I was totally expecting this story. Wait, I actually wrote about a similar story more than two months ago – but I’m expecting this story to repeat ad nauseam until A) Chelsea Handler crashes and burns and becomes a pariah in Hollywood or B) Until Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux call it quits, in which this storyline will be forced onto Jennifer’s next dude. The basic story is that ________, Jennifer’s boyfriend, hates Jennifer’s friendship with Chelsea Handler. This week’s fill-in-the-blank is Justin Theroux. And this week’s story comes with a side of lesbian terror. You see, Justin feels like “the third wheel” around Chelsea and Jennifer because they “love” each other so much. The Enquirer doesn’t spell it out, but I’m definitely getting a “Justin thinks Jennifer and Chelsea should just get a room” vibe. I’m sure that would be fine with Chelsea, by the way. Chelsea just wants to be closer to Jennifer in way, shape or form. Anyway…

Jennifer Aniston’s love affair with Justin Theroux is on the brink of collapse because of Aniston’s super-close relationship with galpal Chelsea Handler. Aniston continues to antagonize Justin by hanging out with his LEAST favorite of her pals and by coyly dropping hints that she and Chelsea are more than just friends, say sources. So Justin and Chelsea are furiously lashing out at each other!

Jennifer triggered an ugly blowup with Justin at the Glamour Women of the Year event when she announced to the crowd, “I’m madly in love with the one and only Chelsea Handler!”

And now Justin’s patience with outspoken Jen is wearing thin, say pals.

“He is uncomfortable with how close Jen and Chelsea are – and he warned Chelsea that she needs to back off,” an insider says. “Chelsea got right back in Justin’s face and told him, ‘YOU back off, bucko! I’ve known her way longer. You’re just the flavor of the month, and I guarantee I’ll still be standing long after you’re gone.’”

The conflict has left Jen’s six-month relationship with Justin “on life support,” revealed the insider.

At the Glamour event, Justin felt like “the odd man out – and deep down he fears Jen loves Chelsea more than him… he’s fuming that Jen will shout her love for Chelsea from a mountaintop but doesn’t want to talk at all about him. He thinks Chelsea is loud, inappropriate and a bad influence on Jennifer. But Jen is digging in her heels. She told Justin to make nice with Chelsea – or hit the road.”

[From The Enquirer, print edition]

Do I believe this story? Meh. I’ll believe the part about Chelsea making some inappropriate and over-the-top speech about how she’ll always be there for her BFF Jennifer Aniston, with the subtext being that Chelsea wishes that Justin would go away so she can have Jennifer all to herself. And they can “go down to Cabo” for some “just ladies” time. I don’t know. Whatever.

By the way – six-month relationship? Putting the start date at mid-May? But Heidi Bivens moved out beginning of June!

Also: Justin has really entered the tabloid world of Aniston thoroughly, hasn’t he? Stories every week, lots of hand-holding photo ops, rumors about babies and apartments, and lots of drama with Jennifer’s BFF and Justin’s ex. I wonder if he ever misses his old life?

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News, Fame & WENN.

It seems like Jennifer Aniston is determined to not only remake Justin Theroux into her idea of The Perfect Boyfriend, but she also wants him to be her Perfect Girlfriend. Justin has been knocking around Hollywood for some-odd 15 years – before he got with Jennifer, he was known as somewhat of a badass, the leather-clad hipster who lived in downtown NYC, had friends like Terry Richardson, and spent his time drinking in seedy bars. Once he got with Aniston, he signed with CAA, his per-movie asking price has gone up (allegedly), he shaved the scruffy beard for a more clean-cut look, he started wearing ties and fancier skinny jeans, and his new publicity team just bought him a spot on People Magazine’s Sexiest Men list. Oh, and now he spends his time wandering around, holding hands with Jennifer Aniston for the paparazzi, in between shopping for lingerie and getting spa treatments. The perfect boyfriend/girlfriend.

Jennifer Aniston and beau Justin Theroux don’t spare any expense during amorous trips to the Big Apple. For their most recent stay in NYC, the couple – who both own apartments downtown – decided to hole up at the luxe Four Seasons. There, they’ve been indulging in room service and the hotel’s spa.

