Who would dare call kissing Brad Pitt disgusting? Well, Kirsten Dunst, for one -- since she kissed him when she was just 10 years old.

Dunst is featured in the spring issue of Bullet magazine, and recalls her breakthrough role in "Interview with the Vampire," in which she played a child vampire.

"It was just a peck," the 30-year-old actress says of the kiss she shared with Pitt in the 1994 film, which also starred Tom Cruise. "I remember Brad would watch lots of Real World episodes. He had this long hair. He was just a hippie-ish cool dude. Everyone at the time was like, ‘You're so lucky you kissed Brad Pitt,' but I thought it was disgusting. I didn't kiss anyone else until I was 16, I think. I was a late bloomer."

It's hard to believe that nearly 20 years after the film was released, Dunst is still being asked about her kiss with Pitt, especially since she's mentioned how much she disliked the experience many times before.

"Kissing Brad was so uncomfortable for me. I remember saying in interviews that I thought it was gross, that Brad had cooties. I mean, I was 10," she told Interview magazine in 1998.

Dunst was referring to a previous interview she gave about her kiss with Pitt, when she said:

"It was horrible, and I hated it. Brad and Tom were like my big brothers on the set, so it was like kissing your big brother -- totally gross! He said, 'How do you think I feel? I have to kiss a little girl.' It was awful!"

For more with Kirsten Dunst, click over to Bullet magazine.

News that Snoop Dogg had taken a smoker's sabbatical from West Coast party rap was met with a healthy skepticism, bemusement and even derision when it first started making its way around the web last summer. But now, Snoop has settled into his newest incarnation: Snoop Lion, a peace-loving, violence-hating reggae artist who claims to be a descendent of Bob Marley.

His transformation was the subject of "Reincarnated," a VICE documentary that traced the 41-year-old rapper's trip to Jamaica and subsequent cultural baptism. The film offers a fresh look at Snoop, best known for hits like "Ain't No Fun" and "Drop It Like It's Hot," and makes up what it may lack in cohesion with tender glimpses at a man who appears to be pondering his place in the world.

The result of said introspection is a reggae album produced by Major Lazer and also titled "Reincarnated." The record features songs like "No Guns Allowed," on which Snoop teams with his daughter Cori B. and Drake for an anti-arms statement that the Snoop of 15 years ago would have bristled at.

But it's not just guns that he's willing to talk about. HuffPost Entertainment spoke to Snoop as the Supreme Court heard testimony on Proposition 8, a California amendment banning gay marriage -- a topic the newly minted Lion wasn't afraid to tackle.

"People can do what they want and as they please," he said. "Satisfy yourself accordingly. I have no issues with nobody, I live for me and I live my life doing what I do, so you should have the right to do whatever you want to do."

Ahead, Snoop dishes on an array of subjects close to his heart, including working with Diplo, watching "Cheaters" and which of his songs he feels could be America's new national anthem.

In the beginning of the documentary, you say you're going to Jamaica to find a truth. What truth were you seeking?
I didn't know what to find. I had been to Jamaica many times and I just stayed in my hotel room and never really ventured out. So, I knew that this time I wanted to venture out and expect the unexpected. Whatever I saw or did, I was willing to expect.

Are there any other countries or cultures you want to explore in a similar way?
I don't know off hand just yet, but I know I had a great time going through Jamaica, because it was a blessing for me musically, spiritually and physically.

Were you ever nervous at all?
Naw, I'm never nervous. Always ready. Stay ready so I don't have to get ready. "Nervous" has never been one of my traits. I like to be prepared and go do what I have to do. I love meeting pressure with performance.

I saw you speak at Miss Lily's in New York when you announced the project, and you spoke about how folks call you "Uncle Snoop" in the rap game. Have rappers you know been supportive?
Oh yeah, man. They love and appreciate it, because a lot of them have seen me go from a young man to a full-grown man, and really be able to lead our troops in the right direction. But I didn't really have the music to lead them. So now that I have the music with a positive connection to it, it's going to be easier to lead everybody to the promise.

Nate Dogg's death figures prominently in the movie, and some of the documentary's most touching moments include you discussing the effect it had on you. When did that reflection happen, and would you say your experiences in Jamaica changed how you saw the events that made you who you are?
That was all after the fact. We had time to reflect on [the death]. But yeah, it just opened my third eye and gave me a chance to really examine what I am and who I am, and why am I doing this? Why am I so blessed with the position of being a lyricist that people listen to? Am I going to take advantage of this power and put out something that means something and does something, or am I just going to continue to make party rap?

