Sam Worthington was arrested on Sunday in Atlanta, Georgia. Ugh! At first I misread the story and I thought he was arrested for DUI, but thankfully, Sam was not behind the wheel. The basic gist of the story, via TMZ, is that Sam is in Atlanta shooting a movie called Ten with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Sam had a night off (I guess) and he was trying to enter an Atlanta club called Vortex. Sam was already really hammered when he was trying to get in and “the people at the door felt he was too intoxicated” so they refused him entrance. Not only was he apparently visibly intoxicated, but he didn’t have any ID with him, so yet another reason why he didn’t get in the club.

After he was refused entrance, Sam “became disorderly” and he “allegedly pushed the doorman twice and the doorman responded by pepper spraying him and putting him in cuffs until the cops arrived.” Sam was charged with disorderly conduct, but the charges were dropped Monday morning because the “complaining witness” (the doorman) didn’t show at court. Then this happened:

Who knew … Sam Worthington is a method actor … because right after he was pepper sprayed in Atlanta this weekend, he claimed he was a DEA agent and threatened the bouncer who maced him — so claims the very pissed off bouncer.

The bouncer — Jerry Link — tells TMZ, he maced Worthington when the actor went belligerent outside the bar … and Worthington screamed, “I’m a DEA agent! You f**ked up now!”

FYI — Worthington is playing a DEA agent in the movie he’s currently filming in the ATL.

Link tells us, Worthington rolled up to Vortex Bar and Grill in Atlanta, wearing a dirty hoodie and carrying a bunch of clothes … and everyone thought he was a homeless person. Link says he refused to let Worthington inside because he was too drunk.

TMZ broke the story … Worthington was arrested for disorderly conduct after allegedly pushing Link in retaliation.

The charges were dismissed this morning because Link was a no-show in court. Link is calling BS … because no one asked him to be there.

And this is funny … Link (clearly not a movie person) tells us, he had no clue Worthington was famous until today — “I’ve never seen ‘Avatar’ or ‘Terminator.”

You’re not missing much.

[From TMZ]

So… I think we can safely say that Sam was really f—king wasted. I’ve been that wasted before, and thankfully I didn’t punch anyone or get pepper sprayed, but I’ve been so drunk that I could see myself being all “OMG I’M A DEA AGENT GET OFF ME.” Of course, that was in my misspent youth (my early 20s). Sam is 36 years old – too old for these kinds of drunken shenanigans, in my opinion. I wonder if there will be some damage-control rehab in Sam’s future, or whether he’ll just chock it up being “real” and an “authentic Aussie” or something.

PS… What kind of busted mugshot is this? Was this thing taken with a Vaseline-covered disposable camera?

Photos courtesy of WENN, mugshot courtesy of E! News.

When Sam Worthington walked the red carpet for the UK premiere of Wrath of the Titans on March 29, he had a new accessory in tow; that is, Sam was proudly showing off his (sort of) new girlfriend, Crystal Humphries. She’s a pretty thing, and as a bartender, she’s a civilian. A story in this week’s Star will even have us believe that she had no bloody idea who Sam Worthington was before he asked her out. Crystal just thought he was some relatively handsome dude who frequented her bar, abut then a buddy of hers clued her into his actual identity. Kaiser was all “bitch please” because Crystal is Australian and may have been predisposed to be more aware of a famous fellow Aussie than, say, myself, who probably wouldn’t recognize Sam Worthington in a lineup. The guy is just so bland looking! Here’s Star’s story:

Wrath of the Titans‘ Sam Worthington and his girlfriend of less than a year, Crystal Humphries, are already acting like a happily married couple. “He treats her like a princess,” says a source, noting that Crystal now lives with Sam, 35, in Hawaii and travels with him to film sets and premieres around the world. But when they met, while she was tending bar, Crystal had no idea that Sam was a screen idol. “He’d go in her bar a lot and eventually asked her out,” says the source. “A pal told her who he is. She was shocked!”

[From Star, print edition, April 23, 2012]

Ha ha. It sounds like Sam might be taking some cues from the Justin Bieber school of dating if he really treats Crystal like a “princess.” Sorry, I couldn’t resist bringing that up again.

