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The Robert Pattinson-Uma Thurman period drama Bel Ami will have its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival.

It will not be in competition for awards.

The festival takes place in February.

Bel Ami, also starring Christina Ricci and Kristin Scott Thomas, follows the ambitious and corrupt journalist Georges Duroy.

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There’s a new trailer online for Bel Ami, starring Robert Pattinson as handsome but corrupt journalist Georges Duroy.

The movie also features Christina Ricci, Kristin Scott Thomas, Uma Thurman, and lots of other attractive people wearing old-timey garb.

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Robert Pattinson stars in Bel Ami, and now (what appears to be) the movie’s first trailer has just come online.

The movie also features Christina Ricci, Kristin Scott Thomas and Uma Thurman.

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Robert Pattinson‘s interview with Elle magazine has a bunch of interesting passages, but Gossip Cop was particularly entertained by the actor’s discussion of a world we know all too well – gossip.

In the upcoming Bel Ami, Pattinson plays corrupt journalist Georges Duroy, which gave the longtime “vampire” insight into a different type of parasite.

When Elle asks whether he “relished” the chance to portray a “sleazy journalist,” Pattinson responds, “I like the section where he gets a job as a gossip writer and in a completely banal way just makes stuff up – uses the same story and changes the names.”

“I think that still is very, very true,” adds the tabloid-hounded actor.

In terms of his own relationship with the press, Pattinson has a fantasy about ending his “nice guy” image once and for all.

“You know, when the whole thing dries up and there’s hardly any paparazzi around – I don’t know, in 15 years or something – I like the idea of just one paparazzo coming out and trying to get a picture, and I just beat the sh*t out of him.”

“I mean – out of nowhere – when my picture’s not even worth [anything],” he continues. “And I’ve spent all my money, so you can’t sue me!”

Pattinson describes a recent encounter with paparazzi near the Venice Beach boardwalk in which he behaved much more gentlemanly. The actor recalls stopping his car in the middle of the street and simply refusing to speak with the swarm.

“They got all pissed off because they can’t just keep taking the same picture.”

Good for him.

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Today we’re wondering about what happens when HollywoodLife editors visit the dentist.

On the one hand, they’re so numb to reality that Novocaine is probably unnecessary. But at the same time, they spout so much drivel, it has to be tough for the hygienist get a good look.

After yesterday’s mangling of Miley Cyrus comments, the clueless site returns to one of its all-time favorite activities: Fabricating drama for Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.

HollywoodLife claims Pattinson is “freaking out” about Stewart’s “sex scenes” with On The Road co-star Viggo Mortensen.

Supposedly, the Twilight actor is so “worried about hanky panky going on during his girlfriend’s racy scenes with Viggo” that he plans to hang around the set all the time.

“There are a lot of sex scenes including a threesome, and Rob wants to make sure that it’s all pretend from the start and finish of the film,” claims a HollywoodLife “insider.”

In fact, the source adds, “He didn’t like that Kristen was even considering taking this role,” noting that as Pattinson branches out from Edward Cullen “he didn’t take on a role as risque as hers.”

Good grief.

[shaking head]

Where to begin?

For one thing, Stewart’s Marylou Moriarty character in On The Road is not involved in a string of racy scenes.

That’s kind of an important point HollywoodLife should note.

Also, Pattinson actually is taking on a rather sexual role in Bel Ami, not that Stewart or anyone else is “freaking out.”

Unlike the gang at HollywoodLife, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are adult professionals, not children. They’re quite aware that love scenes are “pretend.”

Another observation: If Pattinson didn’t spend time on Stewart’s set, HollywoodLife would probably use his absence to start a rumor that he was jealous of Mortensen and upset about their relationship. No matter what he or Stewart do, the site will find some way of twisting it into nonsense.

We’re no dentists, but it’s pretty clear that HollywoodLife bites.

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Like a child threatened by the arrival of a newborn sibling, Life & Style does everything it can in a desperate bid to win attention.

Last week, the mag put together a baffling cover story of contradictions and conspiracy to explain how Robert Pattinson had “dumped” Kristen Stewart.

Worn out by those contrivances, Life & Style keeps it simple this time, taking a Pattinson interview and pretending it means something it doesn’t.

