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Anne Hathaway Finally Talks About Her Follieri Split, Also Rugs
Sep 12, 2008

It’s a big day for Anne Hathaway’s ex, Rafaello Follieri - he’s expected to plead guilty to all his dodgy business dealings later.

So, obviously, it would be a good time for Anne Hathaway to maintain her silence over her suspiciously-timed split with Follieri. After all, when you split up with a man six hours before the FBI arrest him, you’d probably want the fuss to die down a little before you went shooting your mouth off about it.

Which is why we’ve got absolutely nothing to report from Anne Hathaway toda… what? Today just happens to be the exact day that Anne Hathaway’s decided to go public with her version of events? Right before Rafaello Follieri probably hears that he’s going to jail for several years? And she’s decided to do it by using a complex system of rug-positioning metaphors that don’t really make much sense? Do go on.

Rafaello Follieri’s had quite the turnaround in recent months. Not so long ago he was living the high life, trotting around the world, chatting idly with world leaders, with one of the world’s most beautiful - if alarmingly big-faced - actresses as his girlfriend.

Now, though, Rafaello Follieri has none of that. Today he’s expected to plead guilty to all the wire fraud conspiracy charges he was arrested for, which means that pretty soon he’ll be trotting round a cell, shitting idly into a bucket, with one of the jail’s burliest - if alarmingly tattooed and violent - prisoners as his girlfriend.

According to some reports, Rafaello Follieri can expect a jail sentence of anywhere between 51 and 63 months in jail as a result of his alleged crimes - but we suspect that’ll be the least of his worries now that his ex-girlfriend Anne Hathaway has started running around blurting out secrets about their split.

That’s not exactly a surprise given that reports have suggested Anne Hathaway may have been tipped off about the arrest beforehand, allowing her to quickly chuck Rafaello Follieri by phone, wash her hands of it all and walk out unscathed. But to do it now, on Follieri’s big day in court, just seems berserk.

Nevertheless, that’s what she’s done, to W magazine. So Anne Hathaway, we’re ready. Discuss your split from Rafaello Follieri, and if you could possibly use as many physically impossible conceits about decorative floor coverings, that’d be great too:

“As soon as I found out about the arrest, I had to get on a plane to Mexico to do a press tour for ‘Get Smart,’ And then I spent a week in shock at a friend’s house. It’s a situation where the rug was pulled out from under me all of a sudden. But just as suddenly, my friends threw another rug back under me. One said, ‘Go stay at my house.’”

Yeah, that’s all very well and everything Anne Hathaway, but have you ever tried to throw a rug under someone? It’s bloody impossible. Their feet keep getting in the way. Sure, it’s easier if you simultaneously jump as they’re throwing the rug, but then it wouldn’t be as sudden and unexpected as you’re making out, would it? Maybe if it was a very thin rug and you were standing on a virtually frictionless surface and they used enough force…

Wait a minute here. We see what you’re doing Anne Hathaway - you’re lobbing all these mentions of rug aerobics around to distract us from the real issue here, aren’t you? You’re hoping that we’ll end up so busy trying to draw theoretical diagrams of how your friend managed to throw a rug underneath you that we’ll forget to ask you about exactly how much you knew about Rafaello Follieri’s shenanigans before his arrest, aren’t you? Well congratulations Anne Hathaway. Your plan worked.

Also, we’re not really that arsed one way or the other. That probably helped as well, to be fair.

» Source:  Hecklerspray.com
Anne Hathaway's Ex Faces Prison For Fraud
Sep 12, 2008

A smooth-talking Italian businessman who once dated actor Anne Hathaway and claimed to have friends in high places at the Vatican is headed to prison after pleading guilty in a Manhattan real estate fraud case.

Raffaello Follieri agreed yesterday not to appeal any sentence of up to five years and three months in prison for his plea to wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy. Sentencing was set for October 3.

Prosecutors had told the New York court that the 30-year-old posed as the Vatican's representative to the US, telling investors that the church would sell him property at a steep discount.

Follieri admitted misappropriating at least $US2.4 million ($3 million) of investor money, sending it to foreign personal bank accounts disguised as business accounts. "I knew what I was doing was wrong," he told US district judge John G. Koeltl in Manhattan.

Assistant US Attorney Reed Brodsky told the judge Follieri had misled investors to think he was spending their money to buy Catholic properties below market value "when he in fact used it to live a lavish lifestyle".

Mr Brodsky said investigators at the time of Follieri's arrest found a March 2006 letter in his apartment safe from a Vatican cardinal warning him not to continue presenting himself as having ties to the Vatican.

Prosecutors said Follieri was a sophisticated con man who went to elaborate lengths to carry out his scam and then spent the proceeds flying around the world in a private jet with his celebrity girlfriend and living in luxury at his Manhattan penthouse.

A forfeiture order as part of Follieri's plea requires him to give back $US2.4 million in cash, jewellery and watches. The judge will also order restitution.

The FBI arrived at Follieri's doorstep weeks after his split with Hathaway, the Get Smart and The Devil Wears Prada star.

Hathaway said in an interview to be published next month that she felt like "a rug was pulled out from under me" when Follieri was arrested and that she is still looking for a new place to live.

"As soon as I found out about the arrest, I had to get on a plane to Mexico to do a press tour for Get Smart. And then I spent a week in shock at a friend's house. And then I had to go back and do more press, and I haven't stopped since," Hathaway, 25, told W magazine.

She declined to discuss specifics about Follieri or what she knew about his business dealings.

» Source:  News Limited
Hathaway Promotes Drama Queen Film
Sep 03, 2008

Anne Hathaway is at the Venice Film Festival to talk about her new role as a drama queen armed with biting one-liners.

