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Joseph Gordon-Levitt is one of those actors who is becoming more and more appealing as time goes by. I'm not talking his looks - which, of course, are adorable, but more importantly his top notch career choices.

MTV News caught up with JGL this week to talk about his upcoming dramedy "Hesher," and we had to sneak in a few questions about his next project with "Brick" director Rian Johnson: "Looper," the time-travel thriller co-starring Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt

"[I'm] really really excited about 'Looper,'" Gordon-Levitt said. "I’ve never done anything at all like it, and I can’t wait for people to see it. It’s a sci-fi movie, it’s a time travel story, I get to act with Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt, and it’s really good."

Speaking to his experience was working with Willis - both JGL and our "Die Hard" hero play the same man in different time periods - Gordon-Levitt lit up like a Christmas tree.

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Tags bruce willis, emily blunt, hesher, joseph gordon-levitt, looper, rian johnson

Interviews are tricky. Getting your subject to open up about their passion projects, films they have in development or other burning topics is not always an easy task. Wording is essential in getting an effective question across, and for our money, there's no better way to get an answer than to ask for a simple yes or no response.

That's how MTV's Josh Horowitz framed his questions to "The Adjustment Bureau" stars Matt Damon and Emily Blunt in the latest edition of "After Hours." By asking yes-or-no questions, we learned some stunning truths about Damon's attraction to Sarah Palin, Blunt's experience eating pound cake and what both of them would endure if the world's continued survival rested squarely on their shoulders. (Spoiler: it involves sleeping with our esteemed "After Hours" host.)

The answers are at once provocative, profound and peculiar. Check 'em out in the video above.

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The last time we checked in on Jason Segel's "Muppets" movie, he saddened us with news that Paul Rudd will NOT be in the film, but teased the fact that we can expect a bunch of other celeb cameos (maybe Lady Gaga, probably Michael Cera. Hooray for ambiguity!).

Anyway, one lady that audiences will indeed see in the film is Segel's "Gulliver's Travels" co-star, Emily Blunt. When MTV News caught up with the charming actress recently, while she was doing press for "Gnomeo and Juliet" with fellow voice talent (and Patrick Stewart impressionist) James McAvoy, we asked about her day on the film. What followed was a hilarious exchange between Blunt and McAvoy — the latter of whom did a fine job of helping prod Blunt for more information.

"I did do a day on 'The Muppets,' yes," Blunt told us.

"Who do you play?" McAvoy cuts in.

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Tags emily blunt, james mcavoy, jason segel, The Muppets

Can you see "The Devil Wears Prada" star Emily Blunt as kick-ass heroine Katniss Everdeen in director Gary Ross' upcoming "Hunger Games" adaptation? At 27, Blunt's a bit older than Katniss' 16 years to be sure... but if the almost-30-year-old "kids" from "Glee" can do it, why not Emily?

We're only asking because the topic of "Hunger Games" came up when MTV's Josh Horowitz chatted with Blunt at the press day for "Gulliver's Travels." The actress revealed that she was deep into reading the first novel in author Suzanne Collins' gritty young-adult trilogy -- about a brutal post-apocalyptic world in which the government forces children to fight to the death in a yearly televised event -- and was absolutely loving it. "I'm two thirds of the way through, and kind of riveted by it and terrified by it at the same time," she said. "I can't stop reading it." Of course, Josh had to ask: Does Blunt want to star in the movie adaptation?

"Yeah, I think I'm too old," she replied. When Josh agreed that Blunt was "obviously" too old for the role of Katniss, but could perhaps tackle a more age-appropriate part, the actress jokingly shot back, "Obviously, you're ancient." Read more...

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Emily Blunt has played a lot of wildly different parts in her career -- a cutthroat magazine assistant in "The Devil Wears Prada," a crime-scene spiffer-upper in "Sunshine Cleaning," the queen of England in "The Young Victoria" and now, in "Gulliver's Travels" (in theaters December 25), the thimble-sized princess of Liliput. But she's never before -- to our knowledge at least-- played an ax-wielding, time-traveling, futuristic farm girl.

