses are dismissing this one out of hand without anyone having seen it.
not surprising in the least, but funny nonetheless.
@Doofus, who wrote: “I personally don’t care very much about the Oscar race thing, but I do find it funny that so many folks who took a wait-and-see attitude about OTHER oscar-buzzing films/directors/actresses are dismissing this one out of hand without anyone having seen it.”
Well, most of the OTHER oscar-buzzing films, directors, and actresses have films that were picked up by Studios and distributors, either at film festivals or on their on out of the gate. There ‘had’ to be a reason why ‘no one’ wanted “Cake,” but someone ‘did’ want Julianne Moore’s film “Still Alice” at TIFF. Right?
P.S. “Derailed” is on as I type this. Jen’s performance is painfully bad. She is SO much better in rom-coms. I just switched channels.
and yet, my point remains.
people are making a judgement about a performance that they haven’t seen.
sure, the movie may suck…a LOT…but that isn’t the subject here. the subject is Aniston’s performance. which, from what I’ve read, is the ONLY thing that’s praise-worthy about this turkey. and the only thing that’s getting “buzz”.
You’re not alone – she really is a very good actress despite what some might say – better than certain other overrated ones anyhow.
and for the love of God – why bring up the unholy triangle in ever post about JA???
I think Jennifer is actually quite the underrated dramatic actress and I don’t think it’s that far-fetched to believe that she actually had it in her to give a pretty great dramatic performance in Cake. It’s only an unpopular opinion here because this place is so rife with Brangeloonies but I’ll proudly hold my Team Aniston placard high.
I like all of them except for Brow von Guyliner Fonz. So it would be totally fine if she won. At least she is taking chances.
Actually none of the reviewers called her Oscar worthy, just a change of pace. Good acting, but not amazing & not better than the many other actresses in line for nominations.
And if her performance was award’s worthy than a real distributor would have bought it at TIFF. SPC bought Still Alice for Moore’s performance. No one wanted Cake, so Aniston had to basically buy her own movie & is self distributing it.
The actress who plays her maid was actually called the MVP of the film and was the real standout in the reviews! Why is she not doing the rounds as well?
Oh that’s right, Jen is promoting herself rather than promoting the actual film.
Sorry Grant, I dislike her because i once saw an interview where she was barely able to disguise being mortified and offended after having been told by the interviewer she reminded them of/looked like Barbara Streisand. Not because of ‘brangelina.’ The shocked/horrfied look on her face and her demeanor at the suggestion incensed me. I was like, ‘you wish you were as attractive as Streisand in her day (or even now!) honey.’ From then on, i felt like she was a big rude narcissistic fraud with no character – just not a nice person. It was a very telling moment.
No Artemis, sorry – pretty much everyone has agreed for many many years, that she’s not particularly talented or charismatic on screen. She’s adequate in sit com ensembles, I’ll give her that.
Kiddo, she’s not ‘taking chances,’ everyone knows she herself is manufacturing PR bought award season ‘buzz,’ NOT coincidentally in a year where she’s likely to get more ink/press attention because her ex and his wife have long been touted as Oscar possible nominees.
She wouldn’t be doing it in any other year.
It’s kind of like the ink she got when she dragged John Mayer to the Oscars back in 2009. Her ink would have been reduced by about 90% if it had occurred in a year where Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were not nominated tandemly for a Best Actor and Best Actress Oscar.
Lou, the actress that plays her maid already has an Oscar nomination for Babel. She is Adriana Barraza, and I would love her to get another juice role, but have you heard them (whomever did this movie) to pitch any other actors for awards? nah, just Aniston, obviouslyyyy
Love how she looks with her hair up, and the dress is nice with the longer length. It’s great that she’s trying new things.
Trying out new things, like the work on her face?
Her face really looks… Odd,
something is happening and it ain’t plain old agung.
I noticed that too. Fillers? Botox?
She has a bit of a Jennifer Westfeldt thing going on.
I think having her hair up ages her. First time I’ve noticed her age on her face.
I think she looks great, and I don’t see anything wrong with his eyebrows. Good grief.
I guess the writing, with its apparent bias, will be click bait for the Angeloonies who can extend a thread to hundreds of entries?
All comments so far has been favorable and kaiser talks negatively about stuff Angelina or Brad wears all the time
Or the Anistonloonies who extend the thread to hundreds via arguing with Angelina and Brad fans. True Monica. Though you need to understand that with Anistonloonies anything that is less than 100% positive is considered bias or ‘hate’.
Brangie 4 Evah!!! Because it’s not an Aniston thread without the conflict. Doesn’t matter how it comes up. Only that it does come up.
Back to the thread. I hate this dress. On her it’s just bad. She looks great in color. I wish she’d wear some. Her hair up shows her age. That’s not a bad thing. Only that it’s very uncommon and to see it looks odd.