“They came in for some treatments together,” says a source. “They were polite and Jennifer seemed especially excited.”

On November 10, Aniston took Theroux to Nello, an upscale Italian eatery.

“They got a table in the back and stayed about an hour,” says a witness. “A driver waited the entire time. Before they left, Justin grabbed her to hug her when she was getting up from her seat. They seem happy!”

[From Us Weekly, print edition]

What was it Tate Donovan said about Aniston? I can’t find the quote now, but it’s basically like she’s all about luxury and being high-maintenance. I’ve said it before – I imagine it’s exhausting being with her. All of that self-help stuff, on top of which she expects her dudes to be all things to her at all times. I wonder if Justin ever just gets to go get a drink with Terry Richardson and his dude friends? Or did he outgrow them in his “midlife crisis”-slash-sellout extravaganza?

Sidenote: Is Aniston trying to make Justin her girlfriend because she and Courteney Cox broke up?

Photos courtesy of Terry Richardson via Terry’s Diary.

I think it’s been pretty well established that Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux began seeing each other before he officially broke things off with Heidi Bivens, his girlfriend of 14 years. Heidi (through her publicist) announced that she had “just” moved out of the NYC apartment she and Justin shared in early June – but Aniston and Theroux were being spotted together for more than a month before that. Plus, there’s the Terry Richardson hair conspiracy (Richardson might have photographed Aniston and Theroux together, being loved up, in the Spring) and anecdotal evidence to suggest that Theroux and Aniston’s affair began when they were working together on Wanderlust in 2010. In my mind, there’s as much evidence to suggest that Jennifer Aniston is as much a “homewrecker” as Angelina Jolie.

But in her fans’ minds, Aniston will always be the perpetual victim, the perpetual (virginal) good girl, the innocent. And the British tabloid Grazia is playing into that – according to this completely unreliable story, Aniston met with Heidi Bivens “in a bid to set the record straight.”

After several unsuccessful relationships, it looks like Jennifer Aniston has finally found love with Justin Theroux. But their has been ongoing ambiguity over when exactly their relationship started and when the actor split from long-term love Heidi Bivens.

In a bid to set the record straight, Aniston, 42, had an emotional meeting with Bivens, 35, in a New York hotel last week.

Upset at being portrayed as a ‘homewrecker’, the former Friends star assured the costume designer she never got together with Theroux until he was single, according to this week’s Grazia magazine.

A source told the magazine: ‘Jen has always been sympathetic to Heidi because he’s heard from Justin just how devastated she is about their break-up. But Jen has always been adamant that their relationships did not cross over.’

With Theroux absent, the two women reportedly met at the Mercer Hotel on November 6, and talked over a glass of wine.

The source added: ‘Jen told Heidi that she understands what a painful time she has been going through and explained that she wanted her to know, hand on heart, that she would never steal another woman’s man. Heidi apparently got quite tearful during the meeting, as it was understandably a lot of take in.’

Aniston and Theroux met on the set of new film Wanderlust last autumn, but weren’t romantically linked until late May this year.

Bivens confirmed in a statement via her publicist in mid-June that she had ‘just moved out of their home last week’ after 14 years with Theroux.

The costume designer moved out of the couple’s New York home a week after Aniston and Theroux were first photographed together at the MTV Movie Awards after-party.

In recent months, the new couple have become inseparable and are living together in a $6million New York apartment.

[From The Mail]

Poor Heidi. Not only does she get cheated on and then dumped by her skinny-jeans-wearing hipster douche boyfriend, but then she has to sit through a “meeting” in which her ex’s homewrecking girlfriend gets hammered and yammers on and on about the timeline of her relationship with Justin. Who are you going to believe, Heidi? Jennifer Aniston or your lying eyes?

Apparently, Heidi has said in the past few months that she will only tell her side of the story if Jennifer and Justin start talking about it publicly. The Wanderlust publicity tour might get interesting… who will be brave enough to ask Jennifer Aniston, “Soooo, when exactly did you and Justin start? How does it feel to be a homewrecker? Is your pity party finally over?”

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News and WENN.

