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'Tales Of Beedle The Bard' Gets Us Thinking About Fictional Books We'd Love To Read

Posted 7/31/08 7:12 pm EST by in News


J.K. Rowling announced on Thursday (July 31) that "Tales of Beedle the Bard," her brief fictional stories about wizarding within her longer, fictional stories about wizarding, would finally go on sale this Christmas. Here at MTV there was, of course, much rejoicing at this news.

It also got us thinking. Turns out a lot of us here are suckers for the kind of meta-fiction "Tales of Beedle the Bard" represents, what with it being a pretend work getting a real release. But why stop there? We came up with a list of the top five fictional books we'd like to really read next.

"Old Custer" by Eli Cash ( "The Royal Tenenbaums" )

Everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this revolutionary book presupposes is ... maybe he didn't? Brilliant. And, besides, book openings don't get better than this: "The crickets and the rust-beetles scuttled among the nettles of the sage thicket. 'Vámonos, amigos,' he whispered, and threw the busted leather flintcraw over the loose weave of the saddlecock. And they rode on in the friscalating dusklight."
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Stephenie Meyer Sits Down With MTV, Says 'Breaking Dawn' Should Be 2 Movies

Posted 7/31/08 5:20 pm EST by in Behind The Scenes, Interviews, Video


All year long, “Twilight” fans have been preparing themselves for the December movie, as well as the three sequels that will inevitably follow. But could the series actually go five movies deep?

“I really think they’d have to do five movies,” Stephenie Meyers revealed exclusively to MTV News Thursday morning, sitting down with us on the eve of her “Breaking Dawn” release and mini-tour. “Because you can’t do ‘Breaking Dawn’ in one movie, you’d have to split it up.”

Don’t worry, Twilighters – all of our “BD” coverage will remain spoiler-free over the next few days so you can grab the book and read it at your own pace. Read More...

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'Twilight' Actress Christian Serratos Chooses Team Edward

Posted 7/31/08 3:17 pm EST by in News


By Ashley Zimmerman

As if Comic-Con weren’t enough, now the “Twilight” stars are stepping out in style on the red carpet.

“[In 'Twilight'] I play Angela Weber, who is a human,” 17-year-old Christian Serratos said at the recent premiere of "The American Mall," an “HSM”-like romance-meets-commerce musical. “I don’t know if I’ve ever had to explain that I play a human in a film before! I’m a friend of Bella in the school in Forks, Washington. ... It was epic; [the actors] are all well-loved, and for good reason.”

Serratos told us that, like all the rest of the Twilighters out there, she’s dying to know what happens in Stephenie Meyer's fourth and final book, “Breaking Dawn,” when it comes out Friday night.

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Trailer Exclusive: Takashi Miike And Quentin Tarantino's 'Sukiyaki Western Django'

Posted 7/31/08 1:43 pm EST by in Video


That's right, we've got a cool one for you today: the exclusive trailer premiere for "Sukiyaki Western Django," the hyper-stylized, samurai-meets-cowboys action flick from "Ichi the Killer" director Takashi Miike and co-starring none other than genre-superfan Quentin Tarantino. Check it out below or click here to watch it in glorious high-definition.

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MTV's Kim Stolz On Interviewing Stephenie Meyer Before She Moderates Tomorrow's 'Twilight' Event

Posted 7/31/08 1:28 pm EST by in Behind The Scenes, Hot Stuff


With my "Twilight" obsession reaching new levels every day, you can only imagine my excitement to sit down with Stephenie Meyer, the author of the series, which now has an exponentially growing fan base. She wasn’t at liberty to talk about "Breaking Dawn" just yet (the fourth and final installment of the series, told from Bella’s perspective, comes out tomorrow), but I was able to talk to her about everything else, such as the pressure of her newfound rock star status, the influence that writers such as the Bronte sisters and Jane Austen had on her writing, and of course, the development of Bella and Edward.

Kim Stolz and Stephenie Meyer

Within the first few minutes of having a conversation with Stephenie, it is impossible not to be struck by her humble excitement for extraordinarily broad fan base paired with her passion and integrity as a writer. Read More...

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Spock, Meet Spock. Zachary Quinto Faces Off With 'Star Trek' Poster For First Time

Posted 7/31/08 12:32 pm EST by in Comic-Con, News, Video


Here's one of those meta-bizarre moments that can only happen at a place like Comic-Con. We caught up with Zachary Quinto right after his "Heroes" panel but of course all we wanted to do was grill him for "Trek" info. You can check out the full interview here. Or you can watch it below and catch Zachary checking out the Spock poster for "Star Trek" for the very first time.

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Is 'Austin Powers 4’ A Good Idea Or THE WORST IDEA EVER?

Posted 7/31/08 11:26 am EST by in Uncategorized


Perhaps my choice of hitting the caps lock key when I did gave away my thoughts on this matter? The truth is I like Austin Powers. I laughed like everyone else when the first one came out and yes I may have quoted the film once or twice (but not since 1999, I swear). But I laughed a little less during "The Spy Who Shagged Me" and by the time of "Goldmember" I felt, I think like most of you, that this series had run its course.

Funny what a huge flop will do though. According to Nikki Finke over at Deadline Hollywood, Mike Myers has begun writing a fourth "Austin Powers" flick and New Line is apparently all excited at the prospect. Here's the thing though, we already all kind of sat through "Austin Powers 4," didn't we? It was called "The Love Guru." Same jokes, different accent, right? I'm only being slightly facetious. Read More...

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Seth Rogen Ditches 'Hills' Jokes, Talks 'Funny People'

Posted 7/30/08 6:31 pm EST by in News


Last time MTV got a chance to hang out with Seth Rogen, he told us that he was writing jokes on “The Hills” in preparation for his upcoming role in the new Judd Apatow directed comedy about the world of stand-up.

So when we met up with the gregarious 26-year-old at Comic-Con we just had to know what jokes made the cut.

“I bailed on ‘The Hills’ bit,” Rogen sighed. “I started doing stand-up and I’ve done it a few times and I don’t have any Hills jokes. I feel upset about that. I realized you don’t have to be smart to write a joke making fun of ‘The Hills.’ ‘The Hills’ makes fun of itself.” Read More...

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Take A Bite Out Of The 'Twilight' Chocolate Bar!

Posted 7/30/08 3:32 pm EST by in News


Megan with the 'Twilight' chocolate barBy Megan Warner

As if the "Twilight" series wasn't addictive enough, Godiva Chocolatier has released a special chocolate bar with the cover of Stephenie Meyer's first book "Twilight" on the product's sleeve.

The label reads, "Can You Resist Temptation?" And since I'm both "Twilight" and chocolate-obsessed, my obvious answer was: No, not at all. Read More...

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EXCLUSIVE: 'Harry Potter' Star Rupert Grint Responds To New Trailer

Posted 7/30/08 2:33 pm EST by in Hot Stuff, News


Rupert Grint in That Harry Potter trailer some people say is too short or doesn't include enough of their favorite characters? Don't get too worked up, Rupert Grint says, it's only a tease.

"It's only a teaser, just to get people excited," he told MTV News.

Speaking from the set of his new film "Cherry Bomb," Grint hasn't seen the trailer for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" himself yet, but he's looking forward to it. He was also happy to hear -- despite one fan asking "Where's Rupert Grint?" -- that there is a shot of him in the trailer, as it was from one of his favorite scenes from the film. Read More...

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