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This incense me! Many so-called "Hunger Games" fans are complaining that some of the beloved characters of the book are played by African-American actors.

In the vigilante fantasy Gone, Amanda Seyfried plays Jill, a young Portland woman who can’t shake the memory of her abduction a year ago.

Amanda Seyfried has Gone from a musical ingenue in "Mamma Mia!" to a hapless woman looking for her sister's abductor in the female-centric thriller "Gone." She plays Jill, a normal student whose life turns for the worse when her sister is taken by a serial killer. The problem is, Jill thinks he's the same serial killer who abducted her before but no one wants to believe her, not even the police.

Not even the most enormous movie marketing budget in the world could buy the perfect timing of Andrew Niccol's In Time, an allegory about the disparity between the rich and the poor in this country that's so confident it barely even bothers to masquerade as a thriller even though, supposedly, that's the way to sell tickets.

For my one-on-one interview with Amanda Seyfried, with Shiloh Fernandez and Max Irons, and with director Catherine Hardwicke .

I finally got the chance to sit down with Amanda Seyfried. She's an astute young actress who's been picking the right roles. She is definitely picture-perfect as Red Riding Hood. She has an ethereal quality that makes her look transcend time and place.

Steve Marra, Director of the independent film "Amanda", had reason to smile last May as he celebrated the movie's red carpet premiere along with cast members Ariana Dubynin (Amanda) and Bill Bannister (Bob Bender) at the Giordano Theatre housed in the Las Vegas Hilton.

Being in the Press Room the final night of ShoWest was one of my favorite parts of the week. Listening to the thoughts and words of filmmakers and actors, who are either industry veterans or stars on the rise, was a pleasure that I'm happy to share here with you. Let's start Part 2 at the top with film and television legend Jerry Bruckheimer, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award.