These are some photos from last week, when Jennifer Aniston made an appearance at Glamour Magazine’s Women of the Year celebration. Remember, she was looking pregnant because she was spilling out of her dress at the bust and her dress had an empire waist which could have hidden a bump? Allegedly, she was downing vodka, so she’s probably not pregnant, although there were some other reports suggesting that she wasn’t in fact drinking. I have no idea. Here’s what I do know: Jennifer Aniston’s badass, hardcore, hipster boyfriend is now spending his days shopping for lingerie at Barney’s with his lady. Oh, Justin. Coughcoughselloutcoughcough.

Justin Theroux was Jennifer Aniston’s personal shopper, helping her pick out lingerie at Barneys in New York on Tuesday.

A spy said of the romantic couple, “They were in the lingerie department . . . She looked beautiful, and they were both very nice.”

Aniston, who showed off a boosted cleavage at the Glamour awards on Monday, may have been searching for items for her curvier figure. A Barneys rep declined to comment. Aniston’s rep didn’t get back to us.

[From Page Six]

“Aniston’s rep didn’t get back to us” – meaning that Aniston’s rep was the one who planted the story in the first place? I always think it’s Huvane as soon as some “spy” starts talking about how “beautiful” Aniston is, like maybe if it’s repeated enough in the public sphere, everyone will believe it. That sounded nastier than I meant – I’ll buy it when a spy says, “Aniston’s hair looked great!” or “Her body looked tight.” Different people notice different things, but for some reason, whenever a “spy” notices Jennifer Aniston, the only thing the “spy” notices is how “beautiful” she is.

As for the lingerie stuff… do you think Justin really is into it? Or would he much rather be in some seedy bar, having a stiff drink with Terry Richardson?

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.

Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux are back in NYC after a brief stint in LA, where they were rarely, if ever, pap’d. Now that they’re back in NYC, of course they’re getting photographed regularly, although we don’t have those photos – go here to see. They look the same as always – Aniston really is giving this hipster girlfriend look a good go. Poor thing. You know she just wants to be at the beach in her flip-flops. Anyway, Star Mag has an absolutely *fascinating* story about Justin and what he’s getting out of this relationship – MONEY. As in, ever since he started up with Jen, his per film asking price has gone way up – to $10 million.

Dating Jennifer Aniston certainly brings more fame, and for Justin Theroux, it may mean more fortune too! Justin, 40, quickly became a household name mere weeks after he started seeing Jen – and his asking price per movie just went way up too.

“Justin is now considered an A-lister, and a lot of it is because of Jen,” a friend says. “He hopes to command at least $10 million per movie since he’s suddenly famous.”

Says the friend, “Justin’s been working for years, but now just about everyone knows who he is – and who he’s dating.”

[From In Touch Weekly, print edition]

Would you pay $10 million to see Justin in a movie? I mean, is he worth that? Are you going to see a film just because he’s in it? No. Besides that, he hasn’t been working so much ever since he and Aniston started up. He’s a kept man now! But I really do find the money thing interesting – I’m sure it’s partly true, and partly because he switched agencies. He’s now being rep’d by CAA, Aniston’s agency (she’s like the CAA princess over there).

Meanwhile, The Enquirer has a rough story about Jennifer Aniston “wicked mean streak” and crazy “mood swings”. Girl, it’s the change (actually, it’s probably quitting smoking):

Jennifer Aniston’s fiery outbursts are driving a wedge between her and fed-up boyfriend Justin Theroux, says a longtime pal.

“Jennifer has awicked mean streak and wild mood swings, and Justin is bearing the brunt of them,” revealed the pal. “I think her temper is taking a toll on their relationship.”

The pal says Jennifer throws temper tantrums when Justin leaves clothes on the floor or dirty dishes in the sink overnight – and when he leaves the toilet seat up.

“She even gets annoyed is moves her beauty products around and disorganizes them. Jen can be sweet and nice one moment, and then ranting, raving and throwing things the next.

Insiders say that Jennifer has been under enormous pressure lately. Not only is she worried about the ticking of her biological clock, she’s also dealing with the slow recovery of her 75-year-old mom from a devastating stroke.

“I think Jen is super stressed-out… she puts up a public front that she’s all Zen, calm and cool, peace, love and yoga. But behind closed doors, she can be a shrew – and it’s creating problems with Justin.”