I can truly buy that Crystal didn’t realize who the hell Sam was just by looking at him because he sort of blends in with the background. While I first thought this was due to him starring in the largely CGI-drawn Avatar, even Clash of the Titans and Man on a Ledge have done nothing to make him more recognizable in my eyes. I guess maybe I have Sam Worthington blindness, so I do believe this story, unlike if Matt Damon’s ex-bartender wife had claimed not to know who he was. Damon has a face, you know? Unlike Mr. DrawingABlank here:

Anyway, at least Sam can sleep slightly easier despite the fact that his latest girlfriend didn’t know he was in movies until someone informed her because now he has something in common with Kevin Jonas, who got married to some chick who cut his hair, Danielle Deleasa, who initially had no idea who the Jonas Brothers were either. Yep, that’s what every guy desires … to be like a Jonas.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet

Wrath of The Titans is out in 3D this weekend and I barely remember hearing about it. It looks like every other epic action movie, except it uses Greek mythology for the plot. It’s a sequel to the 2010 Clash of The Titans remake, which did incredibly well at the box office with a domestic and foreign take of $493 million. So this one will probably do well too, even though I’m lumping it in my head with the recent flop John Carter and 2011′s Conan The Barbarian. I just don’t “get” or see these type of movies, unless they’re very well reviewed or they star someone I adore. In this case I like Sam Worthington, but I won’t go see a movie just for him, you know? It’s the same for Liam Neeson, who seems to be in everything lately. (Primarily just that Battleship movie, which looks so ridic.) Ralph Fiennes is also in this, but he didn’t go to the premiere that I can see. Boo!

Anyway here are the two stars last night, looking decent. I’m not really hot for either one of them, but I wouldn’t say no, either. That doesn’t mean I don’t have a preference.

I love how Sam Worthington brings his girlfriends with him to his premieres. Here he is with his latest girlfriend, Crystal Humphries, whom he brought with him to the premiere of Man on a Ledge in January. He was with his last girlfriend, Natalie Marks, for a couple of years and he used to bring her to premieres all the time too. Kaiser reminds me that Sam is short-ish at 5’9″ and that Crystal must be tiny. They make a cute couple and Sam seems like a loyal boyfriend. That endears him to me.

What’s up with Crystal’s hair? It looks goofy with the blue and purple dip dye. I hate how that’s a trend.

Liam Neeson just looks a little tired. I would say he looks pulled, but he doesn’t, he just looks too smooth somehow. Maybe he got a peel or something. Still a lovely man, but I’m not loving his dyed hair, it looks really unnatural. Look at him leaning to the side like “I got this.”

So would you get with Sam, 35, or Liam, 59, if you had to choose? I love Australian guys, but I’m actually going with Liam, because he seems like he’d be much more attentive and interesting than Sam. You know you would have some thought-provoking conversations with Liam, and that he’d be nuanced and intelligent. After a few dates I’d convince him to change his hair and shave. Sam is like the messy drunken hookup you regret in the morning, but still brag to your friends about. I know he’s younger and technically more attractive, but I like taller guys and there’s something about Liam. Plus I’ve heard he’s very well endowed. *sigh* Still, he’s not looking his best lately.

Am I wrong about these movies, are they decent? I’m not the target audience, I know, and thankfully my kid is not old enough to see this. When he is, he can go to these type of movies with his friends. Here’s the trailer.

Photo credit: WENN and Fame

A year ago, Sam Worthington broke up with his girlfriend of two-and-a-half years, Natalie Marks. The relationship was notable because Sam and Natalie had been together through his Hollywood rise, and once Sam seemed to be brokering a place on the A-list, he dumped her. It was also notable that Natalie was a self-described “stylist” yet she had increasingly horrendous style, including a really terrible case of bangs trauma. Anyway, Sam has a new girlfriend – her name is Crystal Humphries. These are photos of Sam and Crystal at last night’s LA premiere of Man on a Ledge. Some sites claim that this was Sam and Crystal’s red carpet debut as a couple, but they were at a screening of Man on a Ledge together last week. So, yes, this is the first big premiere red carpet, but they’ve been seen together before now.

I think Crystal is a pretty, normal-looking girl. Sam’s type doesn’t seem to be “bombshell” or “mind-numbingly hot”. He likes normal-looking, accessible, girl-next-door types, and considering how Sam is towering over Crystal, I think he must like ladies who are very petite. I’m just saying… Sam isn’t a very tall dude, so Crystal must be tiny.

Anyway, they make a cute couple. Sam has grown on me a bit, although I still think he’s a meathead. CB would probably still let Sam get it, though – I wonder if she approves of Sam’s new girl?

