Scarlett Johansson

For all those addicted to the Iron Man comic books, Marvel Comics will release a four-book miniseries that will look back on the Black Widow, the role played none other than Scarlett Johansson.

The mini-series is written by Paul Cornell, the man behind the greats such as Doctor Who, Captain Britain, and MI:13. Here is his enthusiastic low-down on the new Black Widow series:

On her character and attitude: She’s been very different people all through her life, but always deadly, and, I like to think, funny. Not in a one-liner way, but with a very dry, somewhat cynical, wit. I’m looking to find the Sean Connery in her.

On his inspiration while writing about Black Widow: I’m going to have my collected James Bond themes on all the time while I’m writing it. Lots of fist fights, hi-tech battles, the sort of extreme superhero hedonism you expect from the Iron Man movies, pre-titles sequences and movie poster splash pages.

The story will see Natasha Romanoff, aka the Black Widow, and her history of how she became a super-agent. It traces her past with a biological weapon that she has unknowingly passed on to her former love interests, which will put the lives of famous heroes such as Hawkeye, Daredevil, and of course, Iron Man, at stake.

I’m not much of a fan of comic books, but I always like to know why a certain character acts that way. It would be pretty interesting to learn about the history of the character that almost everyone in comic book-dom doubted Scarlett Johansson could play. Oh well, goo luck to you Scarlett!

Ooohhhhh…is a cat fight about to break out?

Rumor has it that two of the hottest babes in the comic-turned-movie world are looking at scratching their claws at each other. Two of Hollywood’s hottest actresses are in one of the most awaited sequels, Iron Man 2. Yes, I’m talking about the Black Widow, Scarlett Johansson and Pepper Potts, Gwyneth Paltrow.

It seems that Miss Paltrow isn’t the biggest ScarJo fan as it is rumored that she is feeling quite frustrated with Scarlett. The why’s and how come’s have not yet been answered, not are they clear at this point, but it seems that this animosity is geared towards their “different worlds and completely different styles.”

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ScarJo and the D&G creators have already crossed paths in the first installment of this tell-all. Read on to find out more:

The next day, before we headed to the airport, we managed to stop by and see her. She invited us into a large apartment, full of the chaos of moving house. She explained really quickly why she had so many boxes and so much unpacked furniture, but we didn’t really understand…and so we didn’t ask her anything else on the subject!

Anyone who sees Scarlett can’t help fall in love with her. In her presence, she has the rare quality to spontaneously leave a lasting impression. Not only with me but also with Stefano, Woody Allen her fans - everyone. In fact writing this piece I actually tried to cast my mind back to re-live that first captivating moment but I’ll admit, I’m still left contemplating what exactly is her indescribable quality that makes the world fall in love with Scarlett Johansson.

Awwww…he sound smitten, doesn’t he? But hey, Scarlett does possess an insane amount of charisma (not to mention a hot figure and beautiful face) and that, I think, is one of the reasons why the world is so ready to love her.

Domenico Dolce (L) and Scarlett Johansson (R) attend the Extreme Beauty In Vogue party at the Palazzina della Ragione during Autumn/Winter 2009 on March 2, 2009 in Milan, Italy

We all know that Scarlett Johansson is an amazing girl and actress. She has accomplished much at such a young age, and thus, it doesn’t come as a surprise that other people get captivated by her too.

Domenico Dolce, the other half that comprises the D&G line, shares with Swide Magazine how he met our very own ScarJo. He also reveals details about her new house and why he thinks she has captivated the world. Read on…

There were lots of stars at New York’s Metropolitan Costume Gala that evening. I introduced myself to Scarlett along with Stefano (Gabbana) without even thinking; I remember we were curious at the small crowd gathered around her. She’d also spotted us amongst the guests, “How long will you stay in NY?” she politely asked me. It was immediately obvious she has two very different sides to her personality.

“We’re going back to Milan tomorrow” I replied. “I’d love to see you before then” Scarlett replied. I thought how incredible it would be to meet her away from the crowds and as a designer have the opportunity to take her measurements. We’d be able to send her our clothes designed and cut exactly to fit.

Read on for the second part of Domenico Dolce’s monologue on how he met ScarJo.

He’s Just Not That Into You co-star Bradley Cooper is now a Scarlett Johansson fan.

Bradley made his Broadway debut three years ago in Three Days of Rain, acting opposite, Julia Roberts. The Broadway and big-screen actor thinks that the 26-year old Scarlett may have the potential to star in a B’way play, and he would just love to star opposite her.

“Scarlett Johansson is a phenomenal actress,” Bradley said of his He’s Just Not That Into You costar. “If she ever wants me to do anything with her again, I’ll do it. I’d love to do a play with her.”

And although this is an Oscar week (month more like it), Bradley’s focus is still on the stage, and a play is exactly what he hopes to be doing this fall in New York.

He revealed to Mark Malkin of E! Online that it’s looking that he will be onstage co-starring in the upcoming Broadway production of The Understudy, which he first did last summer with Kristen Johnston and Reg Rogers at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts.

“I made a pact with myself that every two years, I have to do a play,” he said, quickly adding with a laugh, “If I’m lucky to get one.”

But as of now, unfortunately, there are no plans for ScarJo to be in The Understudy with him.

In HJNTIY, Bradley plays Ben, the married man that Scarlett’s character, Anna, takes a fancy to. He is married to Beth, played by Jennifer Connelly, but since she doesn’t show interest in bed, he then gets attracted to the flirty and sexy yoga instructor, Anna.

Singer/ songwriter Kate Perry has stated that I Kissed A Girl is a song about appreciating “the beauty of women.”

She says, “everyone takes the song and relates it to their situation, they can see it however they want to see it. Love it, hate it, for me it was about us girls. When we’re young we’re very touchy-feely. We have slumber party sing-alongs, we make up dance routines in our pajamas. We’re a lot more intimate in a friendship than guys can be. It’s not perverse but just sweet, that’s what the song is about.”

And so, here is the lyrics to the platinum- certified song I Kissed A Girl, inspired by, what else, Scarlett Johansson’s luscious lips. Try to see if you can imagine her lips in between the song’s lines. Enjoy!

Verse 1:
This was never the way I planned
Not my intention
I got so brave, drink in hand
Lost my discretion
It’s not what, I’m used to
Just wanna try you on
I’m curious for you
Caught my attention

Bridge:
Us girls we are so magical
Soft skin, red lips, so kissable
Hard to resist so touchable
Too good to deny it
Ain’t no big deal, it’s innocent
(Chorus)

Scarlett is one pretty hit babe to be able to inspire a platinum-certified single. We’ve heard of the “face that launched a thousand ships,” but never of “the lips that launched a platinum single.”

The song’s singer/writer, Kate Perry revealed to Steppin’ Out Magazine that she was inspired to pen her hit, I Kissed A Girl, when she opened up a magazine and saw a picture of Scarlett Johansson.

“I Kissed A Girl was inspired when I opened up a magazine and I saw a picture of Scarlett Johansson,” she reveals.

She continued, “I was with my boyfriend at the time, and I said to him, ‘I’m not going to lie: If Scarlett Johansson walked into the room and wanted to make out with me, I would make out with her. I hope you’re okay with that?’”

When Allure told her that her lips were Kate’s inspiration, the actress replied, “That’s flattering, but my lips are kind of taken,” referring to her marriage with hubby, Ryan Reynolds.

“I had no idea (about the song). I should get a cut!” she said jokingly.

But, as usual, when the topic of how she met her husband came up, ScarJo clams up and cuts off the conversation.

“Nobody knows,” she says. “It’s private. It’s our story.”

She has always been privy to her marriage, but at least she talks about her plans for the future.

“I always wanted to get married and have kids,” she says. “I just never had any preconceived idea about what that would be like … My life seems to be happening naturally.”

Recently, “wild child” Lindsay Lohan has been seen trying to put her life back into track. She feels that she could have had Scarlett Johansson’s career if she hadn’t partied as hard as she did.

