Will Jennifer Aniston change her name when she marries Justin Theroux?
I keep expecting the Jennifer Aniston-Cake tour to continue riding and riding until we’re all Caked out, but Jennifer’s shill seems to be over now. Cake got a wider release this past weekend (482 theaters) and it didn’t make much of an impact financially, only making $1 million, according to Box Office Mojo. So, that’s done. Cake is not a financial success, Jennifer didn’t get an Oscar nomination and now what? We’re just supposed to go back to talking about when JustJen will get married?
I guess so. First, I wanted to mention this E! story from last week – when Jennifer was in NYC promoting Cake last week, Justin came along and they went out to dinner with friends. The group ended up spending four hours in the restaurant, ordering vodka with lime and ribeye steaks and spaghettini. Oh, and the entire dessert menu, because hey, she’s not going to the Oscars, so why would she need to diet? A source told E! that Justin and Jennifer were “both very smitten with one another, and they acted very much like a couple.” Just for those people who think Justin Theroux and Jennifer are on the rocks. Meanwhile, the Enquirer’s Mike Walker claims that Jennifer is hellbent on changing her name once she and Justin marry:
NAME GAMING! When – or is it “if?” – Jennifer Aniston marries Justin Theroux, she’s vowed, despite her fiancé’s heartfelt objections, that she’ll tack on HIS last name and be known, henceforth, as “Jennifer Aniston Theroux!”… YEOW! …
Said a source close to Jen: “Justin’s totally against the idea! He thinks Jen has made a huge name for herself, and her brand is her name. But Jen, who never added Brad Pitt’s last name when they were married, wants to add Theroux – not only as a gesture of their union – but also because she thinks Theroux is such a pretty, melodic sounding surname. She loves the sound of being ‘Jennifer Aniston Theroux!’”
I’m pretty sure that Jennifer did change her name to Aniston-Pitt while married to Brad, but professionally she was still just Jennifer Aniston. She only used Pitt in her private life. I’m assuming it would be the same with Theroux – she would still use only her maiden name professionally, but she would hyphenate (or whatever) once she and Justin got married. Whenever that happens. While I doubt Justin and Jennifer are going to break up any time soon, I really believe he’s gun-shy about marriage. He really doesn’t want to go through with it.
Meanwhile, the trailer for Jennifer’s latest film was released several days ago. This is for She’s Funny That Way. To be fair, it’s not really an Aniston film, she’s just part of an ensemble. The real stars are Owen Wilson and Imogen Poots (Poots is doing a really hokey New York accent too). Aniston plays the therapist, seemingly to all of the characters? This looks cheesy.
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