Diary of a Wimpy Kid debuted in second place -- not too shabby for the 20th Century Fox flick. Holding strong at $21.8 million, it beat out its third-place finisher, Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler's The Bounty Hunter.

The Bounty Hunter made its sparkling debut in third place at $21 million, but we wonder if it will have staying power next week or if it will fizzle, as predicted by its lackluster reviews. We also wonder why the talented Aniston doesn't audition for meatier roles but alas, that would be for another discussion.

In fourth place is Repo Men, and rounding out the top five is the hilarious She's Out of My League in fifth place.

League raked in a little over $6 million this weekend, and if our hunches are correct, this movie will stay popular thanks to word of mouth and the dating system it highlights.

Matt Damon's flick, Green Zone, still made it into the top 10, despite a disappointing debut last weekend. Green Zone took in almost $6 million for a cumulative gross of $24.7 million. This is in comparison to Leonardo DiCaprio's cumulative gross of $115.8 million for Shutter Island, which bolstered its foothold on seventh place this weekend.

And let's not forget about Avatar, which continues to make tons of moolah for its studio. The 20th Century Fox film took home $4 million last weekend for a cumulative gross of $736.9 million.

Box Office recap

1. Alice in Wonderland, $34,500,000
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, $21,800,000
3. The Bounty Hunter, $21,000,000
4. Repo Men, $6,151,000
5. She's Out of My League, $6,015,000
6. Green Zone, $5,963,000
7. Shutter Island, $4,755,000
8. Avatar, $4,000,000
9. Our Family Wedding, $3,800,000
10. Remember Me, $3,300,000

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At SheKnows' Beverly Hills interview, Ferrera told us how she loved playing Astrid, a blonde, teen Viking dragon fighter while surrounded in the film by hot and fun guys. Sometimes, she even got to record her voice in the booth with them.

Gorgeous Gerard Butler loved his role as Stoick, a macho Viking dad whose protection for his wimpy but brainy son comes off as disapproval and Jay feels that his background as a misfit, dorky teen really informed his performance as Hiccup, the film's eventually heroic lead character.

How to Train Your Dragon is based upon the whimsical works of British writer Cressida Cowell whose book series about a town of Vikings co-existing with dragons inspired the DreamWorks Animation team to tell the back story in which the macho men of the village make the transition from dragon killers to dragon pet owners; all due to the humane and heroic efforts of young Hiccup, Astrid and their group of adolescent homies.

During our interview we got the impression that these actors are very proud of their work and of the film and also are having a jovial and silly blast talking about it.

America's Dragon lessons

SheKnows: America, you've been in all kinds of live action films. What made you want to voice an animated character and why this story?

America Ferrera: I loved this movie, and I didn't really care what the movie was about. When DreamWorks called and said, 'Do you want to be in a DreamWorks animated film?' I said, 'Yes.' They told me what the character was, and showed me the world, and I would have said yes to any of it. When someone recently asked me what movie character in the history of movies that I related to the most, what I came up with was the Little Mermaid, Ariel .

This was like wish fulfillment for me, getting to play, getting to show up in a recording booth, and something that's really fun about this is being a very small part of a huge result. It's satisfying to show up and be a part of something so cool, that you were just a tiny part of really. The amount of hours we put in compared to the amount of hours everyone else on this project put in, it's incomparable, and I just wanted to do this because it seemed like so much fun, and I feel very lucky I fell into it.

SheKnows: Jay, when you were a teen did you have a misfit problem like your character Hiccup? How did you channel your inner sixteen-year-old to play this guy?

Jay Baruchel: That was very easy. Look at me . Well, I always spent plenty of time behind closed doors writing and drawing or doing whatever, escaping into my daydreams. I was training my dragon. . Hey, don't be inappropriate! I think us weird kids that's what happens. That's why I think Hiccup's a great analogy for every kid that isn't playing sports in high school.

Gerard Butler: I think Hiccup's a great analogy for every kid because even when they're playing sports there's still that coming of age thing where you want to get the girl, you want your friends to love you, you want your dad, your family .

I don't think there's a teen in the world who doesn't go through that process of feeling awkward and feeling the odd-one-out. I just think it's very in accordance with myth and history that we all go through that same thing. But I think that what Jay is saying is even more appropriate for somebody like Jay, who still locks himself away and 'trains his dragon'. I meant that in the best way.

Jay Baruchel: I took it as such.

America Ferrera: Aside from being an outsider and the dorkiness and the wanting to be accepted, I really related to a kid wanting to be great in some way, not just a Viking, but the greatest Viking in the world. And even though Hiccup's an outsider, he .

Gerry goes native?

SheKnows: Gerry, why did you use your native Scottish accent as a Viking? Aren't they Scandinavian?

Gerard Butler: Why would you choose me, when these guys were doing an American accent? The least Viking accent you can imagine.

Jay Baruchel: His is closer to how they actually would have sounded than us.

Gerard Butler: Exactly.

Jay Baruchel: We sound like we're from the food court at the mall!

