Drew Barrymore was involved in a hit-and-run accident on Monday in Los Angeles, but was unhurt. She also chased down the runaway driver and got his digits – license plate digits –for police.
The collision occurred shortly before noon as Barrymore was driving near Gardner Street and Santa Monica Boulevard, said Sgt. Kristin Aloma of the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station.
Barrymore followed the hit-and-run vehicle after her car was rear-ended and got its license plate number, Aloma said.
Police are trying to track down the driver, Aloma said.
While I’m sure that Drew didn’t chase the driver on foot, she was rear ended so the car was probably okay to drive, they don’t have engines in the back. I think engines are in the front – I’m not a car person. But I love the imagery of her sprinting off down the road, Charlie’s Angels style, leaping onto the car in question, ripping off his license plate and delivering it to police like the Holy Grail. Sometimes I have a problem separating actresses from their parts.
Hopefully the car wasn’t stolen, so that the driver will be easily identified by the plate number. While the accident may have been minor, hit and runs should be prosecuted to ensure that people don’t think they can get away with it.
Picture note by Celebitchy: Drew Barrymore and Justin Long are shown leaving Mr. Chow on 5/4/08. He does not look like he should be driving. Thanks to WENN for these photos.
When Drew Barrymore and Justin Long, that guy from the AppleMac ads, were in Mexico for Drew’s birthday in February Drew reportedly asked about possible wedding locations.
The ‘50 First Dates’ actress reportedly looked at possible wedding venues while enjoying a recent holiday at Mexico’s Casa Magna hotel, on Tulum Beach.
Justin, 29, organised the romantic getaway as a 33rd birthday present for Drew, who reached the age on February 22.
A source is quoted on the Daily Mail website as saying: “Justin booked a cleanse package for her and they spent time having massages and doing yoga.
“The retreat hosts intimate weddings and Drew enquired how much it would cost for a private ceremony in the summer.”
The couple started dating after meeting on the set of ‘He’s Just Not That Into You’, and have been virtually inseparable ever since.
This isn’t really a concrete prediction of marriage, since Drew could have been asking for a friend, and the summer wedding could be in any year, not necessarily 2008.
Drew has been married twice before. Her first marriage, with Welsh bartender Jeremy Thomas, lasted just 39 days. Her second marriage, to comedian Tom Green, lasted three months. Hopefully third time’s a charm for Drew, who has had a steady relationship history in recent years. Her last relationship with Fabrizio Moretti ended in early 2007 after almost five years together.
When Justin was asked during a gushing interview on Oprah about what attracts him to Drew, he replied “She smells great… (and) she’s the most compassionate person I’ve ever met.”
Note by Celebitchy: We reported on Monday that Justin was supposedly busted at a club making out with another woman, so it seemed like either these two have cooled it lately or that they’ve already broken up. Then Drew and Justin were spotted out over the weekend twice - hiking and going to the movies. They’re probably doing fine, and if that other story was true they’ve patched it up.
Since this story originated in The Daily Mail, it’s probably either not true or based on a simple question Drew asked while down in Mexico about the weddings held at their resort. She could be hasty a third time and jump into marriage, and she’s certainly thrown herself into this relationship, but hopefully they’ll take their time with making such a huge commitment.
Update: Hollywood.tv had this video of Drew and Justin kissing while out to eat, and says that the National Enquirer reports that they’re planning to marry in the Caribbean.
Drew Barrymore and Justin Long are shown at the Raising Malawai event on 2/6/08, thanks to PRPhotos.
Drew Barrymore and Justin Long at Mr. Chows on 2/22/08
33 year-old twice-divorced Drew Barrymore has been dating her co-star in the upcoming film He’s Just Not That Into You, Justin Long, 29, for about eight or nine months. The two went public with their relationship in January and have since not been shy about stepping out together or talking to the press about their relationship. They’ve been photographed kissing on the red carpet, and Drew said in the March issue of Vogue that her “cheeks hurt” from how happy she was with Justin.
