Who knew Will Smith was so boring? Though he’s generally considered a pretty nice, entertaining guy to be around, apparently one Japanese reporter doesn’t agree. He nodded off during Will’s press conference. To be fair, I’m told those things can go on for hours. And let’s be honest, while I love Will Smith, once you’ve seen about three of his movies, you’ve essentially seen them all. But TMZ never loses a chance to make a celeb sound bad – even a nice one.

Who needs bedtime stories when you have Will Smith?!

The Fresh Prince held a press conference in Japan today, where one sleep-deprived (or extremely bored) reporter was caught catching some zzzs while Smith rambled on about “I Am Legend.”

Surprisingly, the ever charming Will didn’t seem to mind. He must be used to it.

[From TMZ.com]

You can see the video here (you have to scroll down, TMZ doesn’t do permalinks). It is pretty funny– Will Smith really does seem like the nicest guy around. Somehow everyone’s attention is drawn to the sleeping reporter and he’s woken up. Will comments, “I appreciate that you fell asleep, and I want to have a picture with you.” And then the two pose, Smith slumping over on the reporter’s shoulder.

Will gave an interesting interview to “60 Minutes” on Sunday where he talked about growing up in Philadelphia and the early days of his success. He made a pretty good argument for why it’s good to work hard and have to wait and mature before you become financially successful – he blew six million dollars. Yeah turns out Will, who always seems to have it so together, wasn’t always good with finances.

Will Smith, one of Philadelphia’s most famous sons, talked about his sudden success while at Overbrook High on 60 Minutes last night. “You don’t want to have a hit record on the radio when you’re in high school,” he said.

It seemed so easy - until the IRS came knocking, asking for millions. “So, you went through five, six million dollars?” interviewer Steve Kroft asked.

“Probably, yeah,” said Smith.

[From Philly.com]

In a weird way, that actually makes me feel a bit better. Will Smith seems awesome, but way too perfect. I saw an interview with him about ten years ago on some local television station where the interviewer tried to find something about Smith that wasn’t perfect. He had Will go through a series of random tasks, like touching his toes, cooking a hotdog, and finally caught him being less-than-perfect when he asked Smith to brush his teeth. Turns out, Will doesn’t brush in a circular fashion like you’re supposed to. He just goes for the plain back and forth action. So really, when you combine the teeth with the blowing six million dollars and making a reporter fall asleep, I don’t feel all that intimidated anymore. So now I can totally have his babies. Oops.

Have you seen those commercials with Montel Williams? He drives around on a bus, doling out prescriptions (or I guess prescription assistance) to Americans who don’t have insurance, all the while assuring us that America’s drug companies really do care about our health. How calming and reassuring. It turns out Montel isn’t just the pretty face for their television ad campaign. He actually does go around doing publicity for the Partnership for Prescription Assistance. No word on if he actually does it in the big PPA bus though.

Montel was giving an interview in Savannah on Friday when Courtney Scott , a high school intern reporter, asked him, “Do you think pharmaceutical companies would be discouraged from research and development if their profits were restricted?” Seems like a fair and well thought out question. Apparently Montel didn’t agree. He very angrily responded, “I’m trying to figure out exactly why you are here and what the interview is about. I’m here as a patient advocate talking about the fact that medications available today are saving people’s lives, that’s what’s saving mine and after that, this interview is done.” Seems awkward and weird, but I doubt anyone would have made anything of it. Except that was just the beginning.

When the Savannah Morning-News reporters later returned to the hotel for an unrelated assignment, he approached one of them - high school student Courtney Scott, an intern at the newspaper. “As we were preparing to film, Montel walked up with his bodyguard and got in Courtney Scott’s face pointing his finger telling her ‘Don’t look at me like that. Do you know who I am? I’m a big star, and I can look you up, find where you live and blow you up,’” said Joseph Cosey, a web content producer for the newspaper. “At this time he was randomly pointing at all of us.”

Scott said she wasn’t sure how to interpret Williams’ comment. “I’m not sure if he meant ‘blow me up’ and ruin my career or really blow us up, but it was threatening,” Scott said.

Williams, a patient advocate since being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, later issued a statement apologizing for the outburst. “I mistakenly thought the reporter and photographer in question were at the hotel to confront me about some earlier comments,” Williams said. “I was wrong, and I apologize for my overreaction.”

