Three actors travelled deep into the land of von Trier and lived to tell about it.
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BlackBook cover star Alexander Skarsgård flashed his issue of BlackBook on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, as a testament to the power of his serious side. Clip after the jump. Your move, Bosworth.
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Alexander Skarsgård and Kate Bosworth may have parted ways romantically, but they're still burning up the double cover of our September issue, hitting newsstands next week. Did we mention this also marks BlackBook's 15th anniversary issue? Take a moment to dive through 15 years of our covers, with the opportunity to get up close and personal with Alex and Kate's cover shots at the end. What else is going on in this issue, you might ask?
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For anyone who's never had the opportunity to be on either side of the velvet rope at a red carpet, lucky you. Doing the red carpet—whether you're conducting the interview or answering the question— has a tendency to be at once boring and unnerving. Basically, you don't want to be asking folks the same questions the person next to you will ask. As the star, you are forced to listen to yourself answering the same question repeatedly to interviewers who are all perched side-by-side like open-mouthed baby birds. Here's a video of our girl Juliette Lewis and our boy Alexander Skarsgård as they dole out some classic stock answers while repping their animated movie—the dark, dystopian Metropia at the Tribeca Film Festival. Enjoy! (Or don't.)
more● John Mayer brought some Christmas d-bag cheer to the Ellen DeGeneres show, wearing an ironic Christmas sweater and doing an impression of his six-year-old self at Xmas. [JustJared] ● Tara Reid is showing us her dilapidated fun bags in Playboy so we’ll finally stop making fun of them. No such luck. [ET] ● Is Robert Pattinson stepping out on KStew, with co-star Emilie de Ravin? Say it isn’t so! It isn’t so. The duo were seen feigning a romantic date at LACMA for an upcoming shoot for Vogue. [E!]
more● Evan Rachel Wood has moved on and up from Marilyn Manson and is currently courting True Blood costar Alexander Skarsgard. The two were snapped enjoying an outdoor festival in Louisiana where Skarsgard is filming a movie. [JustJared] ● Drew Barrymore is throwing a roller-skating party in honor of her directorial debut Whip It; attendees can skate with Barrymore and the cast at Bonaventure Skating Center in Michigan where the film was shot. [AP] ● Rapper Ludacris channeled Oprah over the weekend by giving away 20 free cars to those in need in his hometown of Atlanta. [CNN]
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If we're in a position to spar over which soap made a larger dent on America's collective consciousness last night--the one about vamps or the one about suits--it means that we've finally settled into a new golden era of TV, one which looks auspiciously free of sitcom laugh tracks and Dick Wolf. But in any case, it seemed the decision to sit through the third season premiere of Mad Men was more of an endurance test that may not have lived up to its hype, than the edge-of-your-seat ohmygoddery that was True Blood last night. And last week, and the week before, and so on.
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