Some stars get fan mail. Scarlett Johansson got a platinum-certified single.

When told that her lips inspired Katy Perry to pen her hit “I Kissed A Girl,” Johansson, who recently married Ryan Reynolds, tells December’s Allure, “That’s flattering, but my lips are kind of taken.”

In fact, until Perry’s melody was pointed out to her, “I had no idea %26#91;about the song%26#93;,” says Johansson, 24. “I should get a cut!”

“Nobody knows.,” she says. “It’s private. It’s our story.”

And while she won’t reveal the details of their past, Johansson does exhibit a carefree mindset toward the future.

“I always wanted to get married and have kids,” she says. “I just never had any preconceived idea about what that would be like … My life seems to be happening naturally.”

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It’s a long way from his native Minnesota, but Josh Hartnett says he wants to do charity work with children in Africa.

“I want to go down there and actually help out,” the actor, 30, said at a London event for Dramatic Need, a group that sends volunteers to Africa to teach art, film, dance and photography, Britain’s Press Association reports.

“It’s fun for an actor to be able to do something that’s not for publicity, but actually go down and do something hands-on,” he said.

Hartnett, who has been romantically linked to Sienna Miller and Scarlett Johansson in the past, has not set a date for his Africa trip.

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In his first TV interview since his top-secret marriage to Scarlett Johansson, Ryan Reynolds stops by the Rachael Ray show Wednesday to talk marathons, munchies and marriage.

Having recently completed the New York City Marathon in honor of his father who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, Reynolds, 32, brought along surprise guest Michael J. Fox to discuss the 26.2-mile ordeal.

When Ray asked about Reynolds’s pre-race blogs - which chronicled his concern about nipple bleeding, a common affliction for marathoners thanks to the friction from their T-shirts - the Definitely, Maybe star gamely bantered back, “Thankfully all three nipples are fine.”

‘Slack-Jawed Horror’

Moving on to more cooking-show-appropriate conversation, they also discussed his post-finish-line meal. Claiming to have chowed down nearly 10,000 calories, Reynolds said he polished off two chocolate sundaes, three tuna wraps and some spaghetti and meatballs.

“Onlookers were just in slack-jawed horror,” he quipped.

Not to be outdone by his comedic counterpart, Fox happily piped in to impart some pearls of wisdom for the newlywed.

“Just remember this,” Fox warned his friend, “If a man says something in the forest and his wife isn’t there to hear him, he’s still wrong.” An apt pupil, Reynolds quickly agreed: “Well said!”

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Last night was a good one for Parkinson’s disease research as the Michael J Fox Foundation held its “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson’s” benefit at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers.

And everyone from Michael J. Fox and family, to newlyweds Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds, to Martin Scorsese and funnyman Ben Stiller all showed up to lend their support.

It’s no wonder the event had such an amazing turnout - The Who showed up to give a rousing performance in the Metropolitan Ballroom as part of the festivities.

Fox was first diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease back in 1991, and ever since he’s been making a concerted effort to raise awareness and funding for medical research.

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As a follow-up to his run in the New York City Marathon on Sunday, Ryan Reynolds attended the “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson’s” 2008 Benefit For The Michael J. Fox Foundation on Wednesday night (November 5).

And, of course, Ryan’s beautiful actress bride Scarlett Johansson accompanied her hubby to the charitable evening, which was held at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers in New York City.

previously reported by Gossip Girls, Reynolds ran for Team Fox of the Michael J. Fox foundation, inspired by his father Jim Reynolds’ struggle with Parkinson’s disease, this past weekend - finishing the long-distance race at a respectable time of 3:50:22.

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The results are in: Barack Obama has been elected the 44th President of the United States. This win makes him the first African-American chief executive in the 232-year history of the country.

While handily taking the New England states, Obama gained the lead in the race by also winning the hotly contested Ohio and Pennsylvania.

The Western states helped put him firmly in the victory column, and the announcement that he had the necessary electoral-college votes was made immediately after the polls closed in California at 11 p.m. ET.

Though race was a theme that wafted throughout a tough fight against Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin, most political pundits credited the poor economy as the central factor in the minds of Americans once they closed the curtains in polling booths.

McCain said he’d called Obama to offer his congratulations, and acknowledged the historic nature of his rival’s win. “This is an historic election and I recognize the special significance it has for African Americans,” said McCain. “I have always believed that America offers opportunities for those who have the will to seize it … Let there be no reason for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on earth.”

President Bush also called Obama to congratulate him on his victory.

Obama’s onetime rival for the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton, said in statement, “Tonight, we are celebrating an historic victory for the American people. This was a long and hard fought campaign but the result was well worth the wait.”

In a presidential campaign that stretched over two years, Obama triumphed with the help of early support from Oprah Winfrey and endorsements from a variety of Hollywood stars like Scarlett Johansson and Matt Damon. Only last weekend, he was serenaded in concert by Bruce Springsteen.

‘Transformational Figure’

Since first appearing on the national stage only four years ago, when he walloped Illinois radio host Alan Keyes to become a U.S. senator, the Chicago Democrat, 47, has emerged as his generation’s political rock star, forging a path to the White House with sharp focus and stunning speed.

