Jennifer Aniston photo thanks to Pacific Coast News. Bradley Cooper photo thanks to Fame Pictures.

After spending last week proclaiming Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Aniston “The Next Big Couple”, this week’s tabloids seem to be taking stock of What Went Wrong (And In Such A Short Time). Most versions have Jennifer Aniston as the poster girl for clingy neediness, The Girl Who Can’t Keep A Man. Yesterday’s National Enquirer report had Aniston giving Bradley a “relationship timeline” on their first date, a story that seemed to reek. Now In Touch is chiming in with the same kind of version of events. Apparently, the Aniston-Cooper relationship didn’t get off the ground for several reasons: Bradley Cooper is seeing Lake Bell, amongst others; Bradley’s head isn’t in the game because he hit it big so suddenly; Bradley was just being polite to Jennifer and he doesn’t really feel anything for her; and lastly, Jennifer comes across as “needy” and she “scares” guys off:

The morning after the date, Jennifer called a friend to dissect every detail. “She said they had a real connection,” a confidante tells In Touch. “She was hoping they’d see each other again. She was on a real high.”

But Jen’s giddiness was short-lived. Another friend called her to break some bad news - Bradley had also been seeing actress Lake Bell for the prior two weeks and was spotted openly flirting with her at the Whitney Museum gala on June 17 - the night before his date with Jen.

“Bradley and Lake were whispering intimately,” the witness tells In Touch. “he had his hands all over her legs.” It wasn’t the first time the two were seen together. Bradley and Lake both attended the CFDA awards two days earlier.

Ever since The Hangover premiered, Bradley’s been bombarded with attention from women.

“Everyone’s looking at [Bradley] differently,” his pal says. “He has no idea how to handle the craziness, but he’s not complaining. He wants to ride it out.”

Is Jen moving too fast?
Jen was crushed when she heard that Bradley was seeing other women - but not surprised. “She thought it was too good to be true,” the confidante adds.

Jen has asked Bradley to spend a long weekend in Mexico with her in July, but he had turned her down, saying he was busy. Then she invited him to a barbecue at her house later in the summer. “He said he would try to make it,” the confidante adds.

Jen’s friend thinks Bradley was just being polite and has no intention of getting serious with her.

“She can sometimes come off as needy and has no idea that she’s not coming off as fun and spontaneous. She ends up scaring guys off,” the friend says.

“She’s pinning all of her hopes on [Bradley] being ‘The One’.” the confidante explains. “He simply isn’t.”

[From In Touch Weekly, print edition, July 13 2009]

I really, really hope that Jennifer doesn’t think in terms of a certain guy being “The One” after one date. I do think In Touch has it right on a few points, though. First, I think if Bradley is with any woman, it’s probably Lake Bell. There were rumors about the two of them before this whole Aniston drama, but of course, he and Lake could be “just friends” too. Secondly, I do think that for men (and some women), Aniston doesn’t come across as spontaneous. Just my take.

In Touch also has this little blurb about what will likely be Aniston’s next tabloid conquest - none other than Gerard Butler. It sort of contradicts their report that Bradley just isn’t that into Aniston, but here goes:

Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler “flirt, but it’s pretty innocent,” says her pal. “If [Bradley Cooper] doesn’t work out, she would certainly be open to dating Gerard.”

But according to another source, Gerard and Bradley have become pals, and since Jen personally chose Gerard to star in her new movie Goree Girls, which she is also producing, “she’s keeping it strictly professional,” adds the pal.

[From In Touch Weekly, print edition, July 13 2009]

That’s right, Aniston. Keep it professional. Move it along. No need to bring Gerard into this. Need I remind you? Get. Off. My. Boyfriend. On an added note about my boyfriend, my immortal beloved Gerard “Not Capable of an Innocent Flirtation” Butler might be headed to the pokey for allegedly beating up a paparazzo. The court date was set for this month, but yesterday it was pushed back until August 18. He could go to jail! Maybe Aniston will visit him.

Last week, it seemed like Jennifer Aniston was on top yet again with a tabloid-friendly relationship with the hot new breakout movie star Bradley Cooper. Star Magazine even put them on the cover with the enthusiastic “It’s On!” headline. So when Bradley gave the old “Jennifer Aniston is just a friend” speech in Paris last weekend, many of us were already predicting the headlines. Something along the lines of today’s National Enquirer headline “Jennifer Aniston Love Implosion”. And that was probably written before Bradley even took Renee Zellweger out on a “date” on Tuesday! Personally, I think the guy’s just playing the serial first-dater because he’s got something or someone in his personal life that he doesn’t want to make public. But maybe that’s just me - I am a conspiratorial bitch. The Enquirer’s take on the whole situation… well, I don’t really believe their story, but it still made me laugh out loud. Wait ’till you get to the part about Jennifer’s “relationship timeline”.