In the film, you spend a good amount of time explaining why you rapped about certain subjects, like pimping.Do you ever get tired of explaining things like why rappers rap about crime, and do you think American culture will ever understand that those raps came from what it was like to live in that world?
No, never. To me, the proof is in the pudding. I could do a million interviews, but if I don't make good music, ain't nobody going to want to do a fucking interview. So my thing is that as long as I do my job and do the music side of it, the interviews and all that comes are a part of the job. I've learned how to deal with it, I've been doing this over 20 years and I've kind of mastered it.

Are you familiar with Diplo's other music? Are there any artists on Mad Decent you particularly enjoy?
Everything Diplo does, I'm down with. I love his energy, his production and his spirit in the studio. For me to give him the right to do my whole record and have control over that says a lot about me and his trust. It means that I trust that he knows what he's doing. There are a lot of artists I would love to work with, and I'll wait for the time for him to pop it on me and bob it on me and let me do it.

So there's nobody you'd want to put out there right now? I guess there's no need, since you're close, you don't need us to tell him.
Everybody is family. We are all connected. Who would you love to see me perform?

This is a bit obvious because he's so hot right now, but I think it would be fun to see you on a Baauer track, even if it's just doing some drops for these guys -- sort of like what Baauer and Just Blaze did with Jay-Z drops. You have a really distinctive voice, and at some of these DJ shows or festivals, those moments can be really fun and powerful.
Gotcha. I like that. I'm going to check into that for you.

You're pretty vocal about enjoying your mancave. Aside from smoking, what sort of stuff do you do in there? Any shows you watch?
I watch the first "48 Hours," after that I watch "Cheaters." [Laughs] I watch basketball, football, ESPN. I like "Love & Hip-Hop," "Real Husbands of Hollywood" and don't forget about my cartoons, man.

You also have a DJ career. How did you decide that's something you should be doing?
That's DJ Snoopadelic. He's the DJ. He loves playing records and making the people dance. I have alter egos and different personalities, and that's one of them. My DJ Snoopadelic gig is more about me not being a rapper but me playing music and finding out what's hot, and playing music that makes me and you feel good at the same time.

Did you have a good time down at Ultra?
I'm always impressed with what I see at these big festivals. I always learn something new every time, so I'm going to take a little game and put it with my thing and make it work.

There was an official petition on the White House website to make R. Kelly's "Ignition (Remix)" the new national anthem. How do you feel about that, and if you had to pick one of your songs instead, which would you choose?
"Young, Wild and Free." [Sings] "So what we get drunk, so what we smoke weed." That's the perfect song with your hand on your heart. I could just see all the kids at 8 in the morning in front of the flag. [Sings again] So what we get drunk, so what we smoke weed, we are young, wild and free."

What's the word on Dr. Dre and "Detox"?
[Laughs] I mean… If it was up to me, I'd have been put that motherfucker out! I don't know when he's going to put it out. I get asked that question more than I get asked anything. He has great music that's connected to that album. He's got great songs -- over six, seven years of material that I don't know why he won't put out. Hopefully he'll do what's necessary, which is to give people what they want -- a great record.

It seemed like a big deal for you to smoke with Bunny Wailer in Jamiaca, for obvious reasons. Is there one person you shared that experience with that you took a lot away from?
Me and Quincy Jones got a special bond, man. Not on smoking, but just on a bond, like brother-to-brother; fellowship, wisdom and guidance. I cherish my relationship with him.

LOS ANGELES — Johnny Depp will answer fans' questions about "The Lone Ranger" in a live online session.

Disney announced Thursday that Depp and co-star Armie Hammer will discuss the anticipated adventure film on April 17 after showing 20 minutes of exclusive footage to about 400 fans at a Las Vegas theater.

Director Gore Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer also will participate in the session, which is to stream live on Yahoo Movies and Livestream.

Fans outside of Las Vegas can submit questions for "The Lone Ranger" team through Twitter and watch the film's trailer online. The extended footage, though, is just for those in Las Vegas.

The promotion coincides with the annual CinemaCon convention, where Disney is expected to offer a similar presentation for theater owners. "The Lone Ranger" releases July 3.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Comedian Louie Anderson says he's been in pain all week from a recent diving mishap during a taping of the ABC celebrity diving show "Splash."

