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"There's no answer that's not going to tip you one way or the other. Think about every hypothetical situation: 'OK, we are. We aren't. I'm a lesbian.' I'm just trying to keep something. I'm not going to give the fiending an answer. I know that people are really funny about 'Well, you chose to be an actor, why don't you just f---ing give your whole life away?! Can I have your firstborn child?'"

-"New Moon" star Kristen Stewart, talking to Entertainment Weekly about the constant questions she gets about her personal life — and specifically her relationship with co-star Robert Pattinson. Ever since "Twilight" became a smash success and Stewart became both a household name and a tabloid staple, the rumors about her relationship with Pattinson have been constant. She's clearly frustrated by the media blitz on her life, and she's not taking it lying down. "I probably would've answered it if people hadn't made such a big deal about it," she said.

"There was an interview where somebody asked me how I was feeling at that moment with everything that was going on with 'Twilight,' and I said, 'You know? I'm really devastated right now, because I have never heard the amount of criticism and hurt and pain from some things that I've read going on the Internet [about me] right now, like, 'She's fat' and 'She's ugly' and 'She's not blond' and 'She's supposed to be the most beautiful girl in the world?' and 'Couldn't they cast someone who was remotely beautiful?' It's like, thank God I'm not so callous that I'm totally desensitized, but I am sensitive and that really hurt my feelings."

-"Twilight" and "New Moon" star Nikki Reed, admitting that she is engaged in the online fervor surrounding the vampire-centric film series. The actress was responding to a question posed by a reader on the site as a part of the ongoing series of "Twilight" stars answering fan questions. She also added that though the thought has crossed her mine, she doesn't get involved in the Internet rumors herself. "I've joked with Kristen [Stewart] a few times about how tempted we are to defend ourselves. But there's no point," she said. "For every one person who says something, you always hear about the squeaky wheel or the plane that crashes. There might be a person that is really mean, but [you hear about them, not] the million people that say really nice things."

"New Moon," the second film in the series, hits theaters on November 20, and you can stay tuned to MTV News, MTV Movies and Hollywood Crush for all the latest insider information, cast interview, exclusive clips and fan reactions.

Every day a multitude of stars wanders through the halls of MTV News to talk about their latest projects and goof around with our intrepid correspondents. But sometimes we catch stars elsewhere, and that's why we put together Spotted!, a daily compendium of stars in the wild.

The opening of "New Moon," the second installment in the "Twilight" film series, is still a few weeks away, but next year's edition has already wrapped. Principle photography has been completed on "Eclipse," the third film in the "Twilight" tetralogy. The film was shot in Vancouver, and now that the footage has all been captured, the film's two stars are headed home. Yesterday, both Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson were spotted in an airport working their way out of our neighbor to the north. They'll return to their "Twilight" home soon enough, as there is still one more movie to be shot.

The movie world was popping yesterday, as the cast of "Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day" joined other luminaries (including Guns N' Roses/Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash) on the red carpet for that film's premiere, while "Eclipse" co-star Taylor Lautner spent more time with Taylor Swift. Click here for these pictures plus the entire "Spotted!" archive, which includes over 400 candid shots of superstars like Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Madonna, Lady Gaga, the Jonas Brothers, Adam Lambert, Justin Timberlake, Whitney Houston, Katy Perry and Janet Jackson!

Michael Jackson died a little over four months ago, and though hardcore fans never got to see his "This Is It" concerts at London's O2 Arena, they will finally get the first big piece of Jackson's posthumous legacy tonight when "Michael Jackson's This Is It" premieres around the world. (MTV News will be there live tonight at 8:30 p.m. on MTV and VH1 for the "'Michael Jackson's This Is It' Premiere Special.") As director Kenny Ortega explains in the behind-the-scenes clip below, it's a "backstage pass" look at what the "This Is It" concerts could have been. "It's a private peek into the creative process of a great genius," says Ortega.

As other clips have proven, Jackson was an incredible work horse who knew exactly what he was looking for in all aspects of his presentation and performance. In the above clip, he knows exactly how something should be cued and isn't afraid to remind everybody how it is supposed to go.

