I had a small preview of Jennifer Aniston’s February cover of Allure a few weeks ago, and Allure has now finally released some quotes and the photo shoot from the cover story. The Allure slideshow is here – I kind of hate the shoot. The whole thing is styled so that Aniston looks like a 1960s, frost-lipped Ann-Margaret/ Brigitte Bardot type, complete with beachy blonde highlights and little-girl accoutrements, like stuffed animals. Since some of you yell at me when I use the words “bangs trauma” I’ll just say that I hate bangs on Aniston in general, and these particular uneven bangs on her specifically. In the interview, Aniston actually discusses her most famous hairstyle – and she’s not very nice about all of those girls who got it:

Aniston on her bangs trauma, and “The Rachel”: Allure creative director Paul Cavaco drew inspiration for Aniston’s shoot from a 1960s photograph of Brigitte Bardot. Hairstylist Chris McMillan used clip-in bangs to fully replicate the look. One hairstyle Aniston never wants to replicate? The Rachel. She told writer Danielle Pergament, “Let’s just say there have been moments I’d rather not relive, like that whole Rachel thing. I love Chris, and he’s the bane of my existence at the same time because he started that damn Rachel, which was not my best look. How do I say this? I think it was the ugliest haircut I’ve ever seen. What I really want to know is, how did that thing have legs?”

Aniston on giving herself a blow-out: Hairstylist McMillan gave Aniston a polished blowout with a round brush after prepping her hair with a mixture of volumizing mousse and smoothing oil. “[McMillan] thinks I’m a closet hairdresser,” said the actress. “I’ll take the hair-dryer right out of his hands. He’ll kill me for saying this, but I’ve surpassed him in that department: I’m faster with the blow-dryer.”

On being glammed up: Aniston’s style may be laid-back, but she’s willing to truly push the limits. “I’ve been glammed up; I’ve been glammed down, which is really more me,” says the actress. “I didn’t wear mascara in [my new movie] Just Go With It. It’s fun to transform a little bit—what do I have to lose?”

Aniston doesn’t understand The Bachelor: “I was mesmerized by these girls, they meet this guy, they have three dates together or something, and they’re weeping as though they’ve just lost the love of their life. I don’t understand that.”

Aniston is not a foodie. “My friends and I were in Atlanta, and we went to this restaurant. My one friend is ordering, you know, sweetbreads with foie gras, the bone-marrow pasta, the buffalo tortellini, and I’m like, ‘This just doesn’t quite do it for me.’ You won’t see me ordering pheasant or rabbit. You know what I’ve just started to really love lately is Brussels sprouts. Usually, Brussels sprouts smell like feet to me. But these were sliced and sautéed and really yummy. I’m going to make that.”

On Clooney and NBC: The actress recalls the hey-dey of Friends and it’s fellow NBC juggernaut, ER. “Look at Baby George,” she says. “Baby Clooney. ER was right next door to us on the soundstage. That was really fun. I remember when we sued to do crossovers like that. See, NBC used to be really cool. Then, you know…”

On not taking herself seriously: “I’m actually comfortable in goofdom,” she tells the issue. “Not taking myself seriously is one of my favorite things to do, because I don’t. Ever.”

[From Allure and Us Weekly]

The problem with “The Aniston” was that it didn’t work on most of the girls who tried it. The good thing about “The Aniston” was that is was particularly good for girls who growing out their bangs trauma. And I tend to think Aniston was unnecessarily mean about that – but I understand what she’s trying to do. “Look at me, I’m not talking about my ex-husband, and I’m disrespecting the haircut that launched me! It’s a whole new Aniston!!” Also, I love that her idea of “transformation” is “not wearing mascara”. Ha.

Photos courtesy of Allure.

I can’t really tell which one should be insulted by the Taylor Swift-Jennifer Aniston comparison. You would think it would be both, right? That Swifty wouldn’t want to be seen as the younger version of Jennifer Aniston, and Aniston wouldn’t be eager to see herself as the dethroned “sweetheart” given the boot by the young Swifty. But something tells me that both Aniston and Swifty probably enjoy the comparison – and they actually do have a lot in common. Both are known as “sweethearts” even though their actions belie a somewhat nastier and grittier personality. Both have had to tell John Mayer’s penis that he is special. Both have had Mayer’s white supremacist dong inside of them while they listened to John Mayer’s music, while viewing his demonic O-face. Both have tried to get Jake Gyllenhaal to touch their boobs… unsuccessfully. I could go on…

Anyway, why am I bothering to compare and contrast? Well, Gatecrasher had this funny little item about Jennifer Aniston approaching Taylor Swift backstage at the People’s Choice Awards last week. Apparently, Aniston’s drunk ass was all “Stay strong, Swifty.”

