DiCaprio's Next-Door Purchase
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Hollywood hunk Leonardo DiCaprio has gone to great lengths to ensure he gets privacy - by snapping up the home next to his. The Catch Me If You Can star, 28, has reportedly purchased the house adjoining his property to prevent any hassles from potential neighbors. A source says, "He snatched up the house as soon as it came on the market. It's a great lot, but the home is now in need of repair and renovations." The source tells American magazine Us Weekly that DiCaprio plans on tearing down his new purchase to putting a fence around the entire area "to ensure his further privacy".
Full Version: Leonardo DiCaprio
Guess I'm back to posting in his loney little thread now that he and Giselle broke up. 
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WOULDN'T LAST A DAY: According to the Hollywood Reporter, Leonardo DiCaprio set to produce and possibly star in Kite, a prison drama about gangs and corrupt California guards.
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WOULDN'T LAST A DAY: According to the Hollywood Reporter, Leonardo DiCaprio set to produce and possibly star in Kite, a prison drama about gangs and corrupt California guards.
Leo's new girl
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Meet Leonardo Dicaprio's new girl - Israeli model Bar Rafael, who is 10 years the actor's junior. The pair have been spotted out together in Prague and Paris recently. Dicaprio split from supermodel Gisele Bundchen last year after rumors one of them had become involved with someone else.
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Meet Leonardo Dicaprio's new girl - Israeli model Bar Rafael, who is 10 years the actor's junior. The pair have been spotted out together in Prague and Paris recently. Dicaprio split from supermodel Gisele Bundchen last year after rumors one of them had become involved with someone else.
Another shot of her.
Wow, she's beautiful. Way to go Leo!
Wow ~ a woman with real boobs that don't defy gravity. And he had to go to which country to find her?
Leonardo DiCaprio's New Lady
Thursday Apr 20, 2006 1:00pm EST
By Ashley Williams
people.com
CREDIT: SPLASH NEWS
With Gisele Bündchen out of the picture since November, Leonardo DiCaprio has been quietly seeing another babelicious blonde – 20-year-old Israeli swimsuit model Bar Refaeli.
DiCaprio, who has been filming the drama The Blood Diamond in Africa for the past few months, met up with Refaeli in Paris for a romantic getaway last weekend. (The two had also rendezvoused there in January.)
The couple held hands while strolling along the Champs-Elysées, window-shopping along Avenue Montaigne and noshing at a Lebanese restaurant. Said one observer at the eatery: "They were very close to each other. They seemed to enjoy being together very much."
DiCaprio’s rep had no comment.
Thursday Apr 20, 2006 1:00pm EST
By Ashley Williams
people.com
CREDIT: SPLASH NEWS
With Gisele Bündchen out of the picture since November, Leonardo DiCaprio has been quietly seeing another babelicious blonde – 20-year-old Israeli swimsuit model Bar Refaeli.
DiCaprio, who has been filming the drama The Blood Diamond in Africa for the past few months, met up with Refaeli in Paris for a romantic getaway last weekend. (The two had also rendezvoused there in January.)
The couple held hands while strolling along the Champs-Elysées, window-shopping along Avenue Montaigne and noshing at a Lebanese restaurant. Said one observer at the eatery: "They were very close to each other. They seemed to enjoy being together very much."
DiCaprio’s rep had no comment.
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The couple held hands while strolling along the Champs-Elysées, window-shopping along Avenue Montaigne and noshing at a Lebanese restaurant. Said one observer at the eatery: "They were very close to each other. They seemed to enjoy being together very much."
DiCaprio’s rep had no comment.
DiCaprio’s rep had no comment.
How has the 'observer' at the eatery come to talk to this media source? Have they rushed off and phoned/contacted Splash straight away? Or have Splash stuck a mic and tape recorder under the 'observer's' nose the moment the couple left? If Splash were there, why did they need to talk to an observer then?
QUOTE (princess @ Apr 20 2006, 01:26 PM)
With Gisele Bündchen out of the picture since November . . . .
One contract ends and another begins. Let's see how often his mom shows up to join the two of them.
April 21, 2006 -- LEONARDO DiCaprio's new girlfriend, Victoria's Secret stunner Bar Refaeli, has caused an outcry in her native Israel over accusations of draft-dodging. Refaeli, 20, avoided having to enlist with the Israeli army by secretly getting married a week before she was due to report for duty in 2004, reports the London Evening Standard. All Israeli women ages 18-20 must serve in the military unless they're ultra-religious, physically disabled or married. A family "friend" tells the paper, "Everyone knows why she got married. It doesn't take a genius to work it out." Before replacing Gisele Bundchen as DiCaprio's arm candy, Refaeli dated a string of millionaires and actors, including "Baywatch" stud David Charvet.
I wonder how long they have to serve?
Damn...that gal sure has been around a lot for only being 20! Marriage divorce, dating millionaires, dodging the military and now she is with Jack Dawson?
QUOTE (WiLdFiRe @ Apr 21 2006, 01:55 PM)
I wonder how long they have to serve?
I think it's two years.
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DiCaprio hurt on location: report says
From: Agence France-Presse
From correspondents in South Africa
April 22, 2006
HOLLYWOOD star Leonardo DiCaprio has been flown from location in Mozambique to neighbouring South Africa for medical treatment.
A Johannesburg newspaper said he had been injured while filming his latest movie – The Blood Diamond – but the hospital official could only say he had X-ray scans.
The official said the Oscar-winning star of Titanic had arrived at the hospital in Nelspruit, near the Kruger National Park, with an entourage of bodyguards yesterday.
"He walked into the hospital grounds surrounded by bodyguards," said Robyn Baard, spokeswoman for the Nelspruit Medi-Clinic.
He consulted a doctor for about two hours and then left, presumably for the flight back to Mozambique, Baard said.
Johannesburg's Citizen newspaper said DiCaprio, 31, had been injured during filming but gave no details.
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"Nothing was ever released about the nature of consultation.
"He was never a hospital patient really, so in terms of doctor-patient confidentiality we were not told what the consultation was about," Baard said by telephone.