Her face looks kinda tight to me but I do like her hair up.
I think it should be a rule, that if you have a linebackers neck and shoulders, and ears and earlobes that are the length of half your head that rival Wilford Brimley’s for size, it’s best to keep the hair…down.
Her neck really isn’t that thick–although I can see that when one is accustomed to gazing upon Angelina’s bobblehead with such regularity one might not be used to the healthy girth of Aniston’s neck and shoulders.
Pookah, your barrage of insults, especially about her looks just never ends, does it? We get it, you can’t stand the woman.
Whoa! Leonard Nimoy wants his ears back! (And, I mean Leonard, not Spock)
‘Healthy girth,’ Grant? Maybe for Cam Newton. But Aniston’s deltoids are very thick and high shortening her neck which isn’t that long to begin with. It could just be age or she’s working out too much. Add those old man earlobes in and just…no.
…also…since you brought her up, Angelina does indeed have a swan like neck thou…and beautifully proportioned head and shoulders….and the tiniest attached ear lobes. I saw her in person at a film fest once. 😉
Great acting. lol
I agree. She looks great and who cares if she gets an Oscar or any nomination. I think she deserves it…she’s funny and talented and she’s been in the Hollywood game a long time.
Thats like saying Adam Sandler deserves and Oscar. He funny and has at least as much “talent” as Anniston, and he’s been in the Hollywood game a long time….and does ANYONE think Adan Sandler derserves an Oscar? lol
Well, it’s not like your user name shows a certain bias lollollollolzers. Good god.
Adam Sandler is not funny, dude. Don’t encourage him.
Can you honestly and with a straight face say that Adam Sandler’s delivery of the the line “So hot…want to touch the hiney” did not touch your heart and scream role of a lifetime?
Daniel Day Lewis was sobbing.
Adam Sandler did a film called Reign Over Me and critics loved his performance. So people like Sandler and Aniston are capable of doing good work.
LMAO, Jaderu. Although there might be competition now that Andy Dick has gone uber-method, stealing necklaces while bicycling. It’s rumored that Meryl Streep retired after getting word of this performance.
FingerBinger, some critics do heavy drugs, true story.
Jennifer needs to calm down the campaign. It’s starting to look desperate. She’s doing a lot more than movies that are at least screening.
It’s really pathetic, and the industry sees it. I think she and her PR flack think they’re being smart by acting as if her middlin’ performance in a bad movie merits the big cheese, and hoping that she at least garners some kind of recognition at less prestigious places, like the golden globes – for all her PR hustling. The GGs, which are also an extremely long shot for her… But who knows, maybe her PR flack has dck pics of most of the old guys on the board of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assoc.
I’m thinkin’ Pia Zadora right now.
As if Jennifer was the only Oscar hopeful that attended this event.
The Academy expects contenders to jump through hoops if they want to be seriously considered.
She’s in it to win it just like everybody else.
The other contenders were sent there because their studios and distributors paid for the tables. Aniston and co created a distribution company because no one wanted to buy her movie so she basically paid for the table. Desperate
And for a good performance in a bad movie–that’s what I got from the reviews. And I can’t get anymore than that, because there isn’t even a trailer out. I’m not understanding why she’s even hustling. Maybe she wants to put her name out there as a dramatic actress? Because she’s got nothing on the pipeline for next year (except her *snort* Oscar campaign).
But I don’t get it. I see rave reviews that say she’s amazing because she’s not in a comedy, and is playing a severely depressed character. I remember the review for Paul Bettany’s ‘Shelter’–when a reviewer at Deadline said that if it didn’t get picked up by anyone, then it was because it was Jennifer Connolly’s riskiest performance since Requiem for a Dream. THAT’S a review. That’s a risk.
I mean, on some level I get it–she’s known for her comedies, so when she veers off it’s a big deal. But her fans are not stupid. They’re not children. They can handle her doing something different. I don’t find the role especially risky–considering her station in life. She’s filthy rich, and can do whatever movies she wants.
Thank you, some f her enablers on this board are already trying to revise history as if Aniston had amassed some wave of consensus that her performance and film merited recognition, and now it was just about the campaign…the reality is, no one thinks Aniston has ‘Oscar buzz’ except her PR flack and the press he pays to run the headlines he creates. That’s not real ‘Oscar buzz’ (see Julianne Moore for real Oscar buzz) what this Aniston b.s. is, is fake PR shenanigans and pathetic desperation.
Can anyone explain the significance of the film’s title? The movie, apparently, is about a chronic pain support group.
Nina (Anna Kendrick), one of the members in Claire’s (Aniston) chronic pain support group commits suicide and Claire becomes obsessed with baking Nina a cake in memory of her upcoming birthday — or something like that.
She looks very well here.
Definitely try-hard. But I do like her hair up like this.
Could be the timing of the snaps, lighting or a new experiment with heavier upper-lid liner – but it looks like her eyes have had something done to them.
