Which True Blood Hunk Is Now a Superhero?

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This True Blood hunk looks much better shirtless and sweating in Bon Temps, but no matter.

We even like him when he's all covered up in a makeshift black-and-yellow vinyl superhero suit.

In a far departure from his television alter ego...

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Ryan Kwanten stars in Griff the Invisible (in theaters today), a quirky Australian film about a nerdy office worker who transforms himself into a crimefighting vigilante.

The superhero suit is as uncomfortable as it looks.

"It took a good three hours and a good three wardrobe ladies to get into," the Aussie actor recently told me. "And believe it or not, it took longer getting off because they kind of had to sew me in and then they had to sew me back out. There was no time for potty breaks."

So what happened when nature did come calling?

"You hold on and you hope that your constipated face doesn't come off too bad on camera," he Kwanten cracked. "It was fun to be standing on the streets of a city in a superhero outfit. People sort of leaving bars and giving me looks up and down thinking, 'What the hell is this guy doing?'"

Funny enough, Kwanten's True Blood star status didn't help him land the role with director Leon Ford.

"Leon said, 'Well, all I've really seen of you is True Blood, and the characters are unbelievably different,'" Kwanten remembered. "So I ended up putting myself on tape like four or five times. Eventually I convinced him, through perseverance more than anything else, that I was the guy."

Now, if we could just get him cast in Steven Soderbergh's male stripper flick.

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Steven Soderbergh "Isn't Afraid" to Pack Magic Mike With Full Frontal!

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Well this is shaping up to be our favorite movie...ever.

We were already excited to see Alex Pettyfer and Channing Tatum shake what their mamas gave 'em in Steven Soderbergh's stripper flick, Magic Mike. And that was before we heard that über-hot Matthews—White Collar's Bomer and McConaughey—and True Blooder Joe Manganiello were set to strip as well.

So with all this man meat, will we get to see some of the goods?

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We hear yes!

"Stephen isn't afraid of going there," a source thisclose to the picture tells us when we asked about the possibility of full frontal. "I'm sure he will do it."

Did ya hear that? That was the sound of every gal and gay guy's jaw dropping.

None of the dudes have ever showed their ding-a-lings on the big screen before, but none have been particularly shy about displayin' their bangin' bods in the past, either.

We're counting McConaughey out, as he's set to play an ex-exotic dancer who only owns the club (plus, we haven't heard any mention of bongo drums in the script). Which leaves (for now) Pettyfer, Tatum, Bomer and Manganiello.

So which stud will go Full Monty first?

Our money's on Pettyfer. He's got the most to prove, after all.

Of course, Joe M. is awfully proud of that magnificently sculpted bod, right? Could it be him?

Heck, we'll be happy with some cute toosh shots of the rest, though.

And we know it's been said before, but if there ever was a time for 3-D, it's now!

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Movie Review: Anne Hathaway Learns It Takes Years to Fall in Love in One Day

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Review in a Hurry: Two college grads (Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess) begin a friendship that spans 20 years before it blossoms into something more. Despite the familiar When Harry Met Sally, friends-first, opposites-attract contrivances, this romance is intermittently loveable, thanks to a glam cast and witty script.

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The Bigger Picture: Emma and Dexter couldn't be more different. So it's evident from their almost-intimate first encounter and their vow to just be buds that they're destined to fall in love. It's the oldest rom-com trick in the book—or in this case, David Nicholls' bestselling novel. But this bittersweet adaptation makes their two decades of foreplay (mostly) worth the wait.

Emma is a working-class girl with writerly aspirations, but a cynical lack of confidence. Dexter is a wealthy, cocksure cad with a taste for women and booze. Somehow Em and Dex click, at least as BFFs.

Starting on the night of their college graduation, July 15, 1988, Day checks in with Em and Dex every subsequent July 15th. Their lives are usually out of synch: While she works a crap job and suffers a passionless relationship, he's a TV star and married man. Then when Em finds love and success as an author in Paris, London-living Dex sinks his family and career. Eventually, kismet kicks in as these crazy, stupid lovers realize what we've known since scene one.

Perhaps the same-time-next-year device worked better in the book, but here it's unnecessarily gimmicky and forces the film to account for each year, instead of conflating events. Plus, the onscreen treatment of dates, though playful at first, gets precious and distracting.

Hathaway, with her doe eyes and shaky British accent, develops a warm rapport with charmer Sturgess. Their easy chemistry makes it credible that these characters would keep circling back to each other, despite the ups and downs and near-misses. And their snappy banter prevents key moments from getting soaked in sap and sentimentality.

Though far from perfection, this is still one fine Day.

The 180—a Second Opinion: Can we please have a moratorium on scenes featuring a new dad trying to quiet/entertain a crying baby? It's not endearing—it's as grating as the toddler's tantrum.

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Breaking Dawn Photo Bonanza: Peep More Pics of the Honeymoon!

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Didn't get your Breaking Dawn fix ogling the just-released poster this morning?

Well, look no further, ‘cause we've got a handful (and then some) of new pics from the impending vampy flick. And of course, the most delish shots feature Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson celebrating their onscreen honeymoon in sexy Brazilian style:

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We heart the photos of Bella and Edward boating, bathing and whatnot way south of the border, but keep your eyes peeled for the first glimpse of the newlywed's demonic baby bump. Can't you already just imagine the li'l babe eating her way through mama B's stomach?

So sexy. Or not?

Oh ya, and there's a cutesy picture of them playing chess, too.

Hopefully, the board games will take up, like, one second of the big-screen biz so that there's plenty of time left over for them to get busy.

Now go drool over the pics of R.Pattz and K.Stew (and Taylor Lautner too, of course!), ‘cause that's what we'll spend the rest of the afternoon doing!

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Katie Holmes and Colin Farrell Do Horror Movies, So Why Not Other Big Stars?

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Colin Farrell is doing Fright Night, and Katie Holmes stars in Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, but why aren't there more A-list actors in horror movies?
—Ashleigh G., via the inbox

This answer involves one part math (but it's math with fun symbols), one part psychology, and a bit of unnamed celebrity gossip.

Shall we begin?

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First, the math.

Let's look at some of the biggest horror franchises of the past few decades: Nightmare on Elm Street, zombie this, vampire that, The Ring, and so forth.

In most of those films, the star is the monster, not the person who kills it. In other words, in Halloween, Jason > The Person Who Escapes in the End. In Dawn of the Dead, Zombie Horde > The Folks Who Keep Their Brains Intact.

For a preening A-list star, there isn't necessarily a ton of value in that sort of gig. Why compete with a marauding monster when you can star in a rom-com or spy thriller all by yourself?

Another factor: The horror audience.

Unlike, say, Reese Witherspoon fans, who go to movies to see Reese Witherspoon, horror fans attend theaters to see scary stuff, not a particular person.

"The person who usually survives at the end of a horror movie is The Girl," notes Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, CEO of Platinum Studios. (Rosenberg wrote the graphic novel Cowboys & Aliens and produced the recent film Dylan Dog: Dead of Night, now out on DVD and VOD.)

