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Marc Anthony threw a fit, refused to work w/ J.Lo when she brought baby doucheface
Jennifer Aniston named “the Hottest Woman of All Time” by Men’s Health Mag
Kris Humphries is dumb as a box of Kardashian weaves in his GMA interview
Angelina Jolie in navy Romona Keveza in LA: gorgeous or rough?
Who would you rather, Robert Downey Jr. or Jude Law?
Michelle Duggar has a miscarriage in her second trimester
Charlize Theron in orange Christian Dior: fug traffic cone or oddly beautiful?
Lindsay Lohan in 2007: “I can dress like a princess and still fight like a whore”
Tom Cruise promotes MI4 in Moscow: he keeps looking “younger” doesn’t he?
Matt Damon on the paparazzi: Brad Pitt threw a burger and Ben Affleck drove for hours

Marc Anthony threw a fit, refused to work w/ J.Lo when she brought baby doucheface

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 09:19 AM PST

This story came out on Radar a couple of days ago, but Star has more details and it paints a much better picture of Marc Anthony freaking out over his ex’s new relationship. It also makes it clear that Lopez is using her new romance to make Anthony jealous, and it’s working.

We’ve heard that Marc and J.Lo have been friendly post-split and that they even hooked up just a couple of weeks ago. Well all that seems to have ended when Lopez took up with her 24 year-old backup dancer, Casper Smart, and made sure to pose for plenty of PDA candids with the young “stud.” (That’s probably how she thinks of him, but ew.) The only problem is that Lopez and Anthony are still working together, on a talent search reality show in which they scout for acts in Latin America. Anthony found out that Lopez had brought her boytoy along with her on a trip to Peru where they were supposed to film the show. So Anthony called up their producer and threatened to resign. It doesn’t sound like he went through with it, as there’s a lot of money on the line. This all points to the possibility that their divorce and custody proceedings could get messy.

“Casper was booked on a commercial jet – in economy, no less – back to Los Angeles [from a trip to Morocco with Lopez], but J.Lo had decided that she wanted him to go with her to Peru for ¡Q’Viva!,” an insider tells STar.

“When Marc learned through their mutual colleagues that she intended to bring him, he was furious. So in the conference call, he objected to Casper going to Lima, given that he and Jennifer were supposed to be working together, but Jennifer was indignant and insisted that Casper was coming.”

Fuming, Marc waited until he got confirmation that Jennifer’s private jet had left Casablanca’s… Airport. Then he called Idol cocreator Simon Fuller – whose XIX Entertainment is the force behind ¡Q’Viva! – intending to resign, the insider tells Star. “Marc told Simon the reason was, quite simply, J.Lo. He said, ‘I can’t work with her!’”…

After the blowup over Casper, “Jennifer is threatening Marc with the twins,” another source reveals. “She told him she is going to go for full custody. Jennifer claims he is very controlling and jealous.”

Marc previously exploded after pictures surfaced of Casper playing doting dad to the twins while romping in Hawaii with J.Lo over Thanksgiving. “Marc saw them all looking like one big, happy family and called J.Lo immediately and tore into her,” the source says. “He believes this is just a rebound and that she can’t keep a relationship going.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, December 19, 2011]

That was a douche move for J.Lo to bring Casper with her on a business trip with Anthony, and of course Anthony hit the roof. I don’t like either of them and assume that Anthony overreacted over having to see the guy, but I understand why he got upset over those photos of Casper with his kids. It was a low blow for Lopez not only to bring Casper around the kids on that Hawaiian vacation, but especially to make sure that so many pictures got out documenting it. She deserves her fun, but she should keep her kids away from her new piece until she’s serious.

Radar notes that these two haven’t officially filed for divorce yet as they’re still negotiating a settlement. It could go into next year before all the complicated financial details are worked out. It looks like divorce is inevitable. Hopefully Lopez won’t immediately marry her rebound fling once she’s legally able to. You can easily imagine her doing that.

