Scarlett Johansson

Now that the shooting has begun we are slowly finding out who are the other actors involved in Woody Allen’s film project, working title “Midnight in Barcelona.”

How can I forget Patricia Clarkson, who has been seen with Scarlett on the shooting yesterday, a fine actress whose talents is so immense. Aside from Ms. Clarkson, Rebecca Hall, Kevin Dunn, Pablo Schreiber (Liev’s brother), Carrie Preston, Chris Messina and Abel Folk will keep Scarlett, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem’s company.

Anyway, I found the timetable (complete with the fan’s comments) of the shooting, courtesy of a curious cineaste. (I assumed the film enthusiast is a he.) In his diary, he found himself entranced with Scarlett and quite understood why Woody is so fascinated with the actress.

Then I saw Scarlett Johansson for the third time in my life. In less than a week. Her hair is blonde and quite impressive. What a feeling to see her so close going inside a black van. She looks so wonderful. I understand Woody Allen wants her to be her muse.

He also mentioned that Woody Allen is without a star attitude. The director didn’t mind fetching his own food from the catering vehicle.

MONDAY JULY 9TH

– RESTAURANT BARCELONETA (the place where
I saw again Woody Allen and I took some
photos of him, the crew and the very
beautiful and lovely and magnificent and
like a dream, Scarlett Johansson)

– MUSEU PICASSO
– PASSEIG MARITIM
– SANT MIQUEL BEACH

TUESDAY JULY 10TH

– 7-12h:morning: RAMBLA DE LES FLORS
between
Carme and Hospitat street
–afternoon: PASSEIG COLOM AND COLOM AREA

WEDNESDAY JULY 11TH

– MOLL DE LA MARINA

THURSDAY JULY 12TH

–ending of shooting in MOLL DE LA MARINA

– 11-17h: RAMBLA CATALUNYA between Aragó
and Consell de Cent street.

– 17-19h: Argenteria street and Montcada
(this is El Born: very beautiful old
streets. I love the streets of El Born)

– 19h (afternoon-evening): big correfoc
(typical tradition with people running
with fire!: very very beautiful!)
around Santa Maria del Mar in El Born.
I think this may be one of the most
beautiful moments of the film …)

FRIDAY JULY 13TH

– 14-18h Passeig de Gràcia between Aragó
and València street
– at times Provença Street (the street of
La Pedrera, a masterpiece by Antoni
Gaudí i Cornet)

– afternoon: MASIA CAN TRAVI in HORTA
( gruptravi.com/catala/principal.asp?rest=travi )
This old house from the 17th century
is not in center of town and I did not
know about its existence. It looks
gorgoeous

No doubt the government of Barcelona is grateful of Woody Allen and Co.’s presence. How about the average citizens? Are they happy that Hollywood is raging their city, which now slowly loses its tradition of practicing siesta because of globalisation?

Hmmmm…

Check out a couple of videos where the people who got interviewed when the crew shot scenes on the beach and at the restaurant were simply amused judging from their faces. (All in Spanish.)

Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansson, Midnight in Barcelona, Patricia Clarkson, Rebecca Hall, Kevin Dunn, Pablo Schreiber, Carrie Preston, Chris Messina, Abel Folk, Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Barcelona

Unlike her contemporaries in Hollywood, she really seems to enjoy what she is doing: being an actress and working hard to stay on top either choosing projects that close to her heart (arty) or films that will just pay her bills (commercial). This what separates Scarlett from other young celebrities in Hollywood.

The only time we get to hear bad press concerning Scarlett is when she changed her style like what did before she flew to Spain making her nose ring visible and a fake tattoo to scare the masses or her admirers.

We don’t hear that she’s a contender to rehab, drown herself in alcohol or take drugs in public, or never let others peep into her privacy. It is as if she only wants you to remember her films.

If she is caught in plain casual clothes, we are almost sure she is only acting. Anyway, what’s wrong with “ditching glamorous good looks“?

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Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansson

Like what we have gathered this week, Scarlett has flown to Spain to star in the new Woody Allen’s said to be “love letter” to the European country. If you were in Barcelona right now, you might have a chance to see the actress and the A-list director working on their new project.

Scarlett is Woody’s current flavour of the month. She was in his former films “Scoop” and “Matchpoint.” In the Spanish project, she plays as a tourist in Spain. Hence, images of her holding a camera. Would that be a real working (digital) camera????

According to the news, the shooting will take seven weeks. Aside from Barcelona, other locations will be a one-week stay in the northern Spanish region of Asturias and one day in New York.

Barcelona would be the second European city to feature in a full-length Allen movie.

