Based in the Victorian era, Hysteria is the story about the invention of the vibrator with a twist. During a time when women were not allowed to be sexually liberated, they were often diagnosed with having a medical condition called hysteria. The condition was often treated by massage, and later, through the use of vibrators.

Here are three reasons to go see Hysteria this weekend:

1. Dr. Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy) is a doctor who has always wanted to practice medicine. After working at numerous hospitals, only to find many aren’t progressing with modern medicine; he finds himself treating women with cases of hysteria. Throughout the movie, Mortimer often struggles between doing the right thing and doing what is easy.

2. Watching a liberated Charlotte Darlymple (Maggie Gyllenhaal), it’s easy to forget that at one time women weren’t allowed the rights we have in modern society. Charlotte is a young, feisty woman who has chosen to give her life to helping others, much to the dismay of others around her. She often stands alone, and is not afraid to.

“I think it would have been incredibly difficult to survive if you were actually like that back then,” said Maggie in March at a press conference about her character, Charlotte.

3. Hysteria is a romantic comedy that will have you laughing from beginning to end. The characters are interestingly funny — between Mortimer’s good friend Edmund St. John-Smythe (Rupert Everett), and scenes of women being treated for hysteria — you’ll have lots of laughs.

Be sure to see Hysteria when it hits theaters May 18!

– Jasmine Berry

Are sales of the signature fragrance from everyone’s favorite Friend not smelling so sweet?

Jennifer Aniston’s having a bit of a rough time lately. With actor Rupert Everett taking her to task over her “tasteless” career recently, her life’s hardly a bed of roses. Here’s another less-than-rosy picture that’s plaguing the actress: sales of Aniston’s perfume are reportedly down in the UK. Want more dish on her fragrance folly? Read on, beauty fans!

According to E! Online, sales for Aniston’s signature scent, originally called “Lolavie” but released simply as “Jennifer Aniston,” are down since the fragrance’s launch in London this past summer. The cause? Reportedly Aniston hasn’t done much to support sales of the fragrance.

A rep for the actress vigorously denies the rumor, stating “It’s absolutely not true…The fragrance was launched specifically for [London's famed department store] Harrods and Jennifer went there personally to launch it and to do press.”

Aniston’s rep goes on to defend the star, saying, “”The launch was one of Harrods’ most successful with the fragrance selling out that day… The U.S. launch of the fragrance will happen sometime this coming year and Jennifer will be actively promoting the launch here in the U.S.”

I hate to interject here, but is one visit to promote the launch of a fragrance on another continent really all you can do to promote a fragrance bearing your own name? Katy Perry was on BOTH continents promoting her fragrance this fall.

Oh well, time will tell moving into the stateside launch of Aniston’s fragrance. Hopefully the US launch will smell sweeter for the busy actress and retailers, as it appears UK sales kind of, well, stink.

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Rupert Everett isn’t looking to work with Jennifer Aniston anytime soon. The Queen of Pop’s BFF got as a catty as they come in a recent interview with BBC Radio, harshly criticizing America’s sweetheart’s career!

Tinsel Town is a lot like high school when it comes to picking the queen bee and the popular crowd that surrounds her. Since her big break in 1994 when Friends premiered on NBC, 41-year-old Jennifer Aniston has held court among Hollywood’s A-list even with a pile of box office flops in tow. Hollywood has a way of turning a blind eye to floundering career choices, but 51-year-old Rupert Everett is not keeping his mouth shut on what he feels is an injustice to the entertainment industry.

“If you look and analyze the careers of many, many stars, you’ll find that they’re mostly sustained by the business,” Rupert said. “You’ll find there’s lots of women and lots of men in the business that the powers that be decide are right for their business, and they’ll stand with them for quite a long time.”

He specifically called out Jennifer as a prime example of an actress sustaining a film career with bubble gum projects.

“Jennifer Aniston will have one too many total flops, but she’s still a member of that club,” Rupert said. “Like a star forming in the universe, things will swirl around her and it will suddenly solidify into another vital tasteless rom-com, a little glitter next to the Crab Nebula.”

Ouch! Do you think Rupert is right about Jennifer’s career? Sound off below!

Aimee Curran

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