“Robert: I Want Out,” blares the headline, which is curious, considering Life & Style insisted just seven days ago that Pattinson was already “out,” so to speak. But whatever.

“Rob’s trying to distance himself from the only thing left tying him to Kristen Stewart,” explains the tabloid. “The Twilight franchise itself.”

Oh, this is gonna be good.

“In a shocking June 18 interview with The New York Times, Rob said he can’t wait for the movie series to run its course,” reports the mag. “‘It can get a little boring,’ said Rob, referring to the cultural obsession with him and his big-screen vampire romance. ‘The good news is that the whole thing is done in seven months.’”

What’s “shocking” here? Pattinson has stated previously that the Twilight process can be exhausting.

Well, Life & Style sees the quote as more dramatic… and code for something else.

Seven months, the mag explains, is when Pattinson will “be done filming the final installment, Breaking Dawn — and, of course, when he’ll no longer have to see Kristen every day on the set.”

Um… What?

So when Pattinson told the New York Times he looks forward to finishing Breaking Dawn, what he really meant, according to Life & Style, is that he can’t wait to get away from Kristen Stewart?

Uh huh.

But wait! The article gets even less rational!

“With Kristen out of the picture, it appears that Rob can’t wait to retract his fangs from Twilight and focus on other ventures,” says the tab, which lists “the drama Water for Elephants, with co-star Reese Witherspoon, and an indie flick, Bel Ami, with Uma Thurman.”

Of course, Pattinson is currently filming Water for Elephants, and he already filmed Bel Ami – and he still has Breaking Dawn down the road to “focus” on.

We know focusing on more than one thing is difficult for Life & Style, but actors manage to do it all the time.

Second, was Kristen Stewart keeping Robert Pattinson from doing non-Twilight work? Because apparently, he didn’t need Stewart “out of the picture” to make Water for Elephants, Bel Ami and Remember Me.

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Gossip Cop felt an unpleasant tingle in our knee this morning.

It either means there’s rain coming, or Famous magazine put a certain Twilight twosome on its cover.

“For weeks Kristen Stewart has known there’s something wrong in her relationship with Robert Pattinson,” writes the tab.

Stewart “doesn’t know exactly what it is” but “says she can feel Rob drifting away.”

Here we go.

And what’s the major problem for the pair?

They’ve been “separated by intense work commitments,” Famous explains.

The tab even digs up an “insider” who reports, “They’ve barely seen each other these last few months” with Stewart promoting The Runaways in the United States and Pattinson filming Bel Ami in London.

Wow! This “insider” must have incredible access… to mainstream media and maps! How else would anyone have the inside “scoop” that two heavily-booked actors have professional commitments requiring frequent travel?

While filming Twilight in Vancouver, Pattinson and Stewart got “used to seeing each other all day, every day,” whispers the mag, whereas “now they are on different continents — and it’s really testing their relationship.”

And what (besides the inconveniently placed Atlantic Ocean) is supposedly imperiling the couple?

“Friends believe that the actor is upset over the performance of his new film Remember Me,” asserts Famous. A “close source” adds, “He’s so upset, especially as [The Runaways] is doing great and everyone is talking about what a massive career [Stewart] has ahead of her.”

OK, let’s stop right here.

Robert Pattinson — who’s in London because he’s filming a highly anticipated movie, and around whom casting rumors swirl every week — is so consumed by jealousy of The Runaways (two weeks before its wide release) that his ego is now terribly “bruised” and his relationship with Kristen Stewart on the brink?

Gossip Cop suspects it’s actually another “bruised” ego at work here.

It might be the “bruised” ego of Famous magazine, which has been very wrong, very often on the subject. Like its claim that Pattinson and Taylor Lautner were embroiled in feud (wrong), or that Lautner and Stewart were “caught” in an “affair” (wrong). Or the mag’s insistence that Stewart alienated everyone on the set of Eclipse (wrong), but would be touring Australia with Pattinson (wrong).

More recently, of course, Famous whined when the pair didn’t live their personal lives according to the mag’s approved timetable.

Gossip Cop will toss this newest example of the magazine’s Robsten “journalism” into the same garbage bin.

