Meet Scarlett Johansson on eBay!

The Scarlett Johansson adrift in hotel hallways or Tokyo's neon-streaked disorienting streets in Lost in Translation we know. The luminous Scarlett (just like a Vermeer painting) from Girl with a Pearl Earring we know as well. And we know Scarlett as the charming yet steely Annie the Nanny in The Nanny Diaries. But do we know the real Scarlett? There's always been an aura around her (I think) of being far-off and unreachable, in all the roles I've seen her in.

Not any more. In her latest role, Scarlett Johansson is playing herself –- and she’s doing it on eBay! The winner of her charity listing will get to meet Scarlett in person, at the premiere of her upcoming movie He's Just Not That Into You. The winner can take pride in knowing that the proceeds from this auction are going to Oxfam America, an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger and injustice.

As a fan of Scarlett Johansson, I would have loved to spend a few minutes getting to know her in person. Last time I looked though, the high bid on the auction was up to $19,100 -- an amount way beyond my modest means. Some other lucky winner will have the joy of being chauffeured in style to the premiere, their hair and make-up cleverly crafted by Prive. But if I had enough doubloons in the old war chest, you can be sure that I would have snapped up a date with Scarlett with a quick Buy It Now, so that in years to come it would be said of me, "His BINs were Scarlett, but his blogs were read."