The Blood Diamond, due for release later this year and directed by Edward Zwick, is set amid the chaos of civil war. It is centred around two men who find a rare gem that can change their lives of dramatically opposite backgrounds.
Mozambique, a former Portuguese colony, is transforming its economy after emerging from nearly two decades of devastating civil war in 1992, but remains one of the poorest countries in the world.
Security has been tight around DiCaprio during the filming, with photographers and journalists kept away from the location.
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From: Agence France-Presse
From correspondents in South Africa
April 22, 2006
HOLLYWOOD star Leonardo DiCaprio has been flown from location in Mozambique to neighbouring South Africa for medical treatment.
A Johannesburg newspaper said he had been injured while filming his latest movie – The Blood Diamond – but the hospital official could only say he had X-ray scans.
The official said the Oscar-winning star of Titanic had arrived at the hospital in Nelspruit, near the Kruger National Park, with an entourage of bodyguards yesterday.
"He walked into the hospital grounds surrounded by bodyguards," said Robyn Baard, spokeswoman for the Nelspruit Medi-Clinic.
He consulted a doctor for about two hours and then left, presumably for the flight back to Mozambique, Baard said.
Johannesburg's Citizen newspaper said DiCaprio, 31, had been injured during filming but gave no details.
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"Nothing was ever released about the nature of consultation.
"He was never a hospital patient really, so in terms of doctor-patient confidentiality we were not told what the consultation was about," Baard said by telephone.
The Blood Diamond, due for release later this year and directed by Edward Zwick, is set amid the chaos of civil war. It is centred around two men who find a rare gem that can change their lives of dramatically opposite backgrounds.
Mozambique, a former Portuguese colony, is transforming its economy after emerging from nearly two decades of devastating civil war in 1992, but remains one of the poorest countries in the world.
Security has been tight around DiCaprio during the filming, with photographers and journalists kept away from the location.
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Leonardo DiCaprio, with mom and grandma by his side, takes in the action from the stands Friday at the French Open tennis grand slam championship in Paris.
QUOTE (princess @ Feb 28 2006, 10:43 PM) 
Guess I'm back to posting in his loney little thread now that he and Giselle broke up.
EOnline.com
WOULDN'T LAST A DAY: According to the Hollywood Reporter, Leonardo DiCaprio set to produce and possibly star in Kite, a prison drama about gangs and corrupt California guards.
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WOULDN'T LAST A DAY: According to the Hollywood Reporter, Leonardo DiCaprio set to produce and possibly star in Kite, a prison drama about gangs and corrupt California guards.
That made me laugh sooo good and hard
No posts between jul 31 2003 and feb 28 2006
Is that some kind of record for a (semi) famous Hollywood actor??
OK, I'm probably going to get into heaps of trouble with my mate for this, but it's such a gem I couldn't resist it. He worked on The Blood Diamond and sent me a text whilst on set, and not a particularly flattering one, the words 'orange pig in chinos' stuck out somewhat. So naturally I called him immediately. First comment, 'he has the I'm a movie star walk, but the gayest hand gestures I've ever seen', second comment, 'he's wearing a bib'. He had to go after that so we had to resort to texting again.
Texted answer about the bib
'The bib is literally for his orange cakey-makey which actually drops off by the armful as it's at least five inches deep. So it's hard to tell what his real face looks like. I've never seen an actor wear a bib all the time like that, ever. He was papped by men hiding in bushes and behind signs which was funny. I think he's an old wizened pig'
Pictures were in the free Evening Standard (London), haven't got them to post, sorry.
Texted answer about the orange pig comment, my question being 'a la posh spice or jade goody?'
'It looks like someone spray tanned his hair by mistake when they did his porcine face so he's now monochrome. Even though his face is orange and his hair is blonde. They're the same colour. his already round head has been made to look like a rounder head with a snout. It's not good. many girls have just lost their crushes. Definately Posh. With a neck beard'
Hmmm....
Texted answer about the bib
'The bib is literally for his orange cakey-makey which actually drops off by the armful as it's at least five inches deep. So it's hard to tell what his real face looks like. I've never seen an actor wear a bib all the time like that, ever. He was papped by men hiding in bushes and behind signs which was funny. I think he's an old wizened pig'
Pictures were in the free Evening Standard (London), haven't got them to post, sorry.
Texted answer about the orange pig comment, my question being 'a la posh spice or jade goody?'
'It looks like someone spray tanned his hair by mistake when they did his porcine face so he's now monochrome. Even though his face is orange and his hair is blonde. They're the same colour. his already round head has been made to look like a rounder head with a snout. It's not good. many girls have just lost their crushes. Definately Posh. With a neck beard'
Hmmm....
QUOTE (WiLdFiRe @ Apr 21 2006, 12:55 PM)
I wonder how long they have to serve?
As a beard or in the army?!
Leonardo DiCaprio and his girlfriend, Israeli swimsuit model Bar Refaeli, steal a smooch while sightseeing in Barcelona on Tuesday. The actor, who also brought his mom and grandmother along, has been in Africa filming the thriller The Blood Diamond.
He looks so old next to her!
Another pic taken at the time as the one above.
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LEONARDO & BAR: After five years, Leonardo DiCaprio, 31, said goodbye to Gisele Bundchen last fall, and since January he's been jet-setting with Israeli model Bar Rafaeli, 20. Already they've met the parents: His mom and grandma joined the couple in Barcelona, while her dad hung out with them in Las Vegas.
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LEONARDO & BAR: After five years, Leonardo DiCaprio, 31, said goodbye to Gisele Bundchen last fall, and since January he's been jet-setting with Israeli model Bar Rafaeli, 20. Already they've met the parents: His mom and grandma joined the couple in Barcelona, while her dad hung out with them in Las Vegas.