[From The Enquirer, print edition]

Basically, she’s annoyed because he’s such a dirty hipster and he’s all “You’re such an immature drama queen!” and she’s all “You’re such an immature douche!” And then they put on their matching black outfits and hold hands during one of their daily outings. Meh. The only thing I really believe is that Jennifer isn’t so “peace love and yoga” when you really get to know her. I think she’s more “maniac workouts, vodka and dirty sex.”

Photos courtesy of Fame.

I’m kind of sick about this – we don’t have access to photos of Jennifer Aniston at last night’s Glamour Women of the Year Awards. You can see some of the photos here, at LaineyGossip. I’m particularly sick that we don’t have THIS PHOTO of Chelsea Handler and Jennifer Aniston embracing, and it looks like Chelsea is Aniston’s new bitch and Aniston looks the most “pregnant” I’ve ever seen her. So this morning I was in a funk because I couldn’t write a story with the relevant photos claiming that Aniston was preggo, but then Us Weekly published this interesting little piece about “behind the scenes” with Aniston at the Glamour event. Apparently, she was downing vodka… so, she’s not knocked up.

Jennifer Aniston’s NYC empire isn’t expanding after all. Although The Hollywood Reporter claimed over the weekend that the Wanderlust actress, 42, purchased a $9 million apartment in Manhattan’s Gramercy nabe, her rep tells Us Weekly it’s “not true.”

Aniston herself laughed off the real estate rumor at Monday’s dinner at MoMA for the Glamour Women of the Year Awards, where she was an honoree.

Sipping a vodka tonic at the bar, the star received congrats about her “new” Gramercy home from pals. Giggling, she exclaimed, “no!” and explained that she checked out the home (where the monthly maintenance was a reported $11,000!) but opted to not to buy.

Indeed, it’s not like Aniston and beau Justin Theroux are in want of more space in the Big Apple. This past spring, she spent about $8 million to purchase not one but two adjoining apartments in an Art Deco building in the West Village (near beau Theroux’s old home with ex Heidi Bivens). Once renovations are complete, Aniston and Theroux, 40, will have 2,700 square feet of interior space and 900 square feet of outdoor space in the mega-duplex.

And she and Theroux appeared lovey-dover as ever at Monday’s Glamour dinner. — holding hands, laughing and nuzzling throughout the meal, even posing cheek-to-cheek for a fan’s snapshot.

[From Us Weekly]

So that report about the new real estate purchase was false – probably a leak from the real estate company, trying to drive up interest in the property. I wonder if Aniston and Justin are staying in the “mega-duplex” as it’s being renovated?

As for the pregnancy thing, I guess that just shows you that even if Aniston gives a very specific and direct denial, people are still going to examine her thoroughly and exhaustively for any sign of a bump. Two weeks ago, she said flat-out: “Rumor number one: I am not planning to get married any time soon. I’ve been married once, and I don’t know if I’ll get married again. But I can tell you that as of this very moment, I have no plan to get married. Got that? And rumor Number two: no, we’re not pregnant. It’s just I quit smoking, so I’ve gained a couple of pounds.” This weight gain of a few pounds has gone to her boobs and midsection and it’s giving her a preggo vibe, I guess.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Earlier this year, Jennifer Aniston bought two condos in NYC, I think. I think it’s two, I mean. I remember reading something about how she going to turn two luxury condos into one big shag-pad. The point is that she finally bought some New York real estate, and this was explained retroactively by her relationship with New York hipster Justin Theroux. Jennifer is currently “on hiatus” and so she’s spent the past few months with Justin in NYC and in their new rental in Beverly Hills, and it seems like Justin is very happy to move into Jennifer’s homes and have her pay the bills.

Several weeks ago, when Aniston and Theroux seemed to be getting pap’d on a daily basis in Manhattan, the tabloids had an interesting story about Heidi Bivens being “sick” of seeing her ex-boyfriend and the woman who had home wrecked her 14-year relationship all over New York, which is Heidi’s home city too. Shortly after that, Aniston and Theroux moved on to LA and the daily pap sessions have ended for now. But! SHE SHALL RETURN. The Hollywood Reporter says that Aniston is all about New York real estate now.

