Jezebel: Actress

Is Reese Witherspoon Getting Married?

Lauri Apple — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 17:40:18 EST

Reese went shopping in Paris and she made appointments at all the stores. It's either because she likes to shop in peace, away from the autograph-seeking riff-raff, or because WEDDING BELLS. Spies: Start scouring gossipy pix for an engagement ring. More »

Liv Tyler Bulks Up

Lauri Apple — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 14:40:59 EST

[Park City, Utah, January 21: Liv Tyler is top-heavy in her big overcoat(s?) as she poses at the premiere of her new film The Ledge at the Sundance Film Festival . Image via AP.]

Rachel McAdams Skipped School, Watched TV, Got Famous

Lauri Apple — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:15:00 EST

It could happen to you, too! But how exactly did it happen to her? More »

What Did She See?

Lauri Apple — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:00:18 EST

[Marrakech, Morocco, December 4: Eva Mendes poses for a Photocall during the Marrakech Film Festival. Image via Getty Images.]

Gina Lollobrigida Looks Dahhhlink

Lauri Apple — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:00:15 EST

[Monte Carlo, Monaco, November 27: Actress Gina Lollobrigida looks fancy for the camera during the 10th Monte Carlo Film Festival. Image via Getty Images.]

Singer Lena Horne Dies At 92

Anna North — Mon, 10 May 2010 09:30:00 EDT

Singer and actress Lena Horne, whose successful yet restricted career exemplified the racist climate of forties and fifties show business, died last night at the age of 92. More »

1920s Female Daredevil Puts Modern Movie Stars To Shame

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:30:00 EST

In this video silent film, actress Emilie Sannom is shown swinging from a windmill, landing on a church steeple from a parachute, and climbing up the side of a moving plane while wearing high heels. More »

The Scarlet Letter

Maria — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:20:00 EST

Ok So-ri, a well-known South Korean actress, has been given a suspended eight-month prison sentence after being found guilty of cheating on her husband with a singer. [BBC] More »

The Scarlet Letter

Margaret Hartmann — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:20:00 EST

South Korean prosecutors are demanding that a popular actress be thrown in jail for a year and a half for having an affair. Ok So-ri admitted to the affair with a singer and called for the government to overturn an anti-adultery law enacted fifty years ago to protect women in a male-dominated society. Ok's lawyers said in a petition to the Constitutional Court, "The adultery law ... has degenerated into a means of revenge by the spouse, rather than a means of saving a marriage." [Reuters] More »

The Early Show Says You Can Be Too Thin in Hollywood

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:00:00 EDT

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Media criticism of the troublingly thin 90210 actresses Shenae Grimes and Jessica Stroup continued this morning as The Early Show reported on the fact that sometimes being extremely thin is part of an actress's job. There are a few positive body role models on TV, as exemplified by a shot of Joan's butt on Mad Men and the "slim but healthy" Gossip Girls (no mention is made of Blair Waldorf's bulimia), but everyone else on TV is starving themselves to fit into size 0 evening gowns. In the clip above, Tracey Gold, the Growing Pains star who was one of the first actresses to discuss her eating disorder, and psychologist Jenn Berman discuss how TV is conditioning girls to hate their bodies. More »

Estelle Getty, More Than Just A Comedic Curmudgeon

Maria — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:30:00 EDT

We're assuming that you've heard the sad news that Estelle Getty — best known for her portrayal of sassy Sicilian octogenarian Sophia Petrillo on The Golden Girls — passed away. Looking through the various obits that have since trickled out, we've learned more about Getty beyond the white wig and wicker purse, namely, that she was just as saucy and spry as Sophia. For example: Getty got her start in show business by performing in the Yiddish theater and doing standup in the Catskills at a time when female comedians were a rare sight. She didn't catch her big break until later in life when she began portraying mothers of varying ethnicities in plays, movies, and eventually the small screen. After the jump, a little bit more about the woman who always had a good one-liner up her sleeve and knew how hard it was to be a funny woman in Hollywood. More »

More on that profile of Penelope Cruz in...

Maria — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:45:00 EDT

More on that profile of Penelope Cruz in the new W magazine: Cruz is still scarred by her former life as a Hollywood nobody: "'Many times I would pick up the phone and realize there was no one to call, because I didn't have any friends,' she remembers. Cruz still gets practically ill if she goes to the Sunset Marquis and tries to venture past the bar. 'I cannot even look at those rooms now,' she says. 'I have a weird physical reaction. Everything comes back from those years.'" Well, she certainly made some friends in Hollywood (Tom Cruise) pretty quickly! [W Magazine] More »