About a year ago, there was some major rumblings that Charlize Theron and her longtime partner/boyfriend Stuart Townsend were on the verge of splitting. The couple has been together since 2001, and they are generally considered one of the most solid, low-key couples in Hollywood. So any sort of gossip about them is generally juicy - however, last year’s report was false, as Charlize and Stuart spent most of 2009 being pretty solid like always. Well, any year, another breakup rumor. Unlike last year’s rumor, this one does not involve Charlize being a bitch and Stuart having enough. This time it’s Charlize who allegedly had enough, and Stuart is maybe desperate to get back with her. Here’s more from The Daily Mail:

For a lad from the outskirts of Dublin, Stuart Townsend seemed to have it all - a long-term relationship with one of the most stunning women in Hollywood, whose box-office clout brought in the millions. But now his nine-year romance with Oscar winner Charlize Theron, previously considered one of the most stable unions in showbusiness, has come to an end.

The stunning 5ft 11in South African has told close friends that she decided to split from the Irish actor following a Christmas trip to Mexico and has since stopped wearing the antique ‘commitment ring’ that Townsend gave her as a symbol of their relationship.

A friend of the actress said last night: ‘Stuart is gutted but Charlize said that she realised during the Mexican holiday that the relationship was over. They had become more like brother and sister than lovers. It was she who ended it.’

While Ms Theron can command more than £8million a movie, 27-year-old Townsend’s career has been less successful. Even amid his relationship break-up he left the cast of Kenneth Branagh’s blockbuster Thor because of so-called ‘creative differences’. It was his second big-budget movie setback, after being dumped from the career-defining role of Aragorn in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy in favour of Viggo Mortensen.

‘Charlize has remained in their main home in the Hollywood Hills, which is in her name, and he’s moved all his stuff into their Malibu beach home that they own together,’ the source said. ‘They are sorting out their finances at the moment, as they have been together for so long that many of their financial affairs are intertwined. Charlize has never made a big deal of it, but the truth of the matter is that she has been the major breadwinner. She truly loved Stuart but the relationship ran its course. He is heartbroken but she is insisting it is all over.’

To underline the point, the 34-year-old has ditched the Victorian ring depicting forget-me-nots that Townsend had given her.

She previously described it as ‘very, very precious’, adding: ‘Stuart gave it to me as a sign of our commitment to each other. I never take it off.’

But she was not wearing it during last weekend’s Hope For Haiti telethon, nor when she arrived at the Spago restaurant in Los Angeles on Wednesday night to celebrate her mother Gerda’s 57th birthday. As she arrived at the celebrity restaurant, she refused to answer questions about the relationship.

And when a Mail on Sunday reporter approached her at her £2.5million four-bedroom home and asked about the split, she snapped: ‘That’s crazy.’

But the source added: ‘Charlize said she was surprised the story hadn’t come out yet. But she didn’t confirm it because she wanted to break the news in her own time.’

Charlize - whose latest film The Road opened in the UK this month - once said: ‘Living with another actor, you always feel guilty if things are going your way and it’s not going that way for the other person.’

In a recent interview Townsend said he considered Charlize to be his wife, even though the two never had a wedding.

He said: ‘I’m married. I didn’t do a church wedding or anything but we consider ourselves husband and wife. We love each other and we want to spend our lives together. I don’t need a certificate or the state or the church to say otherwise.’

He added: ‘I found this old Victorian ring with little forget-me-nots. I gave it to her as a sign of our commitment to each other. She’s never taken it off.’

Last night a spokeswoman for Ms Theron said: ‘I never comment on her personal life,’ while Townsend’s spokesman did not respond to calls for comment.

[From The Daily Mail]

I know I’m crazy, but there’s part of that thinks that this might be partially true. I could see Charlize and Stuart breaking up simply because they had grown apart, and not because of some kind of major scandal. I also noticed that for the past few weeks, Charlize has been photographed a lot solo, or with her mom - much more than she usually is. I’m not sure what that means, but it could mean something. She looks upset in many of the photos too - although, that could just be her normal face when the paparazzi are photographing her. So… does this mean Charlize and Stuart are back on the market? I call dibs on Stuart. He’s lovely.