Actress Jennifer Aniston has been especially busy on the real estate front this year, with two previous NYC apartment purchases, the sale of a Beverly Hills house and a $17,000-a-month rental in L.A.

Now, she has reportedly just spent almost $9 million on a three-bedroom, 2,873-square-foot unit in Manhattan at the posh 50 Gramercy Park North, “the only apartment in the building with spectacular views of Gramercy Park from the master suite.”

Amenities include housekeeping, valet, room service, butler service and membership to the David Barton Gym and spa at the neighboring Gramercy Hotel.

Maintenance fees run $11,258 a month. The listing is with Lisa Simonsen and Laura Mondrick of Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

[From The Hollywood Reporter]

I guess this apartment will be “theirs”. The other two New York condos were just “hers” and she and Justin want their own place? Or maybe she just knows it’s a buyer’s market and she’s spending all of her wealth on real estate, which isn’t the worst idea. Maybe she’s just bored and she likes to decorate – not the worst reason, honestly.

By the way, I don’t really get the whole “I’m living in an apartment with a full hotel-like staff” thing. Either live in an apartment, or live in a hotel. CHOOSE. CB says it’s really common up north, though. Maybe my confusion over hotel-like apartment buildings is a Southern thing. In the South, you buy a condo, and you’re on your own.

Photos courtesy of Fame.

I feel like Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston have worked together a million times before, but it just seems that way, right? In reality, they only did The Object of My Affection (where he played a gay dude and she was his BFF), and now they’re playing a married couple in Wanderlust. The trailer has just come out – it’s not bad. I smiled a few times, and thankfully, it doesn’t look like the standard-issue romantic comedies that Aniston usually gets involved with, now the standard-issue sausage-fests that Paul Rudd is usually involved with. The basic story is: neurotic New York power-couple has to move out of city when Rudd’s character loses his job. Stuff happens and they end up in a hippie-dippy commune of nudists, druggies, farmers, etc. Chaos ensues. This is also the movie where Aniston met Justin Theroux (who had a girlfriend at the time). Justin actually gave me the biggest laugh with “flick the tip”.

It’s doesn’t look bad at all, although there might be reason to worry because the release date has already been pushed back. Wanderlust was supposed to come out this fall, but now it’s set for release February 24, which is probably Oscar weekend, right? So Aniston and Theroux and Rudd might end up as presenters at the Oscars, of course, JUST to promote their film, not because Brad Pitt will likely be nominated. OF COURSE NOT.

But seriously, I won’t give Aniston credit for much, but she is a talented comedienne, and an underrated physical comedian. It looks like this film gives her a lot of physical comedy, which is great for her. As for Rudd… it just seems like the role he’s had a million times before.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

JustJen is not pregnant. JustJen is not getting married. JustJen will shoot you in the face if you keep asking her about these stupid damn rumors and now STFU and give JustJen a cigarette you motherchucking d-bag. Yes, it’s time for one of the most amusing and forthright interviews I’ve ever seen from Jennifer Aniston. The same Jennifer Aniston who told Elle Magazine that she “didn’t want to talk about” her relationship. The same Jennifer Aniston who has done TWO photo shoots with Justin Theroux for Terry Richardson. The same Jennifer Aniston who was a long-time smoker and has now quit and gained a little weight. That Jennifer Aniston doesn’t want you to mistake her post-cigarette, post-coital weight gain as a gut full of baby. The New Aniston is very direct. The New Aniston would totally shoot you in face if she was having a big nicotine craving:

After countless rounds of ring and bump-watch, Jennifer Aniston is setting the record straight – loud and clear.

“Rumor number one: I am not planning to get married any time soon,” the actress, 42, told Hello! magazine during a press conference to promote Five, her directorial debut. Aniston, who began dating Justin Theroux, 40, earlier this year adds that the ring she’s currently wearing is not of the engagement variety.

“I’ve been married once, and I don’t know if I’ll get married again,” she said. “But I can tell you that as of this very moment, I have no plan to get married. Got that?”

Aniston didn’t stop there.

“And rumor Number two: no, we’re not pregnant,” she said. “It’s just I quit smoking, so I’ve gained a couple of pounds.”

