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Buzz Feed
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Julia Stiles Shares Julia Roberts' Advice On Set
Warning: Discussion of eating disorders. You know Julia Stiles. The 10 Things I Hate About You actor recently revealed that she once struggled with body image and how a co-star (with the same name) helped boost her confidence — Julia Roberts. On a May 20 episode of How to Fail with Elizabeth Day, Julia explained how the other Julia was a mother figure and inspiration on the set of their 2003 film Mona Lisa Smile. The actors starred in the Mike Newell drama alongside Kirsten Dunst, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Ginnifer Goodwin. Julia Robert played Katherine Ann Watson, an art history teacher at Wellesley College in the 1950s who helped intellectually liberate her young students' minds. Think Dead Poets Society meets Steel Magnolias. "She was an amazing example for us, and she was so maternal with all the young women on that set," Julia said. "She was coming from a lot of experience of being not just a woman, but also a woman where your appearance is focused on so heavily." "Julia said to us, 'You're going to look back on these photos of you in your 20s and be like, I was beautiful — why didn't I see that?' And she's totally right." This echoes what Julia said about the Pretty Woman star earlier this year. On a Jan. 13 episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, she said, "She took care of all the girls on that set in a way she didn't really [have to]." "The movie hinged on her — she's a huge star; everything was riding on her performance in this movie," she added. "And yet she took the time to be really kind and generous to all the young women that were in it." In the How to Fail with Elizabeth Day podcast, Julia further explained how she struggled with "restrictive" eating in her 20s and early 30s as a Hollywood actor. "I'm not talking about an eating disorder — it was just restrictive, regimented, stressful. I always worried that it was going to be out of my control. Like, what if I gain weight?" she said. "I couldn't help but have a disordered relationship with it all." "There was stress around what your body looks like and trying to mold your body into a certain size," Julia continued. "As an actress, we go and promote on a red carpet, and we have to wear sample sizes from fashion designers. So it's always, 'Are we going to fit into the sample size?'" Now, as a mother of three children — Strummer, Arlo, and Henry — whom she shares with filmmaker Preston Cook, Julia acknowledged that negative perception was "a waste of fucking time" and everything that mattered "fell into place." "I've moved on," Julia said. "I've learned to be kinder in the way I think about my body and look at my body — to be kinder to myself but also trust your body ... I would be running on fumes, like, no sleep having just had a five-month-old baby. I didn't have time to think about, am I going to get back in shape to fit into those sample sizes?" Watch the podcast episode here: The National Eating Disorders Association helpline is 1-800-931-2237; for 24/7 crisis support, text 'NEDA' to 741741.
Perth Now
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Julia Stiles struggled with 'disordered' eating
Julia Stiles struggled with "disordered" eating at the height of her Hollywood career. The 44-year-old actress has revealed she felt under pressure to fit into sample sizes from designers on the red carpet so her diet became "restrictive, regimented" and "stressful". During an appearance on the 'How to Fail with Elizabeth Day' podcast, she explained: "I'm not talking about an eating disorder - it was just restrictive, regimented, stressful. "I always worried that it was going to be out of my control. Like, what if I gain weight? I couldn't help but have a disordered relationship with it all ... "There was stress around what your body looks like and trying to mold your body into a certain size. As an actress, we go and promote on a red carpet, and we have to wear sample sizes from fashion designers. So it's always: 'Are we going to fit into the sample size?"' However, Julia has revealed becoming a mother to three children - Strummer, Arlo and Henry - with her husband Preston Cook helped her understand that obsessing over her weight was a "waste of f****** time". She added: "I've moved on. I've learned to be kinder in the way I think about my body and look at my body - to be kinder to myself but also trust your body ... "I would be running on fumes, like, no sleep having just had a five-month-old baby. I didn't have time to think about, am I going to get back in shape to fit into those sample sizes?" During the interview, Julia also praised her 'Mona Lisa Smile' co-star Julia Roberts with helping the young women in the cast treat themselves with more kindness. She explained: "She was an amazing example for us, and she was so maternal with all the young women on that set. She was coming from a lot of experience of being not just a woman, but also a woman where your appearance is focused on so heavily. "[She] said to us: 'You're going to look back on these photos of you in your 20s and be like, I was beautiful - why didn't I see that?' "And she's totally right."
