Actress Charlize Theron has been selected to star in “Mad Max: Fury Road,” the fourth installment in the “Mad Max” movie series. Theron, who has a thing for playing out-there women (see: “Monster”), won’t be appearing opposite “Mad Max” star Mel Gibson though; he’ll be sitting out this trip into the apocalyptic future. Instead, Max will be played by actor Tom Hardy, who starred in Guy Ritchie‘s “RocknRolla.” Shooting will start next summer in Australia. [The Hollywood Reporter]

• Natalie Portman says Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer made her go vegan. [The Huffington Post]
• Lindsay Lohan says she plans to go to India on a charity trip before Thanksgiving. She also revealed she’ll be involved with a BBC documentary about child trafficking in that country. [Radar]
• Check out this article: “Who Is The Scariest Horror Movie Serial Killer Of All Time?” [Starpulse]—Sadly, my childhood monster, Blacula, didn’t make the list.

Christ on a cracker, we don’t think we’ve seen more perfect hair ever. Some paparazzi yelled, “Hey Charlize, over here!” at the recent Hollywood Film Festival Awards, she snapped her head back, and boom, somebody could put this pic on a magazine cover. To get this look, you’ll need some seriously good genes, a killer set of baby blond highlights, and a conditioning treatment to make it look extra glossy and silky. Ask the colorist to use a balayage technique (that’s when they paint the highlights in) to get it looking extra natural and sun-kissed. If you’re just interested in the style, blow-dry, create an extra-deep side part, sweep to the side, and coat ends with just a dab of L’Oreal Studio Line Curl Smoothing Cream. Use a small-barrel curling iron to create individual curls, then use your fingers to separate them so they look wavy. God help you. [L.A., 10/26/09]

The November issue of Vanity Fair features one of my favorite actresses, Penelope Cruz, on the cover, channeling Elizabeth Taylor in “Cleopatra.” And in the cover story, Penelope’s interviewer pauses to ask her a very important—no, make that universe-altering—question: Who’s the better kisser, Scarlett Johansson, whom she smooched in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” or Charlize Theron, whom she kissed in the 2004 flick, “Head in the Clouds.” Penelope played coy and answered, “No matter how I answer that I will be in trouble. Both were pretty beautiful partners.” [Vanity Fair via Daily News]

But interestingly, back in 2006, when Penelope was asked to divulge her best onscreen kiss ever, she said, “Can I say Charlize Theron? Yes, Charlize, Charlize, Charlize.” Could ScarJo have topped that? It’s possible—she did score Ryan Reynolds.

Now that girl-on-girl kisses are no big thing on TV and in movies (though we still think way too many are publicity stunts), there are many A-list actresses who have swapped spit with multiple starlets onscreen. Here, 13 examples, with video, natch.

Serial killer impersonator Charlize Theron makes the sidewalk her runway at the New York City premiere of “The Burning Plain.” I want those shoes. Now. [NYC, 9/16/09]

It’s hard to say who’s more hilarious in the latest installment of Funny or Die’s “Between Two Ferns”: host Zach Galifianakis or actress Charlize Theron. Bonus points to the Academy Award winner for being so game. They should book De Niro next. [via Morgan Murphy]

Charlize actually is a man.

—A friend of Charlize Theron weighs in on the actress’s true gender identity in the September issue of Vogue.

Ah, Charlize. I shake my fist at you. Always so perfect, dammit! Presumably to promote her upcoming movie, “The Road,” in which she plays a suicidal mother, Theron graces the cover of the September 2009 issue of Vogue and gasps: “I always reveal too much.” I’m sure that line is intended to pull in the guy readers along with the ladies, no? Meanwhile, Fashion Copious has the down and dirty deets on how the Fashion Magazine of Our Times is faring during the financial downturn, judging by its infamous September issue, and it ain’t pretty. Total pages and ad pages are down by around 300 pages each since 2007. Well, at least it won’t be so hard to lug the darn thing home on the subway. [Charlize Theron]

“Rachel Getting Married”
Anne Hathaway takes an indie turn in this complicated portrait of one weekend, two sisters, and the family’s black sheep.

“The Duchess”
Keira Knightley plays the Duchess of Devonshire in a period drama about the Paris Hilton of the18th century.

“Battle in Seattle”
Charlize Theron riots in a retelling of the 1999 World Trade Organization protests, directed by her boyfriend Stuart Townsend.

We think she and Gwyneth Paltrow should declare a black mini-skirt war. [Hancock premiere, Berlin, Germany, 6/17/08]

“Man, woman. Like to touch each other.” —Charlize Theron, describing her seven-year relationship with Stuart Townsend (Apparently she said this in a caveman voice.) [W magazine]