Gerard Butler: By the way, interesting that you should say that because this was the only movie that I think I've ever made or will make that, after watching it for the first time, realized that my accent was not Scottish enough. I realized that I was doing a mid-Atlantic kind of like , Vikings, man, we must work. I'm like, What was that? I was kind of stuck in the middle. I think a strong Celtic accent lends itself to Vikingness. I think a strong Celtic accent lends itself to any kind of warrior breed and it was the same in 300 as well.

SheKnows: We agree. What's the best thing about doing a voice in an animated movie?

Gerard Butler: I think maybe the best thing was the treat that you get at the end of it to see it all come together, because really as much as I think everybody in this cast is fantastic, I think the real geniuses are the guys who wrote it, the guys who directed it and the animators who created it.

Jay Baruchel: A hundred-and-fifty-percent, yeah.

Gerard Butler: Because when you see it you go, Wow. I didn't know this was the magical spectacular, wonderful world that we had all entered into.

Jay Baruchel: It's unbelievable.

America Ferrera: And it's proof when you see it the different stages, because I saw a version of the movie where a third of it was animated, and then the other scenes were in different stages, like stick drawings and others were like half animated and some were animated but not lit. I felt like in the scenes where it wasn't fully animated, where it was a voice to a stick figure, there wasn't that emotional connection as when the animators do their work and create the humanity in the characters through their animation. They're more than half of the performance I would say.

Up next...America, Jay and Gerard take SheKnows inside the How to Train Your Dragon recording booth!

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America, Jay & Gerard get animated

SheKnows: For each of you, was there a liberation for you getting into the recording booth and being able to be big and over-the-top ... and did you ever get a chance to see each other in the booth or was it always just you and the directors alone?

Gerard Butler: It's freeing in the way that you're not constrained by false beards and uncomfortable costumes and you can do what you want in there , and you don't have to look at 150 extras who you know are sitting going, What the  are you talking about? Or, You look like an idiot in those leather underpants.

Jay Baruchel: What movie could you possibly be referring to ?

Gerard Butler: Nim's Island. But then again, sometimes you miss the opportunity to be out actually on location and have the true environment around you. But I'd say more than anything though, it was cool because it was different. It was something that I'd never done before.

America Ferrera: First I did a session with Jay and Jonah Hill, was it just the three of us?

Jay Baruchel: Yeah, I think so.

America Ferrera: We did the kind of friendship, camaraderie stuff. I started on it three years ago, and I think they did as well, and the story has changed a lot and progressed. It took a while, for the filmmakers and for us, at least with my character, to figure out what Astrid was and who she was, and how tomboyish was she? Did we want her to be softer, did we want her to be rougher and how much did she like Hiccup, and how much didn't she? .

I don't think I knew who my character was until I got in the booth with Jay. It certainly informed everything when I got back in the booth and was by myself, because I knew Jay's energy and knew who our characters would be with each other and I just loved getting to work with Jay. I was terrified. I'd done one animated film before, but it was a small thing. So this was kind of my first feature animated film, so getting to work with him, he's such a pro, made it easier for me.

Jay Baruchel: Thank you, likewise, 150 percent. Like she said, just being able to play around once or twice with any of the other actors, it informs what you're going to do. You take it with you. You remember what their energy is like and all that stuff.

I'd like to think for me that I'm a better actor for having done this movie, because having to only speak, it kind of robbed me of some of my crutches. I gesture like a son-of-a-bitch. And I'm real fidgety and all this stuff. And when it was just my nasal-ass voice, I had to figure out how to sell stuff without going .

So it was like going to acting school for three years in a way. And then at the end to see how it turned out, I had real high expectations and this just shattered all of them. I'm as proud of this as I am of anything I've ever done. It's absolutely beautiful, it reduced me to tears. I was embarrassing at the end of it.

Ferrera finds her inner Viking

SheKnows: America, did you relate to your character in a particular way? She was trying to prove herself in a group of men. Did you ever find that in your own life?

America Ferrera: Absolutely. Just sitting up here and being the only girl in this man-powered conference.

Jay Baruchel: It is powered by men. Glad you got the memo.

America Ferrera: I was always a girl who, when I was younger I played baseball with the boys, I didn't not play softball. I did not want to play softball. I wanted nothing to do with it. I wanted to play baseball with the guys and I wanted to be as good as them, so I think I definitely related to Astrid. And I thought it was so cool that Dean and Chris cared enough to amp up Astrid's character.

She was like a smaller, one of the friends characters, and they made Astrid and Hiccup's relationship stronger, and then they really gave that character a purpose. She had much more of a back story than they gave her in the beginning. So I totally related to the character, and I was super happy that now girls can go watch this movie and say, I can train a frickin' dragon too.

SheKnows: America, what was it like playing a Scandinavian role?