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Daniel Radcliffe, better known as Harry Potter and everyone’s favourite teenager, cited Aishwarya Rai, Christina Ricci, Cameron Diaz, Scarlett and Ben Stiller as his favourite actors. Aside from adoring his idols, he didn’t like the Harry Potter books when he first read them. He also plays the bass guitar. Actor Gary Oldman taught him how to do it. And he is one of Britain’s richest teenager with an astonishing 23 million pounds as a fortune. Most of all, he doesn’t read himself on the gossips rags.
I am pretty sure Scarlett would be flattered.

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Daniel Radcliffe, Scarlett Johansson, Aishwarya Rai, Christina Ricci, Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller, Harry Potter, Gary Oldman

Scarlett has arrived in Barcelona, Spain.

According to Scarlett Fan, the actress might have flown to the Spanish city apparently on July 2 right after she was photographed in New York.

Remember those pictures in which she sported a golden nose ring and a coloured tattoo? Her styling clearly made a fuss. Some called it “radical” others hideous or awful.

Curiously speaking, Scarlett doesn’t look like wearing a septum ring on the Barcelona pics. But a few fans from The Skinny website attested that the actress has it for years. And in order for the piercing doesn’t close up she usually wears a clear ring. The reason we don’t see it now. Maybe.

Wearing an A-line light brown summer dress with floral prints, she said to have visited Barcelona’s cultural offerings. Scarlett must be very eager to start the film project. Variety reported that there is no name for Woody Allen’s film yet. Typically Spanish.com recently revealed that it is titled “Midnight in Barcelona.”

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TypicallySpanish.com reported that there is already a name for the director’s impending project. Dubbed “Midnight in Barcelona,” Woody would like to present the Spanish city in his eyes.

According to the site, he only spoke for five minutes in the gardens of a Barcelona hotel. It also said that the director attempted to learn Spanish but he learned nothing as he wasn’t paying attention at all. Therefore it will be a “grand challenge” for him to do the film in a country whose mother tongue isn’t English.

Filming will take seven weeks, in Barcelona, Oviedo and New York and the project has a budget of 12 million €.

Meanwhile Worth1000 via Cityrag presented a Photoshopped work featuring Scarlett with Elvis Presley under its rubric “Impossible Celebrity Couples.” Well, I am not sure if Elvis would have gone to film with the actress. Probably, he would. And the actress, she would perhaps be thrilled.

Aside from Elvis-Scarlett pairing, there’s also the young Bette Davis and George Clooney and Jude Law with Jean Simmons. Check it out.

They. Are. All. Nice.

Woody Allen, Midnight in Barcelona, Scarlett Johansson, Elvis Presley, Worth 1000, Bette Davis, George Clooney

Scarlett’s former “Match Point” costar Jonathan Rhys Meyers revealed to OK magazine that he would never date an actress. He was romantically linked to Scarlett, aside from her was said to have romanced Toni Collette and Rachel Leigh Cook.

The handsome Irish actor avoids dating Hollywood stars because they are all “drama queens.”

“I’m not intimidated by tough women, I’m attracted to them. I wouldn’t date an actress. Too difficult and too competitive. I’m the only actress in my life! They are all drama queens. Let me say, from someone who is a drama queen, they all are. Actors all have different personalities, but they’re all just f***ing actors! I’ve never really made friends with any actors because they are bitter twisted creatures - including me.”

He is currently dating an heiress, Reena Hammer.

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Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Toni Collette, Rachel Leigh Cook, Reena Hammer

It is true that tabloid writers are known to exaggerate their stories. They also like to attack actresses who suddenly have gained weight and tend to moralise their stories when they drop down their sizes to 0. It is no-win situation.

So it isn’t surprising at all when Daily Mail wrote “She also appeared unconcerned about revealing a fair expanse of shapely thigh.”

The new Scarlett has been spotted walking around Manhattan sporting a septum ring and a tattoo on her arm. Fake or not, it sends everyone into a frenzy. Hollywood Tuna is so turned off it fears Scarlett wouldn’t top anymore “Sexiest Celeb” list. They are assuming that the 22-year-old is rebelling. Is she?

Okay, here’s the poll and tell me what you think.

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I am not really wishing that Josh Hartnett and Scarlett would get back together. The past is always the past. It is only up to the protagonists if they want to flip back again their lost chapter. Whatever floats their boat.

Indeed it was their career that brought them together and it was also their career that kept them apart.

Digging YouTube, I found this one-year-old clip interview wherein Scarlett talked about working with Josh. She said that she liked working with him as he is talented, intense and a powerful young actor. Scarlett played Kay who was stuck between the characters of Aaron Eckhart and Josh. Meanwhile, Josh admitted that it was fun working with her and that it was lighter when doing the scenes.

