Every week, I read almost all of the tabloids, but it’s a rare occasion when I read one tabloid story that makes me sit up and scream “YES!” This is one of those occasions – and this might be one of my favorite stories of the year. First, some backstory. Jessica Biel was the cover girl for the December issue of Elle Magazine, and her Elle cover profile and interview was ROUGH. Personally, I thought she sounded delusional and pathetic – the entire interview was about all of these films that Biel auditions for and never gets, and while I admired her “nothing ventured, nothing gained” mentality, at some point, Biel becomes a joke. You should really just go read my post on it – I was one of the few people that excerpted big chunks of the interview anyway. Here are the two quotes that are relevant to the story:

Biel on auditioning for Catwoman in the new Batman film: “Another one that got away. I was gutted. I mean, to work with Christopher Nolan in that kind of role?”

Biel on the last time she felt terrified: “I felt terrified when I was auditioning for Les Miserables, the movie that Tom Hooper is doing. I was terrified to sing in front of him. I auditioned for Fantine, and I sang “I Dreamed a Dream.” I didn’t get it. I would have loved it.”

[Via Elle Magazine]

Biel doesn’t name-check Anne Hathaway specifically, but those are two parts that went to Anne, and obviously, Jessica Biel thinks she’s on the same “level,” career-wise, with Anne. Do I even have to explain the “BITCH PLEASE” of that? Even for those people who don’t care for Anne as a person, please admit that Anne is one of the better actresses of her generation, and at the very least, Anne is a far superior actress than Jessica Biel. Anyway, this Enquirer story is all about Anne being super-pissed at Biel’s Elle interview, and Anne allegedly calling Biel out in private:

Anne Hathaway and Jessica Biel are embroiled in a bitter catfight – over who’s a better actress! Jessica was reportedly resentful after losing out on Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises, as well as a role in Les Miserables – both roles that went to Anne Hathaway. In a recent interview, Jessica insinuated that she and Anne were in competition for the same choice parts.

The comparison infuriated Anne, and she got word back to Jessica to “quit complaining” and accept that she’s “not in the same league when it comes to acting,” divulged an insider.

“In truth, Anne feels she’s a true leading lady who has been nominated for Academy Awards and Golden Globes, while Jessica’s movie career doesn’t even compare,” the insider explained. “In her opinion, Jessica is known for her TV role on 7th Heaven and blockbuster-type movies like The A-Team that show a limited acting range. And not only does Anne feel she’s superior on-screen, she also believes that Jessica showed a lack of professionalism by even making the comparison in the first place!”

“Anne thinks Jessica had an ulterior motive by making it seem like she was stealing roles right out from under her,” added the insider. “She sees Jessica’s move as premeditated, designed to make casting directors place them on the same level – and possibly to coax them into hiring her over Anne, who makes more per film and is in greater demand. Now Anne’s ready to take this fight to the next level. Anne let Jessica know that if she does another interview with a writing, casting director or director equating the two, she wants a face-to-face meeting. And everyone’s waiting for more fur to fly.”

[From The Enquirer, print edition]

“She sees Jessica’s move as premeditated, designed to make casting directors place them on the same level – and possibly to coax them into hiring her over Anne…” I could see that. I think that in Biel’s mind, if she keeps telling people in interview after interview that she’s auditioning for all of these great parts and that she’ll do ANYTHING for a great role, that maybe, someday, she’ll get her chance. But if Anne is even deigning to shove a “bitch, please” in Biel’s face, that’s also a win for Biel. Anne acknowledged her – Anne must be threatened! VICTORY. The only way Anne could really win is if she’s asked about Biel and she replied, “Who?”

Photos courtesy of Fame & WENN.

Damn, I just had a conspiratorial side-eye in the Christian Bale post about Anne Hathaway, and now here she is, all princessy and engaged. Yes, People Magazine is confirming that Anne is engaged to her boyfriend of three years, Adam Shulman. Three things: one, Adam is Anne’s first relationship after her years-long relationship with imprisoned con artist Raffaello Follieri. Two, after the Follieri mess, Anne got the reputation as a very high-maintenance girlfriend, so good luck to Adam Shulman (who I think looks sort of like Ryan Gosling, right?). And three, I still kind of think Anne might have cheated on Adam with a costar. Mostly because of this Lainey blind item. But anyway… congrats to Anne and Adam!

Is the ultimate on-screen princess finally getting her fairy-tale ending?

