Now that Dakota Fanning is all grown up who's going to be America’s next sweetheart? We present for your consideration Nicola Peltz. In 2010’s live-action film The Last Airbender, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, Peltz played Katara, a gutsy princess warrior. Airbender was based on a Nickelodeon original programming that was extremely popular with viewers. Her interpretation had fans gushing according to her Facebook page. Here's what one of them said: "I loved what you brought to your character, playing Katara. She had a different feel to her than what I knew from the show, but it was everything I could ask for in a live action film. I really liked your interpretation of her, thanks! hoping for a sequel!" And so it goes.

Elizabeth Olsen (a.k.a Lizzie Holsen), the third Olsen sister, is emerging as the new Hollywood It Girl according to a recent Nylon magazine interview. What sets her apart from her business-savvy, television-star sisters, is her love of, and early involvement in, theatre. An actor who comes from a theatre background is going to have a broader frame of reference, and overall be better, than one who does not. Olsen recently appeared in two Sundance movies, Silent house and Martha Marcy May Marlene, which was reviewed in Friday's edition.

Whoever knocks Abercrombie & Fitch is going to have to deal with me so don’t badmouth them, especially not in front of actress Katie Cassidy: she used to model for them--one look at her headshot and you'll understand why. All-American beauty Katie Cassidy has made Screen Comment's PEOPLE TO WATCH section and we’re thrilled to be able to talk about this fine young thesp. Cassidy appeared in the CBS sitcom Listen Up and also did some stage work in 7th Heaven the Musical. The twenty-five year old, who reminded us of Hilary Duff, was born for showbiz. Her dad David Cassidy was a 1970s pop star; Katie herself is a native of Los Angeles, California. And Katie's mother was a fashion model.

Who can forget Kat Dennings in 2008’s Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist? Wasn’t she every young man’s fantasy, with that non-conformist appeal and those big, dark eyes? Twenty-five year-old Kat Dennings is our actress to watch. The Bryn Mawr, Pa., native has been consistently showing up on the big and small screen since first appearing in 2000’s Sex And the City. More recently she was credited for her role in Thor (she played Darcy Lewis) and even made a couple of appearances in American Dad. Dennings has landed the lead role in Lives of the Saints, which is currently in production and also stars Meg Ryan and 50 Cents. Just before that, she portrayed

Amanda Setton is a New York actress known for her recurring role in Gossip Girl as Penelope Shafai. After landing several roles in daytime soaps, Setton appeared in 2008’s Sex and the City and What Happens in Vegas.

Is there life after Gossip Girl for Setton? We’d like to think so. Her sultry, mediterranean look and her complex, deeply moving performances make her eminently castable. At age 25, the time is right for Setton to appear in a major American film production.

For those of us who like nice, clean categories to put people in it could be hard to get your head around Brit Marling. She’s an actor (she moved to Los Angeles after finishing her Bachelors in Economics and Studio Art at Georgetown University) and she’s a producer (she starred and co-wrote two films that were shown at the last Sundance Festival). She was most recently seen at the Los Angeles Film Festival presenting her sci-fi movie Another Earth (the film was also shown at SXSW).

For your consideration: Josh Hutcherson as a Screen Comment Person To Watch. Eighteen year-old Josh Hutcherson will soon be appearing in “The Hunger Games,” which has got to be one of the most talked-about movie in decades. He has the lead roles in this book adaptation which, it is now known, will spawn sequels, prequels, and plenty of work for the young thespian to sink his sharp teeth in.

For your consideration: Pee-Wee Herman as the next greatest comeback since Mickey Rourke appeared buffed and bootylicious on a wrestling ring? We’d like to think so. Most recently Paul Reubens, aka Pee-Wee Herman, had a successful run on Broadway with “The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway,” which opened at the Sondheim Theatre in November 2010. Successful is understating it—Pee-Wee’s show was a triumph. The latest news is that Image Entertainment has acquired home video rights and will be releasing the Blu-Ray and DVD version this month.

At Screen Comment we love us a good, brainy actor every once in a while—actor/filmmakers? Even better. In the previous two decades there was Spacey, then there was Malkovich, and now it’s the new guard with James Franco. Franco has that wonderful and compound quality: self-effacing while at the same time exuding a certain authority over American filmic output. The same guy who appeared in “Pineapple Express” as a stoner who’d make the guys from “Wayne’s World” jealous is also the guy who directs the “The Clerk’s Tale.” We guess it’s unnecessary to mention ...

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