Here are some photos of Jennifer Lawrence out and about in New York City this week. She went to dinner at Nobu on Wednesday with friends, and on Thursday, she was out during the day for some shopping. Those are the photos of Jennifer in black pants and a black leather shearling coat. The coat is one we’ve seen on Jennifer before – it must be her “New York coat” or something, or maybe it’s just her favorite/the warmest. The coat is Alberta Ferretti! Just FYI. According to Page Six, J-Law stopped by Alexander Wang’s boutique and got some special treatment:
Jennifer Lawrence headed to Alexander Wang’s boutique in Soho on Thursday for a little private retail therapy. The designer’s store was shut down for an hour, and customers were turned away, so the Oscar winner could shop in total privacy. The star was casually dressed in black pants, a white T-shirt and a warm leather-and-shearling coat. The night before, Lawrence was spotted heading to dinner at Nobu.
J-Law isn’t Just Like Us after all. No, I’m not going to slam her for getting special treatment or not wanting to shop with the peasants, although I bet Alexander Wang wasn’t happy about having to turn people away from his boutique… during FASHION WEEK! My God.
Meanwhile, have you noticed something weird about Jennifer Lawrence’s Oscar campaign this year? Have you noticed that she’s not campaigning? J-Law got her fourth Oscar nomination in six years for Joy, but she’s barely done any campaigning this time around. She oversaturated the media late last year, when she was promoting the final Hunger Games movie and Joy at the same time. And she’s gone to every event in which she’s been invited this year, but she’s not doing any more interviews or screenings or lunches or meet-and-greets. This feels like her first time off in years, and she’s probably enjoying it a lot. Going out to dinner, going shopping, sleeping like a normal person. Sigh… what Dior monstrosity is she going to wear to the Oscars?
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and Pacific Coast News.
I just.. dont see the love for her. She rubs me the complete wrong way and her “try hard” has always been really visible and really annoying. But I don’t know, to each their own.
+1
+2 when you are friends with Kris Jenner, well…it says a lot
Make that 2 of us. Her acting is underwhelming as well…………maybe she wanted to fart in privacy so she can brag about it to some late night talk show host…………..
Don’t agree about Jen or her acting but kudos for the fart reference…
Or maybe she wanted to pee in Alexander Wang’s sink and not wash her hands. But I disagree that he was annoyed at having to close for an hour – I bet he loved having her there and sucking up to the “girl next door.”
I like her acting but it’s not Oscar-worthy to me. Mainly my problem with her is that she’s gross. When I’m surfing the web and she comes up on my screen while I’m eating something, I just keep scrolling….
I concur with qwerty. I don’t think she is a bad actress; however, she isn’t even close to Oscar-worthy. I don’t find any of her antics charming, though. She is crude and not amusing.
i Have asking how this girl has made it so far with such average talent
Me either!!!!
Count me in.I just don’t get the hype.
I feel the same way. She has a self-aggrandizing air about her ALL THE TIME. Perhaps it’s immaturity. Her acting is fine. Nothing special. If she were standing beside me in a shop I wouldn’t notice her at all…unless of course she started with the “look at how ‘normally’ self-deprecating I am and isn’t it special” crap. She calls attention to herself instead of just acting natural.
let me sit with you all—i constantly ask what am i missing when i see her or read her hype. is she just the ultimate white millennial gal???
Some of the hype around her is excessive – but she is a tremendously good actress, and has the charisma that a genuine movie star needs to have. ‘Underwhelming’ acting doesn’t get four Oscar noms, and the critics like her as well.
‘Underwhelming’ acting doesn’t get four Oscar noms, and the critics like her as well.
Yes they do if the people who makes those decisions like you and think you’re the new “it” girl. Also let’s not forget Harvey Weinstein who probably brought and paid for her Oscar.
I like JLaw and she’s a decent actress but let’s not pretend she’s an amazing actress.
Not sure how Weinstein ‘bought and paid’ for her first Oscar nom for Winter’s Bone – or for her subsequent two noms, or for all those rave reviews she’s got over the last few years. She may not be Meryl Streep, but by any objective standard she’s highly talented.
V4Real
“Also let’s not forget Harvey Weinstein who probably brought and paid for her Oscar. ”
This is pure sexism. So Harvey bought Streep, Winslet… an Oscar? He bought noms for Blanchett, Rooney?
Lawrence made only a movie with Weinstein and she was already an Oscar nominated actress and she won an acting award at Venice Film Festival in 2008. So yeah, she is considerated a great actress.
People are really pressed when a young woman is successful
Winter’s Bone she was amazing. I noticed her and she wasn’t famous yet. The rest of her nominations underwhelmed me.
She has received 3 other nominations for films that had nothing to do with Weinstein, and he’s produced many films that have won acting Oscars. Yet for some reason I rarely see that accusation about any other actor.
Anyway, I like her as an actress, even in sub-par movies like Joy. I think she’s talented, and I’m not bothered by every little thing she does like many people here seem to be.
@Jbap Did I say he brought and paid for her nomination for Winter’s Bone and two other noms ? No I didn’t. As for the other two nominations I think I clearly said if the critics and the Academy likes you and think you’re the new “it” girl it’s pretty easy to be nominated.
@Loretta Just stop it. Not everything is about sexism. You strike me as the kind of person who just likes to throw that word out there when it doesn’t apply. And yes I will say Harvey heavily influence who is nominated. That’s why when Ricky Gervias made the joke at the GG about nominations be brought and paid for the camera panned to Harvey Weinstein who just laughed. He knows as well as others in the business that it has been said that he buys nominations and awards.
“People are really pressed when a young woman is successful”
And here you go again with that “oh people are just hating on a young successful actress schtick.” In case you didn’t know I like JLaw but no matter how much I like her I can still say she’s not that great of an actress. I also think she’s this generation’s Julia Roberts. It’s my opinion just like your opinions are yours.