Is Taylor Swift the Jennifer Aniston of her generation? An insider at Wednesday’s People’s Choice Awards tells us the notoriously unlucky-in-love Aniston, 41, approached Swift, 21, inside the Nokia Theatre to tell her to “hang in there” in the face of relentless press about her love life. We hear the two had not previously met, but Aniston “wanted Taylor to know everything will be okay.”

Aniston’s supposedly star-crossed romantic history has long been in the limelight, as Swift’s now is after her reported split with Jake Gyllenhaal.

According to our source, Jen told Taylor to “go out there and have fun.” We hope they also compared notes about shared ex John Mayer.

[From Gatecrasher]

I would love it if they actually compared notes on Mayer, but I doubt that happened. Aniston was probably all boozy and she sauntered over to Swifty to size up her competition for Mayer‘s KKK dong, and Swifty put on her best sickly sweet “OH GOSH!” face and said something like “Ohmigod, you’re my idol! You’re where I want to be in 30 years!!” And Aniston wacked Swifty with her purse, which was heavy with the fifth of Jack she had smuggled in.

Swifty and Aniston should remake All About Eve. It would be killer.

One last thing – I keep waiting for Allure to release their cover story for February, but they haven’t yet. Here’s a little preview of Aniston’s new cover, via Us Weekly’s print issue:

Photos courtesy of WENN and Fame. Allure preview courtesy of Zinio.

Okay, I didn’t watch the People’s Choice Awards. I’m depending on other sites for my information. So I didn’t even know that Jennifer Aniston was there, and that she was the first presenter of the evening (she gave an award to Adam Sandler). When I was looking through Gawker, they had a post up asking what was wrong with Aniston during her presenting duties. I watched the video, and for about 10 seconds, I was all “Nit-picking, she’s fine.” And then she slurred the word “serious”. I mean, she says it all drunky, like “surress”. It’s not an accent – she’s not Southern, y’all. Bitch is drunk.

Watching it the second time, you can see how she seems to slur “laughed” as well, in addition to ending her presenting duties in a hurry, like all of us drunks know how to do: “I’mfinedon’tbotherme.” Now, the People’s Choice is not the Golden Globes. It’s not like getting hammered is absolutely mandatory to sit through the evening. I’m sure there probably is a bar or an alcohol-filled greenroom for presenters, but that doesn’t change the fact that Aniston was THE FIRST presenter. Meaning she didn’t have time to get drunk at the show, she had to have showed up at the ceremony drunk. Ah, Aniston.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Nicole Kidman is the cover girl for the February issue of Harper’s Bazaar. I guess Kidman is jointly promoting Rabbit Hole, and her smaller part in Just Go With It, the Adam Sandler comedy also starring Jennifer Aniston. Aniston conducts Kidman’s Q & A for the magazine. Oh, you know it’s going to be good. Just wait. The ass-kissy-ness of the interview is intense, and they are both falling all over each other. Also, Nicole is particularly awkward when Aniston asks about Nicole’s adopted children with Tom. The full Bazaar piece is here, and here are some of the extensive highlights:

Aniston remembers: “I remember the first time I met Nicole Kidman. We were at a Golden Globes party in 2005 and–typical Hollywood story–we share an agent. I remember meeting this tall, beautiful woman who was there with her mom and dad. I was completely starstruck, while she was nothing but gracious. Nicole had just seen one of my rom-coms, as they call them, and was instantly kind and complimentary. I loved her immediately. We’ve run into each other over the years, keeping in touch. But it was Adam Sandler, of all people, who brought us together in Hawaii to film the comedy Just Go With It. Now not only do I have a dear friend, I can’t see myself dancing the hula with any other gal.”

Jennifer Aniston: Good lord, I just saw Rabbit Hole. No wonder you went running wildly into the arms of Adam Sandler in Hawaii. I would run as fast as I could just to … I don’t know, laugh? I don’t know how you walked through a movie about the death of a child, quite honestly. How did you do it?
Nicole Kidman: I don’t know. As soon as we got the rights to make the film, I was terrified. But I have that relationship with everything I do. I want it, then I get it, and then I don’t want it. I’ve worked like that my whole life. So yeah, Maui was definitely a breather.