"And according to lot of studios who have done the number, who that female lead is doesn't seem to matter. It's a horrible truth, but people either want to go see a horror movie or not."

Again, not exactly the kind of research that attracts A-list talent, is it?

That's why, in film parlance, horror films are often seen as "step up" vehicles for hot, rising young actors, Rosenberg explains. (By way of example: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who played Scott Pilgrim's girlfriend, is set to star in a third remake of The Thing. You haven't heard of her, but you will.

Ditto with Jessica Chastain, who starred opposite Brad Pitt in Tree of Life. She's just signed on to do the next ghost flick by Guillermo del Toro's production team.)

Finally, there's the typical horror story.

I recently spoke with one rising actress who said she'd loved to do more horror if "the material is there." Message between the lines: Horror scripts tend to suck, and not just vampire ones.

Rosenberg corroborates that theory.

When a horror movie does attract A-level actors, the talent "usually consider the movies to be more intelligent as opposed to popcorn"—perhaps a period horror piece, or an indie, for example.

Zombies in Shakespearean London, anyone?

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Movie Review: Conan the Barbarian Is Super Cheesy Fun, but Doesn't Know It

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Review in a Hurry: A gleeful throwback to the not-even-hugely-popular-in-its-day subgenre of '80s R-rated fantasy, the kind of movie a 13 year-old boy may lap up now and be embarrassed about years later. Not that there's anything wrong with that—it may be ridiculous as all get-out, but the fact that the exaggeration is so irony free is charming in its own way.

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The Bigger Picture: Does anybody remember how, in the lead up to Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Michael Bay made a big deal about how 3-D requires longer shots so that the eye can perceive it properly, and therefore his editing would be less hyper? Yeah, Conan the Barbarian director Marcus Nispel never got that memo. So while it's possible that there are kids out there with short enough attention spans to follow the action sequences herein, it's highly unlikely that the 3-D effects in them will be observed—let alone appreciated—by the naked eye.

Determined to offend anyone who would dare take things too seriously, Nispel's new take on Robert E. Howard's hulking hero begins with fetal Conan in the womb. Prematurely born as the result of a sword slash, the kid is cut out of his mom by Ron Perlman and the ZZ Top pelt that adorns his face. The mother names her son with her last breath, as dad raises his animatronic baby boy to the heavens and screams. Perhaps somebody found this emotionally stirring at one point or another, but don't worry if it elicits laughter—you may still have fun with what's to come.

Years later, the bad guy from Avatar and his daughter, all done up like Babylon 5's Londo Mollari, come a-calling, seeking a piece of bone that will finish the assemblage of a magic crown. In the process, Conan's dad is killed and the youngster is emotionally and physically scarred. Years go by, and our barbarian grows up to be Jason Momoa, Londo Mollari-like girl becomes Rose McGowan, and Stephen Lang's Khalar Zym stays the same age somehow. Maybe it's the bone crown.

From here on out, it's a fairly simple tale of revenge, complicated only by the fact that the villains need a particular female sacrifice to complete their task, in this case Rachel Nichols' Tamara. Since the world these characters inhabit is largely computer-generated and mostly uninhabited, the stakes seem pretty low–does anyone really care if some warlord resurrects his dead wife? Based on what we actually see, these cities all have a population of like 20 people anyway. It's not like any villain could do much with that.

But of course it doesn't matter.

What matters is that Conan fights guys made of sand, Conan fights a tentacle-monster, Conan cuts a guy's nose off. It should be noted that Conan is also stunningly sexist, consistently treating Tamara like a slave and an object, for which she instantly falls in love with him.

Momoa, who in early stills looked like a male model playing dress-up, is surprisingly good. He may not get any lines as memorable to Arnold Schwarzenegger's answer to what is good in life, but he makes a solid action hero in more ways than one.

So did director Nispel intend an inherent camp factor? Given his filmography, it seems unlikely. But then it wouldn't be half as charming if the film were actually winking at itself; let's not forget Arnold did that in an ill-advised sequel (and spin-off, if you count Red Sonja) the first time around.

The original Barbarian is still classic, but Nispel has at least made the second-most-fun Conan movie to date.

The 180—a Second Opinion: Khalar Zym travels over desert terrain in a giant boat carried on the backs of elephants. There's a Werner Herzog movie in there somewhere, and imagining it is sometimes more fun than watching what's actually onscreen.

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First Look: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Poster Revealed!

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The time has come, Twihards.

It's been months since that betrays-nothing teaser poster was revealed, but today your patience has finally paid off, as the poster for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn–Part 1 was finally unveiled.

Let's take a closer look…

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Granted, it's not totally dissimilar to the Breaking Dawn banner that was revealed at Comic-Con last month, but instead of the group getting Photoshopped and smushed together, we get them in all their glory.

Here's what we see: newlywed lovebirds Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart—er, we mean Edward and Bella (incidentally, appearing to wear those honeymoon outfits we spotted earlier this year), along with Jacob are standing proud in the foreground (this franchise knows its moneymakers, after all), with the entire family Cullen all present and accounted for behind them.

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Another detail that's hard to miss? Everyone but Taylor Lautner's character is happily paired off. That's OK, Taylor. Off course, he doesn't exactly seem to be hurting for companionship when he's not posing on movie posters, so we'll look past that one.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn–Part 1 (as if we even have to tell you this) is due out Nov. 18.

But tell us, has the moody and tone-setting poster unveiling gotten you even more excited for the film's release?

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Movie Review: Spy Kids: All the Time in the World Will Probably Give You a Headache

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Review in a Hurry: When a demented clock maker threatens to snatch up all the time left on the planet, a new duo of spy kids arrive to save the day. First they have to become spies, but that won't take long once they discover their new stepmom (Jessica Alba) is a super spy and their dog is a talking robot (Ricky Gervais).

Fans (and their parents) of writer/director Robert Rodriguez's over-the-top candy-colored series know what's in store—bad acting, terrible effects, a barely there?plot. But even the tangiest of confections lose their flavor eventually. For Spy Kids that "time" has arrived...

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The Bigger Picture: What started a decade ago as a fun side project for Rodriguez—and a surprise hit—has become tired (as most sequels do) and rather obvious.

There's still plenty of plenty diaper bombs and other brightly-colored goop but the timing feels off. Much of Spy Kids 4 feels like underdeveloped riffs on the series. Even kids will have a hard time paying attention.

So there's the Timekeeper's plan to speed up time: first in nanoseconds then entire days. Essentially, this adds up to characters looking in astonishment as their timepieces speed up. It's as exciting as it sounds.

The identity of the Timekeeper is a mystery, since he sports a cheap plastic clock mask. The main baddie is his accomplice Tick Tok, who's a villain less by action and more because he wears big goggles and speaks with an annoying chipmunk-type voice.

Meanwhile, Jeremy Piven is the boss of OSS, the spy headquarters, delivering nearly all his lines like they're punchlines to non-jokes. Can that get things worse? A scene with a dozen computer-generated Pivens is a big yes.

