Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan Spotlight

In an effort to help CTU readers learn more about each other, once a month I profile one special Channing Tatum fan on the blog and give them the "Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan Spotlight" award.

I am excited to announce that this month's Channing Tatum Unwrapped Fab Fan Spotlight is dedicated to Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan Elizabeth T. from Trinidad & Tobago.

Here is what you should know about Liz:

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Name:
Elizabeth T. (aka Liz or Trinigirl on the CBox)


Country:
Trinidad & Tobago


Age:
28


Social Network:
Hi5

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Favorite Channing Tatum Picture and Why?:

I LOVE this picture because he just looks so relaxed and at peace. I would imagine that he would want to be this way more often with his busy schedule these days. And I forgot the most important part, he is sooooooo handsome and has really cute toes…


Favorite Channing Tatum Movie and Why?:

'She’s The Man' - Honestly, this is the first movie I ever saw Chan in. After which I went and got every other movie of course. I think for one he looked absolutely gorgeous and he portrayed a character that I think every girl dreams of being with. The shy type, yet manly. Even though he has done so many other films where he portrays a more rugged type, I think the movie shows the true sensitive side of Chan that made me fall in love with him.


Favorite Channing Tatum Scene and Why?:

There are so many it’s hard to get just one. I loved the last dance act in 'Step Up'. That had me on my toes, and it’s so amazing to know that Chan had really no dancing background and yet he accomplished such an amazing performance.


Favorite Channing Tatum Movie Quote and Why?:

“Some are born with greatness, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon us.” This is such a deep quote and I definitely think that all three relates to him. But it also it helps you to define yourself.


Favorite Upcoming Channing Tatum Movie and Why?:

I really want to see 'Stop Loss'. I’ve seen previews of this movie with Chan. His performance is amazing as usual, and I want to be able to cry with him.


Have you ever met Channing?:

Only in my dreams, but I have a lot of hope. He is the only actor I have ever been so committed to and I do believe that one day I will be able to tell him how much of an inspiration he is to me in my life.


Why are you a Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan?:

Channing is one of the few actors I have seen in my life that is so committed to the work he does, but at the same time is committed to thanking and appreciating his fans no matter who they are. He has not once made us feel that he was too busy or too high and mighty. Also, because of his loving nature he has brought so many people together and allowed me too meet so many friends [at CTU] that I absolutely adore.


Why does Channing Tatum Unwrapped think that this fan belongs in the Fab Fan Spotlight?

Liz has been an avid reader and participator in the CTU community for a really long time now. She has always shown her dedication to Chan and the site by making friends on the chat box, commenting on posts, and enthusiastically participating in any and every activity that I throw at readers. All of that and more clearly defines Liz as a Fab Fan!

Thanks Liz for letting me profile you and for taking the time to share all of your info with the other readers!

As the subject of the Fab Fan Spotlight, Liz is able to pick a custom-made poster of Channing Tatum courtesy of Channing Tatum Unwrapped! Liz's Fab Fan Spotlight prize will be sent to her.

Finally, Liz's Fab Fan Spotlight profile will soon be added on the right side of the blog so other Channing Fans can learn about her from any page. Feel free to send your congrats to Liz in the comments on this entry!


Do you want to be in the Fab Fan Spotlight? I will choose and interview readers who have contributed to the Channing Tatum Unwrapped and the Channing Tatum fan community by submitting Pictures of the Week, Videos of the Week, Comments, Graphics, etc. and/or by having groups, profiles, or sites that they made for Channing and his fans. I am currently choosing the next Fab Fan Spotlighter, so be on the lookout for an email from me requesting an interview and the next FFS might just be you!

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NEWS FLASH: New Release Date for Channing Tatum's 'Fighting'

Channing Tatum's underground street fighting drama 'Fighting' was initially scheduled to release on September 26, 2008. I'm now hearing from 2 different sources that the film's release date has been pushed out to some time in 2009. I also recently heard that they have possibly have been doing some re-shoots in the past few weeks in the New York area. All of which is leading me to believe that the release date push is accurate and we're going to have to wait a little longer to see the film.

In 'Fighting', Channing Tatum will play Shawn MacArthur, a New York counterfeit merchandise salesman (aka ticket scalper) whose life is changed after a chance encounter with veteran underground street-fighting coach, Harvey Boarden, played by Terrence Howard.

