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Cloverfield [BLU-RAY] (Paramount Home Entertainment, 6.3.2008) Disguised under deliberately goofy, yet deliciously edible-sounding, aliases such as Cheese and Slusho, Matt Reeves' Cloverfield was produced and rushed into theaters under an equally appetizing shroud of secrecy. From last year's incredibly elusive Super Bowl ad to the film's viral marketing campaign, Cloverfield had everybody scratching their heads and drooling in anticipation. Aside from the as-yet untitled title and the Blair Witch-ian visual style, the film's biggest appeal was the enigmatic creature who was last (un)seen hurling the decapitated head of the Statue of Liberty onto the crowded streets of New York City. All we knew about the mysterious beast was that it was big and angry. Now that the highy-anticipated project has come and gone, one question has fortunately been answered: Cloverfield was a major success. (continued)

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From a new Vanity Fair spread about Hollywood's New Wave. I know two of these guys -- Amanda Seyfried, 22, co-star (along with Meryl Streep) of Mamma Mia!, and Kristen Stewart of Into the Wild, Adventureland and What Just Happened?. But I'm just not that into Emma Roberts (Wild Child) or Blake Lively (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants). Okay, I haven't heard of them.

Seyfried, Roberts, Lively, Sterwart.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on June 30, 2008 at 3:55 PM

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LexG says ...

KRISTEN STEWART OWNS YOUR ASS.

OWNAGE.

K-STEW 4 EVER.

OWNAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Blake Lively is the star of TV's GOSSIP GIRL, and Emma Roberts is Eric's daughter, star of NANCY DREW.)

But there is only one KRISTEN STEWART.

Posted by LexG at June 30, 2008 4:21 PM

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SmilingPolitely says ...

I spent a good portion of Panic Room trying to figure out if Kristen Stewart's character was a boy or girl.

Posted by SmilingPolitely at June 30, 2008 4:21 PM

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LexG says ...

KRISTEN STEWART IS THE NEW JOHANSSON.

ONLY MORE AWESOME.

K-STEW OWNS YOU.

KNOW.

Posted by LexG at June 30, 2008 4:22 PM

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LexG says ...

RECOGNIZE THE STEW.

Posted by LexG at June 30, 2008 4:24 PM

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Zimmergirl says ...

Blake Lively is going to be a very big star. She has that thing some of them have and you can see it early on.

Posted by Zimmergirl at June 30, 2008 4:45 PM

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Joe Leydon says ...

That's OK, Jeff: You've never heard of them, they've never heard of Grandpappy Amos and the girls and the boys in the family known as The Real McCoys...

Oh, God! I can't believe I remember that freakin' theme song!!!!

Posted by Joe Leydon at June 30, 2008 4:48 PM

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LexG says ...

K.STEW.

KNOW.

THE NEW JOHANSSON.

Posted by LexG at June 30, 2008 4:50 PM

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lazarus says ...

I'm assuming that being twice as old as these girls does not necessarily enable me to pick two.

Damn.

Posted by lazarus at June 30, 2008 5:01 PM

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K. Bowen says ...

Who are these people? I"m not tired of the old new set yet.

Posted by K. Bowen at June 30, 2008 5:13 PM

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The Hoyk says ...

A couple years back, there was a midnight screening in L.A. of the infamous '80's film TEEN WITCH, with Robyn Lively appearing in person. Despite having just gotten off a plane after a long press tour for SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELLING PANTS, Blake Lively hauled herself and her luggage down to the theatre in order to show her support for her big sister. That is a class act.

Posted by The Hoyk at June 30, 2008 5:13 PM

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lipranzer says ...

I've been a fan of Seyfried since TV's "Veronica Mars" and "Big Love," and I've liked Stewart in movies such as PANIC ROOM, IN THE LAND OF WOMEN (she was the best part of that so-so movie), and INTO THE WILD. I've never seen "Gossip Girl" or SISTERS OF THE TRAVELING PANTS, so I can't speak about Lively, but I was not impressed with Roberts in NANCY DREW.

Posted by lipranzer at June 30, 2008 5:48 PM

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Jay T. says ...

Umm.... to be the new Johansson a girl must have a great rack, so I don't think so.

Posted by Jay T. at June 30, 2008 5:52 PM

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T. S. Idiot says ...

Any of these gals ever work with Gabby Hayes?

Posted by T. S. Idiot at June 30, 2008 6:17 PM

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Studly Semite says ...

yawn**** they are all too white and boring. wheres the asian and latina booty?

Posted by Studly Semite at June 30, 2008 6:54 PM

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cinefan says ...

I'm a definite fan of Lively, the sister of 80s staple Robyn Lively. She's terrific on Gossip Girl (currently, my favorite guilty pleasure on TV - I'm way out of the show's targeted demographic but the writing is terrific and I'm a sucker for Kristen Bell's cynical, acrid voiceover narration).

Posted by cinefan at June 30, 2008 8:03 PM

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erniesouchak says ...

Maybe you haven't heard of them, but they're apparently the starlets lining up to blow Graydon Carter (or someone on his staff).

Posted by erniesouchak at June 30, 2008 8:33 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

You're all under arrest.

Posted by BurmaShave at June 30, 2008 8:54 PM

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MilkMan says ...

No, T.S. Idiot, but some of them have worked with Gibby Haynes.

AMBER HEARD OWNS YOUR ASS.

AM-HEARD 4 EVAH.

Posted by MilkMan at June 30, 2008 8:59 PM

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insidah says ...

Seyfried is the only girl in that roll call who has really impressed me. Her sexy space case in Mean Girls and her angsty daughter in Big Love prove her worth. Kristen Stewart is sullen and sort of took me out of Into the Wild with her self consciousness (look out though, there are a large number of sexually confused girls and boys who will defend her for days). Rpberts is charmless Hollywood nepotism at its worst. Lively was interesting before she joined the vacuous Gossip Girl.

Posted by insidah at June 30, 2008 9:50 PM

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insidah says ...

Seyfried is the only girl in that roll call who has really impressed me. Her sexy space case in Mean Girls and her angsty daughter in Big Love prove her worth. Kristen Stewart is sullen and sort of took me out of Into the Wild with her self consciousness (look out though, there are a large number of sexually confused girls and boys who will defend her for days). Roberts is charmless Hollywood nepotism at its worst. Lively was interesting before she joined the vacuous Gossip Girl.

Posted by insidah at June 30, 2008 9:50 PM

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LexG says ...

HA! MilkMan, that was good.

K-STEW IS THE NEXT BIG THING.

TWILIGHT IS GOING TO BE HUUUUUUUUUGE.

(Plus by Hollywood logic, she OPENED "The Messengers" pretty impressively.)

Thanks to her last couple movies doing well, it was certainly odd (but enjoyable) when she popped up for a nothing, ten-second bit part in JUMPER.

Posted by LexG at June 30, 2008 9:52 PM

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lexG-pleasestopposting says ...

sisterhood of the traveling pants is all about alexis bledel, with blake lively's (what a name) appeal being completely lost on me.

Posted by lexG-pleasestopposting at June 30, 2008 10:23 PM

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JHRussell says ...

Kristen Stewart took my breath away in "Into the Wild"...she was the best thing in that movie...sheesh, she is just 18...she has a bright future in film - the camera loves her.

Posted by JHRussell at July 1, 2008 8:17 AM

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Monument says ...

Great, more underfed pixies whose idea of sounding real is to stutter like an NPR reporter. But..but..but.. It seems like every other new young actor does this, is it a new acting technique or something?

Posted by Monument at July 1, 2008 8:18 AM

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