Monday, February 21, 2011

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Cele|bitchy


Hugh Hefner’s fiance Crystal Harris plans for “romantic” June wedding

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 09:00 AM PST

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The New Yorker has a profile and interview with Hugh Hefner’s 24 year-old fiance, Crystal Harris. Without adding any editorial comments they manage to perfectly convey the ridiculousness of the situation. All it requires is a simple recounting of the details of how Hef and Crystal met, along with letting Crystal explain their romance in her own words. It’s like one of their dry cartoons - funny to some, depressing to others. I guess the takeaway details are the fact that Crystal wants a “romantic” wedding with “muted” colors (it’s better than a Disney theme) and that she dropped out of college to be Hef’s girlfriend full time.

How Crystal gave up college for Hef
A little more than two years ago, Harris was a senior at San Diego State University. She and a friend drove up to the mansion for a Halloween party, where, dressed as a French maid, she caught Hefner's eye. Two weeks later, she quit school and moved into the mansion. "I was a psychology major, and I didn't want to be a psychologist," she said. "I thought it would be cool to come up here and just, you know, hang with Hef. School will always be there, I guess."

On Hef’s proposal
The marriage proposal was not wholly a surprise. The subject had been discussed the previous summer. "He asked me, 'If I were to ask you to marry me, would you say yes?' And I said, 'Of course,' " she said. "So then Hef's secretaries measured my ring finger." Coming after the departure of Hefner's other two girlfriends, the identical twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon, the announcement elicited an additional line of speculation: Was Hugh Hefner in a monogamous relationship?
"Yeah, it's just us," Harris said. "I mean, Hef has, like, had sex with a lot of people throughout the years, and that's not important to him anymore."

On plans for a romantic June wedding with two dresses
She considered a possible reception dress and four bridesmaid dresses. ("One sister is in Idaho," Olisky said. "She might need a sleeve.") The palette was to be low-key. "We want to have everything very muted—on the tablecloths, silver and white, and maybe a blush underlay," [Playboy publicist and wedding planner] Olisky said. "That way, it stays very romantic."

Next stop: Hansen Cakes, on Fairfax. On the street, a window belonging to a different bakery briefly caught Harris's attention. It displayed a cake in the shape of breasts in a push-up bra. "Wait, do we want a boob cake?" she said. Inside the Hansen Cakes showroom, cake replicas stood on banquet tables. Decisions on shape were made swiftly: round rather than square; four tiers rather than three; stacked layers rather than columns. Choosing a filling was trickier.

"Strawberry's good," Harris said. "Like, cake that has strawberries in it? So good. And Hef likes that kind, too. He eats the same thing every day. He has chicken-noodle soup every day at five o'clock."

"Lipton's," Olisky said.

It was decided that white-chocolate shavings, an echo of the rosettes on the dress, would make the best cake décor.

"The whole theme of it is going to be very romantic," Olisky said.

While Olisky took pictures of Harris eating forkfuls of cake, Monique Hansen, the shop's owner, put a few pieces in a box for the groom. "I've been selling Hef cakes for years," she said. "Hef's had a lot of cake.”

[From The New Yorker]

See what they did there with the boob cake and Hef having a lot of it? He’s possibly on his last one now at 84 and it’s just as well. As far as the wedding details I’m sure we’ll see a full spread in People with the reception and wedding pictures. Crystal will also do a full spread in Playboy, her second, to be published in June. She calls it “kind of just a romantic, roaming-around-the-mansion type thing.” Isn’t that like any other day for her?

Photos are from Hugh Hefner’s Twitter account of a screening of the upcoming movie Take Me Home Tonight. Stars Anna Faris and Topher Grace are also shown.

