
If you found yourself swooning -- and paging Dr. Zhivago -- over the hot trophy presenter who battled
crazy old Kirk Douglas at the Oscars on Sunday,
the Advocate reveals he's none other than Omar Sharif Jr., the "Lawrence of Arabia" star's grandson. The struggling actor tells the mag that he'd have no problem donning James Franco's tights -- "The point of hosting a show is to entertain. You do whatever you can. It’s not about you. Ego aside, it’s about entertaining. It’s Hollywood's biggest night" -- and says he learned English by watching "The Bold and the Beautiful," two characteristic he seems to embody himself.
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Count me among the swooned. While I was watching, I tweeted that "Kirk Douglas' cane holder is hot," but then that gave me gross thoughts.
Hmmmm, something's fishy about this guy... How can Omar Shariff, Jr. be Omar Shariff's grandson... Shouldn't he be at least Omar Shariff III???
Jr.??? A grandson can't be a junior unless his father had the same name - in which case he would be a III. I smell cheap opportunism.
smoking hot...
Some sons are not named after their father, but fathers sometimes name THEIR sons after the grandfather. It's often considered honoring, or an homage, to the grandfather. Although it's more correct to use the numeral "II" I wouldn't make an issue of using the "Jr." as mere opportunism. He's certainly got the genes. And, as it's often said of kids of celebrities, it might get you through the door more easily, but you've still got to have something to deliver. Whether this dude can act, we don't know, but he sure has SOMETHING to deliver, and could always get modeling gigs.
I was certainly watching him at the Oscars - one of the FEW highlights!!
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