Aug 16 2010

If Your Husband Invites You to See ‘Eat Pray Love,’ Meditate on It

When a man claiming to be my husband asked if I wanted to see “Eat Pray Love” with him this weekend, of course I played along. That the best-selling book was una stronzata of the first order hadn’t kept me from enjoying it, and I hoped the movie would be bad in a good way, [...]


Aug 15 2010

“Eat Pray Love”: Escape for the Common Woman

When I lived abroad I used to say, and I still somewhat believe, Oprah-ishly, that I was my Best Self living away. I shed all the weight that I carry around with me day to day both literally — I’ve never been thinner — and metaphorically: all the anxiety and trivial machinations over ephemera lifted. [...]


Aug 14 2010

‘Eat, Pray, Love’ Author to Lobby Congress for Bi-National Gay-Spouse Rights

Call it “Eat, Pray, Love, Lobby.” On Sept. 30, Elizabeth Gilbert — author of the monster bestseller “Eat, Pray, Love” and the heroine of the gorpy new Julia Roberts-Javier Bardem flick of the same name — will follow the path trod by countless other celebs seeking civic enlightenment: She’ll lobby House and Senate members on [...]


Aug 6 2010

Julia Roberts: ‘I’m Definitely a Practicing Hindu’

Julia Roberts, the star of the upcoming movie, “Eat Pray Love,” tells Elle magazine that she and her entire family are practicing Hindus, making her the most prominent convert to one of America’s smaller but increasingly prominent immigrant religions. Roberts, 42, tells the fashion mag that she and husband Danny Moder and their three kids, [...]