An otherwise normal run of jury duty for Kristen Stewart may end up causing one security guard his job. The Twilight star served on a three-day trial in Los Angeles last week and on her last day agreed to pose for a photo with a security guard, according to E! Online. The man reportedly allowed a friend’s wife to post the photo on Facebook, and now they both may be in hot water. Right now my husband and the security guard are in trouble for (the picture) having gone up,” the man’s wife reportedly posted online after removing the photo. “It is confidential when celebrities are in court.

It’s February, Black History Month, and Vanity Fair dares to put nine young lily white up-and-coming actresses on its March (don’t ask) cover: Kristen Stewart, Abbie Cornish, Anna Kendrick, Rebecca Hall, Carey Mulligan, Mia Wasikowska, Amanda Seyfried, Emma Stone, and Evan Rachel Wood. Annie Leibovitz did the shoot. And some have been outraged. (Actually, only Cornish, Stewart, and Mulligan are seen on the cover. The others are in the fold-out.)

Personally, I think it’s silly to call the shoot, the photographer, or the magazine "racist." I think the nine women look great and the set up is striking. Having said that, I do wish they had included Gabourey Sidibe — and not because of the color of her skin. After all, she is an upcoming actress who received excellent reviews for her abused teen in Precious. In fact, Sidibe just got a best actress Academy Award nomination. How many others in the Vanity Fair photo shoot can boast that feat? One: Carey Mulligan. (Anna Kendrick was nominated in the supporting category.

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Words on the street are, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have been told to put their romantic relationship aside and focus on their upcoming movies. Soon after E! News ran a story noting that the alleged couple has taken their romance down a notch, an insider stepped forward to provide clarification to the story.

"Let's just say Rob and Kristen got a slap on the wrist," the insider told E!. "Everyone, from their management to the studios involved in their upcoming movies, is worried [Rob and Kristen] will start to become...distracted." Explaining further on the pair's status, the publication noted, "Rob and Kristen are still together and totally cool. But they are both listening to what their teams are telling them, which is to stay focused.

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KRISTEN Stewart wants Twilight fans to watch her new movie. The actress says indie drama Welcome to the Rileys which also stars James Gandolfini will appeal to followers of the smash hit vampire movie franchise.

“Most Twilight fans are young girls, and this is a really, really good story for them,” Kristen, 19, told MTV News. “It just sort of opens your eyes. You just don’t have any options.”Kristen plays a stripper in Rileys a role, the actress says, she felt “right” for. “You have moments of that [in other roles], but you never have that for an entire movie, and I had that on this,” said Stewart. “But I have moments on Twilight all the time. That’s the only reason I’m able to do it.”

SheWired Editor Tracy E. Gilchrist and Advocate Editor Ross von Metzke are back by unpopular demand terrorizing SheWired readers with a little column we like to call Gossip Girl and Her Gay, essentially an IM session between gay friends who work together that reeks of solipsism, celebrity gawking, personal attacks on each other and ridiculousness.

This week the pair take time out from more productive work, like writing about gay rights or the State of the Union Address, to weigh in on Betty White's hilarious Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech at the SAG Awards, Jennifer Love Hewitt's bedazzled vagina, Rosie O'Donnell and Howard Stern talking sex toys and Glenn Close waxing on about kissing Judy Davis while Kristen Stewart appears utterly bored with her onscreen snog with Dakota Fanning. Thanks to Boo Jarchow for adding the visuals.RvM: I put my Manx on backwards this am and they're pinching. TEG: Ha. Wasn’t one of our coworkers wearing those? I thought he'd converted to Mormonism. RvM: He just had a big lunch. TEG: Well, the way I'm feeling this week, I was thinking, for Facebook Doppelganger week, that I would change my profile pic to Doris Day, Sally Field, Joey Heatherton or Kirstie Alley's fat ass flipping the bird to the paps.RvM: Good lord, Sybil. Thats a lot. I’m gonna go with Sandy Duncan that first season of Hogan family. I’m feeling very glassy eyed, not enough sleep.

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Kristen Stewart who is known best as the lead female role in the ‘Twilight Saga’ will bring her best indie performances once again to the Sundance Film Festival for the third year in a row. This year she will be presenting ‘The Runaways’ and ‘Welcome to the Rileys’ to the indie critics at Sundance with Runaways already receiving a fair amount of positive buzz from film buffs.