Jen’s new relationship pffft before it even starts! It’s back to zero minus one in the dating game for Jennifer Aniston.

After she gave Bradley Cooper her “relationship timeline” speech over an intimate dinner, the Hangover hunk slammed the brakes on their budding romance, sources say.

“Jen is devastated,” divulged a longtime friend. “She had high hopes that Bradley was the Mr. Right she’s been searching for.

“But he called Jen a few days after their big date and broke the news that he wanted to keep things casual and loose. Jen was mortified, but reluctantly agreed to save face.”

The 40-year-old actress and Bradley, 34, had been flirting ever since they shared a dinner date at his Brentwood, Calif., home while they filmed the romantic comedy He’s Just Not That Into You in 2007.

Still, Coop publicly blasted rumors he was dating Jen as “hilarious.” Despite that, the couple sat down for a headline-making date at New York’s Il Cantinori restaurant in New York City on June 18.

“Jen gave Bradley her ‘relationship timeline’ speech over dinner, about how she wants to be pregnant within the year and for marriage to follow soon after,” explained the friend.

That was a deal breaker for the actor, whose 11-month marriage to actress Jennifer Esposito collapsed in 2007.

“He called Jen after he returned to L.A. a few days later, and told her flat out that he thought it best that they go back to being friends. Bradley said he’s not looking for any type of commitment.”

The next day, “Jen was withdrawn. She’d been up crying to her girlfriends about how she feels her love life is doomed,” the insider revealed.

[From The National Enquirer]

I think a lot of negative things about Aniston, but I don’t believe she’s dumb enough to give a guy a “relationship timeline” on the first date. I just have serious doubts she would sit there and tell a guy to his face, “I want to be pregnant within the next year, and then we’re going to get married, and Norman will be the ring-bearer!” Although that would be a hilarious plot for one of these stupid romantic comedies she’s always making - someone write that down. We could call it The First Dater. The tagline for the film would “She wants babies and marriage… on the first date!”

Here’s Jennifer filming barefooted for ‘Bounty Hunter’ in Atlantic City on June 25th. Images thanks to BauerGriffinOnline.

Last month we reported on the annual Forbes “Celebrity Power 100” list, which ranks celebrities by media hits, paychecks, awards, buzz, et cetera. Angelina Jolie topped the list (beating Oprah Winfrey) for the first time, and was crowned the number one Most Powerful Celebrity. Now it seems Forbes is releasing some of the data they used to make the list, and we’re finding out who the top Hollywood earners were amongst actresses. Here are the top five, with their yearly income (I think it goes from June 2008 to June 2009): Angelina Jolie ($27 million), Jennifer Aniston ($25 million), Meryl Streep ($24 million), Sarah Jessica Parker ($23 million), Cameron Diaz ($20 million).

Angelina Jolie is Hollywood’s top earning actress, banking $27 million in the past year to beat out her partner Brad Pitt’s ex-wife Jennifer Aniston, who raked in $25 million, a Forbes.com study showed on Wednesday.

Most of Jolie’s income came from her share of the profits from her action film “Wanted,” but she was also paid a large upfront sum for her role in “Salt,” the study said. Jolie and Pitt have six children.

Aniston, who was married to Pitt before he became involved with Jolie, earned most of her millions from the romantic comedy “Marley and Me” and her upcoming film “The Baster.”

“Aniston also still earns money from (reruns of TV series) Friends and she gets a nice paycheck shilling for Glaceau’s SmartWater,” Forbes.com said.

Meryl Streep came in at No. 3 with $24 million, most of which came from her role in “Mamma Mia,” while Sarah Jessica Parker was ranked fourth with $23 million in earnings following the movie version of TV series “Sex and the City.”

Cameron Diaz rounds out the top five, banking $20 million between June 2008 and June 2009.

Forbes.com said it spoke to agents, managers, producers and lawyers to work out what actresses were paid upfront for movies they are currently shooting and what pay they might have earned after a movie hit the theaters. Money earned from perfume or clothing lines was also taken into account.

