Leave Hathaway alone!

Anne Hathaway, last seen showing off her unconvincing British accent in "One Day," held her engagement party last weekend at the Housing Works Bookstore in SoHo, and Grub Street is wrong to pick on her for it.

True, Hathaway could have gone anywhere, but here are some points in Housing Works' favor. It's in a great location and is an adorable, atmospheric old building with hardwood floors and an interior balcony. I know a non-celebrity couple who got married there and reported that for an extra fee Housing Works will put a book at each of your place settings for guests to take home. Racked.com even named it one of the best wedding venues "that don't break the bank," although having no idea how much these things cost it seems to me that $155 a person isn't exactly "budget" except here. But! Because it's a nonprofit, a portion of that fee for your wedding or other event supports Housing Works' programs for people with HIV/AIDS. If you're going to splash out the cash anyway, you might as well have it for a good cause.

Hathaway has appeared in a million of your favorite book-to-movie adaptations including "Brokeback Mountain," "Nicholas Nickelby," "The Devil Wears Prada" and "The Princess Diaries," and played Jane Austen in "Becoming Jane." She's also going to be in the new "Les Miserables" adaptation, so let's just agree to argue about that instead.