Scarlett Johansson

US TV

Review: Franklin and Bash 1×1

2 June 2011 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

Franklin and Bash

In the US: Wednesdays, 9/8c, TNT

Crazy, unconventional lawyers who don’t play by the rules and who fight for the little guy! Yay! That’s what we need more of, isn’t it? That hasn’t been done to death with Eli Stone, Harry’s Law, The Deep End and The Defenders in just the last three years alone, has it?

Why no, Sir! In fact, what the genre of crazy, unconventional lawyers who don’t play by the rules and who fight for the little guy has in fact been missing all these years – something you probably hadn’t realised until TNT decided to tell you this by thrusting new show Franklin and Bash and assorted breasts in your face – is crazy, unconventional fratboy lawyers who don’t play by the rules and who fight for the little guy.

Yes, Franklin and Bash are the kind of lawyers who’ll get women to take their clothes off in court and jiggle their breasts at the jury, who’ll hit on women they work with and have naked hot tub parties, in a show that tries vainly and pathetically to be funny, while Malcolm McDowell phones in his part in between lighting cigars with the vast stack of dollar bills he must be earning.

Sigh. Cue the trailer.

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Random Acts

Random Acts: Ali and Amber at Century City, Scarlett just goes completely random but she has competition from Brad Pitt

23 May 2011 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Ali Larter at Anneberg Amber Heard with wife Tasya van Ree

Well, Ali Larter and Amber Heard were being quite normal this week, having a random team meeting at a ‘‘A seminal examination of photography’s role in capturing and defining notions of modern female beauty’ at the Anneberg Space for Photography in Century City (partners were allowed, apparently). Well, okay, Ali tried to be a little random:

“Ugh!” shrieked Ali Larter upon seeing a photograph of a bony model falling as she walked down a runway in a pair of impossibly high platform shoes, the model’s knees buckling in a way that made her look almost like a sideshow contortionist. “I have like a gag reflex to this,” she said.

Nice try, Ali, but while you and Amber were off looking at photographs, Scarlett Johansson was off doing this:

Scarlett Johansson as a clown

And this

Scarlett Johansson

And this

Scarlett Johansson

No. No idea. That’s how random Scarlett is. And she didn’t even stop there. She’s also recorded a song for a movie, Days of Grace, with Massive Attack. At this rate, this is going to have to become Random Acts of Scarlett Johansson.

Oh, no. Wait. Brad Pitt has randomly decided to pretend to be Don Johnson in Miami Vice. I’ll get back to you on that. Anyone for Random Acts of Brad Pitt?

Brad Pitt

Random Acts

Random Acts: Scarlett Johansson hits infinity

9 May 2011 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Scarlett Johansson with some apples

This week, Scarlett Johansson is being literally so random, I have absolutely no idea what she’s doing. Why the apples? Why the outfit? Why whatever it is that she’s got pinned on her top? Why’s she so amused? Those boots! That haircut! It’s just so… random.

She’s also made a silent movie.

Ali’s definitely going to have a run for her money this year.

Random Acts

Random Acts of Ali Larter: Ali launches shoes, ScarJo makes Owen Wilson follow her, Alex Breckenridge goes pink, Amber Heard petitions against marriage and Dog the Bounty Hunter is bailing Nicolas Cage out of jail

19 April 2011 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Ali at the Pampers launch

So our Ali is up to more charity fun, helping Pampers celebrate its 50th anniversary and giving out care packages to parents as part of the Little Miracles Mission program:

Randomly, though she’s also been off launching a new line of Reebok trainers and giving out beauty tips while she does so.

Josh Duhamel and Ali Larter

Clearly, she’s back in the random business again. But that won’t stop her fellow randomeers, who’ve clearly got a taste for it.

Scarlett Johansson has been jogging with Sean Penn, but making Owen Wilson follow them.

Scarlett Johansson

Amber Heard, who’s normally off campaigning for marriage, has decided to campaign against it now – at least for girls around the world under 15 – and would like you to sign a petition to stop it from happening.

Amber Heard

Her Drive Angry co-star, Nicolas Cage – possibly the most random man in the world – has been in jail for alleged domestic abuse and has now been rescued, randomly enough, by Dog The Bounty Hunter.

Nicolas Cage and Dog the Bounty Hunter

But it’s Alex Breckenridge who’s gone truly, truly random, by deciding to go a little bit pink and not being sure she likes it.

Alex Breckenridge goes pink

Here ends the randomness for the week.

Random Acts

Random Acts of Ali Larter: random charity work in leather pants

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Well, Ali may have only had her baby three months ago, but already she’s randomly stepping out in leather pants and big boots to do things like go to random charity Baby Buggy Thursday. Impressive. But she’s also been meeting up with fellow randomeer, Katherine Heigl, at a wedding. Heigl, presumably at Ali’s instigation, ended up jumping in the swimming pool in full outfit.

Meanwhile, ScarJo, who’s randomly going out with a 50-year-old (that’s probably a bit too random), is busily trying to stop Republicans from destroying another random charity, Planned Parenthood, which helps to fund women’s healthcare centres:

And fellow randomeer Amber Heard would really rather like it if you supported the Million Women’s Heart Project, which is a campaign to get 1 million women in the US screened for heart disease.