Kristin Davis is more popular than Scarlett Johansson. The 'Sex and the City' star auctioned on eBay the opportunity to meet her at the world premiere of the film version of the hit television show. The auction raises money for charity Oxfam America.
The winning bid came in at $52,100, and surpassed the $42,000 Johansson raised with a similar offer earlier this month. The high-bidder for that auction would meet Johansson at the premiere of her latest movie 'He's Just Not That Into You'.
The winner of Davis's auction, identified by the handle 'superiorlotus912', will be chauffeured to the May 27 premiere in New York to meet the actress. The bidder will also receive a pair of Jimmy Choo 'Felix'-style shoes.
Many celebrities have auctioned off meet-and-greets to raise money for the international poverty relief agency, including Colin Firth and Charlize Theron. Actor Djimon Hounsou is currently offering a fan the chance to accompany him to the press junket and premiere of his new film 'Push'.
Oxfam America is a Boston-based branch of Oxfam International. It offers development programs and emergency relief services, and campaigns for change in global practices and policies that keep people in poverty.
Uncut, a most likely credible culture magazine from the U.K., gives Scarlett Johansson’s Tom Waits covers album a track-by-track review today. None of the tracks are identified as “celebrity cash-in crap,” and in fact they sound like fun, drugged-out indie-wall-of-sound twists on the originals. We are even looking forward to hearing Johansson cover the pretty ballad "Who Are You?" as the album's closer.
Damn! Will we have to disavow our smug dismissal of the project?
“That is some redundant shit,” we said to ourselves when we first heard about it, “having someone with a gravely voice cover Tom Waits songs. Fueled by giggly interviews given by a vapid star with no reverence for the weight of her source material, this cynically conceived project will appeal to the same assemblage of tools and poseurs that bought Jewel’s poetry, shamefully outselling every real Tom Waits album.” To legitimate sophisticates like us — owners of one Tom Waits album and zero books of poetry — it was an idea worthy of scorn. But now it turns out that not only is Scarlett Johansson unattainably beautiful and rich, she may be possessed of a quality singing voice and a keen ear for collaborators. Are we going to have to — crap! — add another album to the list?
his intelligently envisioned and diligently assembled work of creativity is bumming the hell out of us. —Ben Mathis-Lilley Scarlett Johansson's Tom Waits' Covers Album Previewed!
A Scarlett Johansson fan has paid £20,000 for a 20-minute date with the Hollywood actress in an online auction for charity Oxfam.
The star will be accompanied by the winning bidder at the world premiere of her new film He's Just Not That Into You in the US in July.
The UK-based bidder has not been identified, but goes by the nickname Bossnour on eBay. An Oxfam spokesperson said the money raised to help poverty was "fantastic".
The fan will also have their hair and make-up done for the evening before being chauffeured to the event with a guest.
Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Anniston, Jennifer Connelly and Ben Affleck also star in the romantic comedy, which is based on the popular self-help book of the same title.
Make-over
The Oxfam spokesperson said: "To get £20,000 for a 20-minute date and a pair of tickets to help us fight poverty is fantastic.
Scarlett Johansson has been dating Ryan Reynolds for about a year now (they started dating back in April) ... is it the time to move in with him? Rumor has it that Scar Jo has decided that she will move in with Ryan, although her mom is totally and utterly against it! Scar Jo is in the process of moving her stuff into Ryan's Los Angeles home and her mom is going berserk because she thinks it's still too early and her daughter is rushing into things. Scar Jo has already met his parents and there has been news that the two are already engaged!
What do you think? Is it to early? Or is Scarlett too young for such a move?
By Beth Hilton, Entertainment Reporter : Scarlett Johansson is just a tad annoying, wouldn't you say? Not only has she been voted the sexiest woman alive, she's managed to enchant Woody Allen and dated the likes of Ryan Reynolds, Jared Leto and Josh Hartnett. Dolly Parton, Jenna Jameson and Courtney Love are all clammering for her to play them in a slew of biopics, David Bowie describes her singing as "mystical" and she's about to try her hand at directing. Oh, and Natalie Portman wants to grab her boobs! All this and she's just 23 years old. As 'ScarJo' slips on a corset and a British accent in The Other Boleyn Girl, we unveil ten fascinating facts about Hollywood's most sought-after star.
1. Scarlett was born in New York to a Danish dad and a Bronx-born Polish mum. As well as twin brother Hunter, who was born three minutes after her, she has a sister Vanessa and brother Adrian.
2. Scarlett had her heart set on movie stardom from an early age. She says: “When I was three, I used to tell my Mom I had a fire in my brain to act.”
3. Scarlett's been terrified of cockroaches ever since she woke up with one on her face. Yikes!
4. Scarlett lost out to little Lindsay Lohan for the role of a pair of mischievous identical twins in 1998 film The Parent Trap.
5. Despite having already starred in six previous movies, Scarlett was given an "introducing" credit for 1998 tear-jerker The Horse Whisperer!
6. Being romantically linked with Patrick Swayze would be Scarlett's "dream come true" and she reckons John Travolta "has everything I'm looking for in a man". She's not exactly immune to the Hoff either, describing him as "a hunk".
7. Scarlett's sex symbol status was sealed by a lingering shot of her knicker-clad rear in Lost in Translation. She says of the scene: "I told the director of photography that if he made my arse look bad he'd never work again!" "He was like, 'I promise you - it will look really nice', and he came through. My arse looked OK." Men around the world tended to agree.
8. Scarlett once named 71-year-old Woody Allen the sexiest man in Hollywood. She gushes: "He lets me call him Woodrow... I'd sew the hems of his pants if he asked me to." Allen in turn calls her "criminally sexy". Get a room, people!
9. Scarlett is no shirker in the charity department. She's an Oxfam ambassador, skipped last year's Oscar parties to visit India and Sri Lanka, donated cash to a Sri Lankan school and visited troops in Iraq. Angelina, eat your heart out.
10. Scarlett is nuts about cheese. She says: "My greatest vice is cheese. Nothing else reigns over my life."
In the new historical melodrama The Other Boleyn Girl, which opens Friday, Natalie Portman plays Anne Boleyn, the woman who would become the second of six wives of King Henry VIII (Eric Bana), only to be beheaded. Scarlett Johansson plays Mary Boleyn, Annes sister, and rival for the hand and the bed of the handsome Henry.
What would happen if we pit Portman and Johansson together as rivals? Who would win that competition? They are popular, highly in-demand young women in their 20s who mix major studio films with small, independent fare. They have both made successful transitions from child actress to adult, received major award nominations and been the muses of legendary directors. Neither has shied away from nudity. But who is actually the better actress? Or are they on an even playing field?
Kristin Davis is more popular than Scarlett Johansson. The 'Sex and the City' star auctioned on eBay the opportunity to meet her at the world premiere of the film version of the hit television show. The auction raises money for charity Oxfam America.
