News is extremely slow as you might have noticed. Nothing happened the past month except for the 10th year anniversary of 10 Things I Hate About You which is now available on Blu-Ray. I did find an article mentioning Julia.

The Vacationeers look to be stepping up, not just with the film but also with their two most recent shorts. Both feature Hollywood star Julia Stiles. “She was dating a friend of mine, and she happened to see our stuff online and wanted to do something with us,” said Brennan, who calls her “amazingly cool.”

She can be seen in The Vacationeers’ Excuse Me, which screened at LSIFF before The Scenesters, and also parodying clueless celebrity activism in their short Julia Stiles Helps the Environment More Than You.

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First of all I would like to wish you all a happy new year. Julia did an interview with EcoStilleto.com.

There’s something about Julia Stiles and Shakespearean drama. She’s starred in three modern interpretations of the Bard’s classics—“10 Things I Hate About You,” “O” and “Hamlet”—and even dated the prince of Denmark in “The Prince and Me.”

But as Julia deepens her oeuvre with a forthcoming role as Sylvia Plath in “The Bell Jar,” which she’s also producing, as well as a recent stint on Broadway starring with Bill Pullman in David Mamet’s controversial “Oleanna,” she’s unleashed an unexpectedly hilarious comedic side working with comedy troupe The Vacationeers. “Excuse Me,” the short film they co-created, made the film festival circuit last year as the oh-so-deadpan “Julia Stiles Styles” video, featuring Stiles as a clueless eco-fashion designer, went viral—including on EcoStiletto TV.

But Julia hasn’t always been so comfortable with her sense of humor. Five years ago, when Conan O’Brien asked her what her first bite of hamburger was like after giving up veganism because of anemia, Stiles replied, “The word orgasm comes to mind.” Today, “I regret going on a talk show and talking about it,” she says. “I was young and impressionable and trying to be funny.”

She’s no longer a vegan, but Julia is a dedicated environmentalist who totes her own bags, avoids plastic water bottles and longs for the day when she can find a Fair Trade label on shoes.

She’s also really, really funny.

That “Julia Stiles Styles” video is hilarious. Tell me how that came about.

We did “Oleanna” first in L.A. before we took it to New York and I met the guys who are in The Vacationeers; they were friends of friends. I thought their movie “The Scenesters” was really good and their videos for Google were really funny. We were hanging out one day, throwing around ideas and I just thought the idea of Julia Stiles Styles was great.

I didn’t mean to be disparaging of green fashion—also, we weren’t making fun of any celebs who promote that kind of thing. We were making fun of me. The idea that can create unwearable clothing. And of celebs who can be out of touch with how rich they are. So [in the video] the clothing is really expensive but it was inspired by homeless people.
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I wanted to wish you all a merry christmas and great holidays. I hope you all have a great time with friends and family.

Check out this really funny short movie featuring Julia. Thanks Brad for letting me know.

Julia attented the 7th Annual Gala Benefit – Celebrity Charades 2009:Jackpot. She looked very pretty. I’ve added some images to the gallery so check them out.

Gallery Links:
- 7th Annual Gala Benefit “Celebrity Charades 2009 : JACKPOT”

Hey guys. For some strange reason the affiliates won’t show up anymore the affiliates show up again =). I am working on it. I am also working on a brand new design but school is sort of killing me this week so it might take a bit longer than expected to have it up.

Hey guys, I went through the affiliates today and I had to delete most of them, since most didn’t link back. I also found out that the site didn’t have a application form, we do have one now. So go apply for affiliates.

As for the gallery, there is a new theme online. I wanted to update the gallery but something weird is going on so I first need to look into that before any new pictures can be added =)

Hey guys, my name is Carmel and i’m the proud new owner of Acting Naturally. I’ve been a huge Julia fan for years and I can’t wait to get started on this site! Thanks to Gertie for this great opportunity. For now I just wanted to introduce myself but I will come back with tons of updates, since the site is a little behind!

Tickets for the first-ever Broadway production of David Mamet’s Oleanna, starring Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles, areon sale to the general public.

Tony Award winner Doug Hughes (Doubt) directs the “gripping account of a power struggle between a male university professor and one of his female students.”

Produced by Jeffrey Finn, the Broadway production will begin previews Sept. 29 toward an Oct. 11 opening at The Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th Street.

For tickets visit www.telecharge.com or call (212) 239-6200. Tickets range from $116.50 to $76.50.

Tickets will also be available for purchase in person at The Golden Theatre box office at a future date to be announced.

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The late 1990s saw a glut of mostly forgettable teen movies come and go at the multiplex, but 1999’s “10 Things I Hate About You” managed to stand out. Transplanting Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” to a modern-day high school setting, it launched the careers of Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger. And while those other teen flicks gather dust, “10 Things” has been granted new life as a TV series, with the chance to grab a new generation of fans.

The plot of the half-hour comedy, premiering at 7 p.m. Tuesday on ABC Family, is essentially unchanged: Sisters Kat and Bianca adjust to life at Padua High while living under the microscope of their loving but intrusive dad, played by Larry Miller, the lone holdover from the film. Lindsey Shaw stars as Kat, a rebel determined to show people she doesn’t care what they think, while Meaghan Martin is Bianca, who never met a popular person whose rump she didn’t kiss. The two would be content to just stay out of each other’s way, but their father has imposed the Shakespearean rule that Bianca cannot start dating until her older sister does.

This seems like a bad turn for Bianca until Kat finds herself drawn to a mysterious loner named Patrick Verona (Ethan Peck), who seems equally taken with her. Shaw (“Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide”) says that as Kat discovers new emotions within herself, she’s forced to re-examine her outlook on life.

“She runs into situations and people — especially with this boy — where she finds herself exposed more than she ever has been, and she realizes that those feelings that she never thought were there (are) surfacing,” Shaw says.

Calling herself a fan of the film, Shaw says she could always relate to Kat’s guardedness and the belief that she needed to put on a brave front. Slowly, she says, she has realized that revealing her vulnerability isn’t such a bad thing. On the flip side, she says co-star Martin (“Camp Rock”) is “an open book,” which makes her perfectly cast as Bianca.

Holding them together is Miller, who plays Walter Stratford much the same way he did in the film, as a single dad trying to come to grips with his daughters becoming young women.

“He’s a guy who just doesn’t understand why his life is changing,” Miller says. “He’s someone who cares deeply about his daughters, and he’s going to hold onto his life as rigidly as he can.”

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