‘The Runaways’ also features lead roles by Michael Shannon and Dakota Fanning in a film that documents the history of the first all-girl rock band.  Although the movie is not perfect, critics are commenting that it stays clear of the obvious clichés and that the actors accurately define the characters with excellent performances by Fanning and Stewart. Fanning is said to steal the film in her role as Cherie the lead singer of the band however Stewart gives her a powerful run for her money in her role as Joan Jett on the electric guitar.  According to critics Stewart aptly drives the movie in dark clothes and a cropped dark haircut.  Of course, given her notoriety as Bella Swan, Stewart is no stranger to the dark side.

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If you’d like to see some clips from Kristen Stewart’s latest movie, hit the jump.  We were also given a short on set video interview with Stewart, which is also after the jump.

Finally, I’ll be interviewing the cast for The Yellow Handkerchief in the coming weeks, so check back for those interviews closer to release.  Sorry for the brief intro…I’m at Sundance.

KRISTEN Stewart took home dog and cat collars when she finished filming new movie The Runaways. According to her costar Dakota Fanning, the Twilight actress who portrays rocker Joan Jett in the upcoming biopic walked off with some rather odd souvenirs from her time playing the legendary musician. “I kept most of my wardrobe because it is so cool,” explains Dakota. “I know Kristen took some items too, like dog and cat collars. I’m not sure when she plans to wear them but she’ll be rocking quite a look when she does.

Fanning who plays Cherie Currie in the flick recently dished on her onscreen kiss with Kristen. “I really enjoyed doing that subject matter for the first time in a biopic, because it really happened it’s not just a made-up story about a 15-year-old running wild,” she said. “It’s a true story of her evolution from good Valley Girl to bad rock ’n’ roll princess. “This kiss was passionate Joan and Cherie were just as close as two could get.”

Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning will be seen swapping spits in one of the scenes in "The Runaways". While many are buzzing about the particular girl-on-girl kiss, the two actresses, who have been working together in "The Twilight Saga's New Moon", are both convinced it isn't something they would consider as a big deal. Talking to MTV News at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, Fanning who takes on the role of Cherie Currie was the first to shrug off the hype surrounding the kiss. "I don't think it was ever a big deal to me," the 15-year-old actress said. She further added that the lip-lock between Currie and Joan Jett "was just a thing, another day" for the characters.

Sounding off similar remark, Stewart who stars as Jett insisted, "It was never a big deal to me either ... especially the way it was written into the story and the way it wasn't, 'And they finally get together.' " She elaborated, "It's like it was just one night, and they have such an awesome bond that's so cool to observe, so the fact that they made out when they were teenagers has nothing to do with it.""The Runaways" is a biopic that will follow Joan Jett and Cherie Currie as they navigate a rocky road of touring and record label woes. They also have to deal with their abusive manager, all in while their teen years. Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning are joined by Scout Taylor-Compton, Stella Maeve and Alia Shawkat.

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"Twilight" fans are in for a shock. Beautiful, virginal Bella Swan has morphed into a smoking, cussing 16-year-old New Orleans stripper/sex worker marked with bruises and scars named Mallory. Or Alison, actually.

Kristen Stewart, who has drawn legions of devoted followers as "Twilight's" conflicted protagonist, flips that portrayal on its head with "Welcome to the Rileys," the very R-rated indie drama that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival Saturday.

Stewart is raw, feral, feisty and utterly believable in ways that should remind everyone that she has chops well beyond teenaged vampire soap operas. On Sunday, she starred in the premiere of "The Runaways," which is slotted for a March release through Apparition, the indie banner behind "The Young Victoria." That should seal the deal for any doubters.

Unfortunately, Stewart's younger fans are unlikely to see "Rileys," since it features a pot-smoking Stewart tossing off sexually explicit lines often delivered in various stages of undress -- or in her dancing get-up at the Dixie Divas club, including red Xs taped across her breasts, fishnets, a g-string and five-inch heels. All of this is couched in a melancholy story about a middle-aged Indianapolis couple played by James Gandolfini and Melissa Leo numbed by the death of their daughter who eventually become entangled with Stewart's Alison in New Orleans in a misguided effort to "save" her.

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