JA: You are like the Secretariat of actresses–when I see your body of work and everything you have achieved. But in the midst of all these unbelievable roles, I forgot how funny you can be.
NK: I know, you kept saying to me that I was funny, and I was like, Really? I never get asked to do comedy! I get asked more to do the Rabbit Hole stuff. But I remember doing SNL with Adam Sandler years ago, and he said to me, “I want to make you funny in a film one day.”

JA: What attracts you to a project? What’s the key element that has to be there?
NK: Usually something strange. It’s a little weird or offbeat or very uncomfortable. I have to be convinced to do things that are more mainstream. As a kid, I was always a bit, I suppose, darker. I was drawn to things that were unusual. And that’s partly to do with my parents. My mom’s always questioned things, wanted us not to conform. So, with roles, I like to be in a place of discomfort. I do my best work in the most complicated roles. I don’t have the capacity to be lighter, and I so wish I did. I’m working on it. And I don’t get offered stuff that I go, Wow, I can’t wait to do that. But so much of that is about your life partner, the person who has held you in their arms at night, who has helped you through things. You’ve given to them, and you’ve seen them get their dreams. … When I won it, I gave it to my mom. She gave me the confidence to go after things. She would listen to me when I thought it was all over. She’s been my rock. So to be able to give her that was my way of saying thank you to her.

JA: I feel awkward getting into interviewer mode, but tell me about your life in Nashville with Keith [Urban] and Sunday Rose. How long have you now lived there?
NK: Five years.
JA: I was just down South in Georgia, and it was heaven to be away from all the irritation of the cameras and all that hubbub. Was moving to Nashville something that both you and Keith wanted to do?
NK: It was perfect timing, because I had nowhere to live. I was living out of suitcases when I met Keith. I suppose in the back of my mind I was waiting to meet somebody. And I wanted it to be that if that person didn’t live in New York or Los Angeles, I would be able to move. In the back of my head, I was thinking I may have to put my roots down somewhere. I was going to move to Oregon.
JA: Oregon? It’s gorgeous. I understand that absolutely.
NK: Yeah. I love living a ways away. That’s what I’ve worked for in my career, to not have to live in Los Angeles. So it was fortuitous that Keith happened to live in Tennessee. He brought me down to this place called Leipers Fork, just outside of Nashville, very lush and rural. I just went aaah. You know how you dream as a girl; I’m one of those people. I would meet a guy, then I would imagine myself married and with kids within the first hour. [Laughs] But it worked out.

JA: When you two first met, Keith said he saw you walk into the room and you just floated. Yes, I watched him on Oprah! Did you feel it as instantly as Keith felt it?
NK: I remember thinking, Oh, my God, if you ever gave me a man like that, I promise I would be completely devoted for the rest of my life. Something that wild. I remembered praying after I met him that I’d meet somebody, if not him, like him.

JA: He’s a total sweetheart. I remember him bringing you Chinese food on set, being such a good husband while we were all being silly and playing with coconuts. I’m so inspired by how you navigate this exquisite career and how you’ve incorporated this wonderful, beautiful family. I bow to it; I aspire to it. But it’s a big bite to chew. How has having kids changed you from your 20s to now?
NK: I had kids at 25 and 27 [Isabella and Connor, Nicole's adopted children with first husband Tom Cruise]. I think I have more patience now but less physical energy. It’s a trade-off: In your 20s, you’re bounding around, they’re attached at your hip, and you can just go and do anything. But I’m much more of a homebody now. My roots are deeper. I probably have way more mental energy and a lot less physical energy, if that makes sense.

JA: What’s your biggest concern as they go through their teenage years?
NK: I think it’s finding their bliss. You’ve got to find your bliss as a human being, because if you can follow that, everything else falls into place. So that’s what I wish for them. That means careerwise and just the essence of who we are as people.

JA: Did you always want to act?
NK: I think I did. Did you?
JA: Yeah, I did. It was my family; I came from it too. It looked like so much fun.
NK: For me, it was never going to be work. It was almost like I needed to have a day job, because this was too much fun. But I was a highly sensitive child, and the last thing my parents wanted was for their child to go in and get hurt.

