Amanda and Channing will be participating in a live Q&A for LOVEFiLM with a live chat room happening simultaneously where we’ll be able to ask questions. That will take place tomorrow, 30th March, 8:00pm GMT +1 (you can convert your time HERE. Get your questions ready and bookmark the following page for all the details and chat: http://www.lovefilm.com/features/detail.html?editorial_id=22383

Thanks to Rachel for passing on the following info on the upcoming gala screening of “Dear John” in London. We hope some of you get to attend! :)

The gala screening of Dear John will be in London on Tuesday, March 30 beginning at 5:30 pm at the Odeon Kensington. Both Amanda and Channing will be in attendance.

And a lucky few will get to attend the screening! We have 10 pairs of tickets to give out on the night of the screening… so get there for your chance to win!

Just a quick update of four new stills from “Dear John.” Enjoy!

Gallery Link: Promotional Film Stills

Squee!!! Thanks again to the lovely Mandolineas, we’re able to add two new adorable photos from Amanda and Channing’s recent visit to San Francisco. I hope you all love them as much as I do! Big Love caps are coming up!

Gallery Link: 2010: Session 007 (Dear John Portraits)

Congrats to the cast and crew! :)

The domination of James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ and its mostly male audience ended on the first day of its eighth weekend. Tears pouring out of the eyes of moviegoers watching Lasse Hallstrom’s ‘Dear John’ in adjacent theaters first loosened ‘Avatar’s’ grip on No. 1, and the ensuing flood washed it out of the spot completely.

On Friday, ‘Dear John’ more than doubled the business of ‘Avatar,’ selling $13.8 million worth of tickets to the blue people’s $6.2 million. If estimates by Exhibitor Relations, Inc. hold up, ‘Dear John’ will have scored an astonishing $32.4 million opening weekend, producing a $9 million gap between it and ‘Avatar,’ now ensconced in second place.

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Making an appearance at Soho’s Apple Store, Amanda and Channing met with fans for “Dear John.” Check out the photos so far! ETA: Added HQs and candids of her heading out to the event.

Gallery Links:
02.04.10: Apple Store Soho Presents Meet The Actors
Candids: Heading to Soho’s Apple Store

Here’s another fantastic Q&A accompanied by a portrait photo in the gallery. Enjoy!

In their relatively young film careers, Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried have carved out impressive résumés that run the gamut from acclaimed indie films to worldwide blockbusters.

In a few years, Tatum went from being an exotic dancer (he’s exceedingly good-natured about the video of one of his early performances making the rounds on YouTube) to a sought-after model before landing supporting roles in films like “Coach Carter” and “She’s the Man.” But 2006 would prove to be his breakout year: He earned a Spirit Award nomination for his turn as a street youth in Dito Montiel’s “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints” and became a box-office champ with the surprise success of the dance film “Step Up.” Last year, he assumed his biggest role to date as the title character in the big-budget action flick “G.I. Joe.”

Seyfried also began as a model at age 11, before segueing into soap operas while still in her teens. In 2004 she landed her first film role as one of the title “Mean Girls” in the Lindsay Lohan hit. As the sweetly stupid Karen (“I’m kinda psychic—it’s like I have ESPN or something”), Seyfried brought a genuine freshness to what could have been a stereotypical dumb blonde. Other film and TV roles followed, including her current stint on HBO’s “Big Love,” but in 2008 she beat out the likes of Mandy Moore and Amanda Bynes to play Meryl Streep’s daughter in the musical “Mamma Mia!” This year she stars opposite Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore in “Chloe” and as an American tourist in Italy who finds a lost love letter in “Letters to Juliet.”

But first the duo will appear in Lasse Hallström’s “Dear John,” opening Feb. 5, based on the Nicholas Sparks novel about young lovers separated by the Iraq War. The film has echoes of another Sparks adaptation, 2004′s “The Notebook,” which was also an unabashed romance centering on ridiculously beautiful, star-crossed lovers. “The Notebook” was an unexpected success, largely because of the chemistry of its two leads, and rightfully made stars of Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams.

“Dear John” is a seminal film for its stars, marking Seyfried’s first turn in a leading role and Tatum’s opportunity to solidify his status as one of the most intriguing actors working today. If the pair is feeling the pressure, they hide it well. But then again, they’re terrific actors.

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