Who would have guessed all it took to slay box office's dragon (Avatar) would be a "Dear John" letter? Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tatum's Dear John–based on the Nicholas Sparks' novel–earned $32.4 million, knocking Avatar to No. 2 with $23.6 million. READ MORE

The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) were announced on Thursday, with a few surprises.

George Clooney's Up in the Air, which just received a Golden Globe nomination for best picture, was snubbed by SAG in the best ensemble category. Inglourious Basterds, Precious and Up in the Air earned the most nominations, with three a piece. Newcomer Gabourey Sidibe will be competing in the lead actress category for her role in Precious against Sandra Bullock, Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep and Helen Mirren.

Showtime's Dexter continues to chop up the nominations. It received three, tieing NBC's 30 Rock and TNT's The Closer. The buzz of comedy newcomers Glee and Modern Family seem to have dampered voters love for The Big Bang Theory as it was shut out of the ensemble comedy series category. Toni Collette, who won the Emmy for best actress in a comedy series for her role in United States of Tara will be going up against Edie Falco, Tina Fey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Christina Applegate, who received a nomination for her role in the now canceled Samantha Who?. READ MORE

2010 is going to be a very busy year for Amanda Seyfried. In addition to the return of her HBO series Big Love in January, Seyfried will be starring opposite of G.I. Joe star Channing Tatum in what is sure to be another tear jerker by Nicholas Sparks, Dear John in February. The "letter" theme continues in May when Seyfried stars opposite of Eragon and Kings star Christopher Egan and Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave in Letters to Juliet. Watch both trailers after the jump. READ MORE

TV Guide Canada's Nelson Branco weighs in on the Disney and Weinstein Co. tie-in for the upcoming film Nine, reported by Variety, in the latest Suds Report. The cross-platform deal will embed Nine content ABC daytime and primetime programming.

Once again, the daytime-TV world has to bow down to Hollywood despite the fact that the favour is never returned. To promote its upcoming holiday film, Nine, the Weinstein Co. and Disney will work with AMC, One Life and GH to incorporate the film into their stories. Also, on Nov. 22, a two-minute Nine trailer will run simultaneously “road-block” style on Lifetime, ABC Family, SOAPnet, A&E and Bio.

Watch the Nine trailer at here.

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Celebrities walking the red carpet included Jackson family siblings Jermaine, Jackie, Tito and Marlon, singers Adam Lambert, Macy Gray, Katy Perry, Jennifer Lopez and Paula Abdul, actors Will Smith, Vivica A. Fox, Anne Heche, Eric Winter, Roselyn Sanchez, Mickey Rooney and celebutante Paris Hilton, among others.

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Will told The Sun

I was just chilling in my hotel and EastEnders was on TV. I didn't even know what it was, but I literally could not stop watching it.

It was so real and gritty. American soaps are all about the beautiful people and being cheesy. This soap had everything.

 

There was fighting, people sleeping around - it had it all going on! I'm a bit busy but when things quieten down I'd love to do a cameo. I could make a big entrance in the pub, as you guys call it, and be like: 'Hey, girl let's take this outside.'
 

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