2 Scarlett Johansson Out And About Candids In Hollywood

Awards season is right around the corner, and one of the possible contenders is actor (and now director) Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s latest film, “Don Jon.” The actor’s directorial debut sees him playing a man struggling to have a stable relationship while fighting an increasing addiction to pornography.  When the film played at Sundance, our own Rodrigo Perez gave the film an in-between rating of B and B+,  calling it a “beguiling romantic comedy” and praising the “characters who love to challenge their stereotypes.”    With acclaim continuing to rise, a new clip has been unveiled from the movie. In it, Jon is bringing his girlfriend, Barbara (Scarlett Johansson) to meet his parents (played by Tony Danza and Glenn Headley). From the clip, which shows the family dynamics within the household -- Tony Danza’s foul-mouthed womanizer and Headley’s upbeat exuberance -- it’s easy to understand why Danza is getting praise for being “fantastically funny.” At only fifty-five...

From a Luc Besson action flick getting a veteran to Armie Hammer getting swapped for a hot rising actor, a few casting bits and bobs to keep you ahead of the game.... First up, Morgan Freeman has joined Luc Besson's upcoming actioner "Lucy." Scarlett Johansson leads the movie playing a woman who is forced to become a drug mule but finds the substances have entered her body instead turning her into some kind of ass-kicking badass. Uh, okay. Scratch that -- she basically becomes all the X-Men combined as "her new abilities allow her to see into the future, move objects with her mind and disregard pain and other emotions." Lord. Freeman will play a science dude who can explain all this, who Lucy attempts to find before she dies or something. This sounds pretty dumb. [The Wrap] "Mad Men" star Christina Hendricks will star in the '70s drama "Measure Of A Man." Directed by Terry Loane and penned by David Scearce, the coming-of-age tale will follow "a bullied...