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Leonardo DiCaprio has replaced Brad Pitt as highest paid American movie star featured in Asian commercials. He signed a five million dollar deal to become the face of a Chinese cell phone company and his ads will never appear in the US. He’s in Paris filming a commercial in fake rain and they are making the most of his pretty face.
We’ve long been fascinated by the first FBI Director J Edgar Hoover (from 1935 to his death in 1972) and all the stories about his secret gay proclivities and alleged cross-dressing. Clint Eastwood is intrigued too, and he’s set to direct a biography of Hoover prominently featuring his associate and supposed “lover” Clyde Tolson. The men were inseparable partners but at the time no one DARED question the intimidating Hoover (above right) about his sexual preference. A socialite reported seeing Hoover at a gay orgy dressed in a flouncy black dress, stockings, high heels, and a wig. Another acquaintance thought Hoover was “so straight-laced” that he couldn’t have a normal romantic relationship. Who better to play this many-sided character than Leonardo DiCaprio? Eastwood wants Leo, and he wants Joaquin Phoenix to play Clyde Tolson.
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We just walked out of “Inception” (Above, Marion Cotillard and Leonardo DiCaprio at the premier) and our brains are reeling from the profoundly loud and important sounding music as well as the over the top action and explosion scenes. We were hoping for some SCIENCE FICTION, but the plot is so far beyond believable that one must surrender all logic and follow the characters through multiple mind blowing but pointless adventures – all the way up to the awkward ending. There is no science in the movie and the fiction is so complicated that many viewers will undoubtedly refuse to admit they have no idea what’s going on. “Inception” is gorgeous to look at, and that might be enough for action fans in the audience. Opinions of this blockbuster are bound to be widely varying.
Leonardo DiCaprio can be surprising. While visiting the website Punk Globe recently, he read a story about underground comic book artist S. Clay Wilson. It so happens Leonardo’s father George was a comic book writer and underground comic distributor on the West Coast, and Leo remembered Wilson as a friend of his father. The story documented Wilson’s debilitating fall in 2008 and traumatic brain injury and resulting financial dilemma. Immediately Leo pulled out his check book and sent Wilson’s family a generous four figure check to help out.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s model girlfriend, Bar Rafaeli, is bending over backwards to keep her moody boyfriend happy. She’s even become a sports fan to please him. According to a friend, one of the problems that Leo and Bar experienced when they previously dated was that she felt like a sports widow, so now she’s learned to love all his favorite sports, especially basketball. “Bar accompanies Leo when he goes to the Lakers games or even when he watches games at his local sports bar, Goal in Hollywood,” the insider says. “She decided that she was never going to change Leo so she decided it was just easier to start watching sports with him.”
We’re eager to hear what readers thought of “Shutter Island,” which opened this weekend, because it’s not the usual Scorsese fare. First of all, we were immediately blown away by the extraordinary cinematography. Each scene was almost surreal in clarity and beauty – we wonder if the NON 3D version of “Avatar” looked this good. The 3D movie didn’t. We happen to be huge fans of “Twilight Zone” (along with Leonardo DiCaprio) and when we say this film is like a two hour return to the classic TV series, we mean it as a compliment. It’s a real psychological thriller and it’s hard to figure out what’s real and what’s not. Fun and entertaining.
The Jersey Shore kids are STILL talking about one night they spent at a Hollywood club because a major movie star proved to be one of their biggest fans. One night Leonardo DiCaprio and Bar Rafaeli were at Voyeur and Leo was looking bored as usual, with sunglasses and his cap pulled down. The Jersey Shore cast walked in and Leo came to life. He ran up and hugged the startled Snooki, exclaiming “You guys are the coolest!” He insisted on having his photo taken with each of them (You KNOW how he usually hates photos) and invited them to sit at HIS table. “He treated them like ROYALTY,” an observer told us. “He didn’t want Lindsay Lohan to sit at his table, but he loved having the Jersey cast.“ He introduced the Jersey guys to Victoria’s Secret models and was having so much fun he wouldn’t let them leave until 3:30 AM.
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Leonardo DiCaprio has left that yacht in the South of France and reported for work on the set of his new film “Inception” where he was seen snuggling up to Marion Cotillard. The plot of this movie is something of a mystery- it’s described as “A sci-fi thriller set within the architecture of the mind.” Writer/director Christopher Nolan is also responsible for the movie “Memento – which was also a mind-bending experience. Giant, building size mirrors were reportedly seen on the set. We’re intrigued.
Leonardo DiCaprio Is all over London on his bicycle. He’s currently filming “Inception “ there with Michael Caine. After a day of riding in Notting Hill, Leo and friends stopped to sample the local cuisine. He just HATES to be noticed.