America Ferrera: Well, I don't know how Scandinavian I made her. She sounded like she came from the San Fernando Valley, she's from the 818 . That's what was so much fun about it. She wasn't really me or a version of me, she was her own thing, and I just got to be one small part of creating her. I just had fun with it. I always came back from the sessions feeling so relaxed like I did yoga or something, because the last thing they always asked me to do before the session was over was scream. They were like, Give us like five different kinds of screams, because I do a lot of screaming in this movie.

Gerard Butler: I remember that. There was a lot of screaming.

America Ferrera: They're like give us like a Viking chant or something. So it was very cathartic and fun and I felt like I was in very able hands and I could just have fun and give them what I had and they were going to turn it into something beautiful, and they did.

Up next...Butler admits a fondness for Broadway.

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Butler: Broadway baby?

SheKnows: Gerard, we see you in all kinds of movie genres. Do you have a favorite?

Gerard Butler: Musical, animated, romantic comedy, action comedy, thriller, drama and action. That's six. But I don't want to blow my own horn. I think my favorite to do out of all them I would have to say is DreamWorks animated 3-D movies. But last week when I was doing Bounty Hunter it was definitely action comedies. But, honestly, it really does change. Sometimes, I'm doing an action movie and I say, 'I'm never doing this again,' but most of the time I love it. And it's like that for any genre. There's a lot of great stuff I get out of each of them, and then there's a lot of stuff about each of them that makes me nuts.

SheKnows: Gerry, was it strange not to have your face on the poster for a change?

Gerard Butler: I kind of like that. I like it when people are surprised that you're in something that you're talking in. I have my face on plenty of posters so it didn't bother me in the slightest. Like America was saying, I think our voices are such a small part of this movie. We spent three years it every few months and the animators worked twelve hours a day to make the magnificent feat it is. So, it would be a little weird having my face on the poster. I'd feel guilty.

SheKnows: What does everyone have coming up that we can look forward to?

Gerard Butler: Actually I'm going to do some Shakespeare with Ralph Fiennes, it's his debut ; Coriolanus, we'll be shooting in Serbia. Then I'm going to be working with Marc Forster who did Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland and the last Bond movie, and we're going a movie called Machine Gun Preacher about a former drug dealer who, it's a true story, is now fighting with the Southern Sudanese People's Liberation army. He became a preacher in Pennsylvania and raises money for an orphanage that he runs down in southern Sudan and literally uses machine guns to fight the rebel forces down there. Fascinating story, I think. If that's not fascinating I don't know what is.

Betty byes

America Ferrera: Monday I'll start shooting the very last episode of Ugly Betty, which is a big culmination thing for me in my life.

SheKnows: How many episodes was it?

America Ferrera: Eighty-five.

Jay Baruchel: Holy !

America Ferrera: Yeah. It's hard for me to even imagine what my life is going to be like after that last day because I've been doing the same thing for the last four years, five days a week, ten months out of the year. In between I've squeezed in a movie here and a movie there. Now I'm just excited to sleep and not feel like I have four weeks to find something that is worth doing and do it.

It's funny that of course Betty's ending, I had a film come out last week , How to Train Your Dragon is coming out this week. I've produced and acted in a film that was at Sundance, and it was all like in one month, so four years of my life all culminated and now I have no interesting answer to the question what are you doing next? I wish you had asked me that months ago. I think what I'm doing next is probably going to sleep and relax and just have that exciting feeling of anything's possible.

SheKnows: What about you Jay?

Jay Baruchel: In July I have a movie called The Sorcerer's Apprentice coming out and I just finished a movie called Notre Dame de Grace which is the second movie I've made with this director, Jacob Tierney, back home in Montreal. He's one of my best friends. We made a movie called The Trotsky together, that actually comes out in wide release in Canada in May and premieres in the US at the Tribeca Film Festival. And then a lot of sleeping like this chick here.

SheKnows: Gerard, are you involved in a Phantom of the Opera sequel? .

Gerard Butler: I actually went to that on the opening night in London. I just happened to be there by coincidence. I didn't plan it until five o'clock that evening. It was very cool, a very interesting production. But, no, I don't think I'll be doing it. I doubt very much they'll be asking me. But it was great fun to watch. Anyway, I'm sure it would be a long time away for making the movie.

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How to Train Your Dragon premiere photos
Gerard Butler dishes The Bounty Hunter
The woman behind How to Train Your Dragon

Jay Baruchel provides the voice of this scrawny teen who doesn't quite have the skills to kill the dragon. Although he's in dragon training constantly with other Viking teens played by America Ferrera and Jonah Hill, he seems to fall short of being a fighter, the ultimate macho competitor. Even, Gerard Butler, who lends his voice to Hiccup's father, cannot help the young teen master the art of dragon slaying.

As the story continues we find that Hiccup befriends a dragon who's injured. And as he names him Toothless, the sweet story is ultimately one of friendship, valor, and changing the tide of the tribe. I found it interesting that it's based on a book by Cressida Cowell because the animation, music and acting were superb. As I watched the movie in Times Square, in the heart of New York City, there's something special about this movie which tugs at your heartstrings.