PS… I’m also including photos of Elizabeth Banks from last night’s premiere. She looked GREAT.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

As many have said before, Hollywood is really trying to make Sam Worthington happen. I used to be opposed to it, but after I saw his understated, dramatic supporting part in The Debt, I’m not so opposed to him anymore. Sure, in interviews he can seem like a meathead. But he might be a meathead with some quiet talent, a meathead who is making some interesting career choices. Take his new movie, Man on a Ledge, which we saw photos from last year. The basic story line: an ex-con climbs out on a ledge and claims that he’s innocent, and he was railroaded, and chaos ensues. It’s one of the rare “modern” stories that Sam has been a part of thus far in his career, and while I’m sure it will be billed as a star vehicle designed to make Sam “happen” – it actually looks like a decent ensemble. The directed added quite a bit of weight in the supporting cast, with Ed Harris, Kyra Sedgwick, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie and Edward Burns. Here’s the new trailer:

I kind of hate to admit that the trailer gave me some goosebumps. Things that I like: the production value can be seen – it looks like a smart, expensive film that actually filmed in NYC (which it did); I like the hints at the storyline, and I like that I can’t figure out the entire thing from the trailer. And I have to say, Sam doesn’t look too bad either. I can’t figure out if the character is supposed to have an Aussie accent, though. I actually think the character is supposed to be American, which… Sam has problems with.

So, will you help Sam “happen” and see this film in January? I might.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Australian actor Sam Worthington seems like he came out of nowhere through the monolith of Avatar, but he’s actually a long-term success story who spent over a decade trying to make his way before he got his big break from James Cameron. After Avatar, Worthington immediately went into workaholic mode with Terminator Salvation and Clash of the Titans. After that came The Debt and a romantic drama, Last Night, in which he stars with Keira Knightley (strange pairing, right?). Currently, Worthington is doing preliminary promotional rounds for Texas Killing Fields, which also stars Jeffrey Dean Mortan and Chloe Moretz. In this Men’s Fitness interview, however, Worthington doesn’t discuss his upcoming movie or fitness, but he does reveal a few little-known tidbits, including how he climbed out of obscurity and homelessness as well as recovering from the sting of barely losing the James Bond role to Daniel Craig:

On Acting: Acting and its attendant responsibilities may seem like a craft, but it’s really a vocation. “Ultimately that’s what it is,” Worthington says. “A job. A wonderful job that I’d never put down and I’m extremely lucky to have. But it’s a job.”

On Transforming His Career: After spending his 20s struggling maintain consistent work and “p-ssing money up against the wall” when he had it, Worthington arrived at age 30 unhappy on both professional and personal fronts. He was still single. “I had to figure out who I was by myself,” he says. His solution would be too dramatic for any manual.

“I looked in the mirror and didn’t like what I saw,” he says. “So I sold the mirror.” In fact, he sold everything, from the mirror to his house. He pulled together the proceeds, jumped in his car, and headed “for the snow.” Worthington was in the mountains between Sydney and Melbourne a few weeks later when he received a call. His agent wanted him back in Sydney to tape an audition for an unnamed American project. “I worked out if it was worth spending the gas money,” he recalls, “and decided that it probably was.”

On His Attitude Towards Failure: Worthington was ready for rejection. He’d been in the United States before, as one of three final candidates in the 007 franchise’s search for Pierce Brosnan’s replacement. “It was me, Daniel Craig, and another guy,” he says. He never told anyone, and the story hit only when director Martin Campbell told the media how close Worthington had come to donning the tux. “I wasn’t going to tell them about my failures,” Worthington says. Failures mean nothing, he believes, no matter how illustrious the context.

On Changing His Fate After the call [for Avatar] came, the work began in earnest. His shifts ran up to 18 hours a day, 6 days a week. In Australia, Worthington had never forgotten the work ethic of his childhood, even when it clashed with the party ethic of young adulthood. “It didn’t matter if I’d been drinking all night; I’d still be there at 6 a.m.,” he says. “But that doesn’t work now, and it certainly didn’t work on Avatar.”

“They say that in your 20s you’re trying to work out the man that you want to be, and in your 30s you discover who he is. And warped and all, beer gut and all, brain damage and all, you just kind of go, ‘Well, this is it, and I might as well try to polish it a tiny bit.’ I’m stuck with who I am, but I can be man enough to iron out the creases.”

On Taking A Break: “I haven’t taken a break in 4 years. It’s been a nomadic existence. Now it’s time to enjoy the fruits of my labor for a little bit.” So he’ll take a quick breather and then return to work—just as he’s done his entire life. “Yeah,” he concedes. “I don’t think I’ll be gone for long.”

On Patience: Worthington points out that his and other Australians’ overnight successes usually come with a backstory of slog. “Naomi Watts says she’s a 10-years-in-the-business overnight success,” he says with a laugh. “And what about Geoffrey Rush? He was almost 50 when Shine hit.”