Anderson, who weighs more than 400 pounds, was trying to do a flip from the 5-meter board when he slammed into the water, landing on his face and chest.

"If I were lying down right now, you would have to help me up," the 60-year-old Anderson said Wednesday. "It's been almost a week and it still hurts almost as much."

Anderson, who skipped diving practice Tuesday night to take the stage in Sioux Falls, S.D., for a show benefiting the Brennan Rock & Roll Academy, said he asked the "Splash" staff after the accident if he was suffering internal bleeding or damage but was told no.

"They said, `That's your abs. You've never worked them,'" Anderson joked. "The last time I worked them was when I was struggling to get out of my mother. That was it, and I haven't worked them since."

The American version of "Splash," a surprise hit that originated in Europe, has Olympic gold medalist Greg Louganis coaching a diverse cast of celebrities that includes Detroit Lions lineman Ndamukong Suh, 2012 Miss Alabama Katherine Webb, basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and former Baywatch star Nicole Eggert.

Anderson said he's not alone coming away with some bumps and bruises.

"Ndamukong Suh hit his nose. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sprained his neck," he said. "Nicole was up on a handstand and she slammed her chest and stomach into the 5-meter board and then fell into the water – and then, two hours later, had to do the dive on TV."

Anderson, who just learned how to swim five years ago, said he decided to give the show a try after producers showed him a clip of the Netherlands version. He said it's the most exciting thing he's ever done.

"I'm at 23 feet, diving into 17 feet of water. I'm over 400 pounds," he said. "Who doesn't want to see that? I do. I'm always shocked that I can do it."

The stand-up comedian said he's glad the show is catching on with viewers.

"I didn't have any idea if it would be a hit or not," he said. "I was either going to be inspirational or a laughingstock. So I'm lucky that some people thought I did a good job."

Anderson said he's having a lot of fun, but he's also trying to win.

"I know people don't think I have a chance, but that's how I think," he said. "Why do it if you don't do it great?"

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Avant garde was the order of the week on "Project Runway," but it appears delusional breakdowns was also on the menu. Especially for contestant Layana. She lost it completely when her teammate Daniel claimed that his was the better look, which it was. But that wasn't even the real problem with what he said, according to Layana.

"It’s our garment! The ready-to-wear is not Daniel-only, it’s you and I," she said. Except that they had divided the designs, and he had made that one entirely by himself.

He tried to explain it to her. "Well you took the avant-garde--" he started, but she cut him off, insisting that the avant-garde was hers. "So you have both of them?” Now he was confused what she was getting at.

"Daniel, I feel so betrayed by you," Layana said in tears. At this point, he had no idea what to say.

Gossip & Gab said they lost all respect for Lanaya after that outburst. Luckily, the strength of Daniel's work saved her this week. The bottom team was Patricia and Richard, with Richard getting the boot.

See who gets auf'd next on "Project Runway," Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on Lifetime.

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The culture clash was even more extreme on the latest episode of "Wife Swap." Producers had to know there was going to be the potential for serious ramifications by swapping a proud Christian Republican family with a polyamorous one. Gina Louden found it too much when she swapped into the Envy family -- a husband, wife and girlfriend.

Gina, a Tea Party activist and political pundit, couldn't even make it through the week, abandoning the show to check into a hotel. Then, against the rules of the show, she contacted her husband, John.

"Hey, honey. We’re definitely dealing with dark forces here," John told her. He'd been preaching against the Envy lifestyle to Angela, the wife he inherited for the show, to the point he was traumatizing her. Gina, on the other hand, had been trying to convince Chris to step up and not expect the women to wait on him hand and foot. She felt that the girlfriend was an innocent victim in the relationship.

After that phone call, the Loudons were not seen from again in the episode, marking the first time a family did not make the roundtable discussion at the end of the hour. Celeb Dirty Laundry blamed both families for their communication breakdowns, making it "more dramatic than usual." Still, the Envy family did embrace some of the things they learned from Gina. Presumably, the Loudons did not embrace anything they learned from Angela.

See which cultures mix it up next time on "Wife Swap," Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

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Things got wild in the second part of the one-hour "Raising Hope" finale, airing on a special night. For Mother's Day, Burt and Barney tracked down Maw Maw's mother, who was 104 years old and looked a bit like Gollum. Underneath the horrifying makeup, though, was Cloris Leachman herself. It turns out she was just as batty as her daughter, thinking she'd died 20 years before.

