Before taking home six Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, the director gave us the scoop on the upcoming DVD.
By Larry Carroll, with reporting by Josh Horowitz

James Cameron on the 2010 Critics’ Choice red carpet

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On Friday night (January 15), James Cameron slipped into a tuxedo and descended on the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, stepping into an unfamiliar world like “Avatar” hero Jake Sully arriving on Pandora. Much like the Sam Worthington character in one of the biggest blockbusters ever made, Cameron’s mission would be a success — one that would grab him six awards. In other ways, however, it was more like a victory lap.

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James Cameron’s return to feature filmmaking earns second-highest-grossing December debut of all time.
By Josh Wigler

“Avatar”

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The Box-Office Top Five
#1 “Avatar” ($77.3 million)
#2 “The Princess and the Frog” ($12.2 million)
#3 “The Blind Side” ($10 million)
#4 “Did You Hear About the Morgans?” ($7 million)
#5 “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” ($4.4 million)

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One box-office analyst says James Cameron’s 3-D epic has a shot to break $100 million this weekend.
By Adam Rosenberg

Sam Worthington in “Avatar”

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Rapturous reviews call James Cameron’s alien love story ‘astonishing,’ ‘inventive.’
By Eric Ditzian

“Avatar”

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“Avatar” won’t come out for another week, but advance screenings have already taken place on both sides of the Atlantic and early reviews are streaming in. The consensus is staggering, from near-universal praise from bloggers on Twitter to a 100 percent approval rating on the movie aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes as of Friday morning (December 11).

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‘We have to stand by what we’ve done,’ actor says during MTV’s live-stream Q&A.
By Larry Carroll, with reporting by Josh Horowitz

Sam Worthington

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A lot of ink has been spilled discussing the immense pressure James Cameron must have felt after “Titanic” became the all-time box-office champ and then he didn’t release any proper feature films. Now, just a few short weeks before Cameron’s “Avatar” hits theaters, the filmmaker and his stars sat down with MTV for an exclusive live-stream Q&A. As they took questions from the fans, Sam Worthington gave thanks that all that attention on the director took the expectations off people like him.

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‘It makes you a better filmmaker when you know you’ve got a lot of fans to please and that their expectations are high,’ he says during MTV’s live-stream chat.
By Larry Carroll, with reporting by Josh Horowitz

James Cameron

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‘If the movie makes money, then all things are possible,’ director says of sequel chances.
By Eric Ditzian

“Avatar”

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Why are the aliens blue? What’s the most butt-kicking weapon of all? Is this just the beginning of an enduring sci-fi franchise? All these questions and many more were answered by James Cameron and the cast of his 3-D alien escapade “Avatar” during MTV News’ live-stream chat on Thursday.

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James Cameron, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana will answer your questions in live online show.
By Eric Ditzian

“Avatar”

Photo: 20th Century FOX

In little over two weeks, James Cameron’s sci-fi epic “Avatar,” which the director has been working on since 1995, will arrive in a burst of 3-D-enhanced splendor. Before then, MTV News readers will get an unprecedented opportunity to pick Cameron’s brain as we partner with Facebook to present “Avatar Live: An MTV News/Facebook Forum.”

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Four months until Taylor Lautner is legal and we can all stop feeling like total perverts!
Here is Tay-Tay flaunting his stuff in Italian Vogue for Men, striking some limber and definitely not sexually suggestive poses. ‘Cause we all work out totally wet, right?
But we totally see through (no pun intended) the plan behind this spread…

Summit has us just where they want us. And by us, we mean Robsten fans, Twilight fans and the media.
See, Team Awful is planning on making an impromptu (totally!) trip up to Vancouver, B.C., very shortly to do a little Eclipse snooping since everyone on set is MIA in the media and all mouths are on may-jah lockdown.
We put a call in to Summit to see if we could get any on-set access (’cause how much Twi pimping do we do?), not to molest Robert Pattinson or anything, but just to observe a bit of how filming is going.
Let’s just say they didn’t say, “Ted and Taryn, come on down!” Two’s company though, because we were told not even Oprah’s being granted permission to visit the set. Swear. The Big O…zero access. It’s friggin’ nuts!
Well, don’t forget:

We just happen to have more than a few besties who are already there, so no sweat! But really: It’s smart on the studio’s part to keep the media at bay, ’cause it gives them all the power. Which Summit knows, of course. Now that they have their Robsten situation totally in control, it’s time to whip some journalists in line, too.
Here’s what the suits have in store:
That incredibly bland ass-kissing rag People has been playing nice recently after the whole “Rob’s Messy Love Life” debacle and is being graciously rewarded by at least one superexclusive New Moon pic for a Twi special they’re putting together (on stands mid-October we hear).
“That’s one reason why no one is allowed on the set of Eclipse,” fesses Deep Twi. “It’s time to get the emphasis off the third film and back on New Moon.”
Please, as if any of us have forgotten? But in case you have, look for Us Weekly to have another special Twilight edition out momentarily—only this time it’s filled with paparazzi shots, or so we’re told.
Hey Summit—Team Awful can play nice too (sorta). If we’re extra good can we get any special photos? Or at least first rights when the Robsten sex-tape is released? We kid, we kid, but seriously…throw us a friggin’ vampire bone! Right fans?
—Additional reporting by Taryn Ryder

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We’ll practice—let’s make Summit happy and bring the focus back to New Moon in our New Moon Rising gallery!