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Sofia Vergara shows off her crazy body in a bikini for Shape Mag

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 08:26 AM PST

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Last week, we had the new Shape Magazine cover with Sofia Vergara, plus some excerpts from her cover interview. These are some of the additional photos from Shape's photo shoot. Look at Sofia's 40-year–old ass in that bikini! Jesus. I would do her. Without apologies. Sofia and Emma Thompson. The three of us could live as each other's sister-wives with absolutely no boys forever and ever. Here are some more excerpts from her interview:

Sofia on primping: "All the women in my family are [primpers]. We put makeup on to give birth! When I started feeling contractions with my son Mamolo, the first thing I did was wash and blow-dry my hair before I went to the hospital. You never know how long you'll be in labor. It could be days until you're able to take a shower."

Sofia's cravings: "If I could, I would have foie gras and éclairs for breakfast, lunch and dinner!" But her real love is cake - "I love it. Vanilla cake, angel food cake, chocolate cake. For me and my son, buying cake at the grocery store is like buying milk. We always have it in the house."

[From Shape Magazine, print edition]

Those are the only other interesting parts I found from the interview. It's not like Shape Magazine was trying to go in-depth about life and death with Sofia. Not that she's not smart - I think she is. But she also knows that people just want to see her in a bikini and listen to her talk about food.

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Jennifer Aniston & Brooklyn Decker’s fashion face-off in Berlin

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 07:44 AM PST

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Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston and Brooklyn Decker are promoting Just Go With It in Germany today. The film is actually named "My Imaginary Wife" in Germany, which makes sense because the original English-release title was The Pretend Wife. Anyhoodle, I learned some new things about the cast of Just Go With It today. I learned that although Brooklyn Decker has a great figure and millions of young guys want to do her, Adam and Jennifer will pull rank and insist that they pose together, just the two of them, before Brooklyn is invited to join them. I also learned that Brooklyn has a pretty good bitchface.

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As for the fashion faceoff… Team Aniston on this one. I like her little black dress (designer unknown), and I like the necklaces. My only complaint is that she stole this look completely from Reese Witherspoon's recent Berlin photocall for How Do You Know?- go here to review Reese's identical ensemble, down to the long chain necklace. Perhaps this is all about Jake Gyllenhaal?!?

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Meanwhile, Brooklyn Decker wore what I'm sure she thought was high-fashion. Maybe it is. It's looks like the Marc Jacobs pajama-wear-as-high-fashion look from several years ago. But the real star was Brooklyn's bitchface!

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Photos courtesy of WENN.

Sarah Ferguson is “devastated” to not be invited to Will & Kate’s wedding

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 07:10 AM PST

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The wedding invitations have gone out for Prince William and "Waity" Katy Middleton's April nuptials, and now media outlets are reporting on who did and did not get an invite. On the invitation list: David and Victoria Beckham, and Kanye West, apparently (USA Today compiled another list here). Not on the invitation list: President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York. Considering that HRH The Duke of York and his two daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie will be in attendance, Fergie's absence is notable, but not surprising. After all, this is the crazy woman who went on Oprah and couldn't answer one single question about her finances honestly. Probably because she's something of a high-class royal consort/hooker…? Anyway, PopEater has a piece on how Fergie is super-upset that she didn't get an invite:

The Queen has sent out over 1,800 invitations to attend the wedding of grandson Prince William and Kate Middleton, but has not invited The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson. Leaving Will’s auntie in tears over the Royal snub.

“Sarah is devastated that she hasn’t been invited,” a friend of the ex-royal tells me. “Hasn’t she been punished enough by the family? Sarah is down on her luck and this is the same as kicking a person while they are down.”

Sarah’s 10-year marriage to Prince Andrew ended in 1996 but recently made headlines after she was caught trying to sell press access to her ex-husband to an undercover reporter from The News of the World. Since then her already strained relationship with the palace has been almost non-existent.

“Sarah was hoping that the wedding would provide her with the opportunity to spend quality time with the family and prove she can and does deserve to be part of the family,” an insider tells me. “Any hope she ever had of being invited back into the fold is over. Sarah might be the last person on earth to finally get it but even she knows now she’s not welcome.”