When Burt brought her home as a surprise, the two women went at each other like kids brawling on the playground. Turns out they hadn't seen each other in 70 years over a quarter. The AV Club loved seeing two Cloris Leachmans going at it like that.

When Maw Maw paid her mother back, all was forgiven -- and then shortly thereafter forgotten. It's a good thing Maw Maw couldn't remember her mother, as she subsequently went and died in the bathroom. According to Zap2It, it was Leachman's idea to take on the dual roles in the episode, and it certainly made for a memorable character -- for the rest of us.

In the first episode, Lee Majors and Shirley Jones returned as Burt's parents to pull a scam on the son who never accomplished anything. They convinced him he was Jewish so he would go through with a bar mitzvah. That way they could pocket the money for a cruise. Oh, and for no reason people kept randomly breaking into song.

"Raising Hope" has already been picked up for a fourth season by Fox.

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Caroline Manzo may not have said anything specific about the upcoming fifth season of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" during her appearance on "Watch What Happens: Live," but what she did say made it very clear that she thinks it's going to be a very exciting year.

"Oh my God, I can’t even with this season," she said. "I can’t even. Like, I sit there like, no! That didn’t just happen. Like, one minute you’re laughing, the next minute you’re crying, next minute you want to strangle somebody. Amazing. I always say we never top it. We topped it."

So that says nothing, and yet it's so very enticing. Andy Cohen agreed with her incoherence, saying this was the best season yet for the series. Fans will just have to tune in to find out what it all means, though.

There are rumors floating around, like the one that the show's original villain, Danielle Staub, is coming back, or the one about the cast filming therapy sessions so they can work on their issues with last year's mean girl, Teresa Giudice.

Caroline Manzo has a new book out now called "Let Met Tell You Something," which offers more behind-the-scenes dishing. Tune in to "Watch What Happens: Live" every Sunday through Thursday at 11 p.m. ET on Bravo.

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Did Kim Kardashian inadvertently reveal the sex of her baby with Kanye West during her appearance on "The Tonight Show." It's not certain, but Jay Leno seems to think she may have by dropping a possible name she was considering.

It happened when they addressed the rumors they're considering the name North -- thus dubbing the baby North West. Kardashian denied these rumors, but suggested something else.

"You know what name I do like, but it probably won’t be on? I do like, because it kind of goes with North, I like Easton. Easton West. I think that’s cute."

"Now Easton would be a boy’s name, correct?” Leno asked.

"You never know," Kardashian said. She did say that Easton probably wouldn't be the name, either. Maybe because it is a boy's name and the rumor is that she and Kanye are expecting a little girl. She's not due until the summer, so fans will just have to wait and see.

Until then, fans can track the pregnancy on Kardashian's Instagram page where she seems to be posting everything that's happening with the pregnancy except the gender of the baby.

Catch Kim Kardashian on "Kourtney & Kim Take Miami," Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on E! "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" airs every weeknight at 11:35 p.m. ET on NBC.

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The latest target of "What Not to Wear" was a 44-year-old psychologist. Ironically, considering her profession, Liz suffered from a rather severe case of body dysmorphia. She was not only convinced that she was considerably larger than she actually was, but she also believed that her body was disproportionate. Stacy London and Clinton Kelly were determined to set her straight.

For years, she'd been hiding herself under large, baggy clothes with wild patters in the hopes of distracting people from the shape of her body underneath the fabric. So they slimmed her look down and forced her to see herself for what she truly looked like.

"I will say, proudly, I am so not a size 14," Liz marveled. "I don’t think we got anything in a size 12, even."

"You’re an 8/10," Kelly told her.

The transformation was so profound that Liz found herself seeing clearly. "My body image has changed so drastically," she said. "I feel so good about myself and about my whole body."

See more amazing transformations every week on "What Not to Wear," Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET on TLC.

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Tyler Perry has been putting his name in the title of his movies for so long that it's become a part of pop culture. There are countless parody trailers of movies that start with "Tyler Perry Presents Tyler Perry In A Tyler Perry Film" and on and on. Jimmy Fallon asked him about it during Perry's appearance on "Late Night." Why does he do it?

"It seems like I’m an egomaniac," Perry admitted. "But really what it is, is, when I started, I was trying to get people to remember my name. I think I’ve gone overboard now."