JA: What do you think is the hardest thing about being an actor?
NK: Fame. It’s a great thing in the sense of the opportunities it gives you, but you don’t realize that you’re dancing with the 100-pound gorilla.
JA: Yeah, it turns from Glinda the Good Witch into the nasty green one, then back to Glinda again.
NK: Most actors are highly sensitive people, but you have this incredible scrutiny. You have to develop a thick skin, but you can’t have a thick skin in your work. So it’s that constant push-pull of going, How do I stay human and vulnerable and real, and how do I, at the same time, not let all this affect me? I suppose it’s the same when you’re at school and you get a taste of girls who are being mean. It’s the same thing, just at a bigger level.
JA: Absolutely. People can be supportive and then turn around and be so mean.
NK: But at the same time, we’re in an extraordinary place, and to complain about it you go, Ugh, move on.
JA: You speak the truth, my friend.

JA: Okay, let me just say this: Physically, you are a masterpiece.
NK: Excuse me, you wear a bikini in the film and you look like you’re 20 years old.
JA: I think that’s Vaseline on the lens.
NK: You are a freak of nature. You have the best body I’ve ever seen. And I’m a heterosexual girl. You look good morning, noon, and night.
JA: Oh, please. I live in jeans and flip- flops. A good tank top, a great pair of jeans, and a great little wedge to give me a couple inches more that my dad didn’t give me. Otherwise, I get kind of stumped. I see people walking through New York City and go, Wow, that’s a great idea, why didn’t I think of that? But, Nicole, you always have that smart look. It’s very Annie Hall. I love it.
NK: I like boy-girl looks. I have no sense of what’s fashionable; I just know what I like to wear. I don’t believe in something being in and out. You know those lists? That probably goes along with the whole way I live my life. I don’t like kind of changing with the wind; I like sticking to my own self.
JA: You wear L’Wren Scott a lot, right?
NK: L’Wren’s collection, basically, I can wear. I don’t have time to look through things. I used to be far more into that when I was in my early 20s, but I just don’t have the interest anymore.
JA: If it looks good, the last thing you want to do is try on 10 couture somethings.
NK: Yeah, Renée Zellweger said she’s just not interested in having loads of designers make dresses for her; it feels gluttonous. That is so right. It’s not the place to be, particularly in your 40s.

JA: Another interviewer question: Has Nashville changed the way you dress?
NK: No, not really.
JA: C’mon, you can tell me. You have a cowboy hat hiding in that closet.
NK: I don’t wear cowboy hats. I think they’re cute. I sometimes put one on with a bikini, but it’s a particular look. I like a cowboy hat on Sunday Rose.
JA: Does Keith buy you clothes?
NK: Yeah, and he buys me lingerie.
JA: Nice! Did you have to train him for your taste?
NK: Ha! I don’t train him for anything. That’s what I love; he’s just got his own way of being.

NK: I like to ask people if they would rather have a great love that lasts a lifetime or an amazing career where you go down in history. Some people do answer that they want an extraordinary career.
JA: I know what I would choose. That’s a no-brainer. I would choose the love of my life.
NK: And what would you tell the 20-year-old you?
JA: I would tell myself to have more fun; enjoy this. There was a lot of unnecessary angst. You may as well enjoy things. You’re going to turn 30. Are you going to dread it? No, it’s happening. This is awesome! Don’t worry about something going away; enjoy it while it’s happening. And don’t worry about something that’s not even real.

JA:You said when you won the Oscar for The Hours in 2003, it was such a lonely time for you.
NK: Yeah. It’s strange how life gives you the best and the worst. I was probably at my least happy when I won it. And I was single. It was a strange time….

JA: Do Isabella and Connor come down to Nashville a lot?
NK: No, they don’t. They’re not crazy about Nashville. They’re so grown up now. I mean, they’re adults.

JA: You are in such an amazing place now. What do you think you would tell your 20-year-old self?
NK: That you’re going to meet the love of your life. My whole thing, my whole thrust in life, was hoping I would.

[From Harper’s Bazaar]

I mean… there are too many gems in here to even single them out. I LOVE that Aniston says that she wants what Keith and Nicole have, considering that at its heart, what Keith and Nicole have is a business arrangement. I love the mutual ass-kissing about their bodies. I also like that Aniston doesn’t get the signal to stop asking about Isabella and Connor, and BRINGS THEM UP AGAIN. I love that Nicole says Keith buys her lingerie. That image is incredible. Sigh… I’m going to pour through this again and again.

Photos courtesy of Harper’s Bazaar.