The service will begin at Westminster Abby at 11:00 a.m. With Prince Harry serving as Best Man and Kate’s sister, Pippa, will be Maid of Honor.

The invitation that Sarah sadly did not receive reads: “The Lord Chamberlain is commanded by the Queen to invite [name] to the marriage of His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales, K.G. with Miss Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey on Friday, 29th April, 2011 at 11.00 a.m.”

Aside from family, friends and dignitaries, reported invitees include David and Victoria Beckham, Elton John and Kanye West.

“The Duchess will be watching the wedding on television just like the rest of the world, but not from England,” a friend tells me. “It will be too painful for her to be in London. She will be abroad. Once again trying to start her life knowing that kissing a prince doesn’t guarantee a happy ending.”

[From PopEater]

Oh, for goodness sake. Enough with the self-absorbed martyrdom, Fergie. Your crazy ass didn't deserve an invitation! However, it is kind of shocking to me that the President and First Lady didn't get one. Usually, the Queen is kind of pushy about getting lots of heads of state to come out for a big shin-dig, but I guess not this time.

Here's the invite, by the way (so you know what to expect!) - I like the "The Lord Chamberlain is COMMANDED by The Queen…" I want to be commanded by The Queen.

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Invite via HuffPo. Additional pics by WENN.

Suzanne Somers, 64, has sex daily: ‘natural hormones get the juices flowing’

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 07:10 AM PST

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Many of you will hate me for that story title, but like something that stinks that we stick in our friends faces, I had to get you to experience my sensory pain. It’s enough to hear that Somers has sex every day, that’s an overshare but it’s something that you can handle without the added “juices” descriptor. She went there, though, while promoting her latest book of quakery, Sexy Forever, to Betty Confidential. She’s all for natural everything, but when it comes to plastic surgery and injectibles she obviously makes an exception.

What are some ways that anyone can feel sexier?…
Hormones, hormones, hormones. Honestly, all women (and men) should read at least one of my books on bioidentical, natural hormones. They are my secret weapons to anti-aging. They promote health and sexuality. They sharpen your brain and strengthen your bones. And there has NEVER been one reported case of cancer by anyone using these hormones.

Describe a typical morning in your life:
Every morning I awaken to the smell of my husband's delicious strong coffee. While it's brewing, he goes outside when the weather is nice and picks a lemon off our tree and squeezes a half lemon into a glass of water. It's a great way to get your liver started for the day. I watch the morning shows, usually news, while I do email, use my Facemaster (my non-surgical facelift machine), take my daily fiber and probiotics — a must for gut health and regularity. I rub on my hormone creams and start taking some of my supplements. My yoga teacher comes four days a week and if it's an off day I do my own version of yoga, and run in place with the waist strap attached to my EZ GYM. Somewhere in my daily ritual we have delicious sex. We are both on natural hormone replacement and it really stirs up the juices.

Wow! How do you keep things so hot with your hubby after all these years?
We try and not go out more than twice a week but when we do I really enjoy getting all dolled up. We have always had a very romantic, sexy, relationship. We like it that way and we work at it. He emails me love notes when I least expect it and in them he says heart-melting things. I am always aware of the privilege that it is to be doing what I love and having my husband by my side.

[From Betty Confidential]

As far as those “bioidentical” hormones that Somers touts, but it’s worth noting that many professional organizations have come forward to state there’s no evidence whatsoever that they’re safer than traditional hormone therapy. That means that they can probably cause cancer just like traditional hormone therapy and that it’s irresponsible to state that they haven’t. (More on that here.) This isn’t even close to the most controversial claim that Somers has made. A book she put out in 2009, Knockout: Interviews with Doctors Who Are Curing Cancer–And How to Prevent Getting It in the First Place, included quotes and recommendations from doctors who have been exposed as frauds who regularly bilk patients. At least by telling people how to be sexy and have more sex she’s not steering sick vulnerable people away from scientifically proven treatments that might prevent their death.

