Friday The 13th: That's So 'Ravenswood'!

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Friday The 13th: That's So 'Ravenswood'!

We haven't seen even a second of "Pretty Little Liars" spin-off "Ravenswood," but already writer I. Marlene King is at work on the season finale. And, on this most auspicious of days: Friday the 13th!

Friday 13th is a perfect day to start writing the first #Ravenswood finale. I'm embracing the Omen.

— I. Marlene King (@imarleneking) September 13, 2013

The mysterious ABC Family series—which takes place in a town not far from Rosewood that's been haunted by a curse for generations—will premiere on October 22 following the "PLL" Halloween special. So mark your calendars!

Are you excited for the "Ravenswood" premiere?

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Mindy Kaling Reveals James Franco’s ‘Mindy Project’ Inspiration

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Mindy Kaling Reveals James Franco’s ‘Mindy Project’ Inspiration

Prepare yourselves! James Franco is ready to challenge Dr. Mindy on the new season of "The Mindy Project," which kicks off Tuesday night.

And given just how adorable his Dr. Paul Leotard is, we think Mindy might have a hard time kicking him to the curb and reclaiming her practice from the model turned OB/GYN. "His name is Paul Leotard, which is a ridiculous name and the fact that he was like 'Yeah that's a great name for the character,' he just rolls with everything," star Mindy Kaling explained to MTV News. "In fact, when he introduced himself to me on the show he pronounced it 'Lay-o-tard,' which is even funnier to me. He just wants to be the weirdest, funniest version of himself."

The season premiere finds Mindy perfectly in love with her fiance, Pastor Casey. But expect lots of snafus and some hardcore crushing on Dr. Leotard, a jack-of-all-trades, much like the actor himself.

"We wanted there to be a little bit of a wink. When he's putting up his credentials [during the episode], there's like nine things he does and I think that James is so good at poking fun at himself," she said. "He's like a multi-hyphenate-[at]-large. So, yeah, he was excited to, I think, make light of that."

What do you think of James Franco's role on "The Mindy Project"? Let us know in the comments below or hit us up on Twitter!

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Send Us Your 'Fault In Our Stars' Questions!

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Send Us Your 'Fault In Our Stars' Questions!

Guys, we're going into the literal heart of Jesus. That's right! Next week, MTV News will be visiting the set of the big-screen adaptation of John Green's "The Fault in Our Stars," and we want your questions for the cast!

Dying to know even more about Shailene Woodley's cute cut? Wondering what the deal is with those minatures Ansel Elgort paints? Lusting after the inside scoop on their characters' adorable romance? We'll get it for you! Just ask!

Send your queries via Twitter, Instagram or Vine (please, oh please, show us that pretty face!) using the hash-tag #AskTFiOS. And stick close to MTV News as we roll out all "The Fault in Our Stars" goodness. (Just don't forget the tissues...)

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Get To Know New YA Series 'Wild Cards' In This EXCLUSIVE Intro

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Get To Know New YA Series 'Wild Cards' In This EXCLUSIVE Intro

If you weren't already psyched to the gills about the start of football season—and considering that the next several months will involve multiple chances per week to watch beefy men in spandex pants rolling around on the grass in buttcheek-rippling slow-motion, we don't know why you wouldn't be!—then this EXCLUSIVE video intro for Simone Elkeles' new YA series, "Wild Cards," should definitely get you there. (Don't believe us? Just click, watch and hang in there for the one-minute mark where a young Ashton Kutcher look-alike strides out wearing nothing but an artfully-wrapped towel.)

"Wild Cards" is Simone's latest, and it's got all the steamy romance and exciting drama that fans have come to expect. This time around, the action takes place in small-town Illinois—where high school football is big, y'all. The heroine is one Ashtyn Parker, a talented kicker who just wants to win the athletic scholarship that'll help her escape to college; the unlikely hero, a brooding city boy named Derek who might be able to change Ashtyn's life in more ways than one.

The first book will be out in October, but this bunch of webisodes introducing the key players (some of whom, let us remind you, are wandering around half-naked) is ready to tease the action before the series hits shelves. Want to see what's happening in the lives of the Fremont High Rebels? Enjoy the intro here, then head to wildcards.com for the first full-length episode!

Is "Wild Cards" on your must-read list?

