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Scarlett Johansson's well-publicized e-correspondence with Barack Obama—“how can he return these personal e-mails,” she exclaimed—isn't all that mysterious, the New York Post reports. The actress’ twin brother, Hunter, works for Obama. He was community liaison for the Manhattan borough president until last week, when he took a full-time job with the presumptive Democratic nominee. More »

America may have spawned Woody Allen, but “the perpetuation of Allen's zombie-like career is one atrocity for which we refuse to be held accountable,” Joe Queenan argues in the Guardian . The diminutive director’s recent films have bombed stateside; when eight people showed up for a New York screening of Hollywood Ending , Queenan writes, it signaled that “Allen was finished as a driving force in US cinema.” More »

Scarlett Johansson ditched the Cannes premiere of her Woody Allen-directed film Vicky Cristina Barcelona over the weekend after movie execs refused to comply with the 23-year-old actress's over-the-top travel demands, the Daily Mail reports. ScarJo demanded a personal $8,000-a-day make-up artist and a special hotel suite 30 miles from the public events. More »

La Lohan's fall from grace isn't just a cinematic one: Maxim's annual Hot 100 list is out, and Victoria's Secret Angel and Sports Illustrated cover girl Marisa Miller leads the pack, pushing Lohan from her numero uno spot. Move over starlets, it's "the official return of the all-American supermodel," says the mag's editorial director. Here's the top 10: Marisa Miller Scarlett Johansson More »

“Even the most sympathetic critics,” writes Tom Breihan for the Village Voice , have to grant that Anywhere I Lay My Head, Scarlett Johansson’s Tom Waits tribute album, “is a fundamentally ridiculous enterprise, almost stunning in its total lack of need to exist.” That said, Breihan thinks the record is actually pretty good, made stronger by the fact that it sounds absolutely nothing like Tom Waits. More »

Perhaps playing his role in The Proposal to the hilt, actor Ryan Reynolds has popped the question to girlfriend Scarlett Johansson, who accepted, People reports. Johansson, 23, has been dating ex-Alanis Morissette fiancé Reynolds, 31, for a year. Among those in favor of the union is Johansson co-star Hugh Jackman, who called Reynolds "one of the funniest guys I've ever met." More »

Transformers hottie Megan Fox has topped FHM's list of 2008's 100 sexiest women, E! Online reports. Megan bumps last year's winner, Jessica Alba, down to third place, with Jessica Biel coming second. Scarlett Johansson, Angelina Jolie, and Beyonce make the list, with Britney Spears coming in at  No. 100. More »

The Other Boleyn Girl is anything but a dry history lesson about the 16th century, critics say—don't take it too seriously, and you'll be all right. It "probably shouldn't be the way in which high-school kids learn about Henry VIII and his court, but it's a fun movie," writes Bill Goodykoonts in the Arizona Republic . Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson star as Anne Boleyn and her sister Mary. More »

A video that sets a Barack Obama speech to song—and juxtaposes 36 crooning celebrities with the Democratic candidate—has landed more than 12 million hits online in less than a week, the Boston Globe reports. Scored by singer will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, “Yes We Can” features a simple guitar line and melody, along with Scarlett Johansson, singer John Legend and rapper Common. More »

There's nothing like these classic scenes of on-screen romance. CNN's Screening Room lists cinema's top 10 romantic moments: Casablanca : Humphrey Bogart's "We'll always have Paris" monologue. City Lights : When Virginia Cherrill recognizes Chaplin's tramp as her lover. Roman Holiday : Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck's scene at the Mouth of Truth sculpture. From Here to Eternity : Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr kissing in the surf. Am é lie : The young couple's breathtaking bike ride through Paris. More »

Democratic frontrunners Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are actively recruiting an army of Hollywood stars to help on the campaign trail. The LA Times runs down the supporting casts: Besides Oprah Winfrey, Obama has the support of George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Will Smith, Jennifer Aniston, and Halle Berry. Clinton's star backers include Magic Johnson, Steven Spielberg, and Rob Reiner. More »

One-dimensional characters and wooden acting cripple "The Nanny Diaries," critics say, calling the lavishly appointed frustrated-underling tale similar to "The Devil Wears Prada" in everything except quality. "They should've thrown everything away except the title and the outline," writes Michael Phillips in the Chicago Tribune . More »