Charlie & Stuart at the LA premiere of ‘The Road’ on November 4, 2009, one of the last times they were photographed together. Credit: WENN. Charlize and her mom leaving Spago in LA on January 27, 2010. Credit: WENN and PER/Fame Pictures.

Last week, Jaybird threw up the link for the story about Charlize Theron auctioning off her kiss for $140,000 at a San Francisco event. Charlize ended up kissing one lucky (and rich) lady for 20 seconds as the audience counted down. The whole thing was for charity - the money benefits the OneXOne Foundation, which works on poverty issues in Africa, specifically “water, hunger, healthcare, education and play”. This woman that Charlize made out with was actually bidding on a rather amazing package deal: a 2010 trip to South Africa, tickets to the World Cup, a safari, and a meet-and-greet with Nelson Mandela. Unfortunately for all involved, it seems that Charlize didn’t get Mandela’s permission for such a deal. And now Mandela is refusing to meet with the high bidder! Ruh-roh.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation has accused actress Charlize Theron of selling a meeting with the former leader without permission.

Oscar-winning Theron, 34, raised £85,500 for charity last week by auctioning the chance to visit her native South Africa and meet the elderly former president. The sale hit the headlines when the actress agreed to kiss the highest bidder during a charity gala event in San Francisco.

Images were beamed around the world of Theron locking lips with the lucky female winner, who was due to travel to meet Mr Mandela, 91, during a trip timed to coincide with next year’s football World Cup.

But today a spokesman for the frail former freedom fighter said the meeting might not be possible because Theron had not sought permission from Mr Mandela before arranging the auction.

Achmat Dangor, chief executive of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, said: ‘There is a very rigorous process that is followed to secure a meeting with Mr Mandela, and as yet, we have not have had any such request from Charlize Theron.’

The winning bidder at the OneXOne auction may now be told she cannot meet Mr Mandela. Officials said the Foundation would consider any future request received from Theron, but that nothing was certain.

Mr Mandela, who turned 91 in July, has now fully retired from public life and only grants personal audiences to a tiny proportion of those who request them. His spokesman said he did not usually agree to be offered in charity auctions.

Mr Dangor added: ‘It should also be noted that even the charities that he created have never auctioned off time with Mr Mandela. We nevertheless wish Ms Theron well in her charity work.’

Theron is South Africa’s most famous Hollywood actress. She was born on a farm near the town of Benoni in South Africa’s Gauteng province and hit fame in the 1990s with a string of roles in films including The Cider House Rules and The Devil’s Advocate.

In 2004 she received a heroine’s welcome from Mr Mandela when she returned to South Africa after winning a ‘Best Actress’ Oscar for her role in the film Monster. Unable to control her emotion as she shook hands with the veteran freedom fighter in Johannesburg, she burst into tears and told him: ‘I love you so much.’

Despite Mr Mandela’s frail state, his Foundation continues to run charitable and community projects around the world. The former African National Congress activist continues to make occasional public appearances and statements. He lives in Johannesburg with his third wife Graca Machell.

[From The Daily Mail]

First of all, Charlize is an idiot to auction off a meeting with Mandela without his permission. That’s just rude. Secondly, Charlize is going to have to scramble to make it up to this high-bidder woman. Sure, it’s nice to make out with Charlize (I guess, but whatever, she seems like an ice princess to me), and it would be nice to go on a safari and see the World Cup and everything, but I’m sure that woman was really looking forward to meeting Mandela. That would be the only reason I would ever bid on such an item.

Speaking of Mandela, did anyone watch Endgame on PBS this past weekend? Between Jonny Lee Miller (as Michael Young) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (as President Mbeki), I was getting hot flashes as I learned about the secret talks to end apartheid. Good stuff!

Charlize Theron is so pro-gay rights, she’s comparing anti-gay-marriage laws and initiatives to apartheid. Charlize, as many know, was born and raised in South Africa during the “Grand Apartheid”, the last gasp of the white, colonial power’s institutionalized and codified racism and bigotry on the “native” population.

