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Honestly, Michael Welch

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Abby Gordon

Honestly, Michael Welch For the past decade bookstores and movie theaters have been Rowling this, Radcliffe that. But a new word sorceress has emerged from the darkness. So now, let there be Twilight. Stephanie Meyer's teenage vampire saga is already a mega-success (the third installment knocked Harry from the number one spot, the final one is released next month), and studio execs are hoping this bloodlust trickles into theaters, when the adaptation hits screens this December. So high is the anticipation, that Entertainment Weekly just featured the film on its cover, officially launching Twilight mania. In a refreshingly candid interview, Michael Welch, one of the film's young stars, reveals how he was cast in the film, why if it tanks it's not his fault, and the big secret behind the acting business.

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Twist and Shout

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Ben Barna

Twist and Shout Dr. Malcolm Crowe is a ghost, Tracy Mills’ head is in the box, Tyler Durden is not real, and Verbal Kint is Keyser Söze. There—twist endings to four major films, revealed. Those films (which are, in order, Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Nativity Story, Hook, and Bowling for Columbine) have now been spoiled for you, hence the term spoiler, used in the film and television world to describe that tidbit of info consumed before the production is even viewed.

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How ‘Sex and the City’ Ruined New York

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Ben Barna

How ‘Sex and the City’ Ruined New York Google “How 'Sex and the City' ruined New York” and you’ll find Time Out’s list of the things “you can officially blame on 'SATC'” or the New York Post’s reasons that “Carrie and Co. ruined NYC.” The folks over at EW.com don’t see it like that. In a celebration of the show’s “fifth lady”—no, not Jennifer Hudson—they’ve doodled a playful map of the Isle of Manhattan, complete with 41 pinpoints of where the girls laughed, lived, and loved. It’s also a relief to know that we’re not the only ones who see that giant rabbit next to Magnolia Bakery.