A few weeks back, the production had a test screening and fans can CLICK HERE to check out the glowing reviews the screeners gave Channing's performance in the film.

You can also check out an interview Channing Tatum did on the set of the film last fall:

Although we may have to wait a little longer to see Chan in 'Fighting', fans can look forward to the limited release of his film 'Battle in Seattle' on September 19, 2008 and Chan will also begin filming his romantic drama 'Dear John' in mid-September.

Stay tuned to Channing Tatum Unwrapped to get all of the lastest news on all of Channing Tatum's projects!!!

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CHANNING TATUM VIDEOS OF THE WEEK: From Online to Primetime...Live Dance Battle Announcement

Today's Video of the Week is another dance battle teaser video, but this time, it being released by both Miley Cyrus and Mandy Jiroux's M&M Cru and Jon M. Chu and Adam Sevani's ACDC dance crew to promote their final dance battle that will play out at the 2008 Teen Choice Awards next Monday. Enjoy!!!

You can CLICK HERE to watch the video or you can check it out below:

Here's what the crews have to say about the highly-anticipated battle finale:

It's finally here, our OFFICIAL announcement of the LIVE FACE TO FACE dance battle between The Adam/Chu Dance Crew (AKA THE ACDC) and the Miley and Mandy Cru (AKA M&M CRU).

On Monday, August 4th 2008 there will only be ONE standing. Be a witness to history as the BIGGEST ONLINE DANCE BATTLE IN THE HISTORY OF YOUTUBE becomes the BIGGEST LIVE DANCE BATTLE IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.

TEEN CHOICE AWARDS is the event.
Gibson Amphitheater is the venue.
And there WILL be a winner determined that night.

What began as a fun dance battle ends face to face. So mark it in your calendars as the ACDC and the M&M CRU go head to head.

Millions will watch as we finally take this battle from ONLINE to PRIMETIME.

MONDAY AUGUST 4th 2008, FOX
8pm/ 7pm Central

I can't even explain how excited I am to see this all go down in person. I truly can't wait, and I hope that Chan and Jenna make an appearance as a part of the M&M Cru!!!

Need to catch up on your dance battle history? Fans can CLICK HERE to watch all of the previous videos from the biggest online dance battle in the history of mankind. Who do you think is going to end up on top?

If you have a favorite video that you would like me to consider, send a link to the video to votw@channingtatumunwrapped.com and tell me why you like it. I will post it and your explanation on the blog.

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IN THE PRESS: Variety Says Channing Tatum Has International Star Power

At the major Hollywood studios, there is a small list of established actors who can guarantee that a film will be made. In the foreign market, things seem to work a little differently. The actors who are now considered bankable don't fit the normal mold, because they are newer to the industry.

Variety.com deputy editor Anne Thompson recently posted an article about the new flock of young, bankable film actors that foreign sales agents are targeting to get funding for their projects, and I'm glad to say that Channing Tatum was one of the few that made it on her short list.

Although actors like Channing may be relatively new to the scene, they have the power to get movies made in the foreign markets, because of the recognition they have earned from their shorter, but successful, list of films.

To get these projects off the ground, the foreign agents are casting up-and-coming actors with international appeal. This trend has presented a great opportunity to a slew of young actors and actresses and also means a greenlight for a lot of films that might not otherwise be made.

I keep a lot of statistics on this site, and the numbers don't lie. After almost a million visitors to Channing Tatum Unwrapped since I started the site on January 1, 2007, I know that a little more than half of Channing's fans are here in the US, but the rest of his fans hale from every other part of the globe. If that's not international appeal, I don't know what is.

I have no doubts that Chan's current and consistently growing popularity with audiences around the world will thankfully allow us fans to see him in films for many years to come.

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NEWS FLASH: Channing Tatum to Appear at 2008 Teen Choice Awards!!!

Make sure to set those Tivos, because the 2008 Teen Choice Awards has officially announced that Channing Tatum will definitely make an appearance on the upcoming show.

Fans who tune into the show will be able to see if Channing and his films win the Choice Dramatic Actor, Choice MySpacer and Choice Dramatic Movie awards.

Choice MySpacer Award nominees are even featured on the homepage of MySpace today. And don't forget that you're all still able to vote everyday at Teen Choice Award.com to help Channing and his films win all of the nominations.