Drew might just wish she held her relationship a little closer to her blushing chest when she hears this latest news - her boyfriend Justin was seen making out with another woman at a bar. It’s sounds as if it could be a true story, but you have to consider the source and assume that it’s possibly hearsay or fabrication:
During a boys’ night out at Bar Lubitsch in West Hollywood on April 16, “Justin arrived at 12:45 a.m. and he and his four guy friends seemed really drunk,” an onlooking at the club tells In Touch. “Then, all of a sudden, Justin started dirty dancing and making out with a girl.” A Bar Lubitsch employee confirms, “He seemed to be having a great time.”
Justin clearly wasn’t acting like a guy in a committed relationship. “He did not seem embarassed about kissing that girl,” says the onlooker, who adds, “Drew is much prettier.” At the end of the night, Justin and the mystery brunette, who appeared to be in her 20s, left separately.
[From In Touch, print edition, May 5, 2008]
If this is true, I feel badly for Drew. It doesn’t matter how drunk you are - there’s no excuse for making out with someone else especially in public! At least Justin didn’t leave with the girl, and maybe he got in a fight with Drew or something and was blowing off steam with his friends. Hopefully he told her the truth about what happened and made it up to her. These two are really cute together and they seem to genuinely be in love. You want them to weather what was probably the first storm in their relationship and last. Drew doesn’t have the best track record with relationships to say the least, but she seems to have found a decent guy in Justin and I hope he didn’t blow it.
Drew Barrymore was on Oprah last night, and donated a cool $1 million to the United Nations World Food Program. Due to rising food and commodity prices, which we’ve all felt the impact of at the local supermarket, the organization needs an extra $500 million dollars to help feed the world’s poor.
The 33-year-old American actress will give the money to the World Food Program, a UN body that delivers millions of tonnes of food aid to more than 70 million people in about 80 countries, she said on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
“I’m able to make this incredible donation - this has changed my life,” said Barrymore, who serves as a WFP ambassador against hunger. “But I encourage everyone to give.”
Later, she said the $US1 million was “by far” the largest donation she has ever made.
Despite the enormous novelty check, this isn’t a publicity stunt for Drew. In 2006 she traveled to Nairobi and wrote an article for Marie Claire magazine, as well as filmed a documentary, about the living conditions and how schooling is helping with the AIDS crisis. You can read her article here.
Drew’s co-star Scarlett Johansson is also doing her bit for charity, selling herself on eBay. You can bid for two tickets to her latest film, He’s Just Not That Into You, and to meet Scarlett. The bidding was at $11,700 last time I checked, and all the proceeds go to Oxfam. The film stars Drew Barrymore as well as Scarlett, and Scarlett has launched a YouTube appeal to raise more interest in the auction.
Note by Celebitchy: Here’s Scarlett’s appeal. She seems kind of antsy at first.
Drew Barrymore and Justin Long have progressed in their relationship from hiding from the paps to showing up at events together, even holding hands and kissing on the red carpet. They also weren’t shy about making out in Drew’s car for the paps on her 33rd birthday on Friday, where they celebrated with dinner at celeb hangout Mr. Chow and then headed over to the Chateau Marmot for a romantic evening together. They had a party for Drew with friends the night before. These two met last summer on the set of Drew’s upcoming romantic comedy He’s Just Not That Into You , in which Long stars, and took pains to keep their relationship quiet until January.
Drew is featured looking glam on the cover of the March issue of Vogue, and she talks a little about her relationship with Long in the accompanying interview. The twice-divorced Drew said that she feels immature when it comes to her relationships, but gushed about how happy she is with Justin. Somehow Vogue was talking to Justin too, because People.com reports that he sings her praises in that article. They also say that Drew knew Justin for seven years before their relationship became more than friends:
Tracking the relationship between the actress-producer and the “Mac” in the Apple computer commercials, the March issue of Vogue, reports that the two knew each other for seven years before becoming serious.