She’s still gorgeous, but looks different gorgeous.
It’s strange that she gets absolutely no grief for her very obvious filler addiction and not only public parsing of words/denial of it, but her weird tendency to try and shame her own friends for getting procedures done! That so speaks to her lack of character in my opinion. It’s remarkable how people hold her to a different standard. They completely ignore how she’s essentially had a face transplant (w/not good results) since Friends. I think some people are just off limits for criticism (unlike Renee Z) and they will never get called out. I think it’s that pity card/sympathy factor she will forever get for Brad getting with Jolie.
Jennifer looks good here but I don’t like her hairstyle. She could have done a sofisticated updo or something like that instead of this not so nice messy ponytail.
You know – Jennifer and Justin always looks like they are trying to hard with their red carpet appearances. Their body language is always off in those situations. I have seen them look better whenever they are pictured together randomly.
As for the Jen hens who cannot handle any criticism, attack or mindle negative comments about their idol – grow a bloody backbone or better yet stop being a hypocrite.
We Angelina fans have been put through a hell of a lot more hedious comments about the JPs from you Jen hens over the years. Infact go to Female first, D-Listed or DailyMail sites where all the Jen hens hang out and trash the JPs. CB is one of the few sites who supports the JPs and allows us to comment positively about them.
PS: I seriously think Jennifer needs to cut down on the Oscar campaign – she really looks desperate now and is reaching Anne Hathaway level. And if Jennifer really believed in this movie she wouldn’t have had her friend to interview her. She would have gotten someone else to interview her and ask hardcore questions.
As for her enjoying a triple date – again only Jennifer needs to announce to the world that she has famous friends (I personally think they are not real friends and only together because they share the same agent). Many other celebs don’t announce anything nor do they go on annual bikini holidays or use their friendships for publicity.
As someone who likes both Jen and Angie, I think Angelina’s die hard fans are way worse, at least on this site.
Only thing I can say is that we Brangeloonies here have never body shamed Jennifer, called her children with racist names, wished her to get cancer and the whole family to die in a plane crash.
Again do check female first website once and then come back here again and compare.
PS: I was a fan of Jennifer until she started to use her showbusiness friends to verbally bitch about Angelina and her children. Plus I went right of her when she created this whole poor Jen image over the fact that Brad left her for Angelina and bam – Jennifer herself cheated with Justin and ruined his 14 year relationship. Hypocrite is her middle name.
This isn’t Female First. I don’t know why that website always gets brought up here, it has nothing to do with CB, and the people who comment there have nothing to do with the commenters here.
I think they are worse too. And speaking of campaigning. Jolie’s movie Unbroken hasn’t even come out or has any reviews yet everyone here think its a sure Oscar contender and that its gonna win so many Oscars. There is more buzz about that film then any other film this year and where is it coming from? . Honestly how it ranked so high on those awards site without anyone seeing or reviewing it? I don’t think its sure contender, atleast not in the same league as Gone Girl, Foxcatcher, Instersteller, Boyhood or Whiplash. It might make the top 10 but its not in the top 5 in what has come out so far.
We can bring up Female first because once you go to that site you can not dare say Angelina’s fans are worse. Go to FemaleFirst and see that nothing compares to the hate they have for Angelina & their kids. Death wishes, the twins have different fathers!, Angelina was never pregnant, that they abuse their kids. It is a site filled with nasty Aniston fans.
I have to agree with SpookySpooks and I like Angie do not care for Jen. The thing about this site is that your comments will get deleted if you say anything the least bit negative about Angie (even if it is on topic). I mean I have never broken the rules here once and I am a fan but my comments have been deleted. This doesn’t happen with anyone else either I mean goop, KK and Leanne you can say whatever you want and the comments stay up. Part of the reason I cannot call myself a stan is because I do not blindly follow someone.
“There is more buzz about that film then any other film this year and where is it coming from? . Honestly how it ranked so high on those awards site without anyone seeing or reviewing it?”
This isn’t uncommon at all, and the reaction will of course change if the movie isn’t that good, which has also happened to other movies that were considered Oscar bait because of story/cast/director etc.
I don’t think Jen’s a terrible actress but her PR were promoting Cake as Oscar worthy before anyone had seen it at TIFF.
I have no problem with her taking ‘different’ roles or promoting herself or her roles. It’s that in many ways they’re not doing it well, they”re too heavy handed with it.
lou, my point is they are different sites, and the garbage spewed there doesn’t need to constantly be brought up here, where no one (including fans of JA) is saying such things.
I have no interest in going there whatsoever, or any other site where people are horrible, and honestly don’t understand why anyone does – especially if they’re a fan of the person being trashed. If it’s so upsetting, just stop reading it. Seeking out that kind of negativity is not good.