@Lucy2 Once again read my comment. I think it’s clear that I not only said Harvey but I also said if the critics and people in the Academy likes you and want to push you as the next big thing it is easy to get good reviews and nominations. And as you say, you rarely see but that just goes to show that it does happen. And Harvey has not only been accused of buying JLaw Oscar but other awards and actresses as well. But I’m talking about JLaw since this article is about her and not another actress but Gwen Paltrow comes to mind.
Enjoy this link about Harvey and his campaigning.
http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/oscar-harvey-weinstein/
V4Real, the Oscars wouldn’t be that important if they wouldn’t get it right most of the time. There wouldn’t even be the whole Oscarssowhite-discussion if they were not the most important film price in the world. The films and actors/actresses that win are – most of the time – truly great work. She is nominated for the third time and that also says something about her talent. They don’t give her the nominations for nothing. Sure, she’s the white blonde young starlet at the moment, but there are tons of them out there. Feel free to dislike her, but her talent is obvious and recognized by her collegues.
I agree with Lainey theory that all the old men at the academy love her cause she reminds them of their granddaughters.
Were some of you not paying attention to the Golden Globes when the joke was made about nominations (and winning) being bought and paid for then the cameras pan to Weinstein? Come on. She earned the nomination on her own for Winter’s Bone but for the rest? Please.
And it’s not just her or about her. This has been the problem with the Oscars for a while.
@M.A.F.
“She earned the nomination on her own for Winter’s Bone but for the rest? Please.”
Hmmm… American Hustle was with Sony and Joy with Fox so not Harvey
The first time I saw her was in XMen and I didn’t think she was the best choice for that role, then I saw SLP and I thought she was good but I honestly didn’t think it was Oscar-worthy and the one that deserved the Oscar for that movie should’ve been BC. THEN I watched American Hustle and I was like, is she the younger version of Jennifer Anniston playing the same character in every movie? At this point, I won’t even bother watching Joy
People are already making predictions about next year’s oscar nominations. They look at upcoming films based on directors and writers and actors, which are currently performing well and which are in favor. These projects get preferential attention from voters and distributors, so in system where voters are not required to watch all the contenders to vote, they have a far greater chance than others of receiving a nomination. Plus it also costs money to offer up an actor for contention, at this point Lawrence will always get that support, even if her work is borderline and in that respect a nominations can be bought or at least money can greatly increase the chance of a nomination.
@M.A.F. who said “Were some of you not paying attention to the Golden Globes when the joke was made about nominations (and winning) being bought and paid for then the cameras pan to Weinstein?”
The same thing I said but notice they didn’t comment on that part of my post.
@Liv Feel free to dislike her, but her talent is obvious and recognized by her collegues.
Please show me in this post or any other post where I said I didn’t like her. Soon as somebody says something negative about an actress people adore they seem to always have to throw in a you don’t like her or you’re jealous of her.
“She is nominated for the third time and that also says something about her talent. They don’t give her the nominations for nothing.”
Are you sure about that? If she’s the young it girl of course they would give her the nomination. Why do you think a lot of people think that the Oscars are just a popularity contest and it depends on how much a person is liked. Or when they give Oscars to people because they feel it’s their time to win one. If Oscars were given solely on merits a lot of people such as Sandra Bullock, Julia Roberts, Helen Hunt, Cuba Gooding Jr or Kim Basinger wouldn’t be the recipient of one. JLaw performance in SLPB was not even Oscar worthy. It was an ok and enjoyable performance but not Oscar baity.
So they dole out Oscars for being an It-girl, do they? So why is J-Law alone among modern It-girls in getting one at such an early age? She certainly wasn’t ‘due’, unlike Bullock and the others @V4Real mentioned. You mightn’t think Lawrence is that great an actress, but it’s clear that critics and her peers take a different view – and claiming that’s all due to Weinstein buying an Oscar doesn’t make much sense.
@ V4real “Please show me in this post or any other post where I said I didn’t like her. Soon as somebody says something negative about an actress people adore they seem to always have to throw in a you don’t like her or you’re jealous of her.”
I guess making degrading remarks about another women’s career totally means I don’t dislike them or have some weird hate boner for them /s. I just said that Jennifer Lawerence is a shill and her oscar nomination (which is a high honor for many actresses to receive) was brought and paid for from a male executive. Oh did it forget to mention that I totally don’t dislike her again, I’m just going to forcibly shoehorn in Harvey Weinstein and attribute that guy to her success even though he had nothing to do with her first oscar nomination for winter’s bone. /s
Honey, you’re first mistake was bringing up that sexist Harvey remark which is the telltale sign of someone who A) clearly dislikes her & B) will make up sexist accusations regardless of the facts.
“Were some of you not paying attention to the Golden Globes when the joke was made about nominations (and winning) being bought and paid for then the cameras pan to Weinstein?”
Clearly you can’t comprehend the difference between a joke and reality. But I guess when Ricky Gervais makes a joke, he’s clearly the authority on Hollywood politics right? Where is the backlash against Leonardo Dicaprio, Quentin Tarantino, or Matt Damon for working with Harvey Weinstein? I guess they’re shills with no talent too right?
You can just say you don’t like Jlaw’s personality or say you just personally didn’t like her performance and that would be totally fine since are entitled to your opinion. But no, people like you HAVE to make up complete lies in order to discredit her talents because god forbid critics like someone who you hate.
I don’t like Tom Hardy since he’s a massive dick but I can admit he’s talented even though I dislike him (see, it’s not that hard). I don’t have to tear down his career or make up ‘facts’ about him.
Winter’s Bone if you are not a believer!
I don’t get her appeal, nor do I seek out her movies, but I don’t think anyone gets multiple nominations and wins for being chopped liver, the ‘it’ girl or someone buying them. She’s no Pia Zadora. As for her wanting to shop in peace, I’m with her on that one too. If I had her money and fame, I’d probably do the same thing.