“As is still typical for Hollywood, our actresses earned significantly less than their male counterparts,” Forbes.com said, pointing out that the top earning male actor, Harrison Ford, made $65 million.

[From Reuters]

I’m surprised by two things - first, Meryl Streep gets paid so well for being so friggin’ awesome. That alone proves there is some justice in the world. Secondly, I’m surprised that Cameron Diaz only ranks number five on the list. Diaz really is a movie star, and she’s the heir to Julia Roberts (at least in paychecks). Diaz consistently gets eight-figure paychecks, even when she’s just doing voice work for the Shrek films. It’s shocking to me that she wouldn’t be the top earner. Oh, well. Guess we just have to embrace the uncool Bermuda Triangle.

For the record, I’m not the one describing Jennifer Aniston as “cranky”. You can thank Page Six for that - one of their gossip items today is describing Aniston as “often-cranky” but claiming that a certain Scottish beefcake has cured her foul mood. What has Aniston so cranky? Was it the are-they or aren’t-they gossip about her and Bradley Cooper? Was it that they went to dinner once and every tabloid picked it up and promoted the date like they were the new hot couple, and then Bradley Cooper totally pulled a “we’re just friends”? To be fair, the “just friends” thing has always put me in a cranky mood, so it would make sense if Aniston felt the same way. But no fear, everyone - Gerard Butler is there to soothe Aniston’s cranky soul:

Often-cranky Jennifer Aniston has been in an unusually cheerful mood while filming “Bounty Hunter” in Atlantic City. Credit Gerard Butler.

One local spy told us, “Jennifer seems very relaxed and friendly. She has a great laugh and is very chatty on set.”

The source added, “Jen and Gerard seem to have a great relationship and chemistry between them.”

The two have been spotted shooting on the Boardwalk and inside the Borgata and Taj Mahal casinos, where some bellmen, doormen, valets, waitresses and dealers were cast as extras in the flick.

[From Page Six]

Gerard Butler could soothe the soul of an ax-murderer on a rampage, so it’s no surprise that Aniston isin great spirits working with him. So, will this be the next big tabloid-friendly romance for Aniston? Or is there more juice in the Bradley Cooper thing? Perhaps the tabloids will play with both angles - making the tabloid creation of Aniston decide between these two men who, in tabloid-world, are falling all over themselves for her. One thing that I’d put money on - Gerard Butler does seem like a really fun guy to work with, and I bet he keeps her laughing. Sigh. I wish I was in a foul mood just so Gerard Butler could make me laugh.

Gerard Butler is shown on set in Astoria, Queens on 6/19/09. Jennifer Aniston is shown on set in Atlantic City, New Jersey on 6/26/09. Credit: Fame Pictures

Bradley Cooper was asked at an event on Friday in Paris if he had a hot new romance with Jennifer Aniston, with whom he had a well documented dinner date in New York last week. He said that he worked with her and that they’re friends, but he didn’t exactly deny that he was out on a date with her. The way he words his statement makes it sound like there could eventually be a romantic relationship there, but that it hasn’t developed yet. He said “If someone says ‘hello’ to her, it’s [a] given [in the tabloid press] that he’s fallen in love with her.” It’s like he’s hinting that it could go somewhere, but saying they’re in the early stages yet and he’s not sure. At least that’s how I interpreted it:

First they reputedly flirted at a party. Then, June 18, they definitely had dinner together. So, what is going on between Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Aniston?

That was the question put to The Hangover star on Friday in Paris, where he had accepted an invitation from Louis Vuitton to be their guest at a menswear event. Told there had been talk that he and Aniston had been out together, Cooper replied with a laugh: “Who talked about it? It wasn’t me. It was someone else.”

In a more serious vein, Cooper, 34, said of Aniston (in French, which he speaks fluently from his 1996 exchange-student days): “She’s a friend of mine. Simply, simply, just a friend.”

He further clarified, “In America, its not like it is here. She’s someone who is super, super known. Famous. If someone says ‘hello’ to her, it’s given that he’s fallen in love with her. So, no. No. She’s a very, very interesting woman, but she’s simply a friend.

“We made a film together” – He’s Just Not That Into You – “but we didn’t have any scenes together. I got hired in at the beginning of the casting, and my part was solely with Scarlett Johansson and Jennifer Connelley. Which isn’t bad at all.”

