Hayden Panettiere, the actress who portrayed Amanda Knox in the Lifetime movie “Amanda Knox: Murder in Italy” earlier this year, says she feels a special connection to Knox after portraying her on the small screen.

So connected, in fact, that Panettiere says she got “welled up” after Knox’s conviction was overturned.

“Having played her and in a way walked a mile in her shoes, I do feel a certain connection with her and I would be lying if I said it wasn’t exciting to see a young girl get a second chance at life so I hope she makes the most of that,” the actress told FOX News.

“It is such a complicated case, there is so much that doesn’t make sense and that doesn’t add up, but she has a second shot at life and that is great.”

Panettiere may feel a connection with Knox, but Amanda and her family weren’t particularly thrilled with the portrayal of Knox in the film. According to TMZ, there’s a pending lawsuit in Italy, filed by the family, to get the film pulled off of the air.

Amanda’s Father, Curt Knox, told TMZ:

“The only reason I saw the movie was to write down all the irregularities, what was wrong with it, and provide it to our attorneys because it was – excuse my French – bulls**t,” he said.

“There is a law in Italy that you cannot present information whether in book form or video form while there is an open trial. A clear breaking of the law there. The character portrayal of her in that movie was so wrong it could have potentially had an impact of the results and what people’s perspective of her is.”

Source: FOX News

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The Lifetime Network is planning to air a new ending in their made-for-TV movie Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy on Tuesday night. The new ending will be updated to reflect the recent release of Knox after her case was overturned for a complete lack of evidence.

An Italian appeals court on Monday overturned the conviction of the 24-year-old after they determined that DNA was tainted and police misconduct may have occurred.

In 2009 Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison for her alleged part in the 2007 murder of college roommate Meredith Kercher. Amanda and Meredith shared a home together in the Italian town of Perugia.

Hayden Panettiere starred in the Knox movie on Lifetime which debuted in February and at the time of the airing the show reflected only Amanda’s conviction.

When the movie aired Knox’s legal team was outraged that the sensationalized movie could end up hurting their appeals case.

While new scenes will not be filmed Murder on Trial in Italy will now begin and end with text that explains the final outcome of the Knox trial as of this weeks appeals decision.

All future airings of the made-for-TV movie will feature the updated text.

Do you think the decision by Lifetime Network to update their movie was the right decision?

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So Hayden Panettiere has been busy keeping herself in front of any camera with working batteries, as is evidenced by the photo above, but sometimes these photos capture other things as well.

Perfect hair, perfect makeup, perfect clothing, there’s no doubt that she’s got it going on, and if you look closely at the guy in the car behind her (mid upper left) he definitely thinks she’s got it going on. Look at that big crap-eating grin on his face.

Hey buddy, are you wearing pants in there?

[Photo: SplashNewsOnline]

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Stars getting tattoo’s in foreign languages isn’t new, but unlike the general public stars usually get the spelling on their tattoos right. Hayden Panettiere is the exception.

Panettiere has a tattoo down her side reading “Vivere senza rimipianti,” which is suppose to be Italian for ”Live without regrets.” Except for one small thing: Rimipianti is not the correct spelling.

Somewhere along the line, an additional letter i was added to the tattoo, where as it should have read “rimpianti.”

Thankfully for Panettiere, the additional i doesn’t turn the word into a different, and perhaps seriously wrong word, it’s just simply the wrong spelling.

(image and via: Bittenandbound)

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The surprise breakup of Heroes stars Hayden Panettiere and Milo Ventimiglia this week has been attributed to a pregnancy scare.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Hayden Panettiere thought she may have been pregnant but a subsequent pregnancy test came back negative. The friction caused by the scare is said to have been the cause of the couple parting ways after a year together.

Earlier reports had Panettiere and Ventimiglia parting due to lifestyle conflicts, with the couple often regularly apart due to work commitments.

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Hayden Panettiere: “I’ll be spending it with my family in New York. I’ve never spent a Thanksgiving or Christmas away from them. There will be lots of food, football, sitting, chatting.”

Paris Hilton: “I’m cooking dinner at my house and inviting my whole family over. It’s going to be fun. I’m in charge this time!”

Heidi Klum: “I’m going to do a big turkey – an 18 pounder! I put the stuffing in it. I put the potatoes around it. I do sweet potatoes — with marshmallows, without marshmallows. I do everything!”

Dustin Hoffman: “All of the kids will come from all over, like New York and Minneapolis. We have six kids and the youngest is 21. Thanksgiving is a big thing for us. I actually do some of the cooking, too! I am right in there, boy! I peel the potatoes — that’s cooking!”

Can you imagine Paris in the kitchen? It’s a little frightening, but a single gal‘s got find other ways of amusing herself besides making sweet music. Meanwhile, Heidi Klum is spoiling Seal like usual– are they the wonder couple or what?

I wish they had asked Megan Fox, because she’s always got a surprising answer or two.

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Here we are, talking about how awesome celebrity’s lives are (okay, not all the time), and then Hayden Panettiere’s family surprises us with shocking news.

Alan Panettiere, Hayden’s dad, allegedly struck his wife Lesley at around 3:00 a.m. last night. Hayden and Lesley were seen arriving at Beso just hours before the incident, which is where TMZ reports that Alan took offense to Lesley “disrespecting” him. TMZ reports:

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Alan and Lesley Panettiere were at a party earlier in the evening. We’re told Alan was upset because Lesley was “hanging” with someone at the shindig and he felt she was “disrespecting” him.

Sources say, according to Lesley’s statement to Sheriffs, the couple went home, began arguing and he struck her in the cheek. We’re told cops took pictures and there are visible marks.

Alan Panettiere is currently being held on $50,000 bail, and it’s unclear whether or not any of the children were in the house at the time of the alleged altercation.

Not the celebrity news we enjoy reporting, that’s for sure.

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Since we’ve got a theme going on here with the celebrity singles, Hayden Panettiere’s “Wake Up Call” is the next on our list. I happen to really hate the name of the song itself, which premiered on Ryan Seacrest’s show today, but that’s just a personal thing. It makes me think about how she gets lots of special treatment (like the privilege to release this single), even though the song’s actually about some guy or *something*. It probably doesn’t surprise you that I didn’t exactly make it through the whole thing.

I’m going to switch my negativity to Heidi Montag or Ali Lohan, who seem to have weaker voices than our Hayden here. Oddly enough, Heidi Montag’s “Fashion” is still the only one that got stuck in my head. Don’t hate me.

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