Plus, watching How to Train Your Dragon with children was a real treat as the audience chuckled throughout and also was in awe as Hiccup does the unthinkable and befriends a beastly dragon.

The filmmakers did an exemplary job of researching the Viking culture and telling a story about how the relationship between Hiccup and Toothless changed his world. How to Train Your Dragon also encompassed the larger picture of society at large including friendships and ultimately the need for each person to march to the beat of their own drum -- even when it's not what your proud papa originally intended.

If you see this movie, trust us, you won't be disappointed. It's a delight for the whole family! What's not to love?

Review: How to Train Your Dragon

Out of five stars…

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The woman behind How to Train Your Dragon

Meanwhile, Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? had an excellent opening weekend with $30.2 million. The Easter weekend proved successful for this relationship movie with a riveting performance by the ensemble cast, most notably Ms Janet Jackson.

In third place, DreamWorks' 3-D animation feature, How to Train Your Dragon, held with its $29.2 million showing though it dropped from its robust opening weekend. As for fourth place, Miley Cyrus' movie, The Last Song, took in $16.2 million during its opening weekend. This is higher than anticipated according to industry insiders.

Alice in Wonderland continues to hold its ground in the top ten as it is nestled into fifth place. MGM's Hot Tub Time Machine fell to sixth place with a 43 percent drop although it still didn't stop moviegoers from checking out the John Cusack flick that's a flashback to 1986.

Although The Bounty Hunter is still in the top ten, the time this flick will still be on the top 10, is most likely limited. As for others, She's Out of My League continues to hold strong as does Leonardo DiCaprio's Shutter Island.

Box Office recap

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Has Jessica Biel replaced Justin Timberlake with Gerard Butler? It could be!

Shooting their new movie, Playing the Field, in Shreveport, Louisiana last month, the two stars got to know one another. Were they just hanging out together? Maybe -- or maybe not.

Last weekend, Biel, 29, was spotted hanging on to Butler, 41, for dear life when the two celebs took a spin on Butler's motorcycle along the Pacific Coast Highway. Their rep says the two are "just friends," and the duo was described as acting "friendly and professional" while on set. But getting close on Butler's hog sounds a little more intimate than professional.

Biel and Butler seem like something of an odd couple. Biel is more of a relationship-type while Butler is known for playing the field when it comes to women.

One onlooker, who spotted the stars dining together before shooting on the movie started, noted, "He knows he looks good," and reports revealed Butler was eating off Biel's plates. "If I were her, I'd hook up with him," the witness added. "She looks good, too, and she knew she looked good, swinging her hips around."

Perhaps Biel got tired of watching Timberlake get seen around town with starlets ranging from Mila Kunis to Olivia Wilde to Ashley Olsen. She's so over it.

Biel and Butler -- a match made in heaven or hell?

Hugh Laurie is known for his dry-witted and sarcastic character of Dr. House, however, he is embracing his metrosexual side as the new face of L'Oreal's Men Expert line of cosmetics. L'Oreal has also signed on Gerard Butler and Patrick Dempsey to promote their line of men's cosmetics. It is interesting to note that Dempsey's wife is a professional makeup artist.

"At first I thought it was a mistake but then I realized that L'Oreal wasn't looking for models, but real people with strong personalities, who are worth it... and who aren't afraid to proclaim that using cosmetics can be a very masculine decision after all," Laurie said.

L'Oreal Paris' global brand president Cyril Chapuy said that Laurie is "the perfect example of a modern man: genuine, uninhibited, strong and willing to pursue his passions to the end."

I'm sure many male celebrities wear makeup regularly on-set and during photo shoots -- but do you think your average male will embrace the idea of male cosmetics? L'Oreal seems to be going after a more masculine audience for the male makeup line, by signing on Laurie, Butler and Dempsey.

Check out the video below as the 51-year-old actor talks about being the new face of L'Oreal Paris.

"My name is Gerald Butler before I've applied L'Oreal skincare for men," he joked.

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Gerard Butler

Born: November 13, 1969

Hometown: Paisley, Scotland

Height: 6'2"

Why we love Gerard Butler: Whether he's poking fun at Katherine Heigl in The Ugly Truth, giving Jennifer Aniston a hard time in The Bounty Hunter or bellowing and wielding a giant sword in 300 , there's something endearing and loose cannon–like about Butler. And that's all part of his rough-and-tumble appeal.

He follows his heart

A law school graduate and then a law trainee at a respected firm in Scotland, Butler chucked the whole lawyer plan after he was fired from a plum training gig for his, shall we say, "intermittent" attendance and special relationship with booze. Shortly after, he saw Trainspotting on stage in Edinburgh and found his passion — acting. The rest — from his part as a seaman in 1999's Tomorrow Never Dies to his recent voice-over role in How to Train Your Dragon — happened relatively easily. We're glad it did!

