"Sorry I look like a hooker," deadpans Emma Stone, her lips a shade of candy apple red, as she rushes into the bar at the Sunset Tower hotel.
She's wearing the bright lipstick, she explains, because she has just come from taping an interview with Jay Leno, the umpteenth late-night appearance the 22-year-old actress had booked in recent weeks to promote the three films she is in this summer: "Friends With Benefits," "Crazy, Stupid, Love" and "The Help," which arrives in theaters Wednesday.
"My brain feels like liquid mush," she sighs, collapsing into a corner booth and promptly ordering a glass of white wine. She has barely taken a sip before the hotel's famous Eastern European maitre d', Dimitri Dimitrov, notices a starlet in his midst and rushes over to greet her.(the help)
Indeed. In addition to working the talk show circuit, Stone's freckled face has been virtually inescapable lately — on glossy magazine covers, billboards, and, of course, the big screen. Her three summer films have opened within a span of three weeks, and she's already promoting ".
