Scarlett Johansson to host Nobel Prize concert

Feist, Diana Ross will perform

The 15th annual event is set to take place in Oslo, Norway on December 11 and will feature performances from Feist, Julieta Venegas and Diana Ross.

The gig will be held the day after the Nobel Peace Prize is given out to Martti Ahtisaari, former president of Finland, for his work resolving international conflicts.

"We're extremely pleased Ms. Johansson will join us for the Nobel Peace Prize Concert," said Geir Lundestad, secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, in a statement.

"Her compassion and influence will help us tremendously in our mission of spreading the global message of peace."
Additional acts are expected to be added to the concert lineup in the coming weeks.


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Scarlett Johansson, Ryan Reynolds marry in Canada

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds did a little rushing into it after all. The couple married this weekend, according to publicist Meredith O'Sullivan. She did not provide details.

Us Weekly reported on its Web site Sunday that the small wedding took place at a resort outside Vancouver, British Columbia. Guests included Scarlett's mother, Melanie Sloan, and her brother, Adrian Johansson, the magazine said.

The couple announced their engagement in May.

"We're just enjoying our time," the actress said last month. "We're just recently — very recently — engaged. So, you know, we're just taking it easy. And no big plan yet. But it's a good time and we're just ... enjoying our time to be young and engaged.

"I mean, I'm 23. There's no reason to rush into it. Everything feels very natural and relaxed."

Johansson most recently starred in the Woody Allen film "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." Reynolds starred on the TV show "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" and the romantic comedy "Definitely, Maybe."


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Duff: A beginner's guide to hating actress Scarlett Johansson

Most geeks cannot imagine hating Scarlett Johansson. To most geeks the concept is absurd, unthinkable - like making a Star Wars movie without CGI or eating a pizza with vegetables on it. But geeks are quirky, contrary creatures. They love hating things that everybody else loves, and there is no hatred quite like the hatred of a film geek. To back up this assertion, I direct you to a brilliant piece of digital brutality written by Alex Carnevale.

At first, I couldn't believe it. I was so bewildered by Alex's post, I misreported his gender in my first draft, assuming that any writer who hated Scarlett Johansson (affectionately abbreviated "ScarJo") had to be female. Hating Scarlett Johansson, it's like hating sunshine or rainbows or ponies. But here he was, Alex Carnevale, drinking the blood of unicorns and enjoying a big fat pony sandwich. He comes out swinging in the first paragraph, calling the engagement of Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds, a "walking thesis against the existence of white people."

Alex goes on for a bit and stumbles into the most brilliant political thesis I've read this year. Alex identifies what I'll call "The Blonde Vote" - the army of cute blonde girls who are going to walk up and tell you to vote for Obama this year. "These young people will not necessarily have been interested in politics before," Alex says, "but they will be utterly convinced of one thing: Barack Obama is the man to lead our country." you know that Obama once saved 16 Venezuelan children?" they'll say. "And he smokes cigarettes just like us!" Whatever you think of Obama, please do not underestimate the power of blondes. That may be the source of all this ScarJo outrage - a grass-roots rebellion against the blonde power structure.

This isn't the first time I've crossed swords with film geeks over the issue of Scarlett Johansson. Two years ago I wrote a negative review of the movie "Lost in Translation" and was described as "crude and reactionary" - a description so perfect it should be my mission statement. Everybody I knew described this as a great movie, but I just didn't get it - Bill Murray and ScarJo bumming around a Japanese hotel for two hours - a world full of smug, disaffected yuppies, sneering at everything and whining about loveless marriage.

The backlash from my friends was so bad, I bought a DVD and watched it 12 times, convinced that this was a great movie that I just wasn't smart enough to understand. I watched it so much I made myself like it, kind of like G. Gordon Liddy training himself to eat rats. By the end of the weekend I was so confused I couldn't even tell the difference between love and hate anymore. I was rescued by my friend Cynthia Rockwell who rose above the debate and taught me the real truth about film geeks. First, if your review is smart enough, you're allowed to love things and hate them at the same time. And second, being a geek means never having to say you're sorry.

Cynthia has her own reasons for hating Scarlett Johansson, and the characters she represents: "'I'm a rich, bored princess who doesn't have anyone treating me like a magical enigma anymore. I'm so sad. I want daddy.' Women are not magic, not enigmas. Magic and mystery can't be sustained in a human being, and the stereotype keeps men wanting the ephemeral, the thing that does not exist."

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Johansson: 'Monogamy is hard'

Scarlett Johansson is convinced her relationship with fiance Ryan Reynolds will last, because they are among the few humans who can be monogamous. The actress claims remaining faithful to one partner is "hard work" and not natural. She tells the latest issue of 'Cosmopolitan' magazine: "I don't think it's a natural instinct for human beings.

"Monogamy can be hard work for some people. I don't think it applies to everybody, and I don't think a lot of people can do it." But Johansson insists she is among those who can resist the temptation to cheat: "I believe in finding a soul mate. I've always been in monogamous relationships. I would never want to be in an open one. It'd be too awful."

Reynolds and Johansson announced their engagement in May. The actress previously dated Josh Hartnett and Jared Leto.

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Scarlett: Call me sane before sexy

There's no doubt that Scarlett Johansson is sexy – but she'd much prefer it if people thought she was sane.

Explaining her routine before going out, the 23-year-old told Cosmopolitan: 'I don't normally think about being sexy. I think, “Do I look presentable?” [and] “'Do I look sane?”'

Don't worry, Scarlett, you're plenty sane (and sexy) enough for us...

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Michelle Obama Nixes Scarlett Johansson Friendship for Barack

Michelle Obama Nixes Scarlett Johansson Friendship for Barack As American waits to crown Barack Obama king and president in November many believed that Scarlett Johansson was all set to move into that whole Marilyn Monroe role for the next president. The buzz began when Politico.Com reported that Obama and Scar Jo were burning up bandwidth e-mailing and texting each other while he was on the road campaigning. So what does wife Michelle Obama have to say? She said it was the first time in her adult life…actually according to a report from gossip Mike Walker of the Enquirer she has nixed any "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" serenade for Obama if he does make it to the White House.

According to the report, "Obama's strong-willed wife Michelle has already poured water on a budding friendship between the presidential candidate and gorgeous actress Scarlett Johansson." Walker cites "sources" for the details of the report. Why didn't they just aske her this on "The View"? Walker claims that when reports surfaced that Scarlett and the senator were exchanging e-mails, Obama's wife sprang into action to find out what was going on between them, divulged a campaign source. The 23 year old "Lost in Translation" star, who also fancies herself something of a singer, revealed in mid-June that she had swapped friendly e-mails with Obama for months.

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New Spirit Poster Featuring Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson features in a new character poster for the eagerly anticipated movie ‘The Spirit’, from writter and director Frank Miller, which also stars Eve Mendes and Samuel L. Jackson. The Celebrity Truth has the poster here.

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