Yeah, I have grown to dislike her. I thought KSTEW would be my least favorite from this age group of actresses, but I actually like KSTEW better than JLAW. Oh, I think JLAW is a better actress, but KSTEW is a much more enjoyable 25 year old. I get she is squirmy and lip bity and awkward, but I also find her a lot more authentic and much less attention seeking. She isn’t dancing on top of Billy Joel’s pianos in Madison Square Garden with obnoxious Amy Schumer, for one. Plus, I think JLAW tries very hard to be like Jessica Simpson- beautiful but silly, ready to at any moment to drink and fart with the boys, but also very devoted to a few of her girlfriends. Maybe that isn’t an act and that is just how she is, but it is tiring.
> but also very devoted to a few of her girlfriends.
“Girls who eat and don’t care about fashion”, it’s worth to mention. Like, I’m sure they’d never go to an Alexander Wang boutique and get it closed for an hour so they could look at some clothes… that would be so stupid.
May I please join this group, too?
Count me in.
Well, I disagree. She has running jokes with fans that have become shtick over time, but also is changing as she gets older. That pizza gifs live forever doesn’t mean it is all she talks about.
In any event, you are here commenting on her articles, so she must mean something to you.
The more famous a person gets, even if 80% of the people like you, that 20% becomes a larger raw number, certainly big enough to comment on articles and rant on twitter. She has has starred in at least three independent polls I know of in the last few months. The Vulture poll found her at ‘sky high’ 72% favorability as part of its metric to dub her the Most Valuable Star of the year; an annual Harris poll in December found her to be number 7 in the list of top 10 favorite stars in the US (no names are given to select from, people are asked to give their very favorite); and a recent Redbox poll for Valentine’s day found her to be the most wished for ‘celebrity Valentine.’ I don’t know of a single statistically created poll where she fared poorly.
I guess what I am saying is, you are entitled to your opinion, but if you are merely sick of her, wouldn’t you e avoiding articles on her, instead of reading them? Jealousy is not a pretty look, even if it is on behalf of your ‘fave’ instead of on your own behalf.
+100000
“In any event, you are here commenting on her articles, so she must mean something to you.”
But isn’t this what this site is about; commenting on celebs we like and don’t like. Most commenters on him can’t stand Kim K and they comment on her articles to let others know they don’t like her. JLaw is fair game.
How is she changing as she gets older? She just said the things about peeing in sinks and not washing her hands a few months ago? I have a 25 year old son with a great job and if he said these things out loud, he’d be fired. She’s not a girl anymore. She’s a woman shoving her hand in a co-star’s face, mocking foreign reporters, and being a general buffoon. Most of my 17 year old students have more sense. She has no filter, and people think it’s charming, but I think it’s gotten very annoying to many people as she ages but doesn’t mature.
And once again, calling people who don’t like someone “jealous,” is ridiculous and misogynistic. Like we can’t have rational reasons to dislike some? It must be jealousy, cause we all have terrible, horrible, shallow lives compared to the richness and depth of JLaw’s life. Right.
“And once again, calling people who don’t like someone “jealous,” is ridiculous and misogynistic. Like we can’t have rational reasons to dislike some?”
Yet these same commenters who says other people are jealous doesn’t have a problem saying something bad about a celebrity that they don’t like.
How does one connect not liking an actor or how they come across seen as being jealous? Is this from Taylor Swifts play book?
Oh dear lord can we STAHP with ‘jealous’ and ‘people hate to see a successful woman’ in reference to commenters here?
This is a snarky celebrity gossip site. Nobody is immune. It’s celeBITCHY, for crying out loud. If people dislike Jennifer Lawrence and think she’s an overrated actress, they’re allowed to say so. It doesn’t mean they’re jealous, they’re not being critical because she’s a woman, they’re just expressing their opinion the same way people saying that she’s a wonderful actress and an intelligent and witty person are expressing theirs.
If you can’t deal with people who have dissenting opinions without calling them jealous woman haters you probably shouldn’t be here, just saying.
Yes, this. So much. The try-hard is strong in this one.
Totally agree. never warmed up to her
+10 She’s annoying af and not as talented as her sycophants insist.
She was brilliant in Winter’s Bone. She hasn’t had a role like that one since. If she stars in another movie with Beardley Cooper I will barf.
+1. I loved Winter’s Bone.
+1000
She is faking that whole cool girl thing. She says and tells stories purposely making her look like that cool girl. To me she is so obvious and can’t believe other people don’t see it. She is faker than a $3 bill.
Go to see her first Mtv interview in 2008. She’s the same girl making also a fart joke. It’s OK if you don’t like her but she’s really this kind of girl. Even in the videos about Winter’s Bone time
She is fake, can smell that stink a mile away.
+100
My people!
@CidySmiley
Yes, she’s crunking on my last nerve.
Adding my voice to the long list of people who don’t understand why JLaw is the most famous actress in the world right now. Her acting other than Winter’s Bone has been lackluster. She’s attractive but nothing special to differentiate her from a million other women her age who are equally or more attractive. Personally, I think a lot of young women could have played the role in Winter’s Bone. Maybe she’s not campaigning hard because she knows she shouldn’t and probably won’t win for Joy.
*Gets in line*
She is not my kind of actor. I find she overacts everything. I cringed watching her in American Hustle. She is one of the actors that makes me pause before seeing a movie she is in because I’m concerned she’s going to distract me from the storyline. Just not my cup of tea, but to each her own, I guess, but you are not alone.
I don’t have any strong feelings about her outside of acting, but I confess, I never got the everywoman label that was applied.
*Gets in line*
She is not my kind of actor. I find she overacts everything. I cringed watching her in American Hustle. She is one of the actors that makes me pause before seeing a movie she is in because I’m concerned she’s going to distract me from the storyline. Just not my cup of tea, but to each her own, I guess, but you are not alone.
I don’t have any strong feelings about her outside of acting, but I confess, I never got the everywoman label that was applied.
Have you seen Winter’s Bone, or Joy? No way can she be accused of overacting in either of those two films.