Anne Hathaway is engaged to wed longtime boyfriend Adam Shulman, 30, whom she began dating in 2008, her rep confirms to PEOPLE.

On Sunday, the actress was photographed sporting a ring in a Brooklyn park along with Shulman.

“I am very much in love with him, [only] Adam totally ruined my plan,” Hathaway, 28, previously said of their three-year relationship. “I was really actually looking forward to a little alone time, and then I fell in love like a fool!”

Her relationship with the actor-jewelry designer followed a less happy ending with ex-boyfriend Raffaello Follieri in the summer of 2008, after he pled guilty to 14 counts of money laundering, conspiracy and wire fraud.

“I hate talking about the breakup because I don’t want it to define me, but as is to be expected, there were a lot of lingering trust issues,” she said last year of their highly publicized fall-out.

Over the summer, she gushed about Shulman at the premiere of her movie One Day.

“I’m a romantic at heart,” she told PEOPLE. “He’s the best!”

[From People]

I used to find Anne rather cloying and annoying, but I’ve grown to like her a great deal over the past few years. She came out of the Follieri mess relatively unscathed, she started working really hard and turning in some good to great performances in film after film, plus I kind of like that she seems like an anal-retentive girly-girl. She seems organized, smart and yes, high maintenance. And if Adam wants to marry her… good for them.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

I didn’t know that Anne Hathaway was named the newest face of Tod’s. Usually, the handbag and leather goods company tries to associate itself with blondes – recently, Gwyneth Paltrow and Sienna Miller were the faces of the company. I’m glad Tod’s decided to give a brunette a test-drive, although Anne might not be the best brand-ambassador. Look, I like Anne. I think she’s one of the best young actresses working today and I think she can be very, very pretty (when she’s styled correctly). But Tod’s a luxury leather goods label, and one of their most famous associations was with Princess Diana. Surely Anne is simply too dorky and not enough of a “bombshell” to make this work? Tod’s is trying to reach a different market, though:

It Girl, meet It Bag. Anne Hathaway works her magic in new ads for TOD’s Signature Collection, a soon-to-launch line of bags and small leather goods hitting TOD’s boutiques in October.

Shot in London by photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, the ads will also bow in October, appearing in fashion magazines worldwide. “The campaign for TOD’s Signature reaches out to a new and younger clientele,” creative director Fabien Baron said in a release, adding that Hathaway was the right woman for the job. “We see a stunningly exquisite Anne as a classic beauty with a modern Italian edge — feminine and strong.”

Hathaway, for her part, is honored to be associated with the brand. “I have been a longtime fan of TOD’s and was very excited to be a part of exploring a new side of their identity with the launch of their Signature Collection,” she added. “The designs are classic and the materials are of the highest quality.”

The handbags themselves — a shoulder bag, portfolio clutch, shopper, pochette and more — feature a pebble motif and come in colors like deep red, fuchsia, lavender and beige. Made in Italy, they’re crafted from a variety of materials, including soft patent leather, a metalized leather, shiny calfskin and semi-opaque nappa leather.

[From People]

So… for the new ad campaign, Tod’s got Anne to vamp it up with old Hollywood curls and glossy red lips. They stretched her out on a red sports car and placed their gorgeous purse in her hand. Are we supposed to think this is sexy? Are we supposed to think Anne looks amazing, and that we could look that amazing if only we bought that purse (which probably cost more than $2000)? Mostly, I just think Anne looks uncomfortable. She’s contorted into a weird position, and her face says “OMG, MY BACK” more than “Sexy. Purse. Sexy. Young.”

So… ad fail. But good effort. Maybe next time, go for a more natural, subdued campaign with Anne.

Ads courtesy of Tod’s.

These are some new photos of the London premiere of One Day, the romantic-dramedy that I didn’t hate (but everyone else did). Go here for my review – I thought Jim “Pillow Weeper” Sturgess was solid and weepy, and Anne Hathaway was fine-to-okay, with her accent going wonky at times. I also read the book, which increased my enjoyment of the film – I knew what was going to happen, and I appreciated how faithfully they adapted the book for the screen. The movie didn’t do very well in its opening weekend, but I suspect that it will be a fine rental for many ladies, and at some point, it will end up on endless repeats on Oxygen or Lifetime.