Suzanne Somers is shown on 1/19, 2/1 and 2/9/11. Credit: WENN.com

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Are Brad Pitt’s parents moving in with him to help raise the kids?

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 06:26 AM PST

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Take this for what it is - a random report out of one of Britain's tabloids, The Sun. The Sun claims that Brad Pitt's parents, Jane and Bill, are planning on moving in with the Jolie-Pitts to help them raise their six kids. According to sources, Brad has arranged for his parents to move into a little cottage-like place on Brad and Angelina's extensive French property. The idea behind the whole thing is that Brad is insisting that he and Angelina take some time off and just be in France for a while, for the kids. And Bill and Jane want to help, I guess, although I'm pretty sure that Bill and Jane have a pretty active life in Missouri already, so…?

THERE won’t be much chance for BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE to make any more nippers – his parents are moving in. The superstar couple are going to live in the South of France full-time – and Brad’s mum and dad, Jane and Bill Pitt, will be living there too.

Work has begun on a granny flat for them at the star couple’s £35million Chateau Miraval estate in Brignoles. The Pitt seniors will then move there from Springfield, Missouri, to help look after Brad and Ange’s six kids. Brad flew to the Chateau last week to oversee building work.

A source said: “The whole family is going to move there as soon as the renovations are done. At the moment they have six nannies – one for each of the kids – and the plan is to get rid of the helpers and rely on Bill and Jane. The annexe they will live in is an old building which used to be used as a dovecote. It’s big enough to have a sitting room, kitchen and a couple of bedrooms. It will make a lovely little cottage for them.”

As well as their daughter, SHILOH, four, and two-year-old twins KNOX and VIVIENNE, Brad and Ange have adopted sons MADDOX, nine, PAX, seven, and daughter ZAHARA, six.

The pair have always taken their brood with them as they jetted around the globe for work but all that is about to change now the kids are older. The source added: “They don’t want them dragged around the world any longer. Brad is traditional and wants them to put down roots and have friends and go to the same school, rather than constantly moving. The plan is both of them will do voiceover work in a recording studio in the chateau’s grounds. Other than that, they’ll pretty much retire from Hollywood for a while.”

Their pals JOHNNY DEPP, VANESSA PARADIS and their children LILY-ROSE and JACK live only 40 minutes away from the French bolt-hole. Johnny, who starred alongside Angelina in The Tourist, sold the idea of a simple French life to them while they filmed in Venice last year.

A source added: “Johnny said if they want a normal life they must leave LA. They all agree the time has come for them to focus on bringing up their family. They have plenty of money and they want to relax and enjoy it.”

They’ll be lucky with relationship kryptonite – the in-laws – there…

[From The Sun UK]

Well, it wouldn't surprise me if Brad was overseeing renovations to that part of the chateau, because God knows the man loves his renovations. Maybe he even has his parents in mind for the little cottage-like thing. Or maybe that's where Empress Zahara will plot her global domination. Every Empress needs her lair, and I would be more willing to buy that Brad was making renovations with Zahara in mind (he is her loyal minion). Unfortunately for this story, I don't think Angelina and Brad are really taking nine months off any time soon - they both have a ton of films in various stages of preproduction.

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Photos courtesy of WENN.

Ashton Kutcher on his relationship with Demi: ‘8 years in Hollywood is like 81′

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 06:20 AM PST

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Ashton Kutcher has a new interview on UK’s Graham Norton show in which he reveals that he had a bet with a friend in high school for $1,000 that he would score a date with Jennifer Aniston. Apparently that bet had no time limit, because he’s still trying to win it after sixteen years. Does that mean that Demi was his second choice out of the famous women he lusted after during his formative years? As for his relationship with Demi, he says he’s proud of how long they’ve lasted, since “eight years which in Hollywood years is about 81.” Can we interpret that to mean he’s sick of her? Like Aniston, he’s not that skilled at expressing himself so maybe he just meant that they’re solid. He seems kind of perfect for Aniston in a way. He’s got the douche part down.