Sorry folks, it’s called clienteling, I used to work at BCBG in Manhattan and this is completely routine. Stores will shut down briefly to the general public in order to provide a personalized shopping experience for “higher profile” clients. I hated it. It was annoying, obnoxious, and I hated every second of working there- but it’s a thing. Clienteling. Oftentimes customers don’t even request it. The store just does it when someone from their team calls in advance to see if they have what they’re looking for an event, etc.
She looks tired and not like herself. I don’t mind that the store was closed for an hour while she shopped. Fans can be exhausting.
Exactly what I was thinking.
These pictures show what happens when she steps into a public place, and if you could hear the sound (some of these have sound) you hear photographers yelling at her to get a reaction, often very rude things, and the clicking of cameras alone creates a din. When every phone is a camera, I’m glad she got a whole hour to shop in peace.
Yeah but then don’t try to convince people you’re ‘normal’, ‘just like them’, and so on.
I don’t mind her shopping in peace, I suppose very few of us can imagine what it’s like hardly ever being able to etc etc. And I don’t agree that you sign up for it when you become a successful actress or any of that stuff. But I don’t buy her so called quirky personality either, I just find her fake and incredibly annoying. I hope she comes to her senses when she grows older.
so can other people be when i shop yet i cant get them to leave like she can.
I’d love to shop totally alone. But it wouldn’t be worth it for a boutique owner to close down for me. J Law can afford it though.
How much annoying would those shoppers be if they were bugging you for an autograph and selfies?
Try shopping under THOSE circumstances.
I don’t mind the boutique closing either. Nobody said she made them shut the boutique down. In fact, I got the impression that they may have wanted to close out of a courtesy to her. Even though they lost an hour of other people’s business, look who’s boutique we’re talking about this morning? Everybody wins. Smart business.
@Shambles, this is likely true. I know a very wealthy woman who shops at Chanel, and they do the exact same thing for her. Any time she wants to shop there she just calls them and tells them she’s on her way and they clear the store. She’s not a celebrity, it’s just how they treat their most valued clients. It happens more often than most people probably realize.
and let’s also not forget that a spree for JLaw probably more than makes up for regular (even moneyed!) people spending at the store, I’m sure no one was actually complaining
Exactly. Just because they closed doesn’t mean she requested it.
What if they closed the store and she didn’t buy anything? 🙂
I know one reason to close the store is so she wouldn’t be hound by autograph seekers. That being said I’m sure this store isn’t the only store she has shopped at; have other stores closed the doors for her? What if she went to another shop after this one and they didn’t close the store. Wouldn’t she still be hounded by autograph seekers?
I agree she can’t move without being stalked by paps and probably stared at by fans. It was a nice courtesy for her and AW gets some free publicity. No harm no foul
Yes she doesn’t look as she normally dies after three hours in a make up chair lollll. I
Wonder if she requested the closure or if she had an appt for a personal shop or something? Knowing she would drop $20 grand – I’d close for an hour too.
Yes. I don’t see anything wrong with closing a shop for an hour for a celebrity trying to avoid every Tom, Dick and Harry attempting to take her picture, get their picture taken with her, stalking her to see what items she’s buying so they can get them too, and being nosy about what size she wears, etc. FFS these people can’t even have a quiet dinner out without a bunch of knobs worming their way over and either asking for a picture or just taking one w/out asking. It must be horribly clostrophobic feeling, like spiders all over you – like, get off and leave me alone! I don’t blame her one bit. Maybe if people didnt’ act like fools when they see a celebrity, she wouldn’t need to shop this way.
Well, I say if you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen. She can give back the money and go work at Walmart in Nebraska if she doesn’t like what comes along with being a star.
I see you’ve already gotten one “once you’re a star you completely lose any right to be treated with basic privacy and respect and you better sit there and eat that $hit sandwich with a smile or go work for Wal Mart like the rest of us peasants” comment. I wonder how many more there will be!
I seriously have to wonder at the “you asked for it” blame the victim crap celebrities get–I bet the people saying it wouldn’t last long if they had someone texting every time they blinked. Who cares if they are famous, give them some peace.
Well-said Jennifer.
If you’ve ever spent ten minutes in Los Angeles or New York you know that these closures are hardly uncommon. Considering the store likely sells more in an hour to the star than to forty of the riffraff (i.e. The rest of us), they’re happy to do it.
Anybody need a drive to TJ Maxx? 😉
Ha! We think the same way and apparently have the same shopping habits. I LOVE TJ Maxx!
VIPs getting special treatment is part of the world we live in. I was in Houston a couple of years ago, staying a nice hotel with a great outdoor pool/bar area. My husband and I went to the outdoor bar to have a drink, were stopped and told the outdoor area was shut down for the afternoon. Why? Beiber! He was with one other guy playing ping pong by the pool, so no other guests could be outdoors in the area. On a Saturday afternoon. Wasn’t happy about that one since we were paying guests, but we just went to the indoor bar.
Ooooh, that would have really bothered me. If you’ve already paid for your stay, you should have access to the amenities advertised, or receive some sort of reimbursement.
Please tell me you left an online review.
I would have gone ballistic.
That’s what I understand from a friend who visited BH last year. If a shop door on Rodeo was not open, it means a VIP to that store is shopping and they are closed to other shoppers. Does not automatically mean VIP is famous.
TJ Maxx and Homegoods 4-Eva!
I haven’t been to LA or NY, but I worked in a fancy retail store here and they did that for the local celebs. They usually called in the morning and tell us what time they’d arrive so we could close the store. And yup, it was actually for the best. These women would buy things without even trying them on, or buy $300 earrings as a small present for their daughters. Within an hour and a half, they spent three times the salary of the whole staff.
Could they buy those things with normal peasants walking around? Yes. But if they don’t want that I can understand why the owners would cater to their diva needs, since they are extremely profitable.
Maybe she shut down the shop because she needed privacy to pee in their sink…?
Excellent theory. Although I doubt privacy is her thing.
She’s a very private woman
Joy is such an awful movie. Bad script, bad acting, bad message. She shouldn’t have been nominated.
