JOHANSSON, REYNOLDS ENGAGED "After dating for more than a year, Scarlett Johansson is set to marry her boyfriend Ryan Reynolds, PEOPLE has learned exclusively. 'They're both thrilled,' Johansson's rep Marcel Pariseau tells PEOPLE."
Because we're haters who don't like anything but gloom and bitter coffee, we're still kind of WTF? about Scarlett Johansson's cover album, Anywhere I Lay My Head, composed almost entirely of Tom Waits songs. Some people disagree with us, but that's cool, because we know they're wrong.
Decide for yourself with this video for Anywhere's first single, "Falling Down." After watching the teeny movie in its entirety (keeping an eye out for the famous author cameo), then compare it to the Tom Waits version here. Then try to fully comprehend just how little soul the cover has.
The mediocre but meteorically successful band Fall Out Boy — for whom Pete Wentz plays bass and flat-irons his bangs — has covered and subsequently tainted the Michael Jackson-Quincy Jones classic "Beat It." If you're a true MJ fan, it's a disaster. And not only is the music awful, FOB's video pales in comparison to the dazzling productions Jackson used to create. Click through to be disappointed.
WHAT DOES SHE LOOK LIKE? "Scarlett Johansson has lambasted critics who like to label her a 'harlot' just because her appearance fits the stereotype. The blonde bombshell, who has been likened to late screen siren Marilyn Monroe, thinks the fact she is curvy and has platinum locks lays her open to harsh criticism regarding her sexual morals. … She says: 'I have platinum blonde hair, and I'm extremely curvy: I pour myself into a dress and show up and strut my stuff at premieres. Of course I expect people will have certain ideas but it's weird if people associate the fact that I sell handbags or wear a bikini with who I am when I wake up in the morning. People think I'm going to be some brazen harlot, but I'm not out there with every Tom, Dick and Harry or catching hepatitis.'"
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."
Good news for females around the world: Ryan Reynolds is reportedly going through a rough patch with girlfriend Scarlett Johansson, complete with a recent public spat in Boston.
'The Ryan guy was clearly being a baby,' said [a] spy. 'She kept grabbing his arm and he’d yank it away and she’d keep saying "Ry, come on, Ry. Stop."
'He kept switching directions on the sidewalk like he wanted her to leave, responding over and over, "Roger that!" — whatever that was supposed to mean.'
The hostilities ceased when the couple noticed that there was a photographer trailing them.
We'll give the spy a pass for calling Reynolds "the Ryan guy," because if this is true, the object of Mollygood readers' affection may soon be single.
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• This is the prostitute for whom Eliot Spitzer pissed away his life. She's 22, from New Jersey (no duh!) and a budding singer. Oh, yeah, she's also willing to have sex with unattractive but powerful men for money. Friend her on MySpace! [NYT]
• Rosie O'Donnell's partner currently looks like Susan Powter used to look. Yes, compliment. [DListed]
• It wasn't that cold yesterday. [PS]
• "Want To Know How Much Angelina Jolie’s Outfit Costs?" Huh? Do ya? Do ya? [INO]
• As a child, Julie Andrews was molested by her stepfather, but she still kept his surname. Sick all around. [ICYDK]
• More of the same from Carmen Electra. Honestly, she needs to give it up. Everything. Just stay at home and relax. Enough with the modeling. [HT]
• Why do celebrities get such bad tattoos? [CityRag]
We love when Scientologists leave the religion and then spill their guts to the media. This time Marc Headley, who used to produce promotional films for Scientology, is confirming one of the rumors surrounding Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes: Tom auditioned Katie to be his girlfriend.
Following Tom's split from Penelope Cruz in 2004, the megastar told his BFF (and head of Scientology) David Miscavige that he was having trouble meeting women. So the church sent out a casting call that said, 'There’s an upcoming Tom Cruise movie you might get a part in. Come for an audition.' There were of course restrictions: You had to be single, pretty and in your twenties.
Tom rejected original suggestions Erika Christensen and Sofia Milos (who are Scientologists) in favor of Jennifer Garner, Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Alba (in that order). Reportedly Jen and Jess didn't take the bait, but Scarlett came in for an audition. Once she realized she was at the Scientology Center in Hollywood, she got scared and bailed. Smart girl.