Gerry elaborated on his fortune to Men's Journal: "That I got through all that I got through to be where I am, it doesn't make sense — this kind of lost soul studying law in Scotland and then moving to London with no experience as an actor, and with his morals not about him, who couldn't keep his s--t together, who couldn't even feed himself properly, and to get ahead in a career like this, which is probably one of if not the most difficult professions to get ahead in — nothing else makes sense except to think that I was being guided and all this was meant to be, the same way you see the crooked smile as a blemish or imperfection, or being fired as a lawyer horrific, when those are the very things that end up helping you."

He's oddly humble

Despite being an inarguable heartthrob, Butler sometimes seems to doubt his appeal — and a dash of humility is incredibly sexy in a man. Once, while doing an interview, Butler pointed to a sexy Esquire cover and commented to the magazine's reporter, "After Megan Fox, who's ever going to want to look at me on the cover of Esquire?"

Ummmm...us! And who would have thought that King Leonidas himself gets nervous?

"I've made two and a half movies and done press for three movies in the past four months and it made me never want to do movies again because of the press situation," he told the Middle East's The National. "It's weird but I'm actually getting worse at interviews. A lot of what I said before could fly under the radar but that isn't the case now, so it definitely makes me more wary."

Relax, Gerry! We like it when you speak your mind.

He's newly health-conscious

Once a big fan of the sauce, Butler stopped drinking 14 years ago, does yoga, mountain bikes, skis, surfs and recently dropped some serious poundage for his upcoming role as a professional surfer in the movie Mavericks . "I ate my last meal in October, and I run about 40 miles a day," he quipped to Us Weekly this past week. "I'm joking! It's just doing a lot of cardio and extremely watching what I eat. I stopped lifting big weights and I'm doing yoga."

Does anyone else feel like doing a bit of Bikram right now?

Gerard Butler's relationship status:

Heeeeee's single! Rumors have circulated that he has dated actresses ranging from Lindsay Lohan to Cameron Diaz in the past, but Butler is currently on the market. Hmmmm...maybe he still has that Leonidas costume in his closet....

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Known for her girl-next-door persona, actress Michelle Monaghan toughens up as the wife of a former drug dealer -- played by Gerard Butler -- who finds God and goes to Africa to make a difference. Based on the true story of the life of Sam Childers and his inspiration journey to helping children in Sudan, Machine Gun Preacher is the emotional tale of man who endures all the sadness life has to offer. SheKnows sat down with Monaghan to find out what it's like to play the wife of this extraordinary character who went through such an emotional journey.

SheKnows: What attracted you to the project?

Michelle Monaghan: As soon as I finished reading it, I knew I wanted to tell the story. It's such a powerful journey of this man and his family.

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SheKnows: What's the real Sam Childers like?

Michelle Monaghan: Sam Childers is a force to be reckoned with, whether you're his wife or you're Gerard Bulter or you're a rebel in the LRA. He is an impassioned person, he's a very great spirited man and a very controversial man, as well. I think Gerry worked with the material for over a year. By the time Gerry started working, he was there full force, he was Sam Childers.

SheKnows: What was it like to spend time with Sam and Lynn Childers?

Michelle Monaghan: They were so kind and welcoming. I think that first night, Lynn and I stayed up until about 4 in the morning talking. She allowed me to ask her everything under the sun. She was incredibly forthcoming and honest. That meant the world to me. What I discovered about her is she's probably the most grounded person I've ever met. She's not an emotional person, and I say that with all due respect. She does not get angry. She does not get upset. She doesn't really cry. I'm sure she has her moments, but she's very steadfast in her faith and her belief that Sam is doing God's work.

SheKnows: What was it like to portray a real live person?

Michelle Monaghan: Clearly this is a complex person who has stood by her man all of these years. She's sacrificed a tremendous amount for herself and her family. I needed to spend time with her to understand what her motivations were and to really understand the dynamic between Sam and Lynn. I spent a weekend with them in Central City, Pennsylvania.

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SheKnows: It's known that Gerard Butler is not only sexy, but he's also a charming guy, too. Do you agree?

Michelle Monaghan: He really is all that, and obviously cute to boot. I mean, all the ladies know that. On top of that, he's incredibly talented and he's got this really jovial spirit about him.

SheKnows: What's he like on set?

Michelle Monaghan: He's really playful, fun, he likes to joke. That was really appreciated on that set because it was sort of material that was somewhat dark and a little bit depressing at times, although albeit hopeful as well. And, ultimately inspirational.

SheKnows: Did you ever have overly-emotional days on set?

Michelle Monaghan: There were days when it was kind of tough. And our scenes would be really intense when we were working together. As soon as they'd yell, "Cut," we'd sort of go back to [the] trailer and start laughing and lighten things up. The fact that he was willing to go to those places but not live in those places was really refreshing for me.

Hold on a minute, Ashley Greene fans: she hasn't dated Scottish hunk Gerard Butler -- he's just too old!

"He's extremely attractive, but I think he's a little too old for me," Greene, 24, said in a new Allure interview. "Don't print that I called Gerard Butler old, I feel bad."

The two were first linked in June, when the duo was reportedly spotted exchanging a little PDA in New York City.