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Two things are for certain:

(1) There is audio of Robert Pattinson discussing sex scenes in “Bel Ami.”

(2) He most assuredly did not grant the Daily Record an interview.

Here is what happened.

Yes, there’s audio of Pattinson, but he didn’t tell the Daily Record, “The sex scenes with Uma are kind of disturbing.”

The full audio, recorded at a recent roundtable discussion with several journalists in London, has Pattinson saying that his character and Uma Thurman’s marry about two-thirds of the way into “Bel Ami,” and “the sex scenes with Uma… if they, if they work out how they are in the script… they’d be like kind of disturbing in a way.”

It’s important to note, though, that the printed comment alters the sequence and wording of Pattinson’s comments.

It’s equally important to Gossip Cop that Pattinson was not interviewed by the Daily Record, and the paper was not among the approved outlets at the roundtable.

When Gossip Cop asked about the circumstances surrounding the audio, one editor at the paper said he was “unaware” if the person who furnished the tab with the audio identified himself as a reporter for the Daily Record. And another editor said whether the writer “identified himself as representing the Daily Record” was “immaterial.”

But it’s not immaterial. Especially since the Daily Record wasn’t an approved media outlet.

The paper was able to print Pattinson’s words (while no other outlet at the roundtable did) because, not having been identified as a participant, the Daily Record did not abide by certain restrictions.

And since it was not an approved outlet, that’s why a Pattinson source told Gossip Cop - correctly – that the star “never spoke to the [Scottish] Daily Record.”

Even Pattinson, according to the source, didn’t know he was being taped by someone who was going to later supply the Daily Record with the (edited) quotes.

So, at the end of the day… yeah, Pattinson said some of what the paper claims — though not word for word, according to the audio — but he had absolutely no idea he was being “interviewed” by the Daily Record.

What do you think – cool or uncool?

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UPDATE

Any comments attributed to Robert Pattinson are going to get huge attention, especially with regards to the highly anticipated Bel Ami he’s making with Uma Thurman, and especially if outlets can throw in the word “sex.”

“The sex scenes with Uma are kind of disturbing,” Pattinson is quoted as saying to The Daily Record. The comments were quickly (and not surprisingly) picked up everywhere. “[Thurman's character] kind of uses sex as a sort of weapon and my character thinks like an animal,” Pattinson supposedly adds.

Bel Ami is an adaptation of French writer Guy de Maupassant‘s novel, in which Georges Duroy (Pattinson) is a social climbing journalist and playboy. As Gossip Cop confirmed last month, Christina Ricci has also signed on to the project.

Gossip Cop was told by a source close to Pattinson that the actor ”never spoke to the [Scottish] Daily Record.”

Additionally, the quotations printed in the article were absolutely altered and used out of sequence in the newspaper, which was not authorized to publish the (edited) quotations, says the source.

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Here we go again.

Dozens of outlets are breathlessly repeating rumors that Robert Pattinson is the leading candidate to replace Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man.

You’ll recall that the story started as an April Fool’s prank later dusted off and published (without context) by the Oh No They Didn’t community. Gossip Cop busted the site and the speculation.

Just a few days ago, though, Sony announced that it would reboot the Spider-Man franchise, letting Maguire and director Sam Raimi go. And once it became clear that there will (eventually) be a new actor in the lead role, blogs anointed Pattinson. Buzz bubbled all the way up to the granddaddy of all cut-and-pasters, Perez Hilton, who trumpets rumors without checking them out.

Gossip Cop needs to step in.

Yes, there will now be a new Spider-Man, but Robert Pattinson is NOT set to take the part.

Pattinson is committed to a busy upcoming slate that includes Bel Ami, Unbound Captives, and a potential Breaking Dawn production. He’s been wrongly linked to projects ranging from X-Men to Yellow Submarine. The Spidey rumor is no more real.

We’ve spoken with sources close to the studio, which now needs to devise a new identity for the franchise, a new timetable, and a new script. Casting is not yet on the radar.

Any outlet stirring Pattinson into the mix does so with zero factual basis.

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Usually it’s role rumors about Robert Pattinson that draw big attention, but today the buzz is all about a possible future co-star.

An avalanche of outlets picked up a Production Weekly item that reported Christina Ricci will join Pattinson in the upcoming “Bel Ami.” The speculation has Ricci playing a character named Clotilde in the tale of Georges Duroy (Pattinson) and his corrupt rise to power in Paris.

A lot of people asked Gossip Cop whether the casting rumor was true.

We can confirm that it is.

A rep for Ricci tells Gossip Cop the deal was recently signed.

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This June “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” arrives in theaters, but Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are scheduled for a very big 2010 even beyond their blockbuster vampire series. Two of Young Hollywood’s brightest stars have numerous movies slated to be released — or produced — in the coming months, and Gossip Cop was curious to know what non-”Twilight” film Pattinson and Stewart fans were most excited to see.

For Pattinson, is it “Remember Me,” “Unbound Captives,” or “Bel Ami”?

For Stewart, is it “Welcome to the Rileys,” “The Yellow Handkerchief,” or “The Runaways”?

Or have other upcoming projects caught your eye? Let us know in comments!

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It’s gotten to the point now where nearly any celebrity relationship news seems to have a Robert Pattinson angle.

As soon as Uma Thurman‘s split with Arpad Busson became public, we knew it would trigger immediate speculation about a possible Thurman fling with her co-star in the upcoming “Bel Ami” – Mr. Pattinson. Sure enough, Twitter talked up a possible May-December romance between the “Twilight” heartthrob and the newly single Thurman. So many of our visitors wrote Gossip Cop with questions about the speculation, we decided to make sure our doubts were well founded.

“That is actually funny,” a representative for Thurman told Gossip Cop of Robert & Uma (“Ruma”?) whispers. ”Uma hasn’t even been in the same room as Pattinson,” with whom he notes she won’t start work on “Bel Ami” until the new year.

So there you have it.

Remarkably, Pattinson hasn’t been linked yet to the Tiger Woods scandal… but the week is still young.

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“Imagine Robert Pattinson as John Lennon,” an item in the Star item began, adding, “It’s easy if you try.”

As previously reported, the tabloid claimed Pattinson “is in talks with director Robert Zemeckis to play the late great Beatle in Disney’s 3-D remake of the classic cartoon Yellow Submarine.”

The story was picked up by numerous outlets, and there were elements that made it plausible: Pattinson is British, and has a fondness for writing and playing music.

Suffice to say, we reached out to EVERYONE, and it was a long and winding road, but a Disney rep who spoke directly with the filmmakers told Gossip Cop the rumor is absolutely “false.” 

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Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are “looking for a place to live,” claims In Touch, in a story – “Rob and Kristen Moving in Together” – that’s as light on tact as it is on facts.

Of the “Twilight” twosome, the mag reports that “lately, they’ve been quietly searching for a home in LA neighborhoods like Beachwood Canyon and the Hollywood Hills.” Would that be “lately” as in their recent weeks spent jet setting around the globe for “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” one of the biggest promotional pushes in film history? Because that seems… unlikely.

Let’s break this down further, shall we?

Pattinson is going to start shooting “Bel Ami” in February. Filming will last a few months. Then, in the spring he and Stewart will be promoting “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” around the world ahead of its June release. And in the interim, he and Stewart have other commitments with other projects. And while Pattinson has said he’s looking for a home in L.A., with all the other projects and promotions going on, claims of a low-key LA “co-habitation” sound off the mark.

But even that isn’t where the item really goes wrong.

In Touch says of the rumored couple, “Right now the best thing to do seems [to be] to find a home with a lot of privacy and security.”

We hope whatever house Stewart calls “home” in the future – with or without Pattinson - does have “lots of privacy and security,” because in a staggeringly shameful move, the magazine illustrates the piece with a photo of what they say is Stewart’s current residence.

Not cool, In Touch. Really not cool.

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What happens when you take the biggest rock band in history and the biggest name in movies today?

You get a juicy rumor like the one in Star claiming Robert Pattinson is about to become a Beatle.

“Imagine Robert Pattinson as John Lennon,” the item begins, “It’s easy if you try.”

Easy how? Well, according to the tabloid, Pattinson “is in talks with director Robert Zemeckis to play the late great Beatle in Disney’s 3-D remake of the classic cartoon Yellow Submarine.”

