Other Crap

Re: The Libertine, with Johnny Depp ... "The MPAA was so scandalized by the 'graphic sexuality and nudity' in the flick that its ratings board spanked it with an NC-17."

• "That meant that many newspapers wouldn't accept ads for it. After sitting on the shelf for much of a year, it has now been sanitized to the point where it's earned an R."
• (We hope that the NC-17 version will be on the DVD.)
• "Meanwhile, Scandinavian director Lasse Hallstrom is peeved that an under-the-table sex scene involving Heath Ledger has earned his Casanova an R rating."