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11 to Watch in 2011

Familiar with Sky Ferreira? Alex Pettyfer? Charice? We have a feeling by 2012, that'll be a silly question
By EW Staff Updated January 04, 2011 at 10:05 PM EST
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11. Sky Ferreira

With her infinitely listenable first two singles, ''17'' and ''One,'' the 18-year-old Ferreira has the potential to make waves when her long-anticipated still-untitled debut album…
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With her infinitely listenable first two singles, ''17'' and ''One,'' the 18-year-old Ferreira has the potential to make waves when her long-anticipated still-untitled debut album finally hits stores this year.

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10. Alex Pettyfer

Alex Pettyfer | The 20-year-old British model-turned-actor will kick off 2011 with his role as a teen alien on the run in the Michael Bay-produced action pic I…
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The 20-year-old British model-turned-actor will kick off 2011 with his role as a teen alien on the run in the Michael Bay-produced action pic I Am Number Four (Feb. 18), followed by the cracked-fairy-tale fantasy Beastly (March 18), with Vanessa Hudgens and Neil Patrick Harris, and then the Justin Timberlake - Amanda Seyfried thriller Now (out Sept. 30).

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9. Charice

Charice | YouTube, Ellen, and Oprah may have helped bring us this pint-size star with the powerhouse pipes, but the 18-year-old (last name: Pempengco) made her own…

YouTube, Ellen, and Oprah may have helped bring us this pint-size star with the powerhouse pipes, but the 18-year-old (last name: Pempengco) made her own splash on Glee's season 2 premiere playing Sunshine Corazon. She'll be back this spring to wow us.

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8. Michael Fassbender

The 33-year-old actor who dazzled as Lieut. Archie Hicox in Inglourious Basterds is about to have a pretty glorious year, with Jane Eyre (out March…
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The 33-year-old actor who dazzled as Lieut. Archie Hicox in Inglourious Basterds is about to have a pretty glorious year, with Jane Eyre (out March 11), Steven Soderbergh's spy thriller Haywire (April 22), and a turn as Magneto in the prequel X-Men: First Class (June 3).

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7. Wiz Khalifa

The fun-loving Pittsburgh rapper, 23, plans to follow up his hit single ''Black and Yellow,'' an incredibly catchy ode to his hometown sports teams' official…

The fun-loving Pittsburgh rapper, 23, plans to follow up his hit single ''Black and Yellow,'' an incredibly catchy ode to his hometown sports teams' official colors, with an as-yet-untitled 2011 album featuring guest vocalists like Snoop Dogg.

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6. Daniel Sunjata

Daniel Sunjata | The 39-year-old Rescue Me star will be ''appearing indefinitely'' on Grey's Anatomy as Nurse Eli and will team up with Grey's alum Katherine Heigl in…
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The 39-year-old Rescue Me star will be ''appearing indefinitely'' on Grey's Anatomy as Nurse Eli and will team up with Grey's alum Katherine Heigl in One for the Money this summer, playing a veteran bounty hunter who must teach Heigl's character the ropes.

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5. Tom Hardy

Tom Hardy | To follow-up his scene-stealing turn in Inception , this year Hardy, 33, will shoot The Dark Knight Rises opposite Christian Bale, and show up in…
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To follow-up his scene-stealing turn in Inception, this year Hardy, 33, will shoot The Dark Knight Rises opposite Christian Bale, and show up in both the Reese Witherspoon action comedy This Means War and an adaptation of the classic novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

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4. James Newman

Newbie Newman, 18, has the lead role of Tony on MTV's Skins , the highly anticipated adaptation of the British series (debuting Jan. 17). He's…
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Newbie Newman, 18, has the lead role of Tony on MTV's Skins, the highly anticipated adaptation of the British series (debuting Jan. 17). He's a teen bad boy (complete with a leather jacket) trying to help his best friend lose his virginity.

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3. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley | The model-actress will take Megan Fox's place as the Transformers series' non-CGI eye candy in Transformers: Dark of the Moon , the 23-year-old Brit's first…
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The model-actress will take Megan Fox's place as the Transformers series' non-CGI eye candy in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the 23-year-old Brit's first acting gig.

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2. Adam Scott

Adam Scott | The alum of Starz' cult hit Party Down joined Parks and Recreation for two episodes last May, but now he's been bumped up to a…
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The alum of Starz' cult hit Party Down joined Parks and Recreation for two episodes last May, but now he's been bumped up to a full-fledged cast member for Parks' third season (starting Jan. 20).

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1. Rooney Mara

Rooney Mara | The 25-year-old, who delivered the most memorable line in The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg's girlfriend, landed the coveted role of Lisbeth Salander in The…
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The 25-year-old, who delivered the most memorable line in The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg's girlfriend, landed the coveted role of Lisbeth Salander in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (reportedly beating out the likes of Scarlett Johansson and Carey Mulligan) and is currently shooting the first film in the sure-to-be-blockbuster trilogy.

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