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"Robert Pattinson has made Twi-hards swoon in four Twilight movies, and while memorizing a script is a cinch for the actor, public speaking is another story.\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m learning how to read tonight,&amp;quot; a nervous-looking Pattinson, 26, joked at Monday&amp;apos;s ELLE Women in Hollywood event after he took to the stage to honor his Bel Ami costar Uma Thurman. Calling public speaking in front of his A-list peers -- including Cate Blanchett, Susan Sarandon, Viola Davis and others -- &amp;quot;terrifying,&amp;quot; Pattinson later regaled the crowd with a story about the first time he met Thurman during Bel Ami filming.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Why did everyone [who spoke before me] have to be so funny?&amp;quot; the actor wondered aloud. During his speech, Pattinson infused his own brand of humor when explaining to the audience how he insisted that his on-screen Bel Ami wife be &amp;quot;more intelligent, talented, wittier and better in bed than me.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;[It was] obviously very difficult to cast,&amp;quot; he joked of the role that ultimately went to Thurman, 42.\r\n\r\nRacing through his speech before taking his seat back in the crowd, Pattinson -- clad in a gray suit, white shirt and tie -- puffed on an electronic cigarette when Thurman took the stage to accept her ELLE award. &amp;quot;Rob, you&amp;apos;re a real gentleman on and off the screen,&amp;quot; Thurman said, applauding her costar.\r\nThough he hobnobbed with leading lady Thurman on Monday, over the weekend Pattinson only had eyes for girlfriend Kristen Stewart, 22. Making a low-key appearance on Saturday at Hollywood&amp;apos;s Chateau Marmont, the reconciled Pattinson and Stewart celebrated a friend&amp;apos;s birthday party at the same venue where Jennifer Aniston and fiance Justin Theroux dined, two sources confirm to Us Weekly.\r\n\r\nLiving together again three months after Stewart&amp;apos;s July fling with Rupert Sanders, the couple is keeping their interactions as concealed as possible. &amp;quot;They&amp;apos;re afraid of backlash, so they&amp;apos;re keeping things on the down-low,&amp;quot; a pal explains."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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