Jude Law

Jude these days appears to be working a Flock of Seagulls style swoop. But it's not really as voluminous as that. It's a demo-flock. Or a lone seagull that's feeling a bit blue today.

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Next to him is the director, who just really, really, sincerely looks like Nic Cage in "Peggy Sue Got Married" when his character is older. Jude, meanwhile, is just really pleased with himself for eschewing the socks.

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This, I assume, is Jude doing his best impression of Brandon Walsh in the opening credits of 90210.

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And this is Jude about to do a bracing set of squats.

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Here is Jude wishing he had some sunglasses to dull the glare, though he's pleased to have shaped his 'do into more of a horn.

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This is Jude clearly having borrowed shades from a female photographer.

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This is Jude OUTRAGED that I thought his shares were sort of feminine.

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This is Jude wondering if he should not have agreed to wear someone else's pants.

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And this is Jude looking rather like, well, Jude. In a good way. If we remove "The Talented Mr. Ripley" from the equation because so many people worship him in that, what is YOUR favorite Jude Law role?

Your Afternoon Man: Jude Law at the Venice Film Festival

Jude Law is in Venice promoting The Young Pope, an HBO miniseries in which he and a missing-in-action Diane Keaton star. Jude plays a newly chosen Pope struggling with the mandates of his office, and I dearly hope this involves a lot of temptations of the flesh, just because it will be WAY more interesting (to me) as The Thorn Birds: Vatican City. [Photos: Getty, Fame/Flynet]