Oh, Jennifer Aniston… why do you do this to yourself? Scratch that. Why do you do this to us? So it seems like the big rumor making the rounds is that Jennifer Aniston and Adrien Brody have been rubbing all over each other lately. This has not been confirmed or denied, and from my insubstantial digging, everybody seems to be sourcing a report from Showbiz Spy, who claimed to be quoting from The Enquirer. I read the Enquirer every week – and I don’t remember this story, neither does CB. Which makes me wonder where this rumor really did originate.

But all of that is a discussion for another time… Adrien and Aniston. What do you think? He’s a 37 year old Oscar winner, and he hangs out with Gerard Butler and Paris Hilton (not all at once). Aniston is 41 years old, an Emmy winner, and she hangs out with people like Chelsea Handler and Joe Francis. They both should be somehow above their douchey associations, and yet, they’re not. Somehow, they kind of make sense together. Here’s a happy thought: imagine Adrien’s “soul patch” going follicle for follicle with Aniston’s crowning glory. Ah, good times.

JENNIFER Aniston has a crush on actor Adrien Brody. Aniston — who’s divorced from Brad Pitt – apparently got cozy with Brody at a recent Christmas bash.

“Jen and Adrien were flirting with each other outrageously — you could totally tell that they’re an item,” a source told American tabloid the National Enquirer. “At one point, Adrien was leading Jen away in hand. She was rubbing her hands down his back and gazing into his eyes like she was totally smitten. Jen is definitely very taken by Adrien, who has been a close acquaintance of hers for a long time.”

“He’s a charming, intelligent guy who has no pretensions about him whatsoever, so Jen always feels at ease in his company. And besides the fact he isn’t insecure about her success, she loves the dangerous, edgy side to him. He exudes this rugged sex appeal that Jen gravitates towards. But she needs to be careful.”

Meanwhile, it’s been claimed that Aniston’s new perfume isn’t doing very well.

“Jen chose her perfume. But other than launching it at Harrods in London, she’s done no promotion,” a source told Britain’s Now magazine. “No-one knew where to find it and now everyone’s lost interest. The people behind the scent are bound to be disappointed. They can’t figure out why no-one wants to smell like Jen. Marketing shows most people believe Jen smells ‘natural and clean’, which is the opposite of why you’d buy a perfume, so maybe that’s it.”

[From Showbiz Spy]

“He exudes this rugged sex appeal that Jen gravitates towards. But she needs to be careful.” First of all – Adrien wears Ed Hardy. And he has a soul patch. His sex appeal is not “rugged” it’s “douche supreme”. Second of all, “she needs to be careful”? Really? Even some suspiciously well-placed source promoting this new boyfriend has to emphasize the pity party, like she’s a vulnerable little girl? Please. She’s 41 years old, and she likes to get laid, and she likes to screw the most high profile guy she can get. She’s not a trembling, delicate flower.

Anyway, LaineyGossip has a rundown on how she thinks this is going to play out. It’s kind of funny:

Jen’s next film Just Go With It, alongside Adam Sandler, opens in February.

Here’s what a roll-out (for the movie and the relationship) might look like:

* Aniston and Sandler present at an awards show (perhaps the Globes) to kick off promotion for Just Go With It. The Brange is there too. They successfully avoid each other and she’s “seen” with Brody at an afterparty by a People Magazine “exclusive source”. No photos yet.

* Two days later, Jen and Adrien go out for dinner at the Sunset Tower. One blurry (but you know it’s them) shot of them leaving the restaurant makes headline news. 3 out of 6 tabloids put her new romance on their covers.

* The next weekend, Jen hits up Mexico for a quick tanning trip before heavy travel begins on the Just Go With It press tour. Long lens paps shoot her and Adrien embracing on the patio of her resort. Her ass is primes. His abs are tight.

* Brody is seen sneaking into the LA premiere of Just Go With It.

* Just Go With It opens. Solid numbers.

* Both Jen and Adrien are invited to present at the Oscars on February 27th. They arrive separately at the Kodak, but show up at the Vanity Fair afterparty together holding hands. No one cares the next morning who won or lost. It’s all Jen’s New Love all over.

* Adrien books a new movie.

Let’s see how this plays out.

[From LaineyGossip]

I think there will be some variations on this one, actually. You know that Adrien and Gerard Butler are tight, right? Adrien might be better at following orders then Gerard (if you remember, Gerard seemed to be fighting against the studio/publicity campaign to make he and Aniston a couple, especially towards the end of the Bounty Hunter tour). Will Gerard “warn” Adrien? Eh.