LEO HELPS WHEELCHAIR DUO
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July 24, 2006 -- LEONARDO DiCaprio, who plays the hero in movies, was a real hero to two wheelchair-bound Madonna fans the other night. Francesco Clark, 28, - who worked at Harper's Bazaar until a car accident left him a quadriplegic and now runs the Clark's BoTanicles skin-care company - had front-row seats to one of Madge's shows at the Garden last week thanks to his pal, Harper's Bazaar creative director Stephen Gan. But when Madonna came onstage, the crowd rushed forward and Clark's wheelchair was nearly knocked over. "He couldn't see anything because people were all standing around him," said Clark's pal, WWD writer Elisa Lipsky-Karasz. "He tried to move to the front, but no one would budge, and nobody cared. Then the security guard came over and was being rude and told him to move." At that point, DiCaprio came over and said, "Why don't you come sit with me and I'll just move over?" The star was at the end of the catwalk in front of a no-standing zone. Moments later, DiCaprio moved another wheelchair-bound person in next to Clark, saving her view as well.
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July 24, 2006 -- LEONARDO DiCaprio, who plays the hero in movies, was a real hero to two wheelchair-bound Madonna fans the other night. Francesco Clark, 28, - who worked at Harper's Bazaar until a car accident left him a quadriplegic and now runs the Clark's BoTanicles skin-care company - had front-row seats to one of Madge's shows at the Garden last week thanks to his pal, Harper's Bazaar creative director Stephen Gan. But when Madonna came onstage, the crowd rushed forward and Clark's wheelchair was nearly knocked over. "He couldn't see anything because people were all standing around him," said Clark's pal, WWD writer Elisa Lipsky-Karasz. "He tried to move to the front, but no one would budge, and nobody cared. Then the security guard came over and was being rude and told him to move." At that point, DiCaprio came over and said, "Why don't you come sit with me and I'll just move over?" The star was at the end of the catwalk in front of a no-standing zone. Moments later, DiCaprio moved another wheelchair-bound person in next to Clark, saving her view as well.
^^^^^
Hadn't thought about Leo for some time, but this kinda renews my interest in him. He sounds like a nice guy to me.
Hadn't thought about Leo for some time, but this kinda renews my interest in him. He sounds like a nice guy to me.
Everytime I watch Entourage, I think of Dicaprio. I know it's based on Walhberg's experiences but I'm sure their experiences are somewhat similar as far as having a posse around, etc., and Grenier is a, how should I put this - much much cuter version of Dicaprio.
I have a hard believing security wouldn't do anything to help the wheelchair bound guy unless his seats were in an area that is known for becoming a semi-mosh pit so they felt he should have known what would happen? And if the guy had front row seats, couldn't Madge/Esther on stage see what was happening? B----h!
Not to sound cynical but I don't want Dicaprio going the GMD route of 'hero' stories, if you know what I mean.
I have a hard believing security wouldn't do anything to help the wheelchair bound guy unless his seats were in an area that is known for becoming a semi-mosh pit so they felt he should have known what would happen? And if the guy had front row seats, couldn't Madge/Esther on stage see what was happening? B----h!
Not to sound cynical but I don't want Dicaprio going the GMD route of 'hero' stories, if you know what I mean.
Isn't the more pressing question,
why was such a suave, heterosexual man like Leonardo DiCaprio at a Madonna concert?
why was such a suave, heterosexual man like Leonardo DiCaprio at a Madonna concert?
QUOTE (Babloo328 @ Jul 24 2006, 11:48 AM)
Isn't the more pressing question,
why was such a suave, heterosexual man like Leonardo DiCaprio at a Madonna concert?
why was such a suave, heterosexual man like Leonardo DiCaprio at a Madonna concert?
Bwwaaaahhhaaaaaaahaaaaaaaa!!!!
QUOTE (kappy22 @ Jul 24 2006, 12:37 PM)
I have a hard believing security wouldn't do anything to help the wheelchair bound guy unless his seats were in an area that is known for becoming a semi-mosh pit so they felt he should have known what would happen? And if the guy had front row seats, couldn't Madge/Esther on stage see what was happening? B----h!
Not to sound cynical but I don't want Dicaprio going the GMD route of 'hero' stories, if you know what I mean.
Not to sound cynical but I don't want Dicaprio going the GMD route of 'hero' stories, if you know what I mean.
Yeah, I know what you mean. But with all the downfalls and dissapointments I've had lately (a la Tom Cruise, Britney Spears, and the like) I'm gonna let Leo have this one... just this one!
There have been some pretty yucky stories about Leo floating about for ages on and off. Just basically how he's not a nice guy when out and about. Although you can take those stories with a grain of salt I wonder if this is a bit of good PR for him at a time when he's not so popular. Of course it could be true and I think everyone has a nice side even if they are a mostly grizzly in person. I like his stance on the environment and his interest goes beyond that of just casual. He comes over as keen to do something positive about it and I admire him for that.
QUOTE (Babloo328 @ Jul 24 2006, 12:48 PM)
Isn't the more pressing question,
why was such a suave, heterosexual man like Leonardo DiCaprio at a Madonna concert?
why was such a suave, heterosexual man like Leonardo DiCaprio at a Madonna concert?
She's known for having gay friends...but a few of us straight men like Madonna as well...early stuff. Nothing wrong. And I will also give Leo this one.
QUOTE (kappy22 @ Jul 24 2006, 12:37 PM)
Everytime I watch Entourage, I think of Dicaprio. I know it's based on Walhberg's experiences but I'm sure their experiences are somewhat similar as far as having a posse around, etc., and Grenier is a, how should I put this - much much cuter version of Dicaprio.
Kevin Connolly was in Leo's posse way back when. I mean way back. I have no doubt that a lot of it is about Leo back in the days when he was becoming famous. They did a little movie together called Don's Plum. I don't think it has been released in this country - but it's them and Tobey Maguire and I think Ethan Suplee (and some others I can't recall offhand) in a diner in the valley.
He had a hard time with learning how to be famous after Titanic. He didn't leave his house in daylight hours for over a year. His fans were nuts back then (don't know if they still are). If he's rude in public, I can only assume it's a defense mechanism.
QUOTE (BobbyD @ Jul 24 2006, 04:32 PM)
QUOTE (Babloo328 @ Jul 24 2006, 12:48 PM)
Isn't the more pressing question,
why was such a suave, heterosexual man like Leonardo DiCaprio at a Madonna concert?
She's known for having gay friends...but a few of us straight men like Madonna as well...early stuff. Nothing wrong. And I will also give Leo this one.
