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Darren Criss Talks About Life Before Glee, Relating to Blaine, and Old Hollywood

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It’s rare that an Internet star and self-described theater junkie can be called “debonair,” but 23-year-old Glee heartthrob Darren Criss fits the bill. The San Francisco native catapulted to offline fame with a suave rendition of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” during Glee ‘s “Never Been Kissed” episode, and two months later, he shares an EW cover with co-star Chris Colfer. Just shy of Glee ‘s big post-Super Bowl episode this Sunday, we caught up with Criss to discuss his character Blaine, ambitions, and the movie scene he loves most.

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REVIEW: Aaron Katz’s Cold Weather Wants to Have a Plot, and Almost Does

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No filmmaker wants to be lumped in with the Mumblecore movement anymore, and for good reason: The problem with the pictures made by the likes of Joe Swanberg, Andrew Bujalski and the Duplass brothers in the early to mid-2000s wasn’t that they were made on tiny budgets; it was that they were aimless and peopled with characters who were supposedly like “real people,” even though they weren’t anyone you’d particularly care to watch in a movie. (Typical plot: So a guy goes here, and then he walks down the street, and then he meets this girl, and they talk about stuff, and then maybe they go to bed or maybe not.) What’s more, they were punishment to look at. This was low-budget filmmaking made by people who seemed to think innovation and cleverness on a shoestring were bourgeois.

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VIDEO: James Franco Makes His Own Oscar Promo with an iPhone

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I guess this video of James Franco rocking out while an assistant shaves him with what looks like a disposable razor is a promo for his Oscar hosting gig. According to the description, “James likes to relax with a nice shave and a song before he hosts any award shows.” Alright James, don’t you mean three weeks before you host any awards show? In any case, if you were sad that you missed Franco’s karaoke at Sundance, this will help make up for it. And his song choice is fantastic.

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First Look at Kristen Stewart and Garrett Hedlund in On the Road

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Kristen Stewart has caught a lot of flack on the Internet lately, but that doesn’t mean Hollywood casting directors aren’t falling over themselves to meet with her for various high-profile projects. That might ruffle some feathers ( sorry, fanboys !), but to Stewart’s credit, she has been quite picky with her non- Twilight selections; you wouldn’t necessarily expect a teen queen to have films like Adventureland , Welcome to the Rileys and The Runaways on her resume. Stewart continues her star-shunning assault later this year in On the Road — opposite Garrett Hedlund (as Dean Moriarty) and Sam Riley (as Sal Paradise) — and the first stills from the Walter Salles film have arrived. Click ahead for a look, ya beatnik.

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Last Tango in Paris Star Maria Schneider Dead at 58; Revisit One of Her Classic Scenes [NSFW]

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Sad news: Maria Schneider, the French actress catapulted to international fame in Bernardo Bertolucci’s scandalous 1972 film Last Tango in Paris before tumbling into a troubled life of depression and addiction, has died in Paris. She was 58 and, according to reports , had waged a long battle with cancer. Schneider had largely withdrawn from the spotlight since the ’70s, when she also starred opposite Jack Nicholson in Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1975 classic The Passenger ; she attributed much of the turbulence of her later decades to regret and resentment over her treatment as a sex symbol (not to mention her alleged mishandling in one of Tango ‘s most notorious scenes involving Brando and a generous helping of butter).

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Watch Darren Criss Sing ‘Bills Bills Bills’ in Glee Super Bowl Clip

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The 9 Most Scathing Critical Responses to James Cameron’s Sanctum

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Our own Stephanie Zacharek warned you away from the waterlogged cave-bound 3D cheese that is James Cameron’s (executive-produced Avatar technology-wasting favor-to-a-friend) Sanctum , and she’s not alone: many more esteemed critics made it through the Aussie survival adventure with their spirits, eyeballs, and attention spans barely intact. Some saw Sanctum ‘s terrible B-movie dialogue as amusing unintentional camp; will you be so lucky? Rappel down to the depths of Sanctum ‘s most scathing critiques and survey the rocky terrain ahead.

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5 Examples of David Letterman Eating Something He Shouldn’t

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Confession: I took some heat at Movieline HQ this morning for not including David Letterman’s lotion-eating segment in today’s Late Night Highlights , but that’s only because I’ve seen the whole “Dave’s eating something he shouldn’t be” gag a few times before. Don’t believe me? Here’s a primer on all the things Letterman should have thought twice about before ingesting.

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What is Charlie Sheen Really Trying to Say in His Press Release?

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As you might have heard, Charlie Sheen has released a statement about his recent drug-and-porn binge and the subsequent rehab that has shut down production on the megahit Two and a Half Men . While it’s pretty obvious to anyone observing the situation that Sheen is anything but sorry, the actor did make a vague attempt to explain his plan to correct the situation. Actually, no — this might be the most cryptic press release in the history of press releases. As a service, Movieline has translated and annotated Sheen’s official statement where possible: