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Costar: Sarah Michelle Gellar Will Be Extraordinary Mom | Michelle Trachtenberg, Sarah Michelle Gellar

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Michelle Trachtenberg Says Sarah Michelle Gellar Will Be Extraordinary Mom

Originally posted 05/17/2009 01:30PM

How did Michelle Trachtenberg feel when she heard pal Sarah Michelle Gellar was expecting? "I was jumping for joy," said the actress, who played Gellar's little sister on the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

"We talk every other day. I'm super excited!" she added at a private dinner for designer Rebecca Minkoff and stylist Ilaria Urbnati's at L.A. boutique Confederacy last week. "I'm so very happy for her and Freddie. She's going to be an extraordinary mom. Good people make great parents."

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Michelle Trachtenberg: Zac Efron Is 'the Loveliest Thing' | Michelle Trachtenberg, Zac Efron

Michelle Trachtenberg: Zac Efron Is 'the Loveliest Thing'

Originally posted 12/12/2007 05:40PM

The Celeb: Michelle Trachtenberg, the 22-year-old former star of Buffy
The Place: The Foley+Corinna store opening in West Hollywood on Tuesday
The Discussion: Her new movie costar, a certain heartthrob from a certain Disney phenomenon called High School Musical. (They're both in Seventeen with Matthew Perry.)

PEOPLE: How are you?
Michelle Trachtenberg: I'm actually really tired because I've had like three 4:30 a.m. call times in a row and I have a 6 a.m. tomorrow.

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Michelle Trachtenberg Dating Nightclub Manager | Michelle Trachtenberg

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Michelle Trachtenberg Dating Nightclub Manager

Originally posted 06/06/2007 04:30PM

Michelle Trachtenberg has a new boyfriend – and, as befits a love interest of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's little sister, he's a night owl.

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Originally posted 03/23/2005 06:00AM

When the offer for Ice Princess first came to Michelle Trachtenberg, "I was like, 'Okay, I can ice skate, no problem. I did it at a party once,' " the actress says. But after a dislocated knee, a few torn ligaments and some intense workouts, the 19-year-old developed some real skills on the ice – even landing a single toe loop for her role as a math whiz who masters figure skating. Trachtenberg, who gained a following as Dawn on TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, recently talked about learning to love the ice, taking the fall and finding love off the rink.

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Daily Insider for March 8, 2004

Originally posted 03/05/2004 10:15AM

March 8, 2004SNOOP DOGG GETS HUGGY-ABLEDo rappers make better actors than rock stars? Snoop Dogg sure thinks so. "We take more art, more time on our craft," he says. "Once a rapper gets respect as an actor, it's his job to step all the way up and want to be the best because the rap world is so competitive." Snoop, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, has a supporting role as Huggy Bear in the big screen adaptation of Starsky & Hutch. The gig, he says, is one reason why fans are no longer intimidated by him. "People are starting to see me smile more, and see more and more appearances (that aren't) just rap. When I was Snoop Dogg the rapper, everybody was frightened because they didn't know what to expect. Now I have so many characters I've played and so much range in me, I'm approachable."

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