Oh, of course, just a little joke, you know I adore you Bobby.
Funny you said that, given your avatar.
Haha.
QUOTE (Babloo328 @ Jul 24 2006, 04:36 PM)
QUOTE (BobbyD @ Jul 24 2006, 04:32 PM)
QUOTE (Babloo328 @ Jul 24 2006, 12:48 PM)
Isn't the more pressing question,
why was such a suave, heterosexual man like Leonardo DiCaprio at a Madonna concert?
She's known for having gay friends...but a few of us straight men like Madonna as well...early stuff. Nothing wrong. And I will also give Leo this one.
Oh, of course, just a little joke, you know I adore you Bobby.
Funny you said that, given your avatar.
Haha. QUOTE (Babloo328 @ Jul 24 2006, 05:36 PM)
QUOTE (BobbyD @ Jul 24 2006, 04:32 PM)
QUOTE (Babloo328 @ Jul 24 2006, 12:48 PM)
Isn't the more pressing question,
why was such a suave, heterosexual man like Leonardo DiCaprio at a Madonna concert?
She's known for having gay friends...but a few of us straight men like Madonna as well...early stuff. Nothing wrong. And I will also give Leo this one.
Oh, of course, just a little joke, you know I adore you Bobby.
Funny you said that, given your avatar.
Haha. I adore you as well
...Did I admit I am a Madonna fan? Ohh...man. Yeah, thanks, doesn't my Avatar make ya wanna party?
LIVELY LEO
WHILE Bar Rafaeli's away, Leo DiCaprio will play. DiCaprio not only went to a birthday party for his ex-girlfriend Gisele Bundchen last Saturday, he had a wild night out with the boys. According to our source, Leo and pals stopped by a Self mag event in L.A. "because Leo wanted to say hello to Molly Sims. Leo didn't stay long because there was a Penthouse Pet party next door . . . "
WHILE Bar Rafaeli's away, Leo DiCaprio will play. DiCaprio not only went to a birthday party for his ex-girlfriend Gisele Bundchen last Saturday, he had a wild night out with the boys. According to our source, Leo and pals stopped by a Self mag event in L.A. "because Leo wanted to say hello to Molly Sims. Leo didn't stay long because there was a Penthouse Pet party next door . . . "
Tobey and Leo's Scuba Adventure
Posted Aug 14th 2006 7:50PM by TMZ Staff
Tobey Maguire was more Aquaman than Spiderman this weekend during a private scuba lesson in Hawaii. Floating next to good friend Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey was all smiles as he splashed around the Pacific Ocean with a group of beach buds.
The big screen stars and Hollywood Hills neighbors have been spotted enjoying the island beaches all week, along with Tobey's pregnant fianceé, Jennifer Meyer, Lukas Haas, and an unidentified blonde (possibly Leo's rumored new squeeze, Bar Rafaeli).
Posted Aug 14th 2006 7:50PM by TMZ Staff
Tobey Maguire was more Aquaman than Spiderman this weekend during a private scuba lesson in Hawaii. Floating next to good friend Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey was all smiles as he splashed around the Pacific Ocean with a group of beach buds.
The big screen stars and Hollywood Hills neighbors have been spotted enjoying the island beaches all week, along with Tobey's pregnant fianceé, Jennifer Meyer, Lukas Haas, and an unidentified blonde (possibly Leo's rumored new squeeze, Bar Rafaeli).
NOVELTY FOR LEO
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August 15, 2006 -- LEONARDO DiCaprio will be surprised to find himself as a character in an ultra-explicit new novel about a struggling actor who turns to gay porn. In Andy Zeffer's "Going Down in La-La Land," a wannabe actor lands a gig in a Woody Allen flick as an "oddball fan" who has to grab DiCaprio, who's wearing "a great pair of black leather pants." But luckily for Leo, while the guy's hot to trot for the "Titanic" heartthrob, he ultimately doesn't come on to him because he's being chased by too many "obnoxious prepubescent girls."
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August 15, 2006 -- LEONARDO DiCaprio will be surprised to find himself as a character in an ultra-explicit new novel about a struggling actor who turns to gay porn. In Andy Zeffer's "Going Down in La-La Land," a wannabe actor lands a gig in a Woody Allen flick as an "oddball fan" who has to grab DiCaprio, who's wearing "a great pair of black leather pants." But luckily for Leo, while the guy's hot to trot for the "Titanic" heartthrob, he ultimately doesn't come on to him because he's being chased by too many "obnoxious prepubescent girls."
BUZZ-BUILDING
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August 22, 2006 -- ALL that press about her romance with Leonardo DiCaprio is paying off for Israeli swimsuit model Bar Rafaeli. The 20-year-old stunner shot an ad campaign for Italian fine jewelry line Marco Bicego in Sardinia last weekend. We're told she was accompanied by her mother to the shoot and made plenty of phone calls to DiCaprio when she wasn't preening for the camera. Meanwhile, DiCaprio partied at Hyde nightclub in L.A. with the likes of Lindsay Lohan and the Olsen twins.
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August 22, 2006 -- ALL that press about her romance with Leonardo DiCaprio is paying off for Israeli swimsuit model Bar Rafaeli. The 20-year-old stunner shot an ad campaign for Italian fine jewelry line Marco Bicego in Sardinia last weekend. We're told she was accompanied by her mother to the shoot and made plenty of phone calls to DiCaprio when she wasn't preening for the camera. Meanwhile, DiCaprio partied at Hyde nightclub in L.A. with the likes of Lindsay Lohan and the Olsen twins.
Does he set off anyone elses gaydar? It seems like every time I read about this guy he is always associated with some actress or model as opposed to guys you are pretty sure are straight like Ben Affleck. You will occasionally see news stories about BA alone, no wommanizing, carrousing or association with other females necessary.
QUOTE (alpierce @ Aug 22 2006, 05:39 AM)
Does he set off anyone elses gaydar? It seems like every time I read about this guy he is always associated with some actress or model as opposed to guys you are pretty sure are straight like Ben Affleck. You will occasionally see news stories about BA alone, no wommanizing, carrousing or association with other females necessary.