As the sassy actress told MTV News at the press junket for "Gulliver's Travels," she'll do exactly that in the upcoming sci-fi time-travel thriller "Looper." Written and directed by visionary "Brick" filmmaker Rian Johnson, "Looper" also stars Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, with both actors playing the same man in different time periods.

"It's sort of post-apocalypto time travel, time-traveling world where it's a dog-eat-dog world," Blunt said of the film. "And it's set in sort of 2050 or 2060, that sort of time, when the world has gone to s***." Read more...

Tags bruce willis, emily blunt, gullivers travels, joseph gordon-levitt, looper, rian johnson

The list of "The Muppets" movie's cameo appearances might soon outnumber the list of actual Muppets in the film. The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop that Emily Blunt and Ricky Gervais are the latest celebrities to sign on to the film, though their roles are being kept under wraps. Sounds like the Muppets might be going on a trip across the pond.

Gervais and Blunt join the already extensive list of confirmed cameos including Zach Galifianakis, Jack Black, Alan Arkin, Billy Crystal and Jean-Claude Van Damme, as well the rumored Lady Gaga, Danny Trejo, John Krasinski, Ed Helms and Sean Penn. Read more...

Tags emily blunt, jason segel, ricky gervais, The Muppets

And off to Lilliput we go! A new trailer for 20th Century Fox's "Gulliver's Travels" has hit the Web, and this is not your grandparents' version of the story. I don't remember the Lilliputians rocking out to KISS, having Iron Man-style fighting machines or being willing to act as human foosball players, but maybe my memory's just a bit rusty. But the fact there are more "Star Wars" references (two!) than there are butt jokes (one!) definitely tips the scales in the film's favor.

To refresh, this contemporary version of "Gulliver's Travels" follows a travel writer named Lemuel Gulliver (Jack Black) who is assigned a story on the Bermuda Triangle, but ends up getting swept off to the mysterious land of Lilliput. Here he is a giant and, by using some well-intentioned lies, he becomes the Lilliputians' hero. Eventually they find out his secret, but he tries to win back their affections by stopping an attack by their hated neighbors, the Blefescu. Oh, and he's trying to help Horatio (Jason Segel) win over the Princess of Lilliputia (Emily Blunt) in the meantime. Read more...

Tags amanda peet, emily blunt, gullivers travels, jack black, jason segel

In a few weeks, on February 12, Joe Johnston's long-awaited revival of classic creature feature "The Wolfman" finally hits theaters. The trailers have shown some pretty raw imagery-- enough for us to know that this is not a movie for kids. It's apparently not for star Emily Blunt either, as she told MTV's Josh Horowitz on the red carpet at last week's Critics' Choice Awards.

"It's very scary," she said. "I almost threw up a few times when i was watching it." Sounds like fun, right? Josh, hearing this, had a sudden epiphany. "That should be on the poster," he exclaimed. Read more...

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Emily Blunt’s performance as the future queen of England in "The Young Victoria" doesn’t even hit theaters until this Friday and she’s already earned a Golden Globe nomination! Sure, we all know her from “The Devil Wears Prada,” but much like the British ruler who reigned from 1837 to 1901, Blunt seems to be quite the over-achiever.

In the above exclusive clip from the movie, her Victoria can be seen proposing marriage to Albert (Rupert Friend), an extremely rare move at the time, and one that was totally in-character for the Queen who ascended to the throne at age eighteen and immediately began re-writing the rules. Read more...

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Philip K. Dick has blessed the world with alien conspiracies, machines and humans that can predict the future, and one iconic android bounty hunter. The latest movie based on his work, "The Adjustment Bureau," starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, might give us the first big screen Dickian love story – a tender romance hidden within a sci-fi candy shell.

"It's like a modern love story, but it's got an ominous sci-fi backdrop to it," Blunt told MTV News during a break in shooting on location in New York City. "It's going to be exciting and disconcerting and strange, which is what I like about [Dick's] work. It's very cool and clever. It's got a really tight script." Read more...

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