This today from Vulture, New York magazine's culture and entertainment blog, under the headline, "Confirmed: Scarlett Johansson Makes Best-Ever Album by an Actor":

We’ve finally heard her forthcoming album of Tom Waits covers for ourselves, and it’s official: Scarlett Johansson just gave us a Woody Allen. (And by the way, can’t you just hear the little man saying schwing?) The disc, Anywhere I Lay My Head, is good.

How incorrect they are! We heard Anywhere several weeks ago, and not only is it unworthy of the breathless copy above, it's patently ridiculous to suggest that this cover album is the best musical recording ever to come from an actor.

Everyone knows the best music ever made by a thespian is, of course, Jane Birkin's work with her notorious French lover, Serge Gainsbourg. Of particular greatness is the couple's song "Je T'aime… Moi Non Plus," a racy ballad kissed with lyrics like "I come and I go, in between your hips." Closely following their work is comedian Eddie Murphy's "Party All the Time," that coke-fueled rager helmed by the late super freak Rick James. We've included both videos after the jump. Enjoy. And feel free to take to the comments to nominate any actors-cum-singers you feel deserve the title of "Best Ever."

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