Julia Roberts has leapt with a single bound into the earnings realm usually only inhabited by male actors. Just weeks after Sigourney Weaver set a new contract record by accepting $18 million for starring in Alien 5, the friend of Orang-Utans everywhere has signed a deal to appear in the folow-up to My Best Friend's Wedding. The fee? $20 million. Rumours that the film is to be called My Casual Acquaintance's Engagement have proved to be unfounded.
Julia Roberts makes the Big Leagues
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