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Oliver James is:
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Aww Yeah! Oliver James
Name: Oliver James

Where You'll Find Him: In next month's What a Girl Wants, as Amanda Bynes' cute British love interest.

Why We Picked Him: We adore 22-year-old Oliver's all-American (um, guess that would be all-English) look with just a hint of rocker dude.

Why He'd Make A Great Karaoke Partner: The boy can sing and even gives a few performances in the movie. "The guy I play is a musician, so I sang five songs. One was James Brown's 'Get Up Offa That Thing.' That was interesting. He is the godfather of soul."

Pucker Up: "[In What a Girl Wants] it was my first time doing an on-screen kiss. I've done stage kisses before [Oliver studied at The Guildford School of Acting in Surrey, England], but this was different because you don't just do one take. But that isn't a bad thing."

We Loved Him Even More After: He explained the difference between the House of Commons and House of Lords in Britain's Parliament and said, "The Lords are kind of like old fuddy-duddies." Brit-speak actually makes politics sound hilarious.

Lawyers Take The Fun Out Of Everything: Oliver and Amanda weren't allowed to do their own stunts. "We couldn't even fall [out of a boat] into a lake because of insurance reasons."

— Ali Gazan
Photo: Vincent Dilio
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