When Superbad was released, everyone was stoked on Cera and his skinny, off-beat quiet wit. He was ranked No. 1 on Entertainment Weekly's 30 Under 30 actors list. He had garnered comedic street cred from his stint on Arrested Development. And shucks, how could you forget those dimples? He was one of those cool, John Cusask-esque unlikely sex symbols! And yet now, film critic Jeffrey Wells says Cera is a mere "two or three steps from being over." His logic?

...the two main reasons are (a) he's already repeating himself and (b) his aversion to being famous, hard to swallow from a guy who's been acting since he was 10 or 11 years old, is profoundly tiresome. Nobody has time for that sensitive "poor me because I'm rich and famous" shit.

As much as we hate to say it, we fear for Cera, too. We can't put up with this innocent guy shtick for too much longer. Dude: if you're gonna shine, you need some charm - and we think you may be lacking in the department. In fact, we read that you sat "rod straight" and said "I don't know" 48 times in one hour when a New York Times writer was profiling you recently.

Cera's upcoming flicks aren't lookin' like total winners either. This winter, from the creator of Not Another Teen Movie comes Extreme Movie, a film that will explore the joys of teen sex and co-stars Jamie Kennedy and Frankie Muniz. Niiice. And next year's Youth in Revolt, in which he plays a 14-year-old whose parents are divorcing and seeks his dream girl to take his mind off of things along with his virginity - screams typecast.

Plus, he upset fans with the recent news that he may be one of the key players vetoing the greenlighting of an Arrested Development flick.

Sigh. We're sure it's just all of the pressure to be the Next Big Thing weighing those little bony shoulders of his down.

• On The Brink [Hollywood Elsewhere]

Challenging Role on AMERICA'S MOST WANTED www.amw.com

I am pleased to announce that I was cast to play a brutally raped victim, on FOX's America's Most Wanted in the 3rd week of January. Being hogtied, duck taped, blind folded and in lingerie portraying a victim, was one of the most challenging roles I could have imagined portraying. I am honored to use my talent to help catch a rapist.

Stay tuned for national broadcast listings.

Sadly, it appears we were somewhat behind the curve on that update, as the "NorCal Rapist" episode of America's Most Wanted already aired in early February. Still, we've plugged in keywords "hogtied" "duck taped" "lingerie" and "rape" into our DVR search engine, so hopefully we'll have Fine's fine work waiting for us when it's rerun at some point in the coming weeks. (Assuming, of course, our hard drive isn't already occupied by dozens of episodes from TLC's America's Next Hogtied, Duck-Taped, Lingerie-Wearing Rape-Model marathon).

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