"Julia Roberts" news and stories

Yesterday I posted about how much I like Big Night, and I was pleasantly surprised to see I'm not alone on that.

Another food flick that's worth spending some time with is the 1988 movie Mystic Pizza. Sure, it's got Julia Roberts fairly early in her career, but it's got two other actors who never get the props they're due: Vincent D'Onofrio (the guy from Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Ed Wood) and Annabeth Gish (whom you may remember from the later seasons of the X-Files).

How to describe it? Hmmm ... sort of a coming-of-age movie where the local pizza (our three heroines work at the pizzeria) does some magical things.

I shudder to think how this was pitched to the film execs ("think chick flick  meets pizza flick set in the Northeast ... no, no, not the de-industrialized Northeast, the quaint Northeast!"), but I'm glad it exists.

Ever wonder what sort of quirky food habits the celebrities might have? After all, they are celebrities and, therefore, are likely to have some off beat needs and requests. Following are just a few.

• Julia Roberts takes her own soy milk to coffee shops.
• Winona Ryder requests to have organic cola on hand at photo shoots.
• Sex and the Citystar Kim Catrall has Diamond Organics deliver food to her while traveling.
• Christina Aguilera reportedly stocks her dressing room with organic milk and soy cheese.
• Gwyneth Paltrow relies on her yoga instructor to whip up macrobiotic meals.

It all sounds divine. I could pass on the soy milk. But organic food delivery service and custom made meals? Yes, those are good things.

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