Jackman's son uses Wolverine to woo girls
Published Thursday May 28th, 2009
Hugh Jackman's nine-year-old son is using his dad's Wolverine pedigree to woo the girls.
Jackman says his son Oscar, spotting a group of teenage girls one day, turned to him and said, "Hey dad, 2 o'clock, hot chicks."
The Australian actor, chosen People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" for 2008, says the conversation made him squirm. But Jackman says his son marched right up to the girls and declared "Hey, you know that my dad's Wolverine?"
Jackman spoke to reporters Tuesday while in Mexico City to promote X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The film's Mexican premiere was delayed because of the swine flu outbreak.
Jackman expressed his admiration for the way Mexico handled the outbreak at a meeting Monday with President Felipe Calderon.
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Eminem's new album, Relapse, has sold more copies in its first week of release than any other album this year.
Nielsen SoundScan says the Detroit rapper's first album in nearly five years sold 608,000 copies.
Relapse is Eminem's fifth straight No. 1 album. His last disc, 2004's Encore, sold 711,000 in its first week -- though that was across only four days. It went on to sell 5.1 million copies.
Last week's chart topper, Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown, slid to No. 2, adding 166,000 copies sold to the 215,000 copies the band sold in its initial, abbreviated three-day sales week.
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