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16 July 2008 12:44 PM, PDT | From McTelevision.blogspot.com | See recent McTelevision news

Los Angeles -- Claiming "Star Wars" fandom used to mean something, so some of us once believed. The George Lucas faithful used to think were in some way different from, say, "Star Trek" geeks or "Battlestar" enthusiasts or, as several people here have referred to them, "those 'Stargate' people."

Then came the prequels and the subsequent blitz of "Star Wars"-related toys, products, clothing, drinks and frozen dinners. So saturated is our with "Star Wars" related products and gimmickry that these days, calling yourself a "Star Wars" fan is about as special as telling someone that you're a water drinking enthusiast or that you're partial to walking.

Some of us, though, are harder core that the average lightsaber swingers. You'll recognize us by our scowls at the mention of Hayden Christensen's name. Be careful if you ask us how we're doing, because we might respond with a diatribe about

Melanie McFarland

15 July 2008 11:59 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Ralph Fiennes' Lord Voldemort character in the Harry Potter films has been named the best movie villain of all time - beating Heath Ledger's The Joker into fifth place.

Ledger's performance in new Batman sequel The Dark Knight, the last movie he completed before his death in January, has been lauded by critics and tipped for an Oscar nomination.

But editors of Moviefone rank him behind Fiennes; James Earl Jones and Hayden Christensen's Darth Vader; Margaret Hamilton's Wicked Witch of the West and Sir Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal Lecter in the onscreen evil stakes.

A Moviefone editor explains the decision to crown Voldemort the most dastardly, "He is the most powerful dark wizard to ever wave a wand. What's more, he schemes to dominate the whole world. Without his slithering presence, would J.K. Rowling be the best-selling author of all time? The answer, a resounding "No."

The top ten is as follows:

1: Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter - Ralph Fiennes

2: Darth Vader, Star Wars -James Earl Jones, Hayden Christensen

3. Wicked Witch Of The West, The Wizard Of Oz - Margaret Hamilton

4. Hannibal Lecter, Silence Of The Lambs - Anthony Hopkins

5. Joker, The Dark Knight - Heath Ledger

6. Goldfinger, Goldfinger - Gert Frobe

7. Chigurh, No Country For Old Men - Javier Bardem

8. Hans Gruber, Die Hard - Alan Rickman

9: Max Cady, Cape Fear - Robert De Niro

10: Queen, Snow White And The Seven Dwarves - Lucille La Verne.

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25 June 2008 10:22 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

On August 26th, a movie called Virgin Territory will arrive on DVD. We recently showed you the trailer because we found it surprising that a movie with Hayden Christensen, Mischa Barton, and Tim Roth would go straight to DVD without anyone knowing the damn thing had even been made. It turns out, we buried the lead.

Our readers were quick to notice things I didn't pay attention to when watching the trailer. For example, someone believes they heard Tim Roth re-named Tim Ross, which you might think is a one-off mistake. Ross is a common name; could've happened to anybody, even Big Voice Guy. I mean, after all, the on screen credit does say Roth.

But then I became convinced of the sloppiness of this trailer when another reader commented, "The credits read 'Written & Directed by The Director Himself.' Now I Really want to see it!"

So naturally, I

Colin Boyd

23 June 2008 10:49 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Surely, you've had this happen to you: You're flipping the channels one weekend, stumble onto a famous face and you can't figure out what the hell the movie is.

You try to pinpoint when it was made hoping that might jog your memory, and then somebody else equally famous walks on screen and you can't believe these two people ever made a movie together.

"Why haven't I ever heard of this," you ask aloud.

Then Tim Roth shows up to give the proceedings an air of respectability, and you're beside yourself. You've got nothin'.

Just so that it doesn't happen to you with this flick, Virgin Territory appears to be a raunchy period comedy starring Hayden Christensen and Mischa Barton. That's right: Anakin has made out with both girls from The Oc.

I say this looks raunchy because, well, there's some brief nudity in the trailer. You've been warned or

Colin Boyd

9 June 2008 5:06 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actor Hayden Christensen is set to return to last year's blockbuster Jumper for a further two movies.

The star is in talks to front two sequels to the sci-fi film and, although the production schedule has yet to be finalised, he is confident he will be reprising his role.

He says, "We're talking about it. I know that they're having those conversations, I hear about them.

"It was set up to become that - a trilogy - if it did well. And I think they're happy with how it did so they want to make another one. But I don't think they're rushing to get into production."

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6 May 2008 9:09 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Teen comedy Superbad is leading the nominations for the 2008 MTV Movie Awards after picking up five nods, including Best Movie.

The high-school comedy, directed by Greg Mottola, also scooped nominations for the film's stars Jonah Hill and Michael Cera, who will compete in the Breakthrough Performance category along with their co-star Christopher Mintz-Plasse. Hill is also up for Best Comedic Performance.

But Superbad will be going up against Oscar-winning Juno - which Cera also stars in - for the Best Movie prize, while the actor is also recognised for his efforts in the teen pregnancy film with a nomination for Best Male Performance.

Meanwhile, the big-screen adaptation of Transformers is nominated for three gongs: Best Movie, Best Male Performance for Shia LaBeouf and Breakthrough Performance for Megan Fox. And Enchanted star Amy Adams also received a trio of nods for the Disney film - Best Female Performance, Best Comedic Performance and Best Kiss for her smooch with Patrick Dempsey.

The winners for the 17th Annual MTV Movie Awards will be unveiled on 1 June at the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City, California.