Marc is shown performing on 9/9/11 at the Meadowlands. Credit: Janet Mayer/PRPhotos. Jennifer is shown in two different outfits at the AMAs on 11/20/11. Credit: WENN.com and Fame

Jennifer Aniston named “the Hottest Woman of All Time” by Men’s Health Mag

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 08:48 AM PST

Men's Health Magazine ranked the "hottest women of all time" and Jennifer Aniston came out #1. For real. OF ALL TIME. I actually understand when Aniston gets a high ranking when the contest is for "hottest bodies" or "looking great over 40". She looks great for any age, and she takes very good care of her body. But I still don't get how Aniston is "sexy," much less "the hottest woman of all time." I suspect that this honor was bought and paid for, much like Aniston's Spike TV "Decade of Hotness" Award earlier this year, but whatever. You can see the full list of 100 here. Aniston even sat down and did an interview with Men's Health too. Note the sycophantic tone proceeding the interview:

As you might imagine, getting Jennifer Aniston to answer a few questions these days is no easy feat. Perhaps no woman in show business fields more rancorous—and increasingly persistent—inquiries into the state of her dating life, her engagement status, or her desire to start a family. Hell, even we couldn't resist tossing in a question about how her current boyfriend, the actor Justin Theroux, would feel about reading these words:

Funny is sexy, and Jennifer Aniston is funny—she was invited to join 'Saturday Night Live' before her big break with 'Friends.' Her down-to-earth persona makes her seem attainable, and anyone who's seen her in 'Office Space' has to admit she makes even pieces of flair look good. She rarely plays the airhead, and she seldom overplays a role: she's funny in a quiet, refreshingly human way. And her all-too-human love life off-screen inspires sympathy that not even a string of bland romantic comedies can diminish. Other sex symbols drift toward one-dimensionality, becoming flat icons in the process, but throughout her career Aniston has remained sexy, funny, and unmistakably real. For that reason, she is our all-time sexiest woman.

That's what we said about Aniston in our guide to the 100 Sexiest Women of All-Time. And yes, we know dem's fightin' words. How could we be so brazen as to not begin and end the conversation with Marilyn Monroe? Or Angelina Jolie? Or Mila Kunis? Or… well, you get the idea. See for yourself—and re-rank the women on your own to let us know where you think Aniston—and 99 other all-time hotties—rightly belong.

Men's Health: If you could name one woman the sexiest of all-time, who would you have picked?
Jennifer Aniston: It's a tie between Bridgette Bardot and Gloria Steinem. But if I had to choose one, I'd say Gloria because, well, she's the full package. That's sexy.

Looking back, who is the least sexy character you've ever played?
The least sexy character was Jeannie Bueller on the TV version of Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

You're one of few celebrities out there without a Twitter or Facebook account. If we gave you the reins to both of ours for a single post, what would you want our readers to know?
One single post … what would I want readers to know … I really shouldn't be holding these reins.

Most of our guys are funny and fit. Besides six-pack abs and the ability to make you laugh, what's the next-sexiest quality that a guy can have?
Sexiest thing about a man—other than abs—is if he can make me laugh, has compassion, kindness, and an accurately sized ego.

You've given dozens of interviews to men's magazines over the years. What's something surprising that most men still don't know about you?
What readers don't know: I can breakdance. No, that's a lie. But wouldn't that be cool?

[From Men's Health]

Gloria Steinem? "Accurately sized ego"? Breakdance? No comment.

I did want to point out one thing, though – I was totally wrong! Earlier this week, when I was discussing how it was Angelina Week and it was going to be full-on all-Angelina as she promoted her film, I made a bet with all of you that Jennifer Aniston was going to do what she almost always does and get conveniently "pap'd" throughout Angelina Week. That didn't happen – it's pretty much radio silence from Aniston and Theroux this week. Could it be that Aniston is no longer trying to steal ("homewreck") focus from Brangelina? Could it be that she's finally over it?

Here are more photos of your Hottest Woman of All Time. ???

