bodyType

customContents

entityId

printArticlePageQuery

filter

article

body

urlAlias

articleSectionsContent

articleSeoArticle

articleSourceHeaderArticle

contentSchemaRenderContent

contentSubHeadlineContent

contentHeadlineContent

mainImagePrintArticleArticle

authorBlockPrintArticleArticle

contentSponsorTagContent

articlePianoPaywallContent

scmpYoutubeContent

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

query printArticlePageQuery(
  $entityId: String!
  $customContents: [CustomContentInput]
  $bodyType: BodyFormatTypeEnum
) {
  article(filter: {entityId: $entityId}) {
    entityId
    body(customContents: $customContents, type: $bodyType) {
      json
    }
    urlAlias
    ...articleSectionsContent
    ...articleSeoArticle_3o8td4
    ...articleSourceHeaderArticle
    ...contentSchemaRenderContent
    ...contentSubHeadlineContent
    ...contentHeadlineContent
    ...mainImagePrintArticleArticle
    ...authorBlockPrintArticleArticle
    ...contentSponsorTagContent
    ...articlePianoPaywallContent
    ...scmpYoutubeContent
    ...hooksTrackPageViewArticle
    id
  }
}

fragment articlePianoPaywallContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksPaywallPromiseContent
}

fragment articleSectionsContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sections {
    value {
      ...helpersCheckIfNewsSectionInFirstIndexSection
      ...entityLink
      name
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment articleSeoArticle_3o8td4 on Article {
  ...hooksArticleSeoArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersGetArticleTypeArticle
  entityId
  publishedDate
  updatedDate
  summary {
    text
  }
  subHeadline {
    text
  }
  body(customContents: $customContents, type: $bodyType) {
    text
  }
  keywords
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  topics {
    name
    entityId
    id
  }
  urlAlias
  authors {
    name
    id
  }
  images {
    style(filter: {style: "768x768"}) {
      url
    }
  }
  readingTime
}

fragment articleSourceHeaderArticle on Article {
  urlAlias
  ...entityLink
}

fragment authorBlockPrintArticleArticle on Article {
  ...defaultArticleDateContent
  ...authorNamesArticle
}

fragment authorNameAuthor on Author {
  ...entityLink
  name
  entityUuid
}

fragment authorNamesArticle on Article {
  authorLocations
  authors {
    entityId
    location
    ...authorNameAuthor
    id
  }
}

fragment blockquoteQuoteContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentShareWidgetContent
}

fragment checkersCheckContentContainsStarlingImageContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment contentHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  socialHeadline
  ...contentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
}

fragment contentNewsletterWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    relatedNewsletters {
      ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
      id
    }
    id
  }
  sections {
    value {
      relatedNewsletters {
        ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
        id
      }
      id
    }
  }
  ... on Article {
    relatedNewsletters {
      ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment contentSchemaRenderContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...blockquoteQuoteContent
  ...imageContent
  ...inlineWidgetContent
  ...photoGalleryWidgetContent
  ...scmpYoutubeContent
}

fragment contentShareWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  urlAlias
  shortUrl
  socialHeadline
  headline
}

fragment contentSponsorTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentSubHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  subHeadline {
    json
  }
  summary {
    json
  }
  ...contentSchemaRenderContent
}

fragment defaultArticleDateContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksArticleDateUtilsContent
}

fragment entityLink on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  __typename
  entityId
  entityUuid
  urlAlias
  urlRedirect {
    toUrl
    id
  }
  application {
    entityId
    id
  }
  ... on Section {
    fullSectionPath {
      entityId
      id
    }
    parentSection
  }
  ...helpersAppBarVariantBase
  ...helpersApplicationBase
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersAppBarVariantBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsLiveArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...helpersSectionContent
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersApplicationBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
}

fragment helpersCheckIfNewsSectionInFirstIndexSection on Section {
  name
}

fragment helpersCheckIsAmpEnabledArticle on Article {
  entityId
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  disableOffPlatformContent
  sponsorType
  published
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
}

fragment helpersCheckIsLiveArticle on Article {
  flattenTypeIds
  liveArticle {
    status
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    paywallTypes {
      entityUuid
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusPage on Page {
  urlAlias
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle on Article {
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle on Article {
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostiesPage on Page {
  urlAlias
}

fragment helpersCheckIsStyleArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersGetArticleTypeArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        entityId
        id
      }
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter on Newsletter {
  entityId
  name
  alternativeName
  description {
    text
  }
  summary {
    text
  }
  homepageDescription {
    text
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle on Article {
  authors {
    types
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersStyleSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersUseContentSponsorContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    sponsor {
      ...sponsorTagSponsor
      name
      type
      id
    }
    id
  }
  ... on Article {
    sponsorType
  }
  ...helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent
}

fragment hooksArticleDateUtilsContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  createdDate
  publishedDate
  updatedDate
}

fragment hooksArticleSeoArticle on Article {
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersCheckIsAmpEnabledArticle
  entityId
  headline
  socialHeadline
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
  images {
    generic_og: style(filter: {style: "og_image_scmp_generic"}) {
      url
    }
    styles(filter: {styles: ["og_image_posties_article", "og_postmag", "og_image_style", "og_image_scmp_analysis", "og_image_scmp_explainer", "og_image_scmp_editorial", "og_image_scmp_fact_check", "og_image_scmp_debate", "og_image_scmp_live", "og_image_scmp_obituary", "og_image_scmp_opinion", "og_image_scmp_review", "og_image_scmp_series", "og_image_scmp_generic"]}) {
      url
      style
    }
    type
  }
  urlAlias
}

fragment hooksContentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        name
        entityId
        description {
          text
        }
        id
      }
    }
    ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  }
  flag
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  ...hooksContentHelperContent
}

fragment hooksContentHelperContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle
  ...helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle
  ...helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle
  flag
}

fragment hooksPaywallPromiseContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
}

fragment hooksTrackPageViewArticle on Article {
  entityId
  publishedDate
  headline
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  urlAlias
  authors {
    name
    id
  }
  entityUuid
}

fragment imageContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  ...checkersCheckContentContainsStarlingImageContent
}

fragment inlineWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentNewsletterWidgetContent
}

fragment mainImagePrintArticleArticle on Article {
  images {
    title
    url
    isSlideshow
    size_652x446: style(filter: {style: "652x446"}) {
      url
    }
  }
}

fragment photoGalleryDialogContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ...contentShareWidgetContent
}

fragment photoGalleryWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...photoGalleryDialogContent
}

fragment scmpYoutubeContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  urlAlias
  publishedDate
}

fragment sponsorTagSponsor on Sponsor {
  name
  type
  images {
    url
  }
}


sections

types

disableOffPlatformContent

sponsorType

published

headline

socialHeadline

authors

images

publishedDate

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

keywords

topics

readingTime

authorLocations

entityUuid

Rob Woollard

AFTER A YEAR that began with the bombshell announcement of her separation from Brad Pitt, sparking a global tabloid frenzy that saw every detail of her private life and personal anguish pored over in excruciating fashion, it is easy to empathise with Jennifer Aniston when she talks about her wish for 2006. 'I just want it to be here,' she says. 'I can't wait for it. I bow to 2005. But I will welcome 2006. Even if I don't know what the hell's going to happen.'

The love triangle involving Aniston, Pitt and Angelina Jolie was the grand-daddy of tabloid soap operas  this year, the closest thing to the collapse of a royal marriage that celebrity-obsessed America has witnessed in recent times. And although the ink on her divorce to Pitt has been dry for three months, the public's appetite for news about Aniston remains as insatiable as ever, fed by an increasingly aggressive paparazzi pack. The day before Aniston arrives to meet foreign press to discuss her latest film, Rumor Has It ..., the National Enquirer's front page headline screams: 'Jen Out of Control!', speculating that her 'wild and crazy' friendship with actor Vince Vaughn  is putting her life at risk.

The story is a classic of the genre - long on quotes from anonymous 'concerned friends', pitifully short on details of what it is about Aniston's behaviour these days that is supposed to be so harmful.  Its veracity appears even more dubious as soon as Aniston breezes into the room with her co-star Shirley MacLaine.  If this is a woman who is  'out of control', you can't help thinking that  maybe unbridled hedonism is poised to become the next big thing in the fitness industry. Aniston's green eyes are as striking as ever, her honeyed complexion is radiant, and her hair shines bright.  America's golden girl is, well, golden. And she has every reason to be.

As well as her leading role in the Rob Reiner romantic comedy Rumor Has It ..., Aniston's transition from television to silver screen has steadily gathered momentum, proving the 36-year-old is finally ready to leave her sitcom persona as Rachel from Friends firmly in the past. Next month, Aniston will be seen in Hong Kong  cinemas starring alongside Clive Owen in the thriller Derailed, with two more films, The Break Up (opposite Vaughn) and Friends with Money also scheduled for release next year.  But although Aniston would prefer to talk about her acting, the fascination with her private life endures. So it follows that in two interviews given earlier in the day, not one question concerned her role in Rumor Has It ... Does that bother her? 'What do you think?,' she sighs. 'It's just ... boring.'

