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Kristen Bell recently cleared up any confusion people may have had about her nude scenes, or lack thereof, in the film Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

“Hey, let me make one thing perfectly clear, I’m not naked,” Bell told Parade magazine. “Jason (Segel) did have a full frontal moment. It’s done for the joke. I was never asked to take my shirt off. I do have a big sex scene, but nobody ever said, ‘Maybe you could show your boobs since this is an R-rated movie.’ OK, I do have to fake an orgasm on camera, and during that scene I kept thinking, ‘My father is going to see this.’ ”

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Oh, I lurve her more than words can say. Press play above for my Hawaiian-island sit-down with the amazing and beautiful Ms. Kristen Bell. She spills on the yoga-sex in her hilarious new movie, Forgetting Sarah Marshall (premiering today in theaters everywhere!), the contract deets of her Heroes deal and what the “Detroit girl” in her really wants to do to those paparazzi who follow her to the grocery store!

And then check back later today for some quality golf-cart time with How I Met Your Mother’s Jason Segel! Bring your asthma medication when you come though, because you might laugh so hard you lose the ability to breathe…

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After “Veronica Mars,” “Heroes,” “Gossip Girl” and “Reefer Madness: The Musical,” it’s getting to the point where the concept of not loving Kristen Bell seems downright un-American. If that’s the case, consider the lead hunk from “Transformers” as the new Hollywood equivalent of Lou Dobbs.“Josh Duhamel is the male lead,” Bell told us recently, revealing that Fergie’s boy toy would be romancing her next month on the set of her first starring movie. “It’s a really, really sweet romantic comedy.”

With the buzz-heavy “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” in theaters soon, Bell is one of the most in-demand young actresses in town; but will the Duhamel flick make her the new Amy Adams?

“I’m about to go to New York and Rome for 12 weeks to shoot this big Disney movie called ‘When in Rome,’ ” she explained. “It is, ideally, going to be next year’s ‘Enchanted,’ their big female-driven romantic comedy. I’m really excited about it. It’ll be the first time I’ve carried a movie this big on my shoulders.”

Along with having Duhamel and “a great, great cast [of] people who are negotiating now,” Bell said, the movie will tell a high-concept story set in one of the world’s most magical cities.

“It’s about a slightly cynical girl who has no interest in finding love and works as a curator at the Guggenheim in New York City. Her sister gets married in Rome and she, after one glass of wine and meeting a groomsman (Duhamel) she has a chemistry spark with, says, ‘You know what? I’m just going to go for it and ask him out.’ Then there’s that movie mystery where he seems to be kissing someone else but really isn’t, and while she’s wallowing she grabs these seven coins out of the [Trevi] Fountain in Rome, and unintentionally puts them in her pocket.”

In real life, Rome’s largest fountain is 250 years old, collects approximately $4,700 a day, and supposedly ensures marriage to anyone who throws coins into it. “Rome” will play off that local legend.

“Throughout the course of the movie, those seven people who threw [those coins] in there, wishing for various things, start stalking [my character] and fall in love with her,” laughed Bell, who’ll be making her first trip to Rome for the shoot. “There is a fantasy and magical element to it, and she doesn’t understand why all these people keep showing up with flowers. They’re outside her door, they’re starting to stalk her, and she doesn’t get it. Finally, when the male lead starts to pursue her, she feels as though it’s just because of this curse.”

“It’s by Mark Steven Johnson, who wrote and directed it. He did ‘Grumpy Old Men,’ ‘Simon Birch’ and ‘Ghost Rider,’ ” Bell said excitedly about the film, which will likely hit theaters in 2009. “I’m so excited to be working with Mark Steven Johnson, I can’t even tell you. I respect his body of work so much.”

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INT has a short interview about Forgetting Sarah Marshall and some Kristen’s words about Fanboys and Heroes:

A lot of your films and TV shows really appeal to the “geek crowd”. Is that because you like the “geek crowd”?
I do, and I’ll tell you why. Because I believe it consists of a group of people who do what they like because they like it, and are not striving to be anything but original and do what makes them happy. And I’m so inspired by that. I’m not gonna lie and tell you I grew up as a complete comic book geek or anything, but having very recently over the last five years been very accepted and welcomed in a very loving way by this community that is now its own subculture. Stuff that happens for these conventions, I like it, because nobody’s trying to be different, they’re just doing what they wanna do and I think that’s really admirable.

