The thought of Irish playboy Colin Farrell starring in a sex tape doesn't exactly elicit the same urge to vomit as the thought of, oh, say, Verne "Mini Me" Troyer starring in a sex tape — and the actor knows that, which is likely why he doesn't really care much about it. When asked about the controversy during an interview on BBC, Colin laughs it off, explaining that he only had sex on camera because he was high and next time he needs to take the tape with him.
And once again, Colin Farrell manages to be insanely attractive without even trying.
LAW TO BE WATSON TO DOWNEY JR'S HOLMES? "In what has become a guessing game that may have piqued the interest of the great detective himself, the latest name to surface in the who-will-play-Watson merry-go-round is Jude Law. Variety reports that Law is negotiating to join Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie’s 'Sherlock Holmes' after a host of other names like Russell Crowe, Gerard Butler and Colin Farrell were tied to the project via Internet rumors."
Colin Farrell's bad boy shtick gets old very quickly these days – we get it, bud: you LOVE boozin' – but this story gets him some leeway with us from now on:
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NICE GUYS "In an act of kindness, actors Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell have donated the money they made for completing Heath Ledger's final film role to the late actor's daughter Matilda … The three actors played versions of Ledger's character, 'Tim,' in the film 'The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus.' The stars were reportedly concerned with the fate of Matilda's future because Ledger had not updated his will at the time of his death to include his two-year-old daughter in it. So, they decided the money they made for filming should go to her … "
• Did Charlize Theron get plastic surgery? People with too much time on their hands want to know. [CityRag]
• Top 10 things overheard at Pam Anderson's birthday party. [Yeeeah]
• Reality TV is about to get even worse: Paris Hilton wants to do a show with Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan. [INO]
• Heidi Klum should know better than to prance around town in her husband's jeans. [PS]
• Colin Farrell acts like a decent human being after hitting his neighbor's parked car. Taking notes, Brit? [ICYDK]
• Which one of the twerps from Home Improvement got tasered? [DListed]
We know what you're thinking: All that boozing has finally caught up with Colin Farrell, causing liver failure and a host of other ailments. Well, you're wrong—for now. Farrell's become a stick to better portray a war photographer in the new film Triage. Lucky for him, cigs have no calories.
Colin Farrell says he was reticent to use the word "retarded" as an epithet in his new film In Bruges, particularly because his four-year-old son has been diagnosed with a disability affecting his motor skills. "I’m involved with the Special Olympics, so I would never use that word in my life. It’s a word that creates denigration and is incredibly harmful," the actor recently told reporters.
Here, for once, we're going to lay off Colin Farrell. Apparently when he cuts the tough-guy, rebel talk, he has the ability to express good ideas. "Retard" and its variants need to go the way of "nigger" and "faggot." Good on ya, Farrell.
STRIKE TWO? "…the big disappointment, and I hate to say it, was [Jon] Stewart. When he last hosted in 2006, he made a great anti-host for the Oscars, slipping in bits and remarks that sent up the conventions of the awards show itself, making him an ally of the TV audience rather than a sycophant to the stars. This time, he was just an Oscar host–sometimes a funny one, but a pretty conventional one, whose routine was loaded up with kiss-up softballs about how hot Colin Farrell is, what range Cate Blanchett has and what a tomcat Jack Nicholson is. (Not to be morbid, but how will they even have an Oscars when hosts can no longer make Jack Nicholson jokes?)"
Colin Farrell is a great dad, y'all — he even quit partying so he could take care of his 4-year-old son. What a sacrifice!
He went on the Late Show With David Letterman to discuss how much he has given up to partake in that pesky little role called fatherhood: "I'm quiet now. Boring. I do incredibly tedious things like hanging out with my son."
The words of a doting father, ladies and gentlemen.
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Irish party boy Collin Farrell said in an interview that Nicole Kidman dud The Golden Compass is responsible for the financial hardships of New Line Cinema and the subsequent shelving of his movie Pride and Glory.
They pushed it just now to 2009. [A reporter starts to speak, Farrell interrupts] I was going to say it's not because, there's this rumor going around that it's because it's a mess or it's a really bad film.
I feel the need to kind of speak up, not from my own end but genuinely for Gavin O'Connor because he wrote and directed it.
It's just a really really strong piece, but I think New Line lost the bollocks on "The Golden Compass," you know love, and they literally don't have enough money to market things.
Reports say that throughout the interview the frustrated Farrell ashed his cigarette into and drank from the same cup.
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We guess Colin Farrell didn't get the memo about stopping haphazardly wrapping the traditions of entire groups of people around one's neck. Whatever, though. THAT SMOLDERING GAZE!
Since 2006's unnecessary and unfortunate Miami Vice, Colin Farrell has been relatively silent. But now he's back in Woody Allen's new film Cassandra's Dream. What are your feelings about this reappearance? Excited? Bored? Nonplussed? What?
What's the impetus behind wanting to know what others looked like when they were children? Everyone likes to see what other people—especially famous people—looked like when they were five, but I don't know why. I'm not above it, but I'm willing to admit that it's an odd desire. Maybe, subconsciously, we like to be reminded that these people too once needed their diapers changed.
Regardless, Marilyn Manson's pics explain a lot. He looks like he was probably an easy target. Check the source for the identities.