Next up for Hollywood’s hot new leading man – whose sequel to The Hangover won’t shoot until 2011 – is a reunion with another “good friend,” Jennifer Garner, in Valentine’s Day. Also starring Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba and Ashton Kutcher, the film begins production in September.

[From People]

Cooper was seen out on another lunch-type date with an unknown woman on June 22, and he’s been linked to Lake Bell after the two were seen looking “cosy” at an event - also last week. Is Cooper playing the field and will he ever be ready to settle down? I’m beginning to think that his date with Aniston wasn’t some kind of PR move, as I suspected after seeing a suspicious profile of him in People Magazine shortly afterwards. He’s a single 34 year-old guy whose Hollywood career is about to take off, of course he’s dating and having fun. At least Aniston is going out with a guy who doesn’t Twitter his every thought and make insinuating remarks to the press. Cooper is trying to remain classy about the whole thing, and I bet the “falling in love” part might come in time if he finds her so interesting. It was telling that he brought the L word up.

Jennifer Aniston is shown on the Atlantic City, NJ set of The Bounty Hunter on 6/26/09 with Gerard Butler. Bradley Cooper is shown in Paris at the Louis Vuitton menswear show on 6/25/09 Credit: Fame Pictures.

These are some nice, funny pictures of Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston filming some exterior scenes for their movie Bounty Hunter in Atlantic City. Is it just me, or does it seem like the same car from Thelma & Louise? The exteriors look like the beginning of Thelma & Louise too - weird.

Most of the set pictures are now of Aniston, after we got some lovely pictures of Gerard the past few weeks. Before Aniston started filming Gerry was seen in a series of lovely white and blue shirts that accentuated his delicious arms. Gerry was even joking around with the paparazzi in between shooting his scenes - thus the unfortunate (but hilarious) revelation that Gerry might have romanced poultry in his youth.

Before filming started, there were some rumors that Bounty Hunter was just a tepid version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. But after looking at these pictures of Aniston and Gerry, I suspect Bounty Hunter will have more of comedic flavor - take, for example, those pictures of Aniston pulling a rickshaw. Seriously?

I’m sure there will be rumors of a romance between Aniston and Butler - in fact, those rumors already started and stopped a few months ago when they were allegedly hooking up in New York. But they will begin anew as we get more pictures of them working together. So what of Aniston’s “new romance” with Bradley Cooper? Will there be a new uncool Bermuda triangle? I sincerely hope Aniston sticks to her thing with Bradley - who just claimed yesterday that they were “just friends” - and that Aniston stays off my boyfriend Gerard Butler. To be fair to Aniston - I don’t like it when he’s with any woman. I’m starting to think he might have bad taste in women. Which gives me hope.

Photo credit: VILA/ANDERSON/bauergriffinonline.com

Star Magazine wants us to know that after their date last Thursday, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Aniston are, and I quote, “on! on! on!” And so it begins. Allegedly, Jennifer and Bradley have known each other for a few years, and they were both in He’s Just Not That Into You (although they had no scenes together from what I’ve heard). There have been rumors about the two of them floating around since last year, but they got louder when Bradley and Jennifer were seen cozying up to each other at a screening a couple of months ago. After that, Bradley denied the rumors. Which made it weirder when he and Jennifer went to dinner last week. Maybe Bradley saw the coverage of the rumors and said, “Hey, me and Aniston. That’s not a bad idea.”

Which brings us to the Star cover story. Star’s online article doesn’t have a lot of meat, they’re just basically saying that they went out, had a good time, and that Aniston is “really excited” about Bradley, and that they have a “connection”. More breaking news: at dinner, they were holding hands! Gasp! Also, Star had a “typo” identifying Aniston as “30”. Don’t worry, I fixed it. In addition to that “mistake”, I’m pretty sure Star’s cover photo of Bradley and Aniston is an old picture of Aniston and Brad Pitt, with Cooper’s head photoshopped on. Oh, it’s on! on! on! bitches.

Jennifer Aniston and Bradley Cooper are on! on! on!

Days after sharing a romantic dinner together at Il Cantinori restaurant in Manhattan, Star has the scoop on the budding romance, including how Jen’s been bubbling to pals that she’s just so into the breakout star of the mega-smash movie The Hangover!

“Jen is really excited,” an insider says in our July 6 cover story. “She feels a connection to Bradley.”

That was clear during their June 18 dinner date. Throughout the three-hour meal, Jennifer, 40, and Bradley, 34, shared food and wine, laughed at one another’s jokes and acted like two kids falling in love. “I went over to say hi to them, and I noticed they were holding hands under the table because they let go to shake my hand,” an eyewitness at the exclusive restaurant tells Star.

