By accident rather than design Charlize Theron took a three-year break from acting recently. Starring in Jason Reitman’s hilarious black comedy Young Adult marks a welcome return and it was, she says, the best working experience she’s ever had.

“It really was. And that’s quite something because I’ve had really amazing experiences. I think it was a combination of several things – the role, working with Jason, the material and the fact that I hadn’t really acted for three years.

“And to go back and have my first film in three years be Young Adult with Jason on a 30 day shoot, no hair and make up, sweat pants every day, and go to work and do some amazing character studies, was just a joy. Every single day I had a giant smile on my face and I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so much.”

Her role in as Mavis Gary, who writes teenage fiction, drinks far too much and has an knack of saying the most inappropriate things at the most in-opportune times, almost didn’t happen and that makes it even sweeter, she says.

Q: Where did you first see the film?
A: I saw the first cut at my house. Jason was still in the process of working on the film so I think the same as I always think the first time I see a film that I’ve worked on – that it’s a little overwhelming (laughs). It’s fun but at the same time you are trying to get your head around what you were doing and how it all works together. So the first time you see something, it’s like putting the puzzle together, how we shot it and how it ended up and I don’t really have that experience of enjoying the film. The first time I saw this with an audience was when I really enjoyed it. I don’t think you understand what an audience will tap into or respond to until you see it with an audience.

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CHARLIZE Theron likes to wallow in trash!

The Oscar winning beauty has “come out” as a reality TV addict insisting that following the likes of Kim Kardashian actually helps her movie performances due to the stress-busting qualities of their shows.

“I am a closet reality TV watcher,” says Charlize. “The more brain-dead they are, the more I like them. I realized a while back that the only thing I could do in my trailer to pass time was to watch these shows.

It’s almost like having a massage because your brain doesn’t have to think about anything and you’re not thinking about what’s happening outside of the trailer. Reality TV is like an instant off-switch for my brain.”

The actress recently admitted she cannot concentrate if she is surrounded by mess and will not stop until everything is tidy again.

“I have a bit of an OCD. I have to be incredibly clean and neat and tidy for some weird reason because otherwise my mind just switches off,” says Charlize, 36.

“I have to tidy up. I can’t help it but it is just one of those things.”

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Charlize Theron plays Hollywood sex siren in a new photo shoot for Vanity Fair, magazine, although she’s far more down to earth in everyday life. She’s known to hold a drink, swear like a sailor and tell dirty jokes.

“One of the first times we met she told me a really dirty joke and that’s when I knew I loved her,” said Jason Reitman in a recent interview.

“Honestly, a woman with a dirty sense of humour is probably the most attractive thing on earth,” he added. Reitman should know. He directed Theron in “Young Adult,” where she plays a heavy-drinking, foul-mouthed free spirit, who is intent on revenge when she returns to her high school to seek out an old flame.

Charlize recounts in the interview one of her own early crushes.”I was so in love with Richard Dean Anderson [in] “MacGyver,” she said referring to an 1980s action-adventure television series about a secret agent.

In the photo shoot, the South African model, 36, wears a black short-waisted blazer, black panties and not much else. It’s just her against a white backdrop and that’s pretty much all you need.

Theron takes it from there in a series of sexy poses. The shoot moves to the street for a series of night time shots. Theron wears a a blazer, black monokini swimsuit and black stilettos. “Not a lot of people would get into a bathing suit and walk a street at night in LA, especially in this neighborhood,” she says.

The statuesque actress, who won an Oscar for best actress in 2003 for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the film “Monster,” was surprised she was left out of the running this year.

“It’s so bizarre to look at this as something to be bummed about because I’ve gotten some of the best reviews in my career for this and people have really responded to me in this role,” she said.

“That to me is the greatest gift because usually the joke between me and my producing partner is that any script that mentions crying, depression or torture lands on my desk! So it was nice to do something different and for people to like it, that to me is like winning an Academy Award,” she added.

Theron is next up in the Rupert Sanders-directed film “Snow White and the Huntsman,” starring Kristen Stewart, which is due in June. Judging from recent trailers she steals the movie as the wicked queen.

Then, she’ll appear in Ridley Scott’s “Alien” prequel “Prometheus,” due June 8. In the meantime, check out her photos and the video below:

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By now the Prometheus ‘Ampule Room’ should be burned into your brains. It seems like two out of every three images released from the upcoming Ridley Scott sci-fi thriller feature a new angle on the cavernous room with the giant human head.

Now here comes another look at the ‘Ampule Room’ as scanned from the pages of Total Film magazine. It features two of the Prometheus ship explorers, one shining their flashlight right up the giant human head statue’s nose. Hopefully for their sake there’s not something slimy hiding up there.

Speaking of slimy, the article in Total Film accompanying the image (see below, and give it a click for a high-res look) offers up some new character details about the film. Specifically, it confirms that Charlize Theron’s Meredith Vickers character is, as rumors have suggested, a representative of corporate entity Weyland-Yutani.

Damon Lindelof of Lost fame, who did a reworking of the original Jon Spaihts’ script to supposedly make it less of an Alien prequel and more of a standalone story set in the same universe, told Total Film that Vickers will be less “slimy” than Burke from Aliens. Theron brought her own ideas to the character that will make Vickers “not the suit we are used to.” Your guess is as good as mine.

Prometheus stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Patrick Wilson and Guy Pearce. Look for it in theaters starting on June 8, 2012.

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Charlize Theron isn’t “bummed” about missing out on an Oscar nod.

The actress is currently promoting her new movie Young Adult, which has garnered positive reviews from critics and audiences alike. However, it didn’t result in an Academy Award nomination for the star.

The blonde beauty insists the amazing response to her role is the greatest reward.

“It’s so bizarre to look at this as something to feel bummed about because it [my role] has got me some of the best reviews in my career, people really responded to me in this role and that was the greatest gift for me,” she told Australian radio show Kyle and Jackie O.

“I think people are used to seeing me… I have this joke with my production partner that I just get anything that says ‘crying’ or ‘tortured’ or ‘depressed’ – it lands on my table. It was nice to do something that is different and I feel that was for me like winning the Academy Award, to have a director and writer send me material that’s out of my comfort zone and for people to respond to it [positively].”

In the movie, Charlize plays an immature teen literature writer who returns to her hometown to relive her heyday and win back her married high school sweetheart.

When asked where she keeps her best actress award for her role in 2003 movie Monster, she joked that she never leaves it out of her sight.

“I carry it with me at all times. You never know when you need an Oscar,” she laughed.

Charlize also joked about working with some of showbiz finest actresses, Marilyn Monroe and Grace Kelly.

The star was teamed up with digital versions of the late Hollywood icons for a Dior advert.

Charlize is the face of the French fashion house’s fragrance J’Adore Dior and can be seen backstage with the legendary ladies in the advert.

“Do you want to know what Marilyn’s like? She’s a real b***h. And Grace Kelly was just wasting time telling stories about being a princess… Eugh! Just go away Grace, stop talking. High maintenance,” she laughed, before explaining how the lookalikes were created.

“It takes forever to do this, it’s a long process, but they use models who have similar features and mark their faces with these tiny little spots as markers for the CGI people and then they pull actual footage of these iconic actresses and CGI them on the bodies. It’s a tedious amount of work to do it right and to not have it look bad but Dior did a really good job.”

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