Even more interesting is the proposed introduction for the "This Is It" shows. The prolonged sequence apparently was supposed to involved pyrotechnics, fireworks, a video package detailing the history of the 20th century called "Glimpses and Flashes" and Jackson's entrance via "Light Man," a robot that also served as a video monitor. Clearly, the "This Is It" concerts were going to be huge, sprawling, expensive affairs (complete with crystal-studded costumes designed by Christian Audigier) that would have been a fitting series of farewells for Jackson if he really did intend to retire following the shows. Tragically, we'll never know what those shows would be like or what would come next for Jackson, but "Michael Jackson's This Is It" promises to provide at least a glimpse of what might have been. Choreographer Travis Payne puts it best: "When the fans go see 'This Is It,' they're gonna have Michael back, just for a little while."

For more on "Michael Jackson's This Is It," stay tuned to MTV News.

"He was the Sharkboy, and I played the mother of the other kid who imagined Sharkboy and Lavagirl in Robert Rodriguez's movie, and I met him down in Texas. He was a kid and he didn't have those muscles, and I don't know what happened. I see these pictures [now and] I can't believe it. I feel protective, like what is he doing without his shirt on? And then I hear he's dating people and I'm like, 'Ahh!'"

-"Couples Retreat" and "Sex and the City" star Kristin Davis on Taylor Lautner and his oft-exposed chest. Davis first worked with Lautner (who plays Jacob in the "Twilight" series) on the 2005 movie "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D," which was directed by Robert Rodriguez and featured Taylor as the titular fish-inspired superhero. Davis stopped by the MTV Newsroom to talk about "Couples Retreat" and "Sex and the City 2," but took plenty of time out to heap praise on Lautner. "[He was] nothing of those negative things that you think of with child actors. So for anyone to be succeeding, I'm happy for him," she told MTV News' Josh Horowitz.

At this stage, a clearer picture is coming together about "Michael Jackson's This Is It." Using a combination of rehearsals, fly-on-the-wall meetings and proper performances, it shows the once-unstoppable pop star gearing up for his big career comeback using some of his most beloved hits (and sending a message about hope and humanity in the process).

A great music doc is made up of a combination of signature moments, incredible performances and an ineffable something that can give the fan sitting on the couch that same twinge of electricity you get standing three feet from a sweaty lead singer in a packed stadium, or that awkward cringe you get seeing your favorite rock star fall apart on film. In his prime, Jackson had that magic (both kinds, unfortunately) when he took the stage, and we'll find out for sure next week if he still had it near the end of his life.

In the meantime, here are some of my favorite music documentaries, all of which have one or more of the qualities that could make "Michael Jackson's This Is It" great if producers decided to pull no punches and present the King of Pop in all his complicated glory.

Three Chords And The Truth
The Ramones, "End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones"
How could I not include this bare bones 2003 movie about my favorite band? From their early days at New York's defunct punk ground zero CBGB to massive crowds in South America, this low-budget flick is like the band themselves: Raw, fast and kind of messy. Mixing concert footage, interviews, home movies and classic TV appearances, members talk about their unlikely rise from the New York underground to legendary status, even as they lament their failure to grab the commercial brass ring and make no secret of long-simmering tensions.

Sold Out, Not Sell Out
Nirvana, "Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!"
I will watch anything about Nirvana. Hell, if there was three hours of tape of Kurt Cobain tuning his guitar in a dark room, I'd get two copies on Blu-Ray. In the meantime, this 1994 live DVD will have to do, and considering it has classic takes on some of the band's best and most beloved tunes ("About a Girl," "Come as You Are," "Polly," "Lithium" and, yes, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"). This band had to be experienced live and, unfortunately, this is the closest you can currently get.

Behind The Music
Metallica, "Some Kind of Monster" Read more...

"Michael Jackson's This Is It" opens next week, and the anticipation continues to grow. Ticket sales keep surging and the principals involved are talking all about it. But what will be shown in the film, and how is it constructed? There are more clues emerging in a handful of clips that have surfaced.

One such clip shows various rehearsals of Jackson's 1983 hit "Human Nature." In it, Jackson is shown talking to director Kenny Ortega (who was overseeing the "This Is It" concerts and ended up putting the film together) about the various dance cues he would be dropping into the song. It's fascinating to watch Jackson work, as even though he was supposedly in great pain during those rehearsals, his dance moves are incredibly sharp and his voice is strong. The verses on "Human Nature" are meant to sound sweet and loose, but when he gets to those falsetto croons on the bridge, it becomes truly magical.