"He had a hand on her shoulder and leaned in to her," a source told US Weekly of Butler, 41. "He really turned on the charm." The cheeky ladies' man even put his hands on her butt, according to the spy.

Not so, said Greene. She added that her mom wouldn't allow it.

"She was like, 'Get yo' [expletive] home!'" she joked.

We wouldn't be surprised if Butler put his hand on the actress' assets, regardless of their dating status. He's a ladies' man -- and that's how he rolls.

Ashley Greene on Joe Jonas

Greene wasn't afraid to dish on her past relationship with Joe Jonas. She broke up with the newly solo singer earlier this year.

"There are certain people who are really great at keeping their private lives private. I'm not good at that," she said, referring to the constant tabloid pressure on their relationship.

She also said that she doesn't hold anything against Jonas' other ex, Demi Lovato.

"I'm really happy that she's doing well. She and I never had a problem with each other, but, you know, it doesn't go away. ... Jen Aniston still gets asked about Angelina Jolie," she said.

These days, Greene is focusing on acting -- like in the upcoming Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 -- and avoiding another nude photo scandal.

"One of my family members said to me, 'Ashley, everyone does it. You're just famous,'" she said.

Oh, one other thing she's going to do in the future: "avoid nightclubs and making out in public."

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Actor and singer Justin Timberlake may be giving his relationship with actress Jessica Biel one more try, despite the couple calling it quits earlier this year, after four years together.

People magazine reports Biel accompanied Timberlake to the after-party for his new film, In Time, in Los Angeles Thursday night, where the two shared a few intimate moments together.

An observer tells the magazine, "[They] became more and more affectionate, sneaking kisses, whispering to each other, and sharing quick back rubs and caresses."

"At one point, she pretended to punch him a couple times and gamely bounced up and down like a jack in the box," the observer added.

Biel has kept a low profile since the couple split in early March, while Timberlake has been rumored to be dating his Friends with Benefits co-star Mila Kunis -- a rumor which both actors have denied.

There were also whispers that Biel was getting hot and heavy with Hollywood heartthrob Gerard Butler while they were shooting their film Playing the Field in Louisiana last May, which quickly ended once filming wrapped.

The seemingly on-again couple added speculation to their relationship rumors this summer, when they were spotted riding bicycles together in Toronto while Biel was shooting the remake of Total Recall.

The couple shot down rumors that they were together again at that time, insisting they were only friends.

Given their recent flirting, maybe that's friends with benefits?

Timberlake and Biel also spent Thursday evening with his film's co-stars, Olivia Wilde and Amanda Seyfried before leaving together around midnight.

It looks like what goes around really does come back around, right?

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Gerard Butler felt the wrath of Mother Nature on Sunday while surfing off the west coast. The 42-year-old had to be rescued by a safety patrolman after being pulled underwater and dragged over a rocky reef by a large set of waves.

ESPN reports Gerard Butler was taken to Stanford Medical Center dazed from the ordeal, but not seriously injured. The actor had been filming scenes for Of Men and Mavericks, a biographical film about the life of American surfer Jay Moriarity, when the large waves hit the Northern California break.

"[Butler] had that 100-yard stare that surfers get after a two-wave hold-down or near-death experience," ESPN reports. "According to other eyewitnesses, Butler was held down for a solid two waves and took four or five more on the head before being washed through the rocks on the inside, where he was finally able to be plucked out."

The surfing location known as Mavericks claimed the life of Hawaiian surfer Sion Milosky just this past March.

In the film, Gerard Butler plays the role of Rick Hesson, surfing mentor to Jay Moriarity, who rose to fame in the surfing world at age 16 when his wipeout at Mavericks was caught on camera and later made the cover of Surfer magazine. The story reportedly revolves around Moriarity's "quest to ride the iconic Northern California break known as Mavericks, where winter swells bring in treacherous waves the size of five-story buildings."

Known as a soul surfer , Moriarity died in 2001 at age 22 in the Indian Ocean, drowning in an apparent diving accident.

Of Men and Mavericks is expected to be released in theaters Oct. 26, 2012.

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Gerard Butler's recent near-death surfing accident isn't getting him down. In fact, the actor recently told a UK talk show he would have gone back in the water right away if he'd been allowed!

"I was going to go back that day," Gerard Butler said. "I was actually in the ambulance and wanted to go back, which was a little crazy, but it's pretty addictive."

The 42-year-old, pictured here in London on Jan. 5, continued, "This was maybe one of the few times that the reports were not exaggerated. It was a pretty close call... just took me and I couldn't get up. It was pretty hairy."

Take heart Gerard Butler isn't telling any tall tales. ESPN reported at the time of the incident, "[Butler] had that 100-yard stare that surfers get after a two-wave hold-down or near-death experience. According to other eyewitnesses, Butler was held down for a solid two waves and took four or five more on the head before being washed through the rocks on the inside, where he was finally able to be plucked out."

Continuing to look on the bright side Butler insists the near-death experience helped him get even deeper into character.

