DREW BARRYMORE AND JUSTIN LONG CHAT ON SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF BLACK BOOK MAGAZINE

"I was, thank you for asking. As far as I understand, it was removed from the film for the same reason they censored that infamous South Park episode earlier this year: apparently my penis bears too striking a resemblance to the Prophet Muhammad. Anwar al-Awlaki just called for the execution of anyone who would defame or desecrate the image of Prophet Muhammad. I can come up with a different answer if you think he’s going to be reading this, though I don’t mean it to be insulting. Quite the opposite—I think my penis is fairly handsome!". - Justin Long

Drew Barrymore chats with boyfriend/co-star Justin Long in the September issue of Black Book Magazine about filming their new movie Going the Distance together.  In the above quote, Long jokes with Barrymore about a frontal nude scene cut from the movie. The article by Nick Haramis features photos of the couple taken from each other's Cell Phones.  How cute. 

Read the article in full here.  And although I didn't love the movie which  is out next week, you can read my review of it here.

(Photo credit: Justin Long/Black Book Magazine)

KYLIE ON BLACKBOOK

Nick Haramis who brought us that fantastic write-up on Naomi Watts on BlackBook has written another winner.  The subject of his latest write-up, Kylie Minogue.  My beloved Minogue is poised to release Aphrodite in three weeks' time and sat down with Haramis in an interview at New York City's Greenwich Hotel, about perception of her image, Madonna comparisons, her new album and what went wrong with her last album X.

On X, Minogue believes "That album had some great moments on it, but, as a whole, it wasn’t cohesive. I think people wanted to hear something with more gravitas considering what I’d just been through, but the most personal songs I’d written, like ‘Ruffle My Feathers,’ didn’t end up on the album. That one was about cancer...".

NAOMI WATTS ON PEREZ HILTON AND HER FIRST NUDE SCENE

“I’ve never done full-frontal nudity before,” she says. “It was so hard for me to do that. I had just had a baby, so my body was completely different. But I thought that if I was going to play this ballsy woman, I needed to go for it. Someone in the crew tipped off the paparazzi and now there are photos of me on that website—what’s it called—Perez Hilton. Isn’t that awful?” - Naomi Watts on this month's issue of Black Book magazine.  Check out Nick Haramis' fantastic interview and some gorgeous photos by Ruven Afanador. Haramis confirmed with me that this interview actually took place in Toronto a few weeks back over lunch! And also learn why it is that she is quickly becoming Hollywood's new leading actress. 

Naomi, I love you!  I stare at this every day on my way out of my flat.  This is going to be your year at the Oscars.