Strollerderby : Julia Roberts

Erin Brockovich's Daughter Blames Mom for Drug Addiction

KeriF — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Is it really a surprise to anyone that the woman who gained fame wearing a push-up bra to win a lawsuit was caught completely unawares when her own daughter began abusing drugs at the age of 12?

Remember Julia Roberts' cute little girl in the movie? Ever wonder what she was up to while real-life mom Brockovich traveled the world promoting her film and campaigning for her cause du jour?

Apparently she was smoking pot when she was 12 and moved on to cocaine and prescription drugs by the time she was 14. "That was my time to go crazy, because she wasn't there," says daughter Elizabeth. "I would ditch school, I was driving around with kids that were under the influence."

I know Erin was presumably trying to do good in the world, but shouldn't that start at home? No word on who Elizabeth stayed with while Mom was on the road.

Elizabeth is now 17 and sober, thanks to a stay in a treatment facility for teenagers.

"I love her and I'm her parent and I will be there for her," says mom Erin.

Better late than never.

Best of FameCrawler: Week of August 29th

Whit Honea — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Holy Crap! Is That an Engagement Ring on Jennifer Aniston's Finger?

Jessica Biel Pregnant!!?

Is Michelle Obama Pregnant?

Julia Roberts Goes To Hawaii

The Obama Text: Barack is My Booty Call

Zuma Zuma Zuma Zoom

Matthew McConaughey: Nanny Ain't Alright, Alright or Little Levi and the Longboard

Ashlee Cries At The Doctor's Office?

Is Dolly Parton Dead?

Minnie Driver - HUGE Bump TINY Bikini - Photos

Guess Which Celebrity Rebecca Romijn is Naming One of Her Twins After?

Best of FameCrawler: Week of May 23rd

Whit Honea — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Christina Aguilera: These Boobs Aren't Made For Buying

Red Hot Chili Peppers Split!

Ben Stiller,Jack Black & Robert Downey Jr Steal The Show - Video

Whoopi Calls Out Denise Richards

Daughter of Steven Curtis Chapman Hit, Killed By Car

Shiloh's Shopping Spree!

Bo Bice Gives His Baby A Normal Name

Usher & Wife Tameka Have Split!

Julia Roberts Eats Baby

Do Your Kids Look Like You?

Karen Murphy — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:32:00 GMT

I have four kids. None of them looks much like me at all. And they don't look like each other either, not really. Yet I know some families where the kids all are like different-aged peas-in-the-pod, each strongly resembling one parent. Which must totally make the other parent feel weirdly left out, like their genes aren't being passed on at all. Julia Roberts is complaining about this, though her genes likely lead to gawky-looking kids who turn into beautiful adults (I read once that most models etc, as kids, looked like their features were too big, but it all evens when they are adults).

But what about you? Who do your kids look like?

Adoptions aside, it seems likely that most kids will resemble one parent or the other, or partly both. But I know some families where the resemblence seems to skip a generation, going back to the grandparents, or to aunts and uncles. Weird stuff, genetics, hey?

I've never felt too badly about my kids not looking like me. My older son is fair like me and I noticed recently that his head is shaped more like his father's, but none of them really look much like either of us except in bits here or there. Part of me says, "So what! he's beautiful!" (he is, and they all are), and part of me says "Who IS this kid?" At any rate, it seems to me that he's more his OWN kid, and headed toward a life independent of either parent.

So do kids and parents derive some of their identity about one another from appearance? In other words, do kids who strongly resemble one parent or another also identify more strongly with that parent?

So, again, who do YOUR kids look like?

Photo: k92fm.com

Fame is Good. July 20th Edition

Rachael Brownell (Redsy) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:07:00 GMT

Today's FameCrawler highlights include:

Whit's reflections on poor Britney's apparent downward spiral.
Her Bad Mother's confession that she loved Posh's show (we all did -- shh)
SweatPantsMom's worries about Julia Roberts' new baby

Do I hear a "Free Henry Moder" movement coming on?

Babble Talk: Everything's Coming Up Twins

Rachael Brownell (Redsy) — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:20:00 GMT

From Julia Roberts, to Marcia Cross, to adorable Jane Roper of Babble's own Baby Squared, twins are everywhere. Liza Mundy explores this trend in this week's dispatch: Two: The New One.

Did you know that the rate of twin births is usually one in 80, but "...in this country, that number has risen to the point where one out of every thirty-three children born is a twin"??

Heidi Klum better give up some of those nannies...

Water-Breaking News: Julia Roberts Gives Birth

Kelly Mills — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:45:00 GMT

Julia Roberts, owner of the world's broadest grin and creator of a bajillion somewhat-trashy-yet-spunky film heroines, gave birth this morning to a baby boy. The baby came in at 8 1/2 pounds and was born at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. This is the third child for Julia and her husband Danny Moder, who also have two-year-old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus.

So what odd, old-fashioned, or otherwise celebrity-friendly name did the couple bestow upon the newest addition? Henry Daniel Moder. Which I guess will be an unusual name in Hollywood. So cuuuute. (I ain't throwing stones here- my kid has an old lady/plant name.)

With toddler twins and a newborn, we wish Julia all the best and will gladly volunteer to hold off the paparazzi for her while she has her daily "I'm so overwhelmed" crying session. Congratulations to the whole Roberts-Moders clan!

Julia Roberts Uses Hand-Me-Downs, Shops Thrift Stores

Stefania Pomponi Butler (CityMama) — Mon, 07 May 2007 21:02:00 GMT

Julia Roberts is just like you and me. Except she has a skillion dollars in the bank, which—forgive me for being presumptuous— perhaps you do, too. (Not me.)

Pregnant with her third child with hubby Danny Moder, Earth Mama Julia is all set for baby clothes. She will be recycling clothes from her elder kids, twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, and apparently has even been in some thift stores, or "charity shops" as the celebs calls them.

Of course, she probably has closets and drawers full of clothes to choose from, but it's nice to see public figures like Roberts putting their money where their mouth is. As a committed environmentalist, Roberts is reducing, reusing, and recycling, and perhaps she will inspire others to do the same.

A Lot of Things Are Easy if You Have Enough Hired Help

Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:49:00 GMT

Grrrrrrr. I'm not really a huge Julia Roberts fan. In fact, I don't even like romantic comedies very much, which doesn't exactly bode well for Julia in my book, but today my buddy Becky sent me this article about Julia Robert's being pregnant with her third child. According to ExtraTV.com, Roberts said that she had "loved every second" of her middle of the night feedings and diaper changes.

As a parent of twins myself, I call shenanigans.

The first three months of having twins are like the opposite of a sensory deprivation tank. It is constant screaming and poop. If you are nursing, sleep isn't even an option. I remember sleeping an average of two hours a night. And those two hours were never in a row.

Oh. Wait. I guess this wouldn't be a factor if I had a night nurse and one or two full time nannies. Oh yeah, and she gets to go places and make movies. She also probably has a cleaning service and a chef. Right, and a personal trainer.

So my question is this: Did she just say those things because it isn't very classy to tell the media that having infant twins totally blows goats? Or was she serious? If you can afford a staff is it all puppies and ice cream with Hazel and Finn?