And I honestly get the feeling that Aniston is really trying to change up her game a little bit so she’s not so predictable. Will she come to the Globes when she‘s not even nominated? Eh. Is it worth the trouble to ask her to present? Didn’t that game already get played… when was it? Last year? And the year before, at the Oscars. Do a more original rollout, Aniston. Move out of your comfort zone.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

I know some of you like Rupert Everett, but I’ve grown to despise him. It is a relatively recent development – I usually liked him in movies, and I thought he was a decent actor. But over the past couple of years, he’s given some of the strangest interviews. He has been revealed as an extraordinarily bitchy, catty, nasty, self-loathing gay man who blames his own sexuality for his failed career, never considering that perhaps no one wants to work with such an a–hole. Anyway, Rupert gave an interview to BBC radio (audio here), and much of it is simply his greatest hits, a litany of bitching and moaning. But Rupert gets on a roll as he slams the Hollywood system, and he ends up naming names: Jennifer Aniston, specifically. Oh, this should be good.

Despite the stereotype, Hollywood is not at all liberal, says British actor Rupert Everett. Ifact, for gay actors like himself, it’s quite conservative. The 50-year old actor, best known for his role in ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding,’ spoke with the UK’s BBC’s Radio 4, sounding a familiar lament about his role in the film industry, and the discrimination he faces.

Comparing his acting talent to that of Colin Firth and Hugh Grant, Everett said that producers would say they couldn’t find a role that fit him, which he said came only because he was gay.

“I never got a job there, and I never got a job here, after [coming out],” he said. “I did a couple of films, I was very lucky at the beginning of my career… and then, I never had another job here for ten years, probably, and I moved to Europe.”

It’s not just him though; he thinks it’s a problem for all gay — and women — actors.

“I think show business is ideally suited for heterosexuals, it’s a very heterosexual business, it’s run mostly by heterosexual men, and there’s a kind of pecking order. I think the position of women is a pretty difficult one in show business. If you look at the idea of a drunk women in show business on the skids at the age of 50, and a drunken man in show business on the skids, the drunken man gets an awful amount of support, and the women is a slut.”

The system is especially biased, he thinks, because the audience doesn’t see actors as gay or straight.

“The audience has a completely perception of the performers than the business… But the business is what makes the stars, really. There are lots of women and lots of men in the business that the powers that be decide are the right people and they’ll stand with them for quite a long time.”

Still, Hollywood decides on its own who to support, even if its undeserved, Everett says. And to prove his point, he criticized the career of Jennifer Aniston: “Like Jennifer Aniston will just have one too many total flops. But she’s still a member of that club. And she will still manage to — like a star forming in the universe — a whole lot of things swirling around and suddenly solidifying into yet another vital tasteless romcom: a little glitter next to the Crab Nebula.”

His advice for gay actors? As he’s said before, perhaps not coming out is the best bet:

“There are many of them, and I don’t blame them, it’s very sensible. If I hadn’t been someone who liked and if I hadn’t been a kind of sex maniac and all those kind of things and wanted to go to raves and circuit parties, I don’t think there’s anything to wrong with it. It would have been too complicated for me to tell the lie.”

[From Huffington Post]

Ugh. Okay, he has a few points, but they tend to be lost in the miasma of self-pity and general nastiness. First: I’ve said it before, but Rupert is not completely wrong about out-of-closet gay actors. They do have it a lot harder than straight actors. BUT – there have been very notable successes in the past decade, and if you look at those successes, you’ll notice something: all of the gay success stories in Hollywood involve actors and actresses were are extraordinarily likeable and talented. Perhaps Rupert didn’t have the goods to back it up, you know? He’s also right about aging and declining within the industry, and the sexism of how an aging actress is treated. But, once again, there are notable exceptions, and I believe it is getting better because of groundbreaking, talented women.

As for the Aniston stuff… well, I’m not even sure what point he’s trying to make. Hollywood rallies around it’s own? Hollywood will “forgive” someone like Aniston even after several flops in a row? Eh. Whatever. I wonder if Aniston’s rep will even deign to comment about this one (you laugh, but her rep commented about that Joan Collins stuff). Here’s Aniston’s statement: “Rupert Everett IS SO UNCOOL.” Done.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

When I first saw this story in the NY Daily News I thought it was just one of those “insider” tales and found it rather sweet. Like two BFFs bonding over the holidays when one is newly separated. Then I realized that the story originated in People Magazine, which makes me suspicious. Like it probably happened, but why did they have to go and tell People? When someone wants me to go “aww” I’m more likely to squint my eyes and try and figure out their motivation. (Unless a baby animal is involved.) Anyway here’s People’s story about Jen and Court’s Very Special Christmas with Coco.

