30 Seconds To Mars Music Group

A few weeks ago, Jared Leto got a letter in the mail. It was addressed to the 30 Seconds to Mars singer in formal, feminine script and arrived on thick, azure-colored paper. The return address was the real surprise, however -- the Paris home of Olivia de Havilland, the "Gone With the Wind" actress who in a roundabout way helped save the band's career. Last year, the group was staring down a $30-million lawsuit from its parent label, EMI, over future albums the label claimed the band owed the company.

A few weeks ago, Jared Leto got a letter in the mail. It was addressed to the 30 Seconds to Mars singer in formal, feminine script and arrived on thick, azure-colored paper. The return address was the real surprise, however -- the Paris home of Olivia de Havilland, the "Gone With the Wind" actress who in a roundabout way helped save the band's career. Last year, the group was staring down a $30-million lawsuit from its parent label, EMI, over future albums the label claimed the band owed the company.

JARED LETO seems relaxed. Clad in beatnik black, chipped white paint on his fingernails and a crimson hue to the lower portion of his otherwise-brown shoulder-length hair, he's engagingly at ease. Even his bouncing between cushion and arm perches of the Moderne sofa in a sparsely furnished Los Angeles-area house that is his current, though temporary, residence comes off as playful.

JARED LETO seems relaxed. Clad in beatnik black, chipped white paint on his fingernails and a crimson hue to the lower portion of his otherwise-brown shoulder-length hair, he's engagingly at ease. Even his bouncing between cushion and arm perches of the Moderne sofa in a sparsely furnished Los Angeles-area house that is his current, though temporary, residence comes off as playful.