As for the premiere, Annie wore head-to-toe McQueen – she also wore McQueen for the NYC premiere too. The dress is McQueen Resort 2012, and she accessorized with “a white jaw skull clutch and hazelnut whipstitch peep-toes.” I like the dress, I like the hair, I like the makeup. It’s a win for Annie, in my opinion, although one of my minor peeves is that she wears white much, much too often. And on Anne, all of that white often looks bridal or (dare I say) slightly corpsey, because she’s so pale. Don’t get me wrong, I like that Anne is pale and that she doesn’t fake-bake or anything. But she does tend to look washed out in white. Still, I like this dress on her. It’s like a fancy doily, but a really pretty, well-cut doily.

I don’t even want to talk about the Pillow-Weeper and his itty-bitty bangs trauma.

In my review of the film, I mentioned how much I love Romola Garai, and I was pleased to hear from other Romola fans out there – soon there will be more. She can act her ass off, and she’s gorgeous. Unfortunately, WENN labeled Romola as “Guest”. DUDE. She’s one of the best actresses in the UK! She’s on The Hour, one of the best shows I’ve seen in a long time (are you watching?!?). Here’s pretty Romola (who should have played Emma in One Day):

And for some reason, Peaches Geldof was also at the premiere. WENN labeled her correctly, which speaks volumes about today’s celebrity culture. Peaches is WAY overdressed too. It’s not your movie, Peaches. No reason to wear a full-on gown.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

I was in the mood for something romantic and girly over the weekend, so I ended up seeing One Day, the film that I proclaimed, at one point, that I was never going to see. I read the book, and loved the book… up until the last third of the novel. Then I got so pissed off, I swore up and down that I wasn’t going to get involved. When the previews for the film came out, I once again swore I wasn’t going to see it, this time because Anne Hathaway’s faux English accent seemed wonky as hell, and because Jim “Pillow Weeper” Sturgess wasn’t my idea of Dexter. So… I guess I have to suck it up. I not only saw the movie, but I enjoyed it. Maybe it helped that I walked in with such low expectations. Or maybe it’s a better movie than you’ve heard.

For those unfamiliar with the story, the basic gist is: Dexter (Sturgess) and Emma (Hathaway) meet and sort-of hookup on their last day of university, on July 15. The book and the film follows Dexter and Emma on every July 15th for the next twenty years, through triumphs and heartbreaks and love and loss. As far as the film being a faithful adaptation of the book, it worked out very well. Surprisingly well, I have to admit. The kept a lot of the book in there, and they even let Hathaway have all of the funniest lines, which is true of Emma in the book. And they kept Dexter a mess, which is also true to the book.

As for the performances of the two leads… I was impressed. They had a great deal of chemistry together, despite the weird little oddness that they kind of look like brother and sister (true story – they look A LOT alike). Anne’s accent work wasn’t her best, but for the majority of the film, it wasn’t actively bad. There were only a couple of scenes where I was like, “She sounds less English and more like she’s had a stroke.” Sturgess did a wonderful job as a privileged boy who never quite gets it together, and true to his Pillow Weeper moniker, Jim cried and cried and cried. That boy can pull out the waterworks at the drop of a hat, and he’s a better weeper than Anne. But he had moments of real sexiness, and he and Anne played off of each other beautifully.

Two weird little things – Patricia Clarkson has a wonderful little part as Dexter’s glamorous and then tragic mother, and I swear, her accent work was worse than Anne’s. I love Clarkson, so that pains me. Surely they could have found a glamorous English actress for that part, right? Second weirdness: the casting of one of my favorite up-and-coming girls, Romola Garai (see her IMDB here) – she looks like Drew Barrymore and she’s one of the most talented young actresses in the UK (she’s currently starring in the new, wonderful BBC show The Hour). Romola appears in maybe many scenes later in the movie, playing an unsympathetic character that no one cared for in the book, and she made the character extremely sympathetic and lovely, and Romola stole every scene she was in. It struck me that Romola would have been a wonderful choice to play Emma, and in a few years, she IS going to be getting lead roles in Hollywood films. She’s lovely.

So, would I recommend this movie? Go see it if you’re in the mood for a romance, and you don’t mind having a good cry. It will be a good rental too.

Photos courtesy of Fame & WENN.

One Day comes out today. Are you going to see it? I’m debating it. I read the book and hated the last third of the story, and from what I can see, the movie is going to be much, much worse. But I still might see it just because I’m in the mood for a romance. Anne Hathaway has been all over the place this week to promote the movie, and much of it has been meh. I like Anne quite a bit, but she’s one of those people where a little goes a long way. She was on The Daily Show last night – these photos are from outside TDS’s studio, and I want her pants. Badly. Her bit with Jon Stewart was so boring, I don’t even care enough to find the video. Meh.

