Canadian pop sensation Avril Lavigne is all set to take a big step into the world of Hollywood as she has landed her first major lead role in a movie.

The singer has had a short fling with acting previously with miniature roles in The Flock (2007) and Fast Food Nation (2006). She also lent her voice for the animated movie Over The Hedge.

But the singer has revealed that her first lead role is quite different from her previous experiences in front of the camera.

She says, “I’ve got a film role coming up - something you wouldn’t expect from me, something deep and dark.”

Lets see how she fares in the acting league.

Avril Lavigne is fighting back against claims she’s a songwriting plagiarist.

She takes particular aim at fellow Canadian songstress Chantal Kreviazuk’s suggestion that the punk princess swiped one of her tunes for her new album, “The Best Damn Thing.”

“Chantal’s comments are damaging to my reputation and a clear defamation of my character and I am considering taking legal action,” Lavigne wrote on her website (www.avrillavigne.com) late Friday.

Kreviazuk’s recent claims to Performing Songwriter magazine are nothing more than sour grapes, Lavigne says, resulting from unsuccessful songwriting collaborations between the two.

“My decision to discontinue working with Chantal after co-writing together on my second record was simply based on the fact that we had no hits together. That is why her name is not on this record, despite her numerous attempts to be included, which were always denied. From my perspective, this is a clear case of bitterness.”

Lavigne also alleges that Kreviazuk e-mailed her after the magazine hit the stands to apologize for her suggestion that the song “Contagious” on Lavigne’s latest hit album was hers.

“I forgive her but I have to put the truth out there so my fans are not confused by these false accusations,” Lavigne wrote.

Lavigne, repeatedly dogged by accusations she doesn’t write her own songs, was equally miffed about being dragged into a legal battle to prove she wrote her chart-topping hit, “Girlfriend.”

A pair of U.S. songwriters allege her catchy single sounds suspiciously like a song called “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend,” released by the Rubinoos in 1979.

The American song features the upbeat chorus: “Hey, hey, you, you, I wanna be your boyfriend,” much like Lavigne’s boppy refrain, which declares: “Hey, hey, you, you, I don’t like your girlfriend.”

“I had never heard this song in my life and their claim is based on five words,” Lavigne wrote. “All songs share similar lyrics and emotions. As humans we speak one language . . . simply put, I have been falsely accused of ripping their song off.”

Earlier this week, Lavigne’s manager, Terry McBride, scoffed at the charges, calling the suit “baseless” and little more than a “case of legal blackmail.”

“Avril’s a great songwriter and she’s proving it over and over and over again,” McBride said from Vancouver, where he runs Nettwerk Music Group. “Avril’s very, very sensible. She knows music well. If the chords had been similar, the melodies had been similar, lyrics had been similar . . . she would have gone, ’OK, I can see their point.’ But nothing’s similar.”

Lavigne, who grew up in Napanee, Ont., has also had to deflect accusations from the Matrix, the production team behind hits “Sk8er Boi” and “I’m With You.”

Songwriter Lauren Christie told Rolling Stone that Lavigne did little but “change a word here or there,” but Lavigne has insisted they crafted the melodies and lyrics together.

“Let it be crystal clear that I have not ripped anyone off or done anything wrong,” Lavigne wrote on her website Friday. “I do not deserve this negative press and attention. I take pride in the songs that I write and appreciate the opportunities to work with some great writers and musicians.”

Canadian punk princess Avril Lavigne is being sued by U.S. songwriters who claim that her smash hit Girlfriend sounds suspiciously like a single they released in the 1970s.

Lavigne’s manager, Terry McBride, said the pop starlet is one of several people named in a lawsuit filed July 2 that alleges striking similarities to the Rubinoos’ song I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend.

He noted that Lavigne heard the Rubinoos song for the first time after learning of the suit.

“Avril’s very, very sensible. She knows music well. If the chords had been similar, the melodies had been similar, lyrics had been similar, the meter, she would have gone, ‘Okay, I can see their point.’ But nothing’s similar.”

Songwriters Tommy Dunbar and James Gangwer filed suit in California’s Northern Federal District Court and also name Lavigne’s publishing company, Avril Lavigne Publishing, and Lavigne’s songwriting partner, Dr. Luke, as defendants.

The Rubinoos song came out in 1979 and features the poppy chorus: “Hey, hey, you, you, I wanna be your boyfriend,” much like Lavigne’s more up-tempo hit, which goes, “Hey, hey, you, you, I don’t like your girlfriend.”

McBride said he hired a musicologist to study both tracks when he received a draft of the allegations about six weeks ago.

“This one came back so solidly on our side it’s just ridiculous,” he said.

Still, he admitted that he is considering settling the suit out of court if the costs of defending the case prove too high. He noted that a similar claim against Sarah McLachlan about 10 years ago cost the label roughly $500,000 to defeat in court. When Nettwerk tried to recoup the costs from the plaintiffs, they declared bankruptcy, he said.

