What’s so alluring about pasta? Julia Roberts once explained it to us during the “eat” portion of her big trip abroad after she left James Franco, but it’s been awhile since we’ve seen that movie. I suppose it’s simple—pasta is delicious and filling and can be messy in a way that can feel sensual and decadent. Pasta! It’s positively seductive!
So when we learned Katie Holmes, who’s is a vital 41, has been romanced by one of New York’s biggest pasta guys, Emilio Vitolo Jr., who’s in his 30s and has cooked for Whoopi Goldberg, thanks, it made perfect sense. As the paparazzi have continued following Holmes, one of their favorite New York subjects, around her usual haunts, it’s like we’re watching a movie unfold in stills. Life: stranger than fiction, but sometimes exactly like fiction that we would buy on iTunes for the price of theater ticket, and then watch twice.
The movie just keeps getting better too. First of all, it’s now fall in New York—the best season for 90 minutes of a romantic arc. Just ask Nora Ephron. All those nubby sweaters! People reported that they text all day, which is nice. And the other day? They walked around with masks on. He keeps wearing a newsboy cap! He fed her some food (not pasta)! And then they kissed! Somebody get Lifetime on the horn. Boy, do we have a story for these guys.
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