[From Men's Health]

Until now, I’ve not had any strong reaction towards or against Sam Worthington, but this interview has made me really like his attitude. He’s sort of the anti-James Franco, you know? And currently, Franco isn’t exactly known for his humility or seeing acting as work but only as “art.” Methinks it’s time to turn the tide back a bit and recognize that
“art” is merely a cliché employed by the likes of Franco and Lady Gaga for their own purposes. Enough of the spoiled, pompous actors and singers and more of those who recognize entertainment not only as a job but one that they’re extremely lucky to have.

Still, do I think Worthington would’ve made a better James Bond than Daniel Craig? Oh, don’t be ridiculous.

Photos courtesy of Men’s Fitness

I think CB still likes Sam Worthington, and I’m actually starting to come around on this meathead. He doesn’t seem like a bad guy, he’s just kind of rough around the edges. He has potential. He’s no Fassbender, but he’ll do in a pinch. And these new photos of him – he was out to lunch in LA with David Spade, of all people – are pretty hot to me. You know I like ‘em scruffy. Sam looks better scruffy. I can’t even hate on his shorts!

Anyway, Sam is the cover boy for the September issue of Men’s Health. He talks a lot about his body:

Sam Worthington says the training regime for ‘Clash of the Titans 2′ has left him feeling like a “tank”. The actor has been working with Rodney Johnson – the trainer who got Christian Bale into shape for ‘Batman Begins’ – to get into the best possible physical condition to reprise his role as Perseus in next year’s blockbuster. Sam – who has been in Wales shooting the sequel – has now revealed exactly how Rodney helped him bulk up for the part.

He said: “Before ‘Clash of the Titans,’ I was doing five or six hours of training a day. I’d get up, train for two hours, eat, then have a short sleep. Then I’d get up, train again with heavy weights, eat and sleep again. By the time I finished I was a tank.”

The 34-year-old star’s intense schedule allows him to pile on muscle, burn body fat and build definition and he says he often feels more like a “boxer” than an actor.

He said: “You’re living like a boxer. The training is fast and furious, that means the results come pretty darn quickly. Rodney got Christian from the size he was in ‘The Machinist’ – where he couldn’t even do one press-up – to the size he was in ‘Batman Begins’, in less than four months.”

Although Sam has appeared in a number of action films in the last three years, including ‘Terminator Salvation’, ‘Avatar’ and ‘The Debt’, which have required him to embark on grueling exercise regimes, he admits he doesn’t really enjoy hitting the gym.

He said: “I don’t get a kick out of it, and I don’t enjoy it. But I do see the results.”

[From Men’s Health, via Sam’s Fansite]

Even though I get that Sam and Christian Bale were working with a professional trainer, I still have doubts as to whether it’s good for your body to make such drastic changes so quickly, especially when you’re going back and forth from emaciated to ripped. Plus, as we saw the other day in those photos from the Pittsburgh set of The Dark Knight Rises, it seems like Bale hasn’t bulked up for this one – perhaps because he’s punished his body too much already.

Also – remember how Sam dumped his Bangs Trauma girlfriend? I never even learned her name, I just called her Bangs Trauma. Anyway, he’s got a new piece – no one knows her name yet, though.

Photos courtesy of Fame & PCN.

Well, CB will be happy. She adores this meathead for some reason. Tabloids are reporting that Sam Worthington is now a single man. Apparently, he and his girlfriend of two and a half years have broken up. She’s the chick with the bangs trauma. She’s a stylist, apparently. Anyway, folded into this story about their alleged split is a tale of Sam’s increasingly douchey behavior. He sounds like a pill.

They appeared to be one of those couples that would always stick. But the long-standing relationship between Avatar star Sam Worthington and his fashion stylist girlfriend, Natalie Marks, appears to have come undone. The 34-year-old Australian actor and the pretty brunette, 24, have split up after nearly three years together.

According to reports, the couple have not been seen together since last October when they were spotted watching a basketball match at New York’s Madison Square Gardens. A source close to the pair said that for those who know them it was no surprise.

‘It has been on the cards a while, I believe,’ an insider told Australian newspaper, Daily Telegraph.

And it seems that Sam may not be taking the split so well. Witnesses at a recent annual Australian event were astounded when the sci-fi star displayed some shocking aggressive behaviour. At the G-day LA event in Los Angeles, when instructed by organisers to wait before walking the red-carpet , Sam reportedly slammed his fist into a photo wall and screamed profanities. He then walked into the Hollywood Palladium through a side entrance, seemingly to avoid the waiting press. Inside the bash, his angry manner persisted when he continuously left his seat and swore. But the actor’s belligerent behaviour didn’t appear to dampen his generosity.