I agree too. And the overwhelming gushing over Brad and Angelina makes posts about them hard to read, and I actually like the woman.
Oh, and I think Unbroken will get a nod because it’s the typical inspiring Yay America! WW2 movie the Academy just loves. It doesn’t matter if it’s good, it will get a nod.
@Maya
I suppose that “linebacker neck and shoulders”, “ears half the size of her head” etc, not to mention “stumpy legs” which comes up from time to time isn’t body-shaming? Of course it is. The rather sad bit is that Aniston has a healthy figure, works out and actually seems to eat as opposed to the stick insect/bobblehead variety that she’s clearly being compared to.
@cr
I personally don’t recall any comments in the press prior to the film having been screened at TIFF about her performance possibly being Oscar contender material. Although as I wasn’t particularly looking for it, I may have missed it. The only comment at all that comes to mind was the director gushing over her performance a while back, and I’m not even sure it was the Cake director, it might have been the Life of Crime one.
No one is saying the film itself is going to be up for the Best Picture Oscar, but it’s quite possible to have an excellent performance in a film that is otherwise less than stellar.
Obviously Jennifer fans are going to say Angelina fans are much worse and vice versa. But I do think Jennifer a fans a worse because they go after the kids. They always say the kids are mentally handicapped or how ugly they are. This site was almost as bad as other sites just 4 or 5 years ago. It’s really calmed down recently. I think a combination of banned posters, deleted comments, and even the haters getting bored in saying Brad was going to run back to Jennifer any second.
A lot of movies get Oscar buzz before casting is even finished because of who is involved with the film. If you have Oscar winning directors, actors, or writers involved in a film it’s going to get buzz. No matter what Meryl Streep is in, people start with the Oscar buzz. The difference between Angelina and Jennifer is that Jennifer and her team are the only one’s saying she’s an Oscar contender. I haven’t seen a review where somebody said she gave an Oscar winning performance. Saying it’s her best role in years is not the same as Oscarworthy.
@SpookySpooks, who wrote: “As someone who likes both Jen and Angie, I think Angelina’s die hard fans are way worse, at least on this site.”
LOL! The heck you say. 🙂 People here cry “Foul, you’re being mean to poor sweet Jennifer! Why do you hate her?” at comments like “I don’t like Jennifer’s hair up, I like it down” or “She should return to TV” or “Jen seems needy and insecure” or “That dress could be a little longer” and “That color doesn’t really flatter Jen at all.” That is ‘tame’ compared to the actual hatred cast at the Jolie-Pitts.
REAL negative comments are posted on Angelina Jolie threads all the time. I only ‘wish’ they were mainly about her hair or her fashion sense. Jolie-Pitt fans here would have to do FAR worse than you already think they have in order to equal the bile and hatred cast upon the Jolie-Pitts, mainly Jolie. There were (and still are) numerous posts made here about the ‘home wrecking, brother-kissing, child pimping, drug addict wh*re Angelina Jolie and her ‘little boy’ Shiloh. Don’t believe me? Take a stroll through the archives to see for yourself.
“The difference between Angelina and Jennifer is that Jennifer and her team are the only one’s saying she’s an Oscar contender.”
Yet AJ team is saying that she could win Best Director and Best Picture for Unbroken without anyone seeing or reviewing the film your point? All actors/actresses have some maganment or PR that spews out this sort of crap. I personally don’t think Jennifer will end up with an Oscar nom/win this year, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Jolie films Unbroken doesn’t make it to the Oscars either. Be realistic, Nolan, Fincher, Miller are all very strong contenders and the director of Whiplash is a 29 year old who got tons of praise too. I don’t think she stands much of a chance this year either, considering she isn’t even a real director and lots of really talented directors already had their films released and reviewed at least. She is just another actor/actresses turned director so far.
A woman who was aware that she’s 45 years old would have a sophisticated up do. A woman who still thinks of herself as a 20-something ingénue has a messy ponytail.
Do they ever do or go any where with Justin’s family, seems strange to be engaged for two years and you never see them with any relatives. That is what makes me think the engagement is fake. Every holiday and birthday is spent, with everyone except family.
Krasinski and Kimmel are the eyebrow’s pals.
I like Jennifer, she was my “best friend” back in the day. But, Justin just comes across as slimey to me. I tried to watch his show but found him unwatchable, he was just so powerfully self aware, or something like that, it’s hard to explain.
She looks great. That is a really good look on her 🙂
Why is the movie name “cake”?
All i could found about the storyline is: “The acerbic, hilarious CLAIRE SIMMONS (Aniston) becomes fascinated by the suicide of a woman in her chronic pain support group. As she uncovers the details of Nina’s suicide and develops a poignant relationship with Nina’s husband, she also grapples with her own, very raw personal tragedy.”
The other stars in the movie are William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman, Anna Kendrick and Sam Worthington. That is a super cast. Since i know this i think about watching this movie. Maybe it´s really worth a nomination.
