Renee Zellweger

RENEE ZELLWEGER HAS A SPECIAL CO-STAR IN NEW BRIDGET JONES FILM

Renee Zellweger has a surprise for her rabid Bridget Jones fans when she films the fourth segment of the popular movie franchise. Renee is heading to London to begin production, and not only is her boyfriend Ant Anstead accompanying her to the location, but he’s APPEARING in the movie as a love interest! It’s perfect casting since Ant is from England and obviously has off the charts chemistry with Renee. For now Renee and Ant are planning to keep his appearance a surprise, but both are hoping it’s the launching pad for Ant’s aspiring career as an actor.

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RENEE ZELLWEGER AND HER SILVER FOX

Renee Zellweger has two words for her boyfriend Ant Anstead… STAY GRAY! Renee and Ant, 44, have been together for two years (now they LIVE together!) and she’s 10 years older than he is, but the TV host is prematurely gray. Which is just FINE with her. When they first met, Ant used to touch up his gray hair with varying shades of browns and blondes, but now he’s sporting a full head of gray hair and Renée is delighted. According to an acquaintance, Renee is somewhat self-conscious of their decade age difference, even though she looks amazing. Ant is now sporting a full head of gray hair and not only does Renée find it sexy, but she also thinks it makes their age difference less noticeable – so she’s urging him to keep it. We’re betting he will…

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RENEE ZELLWEGER APPRECIATES A WELL-DRESSED MAN (WHO DOESN’T?)

Renee Zellweger’s romance with Ant Anstead is still going strong, but there’s one thing about him she’s trying to change -his wardrobe. Although Renee is a blue jeans girl at heart, she’s always appreciated a well dressed man, so she’s been slowly trying to upgrade Ant’s closet. She spends a lot of time in Laguna Beach and has become a regular at nearby Fashion Island, working with a private shopper at Neiman Marcus to spruce up Ant’s clothes. A source says Renee appreciates Ant in a T-shirt and Jeans, but she’s not so fond of his taste in dressier clothes. She’s gotten him a few Tom Ford suits and some pricey cashmere sweaters from the high-end store. Ant is happily allowing her to dress him…

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THE THING ABOUT RENEE…

At first glance this could be some celebrity’s assistant schlepping Starbucks coffee back to her boss and his friends, but it is actually a major movie star doing the schlepping. The unpretentious Renee Zellweger doesn’t mind running errands herself – she’s in New York promoting her new NBC true crime series The Thing About Pam. We were astonished by her transformation into the leading character who is much larger than Renee. Renee did NOT gain weight for the part – her look was all done with prosthetics, and it’s quite amazing. In real life Renee is still living in Laguna Beach and walking dogs with her boyfriend Ant Anstead.

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RENEE ZELLWEGER HAS A LOCK ON THAT OSCAR

Renee Zellweger was in Paris this week at the premier of her film Judy, but of course she’ll be back in time for Oscar parties. Everyone seems to agree that she will take home the Best Actress Oscar, so it’s rather discouraging for the other nominees. We were not crazy about the Judy movie, and although Renee was excellent, we thought Charlize Theron was equally amazing in Bombshell. LOVE this photo of Rene cuddling somebody’s “wolf-dog” puppy after the Judy premier.

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SO WHAT IF RENEE ZELLWEGER IS THE BREADWINNER IN HER RELATIONSHIP!

There’s SO much filming activity in Hollywood lately that actors have never been busier – Renee Zellweger, 49, has had one job after another. She recently finished playing Judy Garland in Judy, and now she’s signed to do a Netflix morality series called What/If. The series studies the ripple effect of what can happen if a decent person makes just one bad decision. Last we heard, Renee is still with her musician boyfriend of 6 years, Doyle Bramhall II. She was embarrassed last year when Bramhall’s divorce revealed that Renee was financially supporting him, including paying his credit card bills. Above, Renee and her girlfriends had dinner at Catch.

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RENEE ZELLWEGER: DON’T FORGET ABOUT LORNA LUFT!

Renee Zellweger, 48, (Chicago) has been obsessively researching Judy Garland as she prepares to start filming Judy in February. The movie covers the time period in winter of 1968, when 47 year old Judy was preparing for her final concerts in London. She was at a low point in her career- her TV series was cancelled, her Australian tour was a disaster due to lateness and impairment, and Judy lost her role in the film Valley of the Dolls to Susan Hayward because she didn’t show up for rehearsals. The London concert series was a big deal, but Judy was not up for it. The movie deals with her relationships – both good and bad- at the time. Hopefully Renee will have a long chat with Lorna Luft, Judy’s younger daughter, who wrote in great detail about that time period in her fascinating book Me and My Shadows.

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WHAT ABOUT THE WOMEN WHO LIKED HARVEY WEINSTEIN?

Really caught in the middle of a horrible scandal are the women – mostly actresses- who seemed to LIKE predator Harvey Weinstein because he helped their careers? (Whether they paid a high price for that help is not known) For instance, Anne Hathaway was Weinstein’s DARLING for a few years and Renee Zellweger and Cate Blanchett owe him bigtime for their careers. And what about Weinstein’s WIFE Georgina Chapman, co-designer of Marchesa? Harvey made SURE all the Miramax stars above, and many more, dressed in Marchesa with the help of his friend, stylist Rachel Zoe. He put Marchesa on the map. Will any of these women dare to speak out in any way?

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RENEE ZELLWEGGER: HAPPINESS HAS STRINGS ATTACHED

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Rene Zellweger, 45, has been happy for the two years she’s been with her musician boyfriend Doyle Bramhall, also 45, but his ex-wife is not so thrilled. Doyle divorced Susannah Melvoin in 2010, (remember her? She’s also a musician and had a fling with Prince back in the day.) Doyle and Susannah have two daughters and she claims that he’s neglectful in financially supporting his kids. Meanwhile, Doyle is living it up at Renee’s lush home in Montecito, California, so Susannah is REALLY irked. Some musicians have charmed lives. Hopefully things will work out for Renee because she admits to being VERY fond of Doyle. (Above, Renee and Doyle arrive at LAX)

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WHAT DID RENEE ZELLWEGER DO TO DESERVE THIS?

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Calling Renee Zellweger “unrecognizable” at a recent appearance in New York (above) is both ridiculous and insulting. As far as we can surmise, the “unrecognizable” word was used first by the UK’s Daily Mail and American media followed suit. If you really look at Renee’s photos they are far from startling, and do not indicate any radical plastic surgery. Poor Renee apparently showed up at a time when there was a shortage of gossip and EVERYBOY copied each other with the “story.” Renee happens to be one of the nicest and least pretentious actresses around – what happened to everybody’s MANNERS? She looks fine – and natural. Talking about plastic surgery is fun – but cruel comments about women are just WRONG.

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