In a bizarre bid to earn money for charity, (and garner free publicity), actress Scarlett Johansson is putting a used, snotty tissue on eBay.

During an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Johansson told the talk show host that she had caught a cold from Spirit co-star Samuel L. Jackson.

Leno gave her a tissue to blow her snotty nose, and an idea was born.

Johansson is convinced that someone will want the tissue with her nose jizz on it because  it contains germs from both she and Jackson, if you will.

And she was right. The current bid stands at  $2150.

Egad.

Isn’t there a weird rule on eBay against selling stuff like that? I mean, what’s next, her dirty panties?

Damn, people are foul.

Despite the grossness of this all, all proceeds are going to USA Harvest.

Charity wrapped in a self promotional enigma…

David Letterman rarely does interviews, but in the latest issue of Rolling Stone he opens up, giving his views on the future of The Tonight Show, Jay Leno and his own future with CBS.

Dave says he can’t believe Johnny Carson’s successor is leaving the show after sixteen years.

“Unless I’m misunderstanding something, I don’t know why, after the job Jay has done for them, why they would relinquish that.  I guess they thought it was a less messy way to handle what happened to me at NBC. I don’t know.”

“I’m not quite sure why they would do that, so much so that one wonders if that’s actually what’s going to happen…[It] just seemed so preposterous to me.”

Letterman, 61, was originally thought to have been the one that would replace Mr. Carson after he retired in 1992, but Leno, 58, won out, and Letterman moved his show from NBC to CBS.  He understands what Jay is going through and when asked if he felt empathy for Leno he replied,  “I guess empathy is the right word. It’s hard to know what he felt about it. I have to believe he was not happy about it.”

Dave, always thinking ahead, added that he would love to have Jay on his show after he retires.  “I think he’d be a great guest on the show. The first night that he is out of a job, I think that would be a great situation.”

As for Dave’s future, he says he is contemplating it, and he isn’t exactly thinking about retiring anytime soon.

“The way I feel now, I would like to go beyond 2010, not much beyond, but you know, enough to go beyond. You always like to be able to excuse yourself on your own terms.”

Jay Leno is set to retire from The Tonight Show, but don’t worry, he’ll remain the host for almost another year.

Leno announced at the Television Critics Association panel on Monday that he will be leaving The Tonight Show on May 29, 2009.

Conan O’Brien will be taking over the job on Monday, June 1st, as previously announced.

• Courteney Cox’s FX show, Dirt, will not be renewed for a third season. She broke the news at the “A Time for Heroes” Celebrity Carnival by saying, “It just got canceled.” However, she adds that she and hubby David, who she co-produced the show with, have other tricks up their sleeve. She dished, “We’re developing all kinds of stuff right now. We’ll producing more stuff together, for sure.” On a side note, Cox recently said her BFF Jennifer Aniston is doing good these days, and the two have been enjoying time together with and without Jen’s flavor of the week, John Mayer.

• Mark Wahlberg, 37, is going to be a daddy for the third time. He and longtime girlfriend Rhea Durham, 29, have two other children, daughter, Ella, 4 and son Michael, 2. “When the kids are good, we want eight or nine. When they’re bad, we [want] to stop at three,” Wahlberg said Monday while promoting his new movie, The Happening. Wahlberg didn’t say when the baby is due, but he said that having a family is “awesome . . Hectic at times, but a lot of fun.” He also revealed the pressures of fatherhood. “My fear is failing as a father, as a friend, as a son. I have a lot of responsibility and a lot of people counting on me. And I know God has put me in this position to put back and try to create some opportunities for some others, show kids there is another way.”

• Jay Leno is reaching out to “Tonight” show alum Ed McMahon as he faces foreclosure on his Beverly Hills home. “Everybody loves Ed. Jay and others on the show are discussing how they can help him,” Leno’s rep told the NY Daily News. Reportedly, McMahon’s public money troubles have prompted help from fans of Johnny Carson’s former sidekick, including several endorsement offers. “A lot of people have shown generosity,” says Howard Bragman, McMahon’s rep. “Things are going to work out.”

• Kate Hudson refused to comment about a possible relationship with Lance Armstrong on Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS-FM radio show Monday morning. Hudson was on the show promoting her new eco-friendly hair product line with long time stylist David Babaii. Seacrest probed, “Are the rumors you’re dating Lance Armstrong true?” Hudson replied, “I don’t discuss my personal life . . My main priority in my life is my son and the number one thing I’ve learned is to discuss [these] things only causes more problems and more words taken out of context. Everything is always misconstrued and it’s always better to just let people speculate.” After the show Seacrest said he has a hunch that the two are a couple. “If it weren’t true, I’d say no. If it were true, I’d say what they just said.”

Too bad you can’t have plastic surgery to make you sing and dance good..

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