Actress Bryce Dallas Howard has been chosen to replace Rachelle Lefevre as Victoria in the popular teen book/movie series Twilight.

“Rachelle brought “Victoria” to great screen life and Bryce will bring a new dimension to the character. The franchise is lucky to have such a talented actress as Bryce coming in to fill the role.”

All involved are citing “scheduling conflicts” as the reason for Lefevre’s departure.

The 28-year old actress is the daughter of director/actor Ron Howard (Opie) and wife Cheryl.

It does seem extremely odd to replace an actress after the first two films.  “Scheduling conflicts” is almost always the most convenient excuse in Hollywood.

Howard will first appear in Eclipse which starts filming next month.

BUMPSHACK VERDICT: DOWNGRADE

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Here is the much anticipated New Moon video trailer for all of you obsessive and in some cases - pathetic - Twilight fans.

The trailer was the highlight and only reason to watch the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, as it debuted live on the show in the second half.

Feel free to leave your feedback below in the comments of what you think about the trailer and upcoming film.

Has Sacha Baron Cohen done it again? It’s been just two years but Cohen is back as Bruno, a gay Australian fashion model, in the likely titled Bruno. The trailer (watch above) looks to be hilarious and shocking, much like Borat was back in 2006. Borat did nearly $200 million dollars at the box office.

The film looks to be extremely sexually and for adult audiences. The trailer is NSFW. I think it will be a solid film but not nearly as good as Borat.

Freida Pinto, straight off her success and national exposure at the 81st Academy Awards from Slumdog Millionaire, has been cast by Woody Allen for his next film, which is of present time still untitled.  She will join an all-star cast composing of several Oscar nominees and winners on the project.

Naomi Watts has also signed on to star in the film, joining the already-announced Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins.

Mediapro, the Spain-based company behind “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” is financing the as-yet-titled pic, which will be produced by Letty Aronson, Steve Tenenbaum and Jaume Roures.

Pinto seemingly has a very bright future in front of her and was amazing as Latika in Slumdog Millionaire.

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Slumdog Millionaire is easily the runaway film hit of the year. The underdog has swept top honors at every awards show all season and yesterday it scored top honors from the Producer’s Guild of America.

The film, a gritty yet heartwarming drama about a game-show contestant from the slums of Mumbai, beat out “Milk,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Dark Knight” and “Frost/Nixon.”

Producer Christian Colson was honored with the Darryl F. Zanuck producer of the year award at the ceremony, held at the Hollywood Palladium, the latest Hollywood kudofest in the run-up to the Academy Awards next month.

Tonight we will find out what the Screen Actor’s Guild thinks- which is often a good indication of who gets the Oscars. My money’s on the Millionaire.

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Kelli McCarty was Miss USA back in 1991 and started an acting career when she first became Beth Wallace on “Passions“. She was sick and tired of the prude soap opera lifestyle and decided she would be an adult entertainment star. Yep, that’s right former Miss USA turned actress turned porn star and a damn good one we heard!

The 39 year-old desperate actress turned to porn because her acting career was over after seven years of “Passions” and she wanted to continue doing what she loves the most, which is acting and sex.

Kelli says: “I enjoy acting,and I really like sex … so this was the perfect opportunity to combine two of my passions.”

Kelli makes her porn debut on the movie “Faithless“, a production of the famous “Vivid Entertainment” adult film studio and the DVD will be on sale starting February 4, 2009. Other Vivid Girls include famous names like Jenna Jameson, Tera Patrick and Savanna Samson.

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A look at the Top 25 Grossing Films of 2008.  The Dark Knight came out on top by a wide country mile, as expected, but several other movies enjoyed a great year at the box office, including Iron Man, Twilight, Sex & the City, and Indiana Jones 4, among many others.  The Top 25 Grossing Films of 2008 were the only films to rake in over $100,000,000 at the box office.

1. The Dark Knight ($530,917,814)
2. Iron Man ($318,313,199)
3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($317,023,851)
4. Hancock ($227,946,274)
5. WALL-E ($223,783,432)
6. Kung Fu Panda ($215,434,591)
7. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa ($176,934,000)
8. Twilight ($176,815,000)
9. Quantum of Solace ($166,800,000)
10. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! ($154,529,439)
11. Sex and the City ($152,647,258)
12. Mamma Mia! ($143,762,955)
13. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian ($141,621,490)
14. The Incredible Hulk ($134,533,885)
15. Wanted ($134,327,125)
16. Get Smart ($130,319,208)
17. Four Christmases ($118,254,000)
18. Tropic Thunder ($110,461,307)
19. Bolt ($109,897,000)
20. Marley and Me ($106,510,000)
21. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor ($102,277,510)
22. Journey to the Center of the Earth ($101,704,370)
23. Eagle Eye ($101,176,114)
24. Step Brothers ($100,468,793)
25. You Don’t Mess with the Zohan ($100,018,837)

source: Box Office Mojo

Here is a look at ‘The 10 Sexiest Vampires of All-Time’.  The list ranges from TV vampires like Eric Northman (True Blood) and Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) to the dynamic duo of Louis de Pointe du Lac (Brad Pitt) and Lestat de Lioncourt (Tom Cruise) from Interview with the Vampire.