He added, "In the movie, I put in a scene about a 'two-wave hold-down,' when you are down for so long that the next wave comes over before you get back up, and that's what happened to me. They finally grabbed me just as another huge wave was coming in. It was just like a movie! In fact, everything I talked about happening in the movie happened to me."

Of Men and Mavericks, which tells the story of the late surfer Jay Moriarty, is due out Oct. 26, 2012.

Would you be as anxious as Gerard Butler is to get back to surfing?

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Not one to let her devious ex Eddie Cibrian have all the fun -- after all, he does seem to spend most of his time gallivanting on the beach with his mistress-turned-wife LeAnn Rimes -- Brandi Glanville has revealed a little hot summer dalliance of her own. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star says she totally got it on with one of Hollywood's hottest bachelors!

Glanville spilled the beans during an interview on Watch What Happens Live.

"Who is the most famous person besides Eddie Cibrian that you have hooked up with?" she was asked.

Surprisingly the answer was not Demi Moore.

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"I can't plead the fifth… Uh, Gerard Butler," she answered, shocking everyone in the studio.

"Was that more than once?" she was asked.

"It wasn't a one-nighter," Glanville explained. "It was like a little week of fun."

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Le rowr! So how was he? The question was posed: "On a scale of one to ten, how fun was it?"

"Eleven!" she answered enthusiastically.

Now that is great advertising for Butler if we've ever heard it. Not that Hollywood's biggest playboy needs the help -- he has been linked to Jessica Biel, Olivia Wilde, Ashley Greene, Mila Kunis and Ashley Olsen. The housewife is just another notch on his bedpost.

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Glanville revealed that the dalliance occurred sometime last summer while she was shooting The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills -- but she was off the crutches that hindered her through several episodes at the time.

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Gerard Butler is making a quick enemy of alleged hook-up, Brandi Glanville. The actor, whom she rated an 11 out of 10 between the sheets, has publicly denied even knowing who she is!

It all started earlier in the week when Brandi Glanville told Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen about her multiple rendezvous with Gerard Butler. During the interview the ex-wife of Eddie Cibrian was asked, "Who is the most famous person besides Eddie Cibrian that you have hooked up with?"

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"I can't plead the fifth… Uh, Gerard Butler," the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star replied.

"Was that more than once?" she was asked.

"It wasn't a one-nighter," Glanville explained. "It was like a little week of fun."

Yet, Thursday, when the inquiring cameramen for gossip site TMZ caught up with Gerard Butler, the 42-year-old sang a different tune.

When asked about the alleged hook-up with Brandi Glanville Gerard Butler replied only, "Who's Brandi Glanville?" Ouch!

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In reaction to Butler's denial Glanville angrily tweeted Friday morning, "I don't lie so he can suck it... I'm telling the truth that is all I will say."

She later spoke to Rumor Fix to clear the air, saying, " called me last night and told me he said it. He is upset because he is a private person. I don't lie, so I don't really care."

Who do you believe in the Gerard Butler/Brandi Glanville he said, she said case?

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If you were hoping Gerard Butler could blame his alleged week-long fling with Brandi Glanville -- or the fact that he doesn't remember who she is -- on a long bender, we've got some bad news for you: The 300 actor doesn't drink.

Turns out Butler had a pretty nasty alcohol problem back in the day, but cleaned himself up in time to savor his success on the big screen.

"I had gone from a 16-year-old who couldn't wait to grasp life to a 22-year-old who didn't care if he died in his sleep," the actor revealed to Chris Sullivan of The Red Bulletin.

"I used to drink until I couldn't remember anything," he explained, revealing that he was fired from his job at an Edinburgh law firm. "I was just mad for it and on a death wish. It was madness."

Unemployed, Butler moved to London to live with his casting director girlfriend and cleaned himself up. She got him his first acting role and the rest is history -- the kind he actually can remember since he doesn't drink anymore.

"One or two drinks was never enough for me. I was a foot-on-the-floor-all-the-way drinker, so it had to go. I don't miss it. Now it's as if I never had a drink in my life. At one point, I could never have conceived going out and not drinking but, as time goes on, you lose the urge and the insecurity that often makes people drink in the first place."

Not that he needs a drink to savor his good fortune.

"I am a single, successful, Scottish actor in a city full of beautiful women, and I will admit to having the time of my life."

Just not with Brandi Glanville.

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The actor, who is a longtime recovering alcoholic, checked himself into the world-famous Betty Ford Center after becoming dangerously addicted to pain pills.

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Butler first began struggling with pain management in 2006 while filming the physically demanding movie 300.

"There was definitely a period of adjustment and physical pain because I stopped training. That was the worst thing I could have done," he recently told the Daily Mail.

According to TMZ, his issues got worse after he was badly hurt in a surfing accident in California last December while filming Of Men and Mavericks.

"It was a pretty close call," Butler said of the accident, during which he was pummeled by 12-foot waves and barely made it to the surface.

"The waves just took me in, and I couldn't get up. It was pretty hairy. It was maybe one of the few times that reports were not exaggerated."