But here’s something interesting – Anne talking about the Duchess of Cambridge! I didn’t even consider the possibility that Anne could be pro-Kate, but she is. Anne seems to like Duchess Kate mostly for her covered-up, ladylike styles:

Vivienne Westwood may have called Kate Middleton “ordinary” this week but the Duchess has another famous face in her corner: Anne Hathaway. Sitting down with USA TODAY’s Andrea Mandell to talk about her new movie One Day, Hathaway took a royal minute to talk about style.

“Can I tell you how grateful I am to Kate Middleton?” said Hathaway. “Because she is such an advocate for dressing like a lady. I think for a few years that kind of slightly dirty look was adopted by Hollywood – you know, the stringy hair, homeless thing. And I really tried,” she laughs, “I was like ok I’m going to give that a go. (But) it doesn’t suit me, I don’t suit it. I always looked kind of chubby.”

Today she calls Kate’s ladylike wardrobe inspiring. “I’m just very grateful to Kate Middleton for making looking appropriate really fun again,” she says. “So right now my fashion choices are all about Kate Middleton.”

Speaking of fashion, Hathaway dished on getting into Catwoman shape for Dark Knight Rises, which is currently shooting in Pittsburgh. “I had to change my body in order to achieve the shape I wanted for Catwoman,” says Hathaway, noting how each body-hugging catsuit fitting represented personal milestones.

“We fit it over the course of a few months, and every time I would target a different body part we could take off the Spanx,” she laughs. “So it’s not your traditional movie prep.”

It also meant the actress had to stock up on flats. “There’s a reason why she wears heels,” says Hathaway, but “doing stunts in heels is a little hard on your feet. Normally I live in high heels (but) I have to wear flats all day and just kind of save up all my high heel time for the catsuit.”

[From USA Today]

I think I understand what Anne is saying: Kate stands for tailoring, for clothes that fit, for not showing your tatas and your biscuit, for looking occasion-appropriate and pulled together. I will give Kate credit for that too – although if she didn’t do all of those things, she would be viewed as a royal mess. But I still don’t think Kate is particularly stylish, and I find her style more “dated” than “ladylike”.

Oooh, more photos of Anne throughout this week. Some of these styles are the opposite of ladylike and flattering. Gurl, Rachel Zoe is phoning this crap in.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Anne Hathaway is the September cover girl for Interview Magazine. I like the photo shoot, but I’m not really overwhelmed by it. It reminds me of the D&G campaign starring Madonna – where Madonna was made to look like an Italian housewife or something. In this shoot, Anne is made to look like a kind of slutty Italian widow, I think. I do like Anne in black-and-white photos, though. She has the face for it. As for the interview… it’s done by Chelsea Handler. Funnily enough, Anne’s last interview for the magazine was done by Angelina Jolie. Weird, right? They talk a lot about how they’re both from New Jersey, and there is a lengthy discussion about Ayn Rand, which… I won’t even get into. You can read the full Chelsea Handler piece here, and here are some highlights:

Anne on being from Jersey: “I think JWoww is amazing. I love JWoww. She’s intense. See, JWoww to me is proper Jersey because she will scrap for a friend…. My best friend got married this past weekend in Barcelona, and I was one of her bridesmaids. She’s one of my best friends from Jersey, and this guy was messing with her, and I was totally like, “Who am I punching?” She was like, “No one. You’re not going to punch anyone. And I was like, “Fair enough, but if a fight breaks out, who do you want me to swing at?”

More on Jersey: “I wanted to be in New York. My feeling about growing up in New Jersey was, “How come I’m not in New York?” That being said, I’m older and I have a better worldview now, and so I think I grew up in an incredibly privileged position. The town I grew up in is beautiful. I got a great education, and I’m very grateful for it. But it’s not a place I wanted to stay. I left when I was 16, just to follow my dreams . . .”

HATHAWAY: … The other thing I want to say about Jersey is they need to get on the New York bandwagon and legalize gay marriage.
HANDLER: Yeah. That would be a good idea for any state.
HATHAWAY: But I think everybody should do that. It’s not a specifically Jersey thing.
HANDLER: Well, your brother is gay, right?
HATHAWAY: My older brother is gay.
HANDLER: We talked about that last time you were on the show. I’m convinced that my older brother is gay, too, although he has yet to come out of the closet.
HATHAWAY: He doesn’t admit it?
HANDLER: He doesn’t admit it. I keep telling him he’s gay, but he keeps pretending that he’s not.
HATHAWAY: I’m convinced that a few guys I’ve dated are gay, and they won’t admit it. I think we’ve all done that.