[From the Huffington Post]

Sounds like Montel might want to consider adding a few antipsychotics to his pill regimen. I’m guessing that’s the equivalent of swag with the PPA. From his apology, I don’t think Montel quite understands what he did wrong. The problem wasn’t that he threatened the reporters even though they weren’t there for him; the problem was that he threatened them at all. Even if they were there for him, it’s probably not a good idea to threaten to blow people up. Especially in a public setting. Oh, and especially with reporters. What with that great access to the press and all. Probably also not the greatest plan to threaten to harm a high school student. Again, that’s just me, but I’d at least aim my comments at the adults. But I’m old fashioned that way. When I threaten to blow someone up, I get a glance at their driver’s license first, just to be safe.

I can never decide if I love or hate Eva Longoria. I’ll come to a clear-cut decision, and then she’ll do something remarkably wonderful or remarkably annoying, and I’m back where I started. After reading an article about her in Parade, I’m again left stumped. In it, Eva talks about her respect and love for her sister Liza, who is mentally challenged. And I’m left in a bit of a pickle: do I like Eva more for talking about it, or is she using her sister’s mental illness to drum up publicity for herself? Because it’s Eva Longoria, I really could go either way.

Eva Longoria says she’s a naturally cheerful person, but her sense of optimism comes directly from her family. “I’ve learned there’s no better medicine than laughing,” says the Desperate Housewives star, who opens up about her family to Parade magazine. “(My sister) Liza is mentally challenged. She was my hero growing up,” she says. “It was a blessing to watch her overcome every obstacle – tying her shoes, putting on a shirt, getting out the front door. And yet she still had a job and would come home on the bus by herself and help with dinner. You could only imagine the hurdles she encountered every minute of the day.”

In fact she says her sister helped her career in some ways. “Liza was a role model to get me ready for life in Hollywood,” says Longoria. “You don’t take health for granted. You don’t take life for granted. It seems so insignificant to go, ‘Darn it, I didn’t get that movie role,’ or, ‘Darn it, so-and-so is wearing the same dress as me to the Emmys.’ ”

And having a supportive mother also helped Longoria learn to follow her heart. “My mother is the most non-judgmental person in the world. When I said, ‘I’m going to L.A. to be an actress,’ she told me, ‘All right. I hope that makes you happy.’ ” Longoria say’s she’s as happy as she’s ever been. “I love my husband with all my heart,” she says of Tony Parker. “I love my family. And I love my girlfriends. And I live my job. And I love my dogs. I love life, in general.”

[From People]

Yes? No? Do we like Eva Longoria more or less now? If nothing else I’m sure that I hate Parade magazine more. Is there anything else in the Sunday paper that serves less of a purpose? The auto auction announcements on page M12 have more relevance. And the cartoons just make me mad. A big dog holding a garden hose! Hysterical! F*#& off Parade.

Eva also touches on other deep topics, such as skincare.

“For me, as far as skin, I’m a big advocate of facials. And I moisturize. And I read my magazines. I listen to good advice from people who really know, and I try to watch what I eat. But it’s diet. It’s exercise. It’s maintenance. It’s checkups. It’s attitude. It’s a lot of things. And I think you just need to be aware of what’s going to work for you.”

[From Parade]

I’m not sure, but I don’t think reading magazines actually improves your skin. Probably doesn’t hurt it any, and maybe if you read something funny you might get a glow or something. There’s something so self-indulgent about Eva Longoria that even when she’s talking about something that carries some weight, like her sister, it still comes off as self-serving. But we shouldn’t complain: we’ve only got about 3 more new episodes of Desperate Housewives left, and then we’ll be begging for any Eva we can get.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Eva Longoria is shown at the Victoria’s Secret fashion show on 11/15/07 thanks to PRPhotos. Also, Eva may love her sister and all, but it’s not like she’s brought her out with her - anywhere. Have we ever seen a picture of Eva’s sister out with her to lunch, out shopping, or at an event? I’m not saying that she should be exposing her to the spotlight, just that it seems like we might have heard of her before if Eva spent any time with her. She might have, say, brought her to a Spurs game with her or something, but no, all we’ve seen is Eva.

