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Forget social misfit: Lea Michele may actually be "Most Likely to Succeed" on Emmy night for her turn as Rachel Berry on Fox's musical comedy sensation "Glee."

Michele recently dished about shifting from Broadway to television comedienne, her inner Gleek and fantasies about Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears.

BEFORE "GLEE," YOU WERE A FIXTURE ON BROADWAY. DID YOU EVER THINK YOU WOULD MAKE THE SHIFT TO A TELEVISION COMEDY SERIES?

Michele: I never thought I would be a comedic actor. In all of my shows on Broadway I played the most gut-wrenching, depressing roles. But I did watch a lot of "Saturday Night Live" as a kid. I would pretend I was Gilda Radner and re-enact "Roseanne Roseannadanna." Growing up, my mother would say that I was the daughter of Jim Carrey and Natalie Wood. I had this serious maturity about me, but had this insanely kooky side, too.

DESCRIBE RACHEL BERRY IN YOUR OWN WORDS AND HOW SHE'S DEVELOPED OVER THE SEASON.

Michele: Rachel was me when I was younger and working in musical theater. I was very determined and I did a great show every single night. I never missed a performance. Since then, I've mellowed out, but there is a part of me that's very Rachel Berry. She is so different now than when we started. Initially, she was very "Pretty in Pink": making her own clothes, and wearing tons of necklaces with big theatrical makeup. We were figuring out who she was and we realized her personality was enough. She didn't need the gloves and pearls.

MATTHEW MORRISON EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT HOW THE SERIES WILL ADAPT, AS THE STUDENTS GET OLDER. HOW DO YOU THINK THE SHOW WILL HANDLE IT?

Michele: There is definitely a way to drag it on. We've been working on the show for two years and we're just finishing Season 1! I don't think Ryan Murphy would ever keep it going if it didn't have life. I'm not going to be able to play a high school student forever and Cory (Monteith, who plays Finn) is like 50 years old, but there are so many unknown talented kids people could relate to.

"GLEE" IS SCHEDULED TO AIR IN THE COVETED POST-SUPER BOWL TIME SLOT. WHOSE MUSIC ARE YOU HOPING THE EPISODE WILL CELEBRATE?

Michele: I think they are saving Justin Timberlake for the Super Bowl episode. They have to be, because he is so perfect for our show. He has to be on it! When I met Jessica Biel, like a loser, I asked her to tell Justin to come on our show! She was a little taken aback and said, "Um, OK. I'll tell him." If not Justin, I would hope it would be the sequel to the Madonna episode. She has so many more amazing songs we didn't even touch.

IT WAS CONFIRMED THIS WEEK THAT BRITNEY SPEARS WILL BE ON THE SHOW. DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIDER DETAILS TO SHARE?

Michele: The Britney episode is going to be even bigger than Lady Gaga. Ryan is directing it and any episode that he directs, fans will love. The Britney episode is really Heather Morris' episode, who plays Brittany. Heather and Naya (Rivera, who plays Santana) will be doing a lot more this season and Harry Shum, who plays Mike Chang, is going to have a bigger part, too.

WHAT SONG DO YOU HOPE "GLEE" NEVER ATTEMPTS TO RE-CREATE?

Michele: If I say what I don't want to do, Ryan will make sure I do it! My problem is that songs get stuck in my head. By the time we finish, it could take us 50 takes to get one song on film. I recently did another Gaga song -- I can't say which one -- and it's a hard song to sing because it's really fast. It was literally stuck in my head for days! I probably wouldn't want to sing anything I liked when I was 12 years old -- like the Spice Girls or Hanson. Although, "MMMBop" will probably pop up at some point in a bad '90s episode.

Jessica Biel thinks food "is like a drug". The 'A-Team' actress admits she has cravings for healthy snacks when she is working on a movie, because she needs to be able to keep working for 18 hours at a time.