Since day one but some here insist he's straight. The closest to straight I can buy is bi.
And before anyone bats me over the head for thinking that, I just want to say that I have been a huge fan of him as an actor since This Boy's Life and have been defending him to family and friends as an actor ever since - even right through The Beach. Thank God for Aviator ~ it makes it so much easier now! But it doesn't mean I've ever bought him as straight in real life.
My wish is that all these guys could be appreciated as the good actors they are and that people wouldn't care about their sexuality unless it was something that was harmful to another. If people can accept the likes of Billy Bob Thornton, why can't they accept the likes of Dicaprio and McBongo? And realize I'm talking about the public in general, not people on this board who we all know are intelligent and very enlightened!
Leo DiCaprio -- Beverly Hillbilly?
Posted Sep 11th 2006 12:09PM by TMZ Staff
Sporting slippers and chewing on a straw, Leonardo Dicaprio hit the streets of Hollywood on Sunday in search of some quality shopping.
Later the "Titanic" superstar, obviously in need of some new footwear, found just was he looking for in a local shoe store. After a quick sneaker sale, the megastar laced up his new kicks and continued on with his day.
Posted Sep 11th 2006 12:09PM by TMZ Staff
Sporting slippers and chewing on a straw, Leonardo Dicaprio hit the streets of Hollywood on Sunday in search of some quality shopping.
Later the "Titanic" superstar, obviously in need of some new footwear, found just was he looking for in a local shoe store. After a quick sneaker sale, the megastar laced up his new kicks and continued on with his day.
Leo -- Selectively Environmentalist
Posted Sep 11th 2006 11:25AM by TMZ Staff
If you don't know much about Leonardo DiCaprio, you might wonder why this millionaire is getting out of a Honda.
But if you're a Leo-fanatic, you surely would know that as an avowed environmentalist, DiCaprio only drives electric or hybrid vehicles. In other words, Toyotas and Hondas, not Mercedes or Ferraris.
But cars aren't the only thing that create noxious fumes. When Leo dashed out of the nightclub Hyde, he took with him a girl in a white dress, who our cameras caught moments earlier puffing on a cigarette.
Leo won't tolerate a smoking auto, but his standards are lower for blondes in short skirts. She may have been smoking, but she was also smokin' hot.
Posted Sep 11th 2006 11:25AM by TMZ Staff
If you don't know much about Leonardo DiCaprio, you might wonder why this millionaire is getting out of a Honda.
But if you're a Leo-fanatic, you surely would know that as an avowed environmentalist, DiCaprio only drives electric or hybrid vehicles. In other words, Toyotas and Hondas, not Mercedes or Ferraris.
But cars aren't the only thing that create noxious fumes. When Leo dashed out of the nightclub Hyde, he took with him a girl in a white dress, who our cameras caught moments earlier puffing on a cigarette.
Leo won't tolerate a smoking auto, but his standards are lower for blondes in short skirts. She may have been smoking, but she was also smokin' hot.
GOOD FELLAS
Leonardo DiCaprio sits back and lets costar Matt Damon share the spotlight – and a lighthearted moment – with director Martin Scorsese while promoting their film The Departed in New York City on Friday. The crime drama opens Oct. 6.
Leonardo DiCaprio sits back and lets costar Matt Damon share the spotlight – and a lighthearted moment – with director Martin Scorsese while promoting their film The Departed in New York City on Friday. The crime drama opens Oct. 6.
Leo: One Picky Shopper
Posted Sep 20th 2006 1:06PM by TMZ Staff
Filed under: Paparazzi Video
Leonardo DiCaprio really loves his baseball cap. He took it off briefly in order to try on a fisherman hat, but that stayed on his head for just a moment before he quickly went back to his trusty old lid.
In fact, during Leo's shopping trip to NY store Lacoste he didn't seem too attached to any of the duds he was donning. Not only was the hat a quick reject, so was a dark jacket that he briefly tried on.
The clerk was very attentive, and Leo pointed things out that he wanted to try, but as far as our cameras could see nothing was a sure sale.
Posted Sep 20th 2006 1:06PM by TMZ Staff
Filed under: Paparazzi Video
Leonardo DiCaprio really loves his baseball cap. He took it off briefly in order to try on a fisherman hat, but that stayed on his head for just a moment before he quickly went back to his trusty old lid.
In fact, during Leo's shopping trip to NY store Lacoste he didn't seem too attached to any of the duds he was donning. Not only was the hat a quick reject, so was a dark jacket that he briefly tried on.
The clerk was very attentive, and Leo pointed things out that he wanted to try, but as far as our cameras could see nothing was a sure sale.
NOT BUYING IT?
Leonardo DiCaprio plays the role of skeptical buyer during a trip Tuesday to the Lacoste sportswear store in New York City.
Leonardo DiCaprio plays the role of skeptical buyer during a trip Tuesday to the Lacoste sportswear store in New York City.
Leonardo DiCaprio and girlfriend Bar Rafaeli enjoyed a vacation in Greece, getting cozy on the beach in Lagonissi, a town near Athens.
Though DiCaprio has been spotted out solo a lot recently and the two are rarely photographed together, Leo and the Israeli model have been dating for a couple months now and this jet-setting is a sure sign the relationship between the two is heating up.
Leo's ex, Victoria's Secret model Gisele Bundchen, is apparently having a hard time with DiCaprio's budding relationship however, telling the underwear company she'd quit if they ever use Rafaeli in their campaigns. The company was rumored to be courting Rafaeli for their "Pink" line but eventually went with Ashlee Simpson.
Beware the wrath of Bundchen!
TMZ
Though DiCaprio has been spotted out solo a lot recently and the two are rarely photographed together, Leo and the Israeli model have been dating for a couple months now and this jet-setting is a sure sign the relationship between the two is heating up.
Leo's ex, Victoria's Secret model Gisele Bundchen, is apparently having a hard time with DiCaprio's budding relationship however, telling the underwear company she'd quit if they ever use Rafaeli in their campaigns. The company was rumored to be courting Rafaeli for their "Pink" line but eventually went with Ashlee Simpson.