Do you have plans to work on further Apatow productions? Or is this a one-time thing?
I hope not. I had a great time working with them; I hope they did me as well. I did a “Funny or Die” short for Judd last month, and we’re doing another short for the Night of Too Many Stars, that Jon Stewart hosts on Comedy Central, so I’m trying to keep that relationship alive, not only because I think they’re great people, but because I think that they work on the best projects.

Did you have much experience with improv before working on the film?
Not really. I studied music and theater, so I took improv classes and stuff, not a ton. Secretly in my dreams I would love to be in Second City or on SNL, but I just don’t know that I have the guts.

Any updates on FANBOYS and Heroes?
FANBOYS, we don’t have a release date yet, but we did do about two weeks of reshoots in December, which Judd was involved in. Which I think only makes the film even better. Heroes, we should back in about two months, I think the end of April, beginning of May. I don’t think they’ll start airing until the Fall. I don’t know what they’re gonna use as far as a storyline is involved, because I know that they had two mini-arcs that they were gonna do in the spring had the writer’s strike not happened.

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January 15th. The critically acclaimed, quirky PI dramedy Veronica Mars is over, but Kristen Bell’s career is far from it. The sexy TV star is taking on Hollywood — and she doesn’t need backup.

Veronica Mars, may she rest in peace. Do you have any final thoughts now that the show is gone?
I’ll miss her. I really will. It was really unexpected, I think, but I’ve always had a lot of confidence in the show from Day 1 and tried to keep an optimistic outlook. I’m sad. A character like that, a group of people like that, writers like that, they don’t come along every day. So I’m really sad to see it go.

Are you ready to move on, or are you still dealing?
I’m still looking for closure. With something that special, once you get used to it, as I did for three years, it’s not until it’s ripped away from you that you truly realize what an amazing experience it was, and then you want it back. It’s kind of like high school. Everybody has to graduate — obviously I know I can’t play Veronica forever — but there’s an inevitable sadness. In reading a bunch of stuff now and trying to figure out what my next move is, I’ve certainly been grateful for how well-written the show was, because stuff like that doesn’t come along all the time. And even in the third season, I was still very excited to read each episode as an audience member. It still made me laugh out loud. It never got old. I had a blast making it and that was my family. (more…)

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Outside the main entrance to Universal Studios today the writing staff of Heroes were joined by fans from the show, as they walked the picket line during the ongoing Writers Guild strike. Also there to show support and walk with her writers was Kristen Bell, who plays the villainous and troubled Elle on the series.

Bell may have only joined the series a few months ago, but she clearly has made a strong and highly positive impression on her colleagues, as Heroes creator/executive producer/writer Tim Kring and co-executive producer/writer Jeph Loeb greeted her warmly before they walked the picket line together with the fans. Loeb even joked that later that afternoon, he and Bell were going to get married.

During her time joining the picket line I spoke to Bell about the strike, its affect on Heroes and her thoughts on the situation.

IGN TV: You’ve got fans out here today walking with you. In general, have you found that they are very understanding about why the strike is happening at this point?
Kristen Bell: I think people are trying to understand. I mean it’s a little confusing to everybody when anybody goes on strike. They always think they’re making inappropriate demands, but I think in this case word has gotten out enough that the writers are just looking for some fairness.

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Kristen Bell may be a newbie on Heroes, but she and a certain indestructible cheerleader are old pals.

“I’ve known Hayden Panettiere since she was 8 and I’ve watched her blossom into one of the loveliest young women out there,” she tells OK! at the Sprint Nextel and Tiffany & Co. event. “She is so articulate, so kind and so caring and I’m just proud of her. It’s like a very sisterly relationship. I adore her.”

The 27-year-old describes their friendship as “sisterly,” but you won’t catch them out and about every night. Instead, the buds prefer a girls’ night in despite what Hayden’s newly legal age may suggest.
“I don’t know about ‘go out and party’” says Kristen “She’s only 18!”

One relationship Kristen remains mum on, though, is her rumored romance with Kate Hudson’s ex, Dax Shepard. Although recently spotted out and about together, the actress opted not to address the reports.

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JustJared has some new candids of Kristen from earlier today:

Also, there is a brief interview with her on E!Online.