I don’t get why shops need to be closed for celebrities. It’s a high end shop, I doubt that there were so many people there and that she would be bothered.
Why do you think Joy communicates the wrong message? Im genuinely curious because many people say the movie conveys a good (or great) powerful message.
I read it as – you can achiene anything if ou juat try hard enough, and just keep trying. And I think that’s not true at all.
@Locke Lamora- Yes, what a terrible way to live your life, keep trying. If something seems hard and there are obstacles just throw in the towel and give up.
na, I agree with Locke Lamora:
it’s not about the trying, it’s about implying that you can ACHIEVE ANYTHING if you try hard enough. And that’s just not true for the vast majorty of people. And it’s especially tricky if you indoctrinate kids with this belief because if they fail lateron in life, they will have a very hard time dealing with it.
Yeah, I’m with Locke Lamora on this: trying alone isn’t enough, no matter how long and how hard. Other things matter A LOT… and many of those are things one has no control over.
I thought the message was great. It was nice to see a movie centered around a woman’s business savvy, and not her romantic life.
Right on Locke. Loved in Washington DC for sometime. Learned this lesson in life. Money buys all, knowing people with money helps, personality matters more than experience, knowing how to BS & bluff also matters, knowing the right people gets you far and your talents help but it just part of the overall picture. Everyday saw very talented people from Scientists to interns get pushed to the side. While much less talented and plain out bad workers were promoted. Lazy people being promoted but they knew how to work the system. Those that worked their butts off, often never broke that ceiling.
This store closure may not have been JLaw’s request:
Celebrities don’t need to ask, the manager is the one choosing to close the shop. The rationale is if a celebrity isn’t being bothered by stares or interuptions, etc. they will spend more time and money. A celebrity sited wearing their clothes does FAR more for the company’s bottom line than a few maybe sales from an hour of browsers.
I was thinking the same thing.
I do like JLaw, but have no interest in David O’Russell movies. I wish she could be in a series like Mad Men, GoT, Breaking Bad, etc. These shows are of such high quality I don’t really care about movies anymore, because they just don’t compare. That said, JLaw will never, ever be in one…. Not until she hits 35 anyways and Hollywood loses interest. As far as closing the store, it seems reasonable. I imagine her shopping there would create absolute chaos as far as paparazzi.
@snarkysnarkers: It is an awful message, especially when you consider how many people the system is set up to keep down. Plenty of blacks, Latinos, women, First Nations people try hard their entire lives and get nowhere thanks to systemic racism and misogyny. Joy Mancuso is the exception, not the rule.
I like her, but that hair is awful.
just a shade of goop-fried blonde
Whatever Alexander Wang lost in sales during that hour, they more than made up for with all this free publicity. Not to mention JL’s endorsement of the brand.
Peasants don’t shop at Alexander Wang. We buy sad knockoffs four seasons out of date at
TJMaxx.
Now, if JL ever shuts down a Kohl’s, that would be epic.
Ha ha. So true.
LOL, I think that would cause a riot. Although my local Kohl’s often looks like a riot just occurred there.
Just wanted to say I understand the kidding about “we peasants,” but I never consider myself a peasant compared to most Hollywood people. I have far more education, intelligence and thoughtfulness than 99% of them, at least from what I can tell when they open their mouths, and I don’t consider making your living from playing make-believe to be something that I’ve ever aspired to.
Now Michelle Obama, I do look up to and admire her and people like her.
“I have far more education, intelligence and thoughtfulness than 99% of them…”
And you’re so humble too.
Or just confident.
@Alicia, it’s not a high bar to beat. Most actresses haven’t even finished high school!!! I’m sure we are all more intelligent and thoughtful than 99% of them. Their lives revolve around their looks and playing make believe.
Having worked in high end retail stores that treated celebs like this, I can tell you NOT catering to JLaw’s diva needs would’ve been the greater loss. Celebs have crazy spending habits. Odds are JLaw spent more in that hour than what the other customers earned in a whole month. And yeah, I know Alexander Wang is not for poor people. But Hollywood celebs are also much richer than most rich people.
Did she ask to have it closed down, or did the store do it just for her without her requesting it? If they did it on their own then I don’t see the problem. And she shouldn’t be campaigning for that Oscar for Joy. It was terrible and her performance was bad.
They usually close down stores if very big celebs come in. Not her fault at all.
That’s what I thought, too.
Joy wasn’t a great film, but her performance was outstanding. In a weaker year, she’d be right in the Oscar race.
am I the only one that thinks closing up shop for an hour so she can shop isn’t a big deal? other celebs have done this in the past so why throw her shade for it.
I’m really indifferent about her. I think she’s a good actress and has pretty much kept her s*** together considering her age/fame. I like a lot of what she wears.
I mean the backlash to her Oscar nomination was kind of huge. If she campaigned people would actively start dissing her, I think its time to go back to a darker blonde now, it does not usually look good anymore though she looks absolutely gorgeous in the header pic
Huge? More like random people on twitter
BTW she didn’t campaign also with American Hustle
The critics didn’t like this movie at all and I think if oscarsowhite wasn’t there, her nomination and the category fraud would have been the main controversy.
@Anon
critics lauded he performance. The movie has mixed reviews but they said this is her best performance to date
Joy got mixed reviews, but Lawrence’s performance got universal praise – and you’ll notice that her nomination actually hasn’t attracted any controversy among critics and media commentators in general. The people who don’t like her on Twitter and Tumblr think it’s outrageous – everyone else has shrugged, and said she did an excellent job in a messy film.
Urm yes its kind of a lot and no its not some random bloggers on the internet. Joy was a below average movie and her performance was great but not one of the best 5 of the year, separate your stanning from reality its a good way to live.
@CornyBlue
Sorry but no. Random people on Twitter or Tumblr (LOL) don’t make a huge backlash
@CornyBlue
I’d take a leaf out of your own book, and separate your personal qualms about her from the reality of the excellent critical reception she received and the lack of any real backlash against her, despite getting so many awards so young.