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"I bet a high school buddy $1,000 that one day I would go on a date with Jennifer Aniston," Ashton revealed on "The Graham Norton Show" in an episode which airs next week on BBC America. "I was 17 years old and she was on my screensaver."

The "No Strings attached" star explained to the Irish comedian that when he finally got to Hollywood and had some success, he turned to Jennifer's then-husband, Brad Pitt, for some help.

"Five years later I actually met her and I asked Brad Pitt's permission to ask his wife out on a date. He was so cool and said 'You go for it' so I asked her and she turned me down," Ashton said.

While he's now married, Ashton said he still hopes to win his teenage bet.

"Now we're friends so it might still happen, but now I have to ask Demi's permission and I just don't know how to broach that with the wife… but I do want to win the bet," he said.

As for his life with Demi, Ashton told Graham he was proud that the two have spent nearly a decade together as a couple.

"It's been eight years which in Hollywood years is about 81 so there's extra points for that," he said.

Their relationship, or at least their domestic bliss, didn't start out very easy. Ashton admitted he was "extremely single" when he met Demi and it took a while for word to get around that he was taken.

"I was living with a buddy who refused to leave when Demi moved in," Ashton said of his early household moments with his brunette bombshell, whom he eventually married in 2005.

"But it was kind of a good thing," Ashton added. "It would be the middle of the night and there would be visitors and he would do a lot of intercepting for me! I wanted to keep the relationship private so [I] didn't put the word out and its pretty hard to slow that train down."

[From Access Hollywood]

After watching the video (above) I think it’s most telling that he prefaced his story about the bet by saying he was 17 when he made it and “I’m living on a farm in the middle of America, [Iowa] really having no chance at having a happy life.” I get it - we don’t want to end up like our parents, but it comes across as callous, like only people in big cities are happy. As far as being offensive it’s very minor, though. It’s not like using the “r” word.

Ashton Kutcher is shown in London on 2/10 (credit: WENN) and with Demi in St. Barts on 2/11. (Credit: Fame) Jennifer Aniston is shown in Berlin on 2/21/11. (Credit: WENN)

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Matthew Morrison & Olivia Munn go on a paparazzi-friendly date

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 05:53 AM PST

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God, I wish we had access to these photos of Matthew Morrison and Olivia Munn. You can see them here - Matthew and Olivia sat together at a hockey game last night. They held hands. They kissed for the cameras. Matthew looked really uncomfortable and Olivia looked smug. This chick… she's like a radioactive famewhore. While I don't really care for anyone on Glee as a general rule, I think Matthew Morrison is much better than this. A paparazzi-friendly outing with this chick? Seriously? Her last relationship (that she publicized) was as Justin Timberlake's side-piece. Maybe Matthew really worries that people will think he's gay, thus, getting a date with the first available famewhore biscuit.

GLEE hunk MATTHEW MORRISON has sparked speculation of a new romance with OLIVIA MUNN after the couple was spotted kissing at an ice hockey game on Sunday (20Feb11).

The actor was photographed cuddling up to the Perfect Couples star as they watched the New York Rangers take on the Philadelphia Flyers at Madison Square Garden in the Big Apple.

Morrison was seen playfully nibbling on Munn’s arm and holding her hand, and the two stars later appeared to share a kiss while watching the game.

Morrison, who plays high school teacher Will Schuester on the hit show, has previously been linked to Cameron Diaz, while Munn dated Chris Pine.

[From Contact Music]

Chris Pine dumped Olivia when even she was too trashy for him, right? And that's a guy who dated Audrina Patridge, so… yeah. And here's just a brief word to all male actors who are gay and don't want to come out of the closet just yet, for no reason: these stunts do not help your image. At all. Just go hang out with your boyfriend, it will look less obvious than this.

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Photos courtesy of WENN.