All the while the new kids spend most of their time not actually doing that much. They bicker, play practical jokes (more goop) and fumble into becoming the titular spy kids. This amounts to much camera mugging and plenty of eye-rolling.

The original Kids were never great thespians but they owned their excitement to becoming a spy! These new kids, well sure they want to play with gloves that can make you go SMASH! and own backpack that has nearly everything in it but they don't seem very compelled to ya know, save the universe. And if they can't be bothered. Why should we?

Incidentally, the original spy kids do show up. Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara are older now but they're still directed like younger actors: all mugging, all the time.

Alba does her usual job of kicking butt, but here she brings a one year old along for missions. The baby is cute but it's a bit unsettling to see the tyke shoved into moments of frenetic action involving weapons and aerial stunts.

As is usual, pretty much all the name stars are wasted in their roles. Were you really expecting much here from Joel McHale, Gervais and Piven? We didn't think so.

The 180—a Second Opinion: Among many bad performances, Jessica Alba still manages to be so likable—and she looks great in a black cat suit!

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Movie Review: Fright Night the Perfect Amount of Vampires, Gore and Colin Farrell

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Review in a Hurry: Teen D-bag Charlie Brewster (Anton Yelchin) fears his nerdy ex-friend Ed (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) will reveal his own former nerd status. But there's a much nastier problem awaiting him than being a social outcast...Jerry the vampire has just moved in right next door.

The original Fright was the Scream of its age—filled with very clever quips about horror movies and quite bit of blood. The new one? Half the humor, twice the gore. Still, casting Colin Farrell as the fanged one is a big win.

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The Bigger Picture: The best gag Fright Night 2.0 has is while real vampires are nowhere to be found, jerky dudes seem to be everywhere. They might be dressed in black, play sports or even be geeks, but they sure do whine a lot. The script by Buffy alum Marti Noxon addresses this problem with a tasty solution: Enough with these self-absorbed teens, bring us an immortal to "take care" of these dolts!

Great idea! Let the mayhem begin!

Problem: The Charlie Brewster of this new version, our supposed hero who is tasked with vanquishing a bloodsucker and whom we're supposed to support, is the biggest jerkwad of the bunch. Even when Ed is begging for his help to find out what happened to another old friend (Jerry's first snack), Charlie blows him off. Yup, Charlie is a total douche. Yelchin (Star Trek) can be very charming but he fumbles here, not quite sure just how much of a tool he's supposed to be. Does he act this way because he's afraid he'll lose his hot girlfriend (Imogen Poots)? When he finally transforms into the hero, do we care? Nope.

The rest of the story, in a Vegas 'burb where it's always dusk, features Charlie facing off against Jerry. As played by Farrell, Jerry is smart as hell. Charlie is not so smart. Really, who sneaks into a vampire's house? They have super hearing!

The supporting cast clicks. Toni Collette (United States of Tara) plays Charlie's mom. Poots (Jane Eyre) gets a few slayer-esque moments. Mintz-Plasse has a nice turn once he's shuffled off his mortal coil.

Fright-wise, there are decent thrills, which the 3-D-filmed set pieces use to full effect. From a tract home to a tacky Luxor penthouse there's a great sense of danger at every turn.

The 180—a Second Opinion: While director Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl) mounts the thrills effectively, it's odd that his character-centric résumé (he also produced Collette's Tara) would produce such lackluster chemistry with his younger castmembers. Maybe he too had a hard time relating to such a shallow dude like Charlie. We can't blame him.

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Will New Mad Max Movie Ever Get Made?

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It's time to get Mad...again.

It sounds like cameras are finally going to start rolling on Mad Max: Fury Road, the much-anticipated reboot of Mel Gibson's classic postapocalyptic franchise.

Zo? Kravitz, who has long been set to join Charlize Theron, Tom Hardy, Nicholas Hoult and Riley Keough for the pic, tells me...

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They have a tentative start time. "It's supposed to go in the new year, in February," she told me the other day while promoting her new indie flick, Beware the Gonzo. "They've made the costumes, the vehicles...You know, they're halfway there. They just can't seem to make it to, 'Action!'"

Director George Miller has had to delay the Australia-based shoot for more than a year now after bad weather forced him to change locations.

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One project Kravitz is definitely not doing—voicing a character in an upcoming animated Spider-Man television series. "I don't know why it says that on my IMDb," she said. "I don't even know what it is."

But she certainly knows another comic-book-based flick: X-Men: First Class, the latest installment of the superhero franchise in which she played Angel Salvadore. Kravitz is ready to make another. "Let's hope so," she said when I asked about plans for a sequel. "It was really fun. Everyone was there to make a really great film, to do the work and to bring some depth to the story. We became all so incredibly close."

Now we want to hear from you. Excited for another Mad Max movie? How about more X-Men? Sound off below.

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Alexander Skarsgård Gets All Kinds of Shirtless and Sweaty for His Latest Flick

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Can't get enough shirtless Eric Northman during your weekly serving of True Blood?

Well, don't worry, babes, ‘cause Alexander Skarsg?rd knows what you're oglin', which is why he's showing off the goods (again) in his next flick, Straw Dogs. But beware, this movie isn't all abs and snowy sex scenes...

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It's brutally violent.

Any film buff who's seen the original (yep, this is a remake) knows that Skars plays the villain to James Marsden's reluctant—but hunky—hero, and gets himself into some pretty messy sitches.

Like blood and guts sitches. Lots of blood, actually.

But for any fangbanger who's missin' their blondie vamp's bad side, this film might just be for you. And A.Skars' character works on a construction crew, which is très Jason Stackhouse-chic, if you ask us.

If the gory subject matter sounds too icky for you, skip this flick, spare your stomach and just peep his abs (and arms, too) in these pics.

And then you don't have to suffer through any onscreen scenes with him and former GF Kate Boresworth Bosworth either!

Win-win, right?

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The Avengers Sneak Peek: Watch Thor and Captain America's Tag-Team Fight

Who doesn't want to see two hot guys in costumes beating up baddies? That's what we thought.

So check out this aerial-view clip of? Chris Evans' Captain America and Chris Hemsworth's Thor whooping some you-know-what on some not-so-good people in The Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon and shooting in downtown Cleveland.

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We're sure residents of the area are enjoying the VIP access to all this action throughout the week. Plus, seeing A-list actors like these guys? Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo and Samuel L. Jackson isn't too shabby, either.

You can catch all the Marvel characters uniting as agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in a theater near you on May 4.

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Kim Kardashian Gets Pampered, Mobbed by Paparazzi

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No surprise here, but Kim Kardashian spent one of her last hours as a single woman pampering herself.

The future Mrs. Kris Humphries sent paparazzi into a frenzy earlier today when...

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She got a manicure and pedicure at her favorite nail salon, Beverly Hills Nail Salon. She was mobbed by overeager shutterbugs as she made her way to her big white Rolls-Royce. (FYI: Earlier in the day, she tweeted that she had a workout session with her personal trainer, Gunnar Peterson.)

No word on what her manicure will be like when she says, "I do," but wouldn't it be cool if she was sporting images of Humphries on her nails.

