As part of its attempt to make the Oscars more entertaining and keep viewers tuned in the show's organizers decided to present montages of certain genres throughout 2008. Amanda Seyfried (ex-Joni, All My Children) and Twilight hunk Robert Pattinson presented the "What Romance Looked Like in 2008" montage.
Who would have thought that when Amanda Seyfried portrayed good girl Joni Stafford on All My Children that six years later she'd have starred opposite of Meryl Streep in Mama Mia! and performed at the Oscars with Hugh Jackman, Beyonce, Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens? Check out the performance above.
Deadline Hollywood is reporting that former All My Children star Amanda Seyfried's Mamma Mia! took in 28.1 million dollars over the weekend, beating Hairspray's 27.4M box office opening. Internationally Mamma Mia! has made 72.6M in 11 days.
Tomorrow is officially Amanda Seyfried's big break. Just a few short years after being written off All My Children the one time soap actress is starring in Mamma Mia!, the film that could make her a household name. Here she is at the Stockholm premiere of Mamma Mia! with co-stars Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan.
Mamma Mia! premieres in the U.S. on Friday July 18, 2008.
In case you've missed it, here's the trailer for former All My Children star Amanda Seyfried's new movie Mamma Mia. In case you've missed it, Mamma Mia has really put Amanda on the map. She's on the cover of Vanity Fair and the magazine named her their July Pin-up girl.