Photographs of Aniston sunbathing topless at her Malibu cottage, taken by a photographer perched  about 1.6km away, are the latest example of the intrusion she has put up with. Not that the relentless paparazzi attention would ever make her consider giving up the day job. 'Nothing could make it not worth it,' Aniston says. 'I love my job. I wouldn't trade it for anything, for any amount of hassle. I will never stop doing my job because then I'm giving those people the power, I'm letting them win and letting them take over my life, which is ridiculous.' Having a strong network and friends, family and associates to fall back on has also helped her through the turmoil of the past 12 months. 'I have a very great home base, a wonderful group of people around me. It's just that sometimes getting from here to there can be difficult, which is annoying. But if you don't look at the news-stands, you're okay. It's just the street stuff, going outside that can be difficult.'

The strong-arm tactics of the Hollywood paparazzi have come under scrutiny this year following a series of traffic accidents involving stars speeding away from chasing photographers. The Los Angeles County district attorney has even investigated the possibility of laying conspiracy charges against paparazzi. While not commenting directly on the official probe, Aniston believes something needs to be done. 'I believe that we do have the power somehow - and it just needs a little focus, and a little attention, and a little conversation - to change it before something really awful happens, something worse than a person's dignity being trampled. So that there will be a change, so that people won't be so aggressive and that there will be some boundaries.'

While she has no plans to leave Los Angeles, she sympathises with celebrities who have moved out of a city which prides itself as a haven where stars can be anonymous. 'I totally get that.  It's a refreshing thing to get out of this bubble.'

Aniston's ability to tune out the background noise of her personal life while she was in front of the camera impressed both MacLaine and Reiner during filming for Rumor Has It ..., which was shot in late 2004 when the stories suggesting her marriage was in trouble first started to appear. 'To do what she's done, when this awful thing has happened to her, and she's being hounded by these mothers, who really ought to be impounded along with their cars,' MacLaine  says. 'She has phenomenal emotional strength,' she adds, suggesting the experiences of the past 12 months could ultimately help Aniston become a better actress. 'I think at some point she'll be able to assimilate and process everything that has happened to her, let it run through the blood in her veins and use it in her work.' Reiner  too is confident  Aniston will consolidate her movie career.  ' I think [Rumor Has It ...] is going to be a key picture for her,' he says. 'It's the first mainstream Hollywood movie that she has carried as the lead. And if it's successful it's going to move her up many notches. What's great is that it gives her the opportunity to be not only funny - we know she can be funny - but emotional, and dramatic in a real way. And that to me is a tremendous commodity which is always sought after. You always want to find a girl who is accessible, sexy, adorable, who can play comedy and drama.'

The flurry of movies that Aniston appears in over the coming months signals a shift in direction for the woman reported to have once commanded  US$1 million per episode of Friends. While  she doesn't rule out a return to TV, it's  an unlikely prospect. 'Those were 10 of the greatest years I can remember,' she says of Friends. 'I'm not saying I'd never do TV again, but I just don't think I'd be able to top Friends. That was pretty much the cream of the crop.' And if Rumor Has It ... plays well at the box office, Aniston's Friends days will recede further into the past.

In the movie, Aniston plays a woman who discovers her family may have been the inspiration for the book and film The Graduate, the story popularised by Dustin Hoffman's portrayal of an angst-ridden college leaver who starts an affair with the wife of his father's business partner before falling in love with her daughter. Aniston says she can identify closely with her character. 'I feel like her. I like watching people go through the process of figuring stuff out and then seeing them come out the other end stronger and wiser and better for it.' And although she speaks admiringly of the support network that has helped her through the past year, Aniston is a great believer in self-discovery. 'I think it's so important to build up an ability to take care of your own, to ask questions of yourself. Because when you group process a lot it just gets so confusing.' She also believes her latest character's plea for forgiveness over an infidelity is more in keeping with the times. 'It's more real, more honest,' she says.  'I think people are a lot more open nowadays. And it's always good to forgive.'

While she will be appearing regularly in cinemas  in 2006, Aniston is planning to take a break from the movie treadmill next year. 'Next year is going to be about travel for me,'  hopefully to Greece, her ancestral homeland, at some point. (Her actor father John changed the family name from Anastassakis to Aniston when he emigrated to the US).  'I lived there for a year when I was five -  in Athens and then Crete. I've only been back once since, so  it's time for a visit.'

Derailed opens on January 6;

Rumor Has It ... in March.



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