His rehab stint does not appear to be related to alcohol, a problem he has been battling since his early 20s. "One or two drinks was never enough for me. I was a foot-on-the-floor-all-the-way drinker, so it had to go," he told The Red Bulletin just weeks ago.

"I don't miss it. Now it's as if I never had a drink in my life. At one point, I could never have conceived of going out and not drinking but, as time goes on, you lose the urge and the insecurity that often makes people drink in the first place."

The Betty Ford Center is known for its celebrity clients and was the scene of one of Lindsay Lohan's most infamous incidents, when she allegedly assaulted a counselor. No charges were ever filed.

Butler's rep confirmed he was released from treatment today, just in time for the Oscars this weekend. "Gerard has completed a successful course of treatment and has returned home in good health," the rep said.

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The bad boy who wants to go good

It's every woman's dream to see the bad boy want to turn good. And if you’re a strung out ex-soccer player and you don’t know what you want to do with yourself, it can be tough to make a commitment in life. But that's what's so sexy, right...? This internal struggle for bad boys everywhere is exactly what the new romantic comedy, Playing for Keeps, starring Gerard Butler hopes to examine. We hope they do it with a shirtless scene. Unfortunately, the new trailer out this week does not show enough skin!

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We'll have to stick with the story. When George, played by Butler, the sexy ex-athlete with a shady past, decides it’s time to clean up his life and coach his son’s soccer team, he gets into more than a bit of trouble with some of the moms.

His ex-wife Stacie, played by Jessica Biel, is happy that the father of her child has come back into the picture, but she knows anything that has to do with George comes with trouble. Isn't that why she fell for him in the first place?

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When the sexy dad, who shows a lot of passion on and off the field, meets an ex-sports announcer, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones, things get hot and heavy.

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In this first look trailer, the comedy and the heartache come hand-in-hand from director Gabriele Muccino, who is known for his more serious work. He directed such titles as Seven Pounds, The Pursuit of Happyness and Remember Me, My Love.

Playing for Keeps kicks into theaters Dec. 7.

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Once upon a time, a beautiful actress rode off into the sunset with a charming suitor. Ah, if only more Hollywood romances played out like fairytales.

Fairytale Pairs

Happily, Jennifer Aniston's engagement to Justin Theroux offers hope to other jilted stars. Here are a few matches we think could be destined for true love.

She may have been raised in a conservative Christian household, but those barely-there ensembles Katy Perry wears onstage are hardly biblical. Bedazzled bustiers aside, this pop diva does Mom and Pop Perry proud — she is just as sweet as the confectionary creations she often wears. We suspect her marriage to Russell Brand soured because the wacky actor failed to share Katy’s values. She told Rolling Stone, after all, that bad things happen when you put sex and spirituality in the same bottle and shake it up. What this girl-next-door needs is a good guy! How about Jake Gyllenhaal? He’s supposedly single, famously close with his fam and, yeah, pretty easy on the eyes. Sorry, John Mayer... you've broken too many Hollywood hearts to fit the bill.

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We heart Kate Winslet, so it saddens us to know her real love life has been just about as tragic as her ill-fated romantic trysts on Titanic — the Los Angeles premiere of which she missed when her former flame, actor/writer Stephen Tredre, lost his battle to bone cancer. She found love again a few years later on the set of Hideous Kinky when she met director Jim Threapleton. They married in 1998, had daughter Mia in 2000 and were dunzo by 2001. Ever the romantic, Kate followed her heart down the aisle once more when she married director Sam Mendes in 2003, but the pair called it quits a few years shy of a decade. She’s rumored to be dating a model at the moment, but we think she has a real shot with sexy Scot Gerard Butler, who is known for being super nice.

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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s Charlize shacking up with after all? Forget pinpointing the fairest, the pressing question on our minds is how someone as smoking hot as Charlize could actually be single — if, in fact, she is. Several rumored romances have surfaced this year, but the true nature of Charlize’s dating status has remained wrapped up as tightly as her corseted bosoms in Snow White and the Huntsman. We, however, hope there is a spark of truth in the whispers of one potential suitor... her The Devil's Advocate and Sweet November co-star, Keanu Reeves! If the two have as much chemistry in real life as they did onscreen, they could easily pass Charlize’s previous relationship record of nine years .

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Known as America’s sweetheart, Sandra Bullock has served as arm candy for some of Hollywood’s hottest stars — c’mon, we all pulled for her and Matthew McCona-hottie to make it at some point. We even thought she and cerebral stud Ryan Gosling might last . Alas, she had to make her marital bed with bad boy Jesse James… and unfortunately, Jesse chose to lay in said bed with a bevy of what we’re pretty sure used to be girls before all that ink. Since leaving the tattooed tatters of her marriage behind in 2010, Sandy has shifted her focus to doting on her adopted son, Louis. Our pick for Sandy? Iconic actor Liam Neeson, who has been nursing his own broken heart since the untimely death of wife Natasha Richardson in 2009. Perhaps the two could restore each other’s hope in happily ever after....

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