"Michael Jackson's This Is It" will probably take the same sort of approach, seamlessly melding together many different performances into one seamless whole. Also inspiring? The clip above lets Jackson do the talking and allows the footage to act as its own narrative.

It's incredible to watch Jackson do even the simplest moves. When he hits the line, "If this town is just an apple/ Then let me take a bite," he mimes ripping into a piece of fruit. It's an obvious move, sure, but it is still fascinating and sort of chilling. "Michael Jackson's This Is It" will clearly be a huge sales juggernaut, but it also appears as though it will be a fitting epitaph to a remarkable career.

"I'm not the lead in the second film. Taylor is. I appear in Bella's dreams. So I'm in it but the focus is not on me. I just have significant moments at the beginning ... and the end. So I'm more of a supporting role in this one, which is why I felt so free. I didn't have to deal with any of the bullsh-- of the first one. I don't have to hold the movie or worry about the fans. I think I did it better without all those pressures."

-"Twilight" heartthrob Robert Pattinson, talking to the Sydney Morning Herald about his role in "New Moon." The story of the second book in the "Twilight" series sees Pattinson's Edward Cullen putting himself in self-imposed exile, which means that his screen time is significantly cut down in the second film. Worry not, though, as were-hunk Taylor Lautner steps in to play the role of lust object. Though the actor has had a great deal of success thanks to "Twilight," he's not without regrets. For one thing, he wishes he hadn't recorded a song for the soundtrack for the first movie. "When the first film came out I felt like a complete tosser," he explained. "It looked like I was trying to be cool or something, like Eminem. You know, be in a movie and then do a song for the soundtrack. But I didn't look cool, I just looked ridiculous."

"I'll never forget this. This is what was amazing. At my house in Vegas, 55 people there, eight guys, the rest were women. Corporate. I'm not talking about groupies. Corporate women, had their own money, own jobs. Watching this fight. I was like, 'You like Mike Tyson?' 'Oh yeah, there's something about him.' He was just this ultimate man. I remember him knocking some guy out, and it was like the Daytona 500 to get to our cars to get into the after party just to get a glimpse of this guy. He was just bigger than life."

-Actor and singer Jamie Foxx on Mike Tyson, who he hopes to portray in a film about the legendarily embattled pugilist and former heavyweight champ. During an interview to promote his upcoming film "Law Abiding Citizen," Foxx talked about his opinion of Tyson and how his life and experiences haven't yet been captured accurately on film. "A lot of times we've just seen everyone else's take; it would be great to just get his take," Foxx told MTV News. "I think he has a tremendous story. And if he allows me to do it, I think it will be one of those things were it will be really a serious event." Tyson is no stranger to the cinema, having appeared in this summer's comedy hit "The Hangover" and in his own James Toback-directed documentary "Tyson."

Every day a multitude of stars wanders through the halls of MTV News to talk about their latest projects and goof around with staff members. But sometimes we catch stars elsewhere, and that's why we put together Spotted!, a daily compendium of stars in the wild.

Sure, Katy Perry has been hanging out with Russell Brand at Fashion Week in Paris, but some stars have work to attend to. Take Shia LaBeouf, who was at the Central Park Zoo yesterday. But he wasn't there to wave to the polar bears or pet a snow leopard. Rather, he was there working with Michael Douglas on the set of "Wall Street 2," the sequel to Oliver Stone's sequel to his own 1987 film that originally starred Douglas, Charlie Sheen and Martin Sheen. The movie, which is subtitled "Money Never Sleeps," is expected to hit theaters some time in 2010 and will feature a musical score care of Police drummer Stewart Copeland.

LaBeouf and Douglas weren't the only people putting in time yesterday, as actress Teri Hatcher was spotted on the side of the road shooting an episode of "Desperate Housewives" and Vince Vaughn stopped by "The Late Show with David Letterman" to plug his new film "Couples Retreat." Click here for these photos as well as the entire "Spotted!" archive, which includes over 300 candid shots of Britney Spears, Madonna, the Jonas Brothers, Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey, Justin Timberlake and the casts of "New Moon" and "Gossip Girl!"