It’s taken a little over a year for Robert Pattinson to be considered a staple heartthrob worldwide. With the crazy success of the “Twilight” book series came the crazy success of the first film, catapulting its stars into instant, albeit unbidden, fame. Though he’s on the road now promoting “New Moon” (out this week!), we figured we would take some time to look at the evolution of Robert Pattinson.

Click the picture below to follow the evolution of Rob in pictures!

Born on May 13, 1986 in London, England, the hunk started out his career rather appropriately by following in his mother’s modeling footsteps at age 12. Ironically, he would later come out and explain that the reason this stint in the fashion world lasted only four years was because he was tall and feminine and it was at a time where “the androgynous look was cool.” Once he started looking more like masculine man we have grown to know and love, the job pool dried up.

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Just as everyone has an opinion, a favorite meal and a nose — albeit a fake one at times — so too does everyone have a birthday... even celebrities. Here at Birthday Bash, it's our mission to salute the fine actors, filmmakers and other Hollywood heroes that are celebrating their special day this week. After all, it's cheaper than mailing a cake!

This week, we're busting out the cake Hogwarts style for a bad boy wizard, a blockbuster movie star and a former "Lost" native.

Tom Felton (September 22): Best known as Draco Malfoy, the menacing wizard-in-training and Harry Potter's greatest nemesis (in his peer group, that is), Tom Felton has cast a spell the world over thanks to his bad boy charms and riveting performance in the latest "Potter" film, "The Half-Blood Prince."

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It turns out it pays — literally — to star in an eight-volume-long franchise. The "Guinness Book of World Records" for 2010 is hitting book stores tomorrow, and in it “Harry Potter” stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson are crowned the big box office money makers. Sorry, Rupert Grint.

Dan is the highest grossing actor of the decade, Guinness says, with an average $558 million pulled in for film. Considering he is the star of the successful “Harry Potter” franchise in which “Sorcerer’s Stone” debuted in 2001, this makes sense. But in the past decade, Daniel has only starred in two other films: the first, “The Tailor of Panama,” drawing in more than $28 million at the worldwide box office and the second, “December Boys,” only bringing in about $1 million worldwide (both according to Box Office Mojo). Needless to say, those two flicks have really brought his average down. From our math, that has Dan grossing a bit over $900 million per “Harry Potter” movie. An impressive feat, but let’s see how he ranks on the chart in the next decade. Read more...

It’s crazy to think that, in less than a year, Universal’s new Harry Potter theme park, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, will be open. With such little concrete information revealed so far, from concept sketches to tentative store names, it was easy to think that Wizarding World was just a far off fairy tale that was something to dream about. But today, Universal sent out a press release detailing the specific rides and shops that would be a part of the park when it opens, making that “Spring 2010” opening date seem much, much sooner.

It is assumed the entrance to the park will be through the archway into Wizarding World’s Hogsmeade, replete with steam and a whistle to signify the arrival of Hogwarts Express into Hogsmeade station (no news yet on whether there will actually be a Hogwarts Express to bring attendees into the park, but how cool would that be?!?).

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Over on MTV's Movies site, we just ran an interview with one of our favorite up-and-coming actors, British newcomer Jamie Campbell Bower. The dude has the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play a character in both the "Twilight" and "Harry Potter" franchises — what's cooler than that?

During our interview, however, Jamie did reveal one key fact that might not be met with such enthusiasm: Despite reports to the contrary, he's only expecting to be in one of the final two "Potter" movies.

"I play Gellert Grindelwald, who is an old friend of Dumbledore's," explained the 21-year-old actor. "It's a flashback character, which is good fun. I did a little bit before I went off and did 'New Moon.'" Read more...

By Kara Warner

We love a juicy celeb story — whether laden with romance or mischief or both, but we're total suckers for stars who use their power for good — especially when they're youngsters themselves with millions of fans who already look up to them, and their name is Daniel Radcliffe.

It was announced today that the "Harry Potter" actor has put his support, as well as a considerable financial donation behind non-profit organization The Trevor Project, a nationwide 24-hour crisis and suicide prevention helpline for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth. Major props to Daniel for this bold, respectable effort. It's one thing to get behind a familiar cause like "Go green" or "Save the Whales," but quite another to speak out to bring awareness to a polarizing, sensitive subject that faces many teens today. Read more...

He's in "Twilight." He's in "Harry Potter." So, it kind of feels like Jamie Campbell Bower is kind of going to be a big deal. We're not holding it against him for lying, we mean joking, with us about a possible nude scene in "New Moon" (Spoiler Alert: There isn't going to be one. Boo!) because we just can't help but loving him for being such an undeniable cutie. So, that's why this week, Jamie, you're our Hump Day Hottie! Press play below if we haven't convinced you enough yet.

Vital Stats: This 20-year-old grew up in London and his lovely golden locks and cool, fun personality have helped him stand out in a sea of cute British guys taking over the psyche of Hollywood Crush, as well as screaming girls everywhere. Read more...

The war between vampires and wizards rages on as Stephenie Meyer's(pictured, left) "Twilight Saga" recently won a big victory by overtaking J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" as the series that has spent the longest amount of time USA Today's top 10 best sellers list.

Stephenie's vampire love story has dominated the top 10 list for a total of 52 consecutive weeks. The first four novels in J.K.'s saga about the boy wizard only maintained a consecutive streak in the top 10 for 13 weeks, and all four were in the top 10 list for 24 weeks total. Read more...

Quidditch helmets will likely be out in force when Universal opens up the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter region of its theme park in Orlando. “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey,” “Flight of the Hippogriff” and “Dragon Challenge” are all contenders for ride titles, according to recent trademark filings. Like “E.T.,” “King Kong” and “Back to the Future” before it, the Potter franchise will be getting at least one thrill-ride treatment. This time, however, Universal will be looking at assimilating a whole neighborhood of its park to bring a little bit of Hogwart’s to tourists from around the world and anyone who wants a taste of living like Harry, Ron and Hermione.

The names probably aren’t set in stone yet, according to the Orlando Sentinel, but the attractions set to open by 2010 also include concepts for shops and restaurants to fill out the area. Read more...

By Sandra Segura

Bring out your wands and jugs of Butterbeer because it’s Daniel Radcliffe’s birthday and we’re ready to get the party started! "Harry Potter" superstar and leading man has finally left his teenaged years behind as he enters into a new era of life: the land of the 20-year-olds.

Daniel’s birthday comes with perfect timing too, might we add! With the extremely successful release of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (lest we forget: the sixth film in the franchise scored $100 million worldwide in its first 24 hours of release),this is sure to be one of the best birthdays Daniel has ever had ... even if he still has one year left before he can drink legally in our fine country. So let's all cheers to Daniel Radcliffe and his bright future by pressing play on the video below in which the birthday boy talks about the next (and final!) movies in the "Potter" series, "Deathly Hallows."