Jonathan Rhys Meyers
When Bad Things Happen to Good Coverboys
Yesterday, newspapers and websites reported that inexplicably well-known actor Shia LaBeouf had been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after an accident in Los Angeles. Today, without further explanation for why Mr. LaBeouf is famous, there are new reports that suggest that the actor may not have been drunk and the accident may have been the fault of a driver who ran a red light.
This has to be good news for the editors of Details, whose September cover features the continually inexplicably famous actor with the headline "Shia LaBeouf Just Can't Get Laid." If Mr. LaBeouf turns out to be innocent of the charges against him, he may just break the magazine's developing curse on its coverboys. read more »
For Drunken Airport Antics, Jonathan Rhys Meyers 'Unreservedly Apologizes'
Remember how cagey actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers was picked up at the Dublin airport last month for a drunken outburst before boarding his flight to London? Well, since the Tudors star “unreservedly apologizes” to the airport security guards, police and staff who had to deal with the mess, things have started to look up for the 30-year-old actor. Today, Angela Ni Chonduin, a judge for the Dublin District Court, dropped all charges, cautioning Mr. Rhys Meyers to avoid any further embarrassing incidents. The actor’s lawyer, Michael Staines, told the court that his client “accepts his behavior was unacceptable and out of character,” adding that the actor would be donating money to charity. read more »
Jonathan Rhys Meyers Arrested
Jonathan Rhys Meyers was picked up yesterday by police in his native Ireland, where he was charged with public drunkenness and breach of peace. Mr. Rhys Meyers was allegedly arrested for his “erratic, abusive” behavior at an airport gate before traveling on to London. He will have to appear in an Irish court on December 5. In 2006, after battling alcohol problems, the actor told the AP that he “would never drink again.”
Rhys Meyers Popped for Being Plowed in Public [TMZ] read more »
Jonathan Rhys Meyers Is Afraid You'll Think He's 'Crap'
A newly-mustachioed Jonathan Rhys Meyers—in tight white jeans, no less—will grace the cover of Details’ December issue. With Mr. Meyer’s fury, burly mug on the front, questions about the sexual orientation of Dan Peres’ lad-mag-in-loafers can stop! Right?
Inside the issue, the Match Point actor adds flame to the fire by coming clean about his acting skills, telling the monthly:
“You know why I stay out of the limelight? I always think there will be that time that people will find out that I’m crap at what I do. I think they will figure out I’m crap. Doesn’t everybody have that feeling?”
Jonathan Rhys Meyers Speaks The Truth [D Listed]
Read Their Lips: Six Months on the Mouth of American Movies With David Denby
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"Scarlett Johansson wears her blond hair up, which brings out the oval shape of her face and the soft beauty of her features, and she, too, has an unusual upper lip, curved and fleshy, and a low, smoky voice." - GAME PLAYING, by David Denby, The New Yorker, January 9, 2006.
"Chiyo, lips painted in a crimson circle, does attain a surpassing chic, but her paramount desire, which is to preserve her virginity for the highest bidder and then become the mistress of a handsome married gent (Ken Watanabe) who was once nice to her as a little girl, isn't very attractive psychologically, and provides little that we can root for." - BEASTS AND BEAUTIES, by David Denby, The New Yorker, December 19, 2005.
"Joaquin Phoenix, who plays Cash in the bio-pic 'Walk the Line,' is a remarkable-looking actor, with deep-set blue eyes, a long chin, and a scarred upper lip that serves as a nice equivalent to Cash's crags and creases." - RINGS OF FIRE, by David Denby, The New Yorker, November 21, 2005.
"Bill Murray has strong cheekbones, a lordly crest of hair, and thin lips that he presses together in an act that suggests self-containment more than disapproval." - LONERS, by David Denby, The New Yorker, August 8, 2005.
Related: "Sally, who always disconcerted me because she was lushly beautiful, and in dark auburn colors, like the one model in the fashion magazine who did not conform to cliché, Sally with her soft lips and lustrous head of reddish-brown hair had never said anything that was the least bit interesting..." - Great Books, by David Denby, 1997, p. 168."One of Shapiro's students, Francesca, a tall young woman with ripely rosy lips and a head of tousled hair, spoke English so well, with so little accent, that I had hardly noticed she was Italian." - ibid, p. 238. read more »
—Matt Haber
