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Julia Roberts was angry that some photographers were taking pictures near her kids’ school, so she engaged in a high speed chase in her Mercedes, driving in the wrong lane and putting other people in danger.
 Silver-screen sprite Julia Roberts is fed up with intrusive paparazzi, and she’s letting them know it. The slightly built star who played Tinkerbell in “Hook” was videotaped Wednesday in Malibu wildly tailing two videographers, flagging them down and lecturing them for taping her near a school.
The footage, taken by freelance videographers for the celebrity news and photo agency Splash and broadcast by “Inside Edition,” shows Roberts driving in a Mercedes SUV behind the men, honking and waving them to stop.
“I’m going to talk to you about the fact that you’re at a school where children go. Turn it off,” Roberts, 40, said in the footage, standing outside their car and pointing at the videographers after they pulled over.
While driving, the Oscar-winning star of “Erin Brockovich” crossed over a double yellow line, and did not have children in her car, Splash media sales representative Amy Wiwuga told The Associated Press on Friday.
Wiwuga would not reveal the videographers’ identities, citing the agency’s policy on freelancers.
Calls to Roberts’ New York-based publicist Marcy Engleman were not immediately returned Friday.
Roberts has 2-year-old twins and an almost 6-month-old son with her husband, cinematographer Danny Moder.
The TV show “Extra” reported that the incident occurred after Roberts was followed to her children’s school. Roberts told the program that taking her picture is one thing, but a school is “not the place to wait to do it.”
Roberts was the second A-list celebrity in two weeks to be videotaped admonishing the paparazzi on the road. A video clip posted on TMZ.com showed actor George Clooney riding his motorcycle Nov. 16 in Los Angeles, then pulling off to the side of a street, telling photographers: “You can drive all you want, you can take my picture all you want, but what you cannot do is put people in danger.”
TMZ has the video. Their staff reports,
Usually it’s the paps who hunt celebs, but yesterday, Julia Roberts was on the chase in L.A., driving on the wrong side of the road as she went after a photog!
Once they stopped, an irate Julia got out of her car and gave the pap the George Clooney treatment, scolding him for trying to snap pics of her children. Roberts demanded that the photog turn his camera off — and he nervously obliged
It’s not right that celebrities got stalked by these jerks. At the same time, though, being a celebrity doesn’t give you the right to drive like some idiot and confront them, either.
Other reax from our friends at WeSmirch:
Todd at IDLYITW thinks the photog is a wuss:
I’ve never been run off the road to be lectured by a sanctimonious Hollywood actress who was swerving between lanes moments before, but if I did, I hope I would handle myself better than this dude. Especially if that actress is Julia Roberts. She looks like a horse, and westerns tell me that you’re supposed to kick horses in the ribs when you want them to do something. So, if you ever want Julia Roberts to shut up, I’d suggest probably starting with that.
Daily Blabber’s Tracy also makes fun of the guy but thinks Roberts was all class:
The best part of the video is how nervous the guy is. As he’s pulling over, and Julia is storming the car, you can here him fretting and breathing nervously. He obviously knows she’s one tough cookie. I have to say, though, both Julia and George were fairly polite in their demands. No bad words, no threats, just simply telling the paps to stop endangering the people around them. Love ‘em.
Daily Dish thinks Roberts “lost her temper” but doesn’t comment on the driving.
mattchew at ONTD (who just hit the 100 million hits mark!) says, “OMG, I don’t know why but this made me laugh so much. Bitch is crazy!”
Sources: “Video: Julia Roberts chases paparazzi” (AP/Yahoo) and “Julia Roberts — America’s Pissed-Off Sweetheart” (TMZ)
I’m not a fan of chick flicks but flick chicks are often quite hot. Here are the 10 hottest chicks starring in this summer’s movies, as presented by Fat Guys at the Movies.
10. Mary Elizabeth Winstead in “Live Free or Die Hard”
For those of us who have the teenage boy heterosexual crush on John McClane, this summer’s latest “Die Hard” film gave us a chance to focus our hormones on something a little more appropriate. Winstead plays McClane’s daughter who is not only hot, but could probably kick the snot out of both Fat Guys at once. I’ll buy that for a dollar!
9. Imogen Poots in “28 Weeks Later”
Okay, so we left Emma Watson off the list for decency’s sake, but we couldn’t help but give a nod to the other underage Brit Imogen Poots from the horror sequel “28 Weeks Later.” Give her a few years, and she’ll be on the Maxim list too. Those eyes, those eyes!
8.Ellen Barkin in “Oceans 13”
If we’re gonna give the nod to teenagers like Imogen Poots and Emma Watson, we also can’t leave out the mature ladies who are still sizzling on screen. Ellen Barkin has obviously had some work done, but after seeing her in “Oceans 13,” we wanted to do some work on her as well. We so envy Matt Damon… and his huge prosthetic nose.