@Loretta yes of course so called “twitter outrage” doesn’t count see #oscarsowhite.
@Anon
You compare #oscarsowhite to random people who write “I don’t like JLaw”… LMAO
@Loretta You might have some comprehension problems, I didn’t compare the importance of #Oscarsowithe and the reaction towards jlaw nomination. Apparently for you criticizes the performance of your idol is the equivalent of I don’t like jlaw, you’ll be surprised to know that the backlash she received and that she’s even aware of also come from the outrage twitter. She is not campaigning for this Oscars and she wasn’t campaigning for American Hustle because like it or not the internet is also part of the audience and there count. You seems very dismissive of anyone other opinions on Jennifer Lawrence although it wasn’t even a critic against her, just this performance.
Maybe it’s just me but I never understood this concept, a good performance in a bad movie. The Oscars are supposed to be a celebration of high art and with all the movie made this year are they really looking for this kind of performance. It seems mediocre, but I might be wrong on the definition of good performance, I can’t separate it from the quality of the movie.
Meryl Streep, Bullock etc WON an Oscar with a bad movie. This happens all the time
in Movies which are overall bad elements that are good stand out as extraordinary.
Acting noms for performances in mediocre to bad films happen every year. Good performers often show their talent when dealing with poor material: any mediocre actor looks great in a masterpiece.
I always wonder in situations like that if the celebrity requests the shop be shut down, or the shop just does it if there’s people or paparazzi following them.
I think she’s wise to not campaign, since many people were questioning the nomination to begin with.
random people but not Academy members. Jane Fonda said only few weeks ago that she’s mesmered by her
But academy members are being criticized heavily this year for their old boy network ways that includes nominating their favorites no matter what. That’s not Jennifer’s fault but her nomination is a part of the academy’s problem.
“her nomination is a part of the academy’s problem.” I totally disagree with you.
Oscarssowhite is talking about systemic problems within the academy that excludes potential nominees in favor for an old boys networking, where members pick less on merit and more on familiarity and reputation. Meryl gets nominated no matter what, and people see Jennifer getting nominated similarly as a younger example. It’s not her fault, it’s the academy’s fault for being too comfortable in their ways and not actually exposing themselves to other options with lesser known movies.
There is a video of her from the same day going to another store and customers were there entering the place while she was there even and everything was ordinary, maybe it’s the Wang shop only that chose to do this and it’s part of what they do with big celebrities, has nothing to do with her decision really. it’s not like she kicked anybody out while she entered the place.
She had a Goop moment.
I was going to say maybe she didn’t want to be starred at and bothered while shopping. Then I thought no, if businesses closed their doors every time a celeb wanted to shop they would lose business.
A lot of celebs shops with the peasants but I guess she thinks her star shines too bright to do so. I still like her though.
Celebrities pick the worst restaurants to eat at in NYC. Or at the very least, it appears that way because they’re always spotted at media friendly Nobu. Meh.
I like her coat. I see nothing wrong with her wearing it again.
I don’t like it when celebrities close stores down in the middle of the day. If they want privacy, they can arrange for the store to open early for them ,or let them shop after the store has closed to regular customers. You can also get a personal shopper to bring a selection of items to your home. It’s not s huge deal,, but it just seems a bit tacky to prevent people from coming into the store when it’s supposed to be open.
She knows that she’s at best 4th or 5th in the race anyway. No point in campaigning when she has no shot at winning.
She is definitely ahead of Rampling. She can close down NYC and still Rampling will never overtake her.
…and that would still make her 4th in the category, as I stated. She’s not winning, who cares?
She just donated 2 million to put in a new cardiac unit at the children’s hospital in her hometown, so if she wants to shop for a bit, I”m good with that.
That was awesome. Many parents posted thank you notes on Twitter and Facebook. This will be a big help for them
Yep! that should have been news. Or atleast mentioned.
Can’t have her getting any good publicity!
No but for real that story warmed my heart…she really loves her hometown
It was all over Kentucky news outlets for quite a while. Ky takes all the insanity and mean-spirited gossip Hollywood dishes about JL with a large grain of salt.
That is very kind of her. I hope all the money goes exactly where she intended it.
Makes me love her a bit, helping kids and their families.
And every Christmas she comes home and visits all the sick kids at Kosairs Children’s Hospital and doesn’t publicize it, no one finds out until parents start posting about it. She just does it for the kids without any fanfare.
And this is why I still love her.
Great news
That is really nice of her, but she made 52 million dollars last year alone. It is still generous, but you do have to put these things into perspective.
What an unnecessary comment. If you “put it into perspective” she gave roughly roughly 4 percent of her overall wealth just in ONE donation alone. That is pretty generous in any situation disregarding how much “wealth” someone has. Charity isn’t a competition.
Not a fan of her antics or acting, but that’s awesome. The lack of press suggests she did it out of the goodness of her heart (much like RDJ’s anonymous help for addicts) and that’s lovely.
She didn’t campaing for American Hustle either. She openly supported Lupita that year and now she has more or less openly endorsed Larson. Smart move then and a smilarily smart more now.
She had/has no chance with either of those films so it was a good move not to campaign. I thought her role in AH was more suited to a sketch show and the story would have benefited from her absence. That said, I did prefer her performance to Bradley Cooper’s.
That pic of her in the blue coat is awful.
Booze face and harsh makeup is a bad combo.
It just looks like it is cold to me. My nose turns beet read and my eyes water when it’s cold. I think most people’s do.
its not booze face, she does not have a classicly beautiful face.
I normally find her quite beautiful. She looks puffy and pink, like she hit it too hard the night before. Just the vibe I’m getting.
I get a definite over-drinker vibe from her behavior and how talk show hosts treat her. Hey, she’s 25, they drink at that age. But in her field, it shows up on your face, so she may want to take it down a few notches.
Blue coat love, tho!