This isn’t the first time Charlize has spoken out about gays rights in general, or gay marriage rights in particular. She’s one of the most outspoken celebrities speaking out about gay rights, but this is the furthest I’ve ever seen her go. Charlize says “I don’t like living in an elitist world, it bothers me. I don’t want to be part of an elitist sexual preference. Maybe it’s because I come from a country where I lived under apartheid. This is a form of apartheid and I don’t want to be a part of that.” She might have a point:

South African-born actress Charlize Theron calls US marriage laws “a form of apartheid”. The Oscar winner and Dior model said, “I don’t like living in an elitist world, it bothers me. I don’t want to be part of an elitist sexual preference. Maybe it’s because I come from a country where I lived under apartheid. This is a form of apartheid and I don’t want to be a part of that.”

Theron was referring to the “Grand Apartheid” laws in her native country, which segregated whites and non-whites. The laws prevented non-whites from marrying whites or holding white jobs. Harsh criminal penalties were imposed on civil protestors of the apartheid laws, with thousands of people tortured, sentenced to death, or banished.

The most famous face of apartheid is Nelson Mandela, who received a life sentence for treason but was finally freed in 1990, and went on to win a Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

Theron has been dating super-hot boyfriend Stuart Townsend for years, and the couple have said in the past that they refused to get married until same-sex marriage was legal in the United States.

‘It’s not the reason I’m not getting married but it’s maybe a part of it,” Theron said. “My ability to get married is a piece of me that I wish I could give to somebody who it would mean so much to. We should all have the chance. It’s just so caveman, I can’t believe we’re still talking about it.’

[From The San Francisco Gay & Lesbian Examiner

I really wonder what Nelson Mandela would think of this - comparing his struggle to the gay marriage rights struggle. I support gay marriage rights, but looking at the issue from a purely political stance, I could see how Charlize’s statements could be taken the wrong way, and could end up bothering many people. However, those same people who will be bothered are the same people who are basically telling gays and lesbians that they are less than a heterosexual person, that they don’t deserve the same rights and privileges. You tell people to sit at the back of the bus long enough, someone’s going to call you on it.

Here’s Charlize Theron at the Christian Dior show during Paris Fashion Week on March 6th. Images thanks to WENN.com .

A few months ago, there were some rumors about the state of Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend’s relationship. After the initial flurry of gossip, nothing really happened, and it looks like those break-up reports were either false, or the couple weathered whatever minor storm they had. They’ve been together for more than eight years, and Charlize has said several times that they feel like they’re already married, and have no need to make it official. She’s also been vocal of her support for gay marriage, saying that she wouldn’t even consider getting married unless homosexuals could too.

Now Charlize is talking babies. She gave an interview to Marie Claire (quotes via Showbiz Spy), and she’s saying that although she doesn’t feel a biological clock ticking, she and Stuart both want kids. Since she’s been with Stuart, Charlize says “I don’t feel like I’m in survival mode anymore. I feel like it’s OK, I can breathe, so I’m very grateful to him.” So when can we expect the babies?

Charlize Theron wants to be a mom.

The Battle in Seattle star - who is currently dating Irish actor Stuart Townsend - says she is keen to have a baby, but is no rush to get pregnant.

She tells Marie Claire magazine, “I’ve always known that I wanted to be a mom. I love children. I’ve always loved children. But I’m not like, ‘Oh my god, I really must have kids right now.’ I’ve never felt this pressing urge that some biological clock is ticking. We both want to be parents one day, but I’ve no idea when that will be.”

“Since I’ve been with Stuart, my vulnerability has become something I’m more comfortable with. I think there’s a part of me that is very much a survivor. I don’t know if it was in my genes, I don’t know what it is. But I guess being young and starting out in a sense of, ‘I’m not going to be a wallflower, and I’m not going to be messed with.’ That was the only way I knew how to survive at that time.”

“But all that has changed since I’ve been with Stuart. I don’t feel like I’m in survival mode any more. I feel like it’s OK, I can breathe, so I’m very grateful to him.”

[From Showbiz Spy]

I totally get where Charlize is coming from, especially when she’s talking about her own vulnerability. I’m the same way with a lot of men. I have that self-destructive “fight or flight” thing that comes up, and I totally mess up relationships because I find it so difficult to be vulnerable. It’s cool that Chalize has found someone who takes her as-is. Stuart’s always seemed like a decent guy, one of those modern men who isn’t intimidated by his girlfriend’s star power, fame, or money. He just seems to love her, and that brings a little tear to my cold, self-destructive heart.

Here are Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend at the LA Premiere of Hancock on 6/30/08. Images thanks to Fame Pictures .