Anne on prep-time and being a lead actress: “I think it depends on how much prep time I have. Because in Rachel Getting Married, I’m in almost every scene in that movie, but I had a year’s prep time. So when I began production, I was so deep into the character that I didn’t feel any pressure whatsoever. With One Day, we were on shaky ground with the financing for so long that the prep time actually was affected. I didn’t know if I was playing the character or not. I felt like, “Gosh, if I could just have a moment to breathe, then I could work a few things out.” Some days, I was Emma Morley during four separate years of her life. When that happens, you just have to take a deep breath, jump into the deep end, trust your director, and go. Also, it didn’t help that she’s an iconic British literary character that is absolutely beloved. I don’t think too many people were thrilled that an American was playing her. So there was that pressure to contend with as well.”

On preparing for Catwoman: “I actually had this moment when I convinced one of the assistant directors on the London portion of the film to get a cat with me, the idea being that we were going to get a kitten from a rescue shelter, and he was going to live with me, and I was going to observe it, and when I left London I was going to give it to her. Then, thankfully, her husband pointed out that that was a terrible idea on so many levels, not least of which being that it would probably be really confusing to the cat. So I turned to YouTube instead and got a National Geographic video on cats… I am still cat-less. My man is allergic to cats, so that decision is made for me.”

Anne on the Oscars: “You know, it’s not like I’d had this big dream to do this thing, and it’s not like I had a set of skills I’d been honing for years and years that I was going to showcase on this night. To me, it seemed like such a random opportunity, and such potential for fun, that I really was enjoying myself completely. It’s actually been very nice because the critical reaction was what it was, but since then . . . Like, just today, I was sitting, having lunch, and a really nice Canadian couple on vacation with their daughter came up and made a point of saying, “We just loved you at the Oscars.” It’s been so amazing and lovely, the feedback that I’ve been getting even months after the show. But then the other side of it was that I was obviously a little bummed out by the critical response because you work so hard at that. What I never appreciated about any of the hosts was just how much time and work goes into this huge production. Almost immediately afterwards, I went to Africa for the first time with an initiative that I work with called The Girl Effect, and I just realized that all these feelings that I was having, maybe even the negative ones, were a privilege to be had, and that good, bad, middling, whatever the Oscars were . . . I mean, I met a woman on this trip who got married at the age of 5.”

Anne on her best quality as an actress: “Work ethic. I heard Elia Kazan once said of Vivien Leigh-which I couldn’t believe, because they worked together on A Streetcar Named Desire [1951], and she gives the most amazing performance as Blanche DuBois. But I guess he was pretty tough on his actresses, so he said that she’s not the best actress in the world, but she’d have crawled over broken glass if she thought it would help her performance. That’s how I see myself as an actress. I may not be the best in the world, but I love my craft more than just about anything, and I will give everything I have to it, whatever the cost . . . I feel like such a jerk when I say “my craft,” but I do feel that way.”

[From Interview]

It’s a really long piece, and I’m sorry for not excerpting more. Chelsea Handler wasn’t too annoying in it, and you could tell that she actually respects Anne, so she didn’t treat her like dirt.

By the way, Anne was on Chelsea’s show last night – here’s a clip:

Photos courtesy of Interview Magazine.

Last week, Warner Bros. released the first photo of Anne Hathaway in character as Selina Kyle/Catwoman. The reaction was mixed, with some nerds becoming openly upset (there was a big deal about how there were no cat-ears on the costume), and others basically yawning. Well, Anne has reacted to the reactions, and she’s trying to put up a brave front and show some sass, which makes me feel bad for her. The costume isn’t her call – this is what she was given. And now she’s the only one defending it to MTV – funny considering that MTV didn’t care for the costume either:

When we caught up with Hathaway as she promoted the upcoming movie “One Day,” we didn’t expect her to offer any commentary about the photo — but she surprised us.

“I was not going to admit it: I asked someone to send me a few reactions [to the photo],” she said. “And I happen to know that MTV’s reaction was ‘meh.’”

Now, we’re not sure about the “meh” quote, but we will admit to using the phrases “cautiously optimistic,” “unflattering” and “underwhelming” in our analysis.

Regardless, Hathaway said that no matter the first impressions, there is a lot more happening with that suit.

“What I am happy to say is, if you didn’t like the photo, you only see about a 10th of what that suit can do,” she promised. “And if you did like the photo, you have excellent taste.”

