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Twilight fans all over the world breathed a collective sigh of relief this week when actor Taylor Lautner confirmed once and for all that, yes – he likes the ladies.

Despite dating Hollywood heavy-hitters ranging from  Taylor Swift to Lily Collins, the Lautner’s sexual orientation has been under some scrutiny recently, so the 19-year-old took an interview with GQ Australia as an opportunity to set the record straight.

Literally.

Apparently, the rumors stem from a lunch Lautner took with director Gus Van Sant and Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, both of whom happen to be gay.  I’m sorry, I may be missing something here, but does eating food with gay people make you gay now?  Wait, did he catch being gay by eating food off one of their gay plates!?!?

During the GQ interview, reporter Mickey Rapkin asked Lautner if either of the men hit on him during their lunch date (journalistic excellence at its best, folks) to which Lautner replied,

No, definitely not…  think they know I’m straight. But they’re great guys. They’re a lot of fun.

Of course they’re fun.  They’re gay!

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Taylor Lautner is set to muscle his way to the top of the male action stars with his new flick Abduction.

The 19 year-old gets to take on some of the exciting and dangerous stunts in the film and we get a first hand look at Taylor showing off his fearless athleticism.

“I got to do some awesome fight scenes, jumping off walls and car chases,” Lautner said.

Costar Jason Issacs says Taylor is a force to be reckoned with.

“Taylor’s not only a really fabulous actor, he’s also a gifted athlete,” he said. “He could take the entire crew with his hands tied behind his back.”

Abduction opens September 23rd.

Check out Taylor in action below. Read more »

Lily Collins and Taylor Lautner have been flying waaaay under the radar as a couple for a few months now and Collins decided it’s time for Taylor to meet her folks. Lily’s dad is drummer Phil Collins and like my most fathers he keeps a close eye on who dates his little girl:

‘He (Phil)’s pretty tough on the guys Lily introduces him to,’ one insider revealed of the budding starlet’s protective dad.

‘Taylor was nervous about meeting him, but they got along well.’

The two met on the set of their film Abduction but didn’t start dating right away.

Collins has reportedly visited the Breaking Dawn set to spend time with Taylor and still the two manage to keep their dates out of the spotlight. Well played!

Things have been all quiet on the Taylor Lautner front for a while but that is about to change. The Twilight Saga star is hitting every tabloid with rumors that he is dating his Abduction costar, Lily Collins and now there is a sneak peek at the movie.

First the dating rumors: They originally surfaced back in July as the two were filming together in Pennsylvania. Collins, 21, who is the daughter of Genesis drummer Phil Collins and starred in The Blind Side with Sandra Bullock, was reportedly dating a stuntman and left her then boyfriend after meeting Lautner. Lautner was thought to have ended his romance with on-again off-again girlfriend Sarah Hicks before he began filming and met Collins. Those reports were denied and no sightings of the two together so the story died down. Here we are in November and reports are flying again that the two are indeed, a twosome and that Collins and Lautner have been on the down low for 4 months. If true – well played, young friends!

Abduction - photo and new synopsis: Thanks to Collider.com the brand new image of Tay and Lily with her arms wrapped around him as they huddle in the corner, we have our first view at the John Singleton (Boyz n the Hood) directed spy thriller. The new synopsis of the action film:

What would you do if you found your own picture on a missing persons website?  Teen Nathan Harper (Taylor Lautner) finds himself facing this very dilemma. Setting out to uncover his real identity, Nathan quickly learns his parents are far from who they say they are. When the police, government agents and shadowy figures start to pursue him, Nathan’s quest for the truth erupts into a full-blown “Bourne”-like man-on-the-run thriller.

The film still doesn’t have a release date (sometime in 2011) but has an amazing cast: Signourey Weaver, Jason Issacs, Danny Glover and Alfred Molina all costar with the young actors.

Lautner is currently in New Orleans filming the last two installments of the Twilight series: Breaking Dawn but are you ready to see Lautner portray someone other than Jacob Black? Does this initial photo make you want to watch him in Abduction?