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I Love You, Beth Cooper is a comedy movie based on the novel of the same name and stars Hayden Panettiere as Beth Cooper.

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Laurene Landon, Hayden Panettiere, Lauren Storm, Paul Rust and Jack Carpenter in "I Love You, Beth Cooper"

Hayden Panettiere, we all known her from “Heroes”. In I Love You, Beth Cooper, Hayden plays a lead cheerleader yet again (not surprising). This time around, she needs no heroes to save her. Instead, she’s the hero who saves high school valedictorian Denis Cooverman (Paul Rust) twice. On the graduation day, Denis is persuaded by his best friend, Rich Munsch (Jack Carpenter) to confess his love for Beth Cooper as it is now or never. And he did. At the same time, he has also talked too much, offending a snobbish girl, a big bully and an army named Kevin who happens to be Beth’s boyfriend.

After the ceremony, Denis invites Beth to his pathetic graduation party before he gets his ass kicked by Beth’s boyfriend, Kevin.

Back home, Denis parents leave the two boys alone as they have a “vacation” plan. Mr. Cooverman lets his son have a bottle of champagne and even tells him where he keeps the condom.

Both Denis and Rich wait for Betty to show up though Rich knows it’s a dead cert she won’t turn up. He was wrong, as a matter of fact, she did turn up with two of her best friends, Cammy and Treece tagging along.

Afterwards, Beth’s former boyfriend, Kevin shows up at Denis’ house with his bulky friends as they try to kill Denis. And the chase begins, three maniacs pursue two losers and three cheerleaders. The adventures are surely fun ala Superbad style, you know, dorks get pursued and there are tonnes of funny moments ensue.

Although I Love You, Beth Cooper is another teen movie, it is a light-hearted comedy that’s never short of fun and excitement. The teenagers have a fun outings and good times together. So did I.

My ratings: 7 out of 10.

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I Love You, Beth Cooper is a comedy about the last night of high school which takes an unexpected turn after geeky grad Denis Cooverman (Paul Rust) declares his love for hottie cheerleader Beth Cooper (Hayden Panettiere) in his valedictorian speech. The movie stars Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust, Alan Ruck. I Love You, Beth Cooper opens on July 10, 2009.

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Heroes star Hayden Panettiere cried Saturday night as the Humane Society gave her an activism award for protesting the annual dolphin slaughter in Southwestern Japan last year.

Hayden received the Gretchen Wyler Award, given annually at the Genesis Awards to a celebrity who brings attention to animal causes. Wyler, who founded the awards and was also an actress, presented the first award to Paul McCartney. She died last May from breast cancer.

Hayden’s parents and her boyfriend and Heroes co-star – Milo Ventimiglia were in the audience and watched a video of the actress and others paddling out on surfboards and confronting fishermen, who trap and kill dolphins to protect their fish supply. They then gave a standing ovation as Hayden took the stage.

Save the cheerleader! And she’ll save the dolphins! Kudos to Claire Bennett!

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