While the idea of romancing Jen could be overwhelming for some potential suitors — after all, the ex-Mrs. Brad Pitt’s heartache is so legendary that even she makes fun of her relationship history — Bradley could be the right man for the job.

“Bradley knows that Jen comes with a lot of baggage,” says a source. “But he’s not denying he has feelings for her.”

[From Star Magazine]

“Bradley knows that Jen comes with a lot of baggage” is the understatement of the year. That being said, I’m kind of enjoying the tabloid press on this chrysalis of a relationship. It’s been nothing short of glowing - just yesterday, People Magazine fell all over itself talking about what a catch Bradley Cooper is. I agreed with CB partially on that one - I thought the coverage seemed written like a publicist’s press release, but to be fair, People does that all of the time. What I found fishy was the timing - but I suppose People, Star and the others are just thrilled they have someone new to connect Aniston with. The other stuff was getting pretty tedious.

Oh, and by the way - Bradley Cooper was photographed having lunch with a “mystery girl” on Monday. Some are billing this as “Bradley Cooper is a womanizer” or “Bradley Cooper already dumped Aniston” but I wouldn’t dare. Hey, perhaps the mystery girl is just a friend. Aniston could be just a friend too.

Jennifer Aniston is thought to be dating tousled hair up-and-coming actor Bradley Cooper. They were spotted out at a romantic dinner in New York last week. People Magazine confirmed their date with a piece about how they were both dog lovers and should get along well. In May, Cooper denied dating his co-star Aniston, saying he’d only met her three times but that his mom enjoyed reading about his fictional romance in the tabloids. The two were first linked way back in August, 2007 before they started shooting He’s Just Not That Into You. Stories in the celebrity press make it seem like things are moving along nicely for them after they got acquainted doing press for their film.

Many of you were skeptical of Cooper and Aniston’s supposed new romance and said it had the whiff of a publicity stunt. Now People Magazine has a strange piece on Cooper that makes him out to be an all-around great catch. It reads like something his manager would put out to raise his profile. He cooks, speaks French, and is a college graduate who loves his adopted dogs. What a man:

The hot star of this summer’s breakout comedy The Hangover is catching the eye of just about everyone in Hollywood, including Jennifer Aniston, who went on a date with actor on June 18. But there’s more to Cooper than just good looks and a sense of humor. Here are five things you need to know about the rising star:

1. He likes a down-to-earth woman: The actor recently took Jennifer Aniston on a late-night date, has been previously linked to Cameron Diaz and was briefly married to actress Jennifer Esposito. As for what quality he looks for in a partner, he has said: “Give me an authentic woman, and I’m happy.”

2. He has two rescue dogs: “I have two beautiful dogs that I cherish. Samson is a 14-year-old German short hair pointer and Charlotte is a 6 or 7 year-old Chow Retriever mix. They are both rescue dogs and they are the best … I’m sort of a hybrid of both my dogs. Samson is stoic and makes me earn it and Charlotte loves me undyingly. They’re my kids.”

3. He graduated from Georgetown University: “I loved the college experience of studying. I was very grateful to be there … I applied out of high school and I didn’t get in, and then I applied as a transfer and got in,” says the actor who graduated from the school’s honors English program in 1997. “I felt honored to be there, so I worked my ass off. The whole time I was there I thought I wasn’t smart enough so I felt like I had to.”

4. He is fluent in French: “When I was a kid, I remember watching Chariots of Fire. And French is the official language of the Olympics. So there’s a scene where a guy was speaking French and I thought, ‘Man, that sounds so cool. I want to learn French.’ ”

5. He’s a master in the kitchen: “I seriously love to cook … My grandmother was an amazing cook. As a kid I used to help her make handmade pasta, Cavatelli and Ravioli. It was one of my favorite things to do. I love the idea of making whatever is in the fridge into something.”

[From People]

What the hell is that? Maybe People runs these type of stories in their magazine with the “sexiest men alive” issues, but this is over the top. I was willing to believe that Aniston was legitimately moving on after her relationship with John Mayer predictably crashed and burned, but it looks like someone’s publicist got a little too greedy. Way to be obvious - first confirm the date to People Magazine and then run a fluff piece about what a great guy your client is. If this is a real romance for these two, and it’s doubtful, it looks like Cooper and his people are milking the situation for as much PR as possible. They way it’s going down makes it all look staged, though. I usually don’t think that way but it’s hard to come to any other conclusion when you read crap like this. The question is - is Aniston complicit in this or is she getting duped?