The 10 Sexiest Vampires of All-Time

1. Brad Pitt as Louis de Pointe du Lac in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1996) - Louis is a depressed soul after the deaths of his wife and daughter.  Lestat tries several times to teach and convert Louis into a vampire. Louis finally crosses over when he bites the neck of a young girl named Claire (Kirsten Dunst).  Louis and Claire eventually flee out from Lestat’s control after Claire kills him.



2. Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen in Twilight (2008) - Edward is a 107-year-old vampire trapped in a 17-year-old’s body.  Isn’t that when most of us were near out sexiest?  Isabella Swan (Kristen Stewart) quickly falls for Edward and his family comes to help save Bella once evil vampires move into the region to try to kill her.



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Actress Gwyneth Paltrow arrived at the French premiere of her new movie “Two Lovers” wearing this amazingly ridiculous white dress with black lace on the front, which gave us a view of her white very unsexy underwear. What the hell was she thinking?? Those boots are like the finishing touch to an already completely hideous outfit.

This woman needs to be locked up in a mental institution! Being friends with Madonna is certainly completely damaging her sanity. Talking about sanity or rather lack of, Gwyneth’s costar, Joaquin Phoenix, didn’t even attend the premiere of what hopefully is his last movie! YES!!

Photos of Gwyneth Paltrow’s Underwear In See-Through Dress

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Actor Joaquin Phoenix is saying that he is done with acting and is retiring from the profession that has made him millions of dollars.

He later confirmed the news to Extra, saying “This will be my last performance as an actor… I’m not doing films anymore…I’m working on my music. I’m done. I’ve been through that” he says. Contacting Phoenix’s representatives, they confirmed the news saying “That is what he told me.”

The 34-year-old Phoenix’s last film will be James Gray’s “Two Lovers” due for release February 13th next year.

Retiring to be a musician?  Well I think it’s safe to say that Mr. Cash will be back acting as soon as the cash dries up and no major record deal surfaces.

Joaquin’s brother-in-law Casey Affleck said, “I don’t think he’s kidding. He’s got music and stuff.” Casey is married to Joaquin’s sister Summer Phoenix.

Phoenix has now put his Hollywood Hills mansion up for sale.

See Video and Photos of Joaquin Discussing His Retirement

The legendary Paul Newman died earlier today in Westport, Connecticut.  The actor was great in every role he performed, but he was exceptionally well in The Color of Money, The Towering Inferno, Cool Hand Luke, Message In a Bottle, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and The Hustler.

Newman donated over $250 million dollars to charity during his lifetime from his signature line of salad dressings.

I think everyone should go out this week and buy one of Newman’s salad dressings in his honor.  All proceeds minus taxes have gone to charities since he started the company back in 1982.  It would be a great way to honor all he has done for those in need.

Read more about his death here and here.

In this hilariously funny fish-out-of-water tale, “How to Lose Friends & Alienate People” tracks the outrageous escapades of Sidney Young (Simon Pegg), a smalltime, bumbling, British celebrity journalist who is hired by an upscale magazine in New York City. In spectacular fashion Sidney enters high society and burns bridges with bosses, peers and superstars. The film is based on Toby Young’s memoir of the same name and also stars Kirsten Dunst, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson, Megan Fox, Max Minghella and Jeff Bridges. Directed by Robert Weide, the film will be released by MGM Distribution Co. on October 3, 2008.

Megan Fox Before Jumping in the Pool

Megan Fox in the upcoming film How to Lose Friends and Alienate People gets soaking wet in the swimming pool during a fancy dinner party scene.  Meggie didn’t have on a skimpy white t-shirt but she very likely won the ‘Wet Party Dress Contest.’

The film is scheduled to be released on October 3rd in theaters nationally.  Fox plays sexy starlet Sophie Maes.  What? You thought she played the articulate librarian?  Maybe next time!