There’s this pop-culture theory called “The Best Actress Curse” - it’s about how every winner of the Best Actress Oscar will break up with her husband, boyfriend, or significant other, usually within a year of winning her Oscar. It’s held true for Gwyneth “GOOP” Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon, and Hillary Swank (the second time she won). But Charlize was always one of the exceptions. She and her long-time boyfriend, hottie Suart Townsend, have always seemed to have a solid relationship with very little drama. Unfortunately, the honeymoon might be over.

A secret romantic holiday for Hollywood star Charlize Theron to see in the New Year in luxury with her British boyfriend did not go according to plan.

Monster star Charlize, 33, fell into a foul mood after a fall-out with Stuart Townsend, 36, at the exclusive Casa de Miel hotel in Tulum, Mexico. The glum actress was spotted ranting at hotel staff. She kicked off a few times and Stuart took the brunt of it all and didn’t look very happy,’ says a poolside spy.

‘She began shouting about the lights not coming on in her room and was heard complaining about the water not being hot enough.’

It seems the couple were apart for most of the trip, with Charlize attending power yoga classes and playing golf while Stuart relaxed alone at the beach. They returned to Los Angeles on New Year’s Day.

[From the Daily Mail]

Was she just in a bad mood? PMS maybe? Because it doesn’t sound like they’re breaking up, they’re probably just having one of those nit-picky fights that all couples have. Or maybe I’m wrong. Because I’ve never heard of even a whiff of pissy behavior between the two, but maybe they really have hit a bad patch.

Charlize famously said that she doesn’t want to get married, and like Brad Pitt, tied her un-married status to the gay-marriage issue. She and Stuart have been together forever, in Hollywood terms… something like seven or eight years now. Oh, well. I guess we’ll have to pin all of our hopes onto Helen Mirren’s marriage now.

Picture note by JayBird: Here’s Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend at a special screening of ‘Battle in Seattle’ in Beverly Hills on September 22nd. Images thanks to WENN.

Nicole Kidman and Charlize Theron are set to star in what sounds like a fascinating film about a married artist couple in the 1920s. The husband, played by Kidman, eventually becomes a transsexual. The film is called “The Danish Girl” and it’s based on writer David Ebershoff’s bestselling fictionalized book about real life artists Einar and Greta Wegener.

Nicole Kidman as the world’s first post-op transsexual, married to Charlize Theron? You betcha. The Australian actress will star in and produce “The Danish Girl,” based on the true story of Danish artists Einar and Greta Wegener. Their marriage took a sharp left turn after Einar (Kidman) stood in for a female model that Greta (Theron) was set to paint.

When their portraits become wildly popular in 1920s Copenhagen, Greta encouraged her husband to adopt the female guise. What began as a harmless game led Einer to a metamorphosis and landmark 1931 operation that shocked the world and threatened their love.

Anand Tucker (”Shopgirl”) is attached to direct the feature, adapted by writer Lucinda Coxon (”Wild Target”) from David Ebershoff’s 2000 Viking bestseller. His debut novel of the same name is a fictionalized account of the Wegeners’ true story.

Pre-production has begun on the indie film, but no details on a principal photography start date have been disclosed. Both Kidman and Theron earned their best actress Oscars playing lesbian characters, in “The Hours” and “Monster,” respectively. Additionally, Kidman is attached to play Dusty Springfield in a biopic about the bisexual English singer.

[From Reuters]

I wouldn’t really have thought of it this way unless the article had pointed it out, but both Kidman and Theron have lesbian acting experience. I wonder if that was some kind of requirement for the roles. The movie sounds so interesting that I’m definitely tempted to pick up the book. Both Kidman and Theron put everything into their films so it’s almost guaranteed to be good. It’ll be most interesting because it deals with early transsexuals and surgery – not something we hear a whole lot about. I’m definitely curious about the project and excited to see how it comes out.

Here’s Nicole Kidman having lunch in the Meatpacking District in New York City yesterday. Images thanks to Bauer-Griffin.

Charlize Theron is the picture of perfection on the red carpet, but according to Star, she is a slob at home, and it drives boyfriend Stuart Townsend crazy. To keep the house clean, he’s had to resort to assigning her chores.

