Johansson Re: Obama

Forgive this post. I get picked on for writing about Scarlett Johansson too much. I get distracted because I think about her too much. And a while back, I almost got arrested for following her too much. Er, that was a joke (or was it?). But when the object of my obsession is in personal e-mail correspondence with future Time Magazine "Person of the Year" Barack Obama (he may not win the Presidency, but he’s guaranteed that honor), how is that not news? ScarJo revealed to Politico that she e-mailed Obama after some of his televised debates to congratulate him. But she—apparently oblivious to her own allure—is astonished that the senator maintains their back-and-forth. “You’d imagine that someone like the senator who is constantly traveling and constantly ‘on’—how can he return these personal e-mails?” she asks. “But he does, and in his off-time I know he also calls people who have donated the minimum to thank them. Nobody sees it, nobody talks about it, but it’s incredible. I feel like I’m supporting someone, and having a personal dialogue with them, and it’s amazing.” Big deal, he probably has an iPhone or Blackberry. Someone should tell her that!

Scarlett also says that Obama is a lover of film, and that of her performances, it’s her sleepy turn in Lost in Translation that gets his polls up. “He knows who every actor is,” she said. Great, a star-struck president. Perez should expect his invite to the White House correspondents dinner sometime in the new year. The star goes on to say that she will continue to campaign for the Democratic nominee as he gallops toward the White House. And likewise, I will continue to campaign for her performance in The Other Boleyn Girl to get a nomination. It’s what I like to do. For her.