Extreme mullet-wearing Dog The Bounty Hunter Chapman went on Hannity and Colmes on the Fox Channel last night to beg in his idiotic drug-addled logic for forgiveness for his racist tirade over the phone. It sounds like he saysh e was using the “n” word as “a brother to brother” despite the fact that he was using it to tell his son not to date a black woman.

This tearful confession made me lol several times, particularly when Chapman said that he thought he was able to “refer to them truly as a brother from a different mother”

I thought that I was cool enough in the black world to be able to use that word, as a brother to a brother. I’m not… I never realized that that’s like stabbing a black person in the heart. I would never do that to any kind of person. I’ve always taken pride to be the white guy that can talk to the black people, that can refer to them truly as a brother from a different mother (voice breaks)…

and I used to say ‘I’m Black Too,” my whole life I’ve been called a half breed, a convict, king of the trailer trash, this and that, I take that stand so when I stood there and said, ‘I kind of know what you feel like, cause I’ve been there too, that I felt like that I could embrace and as brothers, even as black women say the word…”

This is one of the hardest lessons ever I’ve learned in my life, even facing death. If I could kill myself and people would forgive me, I would do that. There’s no excuse. I’m guilty and I will take my punishment, but the end of what I said is that I will do everything that is in my power to make sure people have forgiven me.

Hannity: How old is this conversation?

This conversation was done in March, so eight months old.

Hannity: And how much did they pay your son for this

Well, I think they gave him $15,000 that the alleged rumor.

[Transcribed from the highlight video available on TMZ of Chapman's appearance on Hannity and Combs last night on Fox]

While it’s not funny that the guy says he would kill himself for forgiveness, you can tell by the way he’s wording his statements that he’s not going to shed his coat of slimy racism unless he undergoes serious therapy. He said “I would never do that to any kind of person” and he calls black people “them.” He also seems to gloss over the pain he caused others and to focus on how he’s feeling and how he wants forgiveness.

Here’s the video, thanks to TMZ:

And in case there was even a glimmer of hope for Dog’s career as a reality show star, The Enquirer has a story with quotes from many of his friends, family and past wives attesting to what a racist bastard he is. Plus there could be an upcoming story in the November 20th issue of the Enquirer stating that Dog is a current crack addict who is spending 2k a month on drugs. A commentor on TMZ posted the story, so I can’t yet verify it, but they supposedly interviewed his former dealer, who passed a lie detector test. I will have to verify if the story exists and update this post once more is known. The comment also contains a link to a site declaring Andrew Luster, the guy Chapman was arrested for capturing in Mexico, innocent, so it’s up to question, although the wording does sound exactly like The Enquirer.

Before this scandal came to light we posted a story from the Enquirer about Dog’s stepdaughter claiming that she used to get cocaine and hookers for him and that he pimped her out to pay a drug debt in the 90s. It could be true that someone is claiming he’s still doing crack, and it certainly seems plausible.

Thanks to reader Shawn for the tip.

Update: The story about Dog the Bounty Hunter currently being addicted to crack did not appear in the National Enquirer, and was a fabrication.

Julia Roberts has a new interview in the December issue of Variety Magazine in which she reveals a desire to be an organic supermom who grows and makes all her own food and does as many crafts as she can fit into a day with as little impact on the environment as possible. I would rather make an entire website than fold the laundry, so I guess I’m not one to talk, but it sounds like you would need a lot of your kid’s Ritalin to accomplish the goals she’s setting for herself:

NEW YORK, N.Y.–In a joint interview with Vanity Fair features editor Jane Sarkin and V.F. West Coast editor Krista Smith, Julia Roberts says that, at age 40, her dream is to be “a highly fulfilled and productive stay-at-home mom and wife. The highest high would be growing our food that I then make, and then composting and growing more–that kind of circle.”

Roberts says having her own creative outlet is important, “even if it’s just silly needlework and stuff like that. To have that high-functioning fulfillment, and to have that radiate into my children so that I’m there with them, I’m connected with them, and I’m with Danny [Moder, her husband] and we’re all together, and yet my motor is revving.”

[From The Huffington Post]

I understand what she’s saying, because when you’re busy and fulfilled you find more meaning in your everyday activities. She’s richer than sin, so it’s probably important for her to have standards for herself so she doesn’t end up shopping and lazing around all day. What better way to spend time than doing things for your family? And good for Julia for caring about the environment and being conscious of her family’s footprint.