Fallon told him, though, that people expect it now. Now he has to do it because that expectation has been created for his films. In honor of Perry as his guest, Fallon even joked they were going to rename the show "Tyler Perry's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, with Tyler Perry."

He's still at it with his latest film, "Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor," featuring Kim Kardashian and currently scoring above 80% on Rotten Tomatoes. It hits theaters this Friday. "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" airs weeknights at 12:37 a.m. ET on NBC.

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Nick Offerman would never break into dance on "Parks & Recreation" as Ron Swanson, but he was game for it on "Late Night" He'd just revealed that he used to be a rapper back in his home state of Illinois. Offerman was party of a hip hop duo called Tick Tock and Flip Flop with a buddy of his. They would write rhymes about the tough thug life in their idyllic small town.

Offerman earned the name Tick Tock because he had a hidden talent for popping and locking. It's a tough style to master, but once the information was out there, Fallon was demanding that Offerman show whether or not he still had it.

He proved himself enough to get a shout-out in Vulture's late night roundup, and a rousing applause from the "Late Night" crowd. There are many facets to the man behind Ron Swanson.

Perhaps dance will manifest itself in some way in Offerman's one-man show, "American Ham," now on tour. He can, of course, also be seen in "Parks & Recreation," Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. ET on NBC. "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" airs weeknights at 12:37 a.m. ET on NBC.

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Kristin Chenoweth got a little flustered playing Kathy Griffin's game, "Explain This," on "Kathy." The premise of the game is pretty simple. Griffin puts up a potentially embarrassing photo of her guest and then asks them to -- well, explain this. In Chenoweth's case it was a picture of her and former "Bachelor" Jake Pavelka laughing together.

Her initial reaction was censored, but also pretty clear. She said, "Oh sh*t!"

"Thanks for bringing it up, Kathy," Chenoweth said of the time she was with Pavelka. According to Us Weekly, Chenoweth and Pavelka dated from late 2012 until as recently as last month. But she wouldn't badmouth him. "He’s a very nice man," she said.

Chenoweth has apparently already moved on, though there aren't any public photos just yet. In fact, while she talked about her new boyfriend on "The Tonight Show" Wednesday night, she's not naming any names.

Catch "Kathy" every Thursday at 11:30 p.m. ET on Bravo.

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It was a tough week for fathers on "Scandal," but an even tougher one for the supposed mole in the White House. CIA Director Osborne was suspected to be the mole. After he realized he was being tailed and got fired by Cyrus, he committed suicide. So that's the end of that storyline, right? No way! This is "Scandal." There are layers upon layers of deceit and manipulation.

"And now everyone thinks Osborne is the mole. Or, was," Jake tells his associate, thus revealing that it is actually Jake who is the mole. Poor Osborne was just a patsy.

"I was hoping [Jake] was just bad boyfriend material, not poised to bring down the U.S.," wrote HitFix of the reveal. With his connections to both Fitz and Olivia, Jake is set to be a major player -- in the worst possible way.

On the father front, Mellie told Fitz that his kids didn't want to be around him because he's kind of becoming a miserable drunk. Will that be the wake-up call he needs to get his act together? There are no easy solutions for Hollis. His daughter orchestrated her own kidnapping just to extort money out of him. When she got caught, Hollis offered her either the money, or a clean slate and a chance to come home.

She took the money.

The unexpected twists and turns keep coming on "Scandal," Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.

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It was like a page ripped out of her own life when Sarah Chalke guest-starred on "Grey's Anatomy." She portrayed Kasey, a mother desperate to find out what was wrong with her son. He had been falsley diagnose, but Kasey felt certain she knew what was wrong. She just needed a doctor to listen.

The only one willing to do so was Meredith, and it was a good thing. "Parker has Kawasaki Disease," Meredith told Kasey. "You fought for your son. You didn’t give up. You saved his life today." She was right.

Kawasaki disease is a rare disease that is hard to diagnose. It's also very person for her, as she faced a similar battle when her own son was three-years old. She wanted to play this part to raise awareness of the disease. And as part of her stipulation to doing the episode, she insisted that the symptoms of the disease be mentioned and shown to help any parents watching.

Buddy TV said that this episode was proof that parents known their kids better than anyone, so kudos to Meredith for listening.

Saving lives is just a party of the job on "Grey's Anatomy," Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on ABC.

