Hundreds of fascinating news stories passed through our busy Fandango halls this week, though we weed out the boring and try to only bring you the awesome. Well, it’s Friday, which means it’s time to line up the five biggest and baddest stories of the week in an attempt to single out one and slap it with the title: Hottest Story of the Week!

- Tom Cruise is an American Psycho – Controversy was all the rage this week when a quote from American Psycho director Mary Harron revealed that Christian Bale’s inspiration for the psychotic serial killer was none other than Tom Cruise. Um, let’s just hope that Top Gun isn’t loaded. [Read More]
- Exciting New Clip from ‘New Moon’ – You’ll always remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when Fandango unveiled an exclusive clip from The Twilight Saga: New Moon called “Event” that featured a shirtless Taylor Lautner. I was in a corner … weeping uncontrollably. Where were you? [Read More]
- Mega X-Men Update – We finally received an update on the status of all upcoming X-Men films (including the Wolverine sequel, Deadpool spin-off, Magneto and X-Men: First Class) via an interview with X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner. While Magneto doesn’t look so good, the other films are heading our way soon. Are you X-cited or what? [Read More]
Angelina Jolie Does Gucci – Though it’s not a big-screen Sopranos movie, it’s definitely close. Angelina Jolie is in talks to star in a film about the Gucci family where she’ll play the real-life femme fatale responsible for orchestrating the murder of her ex-husband, grandson of Gucci founder Guccio Gucci. [Read More]
- Real-life Harry Potter Kinda Hates His Name – And this week’s most heartwarming human interest story goes to the kid whose name is actually Harry Potter. Like the fictional Potter, the real-life boy has a scar on his forehead. Unlike the boy wizard, though, this Harry Potter can’t cast a magic spell on the folks who constantly tease him because of his name. Guess it’s better than the name Harry Potty … right? [Read More]