Beware the wrath of Bundchen!
TMZ
QUOTE (fykeylicious @ Sep 23 2006, 02:42 AM)
Leonardo DiCaprio and girlfriend Bar Rafaeli enjoyed a vacation in Greece, getting cozy on the beach in Lagonissi, a town near Athens.
Though DiCaprio has been spotted out solo a lot recently and the two are rarely photographed together, Leo and the Israeli model have been dating for a couple months now and this jet-setting is a sure sign the relationship between the two is heating up.
Leo's ex, Victoria's Secret model Gisele Bundchen, is apparently having a hard time with DiCaprio's budding relationship however, telling the underwear company she'd quit if they ever use Rafaeli in their campaigns. The company was rumored to be courting Rafaeli for their "Pink" line but eventually went with Ashlee Simpson.
Beware the wrath of Bundchen!
TMZ
Though DiCaprio has been spotted out solo a lot recently and the two are rarely photographed together, Leo and the Israeli model have been dating for a couple months now and this jet-setting is a sure sign the relationship between the two is heating up.
Leo's ex, Victoria's Secret model Gisele Bundchen, is apparently having a hard time with DiCaprio's budding relationship however, telling the underwear company she'd quit if they ever use Rafaeli in their campaigns. The company was rumored to be courting Rafaeli for their "Pink" line but eventually went with Ashlee Simpson.
Beware the wrath of Bundchen!
TMZ
I can understand Bundchen's fury ~ Rafaeli looks like a 'natural' beauty like Heidi Klum.
MATT AND LEO'S BIG PREMIERE
The boys suit up for The Departed.
START 'EM UP
The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and Ron Wood get Leonardo DiCaprio all fired up at the Departed afterparty Tuesday night at Guastavino's in New York City. The veteran rockers contributed their classic "Gimme Shelter" to the soundtrack.
The boys suit up for The Departed.
START 'EM UP
The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and Ron Wood get Leonardo DiCaprio all fired up at the Departed afterparty Tuesday night at Guastavino's in New York City. The veteran rockers contributed their classic "Gimme Shelter" to the soundtrack.
Leo's secret identity
BY JOE NEUMAIER
'You never know how people will perceive you,' says DiCaprio, above in his latest, 'The Departed.'
He has been the dramatic new talent, the male ingenue sideswiped by a film phenomenon, the politically angry young man and, recently, the revitalizing muse of director Martin Scorsese.
To bend a line used in his 2002 "Catch Me If You Can": It's time for the real Leonardo DiCaprio to stand up.
The 31-year-old actor does just that, as well as go mano a mano with Jack Nicholson, in Scorsese's "The Departed," opening Friday. As Billy Costigan, a troubled Boston police recruit who goes undercover working for a mob boss (Nicholson) - while the mobster's weaselly protégé (Matt Damon) becomes a mole among the cops - DiCaprio essentially plays two versions of the same character. Or three, if you include being the secret lover of a police psychologist (Vera Farmiga). And DiCaprio, whose work was always threatening to be more interesting as he got older, makes good on the threat.
Billy Costigan is the most stark of the identity-conflicted guys DiCaprio has played since the millennium turned. His first teaming with Scorsese, 2002's "Gangs of New York," required a similar moral slipperiness. In Steven Spielberg's "Catch Me," he was a 1960s chameleon con man. And Scorsese's "The Aviator," in 2004, was a DiCaprio pet project about the early high-flying days of soon-to-be-freak Howard Hughes.
Now, as he sits down to talk about "The Departed," DiCaprio is revved up from a visit from Al Gore (the former vice president, wearing all black in an accidental mirroring of the star's outfit, chatted with DiCaprio about the environmental concerns they both share), and reveals that "The Departed's" theme of identity as a by-product of chance rang true for him.
"Just talking about acting, if I hadn't grown up close to Hollywood, where I could go to auditions, I would've had a completely different life," DiCaprio says. "I grew up in a lower middle-class background ... [and so] it was really location that brought me to where I am.
"I remember career day in high school, when you had to make choices that might affect the rest of your life. I could easily have done something entirely different. 'Am I gonna be a biologist or travel agent? I have to decide in the next week.' I wanted to be an actor but never thought it would be something I could do professionally.
"I guess you could say that we are all products of our environment ... but the coin can so easily be flipped on the other end. It [brings up] questions of, 'What are the decisions we make that steer the course of our destiny?'"
The course of DiCaprio's life was changed early from aspiring actor to the real thing. The son of two free spirits (his father produced underground comics), he has a half brother, Adam Farrar, an actor who demonstrated how to audition at those nearby casting calls.
DiCaprio's brief time as a kid TV performer (including a stint as, essentially, the "cousin Oliver" of "Growing Pains" in the early '90s) ended when, at 16, he was picked by co-star Robert De Niro for "This Boy's Life," the 1993 drama from Tobias Wolff's memoir about the author's life with an abusive stepfather in 1950s Washington State.
The juicy role led to "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" (1993), in which DiCaprio played the retarded brother of Johnny Depp - and got an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. A slew of diverse parts ("The Basketball Diaries," "Total Eclipse," "Marvin's Room") followed.
"I've never had formal acting training, and my education has really been watching the actors I've gotten to work with," DiCaprio says. "From De Niro to Daniel Day-Lewis, Tom Hanks, Nicholson - I've gotten to see [how] they do what they do, and I've been able to take note.
"And Meryl Streep, too," he adds with a smile. "I remember doing scenes with her for 'Marvin's Room' and saying to myself, 'What is this lady doing? She's all over the place!' There I am at 19, saying, 'Oh God, that'll look terrible!' And then I saw her on screen of course and thought, 'Wow, she's running circles around everybody!'"
Then came the history-making success of 1997's "Titanic," which, in retrospect, had an odd effect on his career: He wasn't among the film's 14 Oscar nominations, and while his standing in Hollywood shot through the roof, it wasn't exactly what he'd been working toward. So as teenage girls and gossip columnists shadowed his every move, DiCaprio kept a low profile. "The Man in the Iron Mask" (1998), filmed well before "Titanic's" release, kept his face in theaters, and though he wasn't averse to partying or dating models, he clearly decided less is more. He did a star-mocking scene in Woody Allen's "Celebrity," returning in 2000 to star in "The Beach."