Gabriel Aubry is currently single & focusing on his relationship with Nahla

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 05:25 AM PST

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TMZ is having a brief pro-Gabriel Aubry moment. Instead of repeating claims made by Halle Berry's camp that he's an abusive racist, TMZ reports that Gabriel is not currently dating anyone, and that the only woman in his life is little Nahla. Apparently, there was a rumor going around that he was Sashalee Pallagi, a model, and this is Gabe's denial:

Gabriel Aubry is completely single — despite reports, we’re told the man currently entrenched in a bitter custody war with Halle Berry has no special woman in his life … with one exception … his daughter.

Sources close to Halle’s baby daddy tell TMZ, “Gabriel is currently single and wants to focus on his relationship with his daughter [Nahla].”

According to reports, Gabriel has been linked with a model named Sashalee Pallagi — but we’re told the two “don’t even know each other.”

[From TMZ]

Considering he briefly dated Kim Kardashian, and that Kat-face might have been one part of the larger problem in this custody battle, I think it's good that Gabriel isn't seeing anyone right now. And I believe it too - if he was seeing someone, we would have heard about it. From Halle. Meanwhile, Halle continues to be loved up with Olivier Martinez, but God knows how long that's going to last.

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Photos courtesy of Fame.

Is Matthew Fox an egotistical jagoff, or does he just hate Matt Damon?

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 05:06 AM PST

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Matthew Fox sat down with the Mail on Sunday for an extensive interview. Fox is in London to do a play - he's made his "West End debut" in Neil LaBute's A Forest, Dark and Deep. He's doing the play with Olivia Williams, an actress I actually like a great deal. Anyway, part of the interview took place in Matthew's home turf, his remote, adopted hometown of Bend, Oregon, and part of it took place in London. Two continents, two different sitdowns, and both times, Matthew Fox comes across as an egotistical jackass. He compares himself to Matt Damon, complaining that Damon gets all of the good parts that he (Fox) is up for, and Fox describes his current career thusly: "Some Hollywood studios see me becoming a leading man on the big budget vehicles, playing the kind of roles that Steve McQueen used to excel at." For real? Dude, you were on Lost. And Jack was nobody's favorite character. You are not Steve McQueen. You are not even a budget version of that. And you are definitely not at Matt Damon's level. The full Mail piece is here, and here are the highlights:

Fox bitching about 3D and M. Night Shyamalan: 'Look at 3D,' he says. 'That's a major setback to good storytelling. I took my little boy to see The Last Airbender. It was an awful film. The director M Night Shyalaman [sic] hasn't directed a decent movie since The Sixth Sense.'

He and Matt Damon are at the same level: 'I'm disillusioned with the drift towards gratuitous entertainment, which so much of Hollywood is now. Because of the state of the economy people seem to want pure escapism. But if the roles I fight to get all go to Matt Damon, then I won't work. I turn a lot of stuff down – big, big movies, the kind I wouldn't want to go to the cinema to see.'

On romantic comedies sucking: 'I'm sorry, but I can't make a movie with the blonde from ER who is starring in every single bad romantic comedy. Unless they reinvent the wheel in terms of romantic comedies – in other words, they start making them funny and romantic again – I'm not going to be starring in any of those movies.' [Editor's note: who is he talking about? Is he thinking about Katherine Heigl on Grey's Anatomy?]

On not needing any of this: 'After Lost, I never need to take a job for the money again. I could just stay in Bend and fly my plane. A lot of the time I hate acting. It has a lot to do with the way I was brought up in a world where showing your emotions is frowned upon. It's just not manly. I don't do anything in life because I love doing it. It's because I want to be good at it. It doesn't make for an easy life.'

On London versus Bend, Oregon: 'Central London has taken a bit of getting used to. I haven't lived in an intensely urban environment like this for a long time, so it took a few days to get used to the 24/7 hum of people and traffic. It's not easy for me to live in a busy city for too long as after a few days I begin to crave those wide open spaces. Bend is a town of 80,000 people. But I can drive out of town for a few minutes and I'm in the middle of nowhere, not a soul to be found for miles. There's something special for me about the feeling of being completely alone in a space like that with those great big horizons. I grew up with that solitude and I love the fact that I'm still able to find it.'