Asked for his immediate reaction to what he thinks of when it comes to Barrymore, Long – who helped Drew celebrate her 33rd birthday this month – responds, “Beauty and light, and she shines it on everybody who comes into contact with her.”
As for her reaction to Long, a perennially smiling Barrymore says, “My cheeks hurt, I’m so happy.” Adds Long, 29: “She makes my cheeks hurt, too.”
It wasn’t always so. While Barrymore considers herself secure in terms of dealing with her profession and her friendships, as far up-close-and-personal relationships are concerned, “for some reason, I have not grown up to the speed I am elsewhere,” she says.
It’s hard to find the right person for you, and although it does seem strange that Drew’s marriages lasted less than six months combined it seems like the mistake she made was marrying those particular guys, not being with them. She was with Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti for years, and then was said to be dating Sophia Coppola’s ex Spike Jonze last year before hooking up with Long. She shouldn’t put herself down by saying she’s somehow less “grown up” because her relationships didn’t work out. You live and learn and sometimes the timing is wrong or you realize it’s not the right person for you. Just don’t get married again until you have a good track record with someone and are sure about it.
In January, 2007 Drew told Harper’s Bazaar about how great her relationship was with Fabrizio Moretti, saying “You need to reinvent your relationship if you want to continue being together. Right now I’m in a phase of ‘I’m not even your girlfriend. I’m your best friend who is madly in love with you.’ I’m really interested in watching him right now. The longest I’ve ever been with someone was like two to three years, so I’m in uncharted waters.” They were reported to have broken up by the time the issue was out. Maybe she’s right that she needs to be careful in that department.
29 year-old Long is best known as the Mac guy in the “Get a Mac” commercials, and stars as the voice of Alvin in the Alvin and The Chipmunks movie. He was educated at Vassar and hails from Fairfield, CT. People reports that Drew’s friends approve of him and say he’s a great guy.
Drew and Justin are shown outside of Mr. Chows on Friday. These pictures make me grin like an idiot too, they’re so cute. Thanks to Splash News.
Drew Barrymore is said to be pushing her “Get a Mac” boyfriend, Justin Long, to propose despite her bad track record with marriages and the fact that she’s only been dating Long for five months. 32 year-old Drew was married to LA bartender Jeremy Thomas from March, 1994 to February, 1995. She was just 19 at the time. Her next marriage, to obnoxious comic Tom Green, lasted from July, 2001 to October, 2002. That’s how long the marriages officially lasted, but she split with both husbands well before their divorces were final of course. The National Enquirer points out that her two marriages lasted less than six months combined.
Drew Barrymore - who’s weathered two divorces - is determined to marry her new boyfriend Justin Long even though they’ve dated for only five months, her pals reveal…
“Drew knows she can make a marriage work - and she thinks Justin is the one,” a friend told the Enquirer. “She kidded Justin that his New Year’s resolution is for him to ask her for her hand in marriage…
“Drew has been pushing him to pop the question to her around her birthday in February,” revealed the insider.
[From The National Enquirer, print edition, January 14, 2008]
Justin took Drew to Thanksgiving with his family in Connecticut, and it sounds like these two are getting serious while managing to avoid the spotlight. They also took a nice vacation together in Florida right before Christmas. Star reports that they checked into “the Delgano hotel in Miami Beach on December 19th after spending the weekend in the Florida Keys.”
Justin has a decent career ahead of him. Although he’s best known at the Mac guy in those commercials, he also stars as the voice of Alvin in the Alvin and The Chipmunks movie. Justin and Drew met this summer on the set of the upcoming film she’s producing, He’s Just Not That Into You, in which he stars.
There was a big deal made out of a night Drew had out with friends in Toronto in early November. She was photographed drinking a beer (shocker) and talking to some guy at a bar. She looked like she was whispering in his ear but maybe she had to yell because the music was too loud and that’s why she was so close to him. We haven’t heard much about Drew since so it sounds like she’s settling into a nice routine with her boyfriend and that they’ve managed not to go shopping at high end boutiques or eat at the paparazzi-swarmed restaurants.
