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Scarlett Johansson: Will She Marry Again?
Originally posted 12/16/2011 11:35AM
For an especially private person, Scarlett Johansson has an especially difficult time seeing her life played out publicly.
So, imagine her horror at reading tabloid headlines about her divorce from Ryan Reynolds, her dating and breaking up with Sean Penn, her time in Paris with Kieran Culkin and in Manhattan with Justin Bartha – not to mention the nude photos from her hacked cellphone. Those went viral.
"The hardest part is actually going through whatever hardship you're facing. Going through it in public is the added unfortunate thing," the actress, 27, tells USA Today while promoting her new movie with Matt Damon, We Bought a Zoo.
Still, "There's nothing you can do about that," she says. "It's just nice to have kind of a blinder up in that regard. It helps keep you sane. I can't follow all that stuff. It's too exhausting."
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Matt Damon 'Cried Like a Baby' Around Snakes on Set
Originally posted 12/13/2011 05:30PM
Scarlett Johansson wasn't fazed by her animal costars in the new movie We Bought a Zoo – except maybe her human ones.
For the actress, the scariest moment on the film "was watching Matt Damon cry like a baby and rock back and forth when the snakes were spread all over the set."
Johansson grew up with reptiles, cats and horses, and had a degree of comfort around the working animals, but Damon wore his fear on his sleeve – and his face.
"He was pretty terrified," Johansson told PEOPLE at the movie's New York premiere Monday night.
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Jeremy Renner Runs Into Matt Damon at a N.Y.C. Nightclub
Originally posted 10/26/2011 05:55AM
Talk about a star-studded outing! Jeremy Renner was in the Big Apple, partying at 1920 Bunker Club in the Meatpacking District when he ran into Matt Damon. Renner, who will soon star in the next installment of the Bourne series, The Bourne Legacy, chatted up the actor for some time. Damon, meanwhile, was out for the night with pal John Krasinski and wife Emily Blunt. – Lesley Messer
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Matt Damon Envies Jake Gyllenhaal's Bald Head
Originally posted 09/09/2011 07:00AM
Freshly bald Matt Damon loves his new look. What he doesn't love is having his shaved head compared to Jake Gyllenhaal's.
"Wow, I try not to envy, but I have to say Jake's got a damn good-looking head," Damon, 40, told PEOPLE at Wednesday's New York premiere of his new movie about a killer virus, Contagion. "He sure does have a beautiful round head."
"Normally you say, 'That's a beautiful head of hair, but that's a beautiful head he's got,' " Damon says laughing. "Gyllenhaal definitely gets the blue ribbon for the best bald head over me."
Sporting a completely sheared dome for his next movie, the sci-fi thriller Elysium, Damon is enjoying the perks of a hair-free existence.
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George Clooney: Life Is Too Good to Run for President
Originally posted 09/01/2011 08:55AM
So, you want a famous actor to run for president? Sorry, George Clooney says he's not your man.
Downplaying any interest in running for higher office, the Ides of March director said at the Venice Film Festival: "If I make a mistake it's not going to cost 100,000 people their lives. I'm very happy telling stories. Films don't hurt people. They just get badly reviewed sometimes."
Clooney, 50, added: "I have a very nice life. I get to hang out with various seductive people, so I've no interest in [running for office]."
– Peter Mikelbank
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Matt Damon & Family Scope Out Nature in Vancouver
Originally posted 08/29/2011 10:00AM
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Which Couple Stayed at Matt Damon's Vacation House?
Originally posted 08/17/2011 06:00AM
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Matt Damon: Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie 'Are Like Prisoners'
Originally posted 07/19/2011 01:20PM
For an Oscar-winning, top box-office star who has also been PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive, Matt Damon happily lives life low-key.
He can't say that for some of his high-profile pals.
"I have friends who are like prisoners. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, for instance," Damon, 40, told German television TELE 5 over the weekend. "They can't just go someplace. If they go for a walk, it turns into an international incident."
In contrast, says Damon, "I'm really lucky, because I have the best of both worlds. I do the work that I love and need, but don't need paramilitary troops to protect me when I walk out my front door."
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Matt Damon's Father Battling Cancer
Originally posted 06/02/2011 03:00PM
Cambridge native Matt Damon flew home to Boston Wednesday night to extend a personal thank you to doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital for treating his father, Kent, who is currently in remission from the rare blood disease multiple myeloma.
"My family is so grateful for the care you've given us,” Damon told the doctors, nurses and researchers honored at the hospital's One Hundred Celebration at the Westin Hotel. "It's deeply humbling to see how many people here are committing their lives to helping others."
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Matt Damon: Kissing Michael Douglas Is Like Kissing Catherine Zeta-Jones
Originally posted 03/27/2011 12:55PM
He's done the math, and Matt Damon sees hidden benefits to kissing Michael Douglas in their upcoming biopic about the late, flamboyant pianist, Liberace.
"I never thought I would get to kiss Michael Douglas," Damon, who will play the boyfriend of Douglas's Liberace, told PEOPLE Tuesday at the premiere of a different film, the documentary His Way, in Los Angeles.
"I kind of think of it in algebra terms, back to my high-school days," added Damon. "It's like the transitive property – by kissing Michael Douglas, I am making out with Catherine."
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