Jared Leto has himself a decent, B-list movie career, and some would say that’s all the success he deserves and then some. But lately, Jared has been branching out. He is, of course, the guitarist and vocalist for 30 Seconds to Mars, a band I would probably really like if I were a 17-year-old goth with too much eyeliner and too little social life. Apparently Jared really gets off on the eyeliner, because last year he had to back down from an interview with Out magazine in which he told the world he was “gay as a goose.”? More recently Leto told bloggers they were ignorant scum whose writings deserve to die a hasty death, and then he tried to strangle a hobbit after Elijah Wood told him his band was sort of sucky. Now he’s back in the news for trying to start a barroom brawl at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City. It’s like this guy is some kind of Renaissance man of douchebaggery.

A couple more interesting facts about Mr. Leto. He was born in Louisiana, just like another pop trainwreck we’re all familiar with, and he’ll be co-starring with Lindsay Lohan in Chapter 27, due to be released later this year. Maybe the two of them can compare notes on brainless, attention-whoring public misbehavior. In another notable achievement, Jared made it into Workman Publishing’s “The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said” Page-a-Day Calendar for 2007. Here’s his quote, spoken by a man who thinks bloggers are dumb:

I’ve always liked Saturn. But I also have some sympathy for Pluto because I heard it’s been downgraded from a planet, and I think it should remain a planet. Once you’ve given something planetary status it’s kind of mean to take it away.

Strong words, Jared. Strong, well-nigh incomprehensible words.