What exactly is it people are talking about here [link] ? Cause I admit I'm not the best of judge of haircuts, but honestly the hair style does not look that awful to me.

Do you mean the picture of Julia Roberts, Typo? Because the comments weren't about her haircut, but her underarm hair.

is Jeremy Renner a recognisable name?

Not quite yet--his biggest successes have been in ensemble movies, and even if The Avengers is the Biggest Movie Ever, most people on the street are only going to know that RDJ & Samuel L. Jackson are in it. They won't be able to name Ruffalo, Evans, or Johannsen. Or Renner.

After the Bourne movie comes out, if it does well, he might get more recognition. But your average person (i.e., someone who hasn't seen The Avengers three times in the theater, and fully expects to see it again if they do the extended/DVD release) probably won't know his name. Unless they're actually a Hollywood geek, and saw The Town (where Renner was apparently really good).

Recognizable enough that it sounds familiar and I feel like I should know about him and am like "oh yeah" when you mention Hurt Locker? Yes. Recognizable in that if you'd instead told me it was the name of some guy I'd forgotten I went to school with, I wouldn't have been surprised either. ;). But I don't think I've seen any of his movies (no, I haven't seen Avengers)

I thought Scarlett Johannsen was pretty recognisable to the guy on the street. And that Chris Evans wasn't doing too badly for himself. Definitely not RDJ profile, but he's been in a number of decently grossing popcornish type flicks. And Scarlett has great breasts and leaked topless pics. You can't buy that (lack of) coverage. (eta: and hers seemed to have more waves that Hendricks)

Apparently Fillion said that he couldn't be in the Avengers universe movies because he wasn't famous enough. I don't understand how Renner could be, and him not. Fillion's not a movie star or anything, but he's got his own comfortable niche, and Renner has a more forgettable face (no, I'm not saying that because I'm a hatah), as well as more acting chops, and more ability to disappear into a role, which Fillion is decidedly not doing these days.

As for the extended release, that's not really a rumour, yeah? Like no one in the movie's camp ever said that it was an idea.

Ah didn't read the comments. People care one way or another about armpit hair? OOkay...

Renner is known by the people who pay attention to the names of actors which probably overlaps quite a bit with people who saw Hurt Locker. I think his face is pretty well known, but the name less so.

I would think ScarJo is pretty well known. She's had just enough tabloid coverage for name recognition.

I think Scarlett Johannsen is well-known, yes. But does the average person know she's in The Avengers? I doubt it.

People care one way or another about armpit hair?

You hadn't noticed the Western (at least) ideal was for hairless female armpits? (While not explicitly so for men, I have a sneaking suspicion that pit hair is not particularly cromulent in general--it should probably be trimmed to meet standards)

Who are the people that are still talking about this [link] to this day?

I didn't know about this controversy until this day. I don't judge her body hair choices, however.

I don't think Jeremy Renner is particularly well-known. I enjoy him lots, though, so continued getting-well-known to him. The first I knew of him was in The Unusuals but I'm not sure I knew his name.

[Edited to add "don't" to that sentence up there...]