Sometimes a gossip item arrives so perfectly absurd and fully formed that it requires no embellishment, just our ability to cut, paste, and bask in its melon-mauling glory. From Page Six:

ANNE Hathaway says Stanley Tucci was a real hands-on guy when they made "The Devil Wears Prada." "He would just smack me in my boob and elbow me," Hathaway told journos at the New York premiere. "If you're a girl, you know that hurts, so, after about the fourth time, I finally said: 'Stanley, can you please stay away from my t - - s?' He got really flustered and said: 'What do you expect? You're flinging those melons around like it's harvest season.' "

It's really the perfect premiere-night anecdote, a light-hearted tale from the set that demonstrates the chemistry between the movie's charismatic, up-and-coming star and her quirky, supporting castmate with an endearing, if occasionally violent, breast-on-elbow fetish.

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