Shailene Woodley Is New Class' 'Most Likely To Surprise'

'The Secret Life of the American Teenager' actress will star with George Clooney in 'The Descendants.'
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Josh Horowitz


Shailene Woodley
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Shailene Woodley is already the star of the hit ABC Family series "The Secret Life of the American Teenager." For those not familiar with the show: It's kind of like MTV's "Teen Mom," but all the drama is fiction. Still only a teenager at 19, Woodley is readying her not-so-secret life for the next phase of her budding career.

She's set to star in the Alexander Payne-directed "The Descendants" with George Clooney, and her turn in the drama will likely help her connect to a whole new crop of fans. The film, which opens November 18, centers on a family trying to piece their lives back together.

Clooney plays Woodley's dad who is trying to reconnect with her after his wife gets in a boating accident that leaves her in a coma.

Now that Woodley is ready to show another side of herself, she is the up-and-comer MTV Movies has named the New Class' "Most Likely to Surprise Everyone."

MTV: Do you get excited about roles?

Shailene Woodley: From the second I first read the screenplay for "The Descendants," I was incredibly passionate about it. I loved how human it was and how it dealt with raw emotions, and it didn't try and cover up the messiness of everyday life. So, I was incredibly passionate about it ... And then Alexander became attached, and George Clooney became attached. Those were added components, but it was the screenplay that I fell in love with.

MTV: There are so many points where you can relate to this story. Can you give me a sense of what really hit you hard?

Woodley: There's so many components: the loss of someone or someone being in a hospital or the dysfunctional family. Everyone can relate to all of those; we've all had those hardships. But, for me, it was more about the art of making a film that was real and a film that was human because I feel like cinema has drifted so far away from the truth of humanity that it was really refreshing to be raw and emotional in a film that was also comedic.

MTV: We're always looking ahead, so we're anointing you as a part of our New Class. Does it feel like now the choices are going to be different and more important?

Woodley: People always talk about "strategy" and whatnot. If a screenplay fuels my soul, then that's what fuels my soul, and that's what I'm going to be passionately committed to. I would love to continue to do movies 'cause that's where my heart lies. I'm so grateful to the show, and I look forward to seeing what happens, and in the meantime, I'll go hike the Swiss Alps.

MTV: Is it useful to look at other actors [for inspiration]?

Woodley: Absolutely! I think the world of Natalie Portman and Ryan Gosling and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I find them so inspiring, not only as actors, but as human beings, and I really respect their choices in films and what they bring to the table.

For more on all the up-and-comers who make up MTV's New Class, visit NewClass.MTV.com.

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Justin Bieber And Selena Gomez's Arena Date: How Much Did It Cost?

A regular guy would have dropped serious coin to rent out the Staples Center for a romantic night out.
By Gil Kaufman


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Membership has its privileges, and when the club you're in is the elite pop star society, there isn't much you can't get your hands on. That's why a teenager like Justin Bieber was able to swing the swankiest surprise date of all time with his squeeze Selena Gomez on Friday night when he treated her to dinner and a movie at the Staples Center.

Now, before you get any ideas. The 20,000-seat home of the Los Angeles Lakers (and countless major concerts) is not available to just any Joe Schmo. No, Bieber reportedly got the keys to the palace for free because he's sold the joint out three times and owner AEG Live figured they'd throw him a bone. Which got us thinking: What would it cost to treat your sweetie to a Bieber-esque night of steak and "Titanic"?

Check out photos of Justin and Selena.

As you might imagine, the powers-that-be at Staples weren't really willing to spill the beans, but we crunched some numbers on our own and here's what we were able to figure:

$475,000: That's how much it would cost you to buy a high-end VIP luxury suite for 14 at the Staples Center, which would get you about 2,500 tickets a year to Lakers, Clippers and Sparks basketball games; L.A. Kings hockey games; concerts; lectures; X Games; and wrestling matches. Given that the venue holds 20,000, we can only imagine a one-night rental would run you well into the six figures.

$200-plus: Bieber ordered steaks and pasta from the exclusive members-only Lexus Club at Staples, a 130-capacity high-end dining area where even the buffet will run you $57.