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It's All About The Music In 'This Song Will Save Your Life'

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It's All About The Music In 'This Song Will Save Your Life'

Elise Dembowski, the protagonist of Leila Sales' new novel, "This Song Will Save Your Life," is the kind of clueless loser who'll make you cringe—and depending upon your personal high school history, it might be with recognition. Sneered at, bullied and relentlessly rejected, Elise is a social pariah thanks to having committed teen life's one unforgivable sin: wanting people to like her.

But when this story begins, Elise is sure that she's got it all figured out. All this time, she's been targeted for sticking out; clearly, what she needs is to reject her uniqueness and fit in, right? [Ed note: Ugh, no, wrong. SO wrong. But there's nothing we can do to stop her.] Determined to make her sophomore year the one in which she's finally be accepted, Elise studies up on popular culture, buys all the right clothes and stows the physical evidence of her former life as a weirdo outlier in an industrial-strength trash bag.

Which means that when her plan crashes, burns and explodes into itty-bitty humiliating little pieces for good measure, she's left with nothing—not even herself.

"This Song Will Save Your Life" is Elise's journey from rock bottom to self-discovery, courtesy of an underground dance club, a new-found talent for DJing and a group of lively and loving friends who aren't perfect, and aren't popular, but have found the secret to happiness in being completely, utterly and unabashedly themselves. The book is funny, insightful and captures with unflinching authenticity the experience of a bullied kid; Sales gets everything right as she shows how even a smart, self-aware girl with involved parents and a bright future can end up crushed by the hopelessness and helplessness of being victimized. And although there's a romantic subplot that's just the right amounts of fun and titillating, it's also refreshingly underwrought: Elise is gratefully savvy from the get-go about the fact that her fling, a fellow DJ, is a sexy but irredeemable douchebag, and the love story is never the main event. This is one YA heroine who'd rather find herself than find romance, and it's the music, not the man, that shows her the way.

"This Song Will Save Your Life" is out September 17.

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+ Peep The Cover (And Hear The Soundtrack!) For 'This Song Will Save Your Life'

Do you plan to pick up a copy of Leila Sales' new novel?

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Shailene Woodley Gets Carried Away On 'Fault In Our Stars' Set

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Shailene Woodley Gets Carried Away On 'Fault In Our Stars' Set

If "The Fault in Our Stars" author John Green ever tires of writing novels (which we seriously hope never happens), he might want to think about pursuing a career as a movie hype man, because dude is all over the set of this adaptation. When not breaking casting news, the writer is snapping adorable pics, like this one of stars Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort.

All we have to say is, don't stop, John. Don't ever stop.

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Are you enjoying John's tweets and pics from set? Tell us in the comments and on Twitter!

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Chloe Moretz Shares Her Horror History With W

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Chloe Moretz Shares Her Horror History With W

If you weren't sure that sunny, sassy Chloe Moretz was the perfect pick to play Stephen King's brooding, tortured telekinetic teenager in the upcoming remake of "Carrie," then you'll definitely want to take a peek at her latest cover spot: W magazine has the actress front and center for its October issue, and girl looks downright haunted. And in her interview, Chloe makes it clear that she's no stranger to the horror-film scene. In fact, it's where she got her start.

"I booked 'The Amityville Horror' when I was 6," she recalled. "I did about four or five auditions and had to cry at every single one. When you’re that young, it’s a huge feat to be able to cry, so I did the same crying scene over and over to prove that I could and that I wasn’t making myself crazy doing it."

It was also on that film that she learned her first, vital lessons about maintaining a nice, fat boundary between the characters she plays and the person she is.

"I never take anything home with me. Trevor [Chloe's brother and acting coach] taught me from a young age how to get out of character. He taught me that all the crying and emotion are fake," she explained, which probably explains why she seems to seek out such comparatively dark, demented roles compared with other actresses her age.

But, says Chloe, that's exactly what she wants: "When I found out about 'Kick-Ass,' I was 10, and I was obsessed with the part. 'Wanted,' with Angelina Jolie, had just come out, and I was eager to do something cool like that, but not the kiddie version. I didn’t want to run around with little laser guns and stupid stuff."

And with upcoming roles not just in "Carrie," but also in the emotionally wrenching film adaptation of "If I Stay," it seems unlikely that we'll see Chloe running around with little laser guns anytime in the near future. Or ever. Probably ever.

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What do you think of Chloe's new cover?

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