The buzz was/is manufactured. If you want to see if the movie’s ‘worthy’ of a any kind of nomination, there are great bell weathers already in existence. For instance, it was on the festival circuit, there are many reviews at how ok and not ok it was – no raves, many criticisms… no one elected to buy and distribute it.
Those are all tells that equate to it not being worthy of even a people’s cheese award, much like her last straight to VOD that her PR flack also tried to garner ‘buzz’ for.
Typically what happens: a movie comes out at a festival, garners reviews, and people/critics either rave about it, which helps it get sold to distributors…or not. That didn’t happen with this movie. No one thought the film or Aniston were that great, i believe the consensus re Aniston was that she was ok. The movie sat on a shelf, until Aniston finally got off the pot and used some of her own millions to fashion a distributor’s arm for it. That is called a sad, in the industry. It’s relatively easy to see what happened to this movie that she and her agent want to be her ticket, see ‘internets,’ see ‘google.’ There really is no mystery, and no wait and see. The reviews are in. As much as I like Kendrick, Huffman and Macy – they are prolific actors who make films every year, some of which are great, some of which are meh and some of which feature them as leads, and usually not even they get recognized awards season. I’m hoping to see Kendrick get something for Into the Woods along with Streep, just because i know she hails from musical theater and will probably kill.
Just like the buzz for Unbroken is manufactured? Honestly I don’t like Jennifer but Unbroken itself looks like Oscar bait and its looks more needy for an Oscar validation then Cake does.
I just can’t with her face. She used to be so naturally pretty. She has botoxed away all of that natural beauty and I can’t really take her seriously anymore.
Yes, I remember watching a Friends re-run and thinking just how pretty she was… I don’t understand what exactly has changed about her face, but it seems to be more than just the ageing process. She used to have a really soft, sweet look, even as the bratty Rachel. I loved her Rachel colouring too, the darker hair, paler skin and not-so-blue eyes suited her.
I like the darker hair on her better, too. not TOO dark, but the streaky blond she’s doing these days is just too light. even a softer blond would do better.
but what gets me about watching old Friends reruns is Courteney Cox’s face.
EGAD, she’s ruined hers. when I see a promo for Cougartown, I cringe…she’s joker-worthy these days. too bad, because I always thought she was the prettiest of the bunch.
So the bar for her is set so low, just apply prosthetic scar makeup in a film, dress well at award related events she never attended before, be a so-called “underdog” in a critical flop not well received when shown at a prestigious film fest that elicited no buyers, personally hire a top Oscar PR consultant, and an Oscar nomination is her reward right LOL.
While the high bar set for other actors to be Oscar nominated demands that they must have an extraordinary performance in a well reviewed film, with their film makeup status a non factor, dress anyway they decide to at award related events, rely on an Oscar campaign paid for by the studio, and still they must make way for the “underdog” just cause.
Everlasting Eternal Pity Party for one certain celeb still rolling along just like tumbleweeds in West Texas. As her world continues to churn and turn.
I am thinking regarding Aniston’s friends, relatives, associates, staff or press NOT telling her the truth…. about her real appearance, her acting, her demeanor etc.
It’s like a case of “EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES” wherein Ticky can be compared to a very vain emperor who spent all his money just to look great in appearance or anything that makes him look best in everything. However, he didn’t know he was only fooled by weavers & his people. They were just NOT telling the truth. It’s the innocent child who told the truth BUT the emperor just went on to save face.
Ticky’s friends/ paid press love to go on vacation & dinner with her because she has the money……. in exchange, they compliment & praise her even if they are NOT telling the truth.
BOOM!!
There it is.
She pulled her hair from her face–that means she serious about an Oscar. AND brought out Justin.
Don’t like the dress–it’s just way too busy for something that should be simple, classic, and beautiful.
+1000.
I also liked Laineys take on this.
I swear to god, if Jennifer Aniston wins an Oscar, then their ‘prestige’ is over in my books. She is not a good actress. She’s a one trick pony at BEST. That her name and Oscar are even discussed in the same sentence is hilarious. Come ON!!!?? I’m sure she’s a lovely person, but award winning actress?!?! Oh, hell nah.
She’s not even on the short list
http://www.goldderby.com/handicapping/oscars-2014-nominations-nominations/best-actress.html
She’s made quite a few lists actually-
http://www.indiewire.com/article/2015-oscar-predictions-best-actress
http://www.awardscircuit.com/oscar-predictions/2014-oscar-predictions-best-actress/
I don’t think she expects to be nominated, far less win, but she’s hustling to be in contention because that’s all she’s needs (just to be in the race) to advance her career to the next level. She’s not getting any younger, and those rom-com roles are going to younger gals now, so she’s got to make a change.
Good for her. I’ve always thought she was far too comfortable phoning it in and cashing the cheques, so it’s nice to see her challenging herself.