Always, it seemed, there were huge crowds gathered to see the charismatic candidate, whom Colin Powell, in his own endorsement of Obama, labeled “a transformational figure.”

But there were tough personal times, too, such as when Obama broke off campaigning for two days in the final stretch to visit his gravely ill grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, 86, in Hawaii. Dunham died two days before the election, never living to see Obama rise to this pinnacle.

The president-elect takes with him to the White House on Inauguration Day Jan. 20 his wife of 16 years, Michelle Obama, and their two daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7.

Obama is expected to make his victory speech at a rally in Chicago’s Grant Park, where 70,000 guests received coveted tickets to the event - and up to 1 million people could show up, according to Chicago authorities.

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Mission accomplished! Ryan Reynolds completed the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday - and lived to tell about it.

“I’m still standing. I’m very excited about that,” he told reporters

after crossing the finish line in 3 hours and 50 minutes,

faster than he anticipated. “It was an incredible experience.”

Reynolds says in the last leg of the race, he was motivated to keep going by one special spectator.

“When I saw Michael J. Fox on Fifth Avenue, I gained about 15 pounds in goose bumps,” said Reynolds. “It kind of pushed me through the last six miles or so.”

“%26#91;During the race%26#93; I thought a lot about my father and Michael and the 500,000 other people afflicted with this awful disease in the United States alone. I’m ran for those who can’t,” Reynolds told PEOPLE.

Reynolds’s mother Tammy and brother Terry greeted him with hugs at the finish line in Central Park.

On Friday, Reynolds told reporters that his wife Scarlett Johansson would be cheering “on the road somewhere.” On Saturday, Johansson helped campaign for presidential candidate Barack Obama at Ohio’s Case Western Reserve University.

Asked how Reynolds plans to celebrate his marathon accomplishment, he joked, “I’ll probably celebrate by eating my own body weight in raw dough.”

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Keeping good on his word, Ryan Reynolds was in the Big Apple taking part in the New York City Marathon on Sunday (November 2).

The 32-year-old newlywed of Scarlett Johansson joked about himself being an athlete, stating, “I am not a runner - I’m a running joke.”

Nonetheless, the “Definitely, Maybe” actor was able to finish the 26.2 mile race at a respectable time of 3:50:22, while his wife supported and cheered him on.

Also of note, Reynolds ran for Team Fox of the Michael J. Fox foundation, inspired by his father Jim Reynolds’ struggle with Parkinson’s disease.

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Patrick Swayze, who starred in Dirty Dancing and Ghost, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, his doctor says.

“Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far,” Dr. George Fisher says in a statement. “All of the reports stating the time frame of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue. We are considerably more optimistic.”

The actor’s rep adds: “Patrick is continuing his normal schedule during this time, which includes working on upcoming projects. The outpouring of support and concern he has already received from the public is deeply appreciated by Patrick and his family.”

On Broadway in the ’70s he played the lead role of Danny Zucco in Grease - he returned to the New York stage in December 2003, for a brief stint in the revival of Chicago - before making his movie debut in 1979’s Skatetown, U.S.A. Among his other screen roles were 2001’s Donnie Darko and 1995’s To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, which he played in fabulous drag.

And while Swayze has been happily married to the same woman, Lisa Niemi, since 1975, only last month Scarlett Johansson said quite seriously during her Hasty Pudding roast at Harvard that the man to whom she’d most like to be linked with romantically is, “Probably Patrick Swayze. My dream come true.”

Swayze’s diagnosis was initially reported by the National Enquirer and New York Post, which both characterized the cancer as being more severe than was described by Swayze’s doctor.

Project Continues

In terms of his Swayze’s work projects, the pilot he shot in December called The Beast, in which he plays an unconventional FBI agent, is being eyed as a possible series by A%26E. Should it receive a green light, the star hopes to continue with the show, his rep, Annett Wolf, told the Associated Press on Wednesday.

The cable network also issued a statement Wednesday, wishing Swayze a speedy recovery and saying The Beast was still in the running as a possible new original drama series.

Each year about 33,000 individuals in the United States are diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas (a large organ that lies horizontally behind the lower part of one’s stomach), according to the Mayo Clinic.

Calling the condition “one of the most serious of cancers,” the facility’s Web site also states, “Pancreatic cancer spreads rapidly and is seldom detected in its early stages, which is a major reason why it’s a leading cause of cancer death.”

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Glamming up the Leicester Square red carpet in a black L’Wren dress, Penelope Cruz stepped out for the BFI London Film Festival screening of “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” on Tuesday (October 21).

The movie, which also stars Scarlett Johansson and Rebecca Hall, is told to be the tale of “tangled love lives of Americans abroad in Barcelona.”

In the Woody Allen directed film, Penelope portrays a character named Maria, described as the “tempestuous ex-wife of a free-spirited artist in the film.”

Talking about her role during her red carpet appearance, Miss Cruz said: “I fell in love with the character,” adding that it was “amazing” to work with Allen and her co-stars.

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