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Why Good Girls Anne Hathaway And Jennifer Aniston Are Dating Schmucks
Posted by Molly Friedman at 9:45 AM on June 13, 2008
The NY Daily News makes a bold (and frightening) opening statement in their story published today regarding good girl Anne Hathaway and her very bad boy boyfriend, money-laundering, law suit magnet Raffaello Follieri: "You are who you date." While that statement may seem to be a bit elementary, they make a good point in Anne's case. No matter how charming she is on screen, how little she appears on the pages of tabloids or how impossible we find it to dislike her in any way, the fact remains that she is still with the sleazy mess of a man. And has been for years, despite all the trouble he's had with the law. And she's not the only major bankable goody two shoes actress lessening "her stock" by dating a guy who's far lower on the Hollywood totem pole: the piece also argues that Jennifer Aniston's summer fling with tattooed bed-hopper John Mayer is just as reputation damaging as Hathway's sketchy romance. So why are these beyond eligible bachelorettes digging through the back lot trash for love?
The Bad Boy Appeal: Michelle Pfeiffer sang that she wanted a "rider that's mean" in Grease 2 (yes, we saw it, and are happy to admit it), but she was neither the first nor the last person to echo that sentiment. Try as every girl might, bad boys simply don't lose their luster. Sure, Raffaello might steal money from billionaires, but it's for his lady! The romance! The Stellaahhhhh of it all!
Anne And Jen Are Far More Clever Than We Think: In case you hadn't noticed, Anne has a big summer movie to promote, as does Jennifer. Distracting us bloggers with their law-breaking boyfriends and fembot nipples reminds us they're there. What else are they going to do, slip on cokepants and earn themselves a makeup-enhanced mug shot? Not their style.
John Lennon Was Right After All: Call us romantics, but the truth is that we know nothing about Raffaello and John's in-person charisma. There's this little thing called love, and maybe, just maybe, it's all these particular girls really need. Sigh.
Tags: anne hathaway | cads | get smart | jennifer aniston | john mayer | marly & me | raffaello follieri
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Emjay Kay
Posted August 21, 2008 10:55 PM
You quote Michelle Pfeiffer singing that she wants a "rider that's mean" in "Grease 2" - yet she neither says nor sings those words. The line from the song says: "I'm lookin' for a dream on a mean machine" - so the mean would be a reference to the bike, not the man. A better quote from the song would have been: "I want a whole lot more than the boy next door, I want hell on wheels" which is actually in the song... I just thought you should know. :)
Scout
Posted 11:52 AM 13/6/08
@Shemp Baldwin: He slept with Jessica Simpson. He's radioactive.
Scout
Shemp Baldwin
Posted 11:28 AM 13/6/08
I don't like John Mayer much, but does he really deserve to be thrown in the same trashcan as Anne H.'s BF? He's a musician in his 20s, he hasn't pulled a bunch of illegal shit, and his music has brought pleasure to many people - not me, but still...
Shemp Baldwin
rajmahall
Posted 12:05 PM 13/6/08
Whatever, this is sexist garbage. No one cares when very very famous men date less famous, sorta sleazy women. This just reminds us that a woman might enjoy success, but never actual status.
rajmahall
CluelessElaineLui
Posted 12:29 PM 13/6/08
@rajmahall: yep, that is why George Clooney is labelled "notorious" bachelor despite his inability to old on to a woman past a year and the likes of Aniston are called "unlucky in love" for not having long term relationships. A woman who dumps a guy is still unlucky in love, a guy on the other hand just doesn't want to be tied down.
And as for John Mayer, the fact that he has tattoos is pretty much all that is needed in some quarters to be labelled a "bad boy".
CluelessElaineLui
Little Mintz Sunshine
Posted 2:31 PM 13/6/08
"So why are these beyond eligible bachelorettes digging through the back lot trash for love?"
Because they want to.
Little Mintz Sunshine
CourageousCoward
Posted 2:52 PM 13/6/08
"So why are these beyond eligible bachlorettes digging through the backlot trash for love?"
Because like many actors, they have low self-esteem.
CourageousCoward
DaisyBuchanan
Posted 2:48 PM 13/6/08
I believe Michelle Pfeiffer was after a COOL rider. A cool, cool, cool, cool rider. A rider that's cool.
DaisyBuchanan
Old No.7
Posted 3:40 PM 13/6/08
Because those guys practice what Sam Kinison preached: They tongue the alphabet.
Old No.7
Losin_it
Posted 10:41 PM 13/6/08
"No one cares when very very famous men date less famous, sorta sleazy women."
George Clooney/Sarah Larson come to mind? I think people cared about that, if only for its snark/limited entertainment value.
Calling SEXISM constantly probably does more harm than good...it dulls people's reactions when a serious case of it comes along. Kidding about actresses on a snark site is not one of those times. A commitment to justice is not the same thing as having no sense of humor.
Losin_it
Este8888
Posted 12:59 AM 14/6/08
That Anne stays with her troubled man shows she's not the image conscious gold digger we expect from Hollywood. It's sexist to expect women to date a certain kind of man while men like Clooney can bring a cocktail waitress to the Oscars, not that I have any issue with that.
I have a better idea. Judge these women based on their performances and not their personal lives.
Este8888
TurdBlossom
Posted 2:33 AM 14/6/08
Trash is sexy. And often fantastic between the sheets (or wherever) Just don't take them home to Mom (and lock away the valuables when they come over)
TurdBlossom
KNau
Posted 2:04 AM 14/6/08
And who the hell ever said Aniston was a "star"?! If she hadn't dated Brad Pitt she would have already fallen off the radar and be doing Surreal Life episodes by now. Current hit TV show? No. Hit movie in the past 3 to 5 years? No. Hit movie AT ALL besides Bruce Almighty? No.
Her and Mayer just look like a couple of b-listers commiserating, I wouldn't accuse any one of dragging the other down. Although John spends a little too much time acting like a dork for TMZ's cameras. He's starting to look a little desperate.
KNau
Indiana Bento and the lost Temple of Citroens
Posted 5:20 AM 14/6/08
Its true...Nice guys get the shat.
Indiana Bento and the lost Temple of Citroens
midtown43
Posted 11:03 AM 14/6/08
@rajmahall: That's not true. Plenty of people were disappointed when Clooney was dating pantyless Sarah Larson, and remember the big hoopla when Seinfeld took off with the newlywed harlot who now pretends to cook?
There's plenty of sexism in the world. No need to read it here, where there's none.
midtown43
ThisIsEverything
Posted 2:29 PM 14/6/08
Why do they date these men? The simple answer is also the least shocking: their dads were cads...
ThisIsEverything