Like shows in the past, this year's event continues the star-studded tradition. In addition to her hosting duties, Miley Cyrus is also set to perform her new hit single "7 Things" and as previously announced, multi-platinum artist Mariah Carey will also perform her new single "I'll Be Lovin' You Long Time".

In addition to Channing Tatum and his girlfriend Jenna Dewan, fans can look forward to seeing other stars llike Shia LaBeouf, Rachel Bilson, David Cook, David Archuleta, Lil Mama, LL Cool J, Demi Lovato, James Marsden, Katharine McPhee, Leighton Meeste, Jordin Sparks, Sophia Bush, Josh Holloway, Ryan Sheckler, Steve Carell, Chris Brown, Scarlett Johansson, Zac Efron, Pink, Jaime Pressly, Danica Patrick, Selena Gomez, JoJo, Minka Kelly, Jesse McCartney, Chad Michael Murray, Chace Crawford, Kristen Bell, Drake Bell, Mischa Barton, Brittany Snow and Hayden Panettiere on the red carpet and throughout the event.

As I previously posted, the epic online dance battle between Miley Cyrus' and Mandy Jiroux's M&M Cru and ACDC, the dance crew featuring Jon M. Chu and Adam Sevani of 'Step Up 2: The Streets' is about to declare a winner when the two crews face-off at the popular award show that is broadcast to millions of viewers all over the world.

In April 2008, Chu and Sevani (Adam/Chu Dance Crew) challenged best friends Cyrus and Jiroux to a video dance battle. Since then, the competition has escalated as each crew retaliates with new dance videos that have attracted millions of fans.

As promised, the M&M Cru and ACDC will battle in-person during the final showdown at this year's Teen Choice. For those who don't know, both Channing Tatum and his real-life girlfriend Jenna Dewan are one of the many talented members of the M&M Cru, so I hope to see both of them "duking" it out with ACDC in the highly-anticipated battle.

In a recent post, I also mentioned that I may be able to attend the event. I now know that I will be attending this year's Teen Choice Awards, and I could not be more excited about it!!! From hopefully being able to see Chan accept his awards to seeing the final dance battle unfold, I can already say that this is going to be one of the most incredible experiences I've ever had. In addition to the results, I will now be able to give you some of the inside scoop on the event after the show airs on August 4th, and I truly can't wait!!!

Teen Choice celebrates the hottest teen icons in film, television, music, sports and fashion. The coolest stars will receive coveted Teen Choice surfboard awards when Teen Choice 2008 airs Monday, Aug. 4 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Fans can still vote once each day for their favorite Teen Choice nominees at www.TeenChoiceAwards.com.

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CTU NEWS: Happy Birthday to Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan, Dave!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
to Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan and CTU Reader
Dave from Canada
from all of your friends here at CTU!!!
HUGGGGSSSSSSSS!!!

Thanks to Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan Naz from London for making the great graphic for Dave!!!

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New Photos of Jenna Dewan at the Louis Vuitton Hosted Vanity Fair Party

Today, Channing Tatum's girlfriend Jenna Dewan kicked off Microsoft's Xbox Live Original Content Panel and helped introduce one of her two new movie roles to fan boys and fan girls at this year's Comic-Con comic book convention in San Diego. As I mentioned in a recent post, Jenna's movie 'Assorted Nightmares: The Janitor' will be featured in an original horror-comedy series on Xbox Live this November.

A few days before (Wednesday night to be exact), it was all about style as Jenna and other starlets like Emmanuelle Chriqui, Amy Adams, Emma Roberts, and Angie Harmon attended the big Louis Vuitton hosted Vanity Fair party in Beverly Hills, California. Fans can check out even more of Jenna's gorgeous photos below:

You can also CLICK HERE to see a slideshow of all of the photos in the Channing Tatum Unwrapped Photo Gallery.

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REMINDER: Channing Tatum's 'Step Up 2: The Streets' Released on DVD in Australia!!!

Channing Tatum's dance hit 'Step Up 2: The Streets' has done exceptionally well in theaters all over the world, and the DVD release last week is seeing the same success. Case in point, 'Step Up 2: The Streets' was the #1 in DVD sales after its recent release in the US and the UK.