Christmas Eve was all about girl time for Courteney Cox: She spent Dec. 24 quietly celebrating with daughter Coco and her BFF Jennifer Aniston.

“Both Jen and Courteney are tired after a long year,” a source close to Cox tells PEOPLE. “They celebrated Christmas [with] each other and just focused on making things special for Coco.”

Cox, 46, and her husband, David Arquette, who separated earlier this year, also made an effort to give Coco, 6, a merry Christmas, putting in some time as a family over the holidays.

While the source says Cox and Arquette, 39, are getting along well, he is finding the separation difficult.

“He’s just not handling this situation well,” says another source. “He’s really depressed. There was a moment when David thought they’d get back together but that doesn’t seem like it will happen now and it’s really tough on David.”

Even so, at this point the pair have no imminent plans to divorce, says the source.

[From People]

So does that Stephen Huvane PR guy rep Courteney Cox too? From what I can find, he doesn’t but maybe he’s “helping” Courteney out by including some information about how devastated poor David Arquette is now that Courteney is f*cking her coworker.

Oh now I know why they’re coming out with this story! E!’s Mark Malkin just reported that Courteney Cox and her rumored lover Brian Von Holt were inseparable at a Christmas party for their show, “Cougar Town.” They were also rumored to be planning a romantic holiday getaway that doesn’t seem to have happened (yet). Instead, Courteney and Jen want us to know that they spent the holidays bonding and that David Arquette is in a bad way. It has nothing to do with Courteney and her new boyfriend, of course. He’s not mentioned at all.

Photos courtesy of WENN>

The National Enquirer’s Mike Walker claims that Matthew Perry turned down an offer from Jennifer Aniston to appear on the first episode of his upcoming ABC sitcom, “Mr. Sunshine.” Perry was apparently worried that it would look desperate for him to bring in Aniston so soon into his new gig. He’s always struck me as the most sensible Friends castmember, and I loved him in “Studio 60.” Anyway after Perry turned down Aniston she supposedly went crying to Courtney Cox. Here’s Walker’s report:

Jennifer Aniston’s jaw dropped when she generously offered to help longtime pal Matthew Perry kick start his new ABC sitcom “Mr. Sunshine” by making a guest appearance on Episode 1, but was told “Thanks, but no thanks!” Smarting at Matt’s rejection – triggered by his fear that casting a “Friends” co-star in his kickoff show would make him look insecure – Aniston ran boo-hoo-oing to “Friend” Courteney Cox, who shocked her with this straight-from-the-shoulder judgment: “Matt’s absolutely right!” Courteney dried Jen’s tears by explaining patiently that it’s fine if she pops up on Courteney’s “Cougar Town” because they whole world knows they’re BBFs – but a guest shot on Matt’s debut episode would definitely look like a desperate publicity ploy designed to suck in viewers.

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, January 3, 2011]

If I heard before that Perry had a new sitcom coming up, I’d completely forgotten about it. I googled it to check, and apparently the news came out almost a year ago that both Perry and Matt LeBlanc have new comedies coming out. According to OK! Magazine, Perry will be playing “a sports arena manager who has a midlife crisis as he enters his 40s and is dumped by his girlfriends.” ABC has a page up for the show with the announcement that it’s coming “later this season.” It also has Allison Janney in it!

LeBlanc is playing himself on a new Showtime series “about a hit British comedy that is imported by an American network, which dumbs down the show and casts Matt in the lead role. Matt has to audition to play himself.” That show, called Episodes, will be out this January.

Perry probably made the right decision to turn down Aniston’s offer. Now only would it have probably made him look desperate, a guest appearance by Aniston might not have done much to boost ratings. Aniston’s guest appearance on Cougar Town didn’t seem to help ratings at all, as the show finished third in its time slot.

Us Weekly has an interesting little non-story in this week’s print edition. According to a source on the production of Wanderlust, Jennifer Aniston was not everybody’s “friend” on set. Allegedly, she wouldn’t even walk from her trailer to the set without a coterie of bodyguards and “buffers”. So peasants wouldn’t talk to her! Of course, Aniston’s rep is denying this. It’s become increasingly more and more interesting what Aniston’s rep will and will not deny, isn’t it? The rep will deny a random report that Aniston wouldn’t mingle with peasants, but her rep won’t give one comment about the Chelsea Handler situation, or any kind of apology for saying “retard”. Fascinating.

