Sandy delays shooting of movie about Noah
Taylor Swift quick to find a new man
Among the effects of that big storm was interruption of the filming schedule for Noah, a Darren Aronofsky movie about the real flood, the one in the Bible.
The L.A. Times reports that the “ark” being used in the film, 137 metres long, was never intended to be seaworthy. It has been docked at Oyster Bay on Long Island and may have been wrecked by the flooding. Paramount isn’t saying.
Newsday reports that Emma Watson, who stars with Russell Crowe and Anthony Hopkins, sent a tweet indicating a certain amusement: “I take it that the irony of a massive storm holding up the production of Noah is not lost.”
And some Dull Normal Tweeter joked that the movie had become a reality show.
It’s is scheduled for 2014 release. Spotlight couple: The Mirror, in England, says Taylor Swift, moving on briskly from Conor Kennedy, is dating a British singer/ songwriter called Ed Sheeran.
He’ll be opening for her on tour next year, so it will be messy when this one breaks up.
He’s 21. She’s 22.
Esquire mag has deemed model Miranda Kerr the sexiest woman alive.
Well, she’s certainly not the least sexy, I guess. But I always marvel at these silly pronouncements. Who do they think they’re kidding? Checked out all the women everywhere, did they? What a brain-dead bit of self-promotion that kind of claim is. Quote of the day: As part of that “sexiest woman” hoopla, Kerr did an interview, in which she told Esquire how she grew up as a farm-girl tomboy, and is still outdoorsy:
“I really feel that my body craves to be in the mountains or by the ocean or in the countryside. I still like to climb the odd tree. Yeah, it’s fun! I like to climb. I find it very rewarding. You feel like you’re going somewhere.” She’s 29.
Jessica Timberlake? For legal papers, yes, although Mrs. Justin Timberlake will remain Jessica Biel for career purposes, she says.
“Yes, I’m changing my name” (in private life),” she told People mag. “I think (Jessica Timberlake) sounds great. I think I really won the jackpot of names.”
Write if you get work: Rob Pattinson has accepted a large cheque to be the new face and spokesman for Christian Dior perfumes for men.
E! News says, not sounding fully certain, that the deal is worth something like maybe $12 million, possibly over three years. Or not.
Rob is 26.
Kanye West and Karl Lagerfeld? How’s that for an odd couple?
But there they were, the rapper and Chanel’s head designer, deep in conversation over lunch the other day — before the weather happened — at New York’s too-trendy-for-you Mercer Hotel, the N.Y. Post reports.
Nameless Insider told the paper they two were discussing designs, leading to speculation that a fashion collaboration is on the way. Maybe a fur vest with a high collar?
Don’t laugh. West was spotted at Chanel’s latest big runway show in Paris.
Karl is 79. Kanye is 35.