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CHARLIZE THERON has sustained a CAREER in HOLLYWOOD for more than a QUARTER CENTURY because she still LOVES IT and WANTS IT TO BE BETTER. (And because her KIDS are WATCHING TOO.)

Photographs by JOSH OLINS

Charlize Theron recently threw a surprise 40th birthday party for a dear friend, someone she says is like a sister to her. The friend, she tells me, has a thing for Michael Bolton. “So I called him up,” Theron recounts. “I said, ‘Listen, I know you’re probably going to say no, but would you mind singing a song at my friend’s birthday party?’ And he was like, ‘Yeah,’ and, oh my God, he was just so cool.” So cool, in fact, that Bolton stayed at the party, which was Vegas themed, gambling and doing shots with the guests. Seth Rogen, who costarred with Theron in the 2019 romantic comedy Long Shot, was one of them. “It was an unexpected and wild treat, I can confidently say,” Rogen recalls. “He was wearing…

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Harper's Bazaar (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2022

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