Honestly, with her level of fame and exposure, I see nothing wrong with this. We already know attention makes her uncomfortable. As for the Oscar thing, I’ve said this before and I stand by it: She’s, in my opinion, one of those actors who genuinely don’t care about the awards and accolades.
It probably wasn’t her idea to close the store.
Can peasants actually afford to shop at Alexander Wang?
Hard for me to feel sorry for you if you can spend that much money on clothes.
Again if this was anne hathaway no way would be she be defended
Defended from what?
From getting people throw of a store obviously, did you read the story?
From getting people thrown out of a store obviously, did you read the story?
*This my comment, ignore my other one i can’t spell
She didn’t throw anyone out of the store, they closed it down for the time she was in there and people got turned away.
And if anne hathaway did the same thing I wouldn’t care either.
Come to TJ Maxx with us, Mark!
I’ll get you a treat to make you less cranky. Maybe some ginger chews or coconut chips?
You really aren’t funny
If i’m cranky what are you? Everytime i’m on a post of this site you’re complaining over some minor thing
Aw, does this mean we’re over?
No ginger chews for you then, Sunshine.
She doesn’t have a shot at winning in a mediocre movie and way back in the pack. as far as odds to win compared to better performances. That’s why she’s not campaigning.
You really are a click-thirsty moron. That is all.
So she’s really not “just one of us”.
Wentworth Miller posted this on his Facebook not long ago. Because he is so very eloquent it is well worth the read.
It will open your eyes to what it’s like being harassed by paparazzi. So if Jennifer wants to shop privately, no fans no hidden cells, I cannot blame her.
https://m.facebook.com/notes/wentworth-miller/snapshot/1692270300985905/
I get so sad when I think about the amazing things she could wear compared to the s*** that’s put on her because of Dior. Promoting Catching Fire, Mockingjay pt. 1 (she did change it up for pt 2), Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle awards circuits… all Dior crap.
Maybe Collins just doesn’t like her. Are you having a bad day – you just insulted someone who will actually read your insult, unlike JLaw, who I doubt reads this site?
If JLaw was campaining people would just bring up how overrated she is even more. She’s aware of the backlash people get for overexposure (especially women). Winning that Oscar would probably do greater harm to her career. She’s already the most profitable actor in Hollywood, anyway.
She may not have asked for the store to be shut down. Sometimes the store owners do it themselves. I was in Vegas years ago and they had to shut down Victoria Secret because Celine was shopping. Those that were already in the store got to stay though ! It’s very common because they don’t want these celebs to be bombarded by fans when they are shopping, it can get chaotic and unsafe.
I like her. She handles her huge fame so well
If any story shuts down to keep the public out, does the store also limit the workers? Because that would be hella annoying to have just the workers staring and watching you.
She probably just wanted a chill environment where she wasn’t getting constantly interrupted and photographed. I am not famous at all but do a lot of public speaking and people always want to come talk and ask questions and are interested in what I buy. They feel like they know me bc I just spent time talking with them. JLaw probably gets that kind of attention times ten billion and may have just wanted a few moments to herself.
Like a normal person… sure.
When you become the biggest female movie star in the world something will change even if you’re the same person. This isn’t the first time that this happens; there is a video on youtube about Lawrence in another shop and there are other clients in it. I think is Wang who decided to close.
I’m sorry to say this, but she has lousy eyebrows. However at least she doesn’t draw them on like some people.
The bodyguard on the right on the photo, *puuuur*. She knows how to pick them.
I find it hard to shop with people around and Im not even famous. Could you imagine how difficult it would be to shop if you were an actress? Id shut the store down too.
This is a public relations problem for Jennifer Lawrence — someone so wealthy she can get a boutique to close so she can shop — seems to me she should find a good cause to shine a light on.
… rather than stock her closet full of clothing. Do some good for someone else. Possibly even donate to that good cause.
Asking too much?
She just donated 2Million dollars to her Kentucky hospital children’s ward. I think she’s done this one already.
She’s not the first celeb to have a store close for a short amount of time for shopping. I live in NYC it happens…no one has an issue with it. Normally the store owners do it as a courtesy.
Also she also has a foundation that does quite a bit. Maybe use google next time. I wasn’t aware shopping prevents you from also donating to charity
She’s a huge movie star. I think everyone was well aware before this story that she’s earned millions.
Smart not to campaign because she’s not going to win. I believe AW closes for celebs frequently esp that location. Jen didn’t go to NYFW so she’s prob seeing the line in priv for an event. I think we all could use less Jen until she’s got a film to promote. Nowadays HW likes to oversaturate its stars to the point of drainage, but 10-20 yrs ago, wed get long breaks in btwn their films. I miss that.
I seem to recall hearing this done for a few major celebrities in the past – and high end buyers in general. It kind of makes sense? The wealthy buyer gets to shop without being approached by people, and Jason Wu makes bank. AND the brand gets the celeb publicity. I don’t really consider it a loss for them.
Her lack of campaigning isn’t surprising. She isn’t the favorite to win, so why tire people with her media presence? She’s pretty good at disappearing when she needs to.
I live in an apartment above a strip of high end designer boutiques. Some of them literally do this for an hour or two each day. It’s not remotely unusual. A Chanel boutique did this for my grandmother when she was alive, and she didn’t spend movie star amounts, she was just a regular customer who consistently shopped at that Chanel boutique for decades.
I think maybe people are underestimating how many fans (and people who just want to see a famous person) JLaw can draw if word spreads. I’ve seen well over a hundred people surrounding a shop for a D-List celeb most people wouldn’t even recognize. JLaw could draw much more. Let them in and it’s pure havoc, the shop gets trashed and the celebrity ends up needing a police escort to get out.
Anyway, it’s very likely she was personally invited to come shop in privacy, that happens a lot, especially during Fashion Weeks.
Her PR people finally gave her some advice or she finally started listening to them: lie low for the next 4,000 years, JLaw. You’re obnoxious.
Sure – J-Law really needs to rethink her PR strategy, her career is going nowhere. (Heavy sarcasm going on here, in case anyone is confused…)
She looks like she’s been crying in that lead photo – or else its just very cold?
