Fear Net has listed four reasons to why we should be excited for Tim Burton’s “Dark Shadows”.

Twilight fans, you might think that no one has ever loved vampires like you do, that there’s no way your parents could understand the passion you have for sweet, tortured Edward Cullen. That’s because you probably haven’t head of Dark Shadows.

Decades before Stephenie Meyer put pen to paper, the 1960s gothic soap opera was entertaining daytime TV fans with tales of witches, werewolves, and, yes, blood-sucking fiends of the night. There have been many attempts to remake the series since its original airing, but with the recent vampire craze comes a new stab at the Dark Shadows world – and this one stands a real shot of happening because Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are partnering to remake it.

The reasons for their involvement are simple: Burton was an old-school fan of the series, and as a boy Depp was obsessed with the central character, vampire Barnabas Collins, originally played by Jonathan Frid, who made the pulses of young ladies race even as he failed to resist his darker urges. Production on the film begins soon, with the film destined for a 2011 release. While initially skeptical about the film, we’ve started getting excited. And here are four big reasons why:

1. Barnabas Collins = the original vampire in love. The original Dark Shadows struggled to find an audience in its first year, but the appeal of a hot, tortured vampire is apparently cross-generational.

When Barnabas was introduced to the show in 1967, he was initially portrayed as a properly evil creature of the night. But when he became romantically infatuated with a waitress who bore a striking resemblance to his long-lost love (yeah, The Vampire Diaries didn’t call dibs on that storyline). The writers and producers of the show sought to strike a balance between his true vampire nature (Barnabas, even at his most virtuous, was no vegetarian) and his new passion, and thus television’s first creature of the night who longed for love was born. Young women around the world would never be the same again. We’ve seen a thousand different takes on it since, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Underworld, and while it never gets old, maybe it’s time for the O.G. version to get another stab at fame.
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On Entertainment Weekly’s list of people to watch in 2010, Mia Wasikowska was listed as number one. Read what they had to say below.

Mia Wasikowska (”Alice in Wonderland”), Reeve Carney (the ”Spider-Man” musical), and eight other newcomers who we think could be household names by this time next year

Where you’ve seen her: The Aussie actress was still a teenager when she scored her first American role as a troubled gymnast on HBO’s In Treatment in 2008, and she recently appeared in this year’s Hilary Swank starrer Amelia.

Big in 2010 because: She landed the lead role in one of next year’s most talked about projects, Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland , due next March. She’ll also appear in the indie comedy The Kids Are All Right, opposite Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo.

Two of the actors that star in “Alice In Wonderland” (Alan Rickman and Helena Bonham Carter) made it to Empire’s list of 100 Sexiest Movie Stars of All Time. Read what they had to say below.
UPDATE! LOL, can’t believe I forgot to add Johnny Depp who made it to number 1 on the list. Thanks ebi!

1. Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp first topped an Empire sexiest poll waaaaay back in 1995, but it appears that age cannot wither his appeal. He has the cheekbones and looks of a matinee idol, but the killer stroke that won everyone’s hearts is the fact that he prefers to play weirdoes and oddballs – and, as Cap’n Jack Sparrow, he’s hilarious too. Long may he reign.

Most alluring as… Cast your mind back to his role as Don Juan De Marco (1994), complete with open white shirt, billowing hair and suggestive hand caresses.

Interests include… Co-owning a restaurant called Man Ray (after the artist) in Paris with Sean Penn and John Malkovich. Although he reputedly once blamed a trashed hotel room on an armadillo that emerged from the wardrobe, went berserk and then jumped out the window, and we like to think that stories like that remain an interest of his.

8. Alan Rickman
It’s good to see that here, amid the chiselled cheekbones and perfectly coiffed heads, is a man who’s sexy because he’s smart, sarky and has a fine line in put-downs. Sure, everyone loves a bad(ish) boy, but Rickman’s rogues’ gallery is united by the fact that they’re all strangely, unjustifiably sexy. Yes, even greasy-haired Snape. And as for his good guys, they’re pretty irresistible.
Most alluring as… For Rickman as a good guy, as deceased cellist Jamie in Truly, Madly, Deeply (if you haven’t seen it, it’s like Ghost but better). For Rickman as a baddie, it’s gotta be Hans Gruber in Die Hard.
Interests include… He’s heavily involved in supporting theatre and lots of theatre causes, and holds a vice-chairmanship of RADA.

9. Helena Bonham Carter
Mrs. Tim Burton may be in her forties now, but she resolutely refuses to be dragged anywhere near ‘mumsy’. In fact, even when she’s shrieking evilly in the Harry Potter series, or conspiring to turn half of London into tasty pies in Sweeney Todd, Bonham Carter is still possessed of a delightful earthy sexiness.
Most alluring as… The, ahem, complicated Marla Singer in Fight Club, the freeze-frame sex scene, in particular, a world away from genteel costume dramas.
Interests include… Despite describing herself as the ‘antichrist of fashion’, Bonham Carter is another actress with her own fashion line. In this case, her collaboration with Samantha Sage, is a delightfully dotty collection called The Pantaloonies.

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Finally some news from the world of Mia Wasikowska who plays Alice in the movie. She has been listed on Moviefone’s 25 Under 25: Hollywood’s Hottest Young Stars List. Here’s what they had to say.

Mia Wasikowska

Age: 19

Years on List: 2009

What She’s Done: Hailing from the land Down Under, she had a breakthrough role in the HBO series ‘In Treatment.’

What’s Next: This fall she’ll play rival pilot to Hilary Swank’s ‘Amelia’ (Earhart). Then it’s the title, potentially star-making role in Tim Burton’s highly anticipated ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ alongside Johnny Depp, and as the child of a lesbian couple in the comedy ‘The Kids Are All Right.’

Industry Buzz: She won’t be known as Mia Whatshername much longer, since this ballet dancer-turned-actress is destined to break out in a big way. She’s already displayed terrific acting chops in HBO’s ‘In Treatment’ and opposite Daniel Craig in ‘Defiance,’ but now she’ll really make her name — with upcoming roles in ‘Amelia,’ ‘The Kids Are All Right’ and, of course, as Alice in Tim Burton’s fantastical ‘Alice in Wonderland’ update. Those looking for a new nickname might want to try Mia WOWsikowska.

Looks like people think Johnny Depp (Madhatter) is so handsome (who doesn’t? )that there can’t be enough polls proving how hot he is. Next up is the poll conducted by Parade Magazine in which Johnny Depp was voted sexiest male star alive!

Johnny Depp and Halle Berry have been named the sexiest stars alive in a new U.S. poll.

According to the poll conducted by America’s Parade magazine, George Clooney is the Most Distinguished Looking Gentleman.

The mag asked its readers to vote for their favourite and least favourite stars in a range of categories.

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IMDB revealed their list of the ten most anticipated films of 2010 and Tim Burton’s “Alice In Wonderland” made it to number one. You read it right, “Alice In Wonderland” is the most anticipated film of next year (it’s pretty big to beat “Harry Potter”)! The complete list and what they had to say can be found below.

1. Alice in Wonderland
Tim Burton’s could-it-be-anything-less-than-trippy? adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic stars Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Anne Hathaway as the White Queen, Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, Alan Rickman as the Caterpillar, Matt Lucas as Tweedledee and Tweedledum, and Mia Wasikowska as Alice herself.
Current release date: March 5, 2010

2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I
3. Iron Man 2
4. The Last Airbender
5. A Nightmare on Elm Street
6. The Expendables
7. The Green Hornet
8. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
9. Remember Me
10. The Book of Eli

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For the millionth time , Johnny Depp’s handsomeness has once again been acknowledged. This time by Glamour Magazine as they ranked him number two on their 50 Sexiest Men Of The Year List. This is what they had to say.

2. Johnny Depp
Age: 46
Single? Has two children with singer Vanessa Paradis
See him next: In The Rum Diary, followed by Alice in Wonderland, as the Mad Hatter

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Two cast members of “Alice In Wonderland”, Anne Hathaway and Mia Wasikowska, have been ranked on the list: “Best Young Actress Of Last Year”. Anne has been listed as number one and Mia as number eighteen. The list was compiled by Lovefilm.com.

The list was compiled by lovefilm.com after studying the commercial and critical success of actresses under 30 in the previous 12 months.
Michelle Williams came third while British actress Emily Blunt stood fourth.

Star Wars veteran Natalie Portman rounded off the top five.
“The film industry is swarming with hugely gifted young actresses at the moment, from lads” fave Megan Fox to the multi-talented Anne Hathaway,” the Telegraph quoted Helen Cowley, editor of lovefilm.com, as saying.

“She has clawed her way to the top of this chart after winning an Oscar nomination for her role in Rachel Getting Married, and with her latest role as The White Queen in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland , this star is seriously on the rise,” she added.

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Check out the whole list over at Times Of India.