THE LOVE NEST: Chateau Marmont, West Hollywood, California

THE PLAYERS: Benicio Del Toro and Scarlett Johansson

THE DISH: We have to preface this one with a disclaimer: Not all parties involved agree that this hookup actually took place. The widely reported story goes that on the night before the 2004 Oscars, then 19-year-old Scarlett Johansson and then 37-year-old Benicio Del Toro—who lost Best Supporting Actor to Tim Robbins the following evening—shared a quickie in the elevator of the Chateau Marmont after entering the hotel arm in lustful arm. It wasn't exactly unbelievable as Benicio is rumored to be quite the Lothario and anything goes at the Chateau, long famed for its Hollywood dalliances. But Johansson denied the tryst, noting the cramped nature of the elevators and her own belief that such an activity would be "unsanitary." Del Toro, for his part, issued a sort of indecipherable nondenial to Esquire magazine a year later, saying: "Did I ever have sex in an elevator with Scarlett Johansson?… I kind of like, you know, I, well… I don't know. Let's leave that to somebody's imagination. Let's not promote it. I'm sure it has happened before. It might not be the last time either."

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