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We learned well from Justin and Britney's matching all-denim outfits that the couple who dresses together does not necessarily stay together. So Ryan Gosling-Eva Mendes relationship enthusiasts should rest assured that each half of the couple is maintaining a sense of individuality.

At last night's New York City premiere of "The Place Beyond The Pines," Ryan and Eva wore outfits that didn't coordinate in the slightest. Eva chose an orange Prada dress with long sleeves and a mid-length, ruffled hem while her boyfriend wore a charcoal velvet suit with a classy black necktie.

Mendes is usually one to pull off adventurous dresses -- but we weren't crazy about this one. As is always often the case, Gosling stole the show. While Eva's look felt a little frumpy, the soft fabric of Ryan's suit seemed utterly huggable. Who do you think was best in show?

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Stefan and Damon thought Elena was feeling bad after the loss of her brother? If she ever gets her humanity turned back on, she may feel even worse about what she's done since then. It's certainly an unexpected development, but Elena has basically become the villain on "The Vampire Diaries."

This week, they found Katherine and with her came the cure. Ultimately, it wound up in Elijah's hands to do with as he sees fit. Do they use it to kill Klaus, give Rebekah the humanity she desperately wants, or give Elena the humanity she keeps railing against?

At the end of the episode, Elena explained to Damon and Stefan that there would be consequences if they continued to try and force her to take the cure against her will. Stefan spoke from the heart about how Elena never gave up on him when his own humanity was lost.

But rather than the response he was hoping for, she snapped the neck of their waitress. "Like I said, consequences," she said. "That’s one body you’re responsible for. If you keep trying to fix me, there’ll be a second, a twentieth and a hundredth ... it’s your choice."

This is going to be more difficult than they thought. "The Vampire Diaries" continues on Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on The CW.

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LOS ANGELES — There's something about novelist Stephenie Meyer that induces formerly interesting directors to suddenly make films that are slow, silly and soporific. It happened consistently on "The Twilight Saga," and it happens again on "The Host," once-provocative writer-director Andrew Niccol's adaptation of Meyer's 600-plus-page post-Twilight novel that spent 26 weeks at No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list beginning in 2008.

Aimed squarely at the same tweens who contributed so generously to the bank accounts of everyone who became associated with Meyer's vampire franchise, this one swills in the same sort of thwarted Victorian-style romanticism while indulging a similar moonstruck vibe that can seemingly only be resolved in Meyer's work by selfless female sacrifice. Not to be deterred, Meyer's army of female fans surely will deliver a big opening for Open Road, but anything resembling Twilight numbers is a fantasy. Meyer intends to expand The Host into a trilogy, but the second book has yet to be published, so any further films in the series remain a long way off.

Once again applying her quaintly old-fashioned morality to her specialty in cross-species attraction, Meyer this time centers on a leading lady whose dual personality hinges on an "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"-like notion of advanced aliens having taken over the bodies and lives of more flawed Earthlings. Here, however, the invasion already has taken place, and the aliens essentially have won; only a few fugitive holdouts remain, and the virtual inevitability of total human capitulation dictates the fatalistic attitude of the characters as well as the prevailing mood.

"The Earth is at peace. Our world has never been more perfect," a narrator intones at the outset – and, indeed, everything we see looks pretty darn nifty, a sort of Silicon Valley version of sanitized architectural splendor populated by well-scrubbed, politely impersonal citizens who resemble Mormon Kens and Barbies. The upside is that life is easy and stress-free. The downside is that everyone has these weird glowing blue-and-white eyes that sort of stare without seeming to fix on you or anything in particular; it would be enough to drive you insane in paradise.

In fact, so determined is Melanie (Saoirse Ronan) not to undergo this eye change that she jumps out a window to avoid becoming one of "them." She survives, however, and once she's implanted via simple surgery with some fluid, floating particles that are said to constitute her new soul, she adapts to her outwardly serene revised personality readily enough. Taking the new name Wanderer with the approval of her overseer called Seeker (Diane Kruger), who hopes to learn the identities of other human renegades from her, she tries to co-exist with her old inner self, which talks back at her with sharp shrieks, commands and complaints from within whenever "Melanie" disapproves of what "Wanderer" is doing.

