How does Julia Roberts spend her epic US$250 million net worth? Returning to romcoms in Ticket to Paradise with George Clooney, the star splurges on luxury travel, mansions and Mercedes

  • The Notting Hill and Pretty Woman star has had homes in Hawaii and New York, and owns several houses in California and New Mexico
  • She has long kept fit with trainer Kathy Kaehler, who also works with Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Aniston and Jennifer Lopez – but did she really insure her smile for US$30 million?

Julia Roberts, seen here at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016, is preparing for the launch of her next romcom, Ticket to Paradise, with George Clooney. Photo: AFP

The romcom queen is set to light up the screen again after two decades away from the genre. Julia Roberts will appear in the upcoming Ticket to Paradise alongside George Clooney, with the pair playing a divorced couple trying to stop their daughter from repeating their mistake of rushing to get married.

Explaining her absence from romcoms since the early 2000s, the 54-year-old Notting Hill star told The New York Times, “People sometimes misconstrue the amount of time that’s gone by that I haven’t done a romantic comedy as my not wanting to do one. If I had read something that I thought was that Notting Hill level of writing or My Best Friend’s Wedding level of madcap fun, I would do it … they didn’t exist until this movie.”

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