It was on the set of “Black Dahlia” where the two young actors fell in love. Lately, he’s been romantically linked to Spanish star Penelope Cruz, who will be Scarlett’s costar in Woody Allen’s Spanish Project.

Black Dahlia, Scarlett Johansson, Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Penelope Cruz, Woody Allen

As you all know Scarlett will be the face again of the Louis Vuitton this coming autumn wherein the actress already shot photos for the new advert campaign.

She admits that like the rest of women, shopping makes her go and confesses that apart from snapping for vintage she passionately loves luxury labels.

There are some labels that I’m just… ‘I want, I want.’ I want a Chanel suit so badly. Gucci makes me drool, too.

I’m a total Prada junkie. I’m confident enough to wear whatever I want without making an excuse for it.

I love Chloe – the designs fit me really well. The clothes are so pretty and beautifully made. I love the new big cashmere sweaters – they’re great for New York as it gets so cold. I love Balenciaga, too, the lines are incredibly flattering, they really emphasise the waist.

I like Chanel, Marc Jacobs and Alexander McQueen. And I love the simplicity and wearability of Calvin Klein.

Among her favourite icons include Kate Moss.

Kate Moss always looks amazing. She always looks great in everything. She could wear a black sack and everyone would rush out to buy one.
Sarah Jessica Parker, Gwen Stefani and Diane Lane always look beautiful.
Marlene Dietrich was so stylish and Marilyn Monroe was beautiful, too.

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This is the poster for her upcoming movie, “Brilliant.” It is expected to come out in theaters in 2009. Once again, it is somewhat dry in Scarlett-land, so let us suit ourselves with her bold statements, shall we?

On being voted having the best breasts:

“I’m sure my mom will be proud. You work hard making independent films for fourteen years and you get voted best breasts.”

On being voted “Best Bum” in a British poll:

“There are plenty of girls with nicer butts. There are plenty of girls who work harder for nicer butts. What about my brain? What about my heart? What about my kidneys and my gallbladder?”

Scarlett Johansson, breasts and bum

Yes, this quote might last year but still holds true to Scarlett. The subject is fighting against the pressure of being thin in Hollywood.

I try to stay fit and eat healthily, but I’m not anxious to starve myself and become unnaturally thin. I don’t find that look attractive on women and I don’t want to become part of that trend. It’s unhealthy and it puts too much pressure on women in general who are being fed this image of the ideal, which it is not.
I think America has become obsessed with dieting rather than focusing on eating well, exercising and living a healthy life. I also think that being ultra-thin is not sexy at all. Women shouldn’t be forced to conform to unrealistic and unhealthy body images that the media promote. I don’t need to be skinny to be sexy.

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Scarlett Johansson, thin in Hollywood

Though Woody Allen is already in Spain, no news or whatseover when Scarlett will follow the director. It is not known if she is already recording her music album or busy with other projects.

According to France 24, Woody is up and ready to film his yet untitled work starring Scarlett in the Spanish city of Barcelona on July 9, production society Mediapro said Thursday.

Joining Johansson will be English actress Rebecca Hall as well as Spanish stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem. Some scenes will be directed in the northern Spanish region of Asturias, where Allen spent Tuesday in the regional capital Oviedo seeking out sites to film in through to late August.

“The region of Asturias is magnificent. I always wanted to come to Spain to work and now I have the chance,” Spanish news media quoted Allen as saying.

The 71-year-old Academy Award-winning director is widely admired in Spain, and Oviedo itself boasts a lifesize bronze statue of him. Allen first visited the city to accept the Asturias prize for art in 2002.

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Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansson, Spanish Film Project, Rebecca Hall, Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem

The British teen magazine Bliss recently talked to Scarlett concerning L-O-V-E. Just like you and me she still dreams of being swept off her feet, that is, wishing to find true love and Mr. Right.

I find it somewhat ironic when she also confessed in the past that being monogamous is “challenging.”

“As an actress, it can be quite tough having a partner, because you’re always travelling from one city to another, which makes it hard to get to know someone and build a connection with them. But I’m not complaining. I get to meet lots of interesting guys and travel to so many great cities, which I love. One day, I’m going to surprise myself and fall completely head over heels for someone and be swept off my feet!”

Scarlett has previously linked to Jared Leto and Josh Hartnett. She is now rumoured to be dating Ryan Reynolds, Alanis Morissette’s ex-fiance.

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So guys, listen up!

Scarlett has this to say for all of you who fancy her. If you are damned pretty but you aren’t the artist type then you lose.

“I like people who have a lot of artistic passion. Whether they’re actors or musicians or sculptors, whatever - I need to feel that kind of creative intensity in a guy, and I find that crucial for any kind of relationship I’m in.”