“He was frustrated that the house always looks like a tornado hit it whenever he’s been away, so he created a chore list, and posts it on the refrigerator every day,” says an insider.

[From Star, print edition, August 11, 2008]

She even gets rewards for cleaning. If she makes the bed and cleans up after herself, she gets a day off, and Stuart will make her favorite breakfast of corned beef hash, roasted potatoes and bacon.

“They butt heads sometimes, especially over keeping the house tidy,” says the source, “but Charlize appreciates that Stu is so solution-oriented.”

[From Star, print edition, August 11, 2008]

Somehow I doubt she “appreciates” his solution-orientation while he’s nagging her to do dishes or pick up her dirty clothes, but the two of them must be doing something right — they’ve been together seven years.

Judging by Charlize’s svelte figure, she doesn’t get her favorite breakfast too often, unless she’s working off all those calories with lots of assigned chores.

Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend are shown at the LA Premiere of Hancock on 6/30/08. Credit: Juan Rico/Fame Pictures

Charlize Theron bores the shit out of me. I know she’s gorgeous and scandal-free except for her childhood in South Africa, but she just seems like an uninteresting person. I watched her entire David Letterman interview from last night hoping there would be some tidbit that I could report on, because it’s all Elliot Spitzer today, but no, she just droned on in a flat voice about how she worked hard to earn her US Citizenship and how she got wasted with the Hasty Pudding guys dressed in drag. She managed to make even that incident sound completely matter of fact. Maybe she’s depressed or just having an off day, but the title for her latest movie, Sleepwalking, sounds like it describes her to a T.

OK! Magazine has some quotes Charlize gave while doing the press for her film. She talks about people who lose weight and gain it back because they still have underlying issues they haven’t addressed or whatever, but it doesn’t come off as a nice statement the way I’m reading it. They say she’s making a parallel between her character wanting a boyfriend to make her whole and heavy people thinking their life will be complete once they lose weight.

But while her ups and downs have been purely career-driven, the Oscar winner, 32, empathizes with friends whose battles have been more personal. “I’ve been fascinated by people who lose a lot of weight,” she told OK! at a junket promoting her movie, drawing a link between her character’s belief that having a boyfriend will remove her woes and long-term dieters’ similar expectations about their bodies.

“There’s this excitement and joy when they have gastric bypass surgery, and they actually truly believe that once they lose the weight all their problems will be solved,” said the actress. She continued, “That’s just not how life works. Once they lose the weight, they realize that, and that’s why they go and gain the weight back.”

[From OK! Magazine]

I don’t understand why she would even bring that up. Why not talk about women who are told by society that they’re sad sacks unless they have a man? It just sounds kind of catty and judgmental to me, but maybe I’m in a bad mood and Charlize Theron is easy to target, since she’s so bland and perfect and all. Maybe she’s saying that no one’s life is perfect, including hers, and that somehow she can relate to those gastric surgery people from up on her high horse looking down.

It strikes me that the reason Theron is such a good actress is because she’s a blank slate. She doesn’t have a lot of her own personality to get in the way of whatever character she needs to be, and can just sort of absorb any role like a sponge.

Here’s Theron’s David Letterman interview. It’s only worth watching to look at her. She’s shown at the premiere of Sleepwalking on 3/6/08, thanks to PRPhotos.

Charlize Theron on Letterman part 1

Charlize Theron on Letterman part 2

A new book has been released in South Africa with details of the night Charlize Theron’s father died, including the then 15-year-old Charlize’s police statement. Author Chris Karsten has released a book titled Deadly Women: When Passion Turns To Blood and got his hands on police records that were apparently lost shortly after Charlize won her Oscar for Monster.

The statement by Charlize reads:

“I, Miss Charlize Theron, a 15-year-old white female of Plot 56, Third Avenue, Cloverdene, (of) Die Kruin High School, Johannesburg, Standard 8, hereby declare the following:

“My mother went to ask my father for the key. I could hear that he was aggressive towards her.

“I then heard my father’s brother, Danie Theron, ask him: ‘Why do you take shit from her?’

“Then someone banged on the kitchen door. I told my mom that it was my dad, and that I was afraid of him.”

Charlize then sketches the events immediately before the shooting.

Her mother opened the door to her father and they quarrelled about the security gate being locked.

