Scarlett Johansson has swapped Los Angeles for rural Louisiana – the actress and her husband Ryan Reynolds are the proud new owners of a rustic farmhouse in the state.

The actress put her Hollywood Hills mansion on the market for $5 million in February, amid rumors the couple was planning to live full-time in New York City, where they also own a property.

But now the Hollywood stars appear to have picked Louisiana as their base, while Reynold films his role in new superhero blockbuster “Green Lantern” in the region.

They have purchased a simple two-story farmhouse in Louisiana, complete with a rusty tin-roofed barn, according to Britain’s Daily Mail.

Other stars to buy property in the southern state include Sandra Bullock, who owns a large home in New Orleans, and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who also boast a property in the Big Easy.

Sandra Bullock’s camp came up with the idea to include the kiss with Scarlett Johansson at the MTV Movie Awards and Scarlett was more than happy to participate!

An insider reveals:

“Scarlett was originally supposed to present a different award with Zac Efron, but when Sandy heard Scarlett would be there, she reached out to her. It was a preplanned, scripted kiss the producers knew about – and it was Sandra’s camp’s idea.”

Scarlett Johansson is currently considering and quite interested in the concept of playing the ‘Nancy Spungen of the 90′s’ Courtney Love in the upcoming Kurt Cobain
biopic which is just getting underway.

The star told NME that she finds the idea of portraying Courtney Love as “Interesting and Intriguing” yet also feels that she is definitely bound to find the role a challenge and something she would as she said ” really have to wrap my head around.” Johansson also was sharing an opinion on Courtney Love that she herself is a “big fan” of her (and alternative rock
band Hole which disbanded in 2002) and regards the singer as “very, very talented.”

Scarlett Johansson is struggling to juggle married life with her new Broadway show “A View From The Bridge” because the grueling schedule is leaving her “exhausted.”

Johansson has won rave reviews for her role in the Arthur Miller play, in which she portrays a 17-year-old girl in 1950s New York opposite Liev Schreiber, who plays her uncle.

But less than a month after her Broadway debut, the “Lost in Translation” beauty admits she is a wreck when she comes home to husband Ryan Reynolds.

She says, “I lost all track of time. Eight shows a week, two shows Wednesday and two shows Saturday – it’s a workout. It’s a real mental workout. I really have lost all track of time. I’m really a shell of my former self. It is exhausting. I actually can’t quite express how exhausting it is.”

Johansson’s limited run is scheduled to end on April 4.

Let the ticket frenzy commence. Scarlett Johansson is coming to Broadway this winter in a revival production of Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge,” which is scheduled to open Jan. 14 at the Cort Theatre.

Johansson will be making her Broadway debut in the intense 1955 drama, which will also star Tony winner Liev Schreiber. The production, which will be directed by Gregory Mosher, is scheduled for a limited 14-week run.

Tickets are set to go on sale Nov. 21 online and by telephone. The production begins preview performances Dec. 28.

Set in an Italian-American neighborhood in New York, “A View from the Bridge” tells the story of Eddie Carbone (Schreiber), a married dock worker who harbors an incestuous desire for his 17-year-old niece, Catherine (Johannson). But Catherine becomes involved with another man and the saga ultimately ends in tragedy.

The behind-the-scenes action on Iron Man 2 is almost as exciting as the movie itself.

Gwyneth Paltrow, who returns as Iron Man’s PA Pepper Potts, is furious that new co-star Scarlett Johansson is stealing her limelight.

Scarlett, who plays a Russian spy, appears in a promotional campaign alongside the film’s other stars, Robert Downey Jr and Mickey Rourke.

A source said: ‘Gwyneth was afraid she’d be upstaged by Scarlett and not being in the campaign was the final straw.

‘She is furious she’s been left out.’

Ashton Kutcher and Keira Knightley are the top celebrity inspirations for baby names in the UK today.

All the little Ashtons and Keiras named after them will grow up alongside Judes (after Jude Law) and Scarletts (Scarlett Johansson), names which also make the top ten.

Other celebrity-inspired names include Paris, Alexa and Rihanna for girls and Leonardo, Romeo and Guy for boys, according to the internet family history website findmypast.com.

Penelope Cruz is stepping down as the face of Mango and taking over roll will be Scarlet Johansson.

Scarlett left other curvy stars trailing in a new poll compiled by U.S. TV show Access Hollywood.

But the honour will probably come as no surprise for Scarlett who always knew her breasts were destined for greatness.

She said of them last year: “I would never have a boob job. I get compliments about them but I have my parents to thank for them.

Her first ad for Dolce & Gabbana she poses like Marlyn Monroe.