On that note, I wanted to remind Channing Tatum's Fabulous Fans in Australia that 'Step Up 2: The Streets' has now been released on DVD in your country. You can CLICK HERE to get more info on the film.

'Step Up 2: The Streets' will have one of its last theatrical releases in Spain on August 22, 2008.

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NEWS FLASH: New Poster for Jenna Dewan's 'The Jerk Theory' (And TWO New Movie Roles)

They just released the poster for Jenna Dewan's 2008 romantic comedy 'The Jerk Theory'. The movie will be coming out some time later this year, and you can CLICK HERE to watch the trailer.

It's actually one of FIVE films this hard-working actress has on her dance card this year. Here's a list of the ones we know so far:

• ‘Love Lies Bleeding‘ (January 2008)


• ‘Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal‘ (August 2008)


• ‘Shine On‘ (TBD)


• ‘The Jerk Theory‘ (TBD)


• ‘The Six Wives of Henry Lefay‘ (TBD)

As if that's not enough, Channing Tatum's longtime girlfriend was just recently cast in 'Virgin on Bourbon Street' (which is currently scheduled to start filming in August), and the Hollywood Reporter, E! Online, and numerous other entertainment news outlets announced today that Jenna has been cast in two more roles.

'Magdalena'

Jenna Dewan and Luke Goss are attached to star in 'Magdalena,' an adaptation of a comic book featuring an extremely attractive, holy warrior. Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla Motion Pictures, Platinum Studios and Top Cow Prods. are producing the project.

Jenna is set to play Patience, a woman who discovers that she's a part of the lineage of female warriors descended from Mary Magdalene who fight supernatural evil, must accept her destiny in time to save the world from a supernatural evil. Luke is set to play Kristof, an agent sent by the ultra secret organization that has been the guardian of the lineage of Magdalena.

Both Jenna and Luke are scheduled to appear at Top Cow's panel at the extremely popular comic book convention Comic-Con this Saturday.

'Assorted Nightmares: The Janitor'

I also read another article today that said Hollywood's top horror directors are going to change genres for a second to bring original comedy pilots to the XBox 360 this fall. Today Microsoft Corp. announced that a set of original short film pilots will be coming to Xbox LIVE this fall and will be free to all members around the world.

In this unique concept of masters of horror will be taking on the new genre of comedy. XBox 360 owners will be able to see some of the world's greatest horror directors bring their comedic visions to life. Microsoft is teaming up with Safran Digital Group to produce these exclusive shorts.

Beginning this fall, the short film pilots will be available worldwide on Xbox LIVE from influential horror directors James Wan ("Saw," "Death Sentence"), David Slade ("30 Days of Night," "Hard Candy"), James Gunn, Lucky McKee ("May," "The Woods"), Andrew Douglas ("The Amityville Horror") and Marcus Nispel ("The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," "Friday the 13th") and emerging online talents like John Clisham.

Jenna Dewan will star in a pilot called 'Assorted Nightmares: The Janitor', which is helmed by the afore-mentioned online director John Clisham. Here's what the pilot will be about:

Somewhere in the darkness just beyond "Tales From the Crypt" and a little south of "The Twilight Zone," is "Assorted Nightmares," a modern-day horror anthology show. The first episode pays homage to the 1980s horror-slasher genre, as things at school for Jennifer don't turn out as expected."

All of the pilots will be free either for download or streaming on Xbox LIVE.

Congrats to Jenna on all of her new roles!!!

Source: Hollywood Reporter, TradingMarkets.com

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NEWS FLASH: Channing Tatum's 'Dear John' to Film in South Carolina

It all started last year with the announcement that Channing Tatum was cast in the lead role and for a while, that's all we knew about his romantic drama 'Dear John'. For most fans, that was enough to get us hooked, but we all know that you need more than just one actor to make a movie (even if it's Channing Tatum).

Recently, they announced a director (Lasse Hallstrom). Then, they announced the casting directors (Joanna Colbert and Richard Mento).

Now, thanks to Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan Brandi, I can let you all know exactly where they will be filming this fall. OK maybe not exactly, but close enough...

The South Carolina Department of Commerce just announced last Wednesday that 'Dear John' is one of two new films that has been approved to begin filming in South Carolina in 2008.

