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Who Paid the Tab for ScarJo's Dye Job?
Courtesy of Marvel Studios
Who pays for the physical changes an actor might be required to make for a movie? Is it written in the contract? Or do actors do it for free to get the role?
—Zandee HDZ, via Twitter
Well, let's see: Seth Rogen has dropped untold poundage to play the Green Hornet, while Meryl Streep gained 15 to play Julia Child—presumably with the aid of a nutritionist or doctor. Robert Pattinson and Team Wolf Pack are sporting some extremely screen-friendly abs, and ScarJo recently went from hot and blond to hot and dark auburn for Iron Man 2. That's what you mean by physical transformation, right?
If so, and you're the type of person who gets way mad at tales of the rich staying rich, you may want to avoid reading this...
A-List Secrets: How Hard Scarlett Really Works
Victor Bello/TWC 2008
It drives me nuts when I hear celebs talking about how "I am working so hard, all I do is work, blah blah blah." It's not like they are going into a coal mine for 14 hours a day.
—Kathy, N.J.
Now, now. Not every celebrity is a Katherine Heigl-sized black hole of negativity. Take Scarlett Johansson. Sure, Scarlett has her flaws—see my earlier references vis-à-vis "singing voice" and "manatee"—but she's also a veritable supersquirrel in the hard work department. A chittering, happy little squirrel treated with L'Oréal hair color No. 10SB.
Earlier this month, I asked her about this very topic. She had just starred in Vicky Cristina Barcelona and had two other acting roles in the can. Her short film was in postproduction, and her album of Tom Waits covers was out. I asked if she slept.
Find out what she told me, after the jump.
Scarlett, Heidi and Hayden Have Albums—Here's Why
Why are so many celebutantes/reality stars recording albums? Who the heck is telling them that's a good idea?
—Penny, Denver
Now, now. I hear the manatees living off the coast of Florida cannot get enough of Scarlett Johansson's album. They line up along Cape Canaveral and thump their stumpy flippers and take turns mooing just like ScarJo does on "Fannin Street."
If you need to blame someone for this recent spate of craptastic singer-actress albums, blame the cheap-ass music industry. More on exactly how cheap-assness has resulted in a Hayden Panettiere album after the jump.
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