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STORY TOOLS It would be nice to think Roberts didn't care about fame. And maybe she doesn't. In Hollywood -- the concept, not the location -- months can be lifetimes, years can be eons. ... Full Article
Stuck in the web
news.com.au –
2009-02-15
One night about five years ago, the star of Mona Lisa Smile , TV drama Big Love and the new chick flick extraordinaire He's Just Not That Into You , typed her name into the internet search engine. ... Full Article
MONA LISA SMILE: SOUNDTRACK
urbancinefile.com.au –
2008-09-04
Why is it that among all masterpieces the Mona Lisa is by far and away the most famous? The extent to which its renown exceeds the other great paintings of the world is hard to attribute simply to the general ... Full Article
THE CHARACTERS: FEMALE FURIES
radaronline.com –
2008-07-22
A group of raging femme fatales led by the deceptively named Granny Goodness, the Furies are, unlike the others in this list, supervillains, and are known for crushing men using heavy metal boots and power-spike fists. ... Full Article
Theater: It Sure Beats 'Mona Lisa Smile 2'
newsweek.com –
2006-04-17
It's Julia Roberts's first night on Broadway, and her most loyal 1,074 fans have sold out the Bernard Jacobs Theatre. When she finally appears onstage, there's hearty applause followed by flashing cameras. ... Full Article
Mona Lisa Smile - DVD Review
totalfilm.com –
2004-07-25
Mike Newells drama explores buttoned-down mores in the corseted 50s.Julia Roberts boho lecturer arrives at screwed-tight Wellesley College, determined to challenge her pupils perceptions. ... Full Article
Mona Lisa Smile
chron.com –
2004-05-07
She plays Katherine Watson, an out-of-place art history teacher at a stuck-up Eastern women's college in the 1950s.A free-thinking "radical" from California, she comes touting abstract art and careers for women. ... Full Article
Mona Lisa Smile
popmatters.com –
2004-03-09
"Katherine Watson didn't come to Wellesley to fit in. She came to Wellesley because she wanted to make a difference." So begins the saga of an idealistic art history teacher who arrives from Oakland to New England in the fall... ... Full Article
Mona Lisa Smile
popmatters.com –
2004-03-09
Julia Roberts' famous smile is the foundation for an obvious minor irony in Mike Newell's Mona Lisa Smile . For, as Berkeley-educated art history teacher Katherine Watson, she doesn't do much smiling, at least at first. ... Full Article
Wipe Off That Smile
newsweek.com –
2003-12-22
Katherine Watson (Julia Roberts) arrives at Wellesley College in the fall of 1953 to teach art history.She's a bohemian from Berkeley, an idealist who, we're told, "wanted to make a difference." ... Full Article