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• A short story: Angelina talked, everyone listened. The end. [DListed]
• Who would you rather bang: Angelina or Borat? [PopSugar]
• Tina Fey talked some shit about Paris Hilton on Howard Stern. Who's the Mean Girl now? I think she's on Team Lindsay. [CityRag]
• WTF? 25$ for a ticket to Dreamgirls? I'll just see Happy Feet thrice (I have the face of an 11-year-old) thankyouverymuch. [BWE]
• Colin Farrell, who knows if he's joking! No one! The accent gets me every time. [Junkiness]
• There's GQ's Lindsay and then there's this Lindsay. Choose your own Lohadventure. [Celebrity Dirty Laundry]
• Maybe Kristin Cavallari's Facebook. Check it out while anyone even remembers who she is. [DrunkenStepfather]
In order to demonstrate our extreme case of pop culture amnesia, every Sunday I bring you What a difference a year makes, a pleasant retrospective on our favorite celebrity self-loathing-inducers' past. One year ago today, here's what everyone was talking about:
• If Colin Farrell was really as bloated as he looked in these pictures, Miami Vice might make you sort of sick to your stomach. [Perez Hilton]
• Paris Hilton could no longer bear the symbolic weight of her sham marriage plans manifested through her enormous engagement ring, left the ring, and later the man, at home. [The Superficial]
• Kevin Connolly nabbed himself the other Hilton and he sure as hell wasn't about to let her go. [DListed]
• Thanks to some last minute photoshop genius we were saved from the sight of Mariah Carey's pubes. [Gawker]
• We also learned that one time someone actually did love Jennifer Aniston. Not, Brad Pitt, mind you, but someone. [Defamer]
• The cinematic masterpiece that was The Dukes of Hazzard premiered, raising the bar for films everywhere. [PopSugar]
• Oh, and Mischa Barton showed us some tit. [A Socialite's Life]
In spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Dessarae Bradford, the phone sex operator who once sued Colin Farrell for sending racy text messages and more recently accosted him on stage Thursday while he was taping the Tonight Show, would like to make it clear that she is not trying to harrass Farrell, just serve him papers. And although Farrell has already secured a restraining order against Bradford, she's still pretty sure he's in the wrong here.
In fact, Bradford is holding a press conference today to clear up the whole mess. Oh, and hand out free copies of her book Colin Farrell: A Dark Twisted Puppy, but I'm sure that's just a byproduct. Big bro Jossip has been hot on the case this morning, including the lyrics of Bradford's hittin' music single "Colin Farrell is my Bitch" and a preview of today's conference. Here is an excerpt from her e-mail to the press:
I am hold a press conference at the federal court house at 312N spring street monday 7/24/06 at 12PM NOON.
I will be giving my full statement about the jay leno show happening.
Almost two hours after the jay leno show colin farrell got served my court papers against him by my private pi guy / process server doug from Counter Force PI Services of marina del rey, ca.
I was at the show with Doug to get Colin Farrell served for court before he left the country.
Tomorrow I will explain how my 1st process serving attempt at the Leno show toward colin farrell got botched and how I ended up on the stage confronting Colin and handing Jay and Colin a copy of my book "COLIN FARRELL: A DARK TWISTED PUPPY." Colin instantly reconized me. And his reaction was nothing like Colin Farrell's pr team is trying to spin it to be.
COLIN FARRELL'S REACTION TOWARD ME AND INTERACTION TOWARD ME IS EXTREAMELY SELF- INCRIMINATING ON COLIN FARRELL'S PART.
So much so that's why nbc has not released the tape of our interaction.
Colin was too receptive toward me and he then put his arm around me and started walking me off of the stage whispering certain things to me that I will mention later, trying to avoid being detected by the microphone still attached to him at the time.
The camera that we strolled pass was still taping at the time because the red light was still on and it turned with us as we walked by obviously still recording colin and I interacting.
The whole studio was quite and no one was alarmed, because Colin's reaction was too inviting toward seeing me.
Security never came over to us, and Mr. Leno never moved from his seat nor summons his security because Colin was talking to me comfortably with his whole arm draped around me extreamly close.
COLIN FARRELL NEVER TOUCHED MY ELBOW AND SUMMONED GUARDS.
The full text is available here on Jossip. Oh, and in case that all wasn't clear enough for you, my favorite part is after the jump where Dessarae just starts yelling at us.
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In order to demonstrate our extreme case of pop culture amnesia, every Sunday I bring you What a difference a year makes, a pleasant retrospective on our favorite celebrity self-loathing-inducers' past. One year ago today, here's what everyone was talking about:
• Pictures emerged of the Nanny Jude Law cheated on Sienna Miller with. Yeah, a year later even knowing how annoying Sienna is, it still makes no sense. [IDLYITW]
• It took us a while, but last summer we all, finally realized that celebrities are crazy. All of them. [NY Magazine]
• Lindsay Lohan bit the paparazzi hand that fit her. She's come such a long way since then. [A Socialite's Life]
• Meanwhile Pez came out with limited edition Nicole Richie and Lindsay Lohan dispensers. [CityRag]
• Colin Farrell tried to sue the pants off (like it's that hard) the Playmate trying to sell their sex tape. It's a good thing for Colin that we never actually got to see that tape…[Defamer]
• We also figured out that celebrities love themselves some Starbucks. It was a summer of breakthroughs, really. [PITNB]
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