Hathaway stars in Rachel Getting Married, one of the movies competing at the festival for a prestigious Golden Lion Award.

Hathaway plays Kym, who returns to the Buchman family home for the wedding of her sister Rachel (Rosemarie DeWitt).

The screenplay was written by schoolteacher Jenny Lumet, described in the film's production notes as a married mother of two who owns 38 pairs of shoes.

Director Jonathan Demme, whose credits include The Silence Of The Lambs, said there was little extras casting in the film as he wanted to create a guest list for the wedding of people he knew who seemed to fit with the couple.

Demme said: "Let's face it, the reason you have a great wedding is because you get a bunch of people together who hit it off and have a great time at a once in a lifetime event.

"I couldn't imagine how that could be 'acted' by extras, so I felt that the best thing to do would be to get a fantastic group of people together who meet each other the way people will do.

"At the end, when they are partying together, they really should be partying together."

» Source:  The Press Association
Hathaway To Continue Campaigning After Break-up
Sep 03, 2008

Anne Hathaway is determined not to let her recent break-up with RAFFAELLO FOLLIERI interfere with her campaign for U.S. presidential candidate BARACK OBAMA.
The Get Smart star split from the Italian businessman in June (08), shortly before he was arrested on suspicion of unscrupulous business dealings.
But, speaking at last week's (25-28Aug08) Democratic National Convention in Colorado, Hathaway insists she won't allow the split to keep her from supporting Obama's bid to take the White House.

She tells the New York Daily News, "My life didn't begin when my relationship (with Raffaello) began. I come from a middle-class Democratic family. I've had strong ties with the Clintons since they were elected.
"The most important thing for me is getting a Democrat in the White House. I keep thinking about Michelle Obama's speech... about our hopes and fears and not being afraid anymore."

» Source:  Contactmusic.com
Hathaway Feared She Would Be Let Down By Obama
Aug 29, 2008

Anne Hathaway initially refused to fall for presidential candidate BARACK OBAMA's charms - because she had previously been let down by politicians with similar views to the Democratic leader.

The staunch Democrat believes the Illinois senator is the best person for the White House, and backed him by attending the Democratic National Convention earlier this week (beg25Aug08).

But Hathaway admits she erred on the side of caution when Obama first became a public figure, because she didn't know if she could trust him.

She tells Usweekly.com, "I've been burned by politicians before that I wanted to believe in and just didn't live up to it. And I was afraid to trust him and I was afraid to have hope when I first kind of became aware of him."

But the actress insists she soon changed her opinions on the popular politician, after he gave a moving speech on race.

She adds, "I just said, 'I can't deny how I feel about you, Barack Obama. I want you to be the president. I want you in the White House'."

» Source:  Fanbolt Entertainment 2007
Hathaway 'hopeless' With Technology
Aug 23, 2008

Despite playing a special agent in new movie Get Smart, Anne Hathaway says she's not exactly gadget minded.

"I'm hopeless, I'm such a luddite," she says. "I'm not so good with the gadgets, I'm not smooth. I think anyone can see that from a mile away and that extends to gadgetry.

Anne also admits she didn't exactly enjoy the gun training for the movie.

"I don't want to talk about - I hated it," she says. "But funnily enough, I went to the gun range to practise it and my vegetarian pacifist brother came along and he was the most amazing shot in the world. He's a brilliant shot, straight through the heart every single time. I was like 'alright killer'.

But her dislike of gadgets doesn't extend to the spy genre itself.

"I do like spy movies, I think they might be my favourite popcorn movies to go to," Anne says.

"I love the action sequences and the ridiculously gorgeous girls who can kick ass in a bikini. I like the mixture of fantasy and thrills."

» Source:  The Press Association
Anne Hathaway Puts Her Recent Troubles Behind Her And Has A Laugh In Her Latest Film
Aug 23, 2008

Having established herself as a major Hollywood star, and with a lucrative modelling deal and new film Get Smart out today, the last thing Anne Hathaway needed was the bad publicity which surrounded the arrest of her former boyfriend in June.

The Princess Diaries star began a relationship with Italian-born property developer Raffaello Follieri in 2004, but they split a week before police burst into his opulent Fifth Avenue apartment to arrest him on multiple counts of fraud. Follieri, 29, is alleged to have fleeced millions of dollars from investors involved in a property scheme, using the cash to fund his own lavish lifestyle.

For 25-year-old Hathaway – who is not facing any charges related to the investigation and who has cut all ties with her former boyfriend – this was a huge blow, and one she’s had to tiptoe around while doing interviews for Get Smart.

"Problems find you," she says, smiling. "You don’t need to seek them out. And that includes feeling bad about yourself. Life will find a way of messing you up and throwing some curveballs your way – you don’t have to worry about that."

» Source:  Mirror.co.uk
Anne Hathaway Feels Stronger After Split From Boyfriend
Aug 12, 2008

Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway has confessed that her split from boyfriend Raffaello Follieri has made her a stronger person.

Hathaway broke up with the Italian businessman shortly before he was arrested on fraud and money laundering charges. It is also believed that Hathaway helped the Federal Bureau of Investigation to nab him, reports Hollywood.com.

"The worst thing that happens to you can be the best thing, if you don't let it get the best of you," said Hathaway.

The actor added: "I've always wanted a family. I'm not one of those people who says, 'What's the point of marriage?'

"My parents have been married more than 25 years, with all the glory and all the pain one can imagine, but they've stayed together. I want a strong marriage like that."

Folleri remains behind bars until he can post a $21-million bail. A status hearing for him has been set this month.

» Source:  Sify Technologies Ltd,