So will Pattinson – whose fondness for music is well known – really make a film bridging the biggest youth culture phenomenon of the moment (Twilight) with what might have been the biggest phenom of all time?

It’s way too early to say. Gossip Cop is still investigating, but no one we’ve contacted, even at Zemeckis’ company, could confirm Pattinson’s potential involvement.

We’ll definitely be keeping our ears to the ground on this one to see if this “Submarine” sinks or not.

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There has been lots of speculation about Robert Pattinson and his future projects.

Gossip Cop has poked around, and verified a few things.

First, “Breaking Dawn” has NOT been given the green light, despite what certain blogs and foreign language publications claim. Gossip Cop will be closely monitor the situation to bring you breaking news when we hear it.

Moving along to Pattinson’s other projects, “Unbound Captives” is still on the actor’s slate, but no start date has been set for the film.  

And “Bel Ami” will still begin filming in February, although the locations haven’t been locked down yet.

Gossip Cop will update you as soon as we receive confirmations. 

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It was another wild week in Hollywood! Let’s take a look:

THE GOOD

The two biggest stars in the “Twilight” constellation will be coming to screens near you in new roles. Gossip Cop confirmed that Robert Pattinson will STILL – contrary to Internet whispers – be involved in the upcoming “Bel Ami” (although not in another rumored role), and Kristen Stewart will be tapped by director James Woods for the lead in “An American Girl,” with her camp giving Gossip Cop exclusive confirmation and comments.

And while some mags had to settle for making nasty claims about Stewart, Interview actually got to speak with her, and we showed some behind-the-scenes video from her cover photo shoot.

We also confirmed that producers are planning to arrange a special United Kingdom fan event with cast members for “New Moon” before the film’s world premiere in Los Angeles. We hope to have new details as soon as possible.

THE BAD

This spot isn’t necessarily reserved for Perez Hilton, but “Scoop” managed this week to be wrong about casting, sexuality, philanthropy, and pregnancy. He hit for the cycle!

Hilton first demonstrated his talent for publishing anything that hits his inbox without checking the facts when he ran with a story about Lindsay Lohan signing on to “Celebrity Big Brother.” (Yeah, she’s not.)

Then he blasted Bob Dylan as a “sell-out” for pairing with a bank on his upcoming Christmas album, even scrawling “I [heart] $$$” on his picture. Um, Perez? Every single penny is going to charity. Oops.

What about Derek Hough? “Hold onto your skirt there, hun!” snipes Perez, who tauntingly asks, “Is it dark in that closet of yours, Derek?” According to the blogger, the Dancing with the Stars performer is a “gayface.” Not surprisingly, Perez provides . . . zero evidence. Once again, Perez can’t get his facts straight – like Hough. 

Finally, Journalism’s Joker made Mariah Carey pregnant. Battling medical science and his own track record in this area, Perez examined a photo of Carey performing and decided that she’s with child. And . . . she’s not. Gossip Cop can’t wait until Doc Hilton reports pregnancies for Betty White and Cloris Leachman next week!

THE UGLY

The week’s most stunning story was David Letterman‘s “sextortion” drama. While everyone scrambled to make heads or tails of the shocker, Gossip Cop remembered a weird personal moment from the Emmys four years ago - when we stumbled upon and interviewed both Letterman and Stephanie Birkitt, the woman now at the center of the scandal. They did seem to have a particular closeness.

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There has been enormous speculation over the past two days about which films Robert Pattinson will do and which he will not.

In a series of threads on IMDB, for example, fans wondered whether it was true that Pattinson had been recast or dropped out of the film “Bel Ami,” in which he plays an immoral man named George Duroy, based on the short story by Guy de Maupassant. While many thought that he was recast/bowed out because of scheduling issues, Gossip Cop can confirm that Pattinson is still slated to make that movie.

But what about Pattinson re-making “Dune,” a rumor which set Twitter atwitter? While it’s true that Peter Berg remains intent on doing a re-make of the 1984 film that starred Kyle MacLachlan, Robert Pattinson will NOT be in the film, a source close to the actor tells Gossip Cop.

So it’s one in and one out for Pattinson.

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