"Becoming very much in-the-world in my early 20s, because of 'Titanic' - that changed a lot of things," he says. "But my attitude never altered as far as the kind of movies I want to do. [Though] I don't ever know how people will react to my work."
For instance, he adds, "How long are people going to put the word 'heartthrob' before my name? I read reviews of 'The Aviator,' a film where I accomplished a goal and put this figure up on the screen after 10 years of development" - and which got him a Best Actor nomination - "and still that word was used. And I get it, I get it; people either buy you or they don't, and there's almost nothing you can do about it.
"And I've heard the phrase" - he lowers his voice now, as part of the spoof - "'Well, he's become a MAN in this film!' I don't know how to react to that, because you have a certain intent with a film or role, and you think it'll affect people a certain way, but you never know how people will perceive you.
"I guess as long as you know you have no control over it, you can get on with the work."
"'Titanic' is the biggest movie ever made, and it's not something Leo's going to get away from too easily," says Graham King, a producer on all the DiCaprio-Scorsese collaborations. "But hopefully, the press will soon wake up and say, 'Hey, this isn't the "Titanic" kid anymore, he's one of America's best actors.'
"But do I think 'The Aviator' matured him. I think that was where people saw him start to do something new. And the chemistry between he and Scorsese is hard to describe. It really is two guys having the same vision."
Says Vera Farmiga, "With Leo, you can see his mind ticking, his brain working - you can see it all in his eyes. When you think 'movie star,' he's not that at all. He's so real. And he thinks about the whole picture, and about how he clicks with everyone else's performances."
Coming up this December will be another move into tough territory with the adventure drama "Blood Diamond," in which DiCaprio is a mercenary in South Africa. And he's producing "11th Hour," a documentary due next year about global warming and other issues.
But "The Departed" left him with one dream fulfilled.
"I don't know if there's 'Before Marty' and 'After Marty' in my career," DiCaprio says, "but certainly, if you would've asked me at 16 years old, 'What kind of movie would you like to be in?' I would've definitely said, 'Man, I would like to be in a gangster movie by Martin Scorsese!' And at 31, I say the same thing."
Originally published on October 1, 2006
BY JOE NEUMAIER
'You never know how people will perceive you,' says DiCaprio, above in his latest, 'The Departed.'
He has been the dramatic new talent, the male ingenue sideswiped by a film phenomenon, the politically angry young man and, recently, the revitalizing muse of director Martin Scorsese.
To bend a line used in his 2002 "Catch Me If You Can": It's time for the real Leonardo DiCaprio to stand up.
The 31-year-old actor does just that, as well as go mano a mano with Jack Nicholson, in Scorsese's "The Departed," opening Friday. As Billy Costigan, a troubled Boston police recruit who goes undercover working for a mob boss (Nicholson) - while the mobster's weaselly protégé (Matt Damon) becomes a mole among the cops - DiCaprio essentially plays two versions of the same character. Or three, if you include being the secret lover of a police psychologist (Vera Farmiga). And DiCaprio, whose work was always threatening to be more interesting as he got older, makes good on the threat.
Billy Costigan is the most stark of the identity-conflicted guys DiCaprio has played since the millennium turned. His first teaming with Scorsese, 2002's "Gangs of New York," required a similar moral slipperiness. In Steven Spielberg's "Catch Me," he was a 1960s chameleon con man. And Scorsese's "The Aviator," in 2004, was a DiCaprio pet project about the early high-flying days of soon-to-be-freak Howard Hughes.
Now, as he sits down to talk about "The Departed," DiCaprio is revved up from a visit from Al Gore (the former vice president, wearing all black in an accidental mirroring of the star's outfit, chatted with DiCaprio about the environmental concerns they both share), and reveals that "The Departed's" theme of identity as a by-product of chance rang true for him.
"Just talking about acting, if I hadn't grown up close to Hollywood, where I could go to auditions, I would've had a completely different life," DiCaprio says. "I grew up in a lower middle-class background ... [and so] it was really location that brought me to where I am.
"I remember career day in high school, when you had to make choices that might affect the rest of your life. I could easily have done something entirely different. 'Am I gonna be a biologist or travel agent? I have to decide in the next week.' I wanted to be an actor but never thought it would be something I could do professionally.
"I guess you could say that we are all products of our environment ... but the coin can so easily be flipped on the other end. It [brings up] questions of, 'What are the decisions we make that steer the course of our destiny?'"
The course of DiCaprio's life was changed early from aspiring actor to the real thing. The son of two free spirits (his father produced underground comics), he has a half brother, Adam Farrar, an actor who demonstrated how to audition at those nearby casting calls.
DiCaprio's brief time as a kid TV performer (including a stint as, essentially, the "cousin Oliver" of "Growing Pains" in the early '90s) ended when, at 16, he was picked by co-star Robert De Niro for "This Boy's Life," the 1993 drama from Tobias Wolff's memoir about the author's life with an abusive stepfather in 1950s Washington State.
The juicy role led to "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" (1993), in which DiCaprio played the retarded brother of Johnny Depp - and got an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. A slew of diverse parts ("The Basketball Diaries," "Total Eclipse," "Marvin's Room") followed.
"I've never had formal acting training, and my education has really been watching the actors I've gotten to work with," DiCaprio says. "From De Niro to Daniel Day-Lewis, Tom Hanks, Nicholson - I've gotten to see [how] they do what they do, and I've been able to take note.
"And Meryl Streep, too," he adds with a smile. "I remember doing scenes with her for 'Marvin's Room' and saying to myself, 'What is this lady doing? She's all over the place!' There I am at 19, saying, 'Oh God, that'll look terrible!' And then I saw her on screen of course and thought, 'Wow, she's running circles around everybody!'"