Roberts also calls the media attention on young celebrities “grotesque… like a circus sideshow,” and says that if her children want to go into show business she will try to give them as normal a life as possible, like Natalie Portman managed to have.

Roberts says she wants to mother Britney, because that’s how she seems to solve everything in her house. If only she could supervise all the young celebrities and get them knitting and composting as a viable alternative to partying. That’s a reality show in the making right there.

She spoke candidly about the paparazzi encroaching onto celebrities’ personal space and said there’s no reason for people to want pictures of celebrities’ children except to say that they’re cute. She said that we’re all pretty much the same and seemed to suggest that it’s not fair that celebrities are held under the spotlight and judged:

THE FRENZY SURROUNDING TODAY’S YOUNG CELEBRITIES:
“I think it’s just grotesque. It’s like a circus sideshow. I don’t know why anybody would even want to go into show business these days, with all of the different magazines and shows. It just wouldn’t be worth it. And it’s too fast. Before, you could build a career over years and many movies. Now it’s like you do one good movie and they throw a ton of money at you and a ton of attention at you. You’re being constructed outside of yourself before you even know who you are, and what you are, and how you want to do it, and why you want to do it.”
…
“I see and hear what’s happening to Britney Spears and it’s all I can do not to move her into my guest-house and say, ‘OK, this is how it’s going to be!’ And just take care of her.”

PAPARAZZI TAKING PHOTOS OF CELEBRITIES’ CHILDREN:
“I just feel like it’s so demeaning the way they behave, and I hate the fact that I even put any of my energy into thinking about it or being stressed about it. And really, more than anything, it just has to do with my kids. There’s no reason to take pictures of celebrities’ children other than for people to say, “Oh, they’re cute.” I think magazines shouldn’t run pictures of people’s kids. I have a problem with that. I also have a problem with the whole notion that, if I have Henry in a sling, I’m hiding him. He’s a baby and I’m carrying him around, and so’s the lady across the street. I get pissed off, because I think that it’s inhuman to chase a woman with her children.”

CELEBRITIES ARE JUST NORMAL PEOPLE:
“We’re all the same. Why can’t we get on board with this? That we’re all the same. Some have cooler jobs, some have less cool jobs, some have longer legs, some are nicer people, but we’re all the same. We’re all orbiting the same sun.”

[From The Huffington Post]

Roberts said that she’s done having kids for now, and that three are enough. When she’s working so hard on her family and their well being, you can see how she can get worn out with three little ones in the house. She is mom to twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, who turn three at the end of this month, and little Henry, who is just five months.

I like Julia Roberts’ attitude and she’s certainly managed to stay sane and out of the spotlight for a while. Like Angelina, she’s not exactly innocent when it comes to how she snared her current mate, but she seems to have moved on in her life and to be focused on what’s important, and she reminds us that we should be, too.

Julia Roberts is shown on 10/12/07 at American Cinematheque’s 2007 Award Show, where she was honored for her achievements. Thanks to Splash News.

You know those people in…say…political positions that shouldn’t be left alone to speak in public? Well, it appears that Arnold is one of those people. In an interview with the British branch of GQ mag the California governor that the only drug he ever was high on was “pumping iron.” When asked about his documented use of marijuana in a 1977 film called “Pumping Iron,” he retorted with:

“That is not a drug. It’s a leaf,” Schwarzenegger told GQ. “My drug was pumping iron, trust me. “What would you rather have? A politician taking stuff and not saying, but making the best decisions and improving things? Or a politician who names all the drugs he or she has taken but makes lousy decisions for the country?” Schwarzenegger was quoted as saying. A politician’s job is to do what’s best for the people and to improve the country, the economy, the environment. Why should I care if a politician takes sleeping pills every night so long as he can do his job?”

[Associated Press]

Reps for Arnold are already on damage control. Aaron McLear, Schwarzenegger’s press secretary, defends his retort by using the old stand-by… “it’s important to keep that quote in the context of the environment where it was said.” He also assures the public that Arnold does in fact realize marijuana is a drug.

“Of course the governor understands marijuana is a drug. It’s like when he goes on Leno or the Daily Show, if you took something like that out of context, it might seem shocking but it was in a silly entertainment context.”