Photos courtesy of Fame & WENN.

Kris Humphries is dumb as a box of Kardashian weaves in his GMA interview

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 07:37 AM PST

Kris Humphries did his "first interview" on Good Morning America today. I just watched 90 seconds of it and I was bored out of my mind. Kris really is dumb as a rock, in my opinion. Throughout the conversation, he, like, YOU KNOW, um, talks about, like, YOU KNOW, basketball a lot, like, he, um, brings the conversation, YOU KNOW, around to basketball, um, like, a lot. Here's some of his interview:

Some highlights:

On his divorce: “For me, it’s just certain things happen in life and you’ve got to move forward. Through everything I’m just focused on family and preparing for basketball. Basketball has always been something I’ve taken really serious and I continue to do that and I’m just moving forward.”

When asked if he loves Kim Kardashian: “I’m focused on just what I can control, which is being ready to play ball and supporting my mom and her cookie baking.,” he said. “I don’t really play into all the gossip and things that take place, but that’s life. I’ve been doing a lot of things with my foundation and spending time with my family and working on my game,” Humphries, who does not currently have a contract with an NBA team, said of his life post-Kardashian. “Hopefully I’ll be on a team soon and get ready to go.”

When asked if the cameras destroyed his marriage: “I can’t say for sure or not for sure. It’s the only time I’ve been married. I’ve been in the NBA since I was 19 years old, but it’s a different level.”

SRSLY BASKETBALL: “Through everything I’ve just focused on family and preparing for basketball,” he said. “Basketball is something I take really seriously and I continue to do that. You know, I’m just moving forward.”

[From Us Weekly & ABC News]

OMG, shill for a contract harder, Kris. This boy's hustle is seriously lacking. Some publicist told him, "Just mention how focused you are on basketball!" And all Kris could do was stutter "Basketball… basketball…um… you know… basketball." He's probably still muttering that right now. I mean, I get the hate for Kim, I really do. But you can't tell me that Kris is any kind of prize.

GMA video thanks to Radar Online

Photos courtesy of GMA & WENN.

Angelina Jolie in navy Romona Keveza in LA: gorgeous or rough?

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 07:07 AM PST

Ahh, I had forgotten this was happening last night. *slowly turns in Brangeloonie Merit Badge* In the Land of Blood and Honey premiered in LA last night, and the event was much bigger than the NYC premiere earlier this week. Angelina and Brad did another red carpet together, and I like this one so, so much more than the New York premiere. This time it's all about how hot Angelina looks in her navy Romona Keveza gown – it's fitted! It's not a sack! HUZZAH. It looks great on her too, and love when she teases up her hair. Brad doesn't look as hot as he did in NY, and I don't know what's happening with the big glasses. Is he trying to look intellectual, or does he really need them? He still looks good, granted, but my eye goes to Jolie.

Many of the stars of the film were there, including the two leads, Zana Marjanovic & Goran Kostic. Quick word about Goran Kostic: he's rather sexy, right? All in black on this red carpet… he looks sort of like Daniel Craig with a weird nose – very unconventionally sexy. He has presence, I'll give him that. And Zana is gorgeous – I'm including photos of Goran and Zana below.

Angelina's drinking buddy (I'm assuming) and girl friend Gwen Stefani showed up to support Angie. As did Angelina's dad. Meh on him, but I think Gwen looks kind of cute in her onesie.

Meanwhile, Angelina covers the new issue of The Hollywood Reporter, joint with Jennifer Yuh Nelson, director of Kung Fu Panda 2. THR has excerpts of their conversation here. Angelina admits at one point: "I’ve scored some points at home because of Kung Fu Panda. They love Tigress, who is my alternate personality. Otherwise, they think Brad and I are just so not cool." She also talks about what she learned from Michael Winterbottom and Clint Eastwood, and how she personally financed a large chunk of ITLOBAH. You can read more here.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Who would you rather, Robert Downey Jr. or Jude Law?