'Dear John' is based on the book written by Nicholas Sparks, and is a New Line studios production with Production Designer Sarah Knowles. New Line studios and Knowles both worked on 'The Notebook,' which was filmed in South Carolina in 2003.

The film will be shot in multiple locations along the South Carolina coast. Last I heard, they are supposed to start filming in mid-September, but the production company is still finalizing the exact schedule.

'Dear John' is set to hit theaters some time in 2009. For those who don't know, it is a story of a soldier who falls in love with a conservative college girl who he plans to marry, but time and distance take their toll on the fledging relationship.

One of many things we don't know about this film yet is who is going to play the female lead. If you were the casting directors, who would be you choose (other than yourself) ;-) to play Channing's love interest? Fans can leave a comment on this post to share your choice(s).

Stay tuned to Channing Tatum Unwrapped, and (as always) I'll keep you posted on any new developments with the film.

Source: WISTV.com

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And the Winner of the FREE ‘Step Up 2: The Streets’ DVD and Autographed Poster is…

In CTU's latest contest, hundreds of fans from around the world entered to win a free 'Step Up 2: The Streets' DVD and an exclusive poster autographed by Jon M. Chu, SU2 director and ACDC dance crew founder. The lucky winner of the contest is...

Ashleigh D. from Las Vegas, NV

This Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan loves Channing so much that she took all SEVEN (yes I said 7) of her Children to see 'Step Up 2: The Streets' when it hit the theaters (which must have cost a mint). I'm glad to say that now the entire family can enjoy the DVD and the autographed poster again and again for FREE!!!

Thanks to all of you for entering the contest. Didn't win this time? No worries...Stay tuned to Channing Tatum Unwrapped, because I will be posting the next contest very soon where fans will be able to win an almost impossible to find item that Channing personally autographed for his fans here at CTU.

I also found a couple of videos from the 'Step Up 2: The Streets' DVD release party that was held at Avalon in Hollywood, California on July 14, 2008 (the day before the DVD was released).

Joined by the entire cast from the movie, Director Jon Chu hosted yet another dance off battle! The high-energy event featured film talent, celebrity friends of the filmmakers and some of Los Angeles' top industry dancers and choreographers. Graffiti artists, dance crews, and B-Boys (break dancers) helped make the guests feel like you're in the movie by recreating "the streets," as principal cast walked the red carpet.

You can check out two videos below to get the inside scoop on the party...

'Step Up 2: The Streets' DVD Release Party (Part 1)

'Step Up 2: The Streets' DVD Release Party (Part 2)

Fans can also CLICK HERE to check out a ton of photos at Hollywood.com of Jon M. Chu (Director), Adam Shankman (Producer, Director/Choreographer on "Hairspray"), Briana Evigan (Andie), Robert Hoffman (Chase Collins), Adam G. Sevani (Moose), Cassie Ventura (Sophie), Christopher Scott (Hair), Mari Koda (Jenny Kido), Janelle Cambridge (Fly), Luis Rosado (Monster), Harry Shum Jr. (Cable), Telisha Shaw (Felicia), Black Thomas (Tuck) and more from the event.

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NEWS FLASH: Channing Tatum's 'Battle in Seattle' Launches New Interactive Website

I wanted to let everyone know that Channing Tatum's upcoming drama 'Battle in Seattle' just released their new interactive official website. Fans can now sign up to try to win four free tickets to attend the New York, San Fransisco, or Los Angeles premiere of the film and can also learn how to spread the word about the film on Facebook, MySpace, and other social networking sites. Finally, fans can learn more on how to see the film by volunteering to mobilize a theater take over in your city.

While you're on the site, you can also read cast profiles, get information on the filmmakers, check out production stills, and get tons of interesting background information on the film.

Finally, they added a cool new feature to the site where fans can follow director Stuart Townsend through the streets of Seattle as he describes what happened at the most important locations during the protest.

Based on one of the most incendiary political uprisings in a generation, 'Battle in Seattle' takes an in-depth look at the five days that rocked the world in 1999 as tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in protest of the World Trade Organization. In the film, Channing Tatum plays a riot cop by the name of Johnson.

'Battle in Seattle' is scheduled to have a limited release in the US on September 19, 2008 in New York, Seattle, and San Francisco and releases in Los Angeles on September 26, 2008. Fans who want to try to bring the film to your city need let the filmmakers know it. CLICK HERE to demand that the movie be shown in your city today!!!

