"Chris [Weitz] was always extremely supportive and I was glad to have him behind me," Lautner says. He is such a cutie! And I’m like some lovelorn Twi-hard teeny-bopper!

“New Moon” hits theaters in three days. Have you got your tickets? I do!

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The Plot: Newly arrived at Terminal Island, a prison for the most nonredeemable of convicts, Carl “Luke” Lucas must prove his mettle in a race to the death.

Since Jason Statham drove off with Tyrese Gibson, the producers are seeking an actor to wear the Frankenstein mask, as well as the female villain who dreamed up the Death Race concept as the new reality show craze. They’re also looking for people to play inmates named Big Bill, Gunner, Rocco and Jesus Luna.

So … if you fit the bill, go ahead and get in touch with them.

By the way, here’s how the numbers went down in the original 1973 movie, “Death Race 2000,” which starred Sylvester Stallone and David Carradine:

• Man: 10 points
• Woman: 20 points
• Teenager: 40 points
• Kids under 12: 70 points
• People over 75: 100 points

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And apparently, Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart are BFFs, having filmed “New Moon,” “The Runaways,” and “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” together back to back.

“New Moon” hits theaters next Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. 

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Robert Pattinson

The crew has been jetting here, there and everywhere promoting the movie, and flew from Los Angeles to Paris on Monday, amidst throngs of screaming fans. As for whether it bothers him, Pattinson told one reporter:

“It’s when I’m in my real life, when I’m not working, when there’s less security around me, that it’s worrying,” he said. “When some girl shows up on my doorstep … In a way, it’s funny because it’s completely new to me. Growing up, that wasn’t me. I wasn’t someone who had a girlfriend.”

It appears he DOES have a girlfriend now, co-star Kristen Stewart, who plays Bella Swan in the movie. According to one report, the pair were the last ones to leave the terminal to board the plane. “Out on the tarmac, he took her hand, like young lovers. They stopped and looked at each other, their plane, the scene. They seemed very calm, in love. They continued holding hands boarding the plane.” Awww, that’s sweet.

For more on “New Moon,” visit Junior Celebs and Twilight Groupie!

See pics of the London event after the jump…

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They’re the oldest coven in the “Twilight” universe, and they’re the closest thing the vampires have to royalty. They also enforce the law and keep things in order. A few more bites:

• Aro (Michael Sheen) is the most dangerous and deadly vampire.
• Marcus (Christopher Heyerdahl) can sniff out treason.
• Caius (Jamie Campbell Bower) is perpetually angry.
• Aro, Marcus and Caius are in charge, with Jane as their foremost minion.
• Jane (Dakota Fanning) is their secret weapon. She looks innocent, but she’s really quite evil.
• Alex (Cameron Bright) is a henchman who has the ability to cut off senses.
• Demetri (Charlie Bewley) is a protector and an expert tracker.
• Felix (Daniel Cudmore) is one of the enforcers and very brutal and animalistic.

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But what about the villains we already know and love? Like Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin? Ok, sure he “died” at the end of the first “Spider-Man” movie, but he managed to appear in the two sequels as an apparition in a mirror, seen by his son, Harry.

While Dafoe says that “no one’s called” to ask if he’d be in the upcoming “Spider-Man 4,” he’s not ruling out the idea.

“I think it’s possible,” he said in a recent MTV interview. “But I haven’t heard anything.”

There’s also the fact that Harry — played by James Franco — is probably out of the picture after his death in “Spider-Man 3.” But like Dafoe says, anything is possible.

Check out all the “Spider-Man” coverage on Superhero Profiles!

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The movie tells the story of an elite military unit of special operatives known as G.I. Joe, who take on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer.

Directed by Stephen Sommers, it stars Sienna Miller, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayons, Dennis Quaid, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Check out the trailer and the G.I. Joe Faceoff Game on Facebook.

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• Two-disc Special Edition DVD
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We’ve got our answer for at least one of the characters. John Rhys-Davies will not be back as the dwarf Gimli or any other dwarf, for that matter. But probably not for the reasons you think.

In an interview with Empire, he talked about the severe allergic reaction he had to the prosthetic makeup he wore for “Rings,” saying he wouldn’t play the character again.

“I’ve already been asked, and to be honest with you, I wouldn’t. I have already completely ruled it out. There’s a sentimental part of me that would love to be involved again. Really, I am not sure my face can take that sort of punishment any more."

In fact, it got so bad that Rhys-Davies could only work one day out of three. And he says he probably wouldn’t consider a smaller part. “Why would you want to do it if it was just a couple of shots? When you’ve been 1 of 1, why would you want to be 1 of 13?”

Ok, so how about a different race? “I’d really prefer to play something quite different. Maybe an Elf. They’ve got a different set of problems with ‘The Hobbit,’ because you’ve got 13 dwarves, a whole band of them. … You’re trying to represent a whole race. … You’re trying to do for dwarves what ‘The Lord of the Rings’ did for hobbits."

It’s disappointing, but hopefully we’ll see him in a different role.

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Alice (Ashley Greene) is the organizer of the event and the peacekeeper as she tries to smooth over Rosalie’s iciness towards Edward’s human girlfriend. Even so, things don’t go well and turn deadly when Bella cuts her finger, which gets Jasper’s (Jackson Rathbone) hunger up big-time.

The movie hits theaters Nov. 20, 2009; check out all of Film Gecko’s cover of “New Moon.” And be sure to visit b5Media’s Twilight Groupie blog!

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Then there was that whole nasty child porn scandal and things sort of when kaput for Paul Reubens’ career. Who really knows what happened, but the charges were eventually dropped.

But there’s no denying that the guy was a creative genius, and he’s hoping to bring back some of that magic. The Emmy-winning, 57-year-old actor is donning that skinny suit again for an elaborate live show and an upcoming movie, “Pee-wee’s Playhouse: The Movie.” In an interview with Details Magazine, he talks about his comeback, saying that he hopes he’s still “relevant.”

“What I’m trying to prove now is that I still have it,” says Reubens. “I’m still around. I still am Pee-wee Herman, and Pee-wee Herman is still funny.”

As for those nasty child-porn charges, he says, “All this stuff that happened — the quote-unquote treatment I received — was not an inducement to come back to work. To wait for somebody to give me permission to have a career wasn’t going to happen, you know?

“It’s a drag to have tabloid baggage. It’s weird to have your career be a footnote to that, especially when you love what you do. I’m not giving people that power anymore.”

Are you a Pee-wee fan? Or did the porn charges turn you against him for good?

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