If she’s in New York, it’s really that cold. I’m fair skinned, and that’s pretty much what I look like 24/7 in January-February, lol.
Can anyone ID the black leather shearling coat BECAUSE I MUST HAVE IT!
It’s an Alberta Ferretti Reversible Flared Jacket. It costs $5,291.00 (which seems crazy to me)
Far far above @vreal(?) linked to an article about Harvey Weinstein.
http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/oscar-harvey-weinstein/
Thank you!!! Read this article everyone. THIS is Hollywood right now, the Oscars right now. You can buy your award. After Broke Back Mountain lost best picture I gave up on the Oscars altogether.
BUT Jlaw was wonderful in Winter’s Bone. It was an excellent movie. I had never seen her before. I saw the movie on Netflix. Raw and emotional. She was understated but very tense and emotional. A great job from a very young actress. IMHO.
As a person? who knows. Seems Hollywood has finally gotten to her but….she is only human.
Ang lee won best director & the film won best-adapted screenplay so it’s not as if Brokeback mountain was completely snubbed since the best director category is important as well. I think the main problem with the academy lies with the membership though, not with Harvey Weinstien.
You can’t buy the award. You can in effect buy support from a chunk of the voter base, usually the elderly voters, but for that to actually win you the award you also need quite a lot of legitimate support. Weinstein isn’t taking the 5th place nominee and making them the winner, he’s taking one of the top nominees, and pushing them over the line. In years where he doesn’t already have a frontrunner, sometimes he can secure them a nomination they might have just missed out on, but he can’t make them a winner. Often the best he can do is get them into the conversation.
Weinstein runs a hell of a campaign, but it only sometimes works out for him. Look at Cumberbatch’s campaign last year, or all the campaigns he’s done for Amy Adams. This year he failed to get campaigns for Southpaw and Burnt off the ground, and to some extent Hateful Eight. He couldn’t get that or Carol a Best Picture nom even though both were expected to be shoo-ins. In 2013 he couldn’t get campaigns for Fruitvale Station or Mandela going, and August: Osage County didn’t get the fanfare expected. Nine was quite the debacle. Going years back, he failed to get In The Bedroom the wins it deserved and he couldn’t get Scorsese a Best Director Oscar for Gangs even though he really went all out with that campaign. Polanski won.
I also don’t love the casting couch associations people throw at actresses like JLaw and Gwyneth. Most of his really heavy handed campaigns have been for men, and he’s done big campaigns for Meryl, Julia, Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet, Amy Adams, Judi Dench, Keira Knightley etc. Kate and Meryl won for extremely mediocre films, and he really pushed for Amy with Big Eyes even though it was an awful film and arguably one of her worse performances, but no one ever suggests they must have slept with him. It’s just something thrown at actresses people don’t like/think are ‘slutty’. Harvey is absolutely a lech, but like most of his type, he targets young actresses working on a much lower level.
Jennifer Lawrence is from my hometown and attended the same high school (although she was several years younger than me). She has a sense of humor about herself that allows for her to get the joke out before anyone else can jump on her. It’s a defense and coping strategy. And it’s genuinely who she is. She has made comments that irk me, but I appreciate it when high profile individuals go off script.
Also, JLaw recently donated $2 million to a children’s hospital in our hometown. She goes to visit whenever she’s at home (the kids love Katniss), and she developed a strong bond with the hospital staff and patients. But I guess that is just one of the stories that’s “too tiring” about J…. Can’t bother to report on it if we can’t disparage her somehow.
I’m from Louisville as well, and JL and my daughter were friends in middle school. I would give them rides and Jen would have overnights at my house. Her behavior is not “schtick” – that’s just the way she used to be – goofy, yet at that time, mature beyond her years. She’s very fun and funny. I love her.
Overrated actress.
I thought she really valued remaining level headed amidst the Hollywood ego culture. In fairness, it COULD. be that her level of fame is so much, that she might not be able to shop without people trying to snap pictures while she’s trying on stuff, or it could be difficult to try to shop with a crowd asking for a selfie, etc. not enjoying being swarmed frighteningly or intrusively doesn’t mean she thinks she’s “above” everyone else. It’s important to realize that she herself has never given a quote where everyday people are referred to as “peasants”; that is the writer’s slant and we must question that. Maybe she’s gone Hollywood but maybe not. Time will tell. Meanwhile, I thought she was perfect in both Winter’s Bone and I can’t imagine a more perfect Katniss. Don’t ever bother with “Serena” though; what a dog!
As for wearing dead animals. Maybe JLaw should google how many animals are skinned alive so that people can wear their skin.
Google is a wonderful thing if you know how to use it.
Or maybe her PR people should work on that.
A) Sheep are not skinned alive for their skin. You’re thinking of the horrible fur factories in countries like China where DIFFERENT animals like dogs and cats are skinned alive for their fur.
B) Shearling is mostly manufactured in countries like the US, Australia and New Zealand, all of which have animal cruelty laws in place to prevent the abuse and torture of animals.
C) She’s not wearing the fur of an endangered animal
D) you have no idea if real fur or its faux fur.
Google is a wonderful thing if you know how to use it.
Oh and p.s.
Millions of sheep are killed every year for consumption and I’d rather the skin was used rather than discarded which seems horribly wasteful. + If you drive cars, eat meat or animal by-products, or buy things made in china you really don’t have any moral high ground to stand on. Do you berate every single person who eats meat or wears fur/leather in your life or do you just reserve that indignation for celebs?
I don’t think the store being closed down for a bit is that big of deal. Its easy to give her a diva label or say her ego has gotten to big, but maybe she just wanted to shop in peace for once? Like, I cant imagine it would be fun to constantly get stopped for a picture/autograph. Or even just have people gawking at you from across the room. Every once and then, Im sure she just wants to feel “normal”.
was she crying in the 2nd pic….. thats all i got
#imoverJLaw2016