7. Bryce Dallas Howard in “Spider-Man 3”
While neither Fat Guy wanted Kirsten Dunst on the list, we both wholeheartedly agreed on Bryce Dallas Howard as Gwen Staci in the latest Spidey tale. Who thought the pale, skinny waif from “Lady in the Water” would steal the show in the first big film of the summer?
6. Michelle Pfeiffer in “Hairspray” and “Stardust”
Beating out Ellen Barkin as the mature lady we’d love some quality time with, Michelle Pfeiffer proves to us this summer that she’s still got it. She’s sexy as heck in “Hairspray,” and her appearance in the trailers for “Stardust” already got our motor running. Now, if she could just slip into that vinyl Catwoman outfit again…
5. Rachael Taylor in “Transformers”
Who thought there’d be someone in “Transformers” that could distract us from Megan Fox? Well, uber-hot Aussie Rachael Taylor had what it took. When the Defense Department was recruiting hackers, they went for the guys that looked like us, and the one smokin’ hot blonde who looks like she stepped out of a beer commercial. All hail the Michael Bay casting director!
4. Jessica Biel in “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry”
We know that “Chuck and Larry” hasn’t been released yet, but Jessica Biel makes the list based on her appearance in the trailer alone. We’d gladly fake gay at a chance to hang with her in her underwear and grab her breasts.
3. Megan Fox in “Transformers”
And the Fat Guy short-list smackdown began. The top three ladies, starting with “Transformers” hottie Megan Fox, caused the most sleepless nights in the Fat Guys’ households. It’s a good thing the MPAA R-rated cigarette ban hadn’t gone into effect yet, ‘cause this film would have lost its PG-13 rating since Fox was smoking on screen through the whole film.
2. Jessica Alba in “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer”
Another Jessica on the list, and Fat Guy Kevin Carr fought over this one for the top spot. However, as hot as she was (proved by the fact she actually caught fire in the film), she lost some points for the bleach blonde look and freaky blue eyes. But we still wouldn’t kick her out of the bed for eating crackers.
1. Katherine Heigl in “Knocked Up”
We’re not just jumping on the Katherine Heigl bandwagon here. There are some solid reasons why she topped the list, even though she has some Kirsten Dunst teeth going on. Not only did Heigl give fat guys worldwide hope by banging Seth Rogan, we couldn’t stop thinking about the raw, sordid way she talked during sex. It made us want to move to L.A. to stalk the clubs for drunk reporters from E! celebrating a promotion.
There are some more pics and “honorable mention” choices at the link.
Despite reports that Ellen Barkin will join Danny Ocean’s merry band of bandits for the third installment, Ananova now claims that “Angelina Jolie is reportedly in talks to star in Ocean’s 13.” The implications are obvious: “If she agrees it would see her working again with lover Brad Pitt. The pair first joined forces in Mr and Mrs Smith. Jolie has also recently worked with Matt Damon on The Good Shepherd reports Guardian Unlimited.”
More importantly, though, it would continue the hottie factor of the first two movies, which had and Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones in the female lead slots.
  
As a bonus, while the idea that Matt Damon would date Ellen Barkin is a stretch, audiences will have no problem believing that Brad Pitt would date Angelina Jolie.
Variety reports that Ellen Barkin will play the female lead in “Ocean’s Thirteen,” scheduled to start shooting this summer.
Warner Bros. and producer Jerry Weintraub have set a July 21 start date for “Ocean’s Thirteen,” and Ellen Barkin is the pic’s new leading lady.
Filming will take place primarily on five soundstages on the WBthe WB lot in Burbank, where a fully operational casino will be built. The first “Ocean’s” film was shot at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, the sequel in Europe, but it became too arduous to shoot a movie around the gambling traffic in a real casino, producer Jerry Weintraub said. Director Steven Soderbergh and star George Clooney just used the WB soundstages to shoot “The Good German,” a European-set period drama.
Soderbergh has already committed to direct returning cast members George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Eddie Jemison, Shaobo Qin, Carl Reiner and Elliott Gould.
With Barkin in, that means previous first femmes Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones are sitting this one out.
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Weintraub wouldn’t disclose plot details, other than that Barkin gets closely involved with Damon’s character. As for the absence of Roberts, who starred in both pictures, and “Ocean’s Twelve” addition Zeta-Jones, Weintraub said: “Their characters just weren’t part of the script this time.”
Ellen Barkin is still a nice looking woman but, sheesh, she’s fifty-friggin-two years old. She makes the 39-year-old Roberts and 37-year-old Zeta-Jones look like they belong on the WB by comparison.
Further, Damon is only 35, younger than all three. Barkin’s literally old enough to be his mom.
Yes, Barkin used to look like this:
But, now, she looks like this:
For that, they gave up this?
And this?
Not a good idea.
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