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Remember when Scarlett Johansson played coy with the Obama engagement rumors and then got shot down over their nonexistent email relationship? Seems like just yesterday she was calling the media sexist over it.

Well, ScarJo's still a little upset over the whole thing. She had this to tell Allure about the Obama fallout (after discussing her beef with LiLo):

"Either you're a bull dog or you're some slutty airhead," Johansson complained. "Maybe some people would say it’s an image that I put out. That's a crock of s--t. I’m sorry."

Is that why she put on her best bedroom face for the cover? In which case, we have to ask: Is her sexed-up image really the media's fault or her own doing? Sound off in our poll!

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Ryan Reynolds: runaway groom?

With new bride Scarlett Johansson cheering him along the way, the Canadian actor completed the New York City Marathon on Sunday in just under four hours.

"I'm still standing. I'm very excited about that," he told reporters at the end.

Reynolds, 31, finished 9,646th overall by running the 26.2 miles in 3 hours, 50 minutes and 22 seconds. The first-time marathoner, who called himself "a running joke," raised money for the Michael J. Fox Foundation. He was inspired by his father's struggle with Parkinson’s Disease.

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Scarlett Johansson is giving peace a chance. Nobel Peace, that is.

The brand-spankin'-new newlywed has signed on to cohost the 15th annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo Dec. 11, held as always the day after the Nobel Prize is handed out in Norway.

"We're extremely pleased Ms. Johansson will join us for the Nobel Peace Prize Concert," Geir Lundestad, secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said.

"Her compassion and influence will help us tremendously in our mission of spreading the global message of peace."

The announcement also heralded a return to the Scandinavian roots of the actress, who holds, for those unaware, dual U.S. and Danish citizenship.

Johansson's cohost for the event—headlined by Diana Ross and featuring performances by Feist and country star Dierks Bentley, among other more internationally bent artists—will be announced in coming weeks.

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Scarlett Johansson apparently never had a crush on Barack Obama. Or at least in the way some media outlets have made it out to be.

In fact, the actress believes all the attention surrounding her recent comments about an email relationship with the Democratic presidential hopeful reeks of "extreme sexism."

"I kept thinking to myself, 'God, if this was just, like, Kal Penn or George Clooney or any of the other [Obama] surrogates or supporters...there wouldn't be [any] question about it," she tells the Associated Press. "Nobody would even talk about it."

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She sings. She cracks jokes. She makes guys pant. No wonder director Woody Allen says Scarlett Johansson "can do anything."

And Johansson doesn’t exactly disagree.

"You're always, as an actor, becoming, like, an expert at something in two weeks," Scarlett said in a press roundtable Monday. “I remember, for The Man Who Wasn't There, I had to learn to play a Beethoven sonata. I was like, 'Aaaah! Ooookay! I've never touched this thing before!' "

Then there were the riding lessons for The Horse Whisperer...

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Whether it's "Team Heidi" or "Real Girls Eat Meat," you know celebrities care deeply about something when they put it on a T-shirt.

That's why we couldn't ignore the fact that many Tinseltown types seem to be wearing gear in support of Sen. Barack Obama's quest for the presidency. Who knew?

The pendulum always swings both ways, however. So we will await the inevitable crush of McCain '08 hats, hoodies, and decorative neck tattoos sure to turn up soon.

Until they do, though, check out our Team Obama gallery and see who supports him.

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Scarlett Johansson's still backpedaling to explain her we-breed-like-animals comments a couple of years ago.

"I don't think it's a natural instinct for human beings, but it doesn't mean I don't believe in monogamy or true love. I believe in finding a soul mate," she tells the August issue of Cosmo. 

Sweet. But just when you think fiancé Ryan Reynolds can breathe a sigh of relief, ScarJo goes and blabs again: "Monogamy can be hard work for some people. I don't think it applies to everybody, and I don't think a lot of people can do it."

Resisting the urge to add fuel to the fire? Also apparently hard work.

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OMFG. Consider the Gossip Girl word sufficiently spread.

The CW hit received a leading—and whopping—14 nominations this morning for the Teen Choice 2008 Awards.

Chris Brown checked in with nine nods, Miley Cyrus (who will host the ceremony) scored four nods, and perpetual nominee Justin Timberlake racked up three.

Timberlake is the awards' winningest artist, having aggregated 21 surfboards—the event's laid-back hardware of choice—since 1999.

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