Don’t stand so close to me! An insider on the set of Jennifer Aniston’s 2011 flick Wanderlust, filmed this fall, tells Hot Stuff, “It was an unspoken thing that you couldn’t get within 20 feet of Jennifer. She surrounded herself with a ring of buffers at all times. She traveled with them from her trailer to the set and back.”

(Aniston’s rep calls the report “false” and says, “Jennifer had a blast filming Wanderlust.”)

Still, Aniston may soon need to shed any personal-space issues, as another source says she is considering moving from LA to the New York City. Aniston even checked out real estate in NYC on December 11.

“Jennifer took a broker and was looking at chic apartments in Greenwich Village,” says the insider. Relocation plans aren’t shocking: Aniston grew up in the city and has spent much of the last few years filming The Switch and The Bounty Hunter in NYC as well as performing in the 24 Hour Plays on Broadway.

Adds the insider, “She thinks dating will be easier in Manhattan!”

[From Us Weekly, print edition]

The “report” that Aniston is going to move to New York pops up like three times a year. I wouldn’t be shocked if Aniston bought a home in New York – she has more money than God, after all – but I doubt she’s “moving” to NYC. She’s a California girl. And she doesn’t like change.

As far as the report about Aniston and her “buffers” – well, whatever. I think she probably does have a lot of bodyguards when she’s working, but she probably needs them. Also, I don’t really see how “it was an unspoken thing” becomes “it was Aniston’s official policy to never deign to speak to any peasant.” Non-story.

Aniston on the set of ‘Wanderlust’, photos courtesy of WENN.

In this week’s Enquirer, Mike Walker (their go-to gossip guy, he’s like an older, bitchier, more delusional Ted Casablanca) has two separate pieces of Jennifer Aniston-Chelsea Handler gossip. I don’t feel like going through the whole damn recap of what happened, so here’s my version: Chelsea Handler ranted about Angelina Jolie, and because of her friendship with Jennifer Aniston, the situation ricocheted and Aniston looks pathetic, and like she’s not over it, six years later. Okay, now here are the basics from Mike Walker’s column (disclaimer, blah, etc):

*Courteney Cox hates Chelsea Handler, and is encouraging Aniston to cut her ties to Chelsea. Courteney refers to Chelsea as “trailer trash” and Cox told Aniston “I told you so” about the Chelsea situation – apparently Cox was never a fan. Courteney told Aniston that Chelsea’s ranting and raving is making her (Aniston) look bad. Also: Cox is still friends with Brad Pitt, and wants to make it clear that she (Cox) does not condone the “Angie-bashing”.

*Aniston kind of already hated Chelsea. During their trip to Cabo, Chelsea wouldn’t shut up, and continually teased Aniston about Brad Pitt and John Mayer. Aniston hates that Chelsea is “always on” and that there’s barely “a minute to rest, relax and chill out when she’s around.”

*Chelsea and Aniston were shopping together and Chelsea “pranked” Aniston by telling the security guards that Aniston was shoplifting.

*When Aniston first heard Chelsea’s Angelina rant, “Aniston immediately feared people would assume that Chelsea’s out-of-the-blue attack sprang from intimate confidences shared during their highly publicized vacation.”

*Aniston told off Chelsea, saying: “You’ve made me look like I’m still bitter and heartsick over my marriage breakup! I don’t want people to think I’m still pining for Brad. I’m over him! It was a long time ago!”

*When Chelsea tried to defend herself by saying that she’s always made fun of Angelina, Aniston issued a “no slamming Angelina” ultimatum, threatening to withdraw from their friendship. Chelsea allegedly agreed to keep her mouth shut.

[From The Enquirer, print edition]

I find the Cox stuff very interesting, and now I would really, really like to know what Cox really thinks of Chelsea. You know what a controlling, Type-A bitch Courteney is, right? I can’t even imagine what her real opinion of Chelsea is.

As far as the “Aniston was so embarrassed, she threatened to end her friendship with Chelsea” stuff… sure. Whatever. I don’t buy it, but maybe it happened. Considering Chelsea was still criticizing Angelina even after the initial instigating incident, I doubt it went down like Mike Walker described. Also: Aniston has known that Chelsea talks trash about Angelina for a while, and they’ve somehow managed to maintain their friendship.

Photos of Chelsea, courtesy of WENN.