But Katie Holmes popped into the Scientologist's minds because she had previously spoken out about her crush on Tom. 'They got her to L.A. and introduced her to Tom. The moment he meets her, he’s enthralled with her and he told Miscavige later, 'I knew immediately she was the one."'
You hear that? That's the sound of Jennifer, Scarlett and Jessica breathing a huge sigh of relief.
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Men (and women?) around the world will get a chance to bid on a date with Scarlett Johansson. The auction, which begins on eBay tomorrow, will raise money for the charity OxFam.
The winner will accompany Scarlett to the red carpet premiere of her new film He's Just Not That Into You. The winner will also come across looking like a desperate tool who has to pay for dates.
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Bald raver and teamonger Moby, who once bragged to us in a restroom that, save for one egg, he's been vegan for 22 years, reveals in the new issue of Spin magazine that he used to date Natalie Portman. He then claims that that relationship is part of the reason he's universally loathed.
"I guess in some people's eyes, [nerds] might be mildly sexy - and, as a nerd, I'm certainly happy to enjoy some of the effects of that. But as far as the very brief affair that I had with Natalie, it's made me a target of a lot of nerd wrath…You don't date Luke Skywalker's mom and not have them hate your guts."
It's not just nerds, Baldo. Thanks for ruining Natalie Portman.
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• Guys like this are why Brooklyn pwns Manhattan. [CityRag]
• Lindsay Lohan's father says he will not be ogling pictures of his naked daughter, despite their "artistic" slant. This surprises people for some reason. [DListed]
• That guy from Varsity Blues whose main character trait was his morbid obesity is now thin! There goes a career as "Fat Man #2." Hope it was worth it. [EBG]
• Jamie Lynn Spears, the one going to destroy her child, has been grounded. See? Those parents understand "discipline." [PS]
• Rihanna recently went shopping for art. Or, more likely, Rihanna recently went to a gallery and bought whatever the curator called "edgy." [INO]
• Harry Potter and Hermione are totally muggling each other. (We know muggle means non-wizard, nerd.) [ICYDK]
• Stacy Keibler, stop it! [HT]
• Scarlettoo. [Yeeeah]
• You will? [Jossip]
• Lindsay Lohan's breasts as art? [DListed]
• Javier Bardem doesn't seem too excited about his impending Oscar. [PS]
• What does Hilary Duff do these days? [HT]
• "A Joker action figure modeled after Heath Ledger’s character in The Dark Knight is going to be released. There are two versions…one with a rocket launcher and another with a knife." [INO]
• How can a premiere happen so many times? [ICYDK]
• Here are some homes much too large for the people inhabiting them. Suck it, homeless situation. [CityRag]
Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman have been tirelessly promoting their new movie, The Other Boleyn Girl, in Berlin. ScarJo has a lot on her plate lately: She's pimping her new movie, fighting off Ryan Reynolds engagement rumors and recording an album. At first we were nervous for her, but then she had to go and name her album Anywhere I Lay My Head. Thanks for reminding us that your head is sharing a pillow with Reynolds every night. Slut.
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Behold: those hairlines. And those matching moles beneath their right eyes!
Apparently, W considers these two "Hollywood's Hot New Duo," though the photo accompanying the text tells a different story, one of Hollywood's cruelest Robert Palmer fans?
HAGS REJOICE! "Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds aren't walking down the aisle after all. A New York newspaper and Web sites reported that Johansson, 23, was seen shopping for wedding dresses at a Monique Lhuillier boutique in LA with her mother and sister recently. But her rep tells Usmagazine.com, 'A family member is getting married, not her. She is not engaged.'"
Vanity Fair is this month running yet another celebrity photo shoot and, guess what? For once, it's cool!
The concept was to recreate famous scenes from Alfred Hitchcock films and some of the resultant shots are beautiful. Finally, an idea good enough that it makes Annie Leibovitz and her dozen assistants seem interesting.
Ryan Reynolds, who may or may not be engaged to Scarlett Johansson, attended the premiere of his new movie Definitely, Maybe Thursday night at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.
And, in addition to gracing everyone with his beautiful presence, he gave another reason to love him: He's good with the kids:
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