Sam raised a bid from A$20,000 (£12,500) to A$50,000 (£31,250) on a four-night stay at a luxurious resort in one of Australia’s most exotic locations, the Great Barrier Reef’s Hamilton Island. The actor won the prize, with his cash going towards charity.

After partying with the who’s who of Aussie actors, Sam then moved a group of revellers to his hotel room at the infamous Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard. The apparent celebrations continued until the next morning.

Sam, who was born in Surrey but moved to Perth in western Australia as a baby, had been dating Natalie for over two-and-a-half years. The couple met while Natalie was working for his Australian-based management agency, Shanahans. Sam once confessed that his former flame kept his feet on the ground, admitting: ‘She keeps me in line – she makes me do the washing.’

Sam is currently preparing to film Wrath Of The Titans, the sequel to Clash Of The Titans.

[From The Daily Mail]

Dude, does he think that he’s Russell Crowe? All piss and vinegar and shrimp on the barbie. Ugh. I mean, the charity stuff is nice, I guess, but all of the other stuff is just like… settle down, dude. Most people don’t know who you are. Stop trying to be the next Russell Crowe, in crappy personality only.

Also – so Sam is single now. Who should he hook up with next, besides CB? Blake Lively is up for it, you know. He’s not an Oscar winner or anything, but he’d still be an upgrade for her. I could see him with ScarJo too – two meatheads, joined together in love. Sam is even ScarJo’s type, I think.

Thanks to LaineyGossip for the heads up!

Photos courtesy of WENN.

These are some newer photos of Sam Worthington working on Man on a Ledge over the weekend. I’m bringing them to you because I know you bitches love some Worthington. Especially CB – I offered these to CB, and she was all “meh”. Honestly, though, Sam’s styling for this film is really working for me. While I once thought he was a dumb, short meathead, I’m now seeing the hotness. After all, I’m going to need someone to replacement-crush on after Gerard Butler leaves the douche building with John Mayer.

Also in these photos (and in the film): Ed Harris and Kyra Sedgwick (in Uggs!). Can I just have a word about my Kyra Love? She’s awesome. The Closer is awesome. I love her so much, and I love that she’s doing smaller film roles in between shooting The Closer. She can act her ass off, and I love that she’s had this whole second-career resurgence in her 40s with The Closer. I wonder what Kyra thinks of Sam? If she thinks he’s a meathead too, I’ll love her forever.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Sam Worthington is one of CB’s crushes. I hesitate to call Sam one of her “forever dongs” just because I think Matt Damon’s dong is The One. But CB definitely has a problem, and that problem is thinking Sam Worthington is some kind of hot piece of man meat. Should I make fun of her for this crush? Gently tease her, perhaps? I wish I could, but girls who get turned on by Gerard Butler’s moobs ’n mullet have no right to cast aspersions on ANYONE (“People who worship at the altar of Butler dong shouldn’t throw stones.”) Plus, there are a couple of things about Sam that I actually think are okay.

Take these photos are of Sam filming his new film, Man on a Ledge. Shockingly, Sam does not have to wear a loincloth, carry a sword, or be dependent on CGI for this role. He’s playing a normal guy, wearing normal, modern clothes. And it’s not bad, is it? He actually looks rather nice and attractive… accessible, even. In these photos, you can’t even tell how short he is. And I’ll give Sam credit – he has that movie star ability, where his face really changes in different lights and different angles. Like Blanchett, or Meryl Streep. In one angle, he’s a normal guy. In another angle, with a different light, he’s gorgeous. In yet another light, he looks like a Neanderthal.

In case anyone is interested in the plot of Man on a Ledge, Cinema Blend summarizes:

Worthington stars in the film as a cop threatening to take his own life, with Anthony Mackie as his partner, Jamie Bell as his bank robber brother executing a heist across the street, Elizabeth Banks as the psychologist trying to talk him down, Ed Burns as the rival hostage negotiator challenging her, and recently added Ed Harris as a businessman with some kind of role in Worthington’s suicide attempt and Titus Welliver as the detective in charge of the crime scene.

[From Cinema Blend]

Hot damn, that’s an interesting cast! Anthony Mackie, Ed Burns, Ed Harris and Jamie Bell! Elizabeth Banks is… meh. Just in dramatic roles, I do like her when she does comedy. I’m getting an Inside Man vibe from the plot, like there are a lot of moving pieces to the plot, and like it could be an interesting action/drama. We’ll see.

Photos courtesy of WENN.