We're serious.

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Nikki Reed recently showed off her American Idol fiancé's face at this month's Teen Choice Awards. "It was really very romantic and sweet," says Minx's Kimmie Kyees, the nail stylist responsible for creating the Twilight star's look.

"Beyoncé has pretty much worn Minx non-stop for the last four years. When she sang at the inauguration she had Obama in gold letters and silver Minx on her hands."

The process is as simple as sending in a picture, making a screen print of it and painting it on. It takes just as much time as a regular manicure and costs around $50.

Do it, Kim!

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Anne Hathaway: "Obsessed" With Kate Middleton, Also Loves...JWoww?!

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What do Kate Middleton and JWoww have in common?

Anne Hathaway!

No, the Dark Knight Rises actress doesn't know them personally, but...

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She admires them from afar.

"Right now, I'm obsessed with Kate Middleton. Obsessed," Hathaway, who stars in the about-to-be released One Day opposite Jim Sturgess, says in the new issue of Interview magazine. "I loved the Royal Wedding. I was so cynical going into it and, pseudo-political about the whole thing, but as soon as I saw her I was utterly charmed. I'm just completely enchanted by Kate and William. With everything she's doing right now, I say, 'Yay, Kate.' "

Hathaway admits in the interview (conducted by E! funnylady Chelsea Handler, by the way) that she's a fan of Jersey Shore. "I thought the first season of the show was awesome because it was authentic, but I don't watch it anymore because now they know that's a camera there," said Hathaway, who grew up in the Garden State.

"The Situation is totally self-aware," she said. "He's referring to himself as The Situation. In the episode I saw, his car got towed, and he was like, 'We're got a situation here, and The Situation is the situation.'"

Perhaps she'll tune into JWoww and Snooki's upcoming reality show spinoff? "I think JWoww is amazing," Hathaway said. "I love JWoww. She's intense. See, JWoww to me is proper Jersey because she will scrap for a friend."

There's so much more in the Interview piece. Some other nuggets include Hathaway's belief that she's dated some guys who are gay but haven't admitted it (let the guessing begin), she almost bought a cat so she can observe it to prepare for her role as Catwoman and she'd like to get married one day, but no one has ever proposed to her.

We suspect the gay boyfriend thing may have something to do with that.

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Did Jennifer Aniston Do Drugs With Paul Rudd?

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After seeing a nearly naked Jennifer Aniston saying things that even made us blush as the sexed-up dentist from hell in Horrible Bosses, is there anything left for her to do to surprise us?

How about if we watch her get high?

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As we told you back in November, we'll likely see Aniston tripping on a peyote-like drug in the upcoming comedy Wanderlust.

Her costar Paul Rudd, however, won't confirm or deny what happens in the comedy, also costarring Aniston's boyfriend, Justin Theroux. "We actually smoked peyote offset a lot," Rudd cracked last night at the Nylon Guys magazine and WeSC party at Gjelina restaurant in Venice. "Actually, do you smoke peyote or do you take it? I don't know."

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Rudd and Aniston are a couple who end up on a commune in the country when they can't afford New York City's astronomical rents.

As his fans know, this isn't the Our Idiot Brother star's first time at the Aniston rodeo. They've known each other for more than 20 years.

"I? remember when we were making The Object of My Affection," he said of their 1998 flick, "we couldn't believe we were actually on a movie set making a movie. It was like, We're really making this movie together?"

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Gerard Butler Does Drugs, Finds Jesus and Kicks Serious Butt in Machine Gun Preacher Trailer

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Believe it or not Gerard Butler is an actor with range.

What? You think he's only capable of playing muscled-up warriors or the gruffer half of a Jennifer Aniston romantic comedy team?

Think again. And we have proof with the new Machine Gun Preacher trailer.

Check it out...

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That's right. A Scottish guy playing an ex-drug-dealing biker who is Born Again and devotes himself to helping less fortunate children in Sudan. Don't think we saw that one coming.

But there's still plenty of classic Butler moments to go around. You just know an ex-biker isn't going to take a lying-down approach when it comes to getting his way, so all those Sudanese militants who are out to stop his orphanage idea had better prepare themselves for Butler in action. Hand the man an AK-47 and he's set.

What do you think? Is this just an action movie disguising itself as a flick with heart, or can Gerard really deliver the performance this needs? Machine Gun Preacher hits theaters Nov. 18.

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Is It Ever a Good Idea to Trespass on Nicolas Cage?

Money can't buy happiness, but it can lead to some pretty terrifying situations.

Such is the case for Nicole Kidman and Nicolas Cage, who, in this new trailer for their upcoming thriller, Trespass, play a weathly married couple at the mercy of some greedy criminals that have invaded their lavish home. While, at first, it comes across as your typical give-us-everything-you've-got type of flick, you soon get the sense there's more going on here than meets the eye.

At least, that better be the case. More so, for Cage's sake, than ours. Seriously. Coming on the heels of such stinkers as Season of the Witch and Drive Angry, this is one guy who could use something better than just your standard, run-of-the-mill movie.

Guess time will tell when Tresspass, directed by Joel Schumacher, hits theaters on Oct. 14.

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Chris Evans: He Still Has That Hot Captain America Bod, But...

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Chris Evans' body is smokin' hot even when he's playing a strung-out drug addict.

Need proof? Just check him out in the new trailer for his latest flick, Puncture...

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Evans stars in the indie as a lawyer fighting a medical supply company over the invention of a new syringe. Here's the twist—not only is this a real-life story, but said lawyer is also a drug addict.

The opening sequence of the movie's new trailer shows a shirtless Evans in a smoked-filled dingy motel room practicing his courtroom skills. He's talking fast and pacing back and forth. He's wearing white pants, black suspenders and tie around his neck. You can see a big skull tattoo on his right bicep.

Evans is also seen popping pills, curled up on a bathroom floor next to a toilet, wheeling and dealing in courtrooms and boardrooms and staring down U.S. senators. A freeze frame of Evans is shown with the words, "Not Your Normal Lawyer."

The trailer leaves no doubt about that. Puncture injects itself into theaters Sept. 23.

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Source: Magic Mike Director Steven Soderbergh Didn't Want to Deal With Lindsay Lohan

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Lindsay Lohan knows her way around a stripper pole.

We're talking about her role in I Know Who Killed Me, of course (what'd you think we were talking about?), but she almost landed a part in another movie where people shake it for dollar bills—only this time she wouldn't have been on stage.

We're talking about Magic Mike, and sources tell us LiLo was thisclose to landing the part.

Instead...

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It went to model-turned-newbie actress Riley Keough (Elvis's granddaughter and Lisa Marie Presley's daughter, FYI).

"Riley was cast as the girl who dates Alex Pettyfer's character in the movie," sources close to the production tell us exclusively. "The character is trouble with a capital T, which Lindsay would have been perfect for."

So why did director Steven Soderbergh pass up LiLo for the role?

"He didn't want to deal with all that," our source spills. "Nobody wanted to go there."

Bummer. Looks like Linds is still looking for work. Anyone? Anyone?

On to sexier matters at hands, let's discuss the boys!

We're told one of the soon-to-be-strippin' gents is particularly into the role: Matthew McConaughey, duh.

MMcC plays a former dancer turned club owner who, we're told, says such career-inspiring things as, "I want you to go back and f—k that mirror like you mean it!" to his strutting employees.

Isn't that what they say on Dancing With the Stars all the time?

You can also expect abs galore.

"Matthew's working out like a fiend," we're promised. "All the guys are. None of them wants to be caught next to somebody with better abs."

Well, we like to hear that! Especially since some of ‘em will be baring it all.

PHOTOS: Bulging Biceps!

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Megan Fox Gets Knocked Up

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Who wants to see Megan Fox all Knocked Up?

Well, now you can.

No, she's not pregnant, but...

READ: Did Jennifer Aniston Do Drugs With Paul Rudd?

Fox was spotted earlier this week in Los Angeles filming This Is Forty, Judd Apatow's Knocked Up sequel that revolves around Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann's characters from the hit comedy.

Fox has a costarring role, but details about her character remain a mystery. During the outdoor shoot, she looked healthy and not as thin as she has been in the past. She wore what looked like brown leather lace-up shorts, a simple black tank top and brown leather and zipper heels.

"Megan is hilarious," Rudd told me last night at the Nylon Guys and WeSC party at Gjelina restaurant in Venice. "I don't know if people don't realize that, but she is really really funny."

Fox's comedic chops aside, I'd be remiss not to tell you what Rudd had to say when I asked him about wearing a long hair wig for his latest movie, Our Idiot Brother (out Aug. 26).

"I used to have long hair when I was 18 until about 22," he said. "It wasn't a hippie thing. I was hoping to look like Michael Hutchence from INXS. I pretty much didn't cut my hair for four years."

VIDEO: Megan Fox honored in Maui

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Glee Movie Premiere Video: Darren Criss. We Repeat. Darren Criss. What More Could You Ever Want?

Kurt and Blaine should be together forevah!

Darren Criss, who has helped make the word "Warbler" synonymous with "sexy," thankfully agrees with us on this notion. At tonight's Glee: The 3D Concert Movie premiere, Darren talked with our?Kristin Dos Santos about what makes the pairing so special. Plus, you know he's headed for Broadway, right? To replace Daniel Radcliffe?

MORE: So much Glee news it's just crazy

Hear his thoughts on all that in the video clip above. And stand by, cause our exclusive interviews with Lea Michele and Chris Colfer are coming!

WATCH: Ryan Murphy Admits He's "Freaked Out" By Spinoff Scandal

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Will Harry Potter Fail to Live Up to Record Hype?

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Two short weeks ago, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 was the biggest box-office thing ever in Hollywood.

Now, it's getting beat by Captain America.

Is the wizard out of magic—and so soon?

RELATED: Will this be Emma Watson's first post-Potter movie?

Hardly.

Deathly Hallows: Part 2 just became the first movie to break $900 million after only 15 days in theaters worldwide, Box Office Mojo reported. (The film opened in some foreign countries on July 13.) It's already the Earth's 19th-biggest-ever grosser.

But, domestically, Harry Potter's wand has indeed lost its zip—and lost it fast.?

On these shores, HP8 was at about $298 million through Wednesday. At the same point in its runs, The Dark Knight, which Deathly Hallows: Part 2 blew past to take the opening-weekend record, was at $342.7 million.

How did Harry Potter blow such a big lead?

"Even a huge franchise like this has a ceiling, and the base hasn't expanded that much," BoxOffice.com Phil Contrino said via email.

In other words, Potter fans here rushed to see the franchise's final film the first second (read: weekend) they got, and then after that… Well, let's just say, Twilight fans could tell Potter fans that ginormous debuts don't mean Avatar-toppling runs.

Speaking of the all-time box-office champ…

"[Deathly Hallows: Part 2] doesn't have a shot at Avatar's record," Contrino said.

And no one ever thought it did because Avatar is Avatar: one of those flukes and/or James Cameron movies. (For what it's worth, HP8 is currently running ahead of Avatar's pace.)

Of course, with Deathly Hallows: Part 2 long expected to gross $1 billion worldwide, it's OK to be Harry Potter, too.

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Denise Richards Talks Boobs, Babies and Dating: I Want To Get Married Again!

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Denise Richards doesn't understand the fascination with her breast implants.

"Hasn't half of Los Angeles had their boobs done?" she says while feeding her seven-week-old adopted daughter Eloise and promoting her new memoir, The Real Girl Next Door. "Yes, I'm happy with my boobs now. I have the boobs I wanted when I was 19. I never thought it would be such a big deal."

Her chest certainly wasn't the only thing we chatted about. Read on to find out what the former E! reality star has to say about dating, trash-talking Charlie Sheen and more...

READ: Who was at Denise Richards' star-studded baby shower?

With baby Eloise and daughters Sam and Lola taking up most of her time and energy these days, Richards admits her romantic life isn't exactly in full swing. "I'm dating," she said. "But you know, it's not marriage material. It's dating-ish."

She does hope to remarry some day. "I loved being married and I loved being a wife—for the short time that I was," Richards said. "I love men and I love being in love, so I know I will definitely meet the right someone some day."

Richards says of her ideal man, "I'm attracted to men with children and obviously someone who is great with kids and could be a very good role model.

"Like I said in the book," she continued, "whoever it is, he will be in a house fill of girls who love and adore him."

So how did she keep the adoption so private? Surprisingly, not one celebrity tabloid got wind of it before she was ready to announce the news earlier this month. "I was so grateful to the few people that I did tell," Richards said. "They kept it a secret and were very loyal and protective. I started the process almost two years ago. There were times it was discouraging, when I thought I was going to adopt and then it didn't happen. But I've always wanted more kids."

As for the rumors that Comedy Central has asked her to participate in its upcoming roast of Charlie Sheen, Richards says she hasn't received any such offer.

"Sure it could be funny and clever to have one of the ex-wives come and be a part of the roast, but at the same time, I don't know if it's the best thing to do or the classiest thing to do," she said. "I would just be taking cheap shots, right?"

You certainly would.

Now we want to hear from you. Should Denise Richards roast Charlie Sheen or stay out of it? Chime in below.

PHOTOS: Famous Families

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So Bromantic: Which Harry Potter Star Is Wearing His Love for Tom Felton?

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Why try and squeeze all your love on a measly old sleeve when there's an entire chest available for proclaiming your affections?

That was the thought that likely crossed this Harry Potter star's mind when he decided to share with the world his warm and fuzzy feelings for his big-screen costar, Tom Felton.

So who is embracing his bromantic side and baring his soul (or at least chest) for the budding blond heartthrob?

MORE: Which Harry Potter stars will be big after the franchise ends? We break down the odds!

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It's Rupert Grint!

The super supportive and adorably cheeky actor proudly wore the adoring (and presumably homemade?) T-shirt while walking the red carpet for the Hollywood premiere of the Felton-starring Rise of the Planet of the Apes last night.