“[W]hat hurts me the most is that I work just as hard as any other actress around my age, like Scarlett Johansson, but I just don’t get the opportunities that they get because people are so distracted by the mess that I created in my life. But that doesn’t mean it’s going to last forever,” Lindsay candidly reveals to Lauren Hutton of Interview.

It seems that she is already aware of her unruly and wild public and professional image, and she doesn’t like it a bit.

An obviously hurting Lindsay further confessed about her feelings about people who only see her as a “party girl”.

“And the worst part is, in terms of what people see of me, I have become this girl who just loves to be photographed, doesn’t know how to focus, doesn’t know how to work on set, just loves the attention, knows how to go out at night, knows how to party. And you know what? I was 20 years old. I never went to college. And I lived maybe six months out of my life like that, doing something wrong, and then I stopped,” the actress revealed.

She further adds, “If I started wishing that I could have do-overs in life, then I would never have been able to really learn from my lessons. I’m not necessarily grateful for certain ’situations’ in my life per se, but I am most definitely thankful that I have been able to learn from them.”

Do you think that Scarlett has a great body? Well, you’re not the only one, as fellow celebrity, Anne Hathaway thinks that too!

The Devil Wears Prada star who has been receiving criticisms about being too skinny, said that she thinks that she is in “normal shape”, and praised Scarlett Johansson and Beyoncé Knowles for being good role models to youngsters with their curvy figures.

She admires Scarlett and Beyoncé, along with another star, Reese Witherspoon, for showing off healthy bodies, when super-slim is considered to be an ideal.

Anne says that, “I don’t think its just Hollywood that gives out that message. As a society we put out these unrealistic body images to young women.”

“I’m a normal shape and Scarlett Johansson is not a skinny girl. Beyonce Knowles looks after herself and has a beautiful body. While, Reese Witherspoon looks great,” she further adds.

Well, kudos to Miss Hathaway! I always thought that she has a good head on her shoulders. And it’s great that she’s standing up for what she believes in, it gives inspiration to other girls and women who don’t have super-slim bodies. I would have to agree with her, that society sets too much in store in appearances, giving pressure to not only celebrities, but normal people too, to get a skinny figure, to the point that it won’t be healthy anymore. And yeah, Scarlett does have a great and healthy figure, which isn’t too skinny or fat, but just right. What do you think? Do you agree?

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

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

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

It is recently revealed that former US Vice President Al Gore asked the support of Scarlett during the actress’ 10-day visit to the affected areas of 2004 Asian tsunami, sponsored by Oxfam this year. The politician turned environmental activist has been fervent on making the awareness as pop culture as possible.

How does Al Gore get you to become involved with Live Earth? He tracks down your cell phone number and leaves you messages. In a move that might otherwise be interpreted as “creepy”, Al Gore urged Scarlett Johansson to get involved with the concert series while she was on a 10-day charity visit to Africa with Oxfam. According to reports, Gore left a voice mail detailing the campaign and inviting the actress to join in the fun this July and contact him. No word yet on whether Scarlett phoned back the former V.P. or immediately changed her cell number… Source

The SOS Live Earth event is a series of environment-themed events that will kick off on July 7 in different big cities worldwide. The lineup includes Chris Cornell, German hip hop artist Jan Delay, The Police, Black eyed Peas and more.

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Keira Knightley, the skinny British actress who posed together with Scarlett from the Vanity Fair 2006 cover, hasn’t forgotten their team-up and her impressions. She was interviewed by British Elle. Not only she talked about her thin body, but she also mentioned the actresses she admires and Scarlett’s physical appearance.

She was open about her admiration for Scarlett Johansson and her curves. “That kind of decadent flesh is absolutely beautiful. How sexy is that on a woman?”
Knightley was indeed candid about her hang time with Johansson. “We had such a laugh. Scarlett’s a sweetheart. I’m not completely comfortable with my body but I just thought, ‘F*** it’.”

For a very long time Keira has been the subject of anorexia rumours, she admits that she doesn’t go to gyms to beef up her body but eats everything she wants.

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Keira Knightley, Elle