She said: "I really feel like food is a drug. When I'm not eating properly, I have less energy - my body looks different, which means it looks different on film. I look different through my face. I think about those kinds of things and I want to feel more than it is the vanity part of it."
"I want to feel I can go 18 hours on set, if we have to, working, working, working, and feel confident about my health. So when I'm working, I'm really disciplined. When I'm not working, I'm very undisciplined."
The 28-year-old beauty - who is dating hunky pop star Justin Timberlake - admits she loves tucking into her favorite foods, but is restricted to what she can eat.
She added in an interview with OK! magazine: "I love food, love it. But I'm really disciplined and boring most of the time. It's so true!"
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Sports Illustrated model Brooklyn Decker and Kellan Lutz were voted as the stars with Best Summer Body.  On the men's side of the contest, the ripped 'Twilight' star has topped a list compiled by the editors of MensHealth.com to find the star with the perfect beach body.  The 25-year-old hunk beat toned actor Matthew McConaughey and his muscular 'Twilight' co-star Taylor Lautner to the top spot.

David Zinczenko, editor-in-chief of Men's Health, said: "All of this year's finalists have a deep commitment to working out, staying fit and eating smart. They have a variety of workout regimes from boxing to weight training, kayaking and hiking to training for marathons. They've worked hard to achieve and maintain their amazing bodies - which is why they've earned their place on this year's list."
Other stars to make the final 10 include Zac Efron, who came fourth, Jake Gyllenhaal - who was placed at number eight after bulking up for his role as Prince Dastan in 'Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time' - and Daniel Craig and Channing Tatum, who finished ninth and tenth respectively.
Anyone wanting to achieve Kellan's impressive physique can log on to MensHealth.com to view his exercise regime which involves a total-body circuit workout.

For the women's contest, Sports Illustrated model Brooklyn Decker was named the woman with the Best Summer Body by Women'sHealthMag.com with Jessica Alba and Ashley Greene coming second and third.
Other female stars to make the top ten include Jessica Biel, Katy Perry and Jennifer Aniston.
Men's Health magazine's Best Summer Bodies of 2010.
TOP TEN
1. Kellan Lutz, Actor
2. Matthew McConaughey, Actor
3. Taylor Lautner, Actor
4. Zac Efron, Actor
5. Mario Lopez, Actor
6. Isaiah Mustafa, Actor
7. Mark Sanchez, Quarterback, New York Jets
8. Jake Gyllenhaal, Actor
9. Daniel Craig, Actor
10. Channing Tatum, Actor
Women's Health magazine's Best Summer Bodies of 2010.
TOP TEN:
1. Brooklyn Decker, Model
2. Jessica Alba, Actor
3. Ashley Greene, Actor
4. Vanessa Hudgens, Actor/Musician
5. Jessica Biel, Actor
6. Carrie Underwood, Musician
7. Katy Perry, Musician
8. Lauren Conrad, Reality Star/Author
9. Jennifer Aniston, Actor
10. Kim Kardashian, Reality Star
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Jessica Biel doesn't like kissing scenes.

The 'A-Team' actress - who locks lips with Bradley Cooper in the forthcoming action movie - insists there is nothing romantic about getting close to her hunky co-stars because an on-screen smooch is so technical.

She explained: "It's not at all hot. There's a bazillion people around, everyone's in your face fixing things. It's very technical and precise. Your face has to be in the right place and the camera has to be at the right angle. So it's not romantic."

The 28-year-old beauty also hates getting in shape for her film roles because she has to completely overhaul her usual lifestyle.

She added to E! Online: "It is so challenging, I did it for 'Stealth' and 'Blade' and it is not fun, so I felt for everybody as they were eating their chicken and vegetables and brown rice. Your whole world is different and it gets into your head a little bit. "

Jessica Biel would like to live on a boat.

The 'Valentine's Day' actress - who is dating Justin Timberlake - would love to go exploring around the world to indulge in her passion for archaeology.

She said: "I would like to sail around some part of the world and live on a boat. I have a love of Egyptology. I would like to go there and see the pyramids. As a kid I wanted to be Indiana Jones and dig for bones and find mummies."

Jessica can next be seen in action adventure movie 'The A-Team' - in which she plays Charisa Sosa - and admits training for the movie made her fall in love with guns.

Pee-wee Herman (aka Paul Reubens) will be riding his red bicycle all the way to Broadway, reports the LA Times.  "The Pee-Wee Herman Show" will have a 48-performance run at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre starting Oct. 26.

"I can hardly believe it. Honestly, I’ve been pinching myself," said Reubens, who created Pee-Wee almost 30 years ago in Los Angeles.