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 07:06 AM PST

Here are photos from last night's London premiere of Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of Shadows. How much would you love to be Noomi Rapace right now, in the middle of that sandwich? So… Robert Downey Jr. or Jude Law? Sherlock Holmes or Dr. Watson? The obvious choice (for us dirty slores) is "BOTH. Right here, right now." But if you had to choose… which would it be? Jude Law could get you pregnant with just a look. And Jude's got the impossible prettiness, although the pretty has been weathered by time. Robert's kind of vampire at this point – he's 46 years old, and all of those drugs he used to do just preserved him. He's the most youthful-seeming 46 year old. Oh, and he's really hot too. And he has so much energy, and he's brilliant. So… brilliant, energetic with a young soul or pretty and pregnant? Sigh…would you like more pretty?

Noomi Rapace's dress is Carolina Herrera. Isn't it terrible? I'm also including a photo of Sherlock director Guy Ritchie and his baby-mama Jacqui – doesn't Guy just look super-thrilled? Yeah.

This is one of my favorite photos – I love Jude Law for stopping and straightening Noomi's train. That's such a lovely and chivalrous thing to do for a lady, right? God, I love Jude. He could totally get me pregnant. I bet Noomi is pregnant right now.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Michelle Duggar has a miscarriage in her second trimester

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 07:05 AM PST

Michelle Duggar, 45, has suffered a miscarriage of what would be her 20th baby. Her children range in age from two years (littlest Josie’s birthday is tomorrow) to 23. When I first heard this news I was hoping that it was an early stage miscarriage, and that she had made the announcement of her pregnancy relatively early. Sadly, she was in her second trimester and was at the doctor to learn the sex of the baby when she was told that the baby’s heartbeat could not be found. The family is now preparing to have a funeral. That’s very sad.

At a routine check-up Thursday to find out the sex of their 20th child, their doctor was unable to find a heartbeat and told the couple they had miscarried in the second trimester.

“After the appointment, we came back home and told the children,” says Michelle, 45.

“We had just been talking about baby names last night and they were getting excited about naming a boy or a girl. It has been a real sad disappointment.”

She says the family will select a name after they know if the baby was a boy or girl, and then plan to have a funeral service.

“I feel like my heart broke telling my children,” says Michelle. “They have all been so excited about this baby and looking forward to April coming around and having a new little one in our arms. That was the most difficult. The Lord is the giver of life and he can choose when that life is ready to go on and be with Him.”

The stars of TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting previously weathered a medical ordeal with their youngest daughter, Josie, who was born in December 2009.

This was their second miscarriage; Michelle lost her baby during her second pregnancy. She was taking oral birth control at the time and cites this as one reason the couple together decided to leave the number of children they have “up to God.”

[From People]

Michelle and Jim-Bob started having babies just about every year after she suffered a miscarriage while taking birth control. At that point they “decided to allow God to determine the number of children” they would have. I’ll kind of leave it there. It’s always very sad when someone suffers a miscarriage. Condolences to Michelle and the family.

Charlize Theron in orange Christian Dior: fug traffic cone or oddly beautiful?

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 07:04 AM PST

Here are photos of Charlize Theron last night at The Late Show With David Letterman (the black and white dress) and at the premiere of Young Adult in NYC (the orange dress). The premiere dress is Christian Dior. Thoughts? I like it, and God knows that Charlize is one of those rare bitches who can really work a shade of orange and somehow manage to NOT look like a traffic cone. That being said… there's something off, I think. The fit in the waist and bust seems weird, and it just feels like the wrong dress to wear to a December premiere. Charlize is one of the faces of Dior, though, and I think she might be contractually required to wear Dior on certain red carpets. Hopefully, this was her third or fourth choice, and she's got better Dior dresses for future events.

I am a bigger fan of the black and white Antonio Berardi dress – this would have made a killer premiere dress, I think. Much like Jessica Biel yesterday, I wish the "television appearance" cocktail dress had been the premiere look.

