And Part 2:

Some bad news for our girl Scarlett. She apparently fell off a horse while rehearsing a scene for “The Other Boleyn Girl”.

The scene rehearsal took place in Derbyshire, England. Johansson was not wearing a helmet, but escaped serious injury when the horse reared up and threw her to the ground. Someone dragged Scarlett away before the horse could do further damage.

Being tossed from a horse can cause some serious damage, so Scarlett’s a lucky girl! Part of me found this amusing though, just because Scarlett’s career was launched with the Robert Redford film “The Horse Whisperer”, where Johansson’s character owns a troubled horse. Life imitates art.

I have to admit that singing was not a direction in which I saw Scarlett Johansson’s career going, but Scarlett is pretty good at zigging when everyone else expects her to zag.

Johansson has signed a record deal with Rhino Records’ Atco label, and she’ll be singing Tom Waits songs. Scarlett has a very unique voice, so I’m sure she’ll do well. That’s assuming she can actually sing, and this article says she can.

Rumor has it the record could be out next spring.

Scarlett Johansson revealed recently that she’s not a big fan of Brazilian waxing.

She recently had her first, and sources said that she “was a nervous wreck” beforehand. Johansson’s first waxing experience came at the hands of New York’s Oasis Day Spa, and rumor has it that the staff “couldn’t stop admiring her body”. Which really, can you blame them?

And for that matter can you blame Scarlett for being nervous? I mean, seriously. Ouch.

Scarlett Johansson recently decided to accept the role of Mary Queen of Scots. The movie has been written by Jimmy McGovern, and Scarlett’s mother Melanie Johansson will be one of the film’s producers.

The film will have a budget of somewhere between $25-30 million.

The Independent says the film will “focus on the stormy relationship between the young Mary and her cousin, Elizabeth I, who ended up ordering her execution.”

Scarlett certainly does seem to love her period pieces. Filming is slated to begin next summer.

This might surprise people who remember her alleged romp in an elevator with Benicio Del Toro, but Scarlett Johansson is claiming she’s really not promiscous in an Allure magazine interview.

She does however say that “monogamy might go against instinct”, but Scarlett clarified that statement, saying that she’s “happy in her relationship with … Josh Hartnett.”

The non-promiscous claim comes with a caveat though, as Scarlett says “Yet I wouldn’t say I’m a serial monogamist, either. I mean, I went through periods of time when I was, ah, single.” I’m guessing Scarlett had her fun when she was single, although I still don’t know whether or not I believe the elevator story!

Johansson finishes the interview by being a good role model, saying that she gets tested for HIV twice a year and that “It’s part of being a decent human, to be tested for STDs. It’s just disgusting behavior when people don’t. It’s so irresponsible.” Good for her!

Business Week has an interesting article about Scarlett Johansson’s recent movies, most of which haven’t been box office winners:

Her latest effort, The Black Dahlia, got a hefty marketing blitz and starred her love interest, fellow heartthrob Josh Hartnett. It had legendary director Brian DePalma behind the camera. Still, it tanked at the box office, opening below industry expectations with $10 million (second to The Rock and his prison football flick Gridiron Gang). The film noir murder mystery, made for around $40 million, will be lucky to gross 20. Johansson’s publicist said the actress is in the midst of filming in London and was unavailable for comment.

Add that to a résumé that includes last year’s super-bomb The Island and the Woody Allen mega-stiff Scoop, and you have the makings of an Affleck-like streak.

I kind of think the writer is missing a couple of key points.

Johansson’s career seems mostly geared towards making movies that she wants to make, as opposed to movies that will make a great deal of money. Witness her working with Woody Allen and Brian DePalma. Also, while The Black Dahlia might only make $20 million in theaters, it’ll almost certainly cover production costs with things like DVD sales, and I’d be surprised if the film isn’t eventually a moneymaker for the studio.

A huge hit? No, definitely not, but not a bomb either.

I wouldn’t even say that Johansson is reaching a saturation point. She’s been in a ton of movies lately, but most were small films. Woody Allen movies aren’t generally going to launch in 3,000 theaters coast to coast, so I doubt audiences are getting sick of her. She’s only 21 and she’ll have a mega-hit at some point. I have to think that as long as Scarlett Johansson has the desire to act that there’ll be directors willing to hire her. She’s certainly no Ben Affleck.