Megan After Her Chlorine Plunge (NSFW)

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Megan Fox showed up at the red carpet premiere of Eagle Eye on the arm of Shia LaBeouf complete with short black dress, cheap tattoos and deadly good looks.

LaBeouf stars in the film opposite Rosario Dawson, Billy Bob Thornton and Michelle Monaghan in this action thriller.

More Megan Fox Heat Stroke

Megan said just yesterday that she has a rather large crush on House actor Olivia Wilde.  No word yet if Angelina Jr. has put the moves on the Wilde one.

Fox was born and raised for most of her childhood in the great state of Tennessee, albeit in East Tennessee.

RELATED: Is Megan Fox Hotter than Angelina Jolie?

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Frank Mundus, who inspired the classic film Jaws, has died, not from a Great White Shark, but from a heart attack according to his wife Jeanette.

The Monster Man’s own words sum up perfectly a life said to have inspired the movie “Jaws” and its roguish Captain Quint, played by the late Robert Shaw. Mundus died Wednesday of complications from a heart attack suffered Sept. 6, just after he returned to his Hawaii home from a fishing trip in Montauk. He was 82.

“He wanted to be remembered as a pioneer in his sport,” said Mundus’ wife of 20 years, Jeanette, 46. “He was an extrovert, a straight shooter. He never held back.”

Mundus and fishing partner Donnie Braddick caught a record setting 3,427 pound shark by rod and reel back in 1986.  He put Montauk, New York on the map.

Wonderbra and Dita Von Teese are teasing us and promoting her upcoming film ‘The Science of Sexy’ with this trailer of the film. Not much to the trailer, but Dita does look rather lavishly yummy in it. I guess this is truly just a ‘teaser’ of the film to come.

Aaron Sorkin, who created popular shows like The West Wing, Studio 60, Charlie Wilson’s War, Sports Night and several others, is creating a movie about social networking site Facebook.

Sorkin, who also scripted recent Tom Hanks film Charlie Wilson’s War along with the Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson feature A Few Good Men, announced his latest movie project to users of the social networking site by launching a group page on Facebook called Aaron Sorkin & The Facebook Movie. Sorkin has also set up his own private profile page on Facebook.

“I’ve just agreed to write a movie for Sony and producer Scott Rudin about how Facebook was invented,” Sorkin wrote in his introduction on the group page.

“I figured a good first step in my preparation would be finding out what Facebook is, so I’ve started this page.”

The film is likely to look at how, following its creation in 2004 by Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg in his university dorm, Facebook quickly became an internet, business and social phenomenon with more than 100 million users worldwide.

Now, now, now! A movie about a social networking site? Will you be able to add your friends and high school acquaintances as you watch it? If so it might work. Otherwise I think works like this are called documentaries.

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Joe Jonas of the Jonas Brothers

Here are some candid photos from the set of the upcoming Jonas Brothers 3D film that is filming in New York City.  The movie is still without a true title, but I believe the title might be “J.O.N.A.S!” In the pics you will notice that Kevin Jonas is in character as a hot dog vendor. Nick Jonas has the reigns of a horse and buggy and Joe Jonas plays the role of a NYPD cop.

If you look even closer at some of the photos below you will see Nick serving country music star Taylor Swift a weiner from his hot dog stand. Swift has a small cameo in the film. Joe looks like he is straight up out of a Beastie Boys video.

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It has been awhile since we heard from our buddy David Gilmore at Pretty On The Outside, but he sent over his latest illustration today. In it he depicts Jake Gyllenhaal as muscle hero ‘He-Man’ from back in the day of ‘Masters of the Universe’. He was inspired by photos (see below) he saw of Gyllenhaal in character for the film Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

That homely looking creature next to Jake is his girlfriend Reese Witherspoon. She looks like she is having a blast!

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Award winning director Quentin Tarantino has cast misguided popstar Britney Spears to play the role of Varla in Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!. She will play a lesbian stripper with girl-on-girl sex scenes before, as all Tarantino films, it turns into a blood bath.

The singer was apparently chosen by the Pulp Fiction director to play dancer Varla in a remake of the 1965 cult film Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

The movie sees three thrill-seeking strippers encountering a young couple in the desert.

Spears’ character murders the boyfriend with her bare hands before taking the girlfriend hostage. The troubled singer will also have sex scenes with another girl before the drama ends in a blood-bath.

Tarantino is looking high in Hollywood circles to cast the other two star strippers in the film. For my money he should cast Christina Aguilera and Megan Fox (since Angelina Jolie would never consider it).

The original 1965 film starred Tura Santana as Varla. It also starred Haji, Lori Williams, Sue Bernard and Stuart Lancaster.