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Zac Efron's soulful turn in this week's Charlie St. Cloud definitely won't be his last foray into tearjerkers. Efron has just signed on to star in The Lucky One, from the romantic drama master himself, Nicholas Sparks. He'll play the central character, former soldier Logan Thibault, who seeks a woman in the photograph that became his lucky charm overseas. But don't go thinking Efron is about to Read more

Yesterday I shared my chat with Miley Cyrus about her film The Last Song; now, I'd like to switch gears to show you what her costars had to say about working with the teen queen. Here, her boyfriend onscreen and off, Liam Hemsworth, gives us the scoop about their big kiss — and about taking his shirt off. Turns out, he may have a thing or two to learn from Taylor Lautner! Read more

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Movies based on the work of writer Nicholas Sparks are very hit or miss. Though he consistently uses the same cliches in his tragic loves stories, the results aren't quite as consistent. On the one hand, the film versions can be romantic and endearing, like The Notebook, but other times, the formula produces a schlocky dud (sorry, Nights in Rodanthe). The latest, Dear John, hangs somewhere in Read more

Are you ready for your second Nicholas Sparks movie preview in as many months? (Last month's was the romance Dear John.) Here it is: The Last Song stars Miley Cyrus (cue The Soup's "It's Miley!" sound bite) as a girl who's dropped off at the home of her estranged father to spend the Summer. Obviously she doesn't want to be there, obviously she falls for a local boy, and obviously she and her Read more