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You may not know the name, but chances are you've seen Amanda Seyfried's gorgeous face before. Having spent the last few years chalking up blockbusters on her movie portfolio (think Mean Girls, Mamma Mia! and Jennifer's Body), the 24-year-old blonde beauty is well on her way to major Hollywood stardom. Her latest film, Dear John, is a romantic drama that is sure to find its way into the hearts of teenage girls worldwide: it's based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks (who wrote The Notebook) and Amanda's starring alongside none other than Channing Tatum! She recently sat down with Parade magazine and shared some stories about love, and the hilarity of filming love scenes.


Amanda Seyfried Channing Tatum
Dear John hits Aussie cinemas next month

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Jessica Alba walks out of her own film

January 27th 2010 12:50
In what is quite possibly the most innovative publicity stunt I've ever heard of, Hollywood star Jessica Alba left the premiere of her latest film The Killer Inside Me before the movie was even half over! It's a step up from her co-stars Kate Hudson and Casey Affleck, however: they didn't show up at all. Doesn't say much for the film... or does it?

Jessica Alba 2010
Alba at the People's Choice Awards earlier this month... a slightly more pleasant occasion.


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It's the same old rumour that we've been hearing for years, and yet this time it's really gained momentum. Not only are the usual trashy magazines and websites crowing about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's rumoured separation: now, even so-called 'credible' news sites like smh.com.au are reporting that the hottest couple in Hollywood have split. Naturally, sources close to the couple have shot back at the rumours, declaring them "totally false". Maybe they are, maybe they're not. For me, the question is not: "Is it true?" or even "Why should we care?" - it's "Why are people so desperate for Brad and Angelina to be unhappy?"

Brangelina in love
Perfect as always, at Cannes in 2009

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Avatar claims a life

January 20th 2010 02:04
A Taiwanese man has died after watching the film Avatar, from a stroke doctors believe was triggered by the excitement of the 3D effects. The 42-year-old began to feel ill partway through the award-winning movie and was taken to hospital, where he died 11 days later.

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An eyeful of death?

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Everyone loves a plothole

January 18th 2010 17:44
Okay, so that's not strictly true. In fact, it's not true at all. But in the same way that a journo will sometimes use a catchy title to lure people in (admit it, it works), Hollywood filmmakers will frequently overlook enormous plotholes in their movies, in order to have the story flow the way they want it to. And it's not just two-bit, second grade B-movies that do this. Oh no. Films like the Star Wars franchise, Harry Potter movies, Jurassic Park and the latest Star Trek all have gaping plotholes that could ruin the whole moviegoing experience for the staunchly logical among us.... but perhaps you need to ask yourself, when has Hollywood ever been about logic?

Hollywood plotholes
The plothole: one thing James Bond couldn't survive without

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Claudia Karvan talks Daybreakers

January 9th 2010 14:30
Sick of vampire films yet? I hope not, because there's still one more that looks set to take audiences by storm: the long-awaited Daybreakers, which is due to hit Aussie cinemas on January 21st. It's not the kind of vampire flick we've become accustomed to, however. According to Claudia Karvan (who is just one of several Australian stars to be cast in this movie), Daybreakers is a "sophisticated genre-horror film" that subverts the typical vampire tale.

Claudia Karvan 2009
Claudia Karvan in 2009: 'I just go with the flow'

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'Of course I had a crush on her'

January 1st 2010 05:07
Adding further fuel to an already out-of-control fire comes Robert Pattinson's latest confession: that the only reason he auditioned to be in the Twilight films was because of his attraction to Kristen Stewart. The little-known Pattinson had seen his future co-star in a movie and wanted to meet her, admitting to journalists that he knew next to nothing about the book series and auditioned simply for the chance to meet his crush.

robert pattinson's crush
At least he's honest!

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Jude Law gets personal

December 28th 2009 22:23
"We all mess up," says actor Jude Law. "But we're equally capable of making it better." The star of Sherlock Holmes has certainly been through some messy times in 2009. The allegations that he assaulted a female photographer, the very brief relationship with a US model that resulted in him fathering a fourth child, and his rumoured reconciliation with former fiancee and equally messy Hollywood star Sienna Miller all conspired to throw the 36-year-old back into the media spotlight. Still, Law is remarkably philosophical about life's twists and turns: here's what he had to say.

Jude Law
Law is currently in cinemas as Dr Watson, the methodical sidekick of the famous Sherlock Holmes

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The mystery of Brittany Murphy's death

December 23rd 2009 00:04
The saddest Hollywood news this month has now become one of the most talked-about mysteries: how, and why, did Brittany Murphy die? While the 32-year-old actress's official cause of death was cardiac arrest, there are a number of theories as to what led to such a tragic end... and disturbingly, why Murphy's husband Simon Monjack didn't want an autopsy to be performed on his young wife.

Brittany Murphy
R.I.P. Brittany Murphy, 1977 - 2009

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... is none other than Hermione Granger, also known as the fabulous Emma Watson! The 19-year-old Briton's starring role in the six hugely popular Harry Potter films, as well as roles in smaller films like Ballet Shoes and as a voice in the animated movie The Tale Of Despereaux, helped rake in a stunning US$5.4 billion worldwide for the movie industry over the last ten years. And it seems that no-one is more surprised about this than Emma herself.

Emma Watson Elle 2009
In the August 2009 issue of Elle UK

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