Newsmakers: Julia Roberts enjoys scaring her kids; Snooki seen with baby doll in tow

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Julia Roberts enjoys scaring her kids

Julia Roberts plays the Evil Queen in the new Snow White film "Mirror, Mirror," but it turns out the Oscar winner has some tricks up her sleeve even in her own house especially when it comes to her kids.

Roberts, 44, says she gets a huge kick out of scaring her children Henry, 4, and 7-year-old twins, Hazel and Phinnaeus.

"If I hear them coming and they don't know where I am in the house, I crouch down in their private space and (when) they come in, I jump out," she told Ellen DeGeneres on Friday's "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." "Really, little people can just catch air. They just vault."

Still, despite her antics at home, Roberts says her kids were only allowed on the set at certain times.

"They were never there when I was talking, because I only say wretched things," she admits.

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Snooki seen with baby doll in tow

Mom-to-Be Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi appears to be practicing for her baby's arrival by borrowing a page from Home Economics 101.

Snooki and BFF Jenni "JWoww" Farley, who are co-starring in a "Jersey Shore" spinoff, were seen out and about in Jersey City, N.J., each with a doll. The roommates purchased strollers and baby clothing.

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London Olympics will offer film screenings

LONDON The London Olympics are getting a celluloid twist, with special films and screenings including a new movie by the director of an acclaimed documentary on the late Brazilian race car driver Ayrton Senna.

London-born Asif Kapadia, whose portrait "Senna" drew global praise, says his short film, "The Odyssey," will explore the relationship between the British capital and the Olympic games.

The Olympic film program also includes a re-release of Oscar-winner "Chariots of Fire," a 1981 tale of British triumph at the 1924 Games.

The films will play across Britain this summe! r. The O lympics run July 27-Aug. 12.