Then came the history-making success of 1997's "Titanic," which, in retrospect, had an odd effect on his career: He wasn't among the film's 14 Oscar nominations, and while his standing in Hollywood shot through the roof, it wasn't exactly what he'd been working toward. So as teenage girls and gossip columnists shadowed his every move, DiCaprio kept a low profile. "The Man in the Iron Mask" (1998), filmed well before "Titanic's" release, kept his face in theaters, and though he wasn't averse to partying or dating models, he clearly decided less is more. He did a star-mocking scene in Woody Allen's "Celebrity," returning in 2000 to star in "The Beach."
"Becoming very much in-the-world in my early 20s, because of 'Titanic' - that changed a lot of things," he says. "But my attitude never altered as far as the kind of movies I want to do. [Though] I don't ever know how people will react to my work."
For instance, he adds, "How long are people going to put the word 'heartthrob' before my name? I read reviews of 'The Aviator,' a film where I accomplished a goal and put this figure up on the screen after 10 years of development" - and which got him a Best Actor nomination - "and still that word was used. And I get it, I get it; people either buy you or they don't, and there's almost nothing you can do about it.
"And I've heard the phrase" - he lowers his voice now, as part of the spoof - "'Well, he's become a MAN in this film!' I don't know how to react to that, because you have a certain intent with a film or role, and you think it'll affect people a certain way, but you never know how people will perceive you.
"I guess as long as you know you have no control over it, you can get on with the work."
"'Titanic' is the biggest movie ever made, and it's not something Leo's going to get away from too easily," says Graham King, a producer on all the DiCaprio-Scorsese collaborations. "But hopefully, the press will soon wake up and say, 'Hey, this isn't the "Titanic" kid anymore, he's one of America's best actors.'
"But do I think 'The Aviator' matured him. I think that was where people saw him start to do something new. And the chemistry between he and Scorsese is hard to describe. It really is two guys having the same vision."
Says Vera Farmiga, "With Leo, you can see his mind ticking, his brain working - you can see it all in his eyes. When you think 'movie star,' he's not that at all. He's so real. And he thinks about the whole picture, and about how he clicks with everyone else's performances."
Coming up this December will be another move into tough territory with the adventure drama "Blood Diamond," in which DiCaprio is a mercenary in South Africa. And he's producing "11th Hour," a documentary due next year about global warming and other issues.
But "The Departed" left him with one dream fulfilled.
"I don't know if there's 'Before Marty' and 'After Marty' in my career," DiCaprio says, "but certainly, if you would've asked me at 16 years old, 'What kind of movie would you like to be in?' I would've definitely said, 'Man, I would like to be in a gangster movie by Martin Scorsese!' And at 31, I say the same thing."
Originally published on October 1, 2006
Kate and Leo Are Back
Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio once stood on the bow of the Titanic and waved their arms in the air to much money, acclaim and acting awards.
Now, some nine years later, they may be back at it, just with different partners.
On Friday, Kate and Leo each have movies opening, respectively "Little Children" and "The Departed."
I've already told you how good "The Departed" is, and that Leo, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and a terrific supporting cast make Martin Scorsese's latest endeavor a possible Best Picture nominee.
Now comes Todd Field's "Little Children," which opened at the New York Film Festival on Saturday night. This is Field's first film since the acclaimed "In the Bedroom" put him on the map.
But unless you read Tom Perrotta's novel, nothing prepares you for Field's very, very dark take on suburban life.
Just to give you an idea, by the time "Little Children" is winding up, you find yourself rooting for a former sex offender (played beautifully by Jackie Earle Haley, one of the stars of the classic film "Breaking Away").
Ironically, "Little Children" most clearly echoes "American Beauty" (a film directed by Winslet's husband, Sam Mendes) in its clear-eyed cynicism.
The main difference is that Mendes' Oscar-winning film verged on satire, while "Little Children" is absent of all humor as its various plots unfold toward its climax.
The principal story of "Little Children" is about two couples, but the way the script is written, only Winslet's character really stands out from the foursome.
This is the odd part of "Little Children," because Oscar-winner Jennifer Connelly has taken the relatively small yet integral part of a woman whose marriage is in trouble. And the two men, Patrick Wilson and Greg Edelman, while strong actors, come off as a little bland.
"Little Children" is really all Winslet's movie, and the result is that she now throws her hat in the ring for what will be a very exciting Best Actress race that already includes big names: Judi Dench, Renée Zellweger, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Annette Bening, Sienna Miller and front-runner Penélope Cruz.
Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio once stood on the bow of the Titanic and waved their arms in the air to much money, acclaim and acting awards.
Now, some nine years later, they may be back at it, just with different partners.
On Friday, Kate and Leo each have movies opening, respectively "Little Children" and "The Departed."
I've already told you how good "The Departed" is, and that Leo, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and a terrific supporting cast make Martin Scorsese's latest endeavor a possible Best Picture nominee.
Now comes Todd Field's "Little Children," which opened at the New York Film Festival on Saturday night. This is Field's first film since the acclaimed "In the Bedroom" put him on the map.
But unless you read Tom Perrotta's novel, nothing prepares you for Field's very, very dark take on suburban life.
Just to give you an idea, by the time "Little Children" is winding up, you find yourself rooting for a former sex offender (played beautifully by Jackie Earle Haley, one of the stars of the classic film "Breaking Away").
Ironically, "Little Children" most clearly echoes "American Beauty" (a film directed by Winslet's husband, Sam Mendes) in its clear-eyed cynicism.
The main difference is that Mendes' Oscar-winning film verged on satire, while "Little Children" is absent of all humor as its various plots unfold toward its climax.
The principal story of "Little Children" is about two couples, but the way the script is written, only Winslet's character really stands out from the foursome.
This is the odd part of "Little Children," because Oscar-winner Jennifer Connelly has taken the relatively small yet integral part of a woman whose marriage is in trouble. And the two men, Patrick Wilson and Greg Edelman, while strong actors, come off as a little bland.
"Little Children" is really all Winslet's movie, and the result is that she now throws her hat in the ring for what will be a very exciting Best Actress race that already includes big names: Judi Dench, Renée Zellweger, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Annette Bening, Sienna Miller and front-runner Penélope Cruz.
Didn't he used to sit on her knee and fart constantly?
God I loved those two.
God I loved those two.
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