Daily Mail
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Julia Stiles reveals past struggle with disordered eating that was triggered by industry pressures
Julia Stiles opened up about years of secretly struggling with disordered eating and body image issues as a result of relentless society and industry pressures. The actress, 44, who has three children with her husband Preston Cook, added that only since becoming a mother did she start to heal her relationship with food. She said: 'In my twenties and early thirties, being an actress, there was so much focus on your appearance and how you're going to fit into certain clothes.' Julia added: 'I'm not the first person to say this - and even coming from a mother who never emphasised those things - food and all that stuff was so stressful.' Speaking on the latest episode of How to Fail With Elizabeth Day, the actress explained: 'I couldn't help but have a disordered relationship with it all. 'I'm not talking about an eating disorder - it was just restrictive, regimented, stressful. I always worried that it was going to be out of my control. Like, what if I gain weight? Julia continued: 'There was stress around what your body looks like and trying to mould your body into a certain size. 'As an actress, we go and promote on a red carpet, and we have to wear sample sizes from fashion designers. So it's always, "Are we going to fit into the sample size?"' Julia the revealed the useful advice she was told by fellow actress Julia Roberts, 57, while they were filming the 2003 movie, Mona Lisa Smile. Julia said: 'She was an amazing example for us, and she was so maternal with all the young women on that set. She was coming from a lot of experience of being not just a woman, but also a woman where your appearance is focused on so heavily. 'She said to us, "You're going to look back on these photos of you in your twenties and be like, I was beautiful - why didn't I see that?" And she's totally right!' Julia now has three children - Strummer, seven, Arlo, three, and Henry, two - with her husband Preston, a camera assistant whom she met on the set of Blackway. They married in 2017 after being engaged for two years. Julia said: 'I think my relationship with my body and food and diet and exercise and my appearance radically changed when I had kids. 'Being pregnant, nourishing a baby, growing a baby, all that stuff - and then also directing a movie, which is similar to having a baby in some ways - creatively and spiritually. 'When I decided I wanted to have kids, I started looking at things differently: I need this machine to work, so I need to fuel my body and I need to nourish it and I need to fuel this baby and nourish it. And everything just fell into place. I relaxed. 'I naturally wanted to eat the things that were going to make me feel better and help me grow. It all just became easier. 'And having a baby - three babies now - I'm like, woah, my body can do magical, wonderful, amazing things. And when I relaxed and I started to trust it more, everything fell into place. It's doing totally what it's supposed to do.' Julia has just directed her first feature film, Wish You Were Here, which she says has also helped to change her attitude to diet and her body to be more positive. She said: 'It was the first time I was on a film set - seeing cameras, grips and electrics, hair, makeup, and the costume department - and I wasn't stressed about the snack table. 'With directing, I'm not focused on every little detail of my appearance. I'm focused outward on the task at hand. So I don't have time to think about all the imperfections. 'I actually need to fuel my body so that I can get through the 15-hour workday... If I have the afternoon to get through and I'm losing energy, I'm going to have some M&M's and I don't care. Or I need this egg sandwich in the morning because I need my brain to focus and I need energy.' Declaring her past body image issues 'a waste of f***ing time', Julia added that, sadly, she believes a lot of women silently struggle with similar problems. She said: 'I've moved on. I've learned to be kinder in the way I think about my body and look at my body - to be kinder to myself but also trust your body... When I got pregnant, had children - even going into labour - trusting my body that it would know what to do just changed everything on a cellular level. And the same thing with directing a movie. 'I would be running on fumes, like, no sleep having just had a five-month-old baby. I didn't have time to think about, am I going to get back in shape to fit into those sample sizes?'
Economic Times
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Economic Times
Is love doomed at the Met Gala? These 12 high-profile couples split after stealing the spotlight in fashion's biggest night
Met Gala is known for fashion and celebrity relationships. Some couples debuted at the event, but split soon after. Kirsten Dunst and Jake Gyllenhaal, Sarah Silverman and Michael Sheen are examples. Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson also broke up. Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik, Travis Scott and Kylie Jenner are other couples. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Coincidence or curse, why do stars split post Met Gala? Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Kirsten Dunst and Jake Gyllenhaal Sarah Silverman and Michael Sheen Phoebe Bridgers and Paul Mescal Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik Robert Pattinson and FKA Twigs Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Travis Scott and Kylie Jenner Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse Elon Musk and Grimes Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez Selena Gomez and The Weeknd FAQs The Met Gala makes fashion history and, sometimes, unravels love stories. While celebs often debut their relationships with a red carpet flourish, many don't last long after the cameras stop with some gorgeous red carpet moments, a number of high-profile couples, including Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth and Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik, broke up after the Met whirlwind relationships to long-time loves, these breakups have fans speculating whether or not there is a Met Gala curse Although it is probably just timing, the trend of post-Gala breakups has led people to wonder if there is a "Met Gala curse" plaguing fashion's biggest most famous people and fashionable couples attend the event, and although some couples use it as a way to start dating, not all couples who dress alike end up together. It's still unclear if these celebrity splits are the result of bad timing, fate, or a 12 high-profile couples that split after stealing the spotlight in fashion's biggest night, as per a report by meeting at the 2003 Met Gala, Kirsten Dunst and Jake Gyllenhaal broke up in 2004. His sister, Maggie, who costarred with Gyllenhaal in Mona Lisa Smile, introduced Dunst to the February 2014, Sarah Silverman and Michael Sheen started dating, and in May, they made their official debut at the Met Gala. Before purposefully breaking up over Christmas in 2017, they had been dating for almost four years. Silverman explained that although there was no conflict, things became difficult because they lived in different Bridgers expressed her opinions about Paul Mescal's performance on the Hulu drama Normal People, the two became friends on X in 2020. They officially announced their romance on Instagram in 2021. Although Bridgers was a guest of designer Jonathan Simkhai, he accompanied Mescal as his date at the 2022 Met Gala. SZA's song "Ghost in the Machine," which Bridgers contributed a verse to in December 2022, implied a fight with a significant other. It became clear that Mescal and Bridgers were no longer together, even though neither of them confirmed the getting married in December 2018, Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth wore matching outfits to the 2019 Met Gala. Hemsworth matched Cyrus's all-black formal attire, while Cyrus wore a custom-made Yves Saint Laurent dress with black and green sequin stripes. Less than a year after their wedding, in August, the couple decided to call it quits in order to concentrate on their careers and personal being seen holding hands at Knott's Scary Farm in 2021, Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson were initially connected. When they debuted on the red carpet at the Met Gala in April 2022, they caused a stir by donning the famous Marilyn Monroe dress. Conversely, Davidson assisted Kardashian in navigating the event while sporting an extremely delicate dress. People announced their separation in August 2022, stating that their hectic schedules were the 2015 until 2021, Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik were together, and they had a daughter together, Khai. After Malik was charged with assaulting Gigi's mother, Yolanda Hadid, they formally parted ways in 2021. Their first appearance on the red carpet was at the 2016 Met Gala, where they wore complementary the 2015 Met Gala, Robert Pattinson and FKA Twigs, who started dating in 2014 and got engaged in 2015, made their red carpet debut. They split up in October 2017 after dating for two years. According to a source, FKA Twigs is working on her new album, and Pattinson is on a press tour. It has been two months since they last saw one Scott and Kylie Jenner dated from 2017 to 2023; Jenner announced their split in 2019 following their appearance at the 2018 Met Gala. Co-parenting their daughter Stormi and welcoming a second child, Aire, together in 2022, they kept dating. But in 2023, they broke up once more, according to 2018, former Riverdale co-stars Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse confirmed their relationship by attending the Met Gala. They dated intermittently in real life for almost three years after meeting while portraying lovers on the CW series. In 2022, Sprouse said that the couple's romance was "as real as it gets." The couple split up in the 2018 Met Gala, Elon Musk and Canadian singer-songwriter Grimes were first connected. After splitting in 2021, Grimes declared their reunion in 2022, calling their relationship "very fluid."The Met Gala in 2017 was one of the red carpet fashion events that Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez, a former couple, made history at. In 2017, Lopez's 16-carat engagement ring and mint-coloured dress were the talk of the town. Following a cordial conversation regarding their future in the Dominican Republic, the couple declared their separation in 2021. After spending time together in the Dominican Republic last week, Lopez and Rodriguez made the decision to part ways year after attending the 2017 Met Gala with Bella, Selena Gomez and The Weeknd made their relationship public. But sources confirmed they had called it quits just five months is believed that couples who attend the Met Gala together frequently split up shortly couples have split up after the Gala, including Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson, Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, and and A-Rod.