I’m with Gina. I think she’s trying to shake up her career and boost her chances at good scripts in the future more than anything else.
How Long Gina has Jen had to advance her career???? A very long time. She is the one who chooses the scripts she does.
Cake is not suddenly going to get her the good scripts, those scripts go to the ones who can act.
Cake is the first in a five film deal that Jennifer signed with Cinelou Productions.
I’d expect that subsequent films will be dramadies and will exploit her dramatic and comedic talents.
Regardless of whether she is nominated this year, the groundwork is being put into place for future awards recognition.
@lou
Hollywood seems to be run by risk adverse accountants, which is why the vast majority of actors and actresses get pigeon-holed into a particular genre. Aniston, like pretty much all of the rest of them, probably mostly gets scripts that fall within the genre she’s associated with. The scripts that don’t, it’s likely that the studio bean counters look at their demographic audience charts etc and say “get someone who has a proven audience in that genre”. Doesn’t mean she’s not capable of doing them, it simply means that the number crunchers don’t want to take a risk.
So in that, I’m also with Gina. She’s not the first, nor will she be the last to go the Indy route in an effort to broaden her scope, and she can afford to put her own money into it (which many of them do, Clooney is a good example). I don’t see anything wrong with that, she clearly has a career plan and is willing to invest in herself. She’s also rather fortunate in that she does comedy since it’s less age dependant than most other genres (once you take the ROM part out of it). Otherwise you end up like Sylvester Stallone in “The Expendables 15”.
It might be worth waiting to see the film before saying that. None of us really have any idea of how well she pulled off this role and many of the critics were very positive on her performance.
Sure they could have been paid for (or not), but it seems a bit silly to assume she did a poor job of it without having actually seen it.
Honey the film was screened already…it had press and industry screenings and a premiere. She took the little poseur douche with her. It screened towards the end of tiff (where tiff puts movies they don’t care about). ..critics wrote bad, to middling reviews. No one cared, no one was impressed..no one bought it.
I got free tix to it working tiff and gave them to a pal, she said it was bad. There was no one talking, no people consensus that it warranted anything but to slink quietly away and no buzz or press at tiff for it – resulting in it not being sold.
No one was going to buy it.
So…aniston was urged by her pr guy to buy it herself and fund her own delusional campaign for awards season since no one else wanted to (read that again pleasez)….and the power pr dude is probably scheduling ‘events’ and feeding manufactured headlines to Huffpo so she won’t jump off a bridge. Truth.
Also as usual aniston, instead of getting compared to people like sarah Jessica or Courtney cox somehow in her fans eyes warrants constant Jolie comparisons. Even Jlaw said she doesn’t compare herself to Jolie whose hand offs she said she gets. Yet for some reason anistons cheerleaders always ridiculously go there….aniston can’t even compare well to Julie bowen or Elizabeth banks…..even sarah jessica parker won a GG once for a rom com she did called Family Stone…has aniston garnered any film recognition ever in 20 years? Nope.
…here’s a few facts Jolie, Oscar winning actress is directing a critically acclaimed novel adapted to film by oscar winning screenwriters (coen brothers) with an oscar winning cinematographer and a critically acclaimed young male lead who’s been likened to Daniel day lewis.
Yet you want to compare the kind of legit buzz that garners to aniston and her..cake?
Delusional. .10 years and counting. Lol
Um Unbroken buzz is manufactured and fake too, more then Cake. It doesn’t have any reviews or no one has even seen it. Yet its being hailed as the film that will win many Oscars. So How do you know it will be good? And I am sorry where did you read that the male lead was being called the next Daniel Day Lewis? Please don’t lie and make up things. The guy is barely famous and hardly as been in anything. And Unbroken looks like a typical Oscar bait film. The Academy doesn’t always go for those kind of films. So far Jolie is just another actress/actor turned director. She hasn’t earned any critical acclaim as a strong director yet so don’t hail her as something she is not.. Compared to tough directors like Nolan and Fincher , Miller and even the 29 year who directed whiplash she doesn’t stand a chance this year. There are too many people with strong films this year. Almost all of them have had reviews and critical praise at least.
So, you haven’t seen it and neither has the person I replied to. And nowhere in my comment did I mention any other actress, let alone Jolie. Just for the record here, since you decided to bring it up, there are a couple of Oscar nominated actresses who were also in the cast. But really, so what? In the end, it’s what you do with it, as many a cr*ppy cover song will attest.
Oddly, my oldest also volunteered for TIFF, as she’s studying film production. Her comments on the performances in the film and the audience reception don’t have much in common with what you report your friend having said.
I guess it’s in the eye of the beholder.
Alice, it’s not really an ‘eye of the beholder,’ situation when the film was never bought by anyone and sat on a shelf until embarrassingly enough Aniston finally bought it to schlep around herself.
