In one of the more bizarre stories we've heard in the last, oh, decade, Scarlett Johansson is recording her own album. While dewy-bosomed starlets releasing records is nothing new, the normal genre for actress crossover music falls somewhere between "tin pap" and "crap pop", while Scarlett is actually cutting a platter of Tom Waits covers. Says IMDb:

Lost In Translation star Scarlett Johansson has signed a deal to make her first record, Scarlett Sings Tom Waits, according to media reports in the US. The album is being recorded at the moment and sessions will continue through the winter, with a possible release next spring from Rhino Records' currently re-activated Atco label. According to Fox News, the 21-year-old is recording a whole album of songs by premier singer/songwriter Waits.

Hopefully, this will ignite a hot new trend amongst the teen celebs-turned-singers set, because we are so looking forward to purchasing our very own copies of Mary-Kate Olsen Does Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Trout Mask Replica as Interpreted by Jamie Lynn Spears.

Ahhhh. Scarlett. At MrSkin.com.