The private star previously told Elle magazine that she feels “no desperation” to have a baby. “If it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be. I’m at peace with whatever the plan is. But will you hate me if I say I don’t want to talk about my relationship?”

[From People]

I wonder if Justin is a smoker? I thought he was, but I can’t see Jennifer quitting if she was dating someone who still smoked – that would be rough. In any case, quitting is really, really hard to do, and I admire her for finally giving it up. That being said, she’ll probably relapse, as most reformed smokers too. Nicotine addiction is like alcoholism. You think to yourself, “Seriously, who would care if I just had ONE cigarette?” And then you’re back to a pack a day.

As for all of the marriage and babies stuff – obviously. She’s not pregnant, obviously. That’s what I’ve been saying, and I’ve been having a really good pregnant/not-pregnant assumption-streak lately. And she has no plans to marry? Is that because she’s waiting for Justin to ask her? Or because Justin doesn’t believe in marriage? Or because she worries that Justin just wants to get his hands on her assets?

Photos courtesy of Fame, WENN & Pacific Coast News.

A lot of you disagreed with me (vehemently) about how great Jennifer Aniston looked several nights ago at the Elle Magazine “Women In Hollywood” event. She wore this great silver-grey Kaufmanfranco dress that I STILL love, so eat it. I rarely get gushy about what Aniston wears, but I really did love this dress. However, I failed to mention why Aniston was there – she was being honored with some kind of award, and Reese Witherspoon was the one to “honor” her (photos of Aniston & Reese here). Reese got extremely gushy, and some parts of her speech were kind of uncomfortable:

“You just want to get your nails done with her, and you want to make out with her at the same time . . . at least I do! First we get our nails done, then we make out! It’s totally awesome. That’s because she’s MY friend, not yours!” Reese said.

She revealed how she first bonded with Jen, 42, when she made a guest appearance in Friends as her on-screen little sister back in 1999.

“I just had a baby [daughter Ava, now 12] and I could not stop watching Friends. I was super duper excited y’all! In all my enthusiasm, I completely forgot something crucial…I had never been on television in front of a live audience ever in my entire life. And I panicked! I totally froze! I couldn’t remember my lines and the writers were yelling … I just stood there absolutely completely frozen. Then Jen came to the rescue, asking ‘Hey, are you okay? You’re kind of freaking me out!’ [She said], ‘You’re going to make a mistake and you’re going to flip your line and whatever – and the audience is going to love it. Don’t try to be perfect, just try to be yourself’. That’s the story that sort of captured Jen the best for me. On one hand, she is this gorgeous breathtaking beauty that men lose their thought process and their speech patterns [over]. And, on the other hand, she is a woman who lets you in.”

[From The Mail]

So on a night about women getting empowered in Hollywood, Reese Witherspoon makes a “joke” about being a lesbian with Jennifer Aniston. Because that’s so hilarious. Also, Aniston‘s acting advice is “Don’t try to be perfect, just try to be yourself”? That speaks volumes.

In other Aniston news, she has a new interview:

Jennifer Aniston has attempted to shed her squeaky clean image by insisting she has a crude sense of humour and likes to swear regularly. The Hollywood actress, currently dating screenwriter Justin Theroux, told OK Magazine she’s not as well behaved as people make out.

The former ‘Friends’ star explained, “I’m not rude in front of people that I don’t know, but I tell a dirty joke now and then – I’m not squeaky clean”.

The actress also discussed her penchant for swearing, saying, “I would have to say f*ck is my favourite curse word. That’s a pretty good word”.

The actress, now 42, says she’s happier than ever and is learning to accept herself after a string of failed romances with the likes of Vince Vaughn and John Mayer saying, “I think getting older you get more comfortable in your body, in your skin, who you are. And you feel you have more of a ‘f*ck it’ attitude. I’ve learnt that none of it really matters as long as you’re enjoying yourself and having a really good time”.

[From Contact Music]

I don’t believe Aniston is squeaky clean. I believe she can tell a dirty joke and get hammered and smoke a bong and do some lines and that most of the time, she just cares about getting a refill and getting laid. It’s her fan base that thinks she’s the virginal good-girl who only wants true love and babies. It’s interesting that she’s trying to shake that image, right?

Photos courtesy of Fame and WENN.