“Lonesome Jim” featuring Liv Tyler, Casey Affleck, Mary Kay Place and Seymour Cassel permiered last night in NY. It is directed by Steve Buscemi. REM frontman Michael Stipe also made an appearance at the premiere.

Here is the plot summary from IMDB:

Lonesome Jim is hailed as a solid and enjoyable indie film and has been called “a small gem.”

Tyler was recently quoted slamming other actresses for acting like it’s easy to shed the post-baby weight. Unfortunately, we have to agree with her. (The gym may have daycare, but that doesn’t mean your kid will stay there the whole time without screaming for you.)

Despite what our friends at The Bastardly say, we think Tyler looks gorgeous.

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TMZ is reporting that Josh Hartnett, 27, just broke up with Scarlett Johansson, 21. The relatively low key Hollywood couple have lived together in Josh’s Tribeca apartment in NY since December, 2005, and have been dating for just about a year.

It’s surprising that Josh is the one who supposedly broke up with Scarlett. Scarlett was widely quoted two months ago saying that she didn’t believe “human beings are monogamous creatures by nature.”

Hartnett stars in the movie “Lucky Number Slevin” which premiered in NY last night. Lucy Liu, Ben Kingsley, and Bruce Willis are also in the film. Here’s Hartnett at the premiere and after-party last night. (Josh and Scarlet are shown above in a scene from The Black Dahlia, which has yet to be released.)

“Inside Man” starring Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster and Clive Owen premiered last night in NY. The film is an action movie featuring Washington as cop negotiating with a bank robber who has taken hostages:

Initial reviews are positive despite the familiar plot, and with such a talented cast it should be a great film.

Foster, Owen, and Washington attended last night’s premiere. Other celebrities pictured include featured stars Willem Dafoe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Darryl Mitchell, and Kim Director. Well known names in attendance were Wesley Snipes, Jill Hennessy, Mariska Hargitay, Lynn Whitfield, the Reverend Al Sharpton, and Russell Simmons - without his annoying wife.

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Sharon Stone is said to have laughed at reports that Sienna Miller wanted dibs at her role in Basic Instinct 2: Fame Addiction.

Go on and laugh, Sharon, Sienna is half your age and has her whole career ahead of her.

Stone also wins the bullshit award with comments attributing her figure to everyday activities:

Stone’s original demands for filming the Basic Instinct sequel included a $5,000 Pilates machine called “The Cadillac.”

Here she is at a press conference for Basic Instinct 2.

Thank you for Smoking premiered in NY last night. Celebrities attending included Felicity Huffman, William H Macy, Adam Brody, Rachel Bilson, Kristin Cavalleri, and Selma Blair. Despite the film’s theme only candy cigarettes were served at the after party.

Brody and Macy are featured in the film, which portrays a tobacco lobbyist in a positive light, and takes a humorous stance on the taboo subject of the dangers of smoking.

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Matthew McConaughey showed his support for girlfriend Penelope Cruz at the premiere of her new movie, Volver, in Madrid last night. We posted pictures from the film and a plot synopsis a few days ago.

McConaughey and Cruz looked very much the happy couple last night. Contrary to recent rumors, Cruz did not look pregnant.

Cruz recently revealed that she likes to dork it up on the dancefloor with her friend Salma Hayek:

We would all really like to see that.

Sharon Stone, ambassador for the fuck your way to world peace program, is milking her last chance at fame as much as she can. She’s following MC Hammer’s lead by giving overpriced gigs to her sister and best friend:

Here’s Stone at the world premiere in London of Basic Instint 2: Fame Addiction. Stone is easily upstaged by a British psuedo-celebrity in a see through top, Jodie Marsh. Ass grabber Christian Slater and Alex Kingston (of ER) are starring in a play in London together. Kingston is married to someone else.

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V for Vendetta premiered in NY last night. Celebrities attending included star Natalie Portman, Petra Nemcova, Mark Ruffalo, Gina Gershon, Hugo Weaving, John Hurt, James McTeigue, and Stephen Rea.

We posted photos from the London premiere a few days ago.

“V for Vendetta” stars Natalie Portman as a young woman working to incite revolution in a futuristic London and is produced by “Matrix” producer Joel Silver.

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“Ask the Dust,” starring Salma Hayek and Colin Farrel, is the story of the sadistic relationship between a struggling novelist and a Mexican waitress in the 1930s. It is playing in limited release.

Hayek stars as the beautiful Camilla Lopez. She put on weight for her character by eating hamburgers and suffered hypothermia while filming an ocean-set love scene. Farrel was a gentleman on set and did not sneak a peek at Hayek while they were both naked while filming. He was also comfortable with his nudity, and did a little naked dance to help Hayek relax for the the scene. Hayek was so moved by her character’s plight that she broke down and cried when she tried to read the book that the film was based on.

Celebrities in attendance at the party after the NY premiere last night included Hayek, Lindsay Lohan, Petra Nemcova, Iman, and Indina Menzel.

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Charlize Theron attends the Aeon Flux premiere in Japan March 9th. She looks stunning in a cream-colored silk gown with a gathered front.

At yesterday’s Aeon Flux press conference, Theron spoke about preparing for the critically-panned film with five-hour martial arts workouts:

She also said that having her hair cut and died black for the role made her feel “like a warrior.”

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