Do you really think had aniston given even a halfway decent performance in a decent movie that impressed even just a few people – it wouldn’t have been snatched up by those who wanted to capitalize on her huge celebrity?
Face facts – it wasn’t bought because she can’t sell tickets on her name alone and it wasn’t bought especially because it was a mediocre performance in a less than mediocre movie.
Relax -no one is mentioning her as an Oscar contender but her PR team. The reviews for the movie aren’t stellar, and she basically got an “attagirl” for effort.
Forget ‘wins,’ even a nomination would make them the equivalent of the People’s Cheese awards, if that happens. It won’t.
I don’t know I do not take any of the award shows seriously. I mean Goop won in a year she should not have and Sandra Bullock and Julia Roberts both have oscars. I like Sandy but she didn’t deserve to win that year and I think the AA usually gives the awards for the wrong years. Many talented people get passed over and finally get one at the end of their career. Personally these shows are just about who kisses the most butt.
I totally agree. All those winners were a stretch, but JA is beyond. For me, the awards shows are mostly about the fashion and the gossip (of course) but I think her peers and the media would even be scratching their heads at a nom for her.
i was just about to say the same thing. Sometimes the Academy gives out Best Actress awards to those who have brought in a lot of money via the box office-Sandra Bullock and Julia Roberts. They have brought in over $2 billion in box office. Jennifer is at $1.4 billion. She is not as valuable as those 2 to make the embarrassing decision to nominate her/have her win.
The fact that she plopped herself in with Jessica Chastain, Hillary Swank, Reese Witherspoon (she can act on occasion), Marion Cotilard, Tilda Swinton, etc is truly embarrassing. She probably got stopped at the door and asked why she was there–like Pretty Woman when she tried to shop on Rodeo Drive. She probably had to get her PR guy to get her entrance.
karen, she might not be considered a serious actress but I hardly think she got stopped at the door. She’s still A-list, as much people here clearly wish it were not so.
Esmom-jennifer is an A lister in C level movies. She has been very lucky in her career. There are others like her. At one point she was like able and cute. But she has been typecast and can’t get out of this rut. But I think studios realize that can no longer bank on the Anistons or Cameron Diaz’s for box office gold any longer. There is no longer a demographic willing to pay money for these bad movies or see these two actresses. I am very doubtful she will bring in a new demographic to see Cake-older audience-no, teens no, men-no. So not sure where she can fit in at this late juncture of her career.
There are A list actresses who can really act-Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep–they take on roles which are so challenging and so deep and complicated that the fact that Jen can only talk about not wearing makeup speaks volumes for her acting techniques.
Come now..the difference between Sandra Bullock s Blind Side and Julia Roberts’ Erin Brockavich and even Goop’s Shakespeare In Love…is that there was a critical consensus that the films were good and that their performances were great and game changing and made the movie even better. On what planet does Aniston have that?!
Remember when there was a big huge call to get Melissa McCarthy an Oscar nod for Bridesmaids by almost every one, especially movie critics? THAT was Oscar Buzz. That was a consensus. She got a GG nod of course and I think won that year too..and she was just so floored with all her nominations from peers and critics alike. People were lobbying because they said comedy was hard and Melissa (also Kristen Wiig was in the running) had given one of the performances of the year. It was truly a game changer for her…
Melissa didn’t get an Oscar nod.
I hesitated to even use her as an example of how legitimate contenders are born. Because it’s almost a sacrilege to compare her brilliance to someone like aniston.
Likewise this year at TIFF McCarthy was touted for her performance opposite Bill Murray in ‘St Vincent.’ Everyone was talking about that movie and her performance again. She could easily be out there showing up at events ‘campaigning,’ like a part time job (it’s warranted) but she’s a very real authentic person and let’s her work speak for itself. She may campaign at some point but it will make sense and be..normal.
I believe credibility left the Oscar building when they handed one to Matthew Mconahay. The Oscars will reward people who are only marginally more talented then me. (I’m not talented at all) if they are good looking people who added or lost weight for a role, wore a prosthetic nose or clothing that was a bit less glamorous than they usually wear or did anything whatsoever to make themselves look a fraction less than full on movie star. These are things that get reviewers to declare that an actor is brave for sitting in makeup a little longer than usual. “Brave” is up there with “great comedic timing” as something critics can say without really saying anything at all about a mediocre performance. Possibly she is great in this role but it reminds me of the time there was reportedly Oscar buzz around Marc Anthony a few years ago. Came award season he’d basically been laughed out of the acting profession.
For me, the deal breaker was Helen Hunt. For pulling the same dumb faces she used to pull on TV.
Great photo! Love the dress and their smiles…..
Pretty dress. Nice shoes. For once she isn’t trying to look like she’s 25 years old. The whole outfit works. She looks very nice here.