I'm including some closeups of Charlize's face because something seems off to me. She doesn't look Botoxed, but something is different? Is it her mouth? Has her mouth always looked like that?

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Lindsay Lohan in 2007: “I can dress like a princess and still fight like a whore”

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 07:03 AM PST

For whatever reason, the tabloids are full of Lindsay Lohan stories this week. My theory for the sudden reemergence of The Cracken: she's going to be everywhere promoting her Playboy cover in the hopes that her dusty firecrotch will bring her career relevance again. The Enquirer has a BS story about that too – something about Linnocent being prepared to do "anything" (wink, nudge, beej) to start working again. I know the report is BS because they claim LL is even prepared to dump Dina Lohan as her manager. That will never happen – Dina and the Cracken are forever intertwined now. They will never NOT coexist.

I'll start with the Star Magazine story about LL's 2008 "diary". Radar already released some of this a few days ago – in January 2008, LL was writing in her diary non-stop about Heath Ledger being the "love of her life." The print edition of Star had more details and diary entries, and I just want you to note how LL makes Heath's death all about her. Her needs, her crack drama, her narcissism. It's never NOT about Lindsay.

Jan. 22, 2008: "Today, Heath died. I'm in love with him… He was the love of my life. He taught me so much, and he was everything I've ever wanted and more. I want to hear him laugh and hold me. I crave his touch and care."

She writes that she had plans to visit Heath in New York on Jan. 25: "He was going to meet my mom and everything."

Lindsay reportedly broke down in tears at La Scala when she was informed of Heath's death: When a person dies the world stops. I'm numb. There's an emptiness. A whole [sic]. And a desire to feel loved. A need to be held in the arms of someone who understands. But what do you so when the one who understands is gone?"

"I'm sick. My vision is blurred and it's like a black hole has surfaced overhead. It's like a game of Jenga, and when one piece slips, it all falls apart. One pill, one sip and it goes down the slope, crashes and burns and it's over. Why? I ask myself over and over. Cry is all I can do."

More than a week after Heath's death, on Jan. 31 2008, LL wrote: "Heath is a prime example of what this industry can do to someone. It craves to see someone fail… It brings enjoyment to us to watch one die. The tragedy and cravings for it can kill. And will. They have."

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

The saddest/funniest line, in my opinion was, "He was going to meet my mom and everything." Dina Lohan and Heath Ledger were going to meet… how would that have gone? Did Heath even know that was happening? Or was LL just some girl he boned and LL built up the one night stand like it was the most epic crack drama of her life? Life is totally like Jenga.

Meanwhile, the Enquirer also had excerpts from a new book that's making the rounds. It was written by a man named Lee Weaver, who was a "Hollywood bodyguard" for more than 20 years. The book is Memoirs of a Celebrity Bodyguard, and Weaver details the year he spent on Cracken Detail:

Lee Weaver insists his worst client was Lindsay Lohan, whom he protected during most of 2007.

"When she was sober, she was charming. But when she'd done drugs or had been drinking, she was a demon!"

She once told Weaver: "I can dress like a princess and still fight like a whore."

And one night she almost got them both killed. Weaver says she called him at 4 a.m. and asked him to take her to Beverly Hills to "pick up a script." But when they got to the location, Lindsay approached a man waiting in the front yard and screamed: You ripped me off, you bastard!" With no warning, Lindsay "slapped him so hard that I almost felt it." She then slapped him again, Weaver writes, and "before I could stop him, he held a gun to Lindsay's face."

Weaver moved in to save his client and found himself looking down the barrel of the gun. When a noise distracted the gunman, Weaver says he "punched that man as hard as I could in the side of his neck."

The man went down and Weaver sped away in the car with Lindsay.

[From The National Enquirer, print edition]

"I can dress like a princess and still fight like a whore." That's her epitaph. That or "Move that headstone, I'm Lindsay Lohan!" Anyway, that story about Linnocent slapping some random – that's her dealer, correct? Pretty much.

Photos courtesy of Fame.