And hey, if there's anyone who could appreciate his, um, interesting fashion choice, it's Tom.

Awww. Now who needs fans when you've got costars like that?

VIDEO: Tom Felton is just one of many who's sad to see Harry Potter end

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Is James Franco Not Returning to General Hospital?

James Franco is a pro at keeping people on their toes. We already know the guy loves taking on new projects—his latest being guest lecturer at MOMA in New York. But could it be that James is saying no to a project? It seemed that was the case when his return to General Hospital was brought up at last night's Rise of the Planet of the Apes premiere.

Our own Ben Lyons caught up with the actor on the red carpet and got the info straight from James on his rumored return...

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"I'm sad to say that that was a little bit of misinformation," James said. "I don't know why they announced that I would be back in September. I am currently making The Wizard of Oz in Detroit. I am the lead. I am working every day, so I don't know when I would be able to fly back to do any episodes of General Hospital in the near future."

Say what?!

Don't worry too much though, G.H. fans. While James says the immediate future might be up in the air, that doesn't mean he won't be returning one day. "I'm very close with them and I do have plans to do other stuff with them." Guess he finally reached a point where he realized he could only take on so much at one time.

Check out the video above to see more of muti-talented star's interview and all the glowing words his costar Tom Felton used when asked about James. Here's a peek: Tom thinks James is "gorgeous."

GALLERY: Movie Premiere Pandemonium!

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Sneak Peek! Behold the Avengers, Assembled on the Big Screen!

We've seen them assembled in dramatic poster form, but now we're getting a first video look at this band of superheroes from the upcoming Joss Whedon flick, The Avengers.

But be warned, spoilers are ahead. The peek comes following a glimpse at the last scene of Captain America. So if you haven't seen the flick and want to keep yourself pure, this is your final notice.

If you're ready to check it out, hit the jump...

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Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) are all on display, and RDJ provides more of his trademark Iron Man banter as he gives Thor kudos on his hammer-throwing skills. They're gonna make a great team.

Also getting blink-and-you-miss-'em glimpses here are Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), aka The Hulk.

What do you think? Have superheroes run their course or is this shaping up to be the best so far?

PHTOTOS: Flick Pics: Avengers

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New Ides of March Trailer: Vote George Clooney in 2011!

Need a break from the current political climate? Well then how about we shift gears and focus on George Clooney's run for the White House with Ryan Gosling as his right-hand man?

With Clooney back in the director's chair, The Ides of March takes a peek behind the curtain of big-time politics and shows that even for the most well-intentioned, it isn't easy to hold on to your integrity.

MORE: George Clooney & Ryan Gosling Go Head-to-Head for Ides of March

Still riding the wave of his overconfident lady killer from Crazy, Stupid, Love, Gosling is political wunderkind Stephen Myers, a standout with ego and charm to spare...if not an overly naive view of how the political world works:

"Nothing bad happens when you're doing the right thing," he says. Candidate Mike Morris (Clooney) is amused and dryly replies: "Is that your personal theory? Because I can shoot holes in it."

With such wide-eyed beliefs early on, it's no surprise we see Ryan begin to buckle under the pressures of loyalty and back-room deals. And in the end, the one-time asset has morphed into the campaign's biggest enemy.

The Ides of March hits theaters Oct. 7. What do you think: Is this a candidate you can support?

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More Sexy Pics From The Hunger Games! Vote on the Actors' New Looks!

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Yesterday we showed you this hunky Entertainment Weekly cover showcasing the new hair colors and buff biceps of Hunger Games' leading men, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth.

Well today, the mag is giving us a li'l more man candy. And even a sneak peek of an in-character Jennifer Lawrence!

So what do you, our trusty readers and Hunger Games fans (or haters), think of the actors' new looks? Do ya buy ‘em in the roles?

READ: First Look! Hotties Liam Hemsworth & Josh Hutcherson Are Set for the Hunger Games!

Judging by comments on yesterday's Hunger Games piece showing the fellas as their characters, y'all have mixed emotions!

"I am really impressed! I was skeptical about the casting for all of the main characters but these two look very much their parts in this pic, and Jennifer Lawrence looked great as Katniss too. Now if only the script is as good as the books..." wrote YellowRose.

While commenter "no" says, "NO this is wrong. I just pictured it all differently. I pictured Gale to be the more muscle-y one but here it looks like Peeta is. I am not saying I had high hopes for this but I just expected better casting....who knows though...they may surprise us."

Whatever your opinion, there's no denying that the guys look mighty good in these new pics!

Inside the mag on newsstands tomorrow, the photos showcase the three lead characters in their elements—such as Peeta flexing his biceps outside of the bakery and Katniss and Gale plotting in the woods.

So what do you think?

Did swapping hair colors make Liam right for the role of Gale and Josh look like Peeta?

PHOTOS: The Hunger Games: Meet the Cast!

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Movie Review: Cowboys & Aliens Needs Better Aliens, More Cowboys

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Review in a Hurry: Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford make a great onscreen team...so who thought it would be a great idea to just totally split them up for most of this movie? Was it you, director Jon Favreau? You used to be better than this. A handful of good scenes do not a great movie make.

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The Bigger Picture: Craig plays an outlaw named Jake Lonergan, who has lost his memory and woken up with a strange metal device on his wrist. He seems like a natural good guy, but he has a dark past. Ford is Dolarhyde, a small-town big-shot who is widely disliked, both for not suffering failure well and for letting his alcoholic nutcase of a son (Paul Dano) get away with anything he likes. Yet beneath it all, the old grump has a soft side.

When metal flying things attack the town, scorching cattle and abducting humans, it's team-up time. But James Bond and Indiana Jones don't work all that well together, at least at first. Some epic staredowns and face-punches ensue. For a mismatched buddy movie, this is a good start.

Shame, then, that this isn't that kind of movie. Craig is soon paired off with Olivia Wilde (playing a tough cookie who hides a ridiculous secret) while Ford is left to hang with a dozen or so other characters who get established with no payoff. Sam Rockwell, Adam Beach, Keith Carradine and Clancy Brown are among the more notable supporting players left without much material, but they're far from the only ones.

Ford, who so often sleepwalks through generic hero parts these days, shows some real fire as a more ambiguous figure, lighting up the action (emotional and physical) when he can. Then the narrative cuts away from him and momentum gets lost again.

Poor pacing isn't the only problem. The aliens are really ineptly thought out compared to the cowboy side of the equation. Their motivations are silly, as is their biologically unlikely anatomy. Like the creature in Super 8, many of the things they do serve immediate story needs without making any sense once the grand scheme is unveiled.

Director Favreau used to have a good feel for genuine emotion. Think of the fraternal bonding in Zathura, or the daddy issues in Elf. Sad to say, he now falls for easier shortcuts, using a manipulative and treacly score to enunciate moments that haven't earned their weight.

But damn, that wrist-blaster thingy Craig wears is cool. Every kid who sees this will want one.

