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Youth Impact Report '09: Director takes 'New Moon' to new heights with young actors -- Though he never planned it that way, writer-producer-director Chris Weitz has had a hand in grooming some of Hollywood's top young stars. Over the past decade, he launched several teen careers with the seminal teen sex farce "American Pie," helped 12-year-old Nicholas Hoult hold his own against Hugh Grant in "About a Boy" and provided newcomer Dakota Blue Richards with the confidence to carry the overseas hit "The Golden Compass." Most recently, Weitz took over the "Twilight" saga from director Catherine Hardwicke, tackling the challenge of adapting a book many deemed uncinematic.

10 Actors to Watch: Actor co-stars with Colin Firth in 'A Single Man' -- Auds familiar with the 2002 Hugh Grant starrer "About a Boy" may be surprised to find that Nicholas Hoult, who played the morose tyke of the film's title, has metamorphosed into a grown man.