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The Year in the Verge

Every week, Movieline brings you a chat with an up-and-coming actor about whom we have a pretty good feeling. Some are younger than others; some have breakthroughs of different degrees and magnitudes, from lead roles to sidekicks to love interests to other critical foils. But all have one specific thing in common: You’ll be seeing a lot of them in the future, and there’s a good chance you heard from them here first. Read on for a few of 2010’s highlights from The Verge.

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The Year in the Verge

It Doesn’t Get Better: Richard Chamberlain Thinks Gay Actors Should Stay in the Closet

Much was made in recent weeks about the sexuality of John Travolta and Kevin Spacey , but whatever their preference, one actor thinks they should continue to keep that bit of personal information personal. “For an actor to be working is a kind of miracle, because most actors aren’t, so it’s just silly for a working actor to say, ‘Oh, I don’t care if anybody knows I’m gay’ — especially if you’re a leading man,” Richard Chamberlain told The Advocate . “Personally, I wouldn’t advise a gay leading man-type actor to come out.”

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It Doesn’t Get Better: Richard Chamberlain Thinks Gay Actors Should Stay in the Closet

IMDB Offers 43 or So Reasons to Dread 2011

Optimism for 2011’s film culture will only get you so far. That’s the enduring lesson of IMDB’ s perennial spirit bludgeon also known as 50 Most Popular Feature Films, which, in the last week of any given year, provides as explicit a reminder as any of what Hollywood will soon shovel into multiplexes. Here’s your top 10 at the moment: Pirates of the Caribbean 4 ; Fast Five ; Transformers 3 ; Thor ; The Green Hornet ; Twilight Part 4, Part 1 ; Harry Potter Part 7, Part 2 ; Captain America ; Hanna ; and The Hangover 2 . Get me rewrite, Brooks Barnes . [ IMDB via @ebertchicago ]

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IMDB Offers 43 or So Reasons to Dread 2011