More Broadway debuts...Jessica Biel (pictured) is to star in the Broadway adaptation of Pedro Almodóvar’s 1988 flick Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown, according to reports.
The Minnesota-born actress and girlfriend of Justin Timberlake will take on the lead role of Pepa in her first Broadway role in the play, which will be directed by Bartlett Sher, the director behind hit shows South Pacific and The Light In The Piazza.
The news was announced at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this week, according to the New York Daily News. Biel, 28, will play Pepa, a voice actress who is intent on delivering a secret to her boyfriend Ivan.
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Luke Evans' star is certainly rising. Following his role as Apollo in Clash of the Titans, he's signed up for Stephen Frears' Tamara Drew and Paul WS Anderson's The Three Musketeers (as Athos), and according to The Hollywood Reporter it now looks like he's set to play Venetian virtuoso violinist Vivaldi.

He'll be starring alongside Jessica Biel as Anna Tessieri Giro, the "forbidden romance" and muse that allegedly inspired Vivaldi's composing The Four Seasons concertos. 

There's a certain amount of artistic licence at play here, in that most scholars seem to believe Vivaldi's own vehement denial of any hanky panky between himself and Giro. The pair were certainly close collaborators, and Giro (along with her sister) became part of Vivaldi's entourage on his far-and-wide travels, but there's no real evidence to suggest Giro was anything more than Vivaldi's favourite prima donna.

Still, this won't be the first time we've seen a composer given a fictional movie life. Amadeus invented the deadly animosity between Mozart and Salieri, and Immortal Beloved's revealing of Beethoven's secret love was entirely speculative (suffice to say nobody in academia gives credence to Bernard Rose's claim that he solved the mystery). If Vivaldi is half as good as either of those, it should be one to watch out for.

The project is written by Kevin Lund and TJ Scott, and is not the same one that Boris Damast has been trying to get going for years. Raffaella De Laurentiis is producing and Patricia Riggen (Under the Same Moon) will direct, all assuming the package comes together at Cannes as planned...

 

Justin Timberlake "tortured" Jessica Biel by agreeing to make a movie with his ex-girlfriend.

The 'SexyBack' star is currently filming 'Bad Teacher' with Cameron Diaz - who he dated for four years until 2007 - and friends believe it has contributed to the problems in his relationship, which is rumoured to have ended.

A source said: "He tortured Jess by taking this role. They were having huge arguments on the phone and Jessica would get territorial and upset."

However, insiders claim Jessica's attitude has driven Justin, 29, closer to his 37-year-old co-star and they are friendlier than ever.

The source added to Us Weekly magazine: "There's lots of laughing, making fun of each other, kidding around off camera. They're having a ball together."

Jessica Biel’s stepping up to produce and star in Mob Girl, based on the real-life story of a mafia mistress, and now An Education’s Lone Scherfig is attached to direct it.

Mob Girl, which will be based on Teresa Carpenter’s book, follows Arlyn Brickman, who spent her life around racketeering types, with her grandmother and father as early examples. She ended up running packages and letting mobsters use her home as a safe haven, and even bedded a few.

But years of abuse at the hands of her Mafia associates eventually led her to become a government witness.

This one is still in the early stages – the project doesn’t even have a writer yet, so chances are Scherfig will make Anne Hathaway rom-com One Day first.

Justin Timberlake was said to have rocked fashion week and his girlfriend Jessica Biel provided the romance as a bit of a fashion accessory for Justin as reports claim she was the recipient of a lapdance from her fashion show boyfriend that was a bit raunchy, according to sources.

Timberlake's new biker-themed fashion collection revved up the stage at New York Fashion Week. The New America collection comes from the William Rast brand, a Timberlake collaboration with Trace Ayala.

The line brought a fresh hybrid of denim, leather and military styles largely inspired by the wide open roads that join the Mississippi River and the West Coast, Timberlake said.
"We had this idea of discoverers and what does the modern-day discoverer look like? Biker culture brought the word 'nomadic' to mind, which brought the word 'bohemian' to mind."
Timberlake said a road trip from LA to Wyoming proved to him that his collection had tapped into the right vein. Thematically, he wanted to blend the desert with pine forests and snow-capped mountains, he said.