Maybe the third time will be the charm for Drew and she’ll achieve a life of domestic tranquility away from the flashbulbs. She seems to realize what she needs to do so that people won’t needlessly speculate about her, with this recent minor exception.
Justin is shown at the premiere of “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,” in which he plays George Harrison. on 12/12/07.The tattoo on his next is not permanent and is reportedly for a role. Drew is shown at The Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Awards on 2/8/07, thanks to PRPhotos.
People magazine has released their annual best dressed list, ahead of the best dressed issue of their magazine. Then again, with a stylist in tow it’s easy to gain best dressed kudos, so the worst dressed is probably more interesting! I wish that list was longer.
Best Dressed 2007
Beyoncé Knowles – The Showstopper
Cameron Diaz – The Legs
Katie Holmes – The Classic
Penélope Cruz - The Continental
Jessica Biel – The All-American
Drew Barrymore – The Chameleon
Jennifer Lopez – The Glamour Girl
Reese Witherspoon – The Celeb Next Door
Gwen Stefani – The Trendsetter
Ali Larter – The Newcomer
Best Dressed Men
David Beckham
George Clooney
Johnny Depp
Terrence Howard
Brad Pitt
Best Dressed Couples
Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt
Gabriel Aubry & Halle Berry
Gwen Stefani & Gavin Rossdale
Tony Parker & Eva Longoria
World’s Worst Dresser
Eva Green
Most Shocking Fashion Moments
Britney Spears shaves her head
Sanjaya Malakar’s faux-hawk
Kidnapped British sailors in oversized Iranian suits
Sen. Hillary Clinton’s cleavage
Naomi Campbell’s dress-up for community service
Paris Hilton’s get-out-of-jail get-up
Just Plain Wrong
Sienna Miller in black tights
Avril Lavigne’s combat boots & pink frilly dress
Why have best dressed men lists? Even the most stylish man just tends to walk around in either a tuxedo or a t-shirt. There’s not much complicated about men’s dressing, why not have best punk rocker style for say, Pete Wentz? Or Best male use of make up, which would probably also be won by Pete Wentz.
I’m also confused about the criteria: Avril Lavinge’s lace dress and combat boots is a style no-no, but Lily Allen’s signature look is a dress and hi-top sneakers (Lily is mentioned in a British best dressed section of the magazine). Aren’t these just different versions of the same look? And none of the women on the best dressed list are cleavage shy, but it’s not okay for Hilary Clinton to show off her assets?
World’s Worst Dresser Eva Green is shown at the Casino Royale world premiere on 11/14/06 and the BAFTA awards on 2/11/07. (PRPhotos)
World’s Best Dressed Woman Beyonce Knowles is shown at the VMAs, at the opening of Jay-Z’s 40-40 club in Vegas on 9/6/07 and at the launch of Emporio Armani Diamonds Fragrance on 8/16/07. (PRPhotos)
Just Plain Wrong Sienna Miller in black tights at the Factory Girl UK premiere on 3/13/07 and at the 2006 Costume Institute Gala on 5/1/06. (PRPhotos)
Just Plain Wrong Avril Lavigne in a pink dress with combat boots at her CD release party in April. (via Faded Youth)
It sounds like Drew Barrymore is having a damn good time this summer. She’s been linked with three different guys, and there wasn’t one story of a painful breakup. A lot of people thought she might be in a long term relationship with director Spike Jonze as she was first seen out with him in March and they were spotted together again in August. They would have seemed like a couple, except Drew was seen holding hands and making out with Zach Braff in July.
And if two emo guys didn’t a good summer make, Drew was making out with Justin Long, the Mac guy who appears in the Mac vs. PC commercials, in Vegas last weekend. It seems like there’s more to it than just a quick hookup, because the pair were out together in LA earlier last week.