Chantal Kreviazuk has publicly scoffed at fellow Canadian singer Avril Lavigne’s songwriting skills.

“I mean, Avril, songwriter? Avril doesn’t really sit and write songs by herself or anything,” Kreviazuk alleged in an interview published in Performing Songwriter magazine.

Kreviazuk and her husband Raine Maida co-wrote a number of songs with Lavigne during the summer of 2003 for her CD, Under My Skin.

But now the Winnipeg native has vowed to “never work with her again.”

In the interview, in the June issue, Kreviazuk also accused Lavigne of ripping off one of her songs.

“I sent her a song two years ago called Contagious, and I just saw the track listing to (The Best Damn Thing) and there’s a song called Contagious on it and my name’s not on it,” said Kreviazuk. “What do you do with that?”

Kreviazuk, 33, said she won’t go after Lavigne in court. “I won’t do that. I’ll just tell you. Art should not be subject to that kind of controversy. Art should be pure. In my head it is, anyway.”

“We originally wrote it for me, so there’s no way Chantal was involved,” he wrote on the website of his new band, Black List Club. “I can’t speak on her song or any claims she’s making about our song because I’ve never heard hers.”

Ashley MacDonald isn’t your average girl.  She’s a 17-year-old small town girl surviving with a deadly disease called small-cell carcinoma.  And with the help of some Avril Lavigne memorabilia, her wish has been granted.

Through the Make-A-Wish foundation, Ashley was given the opportunity to make a wish list of some fun activities she’d like to do before possible complications from her disease threaten her life.  Item number was a trip to Germany.  And while she wasn’t spreckenzing any Deutch, her second wish was granted last week.

All of 22, the woman knows the subtle difference between being correct and politically correct and she knows the art of equivocating too. No wonder you always find her twisting and turning facts… I wont be surprised to see her contesting for Presidential elections some 30 years later… hehehe.

Coming to point, it has been revealed that the rock chick is a vegetarian. In the January 2003 issue of Seventeen magazine, she admitted to

“snagging a bite of Matt’s cheeseburgers every now and again.”

Also in a recent interview, she said she prefers not to eat meat, but will not say she’s a vegetarian “in case anyone caught her eating meat”.

In an interview with the magazine Live, it is stated: “It goes without saying that Lavigne is a vegetarian”.

Now thats what I call being ‘politically correct’.

Rock Chick Avril seems to be quite proud of herself. She has won a lot of flack often on everything right from her behavior to her music, even her clothes and make-up. But the girl prefers being original no matter how bad it is.

She says,

I won’t change anything because I think the most important thing is being yourself and that’s what I’m going to continue to do. If you don’t like me for who I am then you don’t like me for who I am but all you’re gonna get, is who I am.

Attitude huh!

Avril Lavigne seems to be learning the tricks of the trade quite quick I see. First she bared all… giving a topless shot for the Blender’s cover and then she claims the shot was faked by the magazine.

She caused an uproar when she supposedly appeared on the magazine with the strip over her naughty bits, particualrly as she had previously slammed singers such as Britney Spears for flashing her flesh.

However, Lavigne has now sought to play down the affair by revealing the cover was simply a bit of opportunism from Blender.

She explains to MTV, “Actually, I’m not topless on the cover. I was wearing a tube top, and they just kind of put a banner on top of it.”

Yeah Yeah… and you think we’ll buy that!

The diminutive star, who recently had roles in ‘Fast Food Nation’ and ‘The Flock’, is on the look out for a lead Hollywood role.

Avril is reportedly in talks with Sony BMG for a major part in a “thriller feature film”, playing a “kind of a white trash girl”. The 22-year-old, who is already signed as a recording artist to Sony BMG, made her film debut voicing a character in the 2006 animated movie ‘Over The Hedge’.
Despite having major success as a singer, Avril is said to be keen to do more “outside of music”.

Avril - who shot to fame aged 17 with hit singles like ‘Complicated’ and ‘Sk8er Boi’ - has already turned her talents to modelling as well, landing a contract with Ford Models agency.

Avril Lavigne is all set to grace the fourth annual Fashion Rocks event, presented by the Conde Nast Media Group, touches down at Radio City Music Hall on Sept. 6.

As n previous years, the 2007 edition of Fashion Rocks celebrates the synergy that exists between music and fashion. Hosted by “Entourage” star Jeremy Piven, this year’s event will feature performances by Alicia Keys, Fall Out Boy, Carrie Underwood, Fergie, Jennifer Hudson, Santana, Aerosmith and others apart from Avril Lavigne.

According to Conde Nast Media Group president Richard C. Beckman, the upcoming celebration of music and fashion will feature more sophisticated production and upgraded fashion show elements.

On the musical front, Beckman says it was important to spotlight a broader array of performers, covering all genres of music. “There will be some unexpected performances, some unexpected partnerships,” he acknowledges. “And all the artists will not necessarily be performing their own hits.”

The concert will air the following evening as a two-hour special on CBS.