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Audrina Patridge Cracking the Books For 'Twilight' Sequel Audition

STV — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:42:26 EST

Foreseeing a day when curtailed Hills shooting leaves her without anybody to antagonize, or maybe just catching a faint whiff of those $12 million salaries (or something else) around the corner, Audrina Patridge is angling to join the Twilight revolution. The starlet tells MTV today that, like, hell yeah she's a fan of the vampire novels and their blockbuster movie adaptation, and she's in for the sequels. Just as soon as she's invited:

In fact, Audrina is so up on the series that she’s already campaigning to be a part of it, telling us she’d love to be thought of as a potential cast member for the next two adaptations.

"I would definitely love to play one of the vampires. I don’t know which one because there’s so many in the fourth book that come in," she enthused. "I’d have to go in and read all the vampires again and see which one I’d absolutely want to play, but I would love to [be a part of it]!"

We'd love to see that, too. But! Failing the presence of an appropriately orange-ish transfer student who shows up in Forks, Washington, about halfway through Eclipse, it may simply be faster for the screenwriter to add in a mysterious party girl whose predilection for Stoli Red Bulls is revealed to be a more sinister taste than it appears.

‘Hills’ Star Audrina Patridge Confesses ‘Twilight’ Love [MTV]

Keener + Holofcener = A Good Day For Women In Hollywood

Anna — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:30:00 EST

*Inspired by Shirley MacLaine's assertion that the best parts for actresses fall into one of the above categories

Today in Hollywood casting news: Actress Rhona Mitra (Nip/Tuck) is set to star as the wife of a police chief (Jon Hamm) and grieving mother of a missing boy in the independent thriller The Boy In The Box, reports the Hollywood Reporter. And in other ugh-inducing deals, Variety reports that former HBO honcho and alleged domestic abuser Chris Albrecht is set to bring the British show Secret Diary Of A Call Girl to American shores. But no matter! Female actresses, directors and audiences have reason to celebrate following reports that the incomparable, Oscar-nominated Catherine Keener is reteaming with her Walking & Talking director, Nicole Holofcener (with Keener, above left) to star in an untitled film about a group of New York women who live in the same apartment building.

Lest you think the film will be an amalgamation of Sex And The City and Melrose Place, think again: Keener will be playing a woman living next to a cantankerous elderly lady in what is described as a drama that "explores the interactions between Keener's character, who owns the woman's apartment, the woman and her two granddaughters."

Holofcener, Keener Move In With Indie Drama [Hollywood Reporter]
Related: Mitra Thinking Inside The 'Box' [Hollywood Reporter]