Tom Cruise promotes MI4 in Moscow: he keeps looking “younger” doesn’t he?

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 06:33 AM PST

Yesterday, Bedhead covered the photos of Tom Cruise and Paula Patton at the Dubai premiere of Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol. These are photos from the Moscow premiere, and once again, only Tommy, Paula and Simon Pegg are around. Where is The Renner?!? Where is Josh Holloway?!? Why can't Tom Cruise take an international promotional tour with the boys? That is what I live for, not photos of Tom with Paula Patton – who, granted, is gorgeous, but Tom isn't interested in that. I can feel Tom's displeasure from here.

Anyway, some of you yelled at Bedhead yesterday because she didn't talk enough about how Tom Cruise seems to be channeling an ageless, Xenu-obsessed vampire. (I could have name-checked Lestat there, but really I want to forget that ever happened.) Yes, Tom is "ageless" in the sense that he looks younger now than he did four years ago. Don't you remember that suspicious trip that Tom and Katie took to Brazil? They were suspiciously in Brazil for weeks in 2009, but he was only photographed at certain times. I keep coming back to that – I think that was when Tom went in for a facelift. I give him credit for getting good work too – it was subtle, and he looks like himself only younger. He doesn't look puffy or waxy or frozen – maybe he should give the number of his doctor to his ex, Nicole Kidman. But enough about Tom's face. Look at his little overcoat! How cute is that? And his little fingerless gloves. And his little lifts! I love Tom. He brings joy.

Meanwhile, Tom has a new interview with E! News – you can read and see the full interview here, and here are some highlights:

Doing stunts 100-stories high on Burj Khalifa in Dubai: “[Director Brad Bird] said ‘Can we do this?’ And I said, ‘We’re gonna figure out how to do it. We have to do this!’ It was so incredible in seeing what he designed for this scene…We spent months trying to figure out how to do it. I admire the storytelling and athleticism and wanting to entertain an audience and create ways to do it and put them in their seats so hopefully their palms will sweat.”

What Katie Holmes thinks: “That’s why I do it. I couldn’t do it without them but I’ve been doing stuff like this my whole life…For Kate, it’s wonderful to be able to share that with her and all the kids…she knows I do a lot of training. I just don’t go out there and do it. It takes a lot to do it and it takes a group to do it.”

On fame and getting some private time: “I love making movies and being on the set, and being at home, we do have a private life. I’m not the guy who sits there in the trailer…I like being with the crew and being with the cast…and when Kate makes a film, I like being there with her so our family’s together and have that time…it’s times I really cherish.”

On being a struggling actor early in his career: “I was lucky. My first audition I got it. I did Taps. But I remember being on the set of Taps when I was doing it, I didn’t know whether I’d ever be able to make another movie.”

On how his life changed after making Taps: “I remember working on The Outsiders with all those guys and making Risky Business with [helmer] Paul Brickman and suddenly there I am making Top Gun and working with [Paul] Newman. I remember that in 1985, it was incredible to me.”

On Rock of Ages: “Luckily all the training I had done with the [Mission] stunts, I had to apply to this because I was dancing four hours a day and singing three, four hours a day for months and months. I had to also find the voice. What kind of vocal quality that we needed for this rock voice for the character.”

[From E! News]

"I was dancing four hours a day and singing three, four hours a day for months and months…" Oh, girl. You know he loved every minute of that. Oh, and TOP GUN 2 is still happening – Tom confirmed that he was all for it.

PS… Where is Katie, by the way? Why is she on Xenu-lockdown while Tom promotes MI4?