The December issue of the mag is packed with political garble and practiced answers. Perhaps I am being too hard on him. He also listed Tony Blair (former British Prime Minister) and Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet Leader) as some of the greatest leaders in history. Those are better answers than Jessica Simpson would give if you asked her what a hypotenuse is.

Picture note by Jaybird: Header of Arnold at a Florida Summit on Global Climate Change on July 13th. Image thanks to PR Photos.

Owen Wilson seems to be getting a bit better with each new little tidbit of information we get about him. He took a sober vacation with a sober companion, had a healing ritual over the Grand Canyon, and moved into a new house with a gorgeous view of the ocean. Hopefully it won’t be long until he’s completely back on track. Owen gave his first interview since his suicide attempt to his friend, director Wes Anderson. It was part of MySpace’s new interview series.

In his first interview since his suicide attempt in August, Owen Wilson talks about movies, monkeys and malaria – but not about his recent trouble. Sitting down with longtime friend and frequent collaborator Wes Anderson as part of the MySpace Artist on Artist series, Wilson starts by asking Anderson why he filmed his latest movie, The Darjeeling Limited, in India. Off of that question, the two friends wryly joke about getting shots, taking malaria pills and meeting monkeys.

Asked by Anderson if he gotten trapped by some monkeys in India, Wilson answers, “Yes, I did. At first you think, gosh, monkeys, that’s so kind of incredible…But they didn’t have your best interests at heart. They weren’t these adorable little creatures. … They want to replace you.” The men also discuss the meaning of The Darjeeling Limited, which Anderson directed and Wilson starred in.

“I would say it’s maybe, maybe my favorite,” says Wilson, who adds that the movie’s themes interest him. “My character says ‘I want us to become brothers again like we used to be.’ I really like that line and it means a lot to me.”

[From People]

I know everyone wants to know what happened with Owen, but something tells me that will be a story he won’t discuss publicly for a very long time – if ever. He’s their interview.

Artist on Artist: Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson

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Good ol’ Owen is finally facing the flames of a deep inquiry. Instead of Diane Sawyer digging into his deep rooted abandonment issues or fear of peanut butter, Wes Anderson will post an interview via Myspace.com.

This will be his first official words since his attempted suicide that left the world scratching their heads.

“The interview will be posted online at midnight Friday as part of MySpace.com’s Artist on Artist series, according to Fox Searchlight, the studio that released the pair’s most recent film, The Darjeeling Limited. Anderson and Wilson have worked together on all of Anderson’s movies — Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.”

[USA Today]

Rumors that his regret over loosing Kate Hudson caused him to try and end it all began in August. The fire was fueled when Kate reportedly broke up with Dax Shepard. However, word on the street is Owen has moved on and in with Carolina Cerisola. The two previously dated but called it quits only to find each other again for support.

Wilson has since been keeping a low profile and hanging out in his Malibu mansion. He participated in a lawn mower race in Texas at Willie Nelson’s digs. He seemed to be getting back on track when drinking binges were reported after guests saw him stumbling around drunk at the Santa Monica Viceroy hotel. Poor ol’ boy just can’t win. Best wishes to the Butterscotch Stallion.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Owen Wilson is shown at the premiere of The Wendell Baker story on 5/10/07 thanks to PRPhotos.

I love the way stuffy old “Readers Digest” writes articles. Terrible things are presented, then the person says why they’ve grown because of it, or are at least okay with it. Something like, “Luanne says that, while she’s not happy about having it, bowel cancer has taught her to be grateful for the small things in life.” So today we learn that, while she’s not happy about it, being single has taught Renee Zellweger to be grateful for the small things in life. Yes she’s been linked to some of the sexiest (or in one case funniest) men in Hollywood, she’s had a spectacularly brief marriage (that ended because of “fraud” – we’re all still waiting to hear exactly what that entails) and she moved to Connecticut, but Renée is really cool with it all – even though the article somehow subtly suggests she really shouldn’t be.

On staying single for the rest of her life:
“I don’t want to sound cavalier by saying that I’m okay with my situation, because I’m not a frivolous person and don’t take on something of such significance lightly. But there’s good in every situation. It sounds simplistic, but I still have the good things that have always been in my life.”

On her short-lived marriage to Chesney:
“I got married, and I’m not married. Not everything works out like you might hope, and I’m not the first person to have disappointment in my life.”

