Some of fashions biggest names attended an event last night for Runway to Win, and organization set up to earn money to re-elect President Barack Obama.
Actress Scarlett Johansson joined forces with Vogue editor Anna Wintour to host the even, which was held at a Theory store in NYC.
27-year-old Scarlett arrived with her twin brother, Hunter, who works for Obama.
Scarlett wore a black Stella McCartney dress, and looked beautiful at the event. She about the importantce of supporting Obama, and how fundraising fashion can help collect money.
The initiative released a range of Obama t-shirts and accessories designed by some of fashion’s biggest names, with proceeds going towards his reelection.
Scarlett Johansson, 27, was spotted over the last couple days snuggling up to a new man! Sources say the actress has been dating an advertising executive named Nate Naylor for the last five months! “They’ve been dating for five months,” the source says.
Scarlett’s rep isn’t commenting, but the proof is in the pictures!
Looks like Scarlett Johansson has found a new man! Her last high-profile boyfriend was actor Sean Penn. They split in June after dating for five months. Since then, she’s been lying low. Until now! She has stepped out on the arm of a new man, an NYC advertising executive named Nate.
The 27-year-old actress looked totally happy with her new boyfriend as they walked around the town. Sources tell RadarOnline: ‘They’re keeping it very, very low key. He’s not one for the limelight and fame and she likes that about him.’
Scarlett Johansson is promoting the heck out of her new movie, ‘We Bought A Zoo’. The movie comes out on December 23, and if you’re already tired of hearing about it (like me), not too much longer and it’ll be out. (So ScarJo can stop talking about it like crazy!) A friend of mine had free movie passes to see a screening of this movie on Monday, and I found myself realizing that I’m not sure I want to see this – even for free. I think for me – this one’s gonna be a DVD movie. Anyway….more on that promoting business…
In We Bought a Zoo, Cameron Crowe’s adaptation of the Benjamin Mee memoir, Scarlett Johansson plays a plainspoken zookeeper who helps a single dad (Matt Damon) learn the ropes of zoo ownership. The family-friendly film is a change of scenery for Johansson, who’s been busy playing seductresses, mistresses, and a Marvel superhero. We sat down with Johansson to discuss her fear of birds, her audition history with Crowe, and a desire to move away from “ingénue” roles.
You kept a distinct wide-legged stance through a lot of the movie. Was that intentional, or is it a bit of your superhero form trickling into the role?
I appreciate you noticing it because I wanted that character to be full of conviction — and in order to be full of conviction, you have to be [pause] full of conviction, or it doesn’t work. I think part of that was the physicality of the role. It was this salt of the Earth, feet on the ground, ready to just solve the problem as it comes at you [character]. There’s something a little bit “in your own skin” about it, and I think that’s just the kind of stance she adopts.
You’ve auditioned for Cameron Crowe in the past. Which films did you go after?
When I was 15, I read for Almost Famous.
Which role was it?
I don’t know. It wasn’t Penny, it was one of the other — what are they called? It’ll come to me. [Editor’s note: Band-aids!] And I read for Elizabethtown. Yeah, I’ve been auditioning for a long time.
Directors seem to like casting you as “the other woman” or the seductress. Do you ever find yourself wishing you could play more wholesome love interests, like with this role?
I think that as I get older, I’m now looking at roles that move away from that kind of ingénue mold and are more based on women that are experienced and have had life before the point you find them in. That’s refreshing for me. It’s nice to be able to kind of transition into that. I feel like for me, right now, I don’t wanna take on any roles that aren’t challenging in some way. I never wanna play something I’ve done before. I wanna be able to just have everything be hard in some way. Otherwise, what’s the point?
There’ve been reports that you’re directing a movie called Summer Crossing. Is that really happening?
I hope. It’s a project I’ve been developing for five or six years. I’m writing it right now with Tristine Skyler, so we’ll see. You have a script and then you take it out and finance it. It’s a big preproduction process, but that’s where my focus is.
Do you plan to be in the movie?
No, no.
Your new sci-fi movie, Under the Skin, sounds like something you haven’t done before. I read that you’re playing an alien disguised as a hot woman — or is that simplifying it?
That’s simplifying it. I think Jonathan [Glazer, the director] would probably say it’s a movie about an “it” that becomes a “she.” It’s kind of impossible to describe. It’d be like trying to describe, like, a Mike Leigh film. It’s very abstract in a certain way.
Are there comedy elements?
No, there’s nothing funny about it at all. It’s like nothing I’ve ever done. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it. It’s physically and emotionally challenging. I’ve never done anything as difficult. I don’t think Jonathan has, either. We’re, like, exhausted. But it’s good. It’s nice to be that challenged. It feels like you’re alive.
I think I’m more interested in this alien movie than I am ‘We Bought a Zoo’! Sounds interesting!
Either way – I love Scarlett Johansson. Even when she’s in a bad movie – I still kinda like it – just because she’s in it.
‘We Bought a Zoo’ premiered in NYC last night, and the movie’s stars were on hand to promote the film. Scarlett Johansson wore a black Dolce & Gabbana dress, which I think looks pretty decent on her. Scarlett is the face of D&G.
Elle Fanning looks absolutely beautiful here. Matt Damon was also on hand with his wife.
‘We Bought a Zoo’ currently has a 56% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, meaning it’s getting very mixed reviews. I generally like the cheesiness of Cameron Crowe’s movies – but sometimes it’s still bad… no matter what. I’ll definitely see it, I just might not pay theater prices to do so. Here are some critic reviews.
Variety wrote, “Warm-blooded but largely lifeless.” Slant Magazine wrote, “Clichés and contrivances and corniness, oh my! With We Bought a Zoo, writer-director Cameron Crowe dives headfirst into the schmaltzy slop barrel.”
The Hollywood Reporter was nicer, “It doesn’t dodge the potholes of earnest sentimentality and at times overplays the whimsy. But the uplifting tale has heart, humanity and a warmly empathetic central performance from Matt Damon.”
Scarlett Johansson went on the Today Show this morning to promote her new movie, ‘We Bought a Zoo’. The film comes out December 23. In the interview which you can watch below, Matt Lauer sits down with Scarlett and gets the actress to open up about her divorce, nude scandal and more.
Matt: Many of the directors who’ve worked with you go out of their way to say how eager and willing you are to take direction. There are a lot of actresses at your payscale who aren’t as gracious.. why are you like that?
Scarlett: I think that making films is about collaborating. That’s why I love about it. It’s never about going in there and being rigid about what your ideas are… it’s open to interpretation and I always appreciate that kind of collaborative process.
Matt: This has been an interesting year for you… Obviously you got divorced, there was a photo hacking scandal. What have you learned about yourself in this year? And what have you learned about the business you’ve been in?
Scarlett: I’ve been really fortunate. I’ve found that I have had, even in times of crisis, a lot of love around. People have come out of all different dark corners to support [me]. I think I’ve been much more tolerant and much more patient.
Matt read this quote from Interview: “Johansson is coming off one of those years that young actresses seem to have frequently these days, but which she had, until now, miraculously managed to avoid. . But Johansson’s response to all of the added—and unwanted—attention she has received for her personal life has also been atypical. Instead of cloistering herself away or lashing out at the paparazzi, she pressed ahead with her business with a kind of unflappable grace.”
Scarlett: I just like the word unflappable. I find that there is a community on film sets and in this industry… it would seem kind of cutthroat, but to me I’ve been in the industry for 20 years and it has that kind of familial feel… When I’m at work I can’t pay attention to anything else but the job at hand.