They are starring together in the new movie Drew is producing, He’s Just Not That Into You, so maybe what started out as business relationship turned into something more:
The He’s Just Not that Into You costars seemed really into one another over Labor Day in Vegas, where the two were “all over each other, making out the entire time,” a witness at Jet Nightclub tells PEOPLE.
First spotted together at Chateau Marmont on Aug. 28, Barrymore, 32, and Long, 29, brought their holiday weekend to a close back in Los Angeles at a trendy sushi restaurant with friends.
According to a Barrymore pal, “the relationship is very new.”
So new, in fact, the actress dallied with Scrubs star Zach Braff in June and rekindled old flame Spike Jonze in August.
Last week there was a rumor that Drew was trying to hook up Jennifer Aniston with their other costar in the He’s Just Not That Into You movie, Bradley Cooper. Cooper was said to have invited Aniston over for a romantic dinner at his house on Drew’s suggestion, but not much more seems to have come of that. Cooper was also supposedly dating Cameron Diaz last week when they were seen out together too.
Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Connelly, Ben Affleck, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Kevin Connolly are also in the He’s Just Not that Into You movie. Connelly and Affleck are married and ostensibly out of the running for co-star hookups, (not that it’s stopped other celebrities) but there are plenty of possibilities of hookups on this film set. According to IMDB it’s “in production” and I’m not sure if it’s even started filming yet. It usually seems like a bad idea to date people you’re working with because you’re stuck with them every day no matter what happens to the relationship. At least actors and actresses have the advantage of being on a limited time schedule so they know they’re only going to have to see the person for a few months and at some events afterwards.
A very wise older friend of mine once offered this advice about dating guys at work, “Don’t shit where you eat.” I know she didn’t come up with it or anything, but it usually comes to mind when I hear of situations like these.
I wonder who will end up avoiding each other at the premiere and if there will be any drama on set.
Drew, J.Lo, and Evangeline all looked lovely at the Golden Globes. I’m impressed with J.Lo’s makeup, which has looked mismatched recently but seems just right and not overdone here. Drew is a vision in white. She’s appearing in the upcoming film Music and Lyrics By with Hugh Grant, and judging from the way they’re posing kind of far from each other I would say this appearance is for professional reasons, but I would like to be wrong.
Evangeline Lilly’s dress is a gorgeous swirl of muted pastels and I love her loose curly hair.
Cameron Diaz is a haughty mess. She tried to pull off upswept carefree hair, but her hair is too straight and it just looks messy. Those bright red glossy lips look clownish, and I can’t stand her frilly white dress. She’s taking too many risks here at once, and falls flat. Am I being too harsh on her?
Right after giving a revealing interview to Harper’s Bazaar about her struggles with her long term relationship, Drew Barrymore has reportedly called it quits with her boyfriend of over five years, Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti. It’s possible they’re just taking a break, but the news doesn’t sound good for these two, and Fabrizio has moved out of her place:
“Drew said they needed time off,” a source close to the actress tells Us.
Confirms a Moretti pal, “Fab is now living back in his old apartment.”
The pair – who hooked up in April 2002 – seemed a good match on the surface, friends say.
“Drew has always had a taste for subculture,” Barrymore pal Courtney Love tells Us.
But they had suffered some rocky times. Tongues wagged when she skipped the February 2005 nuptials of Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas; months later, the duo got in a public tiff in Santa Monica, California.
In fact, “she broke up with him twice before this,” says a Barrymore insider.
At issue? Clashing personalities.
“He’s younger, and she’s more worldly,” says a source of Barrymore. “He doesn’t like the Hollywood stuff. He doesn’t get her friends.”
But don’t count them out just yet, adds the source. “This is exactly what happened last time they took a break.”
In Drew’s interview in Bazaar she cautioned women not to “take love and your relationship so g-ddamned heavy all the time.” She also said she was in “unchartered water” in her relationship with Fabrizio as she had only been in relationships of 2-3 years before Fabrizio. She seemed to suggest they were out of the infatuation stage and that she was trying to adjust to the changes that come with long term relationships.