On her relationship with Clooney:
“He’s a good friend … you know, we have a lovely relationship. I write him six-page e-mails about my political rage, and he writes back, and cares too.”

On why she won’t take on racy roles:
“I don’t want the first shot of the movie to be a close-up on my naked breast because what that leads to doesn’t have a place in my life. “[Older brother] Drew, Dad, Mom, there’s a premiere tonight. You want to come?” I have to keep that in mind.”

On why she left L.A.:
“I wasn’t really into being followed around everywhere by six guys with two-way radios. There’s this whole network. You start to recognize them and it’s like, You’re not invited. I have a fitting, then I have to go meet this director to discuss the next project, then I have an interview, and I’m going to go for a run. And you’re not invited. But they’ll come with you all day. I don’t want to feed the fishes. I also don’t want to be one of those people who are sour about it. So I decided I’d just leave.”

[From Readers Digest via Us Weekly]

That’s a cute way to talk about the paparazzi: feeding the fishes. I have an image of Renée standing over a giant fishbowl that’s holding a bunch of swarming photographers, and she’s tapping in a few little flakes. That makes me happy. And Connecticut sounds nice, a lot of famous and wealthy people live there. Thus all the jokes about Connecticut. I spent my entire first year in New York city bitching about how much I wanted to move to Connecticut. Well that, and a fishing village in Maine. I can’t really see Renee Zellweger in one of those though. She’s already said she doesn’t like feeding fish.

Canadian actor Ryan Gosling has spoken out about his split from his longterm girlfriend and costar in The Notebook, Rachel McAdams. He told GQ Magazine that he’s been confronted by accusatory women on the street who wonder why it didn’t work out with McAdams. He said he feels like he should be giving strangers hugs to comfort them over their misplaced heartbreak that he’s no longer with McAdams. Gosling also comes across like a gentleman in the way he describes both his courtship with McAdams and how they broke up. He said that their romance was better than The Notebook, and to compare it to that movie does it a disservice.

I really like how he explains their breakup, because it sounds like something your grandpa would say with a wise look and you’d say “I never thought of it like that, but that’s a really good way to describe it.” He said they “Went down swinging and called it a draw.” Who talks like that except cool old grandfathers? It’s also a very gracious way of saying they fought a lot and that it was mutual:

“I mean, God bless The Notebook,” Gosling says. “It introduced me to one of the great loves of my life. But people do Rachel and me a disservice by assuming we were anything like the people in that movie. Rachel and my love story is a hell of a lot more romantic than that.”

They broke up, is the thing. It’s been a few months. Gosling says it wasn’t the attention that did it, but other than that he doesn’t really know what to say. “The only thing I remember is we both went down swingin’ and we called it a draw,” he says.

The Notebook people have taken it harder. “Women are mad at me,” Gosling says with a rueful smile. “A girl came up to me on the street and she almost smacked me. Like, ‘How could you? How could you let a girl like that go?’ I feel like I want to give people hugs, they seem so sad. Rachel and I should be the ones getting hugs! Instead, we’re consoling everybody else.”

[From Men.Style.Com]

It seems like Gosling and McAdams had a a tumultuous relationship, at least at the end. They were rumored to have broken up and to have reunited several times before it was official. They may have been engaged at one point as McAdams was seen out wearing a diamond ring on her left ring finger. No announcement or anything official came of that, and like many couples who started out with a lot of passion it sounds like it ended that way too. It’s nice to know that Gosling has fond memories of their time together and it’s refreshing how he manages to tell the truth about how it ended without trashing McAdams or placing blame. It kind of makes me sad and want a hug, and if Gosling was around I’d be sure to hit him up for one.

For his part Gosling is a lot more huggable lately. He has gained a considerable amount of weight in a short period of time for two roles, for Lars and The Real Girl in which he romances one of those silicone Real Dolls, and for an upcoming role as the father of a murdered teenager in The Lovely Bones.

Maybe it’s because I’m old, but Gosling looks hotter to me with a few extra pounds, like he would give me the time of day and rub my feet afterwards.

Thanks to WENN for the picture below of Gosling at the premiere of Lars and The Real Girl in NY on 10/3/07. He is also shown with his sister, Mandi, at the LA premiere on 10/2. Thanks to PRPhotos.