Her statement reads: “My father said he would kill us with his shotgun. My mom said she was afraid that he really would kill us.

“The next moment I heard a number of shots being fired. I don’t know how many, and then I heard my mom screaming? hysterically.

“When I went into the passage, I saw my father’s brother, Danie Theron, standing in the passage.

“My mom was sitting in a corner of the bedroom. I ran to her and asked: ‘What happened?’

“My mother was crying and she said: ‘Charlize, I’ve shot them. I’ve shot them.’

“I can only state that my mother had not had any alcohol at any stage. She was sober.”

News24 - the excerpt from the book and Karsten’s interview are here.

Karsten says he obtained this statement through the police, and using the Access To Information Act. He is a journalist, this is his third book.

The book isn’t yet released internationally, and while Charlize and her mother Gerda have made no comment on the book, her father’s side of the family wanted the whole story told. They say that Charlize and Gerda had threatened to take the family to court if they spoke about it. This is probably part of the reason that Charlize told reporters about her mother killing her father herself, rather then leave it to be discovered. Karsten says he included the story because it was well-known, but he felt the whole story hadn’t been told.

The aim of the book is to encouage women in abusive relationships to leave before it ‘turns to blood’, and while Charlize’s story might have been included to lift sales, I think if the book does raise awareness of domestic violence it would be a good thing. Also, it is interesting that a police file that contains no great revelations has been hidden for so long. Is it because of Charlize’s celebrity, or the fact the judge never passed a definitive verdict on the case?

Note by Celebitchy: According to reports Charlize’s dad fired the shotgun first and her mom shot him in self-defense. He was said to have been a verbally abusive parent and an alcoholic, but Charlize said he was “a verbal abuser,” not a physical abuser. [Details from In Touch Magazine, print edition, December 10, 2007]

Charlize and her mother Gerda are shown at the Covenant House California Dove Awards on 5/7/04, thanks to PRPhotos.

Stuart Townsend, Charlize Theron’s longtime boyfriend, is publicly calling her his wife, and the two both have rings on their left ring fingers. Townsend tells People that the two are married, even though they haven’t gone through a religious or civil service.

“‘I’m married,’ Townsend told People this week. ‘I didn’t do a church wedding or anything, but we’re married. We’re husband and wife. We love each other and we want to spend our lives together,’ the 34-year-old actor said about his nearly seven-year relationship with Theron, 32, who he calls ‘the greatest woman I’ve ever met.’

“‘We didn’t have a ceremony,’ he added. ‘I don’t need a certificate or the state or the church to say otherwise. So no there’s no big official story on a wedding, but we are married. … I consider her my wife and she considers me her husband.’

[From People]

So I guess all those breakup rumors were crap. If it’s true, that’s great, though without confirmation of some sort from Charlize, there’s the possibility that Townsend is delusional. It’s sorta weird that he said “I’m married” instead of “We’re married” but whatever. The two have been working on Townsend’s film “Battle in Seattle” about the World Trade Organization riots in Seattle in 1999. Townsend wrote and directed the film, and Theron has a starring role.

“During a dinner party at The Supper Club, the couple even showed off their rings – Theron fidgeted with hers as she shared a story about it and then grabbed Townsend’s hand to display a silver cross-shaped band on his ring finger.

“‘It was really amazing tonight to premiere the film with her,’ Townsend said. ‘She’s proud and she was crying, so it’s as important to her as it’s important to me. We’re a team and we’re in this together. That’s what you do. You look out for each other.’”

[From People]

It sounds legitimately true. Charlize doesn’t seem like someone who just randomly wears rings on her left ring finger to get gossip buzzing (ahem, Britney Spears). They’ve been dating long enough that one could assume they’ve made some kind of commitment to one another. There’s a lot of famous couples that have made life-long commitments to each other without formalizing the agreement. Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins come to mind, though I don’t believe they refer to each other as husband and wife. There’s certainly countless non-celebrities that do it. I guess Stuart Townsend is saying he and Charlize are married in their hearts, so congratulations. I’d send you something, but I’m guessing you didn’t formalize things by registering, either.

Picture note by JayBird: Here’s Charlize and Stuart (with a ring visible, if you squint hard enough) at the “In the Valley of Elah” premiere on September 13th. Images thanks to PR Photos.