So after the event, did Justin high-tail it back to NYC? These two spend more time living on opposite coasts than any couple I’ve ever heard of. Something is off about this “engagement”. He’s using her to advance his career and she is either too dumb to realize it or too desperate to care.
I just find it so funny that the minute she wants an Oscar, she and Justin suddenly have time in their busy schedules to go to an awards show……..
Busy doing what?
Busy waxing their eyebrows and drinking margaritas, of course!
I love JA but worship Angie. JT is a user. Her face looks different. Body is incredible. Glad she changed her hair.
Those ears. In the 3rd pic – they look really stoned. That is all.
They both look off to me. They are not connecting as a couple, just faking being a couple. Seems like they had a big fight and are trying to be happy.
Jennifer’s eyes look like she has been crying and Justin look like he is so over this relationship. HE can not wait till his contract is up.
I like the dress, it does wonders for her! I guess I’m the only one who doesn’t like her hair up. I never noticed how large her ears are before. As for Oscar campaigning, I can’t fault her for at least trying. I’m just not a huge fan of her work. There are a couple of roles I really liked her in like “Office Space” and “The Good Girl.” I think her career is hit or miss. But I know nothing about this role she’s trying to make happen. All I know is that she went without makeup. So, all of this campaigning in November when the Oscars aren’t until early next year…how does that work? Is it that you just jump around in the right places in front of the right people and shout “pick me, pick me?” like Donkey in Shrek?
“Is it that you just jump around in the right places in front of the right people and shout “pick me, pick me?” like Donkey in Shrek?”
Yep, pretty much.
I like the dress, I do think knee-length would be better.
I really like that dress, but dear god, that hair. It looks as if a gerbil has dropped out of an airplane and landed on her head. The woman rarely has bad hair-maybe I should lay off. I am much more interested in the REAL star couple of the night-JTs eyebrows. I call the left one the “Emoting Eyebrow”-that is the Artiste. The right one is clearly “The Chill Brow”. It’s a laid back dude’s dude brow. He would be nothing without them. And where the f*ck is this film?! I would at least like to see a trailer so I can get a look at this “performance”.
LOL @gerbil dropped on her dead. Don’t know why anyone would choose such messy hair with an elegant dress, though up is nice for a change.
Her Botox looks so pretty too LOL .. she is gonna give herself an aneurysm trying to Smize in some of these pics
This. I can’t believe people are not commenting on her obvious tight, frozen face! They both need to town down on whatever they are doing to their faces!
So, “underdog” is the new narrative for this one and why she is deserving of awards recognition?
I always feel like he could look a lot like John Slattery if he’d let himself gray a bit, instead of the obvious dye job. That would not be a bad thing.
I think they look good, but then again, I don’t have any irrational hatred of them.
She puts her hair up and I remember why it should be left down.
Has her face always been so fat and tight? Her cheeks look pumped with something. And those ears………
Sooooo…..we are not going to talk about Justin’s shoe lifts.
Let’s. There does seem to be a lot of heel there.
Also that dress is way too low. That is not fetching. It looks like it’s sliding off, like Gwyneth Paltrow in her pink Ralph Lauren, only in black and + 20 years,
Teeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee!!!!!!
they are both too orange
Tehy both look great. Love her dress!
She has cute ears, but one lobe is much longer than the other, isn’t it? I sympathize, my own goth period left me with a funky year.
Handsome couple. They both look good.
She actually looks good. I’m starting to feel sorry for her fans they are really getting their hopes up but a nomination isn’t very likely and they are going to be devastated on Oscar nomination morning.
Oh and if the buzz on Unbroken is real and it gets nods all hell will break loose.
Her face looks plastic.
Holy moly! I don’t know which is worse.. The ears or the jaws 😬
But yeah, I totally get the curtain hairstyle now. Poor Jen
The only way she’ll get the nomination is if Angelina gets the nom for maleficent and they go against each other. And A also gets the nom for best director so she can’t just ditch the ceremony. And Aniston would never ditch if she was nominated. And maybe a joint win… The internet would explode and we’d all lose our minds.
But really she is too tan, she looks like a female bodybuilder and her ears are meant to be hidden behind her hair. I don’t hate her or really care one way or another but I do hate PR crap and feeding tabloid stories and hiring oscar consultants to manipulate your way to a nomination. Desperate and fake.
Spot on! +1000
I found one clip from the film…nothing special
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/09/12/jennifer-aniston-tries-to-buy-drugs-in-mexico-in-cake-clip/
These faces they make. Sometimes it looks like Justin is doing a drag impersonation of Jen.
She reminds me of that Shark Tank lady, Lori Greiner.
I think Jen is a decent actress. I liked her in Office Space, Bruce Almighty.
She does best in independent movies.
Her range is limited but who cares.
Justin gives me cooties.
I think she looks great for once. Can’t for the life of me understand people who parse appearances down to ear-level.