Scarlett Johansson And Javier Bardem Victims Of Pervy Woody Allen’s Jealousy? May 22, 2008

A lot of people were wondering why Scarlett Johansson and Javier Bardem did not show up for the Cannes Film Festival premiere of Woody Allen’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” last week.

A miserable looking Allen attended the premiere with his daughter wife Soon-Yi. The beautiful Penelope Cruz was there, but her equally beautiful co-stars Johansson and Bardem were nowhere to be found — both of their reps said it was due to scheduling conflicts or some ish like that.

UK’s trashy & unreliable (but wildly addictive!) Daily Mail accused Johansson of having “diva demands.” The Mail’s sources said that the raspy-voiced star demanded her own exclusive make-up consultant (at an outrageous cost of 5,000 Euros a day!) and a hotel 20-25 miles away from the center of Cannes, but the studio refused and she was left at home in New York.

Not so, according to sources for the L.A. Times’ Dish Rag. Johansson announced her engagement to actor Ryan Reynolds on May 5. The next day she showed off her engagement ring at the Costume Institute Gala at the Met. Apparently the studio had no problem paying for Johansson’s personal makeup consultant and hotel until she got engaged to Mr. Muscles.

“Within 24 hours of the announcement of her engagement, the studio reneged on the agreed-on terms for Scarlett’s appearance at Cannes. It was insane. She was backed up against a wall. Finally, she personally made the decision not to go,” the source said.

The Dish Rag’s sources don’t have the dirt on Bardem and I don’t have any sources of my own, but isn’t he romancing Cruz now? Perhaps a bitter Allen got the studio to renege on the agreed-on terms with Bardem as well.

And now some wisdom from Paris Hilton: