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Has Christian Grey been dethroned as the steamiest Edward Cullen-inspired character? Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren (which is the pen name of writers Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings) is the latest Twilight fan fic-turned-novel (formerly known to more than 2 million online readers as The Office)--but don't expect it to be the same BDSM-filled fantasy. Bookish breaks down what you can expect and what you definitely won't see in Beautiful Bastard--and how it differs from blockbuster bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey.

This should come as no surprise, "Twilight" fans: Kristen Stewart made more money than any of her female peers last year. Forbes has released their annual list of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood, and Stewart managed to land on top.

Bringing Hollywood's two biggest independent film studios and the blockbuster young adult franchises "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games" into one powerful entity, Lions Gate Entertainment has agreed to acquire Summit Entertainment for $412.5 million in cash and stock.

Summit Entertainment's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn--Part 1 had no trouble retaining the No. 1 crown, grossing $16.9 million for a domestic cume of $247.3 million. The fourth installment is still pacing slightly behind The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which opened over Thanksgiving in 2009. At the same point in its run New Moon had earned $255.4 million domestically.

Forget "Harry Potter" and "Twilight." In a few months, "The Hunger Games" phenomenon will be taking over the pop culture world. Although it will be feeding off the tween demographic, this franchise will chew up those other guys and spit them out. But what exactly is this "Hunger Games" wonder that has so many folks talking months before the movie (which just wrapped up filming earlier this month) is even released? Like many of the wildly successful film franchises these days, it began with a book.

Early risers among "Twilight" fans have gotten a chance to see what some of their big-screen idols look like first thing in the morning.

The vampire franchise scoops five awards, including best movie for the third year running. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse took home five awards, including best male and female performance for stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.

The "Twilight" gang has done it again, with the latest installment of the vampire franchise, "Eclipse," dominating the MTV Movie Awards nominations with eight nods, it was announced Tuesday.

"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," TV's "House M.D." and Eminem each won four awards at Wednesday's ceremony at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

For the first time since July 12, 2007, Stephenie Meyer is absent from the top 50 on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list.