The 180—a Second Opinion: If it performs decently at the box office and a sequel is made that understands the Ford-Craig pairing is what makes things work as well as they do, all might not be in vain.

PHOTOS: Movies From the Future

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K-11 Keeps Working Kristen Stewart Connection!

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And so another game of he said/she said concerning our girl Kristen Stewart begins!

While sources very in-the-know about K.Stew's movie schedule told us that the Twilight babe wasn't planning on biting into a role in her mom's directorial debut (and hadn't been in a tres long time), peeps working on K-11 are singing a totally different tune.

So what's the word this time? And does it even matter?

RELATED: First Look: Kristen Stewart in Snow White and the Huntsman!

A rep for K-11 tells us exclusively that, "Kristen was originally attached to participate but is unable to because of her shooting schedule with Snow White and The Huntsman. She is still wildly supportive of K-11 and Jules Stewart's directorial debut and her brother's [Cameron Stewart] theatrical debut."

Well, duh. Of course she's happy her fam is finding T-town success. We are, too!

And we certainly never said otherwise. Just that her connection to the film lasted a lot longer than she ever did. But that's the exact deet that is up for dispute: how long exactly was Kristen attached to star in the flick?

"Kristen had always planned to do K-11," a source close to the film promises. "It's all not as sensational as posited, but the simple reality is that it came down to a scheduling conflict."

Point is: They want you to know that if she weren't wielding a sword opposite Chris Hemsworth, she'd be getting acquainted with the inner workings of the L.A. prison system right about now.

So see the movie! Because it's what K.Stew would want you to do!

And we still say we think the slammer stuff is more K.Stew's speed anyways. 'Cause the role she was supposed to play is described as "a beautiful young waif named Butterfly" who, get this, is a transgender man.

How chic-ly controversial, no?

And to the actress playing Butterfly now—that's Portia Doubleday—we wish you luck, babe! You've got some big, Stewart shoes to fill.

PHOTOS: Fashion Spotlight: Kristen Stewart!

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Venice Film Festival: It's Clooney vs. McConaughey (Plus, Firth, Knightley, Winslet, Mulligan & More!)

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There is some major top-tier talent preparing to take the Lido by storm this summer.

It turns out the George Clooney-directed (and starring) political thriller The Ides of March, which will open the 68th Venice Film Festival on Aug. 31, is only the tip of the iceberg as far as this year's competition goes.

Twenty-one films will be battling for the Golden Lion, and it will up to a jury of their cinematic peers to see what roars the loudest, be it Matthew McConaughey as a cop and hitman in Killer Joe; Colin Firth and Tom Hardy as a couple of dashing Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy types; Jodie Foster and Kate Winslet as battling yuppie wives in Roman Polanski's Carnage; or a remake of Wuthering Heights starring a bunch of pretty Brits!

And the star wattage isn't the only thing that's special about these films...

MORE: Who's top-lining the star-studded Toronto Film Festival?

Every single movie in the Competition and Out of Competition categories will be making their world premiere during the always-glamorous festival.

Also vying for a prize are David Cronenberg, who directed Viggo Mortenson, Michael Fassbender and Keira Knightley in the sexy psychological drama A Dangerous Method, starring Mortenson as Sigmund Freud, Fassbender as Karl Jung and Knightley as a patient Jung seduces; Todd Solondz, whose Dark Horse stars Selma Blair and Justin Bartha as a couple of typical Solondzian malcontents; and Steve McQueen, whose Shame (the title says it all, doesn't it?) stars Fassbender and Carey Mulligan as brother and sister.

Among the films that are in the fest for the exposure rather than the competition are Steven Soderbergh's Gwyneth Paltrow-killing thriller Contagion, with Winslet and Matt Damon; the Al Pacino-directed docudrama Wilde Salome; and Madonna's feature directorial debut W.E., a dual-period romance about King Edward and divorcée Wallis Simpson and a modern-day affair between a woman and a married man.

But first, The Ides of March, costarring Ryan Gosling as the campaign staffer who pulls Clooney's presidential candidate into a shady predicament, kicks everything off Aug. 31 in the refurbished Sala Grande.

The festival runs until Sept. 10, and it sounds as if tons of A-listers are going to be invited—and, happily, they always go!

GALLERY: Movies From the Future!

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Han Solo and Chewbacca Reunite! (Thanks to Jimmy Kimmel)

Now this is what we call Cowboys & Aliens.

Making the publicity rounds for his latest summer movie, Harrison Ford turned up on Wednesday night's Jimmy Kimmel Live only to find himself greeted unexpectedly in his dressing room by an old—and hairy—friend: Chewbacca!

Lest you think it was a happy occasion, take a gander at the clip. Seems the Millennium Falcon captain had an old score to settle with his big furry oaf of a first mate.

Laugh it up, fuzzball, indeed!

PHOTOS: Cowboys & Aliens!

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Christina, Selena, Sofia, Demi and Cameron Spice Up the ALMAs

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They're back!

After their temporary shelving late last year, the Latino-honoring entertainment awards are back, slightly retooled and better than ever for another go this year, with nominees for the 2011 NCLR ALMA Awards announced bright and early this morning.

Back as always to host the do is Eva Longoria, who'll be joined this year by George Lopez. And—perhaps in an attempt to make it up to fans who missed out last year—this time, the public is king. To say nothing of the Hollywood royalty that made the nomination cut…

MORE: Speaking of awards, check out this year's Emmy noms!

Leading the spicy pack this year are Christina Aguilera and Selena Gomez, each of whom scored three nods for their triple-threat work on the big, small and musical screens, getting pitted against each other for Favorite Female Music Artist and Favorite Movie Actress—Comedy/Musical, for Burlesque and Monte Carlo, respectively.

Up against them in the former category is Jennifer Lopez, Naya Rivera and Shakira; in the latter category, they face off against The Other Guys' Eva Mendes and Bad Teacher's Cameron Diaz.

Making the cut for Favorite Movie Actress—Drama/Adventure is Machete's Jessica Alba, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' Penelope Cruz, Unstoppable's Rosario Dawson, Battle: Los Angeles' Michelle Rodriguez and Takers' Zo? Saldana.

As for the small screen nods, it's a battle of the Lopi. In addition to Aguilera, honored for her Voice work, and dog whisperer extraordinaire Cesar Millan, nominees for the Favorite TV Reality, Variety or Comedy Personality or Act include George Lopez, Jennifer Lopez and Mario Lopez.

As for other hot battles, the Favorite TV Actress—Leading Role in a Comedy category sees Disney besties Gomez and Demi Lovato face off, alongside Modern Family's resident hot tamale Sofia Vergara, Glee's Naya Rivera and Victorious' Victoria Justice.

Other big name nominees include Grey's Anatomy's Sara Ramirez, Parks and Recreation's Aubrey Plaza, The Office's Oscar Nu?ez, Antonio Banderas, Enrique Iglesias, Taio Cruz, Bruno Mars, Ricky Martin and Pitbull.

