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Before Twilight took him to new levels of fame, Robert Pattinson starred in a short film in 2008 called The Summer House. The movie has been languishing for a while, but will finally be available to purchase on iTunes July 13th. What it’s about:

Jane (Talulah Riley) is in rural France visiting her aunt Priscilla (Anna Calder-Marshall) during the hot summer of 1969, the year of the Moon landings. Also staying at this beautiful 19th century chateau, a sleeping beauty of a house, are her aunt’s old flame Freddie Porteous, (David Burke) a charming Englishman, and his wife Marie Pierre, (Marianne Borgo) a French woman of great sophistication and beauty.

Jane has left behind an unfaithful first love. Several letters have pursued her, letters decorated with hearts to tempt her.  The author of these letters, Richard (Robert Pattinson) turns up uninvited. Jane is unaware that her situation is provoking tensions among the older generation, she catches whispers of unspoken somethings at the heart of Freddie and Priscilla’s relationship and she finds Marie Pierre’s allure and passion unsettling.

Sounds perfect for the hot steamy weather of the summer months.

Check out more of the story at The Summer House’s website here.

Bebo has polled online teens for the Coolest Celebrities of 2008 and Zac Efron came in at #1 for the guys. He was followed by Joe Jonas and Justin Timberlake for the guys as the #2 and #3 spots.

For the girls, Cheryl Cole from Girls Aloud at #1 with Emma Watson at #2 and Alexa Chung at #3.

Do you agree with the poll? Who would you choose? Let us hear you think the coolest teen celebs are…

Moving on from the successful Harry Potter franchise will be difficult to do for all the young actors involved. Often when kids or teens end up in super successful roles like this, they get pegged as that character forever. For Daniel Radcliffe, the danger is he will forever be Harry Potter and only Harry Potter in our minds so it was really brave for him to take the part of Alan Strang in Equus and begin branching out now. He has done a fantastic job to great reviews both in London and now from NYC’s Broadway. He is rewarded for his efforts with the Broadway.com Award for 2008 Star of the Year. He had quite a strong group of contenders to go up against, some very skilled theater actors were nominated alongside him. He was very gracious when told of the accolades and had this to say:

“That’s really, really amazing!” Radcliffe told Broadway.com when he learned of the news. “The Broadway community has been incredibly welcoming and this sort of sums it up, really. In a year when there have been some really big performances on Broadway, to have been nominated and win is really, really cool!”

Congratulations to Radcliffe. For those who can’t get to NYC to see him, Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince is due out in July of 2009