Q: How many times a year do you get back to Allentown?

A: Well, last year I came home a number of times. Usually it’s three times. I’m always home for Christmas.

Q: When you come home, where do you like to hang out?

A: My friend Maureen [Murphy's] house. We always watch movies at her house. Literally, when I come home all I do is watch movies at Maureen’s house. Sometimes we go to Stooges. It’s basically where everybody from my high school goes. It’s nice to reconnect with people at least once a year.

Q: Do you have a favorite store at the mall?

A: I love the Gap. But I almost never go to the mall anymore.

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Amanda Seyfried is now enjoying her time in the spotlight as the star of the musical Mamma Mia! not just because she’s had a lot of insecurities in the past as a budding actress, but because she’s being surrounded some of Hollywood’s biggest names.

In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, the 22-year-old actress gushed over her hot co-stars on Mamma Mia!, which will hit theaters on July 18.

According to Seyfried, who also stars on the HBO polygamy-themed series Big Love, she gets very excited upon the mention of a certain British actor and a former Bond man. She is, of course referring to her male Mamma Mia! co-stars Colin Firth and Pierce Brosnan.

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Amanda Seyfried may be a dancing queen now - thanks to her starring role as Sophie in the big-screen version of “Mamma Mia!” - but the show has been running on Broadway since Seyfried turned 13. And the Swedish rock band Abba, on whose songs the blockbuster stage musical was based, broke up three years before the 22-year-old actress was born.

“I didn’t know a thing,” Seyfried admits, speaking by cell telephone as she rides through Manhattan in a limousine. “Honestly, I didn’t know anything about Abba or ‘Mamma Mia!’ I know now that my dad was a fan, back when Abba was huge, but I really just knew some A-Teens tunes, when the A-Teens were big. They were this teen group that sang Abba songs, and I was probably 13.

“And I only found out about the show because of the audition for the movie.”

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Mamma Mia!-loving homos experienced a bit of heartbreak this weekend. Lead actress Amanda Seyfried and cast mate Dominic Cooper were meant to appear at lavender-tinged film festival Outfest, but the duo’s management pulled the plug right before their alleged red carpet responsibilities.

…At the last minute, Outfest’s p.r. man, Carl Larsen, received an e-mail: “Due to unforeseen circumstances, the red-carpet arrivals…have been canceled.” Larsen said, “I was taken by surprise. There was no explanation.”

Another observer fumed, “Outrageous! How can [Seyfried] diss the gays like that? This is our movie!” A rep for Universal said, “This was never a red-carpet event. She volunteered to come and introduce the movie and did a great job. There was never a red carpet for her to walk.”

Source: Queerty

Amanda Seyfried stars alongside screen icons Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan in Mamma Mia! but the up-and-coming actress was probably the most comfortable person on set.

While Streep, Brosnan and co-star Colin Firth have admitted to being terrified by the prospect of dancing and singing ABBA songs, the 22-year-old said she was born to do it.

Seyfried studied singing for six years and was considering a career as a classical singer before she got her first acting role on US soap All My Children.

“It’s just something I was born to do,” Seyfried said.

“I know that sounds lame, but for as long as I can remember I was just performing. I started acting when I was 15, and singing when I was 11, and dancing in high school.

“It’s not really unbelievable to see (myself doing all three) because it’s always been in me anyway, whereas with Pierce, he never expected to see himself singing and dancing.”

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From Inquirer:

Of Amanda Seyfried, who plays her bride-to-be daughter Sophie, the mother of three girls enthused, “From the moment Amanda opened her mouth in the first reading, I felt like she was one of my daughters. She shares many traits with my daughters. She is strong. She has a quiet voice but she has a stubborn streak. The word that keeps coming up about her is delicious. That’s the way I feel about my girls. It’s very easy to feel that Amanda was too young to get married, just like the way I feel about my girls.”

A few of you have asked me what the advance reviews of Mamma Mia! have been like so I thought I’d make a little post about it. The reviews have over all been positive and the film has a 7.5 rating at IMDb and 71% over at Rotten Tomatoes. The film opens in the UK tomorrow, premieres in New York City on July 16 and opens in cinemas in the US on July 18.

By the way, you can watch many related videos and clips over at Yahoo! Movies.

On July 4, 2008, Amanda Seyfried and the cast of Mamma Mia! promoted the movie in Stockholm, Sweden, the home of Abba. The members of Abba were also present at the premiere and photocall. Amanda looked dazzling at the premiere in yet another winning number… I truly adore her sense of style! And at the photocall, Amanda and her co-stars were awarded with their very first gold record! Congratulations for the honor! Check out some photos below.

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The star-studded soundtrack for the Mamma Mia! movie is set for release on Decca on July 8, 2008. Amanda herself provides vocals on several of the tracks:

1. Honey, Honey (Amanda Seyfried, Ashley Lilley & Rachel McDowall)
2. Money, Money, Money (Meryl Streep, Julie Walters & Christine Baranski)
3. Mamma Mia (Meryl Streep)
4. Dancing Queen (Meryl Streep, Julie Walters & Christine Baranski)
5. Our Last Summer (Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard, Amanda Seyfried & Meryl Streep)
6. Lay All Your Love on Me (Dominic Cooper & Amanda Seyfried)
7. Super Trouper (Meryl Streep, Julie Walters & Christine Baranski)
8. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (Amanda Seyfried, Ashley Lilley & Rachel McDowall)
9. The Name of the Game (Amanda Seyfried)
10. Voulez-Vous (Full cast, Philip Michael, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters & Stellan Skarsgard)
11. SOS (Pierce Brosnan & Meryl Streep)
12. Does Your Mother Know (Christine Baranski & Philip Michael)
13. Slipping Through My Fingers (Meryl Streep & Amanda Seyfried)
14. The Winner Takes It All (Meryl Streep)
15. When All is Said and Done (Pierce Brosnan & Meryl Streep)
16. Take a Chance on Me (Julie Walters, Stellan Skarsgard, Colin Firth, Philip Michael & Christine Baranski)
17. I Have a Dream (Amanda Seyfried)

The music video for Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) has now been released and can be viewed here or streamed below. I am definitely impressed by Amanda’s singing voice; she sounds really lovely (even if the video is a little cheesy).

Amanda Seyfried and on-screen mamma Meryl Streep earlier today at the Berlin photocall for their upcoming movie Mamma Mia!, both looking flawless.