Here’s a quick little gallery update with a bunch of pretty photos, including new Vicky Cristina Barcelona stills and additional photos of the “Anywhere I Lay My Head” album photoshoot… Stunning! Thanks so much to all of our lovely forum members who contributed to this post!

I’ve updated the gallery with 197 screencaptures from Scarlett’s new music video, “Falling Down”. Hopefully a better quality version will be released sooner or later. For now, enjoy these!

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- “Falling Down” Music Video

Here is the world premiere of Scarlett Johansson’s first music video to “Falling Down,” off her debut studio album, “Anywhere I Lay My Head”.

The cover song, which has David Bowie also on vocals, is originally on Tom Waits‘ album “Big Time”.

The album is set for release through Atco/Rhino Records on May 20. Watch the music video below or click here to view!

The promotion for Scarlett’s album “Anywhere I Lay My Head”, to be released May 20, 2008, seems to be in full speed now and several promotional websites have opened this past week. Be sure to check out Scarlett over at ScarlettAlbum.com, MySpace and Imeem. You can listen to her songs and podcast, browse pics and download her first single, “Falling Down”. Make sure to spread the word on her music!

Big thanks to everyone who emailed and posted about these!

Check out the newly released cover for Scarlett Johansson’s upcoming album, “Anywhere I Lay My Head”. Reports People.com:

She’s calling her debut album “Anywhere I Lay My Head” – and it looks like Scarlett Johansson is taking a literal approach to her album art. Due May 20, the album features covers of alternative troubadour Tom Waits’s music, plus one original composition. Johansson was joined in the studio by David Bowie, who lends guest vocals on “Falling Down” and “Fannin Street.” Produced by TV on the Radio’s David Sitek, the album marks the actress’s recording debut. And Sitek does double duty. A label rep confirms he snapped the cover photo, taken in Louisiana, where they recorded the disc.

What do you think of the cover? Feel free to post your comments!

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- “Anywhere I Lay My Head”: Album Covers

In case you have not noticed, I’ve added some really cool stuff in the gallery in the past few days but I had not had the chance to update the front page about them until now. These include a brand new still from Vicky Cristina Barcelona (thanks to DoubleT), two L’Oreal print ads, scans from W magazine (by Sandra) – all of these real gems definitely worth the look. Stay tuned for a big update very soon.

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- Vicky Cristina Barcelona: Production Stills
- L’Oreal: Print Ads
- Magazine Scans: W (US) – March 2008
- Photoshoots: Berlin Film Festival

As a rule, we’re as suspicious of actors making records as we are of, well, rock stars appearing in movies. But Scarlett Johansson’s previous, if brief, forays into music have at least demonstrated both flashes of talent and an unnerring grasp of cool. There’s an abiding memory of her in a pink wig singing karaoke to The Pretenders’ “Bass In Pocket” in Lost In Translation, or seen in fuzzy Youtube clips providing backing vocals for “Just Like Honey” at the Jesus & Mary Chain’s comeback show at last year’s Coachella festival. She also recorded the Geshwin standard “Summertime” for a US compilation and even starred in a Bob Dylan video, “When The Deal Goes Down…”, to support his Modern Times album.

Now she’s recorded her debut, an album of Tom Waits’ covers (and one self-penned track), produced by TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek and featuring guest spots by Yeah Yeah Yeah’s guitarist Nick Zinner and, on two songs, David Bowie, with whom she co-starred in Christopher Nolan’s movie, The Prestige. Although the songs here run as far back as 1976, most of them actually come from the later part of Waits’ career; only one song pre-dating 1983’s Swordfishtrombones.

Here, then, is our track by track preview at what you can expect…

TRACK BY TRACK: Scarlett Johansson: Anywhere I Lay My Head

1. “Fawn”

(Taken from Tom Waits’ 2002 album, Alice)

A bit of a cheat, this, as it’s an instrumental track. But, it does efficiently set out the album’s sonic template – loosely, late period Cocteau Twins, with touches of Mercury Rev’s Deserter’s Songs and Marianne Faithfull. A gentle organ intro before a wave of brass comes crashing in, then straight into…

2. “Town With No Cheer”

(Swordfishtrombones, 1983)

Scarlett privileges the storytelling aspect of Waits’ original, recalling here Marianne Faithfull as she half-sings, half-speaks the lyrics. Waits’ version is pretty sparse – just his voice recounting the lyrics accompanied by keyboard and accordion. Initially, this version doesn’t stray too much from that: the backing is organ, and keyboards with the occasional burst of guitar, but gradually Sitek layers on sax and drums and pushes the organ further up in the mix.

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A promotional photoshoot has been released for Scarlett Johansson’s upcoming album, “Anywhere I Lay My Head”, due out in May. I think the shoot is absolutely fantastic and Scarlett looks very natural, yet simply radiant. Be sure to check out the stunning pics!

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- Anywhere I Lay My Head Photoshoot

Scarlett Johansson is to go on a date with a fan who paid $40,100 to meet the screen beauty.

The lucky UK bidder, known only as ‘bossnour’, beat 170 others to buy two tickets to the premiere of Scarlett’s new film He’s Just Not That Into You in July in either Los Angeles or New York where they will meet the actress.

All proceeds raised from the eBay auction will go to charity Oxfam America.

In a video posted on the website, Scarlett said: “Hi, I’m Scarlett Johansson and I am auctioning off two tickets to the world premiere of my new film, He’s Just Not That Into You. This auction benefits Oxfam which in an international relief agency that fights poverty around the world.

“The winner of the charity auction will not only get to attend the premiere, but 100 per cent of the proceeds go directly to supporting Oxfam’s work. So, please bid high! Thank you for your support, and happy bidding!”

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