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MARISA LOOKS TO MOVE OUT
Oscar winner Marisa Tomei is considering leaving her beloved New York if President George W. Bush is re-elected in November because she thinks America will become a "scary" place.
The star admits she's looking at homes in Europe as safe getaways if New York becomes a target for more Sept. 11-type terrorist attacks.
She says, "I've been talking about (moving), trying to figure out where we'd go. Paris? Italy? I don't like the London weather, but why stay here? It's a scary world."
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BJORK TURNS DOWN ISLAND OFFER
Eccentric pop superstar Bjork has turned down the offer of an island gift from the Icelandic government because she doesn't want her home to become a tourist attraction.
The singer says officials in her native Iceland wanted to present her with an island to honor her achievements, but she turned them down because she feared the offer would be a tourist trap.
She says, "If you're given an island they'll have tourist boats circling around it pointing at you.
"I already get stalked down the street in Iceland and get tourists that walk up to me and poke me with their finger like they've just bought a trip to Disneyland and they met Donald Duck. They totally don't treat me like a human being."
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Johnny Depp, who suffers from the condition of being both beautifully constructed and thoughtfully conflicted, has this to say: "Ugliness is better than beauty. It lasts longer and in the end, gravity will get us all." Yeah. Nice soundbite, but where would he be without his brooding pretty-boy looks?