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REMINDER: Channing Tatum's 'Stop-Loss' Premieres in the Netherlands

I want to remind all of Channing Tatum's Fabulous Fans in the Netherlands that his drama 'Stop-Loss' just premiered in your country!!!

The film is playing in Amsterdam, Den Haag, Groningen, Rotterdam, and Utrecht, so you can go to the Dutch website NRCNext.nl to get theater locations and times. You can also CLICK HERE to check out a version of the trailer released in the Netherlands.

What's up next? 'Stop-Loss' will have it's next theatrical release in Australia on August 14, 2008. In the meantime, fans around the world can CLICK HERE to check out the new screen shots of Channing from the film that I just added to the Channing Tatum Unwrapped Photo Gallery.

Thanks to Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan Brandi for sending the new screen shots to me!!!

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Check Out the New Trailer for Jenna Dewan's 'The Jerk Theory'

In addition to her upcoming Lifetime Television movie 'Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal', fans will also be able to see Channing Tatum's girlfriend Jenna Dewan with 'Step Up' co-star Josh Henderson in their movie new 'The Jerk Theory' when it hits theaters later this year.

The film sent me the newly released trailer, so you can CLICK HERE to watch it or you can check it out below:

As far as 'Fab Five' is concerned, CTU reader Colby emailed me to let me know she is already seeing promos for the movie on Lifetime. Here's what Colby had to say...

"...I saw a commercial for Jenna Dewan's movie about the "Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal" that premieres on the Lifetime Channel at 9 PM-east/pacific time on August 2nd. The promotion included a bunch of clips that showed Jenna. I can't wait to see it!"

xoxo,
Colby P.

P.S. Keep it up with CTU! It's awesome! :D

Thanks to Colby for letting us know about the new promo, and thanks for supporting Chan, Jenna, and CTU!!!

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NEWS FLASH: ACDC vs. M&M Cru Dance Battle Will End at Teen Choice Awards!!!!

For fans of the ongoing online dance battle of the century between Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan's M&M Cru and Jon M. Chu's ACDC Crew (which pretty much includes everyone reading this post right now), I have some really great news!!!

E! News just announced where the final live dance battle that will end it once and for all is going to go down and I'll explain in a bit why I could not be more excited about it. Check out the article below for all of the details:

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Miley Taking Dance-off to Teen Choice
by Whitney English and Ashley Fultz

Take your unicycle and get lost, Carolla, it's time for Dancing With Miley.

Miley Cyrus and pal Mandy Jiroux's ongoing online dance contest is stepping up to network television, E! News has learned exclusively.

Multiple show sources confirm that Cyrus, who is hosting the Teen Choice Awards on Fox, has arranged to do a series of dance battles against her and Jiroux's rival ACDC male dance crew.

Miley, who debuts songs from her new album "Breakout" tomorrow on Good Morning America, had been pushing to settle the popular YouTube competition on network TV. "She knows fans want to see more, and this seemed like a perfect way to do it," says a show source, adding that producers are still working on how voting will take place.

At Monday night's Step Up 2: The Streets DVD release party, actor/dancer Adam Sevani, lead member of the rival dance group ACDC, told E! News where the next dance battle would take place: "It's the Teen Choice Awards."

Asked who will win, Sevani replied, "We'll see."

Cyrus will lord over the ceremony Aug. 3 in L.A.; it will air on tape-delay the following day. A Fox rep declined to comment.

Sources say Cyrus had been shopping around the dance-off, taking it to at least one other network besides Fox.

The dance battle so far has been viewed more than 18 million times on YouTube.

The high-stepping showdown began after the ACDC crew challenged Cyrus and best friend/backup dancer Jiroux to a friendly competition.

On April 10, a group formed by Jon Chu (director of Step Up 2: The Streets) and Sevani challenged the girls to "the biggest dance battle in online history." ACDC posted a dance video on YouTube and asked M&M to respond with one of their own.

On April 13, the "M&M Cru With a U" released a video to the Madonna and Justin Timberlake song "4 Minutes." It was an instant YouTube smash, with more than 1 million views in the first 24 hours. The video even included Step Up stars Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan.

ACDC responded with an April 30 clip featuring Lindsay Lohan, Adam Sandler and Chris Brown and telling M&M to "step your game up."