On his childhood: 'We didn't have neighbours when I was young. The nearest shops were 80 miles away. I had to travel 45 miles to school. In the summer I'd go months without speaking to anyone outside my immediate family. In that part of the world, manhood is defined by how much punishment you can take in terms of alcohol consumption, fighting, chasing girls, general wild living. For me and my two brothers, it was a matter of daring each other to do more and more crazy stuff. We had no TV or anything like that so we made our own entertainment. We were a family of pyromaniacs. There was always dynamite and gunpowder around the farm and I loved setting things on fire or blowing them up. But there was a dark side to all this recklessness. By the time I was 16, ten of my close friends had died. Some were suicides. Others got into brawls and had the life beaten out of them. Others went out and got roaring drunk, drove home and fell asleep at the wheel. It's what happens in places like Wyoming. It's the most beautiful country imaginable; at the same time it lends itself to hopelessness. For some people the place becomes a trap. I could easily have gone that way myself. But my dad stepped in. He'd caught me growing dope in one of his farm buildings. Up to that point there was a part of him that was amused by the hell-raising his kids got up to. But it got to a point where he felt he had to nudge me in the right direction. He sent me to boarding school and that saved my life.'

Once again, he doesn't need any of this: 'The fact is that I'm far more comfortable sitting on a horse and herding cattle than walking up a red carpet. People think I'm being disingenuous when I say I don't like the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. But truthfully, I can't stand it. There are very few situations I'd less like to be in than a Hollywood premiere or an awards ceremony. They're not what my life is about.'

Seriously, HE DOESN'T NEED THIS: ‘My passions lie elsewhere. There's flying my plane, cruising in my car, and lots of other things that keep me occupied. If I'm going to party I prefer to do it outdoors. I love climbing on top of my custom-built Indian Bobber motorcycle and zooming off to the edge of the horizon. I love to fish. Few things beat the feeling of standing chest-deep in very cold, clear mountain water and waiting for the brown trout to take the dry fly. The beauty of catching a trout lies in how long you've had to work and how much of a challenge that trout has been; how many patterns you've had to put over him without spooking him, then getting him to take the fly and seeing the fish break water and perform somersaults as he tries to shake you off. I also love to hunt. I'm a pretty good shot with a rifle or a bow. I go bird-hunting. I shoot pheasants and then I eat them. A fine way to pass the day.'

He's Steve McQueen: 'I don't really see any difference between my job and my pastimes. They're things I'm interested in. I know some Hollywood studios see me becoming a leading man on the big budget vehicles, playing the kind of roles that Steve McQueen used to excel at. But I'm not in any hurry. I'd be just as happy sitting back and watching the seasons change. There's a possibility I'll give up acting and do something altogether different. Become an astronomer, maybe. I can think of worse ways to spend the rest of my days.'

[From The Mail]

Seriously, we get it. You get offered tons of movies, but the only scripts you really like go to Matt Damon, but still you feel the pressure from all of these Hollywood studios to be Steve McQueen, but you would rather be doing anything else. You would be rather be hunting, or flying a plane, or fishing, or bitching about other people in your industry. Look, I don't really have a problem with an actor who prefers to be outside of Hollywood, and doesn't want to be part of the machine. I don’t have a problem with an actor turning down work, either, or not doing films that he thinks will suck. That's fine. But in this particular case, it just feels like Matthew is an unprofessional, egotistical ass with a huge chip on his shoulder.

Oh, and one of the last times we even cared enough to cover Matthew Fox was about a year ago when the story broke that he was cheating on his wife with some stripper. The stripper he banged gave an interview to the tabloids about how he didn't even want to use protection. Because he's a genius.

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