Johansson : Customs confiscated my dress

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Scarlett: Customs confiscated my dress
by HENRY MELLER, Daily Mail

Given the hoo-ha which surrounded her last appearance on the red carpet, it
might have seemed Scarlett Johansson had decided to tone down her
appearance.
As the actress arrived for the British premiere of Match Point, gone was the
figure-hugging look which brought so much attention ten days ago in Los
Angeles. And in its place was a demure and elegant navy Dolce & Gabbana
dress.

The 21-year-old's more conservative attire was not her decision, however -
but down to the intervention of fussy customs officials.

"I didn't plan to wear this dress. The one I wanted to wear was flown in
today but it was confiscated by British customs," she explained.

f5...

(snip)

Why would they confiscate her dress?

grapheme...

Maybe she thought the rules did not apply to her and thought they would slip
it through without making her declare it.

eggs...

Sometimes customs officials just get a bit excited about their own
power. I have had a severe talking to from Australian customs agents
over my "illegal importation of food items", and had my illegal item
confiscated. My illegal item? A little snack sized pack of M&M's that
had become lost in the bottom of my handbag. I had taken (and declared)
the same candy in and out of Australia many times before and after that
incident with no trouble. Except for that one time ...

eggs (International Candy Runner).

Doomella...

I just had to say that, because of the way my OE newsreader's columns are
set up, I read this subject line as
"Johansson: Customs confiscated my eggs."

It was kind of cute.

eggs...

Can you imagine what Johansson's eggs would go for on the international
ivf market? Maybe Tom Cruise could auction off a couple of vials of
sperm on ebay and raise some money for his church? It's be nice for him
to have a steady hobby like that ...

Doomella...

There wouldn't be enough copies of "Scouting Life" Magazine to keep the
little floodgates dribblin'.

de Fragile Warrior Sports Supplies...

Delusions of self-importance?

CliffB...

Let's see, how many ways can she get her name and bodiced bod and
pucker face into the papers? They're even recycling stories with
slightly different twists in order to double dip.

Here's a new one for her in case they've run dry and are in a panic for
something to feed the tabs:

"Scarlet Coughs Up Hair Ball On Red Carpet!"

Miss Johansson admitted the show-stopping dress she had worn for the film's
U.S. premiere had not won over its director, Woody Allen.

Agent Smith...

Any pictures?

grapheme...

I think this is the British custom's agent.

"Woody doesn't like anything I wear," she said. "I think he would prefer me
to wear the white wrap dress I wore in the film all the time."

Miss Johansson was attending her third premiere for Match Point, in which
she plays a woman who captures the heart of a professional tennis player.

But yesterday's event in Leicester Square was a homecoming of a kind for the
cast - the film was made on location in London.