In any case, there's more changes in the works: as of now, the awards will officially be playing favorites. Literally. Starting this year, rather than value one performance over another, the organizers have finally given in to the popularity contest that these things are and decided to name all categories "Favorite" instead of "Best." It seems particularly appropriate, given that this year fan votes will help determine the winners of the annual show (incidentally, preferences can be logged through Sept. 5).

The winners will be revealed in an hourlong special airing on NBC Sept. 16.

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Here's the complete list of nominees:

Favorite Movie Actor
Antonio Banderas, You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger
Demián Bichir, A Better Life
Bobby Cannavale, Win Win
Michael Pe?a, Battle: Los Angeles
Danny Trejo, Machete

Favorite Movie Actress – Drama/Adventure
Jessica Alba, Machete
Penélope Cruz, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Rosario Dawson, Unstoppable
Michelle Rodriguez, Battle: Los Angeles
Zo? Saldana, Takers

Favorite Movie Actress – Comedy/Musical
Christina Aguilera, Burlesque
Eva Mendes, The Other Guys
Alexa Vega, From Prada to Nada
Cameron Diaz, Bad Teacher
Selena Gomez, Monte Carlo

Favorite TV Series
CSI: Miami
Desperate Housewives
Modern Family
Wizards of Waverly Place

Favorite TV Reality, Variety, or Comedy Personality or Act
Christina Aguilera, The Voice
George Lopez, Lopez Tonight
Jennifer Lopez, American Idol
Mario Lopez, Mario Lopez: Saved By the Baby
Cesar Millan, Dog Whisperer With Cesar Millan

Favorite TV Actor – Leading Role
Ricardo Chavira, Desperate Housewives
Ian Gomez, Cougar Town
Joshua Gomez, Chuck
James Roday, Psych
Adam Rodriguez, CSI: Miami

Favorite TV Actor – Supporting Role
Oscar Nu?ez, The Office
Rico Rodriguez, Modern Family
Michael Trevino, The Vampire Diaries
Tristan Wilds, 90210
David Zayas, Dexter

Favorite TV Actress – Leading Role in a Drama
Cote de Pablo, NCIS
Eva LaRue, CSI: Miami
Francia Raisa, The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Sara Ramirez, Grey's Anatomy
Sara Shahi, Fairly Legal

Favorite TV Actress – Leading Role in a Comedy
Selena Gomez, Wizards of Waverly Place
Victoria Justice, Victorious
Demi Lovato, Sonny With a Chance
Naya Rivera, Glee
Sofía Vergara, Modern Family

Favorite TV Actress – Supporting Role
Maria Canals-Barrera, Wizards of Waverly Place
Constance Marie, Switched At Birth
Aubrey Plaza, Parks and Recreation
Sarah Ramos, Parenthood
Lauren Vélez, Dexter

Favorite Male Music Artist
Taio Cruz
Enrique Iglesias
Bruno Mars
Ricky Martin
Pitbull

Favorite Female Music Artist
Christina Aguilera
Selena Gomez
Jennifer Lopez
Naya Rivera
Shakira

PHOTOS: Fashion Spotlight: Selena Gomez

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Olivia Wilde to Play Porn Star Linda Lovelace?

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Olivia Wilde as a porn star?

It's certainly a possibility.

And not just any porn star. We're talking the late Linda Lovelace, who helped bring porn to the mainstream with the hit 1970s X-rated flick Deep Throat.

Wilde exclusively tells me...

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She is considering starring in Lovelace, a biopic form Oscar-winning codirectors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Recent reports wrongly claimed she was already signed on for the racy role. In April, it was reported that James Franco was being wooed by his Howl collaborators Epstein and Friedman for the project, too.

"It would be a tremendous honor," Wilde said last night at Nylon magazine's denim issue party at the Mondrian's Sky Bar in West Hollywood. "It's such a cool role. She was a fascinating woman—with where she came from to Deep Throat to then working with Gloria Steinem and Nora Ephron. It's really fascinating." (She's obviously done her research.)

This is separate from another Lovelace movie with Malin Akerman, who replaced Lindsay Lohan in the starring role.

"I'm being very careful about my next project since I'm now in a position where I can be really picky—thank God, finally," Wilde said.

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Meanwhile, Wilde continues her humanitarian work with the launch of Operation Happiness, a nonprofit encouraging young people to help the less fortunate. "It's to engage young people to dedicate part of their lives to giving," she explained. "In a generation chock full of anti-depressants, we really believe that the path to happiness for some of them may not be through medication but by turning their energy outward and giving to those who need more than they do."

The group is set to release a line of "products for a purpose," Wilde said. Proceeds from a new Alternative Apparel backpack will benefit The Academy for Peace and Justice, a free secondary school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Movie Review: The Smurfs Is a Giant Smurfing Pile of Smurf

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Review in a Hurry: It's a Smurfs movie. What did you expect? If your answer is "a kid-friendly adaptation of the Peyo comics," you're not thinking enough like a Hollywood executive. There's more character and expressiveness in the cartoon drawings over the film's end credits than is shown at any other point. But on the bright side, at least some of the actors actually try to make it all work.

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The Bigger Picture: Yes, this really is the epitome of cynical studio cash grabs that it appears to be. Take a property with brand-name identification, throw a ton of money and a couple of name actors at it, add in some inappropriately adult-themed stuff for parents and a shoehorned-in moral for kids. Then make sure there's product placement galore, as well as prominent usage of some of the same classic-rock songs that are in everything.

Voila: The Smurfs.

The Hanna-Barbera cartoon that this is most based upon was never really that good to begin with; it was a preposterous fantasy tale for kids, offering little to remember beyond the infernally catchy "La, la, la-la-la la" theme song. It'd be easier to forgive this live-action/animated adaptation, however, if it kept the kids in mind, perhaps by telling a tale set in that realm of wizards and monsters, featuring the Smurfs' traditional (and young) human pals Johan and Peewit/Peewee.

Instead, because of the idea that parents should be marketed to as well, the Smurfs have to leave medieval Europe via an accidentally generated magic portal and come to modern-day New York City, where they can involve themselves in the life of a put-upon marketing strategist (Neil Patrick Harris) and his pregnant wife (Jayma Mays). Along the way, of course we have to put up with gratuitous references to other films, including some mature titles that are really jarring in this context (Midnight Cowboy, Brokeback Mountain, Braveheart).

Harris works hard to make the movie work, at one point literally pointing out every single absurdity of the Surfs' entire existence, which makes for a funny moment despite undermining the whole premise.

Hank Azaria's hammy, evil wizard Gargamel, here augmented with an odd foreign accent, is a hoot, particularly when interacting with his occasionally digital feline sidekick Azrael. And among the Smurfs, special props to Fred Armisen, whose impersonation of the original Brainy Smurf's voice is far better than any mimicry the SNL star has ever done before.

All else feels forced, from the plot points to the unrealistic behavior of every major human character to the stagey nature of the pratfalls. It isn't desperately painful to sit through, but you're likely to hate yourself if you pay for it.

The 180—a Second Opinion: An early moment with the Smurfs flying on storks is both faithful to the source and thrilling in 3-D. Everything most of the movie isn't.

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