So I figured it was appropriate to begin my Hollywood blog posts with Jennifer Aniston. She's such a huge figure in Hollywood, has been on more covers and headlines than almost anyone, and, whether it's love or hate, her name usually brings strong feelings from people. Some people criticise her for playing the victim card too much after Brad Pitt's cheating butt ended up with Angelina Jolie and a boatload of children. And some people think she is 2-dimentional in her acting skills, always playing the same part. And other people think she's amazing. They love her for her down to earth nature, for how friendly she is with fans and for how much dignity she displayed after the aforementioned 'husband is a cheating man-tramp' thing.
For me, I think she's pretty great. I still watch Friends reruns when there is nothing else on, and Jennifer, in my opinion, really carried Friends. Her latest movie with Adam Sandler, 'Just Go With It', is the funniest movie I've seen in a while. Yeah, yeah, it got poor reviews (most Adam Sandler movies do), but it had me laughing so hard a few times in there that I thought I might actually pee myself.
Jennifer Aniston is awesome. Enough said on that.
For those of you who are curious about her, she was born on February 11, 1969 in Sherman Oaks, California. Her dad, John Aniston, was a soap actor on 'Days of Our Lives' and so she pretty much was born with acting in her blood. Her first acting role was in 1993 in 'Leprechaun', a film that I have never seen, actually. Apparently it has quite a cult following from it, but overall the film kind of tanked. So Jen was back to waiting tables. But then just a short while later, she auditioned for Friends and that was her break. She became 'Rachel Green' and her hair became the envy of every woman in America. And Canada. And the UK. Everyone wanted her hair. And that hasn't really changed either. People still want to look like her. She wins best hair award, hands down. Anyhoo, Friends was extremely successful, ran for 10 seasons, made Jen win an Emmy and by the last few seasons, she, along with the other 5 main actors, were making a million dollars each per episode. Impressive. In 2000 she married Brad Pitt. In 2004 they split up. And broke everyone's hearts at the end of the 'golden couple'. Since then, she's bounced around with a few boyfriends, but nothing too serious until now with Justin Theroux. So congrats to her.
Don't know much about him... except that even a half dead monkey would be a step up from past-boyfriend John Mayer, so whoever Justin is, yay for Jen in upgrading!
Anyway, that's Jennifer in a nutshell. Until next time, happy Hollywooding!
Peace out!