Priceless: The lucky couple reportedly watched "Titanic" on their date. Now, most men would try to save a few bucks and rent the regular DVD, but given JB's clear baller tendencies, is it safe to assume he called James Cameron and finagled an early copy of the 3-D anniversary Blu-ray edition that is due out in April?

$299 to $1,199: The price of renting an inflatable, 32- to 40-foot portable movie screen from FunFlicks.com for a special event. That is, assuming the Biebs did not make Gomez crane her neck and watch the whole movie on the Center's Jumbotron.

194: That's how many minutes "Titanic" would run if JB didn't have a remote that would allow him and Selena to skip some of the hours of extras.

2:30 a.m.: That's about how late into the morning the couple would have had to stay at Staples in order to watch all of "Titanic," assuming they started it as soon as they arrived at 11 p.m. and had it running during their meal.

$300,000: The amount Bieber pulls in nightly at each one of his concerts.

$53 million: That's how much Bieber banked in 2010. In other words, don't sweat it: He can afford this kind of date every night of the year if he wants to.

What do you think of Justin's date idea for Selena? Tell us in the comments!

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It must be nice to be Rihanna.  If you decide you want a bikini wax at 2am so you can look your best for a video shoot that morning....you can get it! And if you are crushing on a a model/boxer whom you want for a video shoot, you can get him too!  Find out about Rihanna getting her ish inside..

 

In a hilarious story that only happens to rich and famous divas, Rihanna demanded a bikini wax EARLY one morning before her "We Found Love" video shoot.

Before she got scolded in the cornfields for going topless, Rihanna arrived at her Belfast hotel very late and decided she need a "touch up" before the cornfield shoot.

That sent her assistants into a tizzy as they had to find a local directory and try to entice several beauticians to come over to Rihanna's hotel room in the wee hours of the morning.  Luckily, they found one willing to get out of bed to wax her at 2am.  

And word has it that bra tops weren't the only things popping off at the "We Found Love" shoot.  Sources are saying that RiRi has a major crush on her video co-star boxer/model Dudley O'Shaughnessy.

A source on the video shoot in Northern Ireland told the Sun UK,

"Rihanna was making no secret that she fancied the pants off Dudley. They hit it off straight away.  She had seen his modelling shots and other pictures when he was a boxer."

The source continued,

"Rihanna took every opportunity to get close to him and at one point she was sitting in his lap during a break from filming.  She's very tactile anyway, but this was something else."

The 21-year-old 6ft light-middleweight also dyed his hair blond for the video....which folks on the interwebz say made him look a lot like.....Chris Brown.

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In a hilarious story that only happens to rich and famous divas, Rihanna demanded a bikini wax EARLY one morning before her "We Found Love" video shoot.

Before she got scolded in the cornfields for going topless, Rihanna arrived at her Belfast hotel very late and decided she need a "touch up" before the cornfield shoot.

That sent her assistants into a tizzy as they had to find a local directory and try to entice several beauticians to come over to Rihanna's hotel room in the wee hours of the morning.  Luckily, they found one willing to get out of bed to wax her at 2am.  

And word has it that bra tops weren't the only things popping off at the "We Found Love" shoot.  Sources are saying that RiRi has a major crush on her video co-star boxer/model Dudley O'Shaughnessy.

A source on the video shoot in Northern Ireland told the Sun UK,

"Rihanna was making no secret that she fancied the pants off Dudley. They hit it off straight away.  She had seen his modelling shots and other pictures when he was a boxer."

The source continued,

"Rihanna took every opportunity to get close to him and at one point she was sitting in his lap during a break from filming.  She's very tactile anyway, but this was something else."

The 21-year-old 6ft light-middleweight also dyed his hair blond for the video....which folks on the interwebz say made him look a lot like.....Chris Brown.

Check out more pics of the yummy boxer here:

 

Not mad at Rih Rih at all!

The Randomness:

1.  If you're a bride (or groom) to be and are planning your upcoming wedding....email us your wedding/pre-marriage questions for newlywed Tamera Mowry-Housley!  We'll ask the fab actress YOUR questions during out chit chat with her in just a few hours! Send your q's to ybfchic@theybf.com!

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