After so many "bad" news about "Indonesian villagers protest new Julia Roberts film" .... which is very much exaggerated by media ... and no Indonesian paparazzi able to get a decent shot ... here is some refreshing video coming from ITN.
Please be patient ... video is loading below, about Julia in Ubud Market, Bali.
Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress. She became well known during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy Pretty Woman opposite Richard Gere, which grossed $463 million worldwide. After receiving Academy Award nominations for Steel Magnolias in 1990 and Pretty Woman in 1991, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2001 for her performance in Erin Brockovich. Her films, which also include romantic comedies such as My Best Friend's Wedding, Mystic Pizza, Notting Hill, Runaway Bride, and crime films such as The Pelican Brief and Ocean's Eleven and Twelve have collectively brought box office receipts of over $2 billion, making her the most successful actress in terms of box office receipts.[1]
Roberts had become one of the highest-paid actresses in the world, topping the Hollywood Reporter's annual "power list" of top-earning female stars from 2002 to 2005, until 2006, when Nicole Kidman won the top spot. Her fee for 1990's Pretty Woman was $300,000; in 2003, she was paid an unprecedented $25 million for her role in Mona Lisa Smile. As of 2007, Roberts's net worth was estimated to be $140 million.[2]
Roberts was the first actress to appear on the cover of Vogue. GQ once erroneously claimed she was the first woman to appear on their cover, but later retracted the statement (Carol Channing appeared on a GQ cover in 1964).[3] She has been named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" eleven times, tied with Halle Berry. In 2001 Ladies Home Journal ranked her as the 11th most powerful woman in America, beating out then national security advisor Condoleezza Rice and first lady Laura Bush.[4] Roberts has a production company called Red Om Films, formerly Shoelace Productions ("Moder" spelled backwards, after her husband's last name).
Indonesian villagers protest new Julia Roberts film
(AFP) – 1 day ago
DENPASAR, Indonesia — Dozens of angry Indonesian villagers demanded thousands of dollars from a crew filming Julia Roberts' new movie, "Eat, Pray, Love", officials said Friday.
Embarrassed officials said that when the crew arrived in Bali island's Bentuyung village a month ahead of schedule, locals blocked roads and demanded 32,000 dollars.
"There was a misunderstanding. The crew came in 20 trucks... earlier than their scheduled shooting on November 10, so the villagers were offended and blocked the roads," district chief Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardana Sukawati told AFP.
"They asked for 300 million rupiah (32,100 dollars) to use the location for filming. I was very embarrassed and told them this was unacceptable."
He said the problem had been resolved and the crew allowed through, but added he would like to make it up to Roberts by inviting her to lunch at his house.
"Everything is okay now. The villagers understand. Many local and international films have been shot here with no problem at all," he said.
The film is based on Elizabeth Gilbert's best-selling memoir of the same name.
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