Why would People run of profile of Bradley Cooper like this? I can’t see them calling up his manager and asking a bunch of personal questions about him to reach some rosy conclusion. The two authors credited with the article, Lisa Ingrassia and Paul Chi, have plenty of other stories on People’s website that seem like regular celebrity coverage. It’s of course possible that there’s a natural interest in Cooper since he’s been connected with Aniston but instinct tells me there’s more to it than that. This is just too strange.

Jennifer Aniston is shown shooting her film Bounty Hunter in Atlantic City yesterday. Credit: Pacific Coast News. Bradley Cooper is shown on 6/2, 6/4 and 6/15/09. Credit: Juan Rico/Fame Pictures

Access Hollywood (via US Weekly) has the trailer for Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart’s upcoming drama/romance, Love Happens, and I have to say it looks really good. You can probably correctly assume how it ends. We can’t be absolutely sure with this one though and it looks like it’s worth watching even if the genre is played out. Jennifer Aniston stars as a florist who falls for a widowed self help guru who is just passing through her city of Seattle. It looks like their characters both face their personal issues as they discover love.

The film is set in Seattle and is co-written and directed by Brandon Camp, who worked on the 2002-2003 Fox Series John Doe. It’s hard to tell based on his past work if the film will be decent as Camp and his co-writer, Mike Thompson, don’t have a lot of credits on their IMDB profiles. Judging by the trailer, it could be a thoughtful and touching drama - or it could fall flat. Either way, it will probably do well at the box office.

Love Happens, which had a previous working title of Traveling, will be released in the US on September 18.

It sounds like Jennifer Aniston was gracious and funny at the Women in Film Awards in LA last night. She was at the ceremony to accept the crystal award for excellence in film. Host Chelsea Handler made a crack about Aniston’s ex boyfriend and Aniston went on to joke about her love life in her acceptance speech, tying her career in film to her romantic record. She then got serious for a moment and thanked the show that launched her career - “Friends”:

Accepting Women In Film’s Crystal Award for expanding the role of women in the entertainment industry, Aniston took the stage Friday – in a body-baring Prada dress – and pointed out to the crowd of mostly female Hollywood movers and shakers that her personal fortunes over the past several years have been reflected in the titles on her film resume.

“I’m trying to be more careful than I have been in the past about the titles of movies that I choose to be in,” Aniston revealed. “It’s funny – I kind of noticed something a couple years ago that there seemed to be this strange parallel to the movies I was doing and my life off screen.”

“It started with, well, The Good Girl,” she explained. “Then that evolved into Rumor Has It, followed by Derailed, and then there was The Break-Up. And then on the lighter side was Friends with Money, which I felt was a bit on the nose.”

“So if any of you have a project titled Everlasting Love with an Adult, Stable Male…,” she concluded, drowned out by the knowing laughter of the crowd, which included Heather Locklear, Selena Gomez, Jenny McCarthy, Christina Hendricks and Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke.

She continued the title theme in a more nostalgic light. “There’s one title that I will be forever grateful for and that essentially gave me a start to anything, which was Friends,” said Aniston

“For years I got to go to work every day and I laughed and I played on the set with an unbelievably funny and creative team, both behind the scenes and in front of the camera,” Aniston remembered. “To go from that experience, which honestly was the highlight of my life, to then be here standing in front of you being honored for my work in film and being allowed that transition is truly quite humbling.”

Despite the sense of sisterhood evoked by the evening, Hollywood’s female power players couldn’t resist a good gag. Explaining that Aniston’s award was given for expanding the visibility of women in the entertainment industry, emcee Chelsea Handler joked that the actress “also stopped expanding the visibility of John Mayer, and we all thank you for that,” prompting a blushing Aniston to mock-bury her head in her hands.

[From US Weekly]

Aniston is gorgeous in that silver dress. It looks like the kind of dress that might be odd-looking on the hanger, but she really pulls off the look. I also love her hair in soft waves like that. Both the dress and the hair are a departure for Jen and you wonder if she’s entering a new phase in life - one that also comes with better choices in romantic partners. Judging by her sense of humor about it all, she seems to know what she’s looking for this time around.

Here’s a clip from the awards featuring Chelsea’s joke about Mayer:

Photo credit: WENN.com