heartthrob

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The Texas-born, Georgia-raised Till plays a horse-wrangling cowboy in the movie, but his new role as a heartthrob is certainly throwing him a bit.

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  • But the heartthrob isn't one to drink and drive, and instead jumped into the passenger seat of a friend's car at the end of the night. —  Entertainmentwise.com | Entertainment News
  • The 35-year-old heartthrob was arrested after the incident at London's Dorchester Hotel, but no action was taken. —  TODAYonline
  • The Texas-born, Georgia-raised Till plays a horse-wrangling cowboy in the movie, but his new role as a heartthrob is certainly throwing him a bit. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • The Fox Searchlight film, due in theaters July 24, received a standing ovation at its premiere last Saturday night, and the word "heartthrob" was tossed around liberally when describing Gordon-Levitt's performance as a lovelorn greeting card writer struggling to win back his girlfriend Summer (Zooey Deschanel, a Sundance veteran herself). —  Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider
  • The unlikely heartthrob, whose Southern gentlemanliness has made the young'uns love him and their moms want to pinch his cheeks, has revealed that he is gay in an upcoming cover story for —  E! Online (US) - Top Stories
 

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