And step it up they did. On June 10, the girls released their "Final Dance Video," featuring Jenna Dewan, Carson Daly, Joey Fatone and Ryan Seacrest, who showed off his best chicken dance.

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This battle and I go way back...I've been following it religiously since Jon Chu contacted me to let me know about the first video he and Adam made. The reason why I'm extremely excited about this newest development goes beyond the fact that I can't wait to see the two crews battle it out live on stage.

What I haven't mentioned to many of you is that I have a planned trip to LA the weekend of the 2008 Teen Choice Awards, and I may be able to attend the ceremony. I'm not really into westerns, but it should be no surprise to anyone who's been reading this site for a while that this is one showdown that I would give my right foot to see in person.

I'm horribly excited about the possibility of being able to give you all and in depth report on the awards show from the inside. Whether I'll be at the awards show is not definite yet, so everyone keep your fingers crossed that the stars align.

The 2008 Teen Choice Awards airs on Monday, August 4 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Fans can continue to vote for Channing everyday at TeenChoiceAwards.com.

In the mean time, if you need to get caught up on all of the dance battle related videos that have been released by both crews and others who have gotten involved in the battle, you can watch many of them in the YouTube playlist I created below. Enjoy!!!

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CHANNING TATUM FOR DUMMIES...Everything You Ever Wanted to Know

Channing Tatum for Dummies is a series of articles where I try to answer the most frequently asked questions about Channing Tatum that I receive from readers or find on message boards all over the internet.

Here are today's Channing Tatum frequently asked questions and answers:

Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan Question:

Does Channing Tatum play Ghengis Khan in 'Mongol'?

CTU Answer:

As you can see in the promotional still on the right, Channing was originally cast in the role of Ghengis Khan in the movie 'Mongol', but he ended up declining the role because of scheduling conflicts (possibly with his 2006 hit movie 'Step Up'). Many websites still say that Channing Tatum is in the film, but they are incorrect. The role of Ghengis Khan in 'Mongol' is now being played by Tadanobu Asano.

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Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan Question:

What is Channing Tatum's favorite music?

CTU Answer:
Channing Tatum likes all kinds of music, but when I visited him on the set of his film 'Fighting' last year, he mentioned that he had recently heard some new music created by his Oscar-nominated co-star Terrence Howard and really liked it.

Terrence wrote, produced and performs all of the new music on his debut album called 'Shine Through It'. It is being released by Columbia Records on September 2, 2008 and fans can listen to some of it in a video below that he recently made for MySpace:

Shine Through It

You can listen to more of the songs on the new album at Terrence's official MySpace page.

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Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan Question:

How can I send Jenna Dewan fan mail? Does she have an official site or MySpace page?

CTU Answer:

Channing Tatum's girlfriend Jenna Dewan has confirmed to me that she currently does not have an official site and does not have a MySpace page at all. As a matter of a fact, she does not have a profile on any of the social networking sites.

Anyone on MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, Friendster, etc. saying that they are Jenna are definitely posers, have no association with her, and should not be believed. Jenna is grateful for all of the non-posing fan sites that you all have created for her, so keep up the good work!!!

If you would like to send fan mail to the real Jenna Dewan, she told me that you can send it to her agency, and they will make sure that she receives it. Here is the address where you can send your fan mail and autograph requests:

Jenna Dewan
c/o Joanne Wiles - William Morris Agency
One William Morris Pl.
Beverly Hills, CA 90212

FYI...In case you missed it, fans can CLICK HERE to get Chan's fan mail address, and I'll make sure to keep posting any Jenna Dewan news that is sent to me and that I find.

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Fabulous Channing Tatum Fan Question:

Can I buy the M&M Cru shirts from the online dance battle?

CTU Answer:

I have confirmed with the director of the M&M Cru dance battle videos that they are currently not able to sell shirts for complicated legal reasons around selling Miley Cyrus merchandise. They are hopeful that they will be able to sell shirts to fans at some point to benefit a charity like the ACDC crew is doing with Invisible Children, but they are still working on that arrangement.

Anyone selling M&M Cru shirts has not been given permission to do so and the shirts are not official. Feel free to buy them if you see them for sale online, but know that they are not actually associated with the M&M Cru that includes both Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan as members.

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