The full list of nominees is as follows:

Best Movie:

Superbad

Juno

I Am Legend

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Transformers

Best Comedic Performance:

Amy Adams - Enchanted

Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Jonah Hill - Superbad

Seth Rogen - Knocked Up

Adam Sandler - I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry

Best Male Performance:

Michael Cera - Juno

Matt Damon - The Bourne Ultimatum

Shia LaBeouf - Transformers

Will Smith - I Am Legend

Denzel Washington - American Gangster

Best Female Performance:

Amy Adams - Enchanted

Jessica Biel - I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry

Katherine Heigl - Knocked Up

Keira Knightley - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Ellen Page - Juno

Breakthrough Performance:

Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray

Chris Brown - This Christmas

Michael Cera - Superbad

Zac Efron - Hairspray

Megan Fox - Transformers

Jonah Hill - Superbad

Christopher Mintz-Plasse - Superbad

Seth Rogen - Knocked Up

Best Fight:

Alien vs. Predator - Alien vs. Predator: Survival of the Fittest

Hayden Christensen vs. Jamie Bell - Jumper

Matt Damon vs. Joey Ansah - The Bourne Ultimatum

Sean Faris vs. Cam Gigandet - Never Back Down

Tobey Maguire vs. James Franco - Spider-Man 3

Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan vs. Sun Ming Ming - Rush Hour 3

Best Villain:

Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men

Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Topher Grace - Spider-Man 3

Angelina Jolie - Beowulf

Denzel Washington - American Gangster

Best Kiss:

Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey - Enchanted

Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman - Step Up 2 the Streets

Shia LaBeouf and Sarah Roemer - Disturbia

Ellen Page and Michael Cera - Juno

Daniel Radcliffe and Katie Leung - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Best Summer Movie So Far:

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Sex and the City: The Movie

Speed Racer

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Iron Man.

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25 April 2008 5:21 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Hollywood couple Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson have reteamed on the big screen again - a year after falling in love while making Jumper.

The pair has been coy about the romance, but Christensen and Bilson have confirmed they're dating.

And now they're playing co-stars again in all-star movie New York, I Love You, in which brunette Bilson is almost unrecognisable as a blonde.

The film, a series of short movies about the Big Apple, also features Shia LaBeouf, Natalie Portman, Kevin Bacon, Ethan Hawke, Robin Wright Penn and Julie Christie, among others.

Portman and Scarlett Johansson make their directorial debuts in the film.

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20 April 2008 6:00 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

The second Star Wars trilogy cost Hayden Christensen the chance to work with his acting hero Al Pacino.

The Canadian actor reveals he had to turn down multiple roles during his five-year stint as Anakin Skywalker, but the chance to team up with Pacino was a particularly tough opportunity to dismiss.

He says, "That really bummed me out."

And Christensen admits he had mixed emotions when his time in movie mogul George Lucas' world was over.

He adds, "It was definitely bittersweet. I definitely enjoyed the sense of career freedom when they (films) were over."

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18 April 2008 10:37 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Jumper star Hayden Christensen has never seen the finished version of film flop Factory Girl because he hated making the movie.

The actor studied songwriting, the guitar and Bob Dylan so he could portray the legendary folk-rocker.

But when Dylan threatened to sue over the all-star Edie Sedgwick biopic, Christensen had to re-dub his lines, so he didn't sound like the Lay Lady Lay singer.

He recalls, "I signed up to play Bob Dylan and it's a biopic. A true story. I learned how to at least pretend to play the guitar and did a scene where I wrote a song and performed it.

"But later, because he threatened to sue, I had to go in and... re-dub my whole performance and change the way my character talked, because I had been doing the Dylan voice.

"I don't know what's onscreen in the end because I never saw it, but I do know it's very different from what I did, and I was sort of p**sed with the people who made the movie."

In the finished version of the film, Christensen played a Dylanesque character called The Musician.

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17 April 2008 5:11 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Jumper star Max Thierot is to replace Dennis Hopper's son Henry Lee in Wes Craven's new horror movie 25/8 - after the 17-year-old dropped out due to illness.

Henry Lee Hopper was set to make his big screen debut in the legendary director's next project but was forced to withdraw from the film after contracting mononucleosis - an infectious throat disease more commonly known as glandular fever.

Craven reportedly attempted to delay filming to give Hopper time to recover, but feared that if it was rescheduled, the project would fall prey to a possible actor's strike later this year.

Thierot, who starred alongside Hayden Christensen in this year's sci-fi thriller Jumper, has now been cast in Hopper's place and will start shooting in Connecticut this month.

And although Hopper is disappointed to have lost his part in the film, he's convinced Thierot will do a good job.

He says, "Wes said he was thinking about pushing the film back but couldn't because of the possible actors strike. I saw (Thierot's) audition, and he's a talented guy, really flexible, which fulfills the needs of the role."

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10 April 2008 2:52 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Orlando Bloom, Hayden Christensen and Ethan Hawke are among the stars lined up for New York, I Love You.

The movie, which comprises 12 short films from different directors, is currently shooting across the city's five boroughs, reports Variety.

Olivia Thirlby (Juno), Rachel Bilson, Kevin Bacon, James Caan and Gossip Girl's Blake Lively also star.

Natalie Portman is appearing in one of the shorts as well as directing a separate segment. Scarlett Johansson, Mira Nair, Brett Ratner, Allen Hughes, Fatih Akin, . . .

Beth_Hilton_imdb_@digitalspy.co.uk (Beth Hilton)

10 March 2008 5:18 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Jumper star Rachel Bilson is desperate to be a housewife - and would sacrifice her Hollywood career for motherhood.

The actress - who is rumoured to be dating her Jumper co-star Hayden Christensen - is keen to start a family, but wants to travel the world first.

The 26-year-old says, "I've always been maternal. I want to travel and enjoy myself first, but I really want a family.

"I love the career I have chosen. But I'd be quite happy as a housewife, at home with the kids. I think I'd be really content."

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