• By the time Julia Roberts was 23, she had won two academy award nominations; she had also become the world's most popular female actress.

•  Roberts has appeared in fourteen films. Most recently, "My Best Friend's Wedding" and "The Conspiracy Theory."

• She didn't plan to become an actress, but she wanted to be six feet tall,veterinarian,happy and make others happy.

• Although Julia Roberts has had much professional success, her personal life has been troubled with several failed relationships.

• Julia Roberts lives in Manhattan, not far from the apartment she once shared with her sister in Greenwich Village.

• She came to New York when she was seventeen because her older sister lived there and she was influenced by her sister.

• Because her parents run a theater school in Georgia , Julia Robert was raised there ;however, the family was always short of money even though her sister and brother are also actors.

• WhenJulia was four years old, her parents divorced after eighteen years of marriage.

• Julia and her sister lived with their mother ;however, their brother stayed with their father who died of cancer five years later.   

• In high school, Julia found classwork boring ; she didn't know how to be a good student.

• After she graduated from high school, Julia worked in a shoe store while auditioning for acting jobs,though she didn't get hired for a year. 

• In 1990, "Pretty Woman" became a smash hit her natural gift for this type of comedy brought; her a nomination for Best Actress.

• Julia Roberts was engaged to Keifer Sutherland in 1991. Three days before the wedding, she changed her mind and canceled everything. 

• The singer-actor Lyle Lovett is ten years older than Julia, she married him in 1993 but split up after less than two years.

• "Stepmom" is Julia Robert's new movie. It is a family drama.  Susan Sarandon and Ed Harris are also a co-star.

• Currently, Julia is dating Benjamin Bratt. He plays a detective on the TV series, "Law and Order.

• Roberts says that she enjoys getting older and is content with her life experiences. 

• Curtis is the oldest of five children; he is the only one to have graduated from college.

• Flannery O'Connor has been called one of the South's great writers.

• The coach told the players that they should get a lot of sleep, not eat too much, and do some warm-up exercises before the game.

• Ballet requires concentration and self-discipline; it provides great satisfaction to both the dancer and the audience.

• It is easy to stop smoking but hard to keep away from cigarettes.