Melanie also asserts herself in dreams, which provide a reminder of her burgeoning romance with Jared (Max Irons), her little brother Jamie (Chandler Canterbury) and others. Her old self gaining the upper hand, Wanderer/Melanie escapes to the desert and ultimately rejoins her little family, which also includes rebel group leader Uncle Jeb (William Hurt), Aunt Maggie (Frances Fisher) and a handsome dude named Ian (Jake Abel) who attracts Wanderer, now called Wanda, while Melanie remains faithful to Jared.

Much hilarity, of uncertain intentionality, stems from the internal battle between the two women whenever Wanda/Melanie gets into a romantic mood with either of her young gentlemen friends; Melanie's barked protestations when Wanda entertains Ian's overtures are particularly abrupt and sometimes legitimately funny. At another point, Melanie disappears altogether, provoking thoughts that she might have perished or, more likely, just gone into a sulk.

The long stretch spent with the isolated guerrilla band is endowed with a certain visual splendor for being set mostly underground in soaring red-rock caves in the American Southwest, specifically in the vicinity of northwestern New Mexico's spectacular Shiprock mountain that juts out of the desert landscape like an iceberg from the sea. The melodrama also should benefit from the internal bickering and fateful decision-making of the group, as well as from the urgent search effort undertaken by Seeker and other alien agents.

Instead, this is where the film becomes suffocated by the sort of lethargy and indulgent extension of ennui and indecision that progressively afflicted the Twilight series; instead of building dramatic momentum, the film engorges itself on dithering and procrastination, ultimately cocooning itself in an emotional numbness quite at odds with the life-and-death struggles being enacted by the central characters.

From his early work on The Truman Show and Gattaca through the recent In Time, Niccol has spent most of career on science- and speculative-fiction material. The futuristic setting imagined by Meyer is comparatively simple and lacking in complexity; she's much less interested in social and ideological structures and advanced technology than in the impassioned impulses of her young heroines, which is the key reason her work has been so overwhelmingly successful.

In the end, this is a survival story, positioned in the familiar but recast setting of the American West, one that pivots on a heroine who not only seeks something to live for but something worth dying for. Unfortunately, it's cloaked in yawningly familiar teen-romance terms and cries out for even a little seasoning of wit, irreverence, political smarts and genre twists that, given the well-trod terrain, seem like requisites when presenting visions of the near future.

The fine actress Ronan, who was just 17 when filming began, is required to carry by far the most weight and does so capably, though she is partially handicapped in connecting with the audience by those damn eyes. Not so encumbered are the male leads, played appealingly, within limits, by Irons and Abel. The futuristic setting is gently indicated, whenever possible by ultra-modern existing buildings and modified vehicles, while the visual effects are pretty standard. Brazilian composer Antonio Pinto works overtime to impose some emotional and dramatic unity on the overlong piece, to variable effect.

"The Host," an Open Road Films release, is rated PG-13 for some sensuality and violence. Running time: 125 minutes.

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Motion Picture Association of America rating definition for PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Face covered and mouth taped shut, alternative folk and rock singer Michelle Shocked staged a sit in outside a Santa Cruz nightclub that canceled her show because she made an anti-gay slur at a San Francisco club earlier this month.

The tape across her mouth said "Silenced By Fear." When asked a question, Shocked shook her head vigorously and strummed her guitar while seated on the ground outside popular music venue Moe's Alley. She pointed to a sign inviting people to pick up a Sharpie marker and write on the white disposable safety suit she was wearing.

Earlier in the day, she had tweeted her plans: "Moe's in S Cruz tonight ok? Its an art project `My Summer Vacation' I want your autograph. Bring Sharpie."

Moe's Alley owner Bill Welch, who talked with Shocked as she strummed her guitar outside his club, had replaced her with bands Beaver Fever and Frootie Flavors.

"We will not be bashing Michelle Shocked," he said. "Rather we will celebrate music, diversity and send some healing Santa Cruz energy her way."

Jeremy Renner is a dad! Us Weekly reports that the "Bourne Legacy" actor welcomed a baby with ex-girlfriend Sonni Pacheco Thursday. That makes the child -- a girl -- the first kin for the buff 42-year-old star.

Renner is notoriously private about his personal life and blasted rumors about his sexuality in an April 2012 interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

"I want my personal life to be personal, and it's not f***ing true," he said.

He continued: "And I don't care if you're talking about things that are true, you're still talking about my personal life. How about I go peek in your window, take what underwear you wore last night, whose husband you were f***ing, and shove that in the megaphone throughout your neighborhood? How does that feel?"