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Info: The recent news that Hathaway will voice a character on a two-part Simpsons episode cinched my theory that the woman is the Itzhak Perlman of popular opinion. She will play Krusty the Clown's girlfriend, who testifies on his behalf after the corrupt clown is accused of a crime. The role, of course, is designed to mock Hathaway's much-publicized breakup with Italian financier Raffaello Follieri, who was arrested in June on 14 counts of fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering. When she hosted Saturday Night Live in October, Hathaway opened the show by poking fun at her own naivete, boasting that her new boyfriend was a Nigerian prince who'd sent her an unsolicited e-mail requesting her Social Security number: "How sweet is that?" Both the Simpsons role and the SNL monologue share a sly, have-it-both-ways approach to Hathaway's image burnishing: She makes fun of her own gullibility while reminding audiences that she's clever enough to know her ex played her for a fool.
Infos: If Anne Hathaway wins the best actress Oscar next month for her role as a recovering drug addict in Rachel Getting Married, it will be a big upset: Popular wisdom is divided between Meryl Streep for Doubt and Kate Winslet for The Reader, and it's heavily weighted toward Winslet (though Hathaway did recently tie with Streep for a Critic's Choice award). But Hathaway has already bested her fellow nominees in at least one category: She is the canniest image-manager currently working in Hollywood.
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News: If you were single, hot, and one of Hollywood's top actresses right now, who would you want on your arm at the Oscars? George Clooney?
Maybe, but Anne Hathaway (who, have I mentioned, I completely adore) is going to be walking the red carpet with her dad, as he is her date for her big night at the Academy Awards.
"I'm taking my dad," the Rachel Getting Married star, and best actress nominee, said at 81st annual Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills. "Hopefully, if I can squeeze a few more tickets, I'm going to see if I can take my brother and my mom."
"This is my first, maybe my only, time going," she added. "Hopefully not! My family is the most important thing in the world to me. I definitely wanted them by my side."
Isn't she just the cutest, sweetest thing? Glad to see that whole I-dated-a-big-Italian-fraud-thing didn't ruin her spirit.
Information: In the half-year since the Follieri scandal, Hathaway has managed to become a staple of tabloid news without ever seeming lowered by it. In July, W praised Hathaway for getting her "chic revenge." In August, she began appearing as the spokesmodel for a new Lancôme fragrance, Magnifique (Lancôme being the endorsement gig for high-class actresses; past spokesfaces have included Isabella Rossellini, Uma Thurman, Juliette Binoche, and Kate Winslet). And the three major Hathaway films that have come out since mid-2008—Get Smart, Rachel Getting Married, and Bride Wars—have each highlighted a different part of her public persona.
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