[From MTV]

Poor Anne. In another interview (to promote One Day), Anne said that all of the paparazzi photos from the Pittsburgh set are causing problems for the filming: “It’s disappointing. I think everyone feels a slight frustration with it because those stills so undercut the work that’s being done. I mean, honestly, like, wait till you see this movie. Chris [Nolan] is doing insane things in it. And it’s gonna be marvelous and it’s gonna be way beyond what anyone imagines that it could be. You can’t imagine the things that he’s doing, at least I couldn’t until I read the script and I was like, ‘You’re really? Okay, you’re going there!’” Okay, Anne. We get it! We should just wait for the movie. In which Selina Kyle is a stripper.

Or should we? To cap off a series of “OMG, this film is not going to be as good as The Dark Knight” disasters, Anne’s stuntwoman crashed into an IMAX camera while driving the Batcycle down some stairs. You know her ass got fired too.

And here’s even more footage from the set.

Photos courtesy of Warner Bros. & WENN.

Last night was the big NYC premiere of One Day, that Anne Hathaway-Jim Sturgess film that I’m worried about. I’m worried about Anne’s wonky accent, I’m worried that The Pillow-Weeper isn’t going to be good enough to play Dexter, I’m worried that this movie seems to be getting dumped in the dead of August, where movies go to die. Maybe it’s not such a bad thing – I read the book, and I’m not as in love with the story as some people, so maybe Anne and Jim and everyone involved are just trying to get through minimal film promotion with as little attention as possible.

As for Anne’s dress… it’s McQueen. It’s pretty and it says “fun party frock”. Look at how tiny her little waist is! She wasn’t always this skinny – they say that she’s been training really hard for The Dark Knight Rises, so this is probably the most fit she’s ever been. To me, she doesn’t really look “pulled together” but I suspect she just threw this on in between her Catwoman film schedule. Sidenote: did you hear that Catwoman/Selina Kyle has “a history of abuse and works as a stripper and is also a pickpocket”? Anne Hathaway as a stripper… interesting.

As for Jim “Pillow Weeper” Sturgess… he looks good. Not particularly masculine or heartthrobby or anything, but he looks presentable and attractive. The itty-bitty bangs trauma still kills me, though. As do his weepy eyes. Also: I added a photo of Patricia Clarkson – she plays Jim/Dexter’s mother in the film.

Would you like the trailer for One Day again? Here you go!

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Here is the “first image” of Anne Hathaway, allegedly in her Catwoman gear…? I hope to God this isn’t the catsuit, because it just looks so budget. Instead of making me excited, I’m now seriously worried about what Christopher Nolan is doing to these characters. I know I should probably just keep the faith, considering the Heath Ledger thing worked out so well (for film purposes), but… Catwoman… matte pleather suit…fug. Below, I’ve also included some newish photos of Anne on the Pittsburgh set of The Dark Knight Rises. Annie’s playing Selina Kyle/Catwoman, and according to MovieWeb, THIS outfit is part of Anne’s Selina costume. For real! I guess they really wanted to dork Anne up, big-time, before the big Catwoman reveal. Seriously, I hope this isn’t the Selina costume.

Anyway, the Enquirer has an interesting little non-story about how hard Anne is working and how she doesn’t want her performance to be compared to Halle Berry’s disastrous take whatsoever.

Anne Hathaway is hissing that she’s going to make everyone forget that Halle Berry ever played Catwoman. Anne is dieting and exercising to sculpt the perfect body. She’s also perfecting the exact movements and gestures Catwoman should make.

“Anne is determined to make the role unforgettable – and the character a worthy ally for Batman. Anne feels the movie with Halle was overacted to the hilt, with Halle giving wide-eyed stares like a bizarre cat. She believes the director and writers let Halle down, leaving her with an incomplete character and laughable role to play.”

“Anne is putting everyone on notice that she’s going to blow Halle out of the water,” said the insider. “Anne’s treating it as the role of a lifetime.”

[From The Enquirer, print edition]

When Anne was on Oprah the day after the Oscars, she talked about waiting for the call-back on the Catwoman gig, and I do get the feeling that Anne really, really wants this and that she’s putting in the hard work. I have a little twinge of hope that Anne’s hard work will pay off, especially with the help of Christopher Nolan’s direction. But seriously, Anne could just show up, put on a latex suit and mutter her lines and she would still be better than that Halle Berry crapfest.

Here are the alleged Selina Kyle pics:

Photos courtesy of Fame.