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Matt Damon on the paparazzi: Brad Pitt threw a burger and Ben Affleck drove for hours

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 05:58 AM PST

Matt Damon is on the cover of Parade Magazine this week to promote the new Cameron Crowe film, We Bought a Zoo. I keep seeing ads for it and I’m hoping that the film is a success. There’s been some buzz that it will suffer due to the exotic zoo tragedy in Ohio, and probably as a result they’ve focused some public service ads on raising awareness of large cat conservation. In Parade, Damon discusses fame, privacy and his family, which are common themes for his interviews. He also compares his situation to Brad Pitt’s, which he’s done before, and says that as opposed to Pitt the paparazzi leave him and his family alone. Parade has some outtakes (we’ve excerpted some below and there’s more here) in which tells a couple of awesome stories about Pitt and Ben Affleck. He also drops an interesting new tidbit here, especially for a Bourne fan like me. Damon reveals that he deliberately didn’t go shirtless in even the first Bourne movie when he was in the best shape of his life. (I disagree, he was too thin there and needed to gain a few.) The way I read it, he realized that it was a slippery slope and that if he started going beefcake in the first movie, he’d have to do it for years to come. That sucks for us. Here’s more:

Despite his movie star status, Damon keeps his life private, especially compared to some of his famous friends.
"Brad and Angie, there's much more pressure on them than there is on me. He [Pitt] asked me what my everyday is like. I said, 'Well, I grab the kids from school, and then we go over to the park.' And he was just looking at me, like, 'How can you do that?' Because he can't."

Damon's theory on why he can keep a low profile:
"I've been left alone, even by the paparazzi, because what sells is sex and scandal. Absent that, they really don't have much interest in you. I'm still married, still working, still happy."

On being the father of four girls, ranging in age from 13 months to 13 years:
"I jumped into the deep end with Lucy. I mean, Alexia was already 4. I was an extra dad…The only way I can describe it – it sounds stupid, but – at the end of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, you know how his heart grows, like, five times its size? Everything is full; it's just full all the time.”

On staying away from shirtless scenes:
"On the first Bourne movie, I was in the best shape of my life, and we purposely never did a shot of me with my shirt off. There's one scene where [Bourne's lover] is pulling the shirt over my head, but what the camera sees are the two bullet holes in my back. It's not gratuitous; there's a point to it. I try to stay away from the beefcake shots."

On the paparazzi plaguing his famous friends.
“Brad [Pitt] has told me stories. . . . He threw a cheeseburger at somebody. The guy had followed him to the drive-thru and Brad was like, ‘Can I just eat my cheeseburger?’ The guy pulled up next to him and Brad ended up throwing it at him, and they both looked at each other in total shock for a long moment. Neither of them could believe that it happened, you know? And then the guy went to raise his camera, and Brad sped off. So he did not get the picture. Brad left that experience feeling like, ‘Well, I didn’t get to eat my cheeseburger. I really wanted it.’”

“At the height of the whole thing with Jennifer Lopez, I remember Ben [Affleck] telling me about one of his days off. It was a Sunday, and I think he’d been shooting, like, six-day weeks. The gas tank in his car was full, and he pulled out of the driveway where they were living, and there were 20 cars there waiting. He just drove toward San Francisco, checking the gas gauge. When it was halfway full, he turned around and drove all the way back– driving for five, six hours. He never got out of the car. I saw him after that, and it was a circus, people taking pictures. I said, ‘How are you doing this?’ And he told me that story. He said, ‘I was so angry at these guys for invading my life, that I was taking the very little free time I had and wasting it, in order to get back at them.’ I think he kind of broke through to this other place. He said, ‘I just can’t give it any more energy.’”

[From Parade]

That story about Affleck driving around for hours reminds me of when Britney used to do the same thing just to get some peace. Damon also talks about working with John Krasinski and Dave Eggers on writing a screenplay, and about how he doesn’t tie his identity to his fame or movies. I love reading his interviews, he’s wise and has a lot to say. The print edition of Parade will have even more on Sunday, and I’ll be sure to pick it up. I’m also really looking forward to We Bought a Zoo. It looks cheesy, but if anyone can pull that movie off without making it too schmaltzy, it’s Damon.

Also, he looks so much better with hair than he does bald, but I’ll take him either way.

Here’s Damon outside the Late Show on 12/6/11. You can watch his interview here. He comes on at 24:00 in. Photo credit: Fame