Our fight against future foes continues this week as we, along with our friends at TheFABlife and NextMovie, celebrate all things dystopian!

With all of our, um, gentle prodding over the past few months, we can only hope you’ve made time to dive into one of our favorite dystopian reads of the year, Tahereh Mafi’s intriguing “Shatter Me.” The novel follows teen Juliette, who’s been locked in solitary confinement for nearly a year thanks to her curse gift: her touch is lethal power.

Tahereh recently chatted with TheFABlife about her inspiration for the novel and her take on the dystopian trend, and we’ve got a bit of bonus material from the interview.

Now, if you’ve read “Shatter Me,” you may have noticed a few similarities between its protagonist and a certain “X-Men” character played by Anna Paquin. But according to Tahereh, she’d never heard of the superhero until her novel was completed.

“I didn’t even know who Rogue was until after I had finished the book,” she said. “I had just finished the book and I was trying to explain to my brother what the story was about. I was like, ‘Yeah it’s about this girl, and she can’t touch people because if she touches them, they could die. And he’s like, ‘Oh, like Rogue! I was like, ‘Who’s Rogue? Oh crap.’ I didn’t even realize that I’d walked into that. I actually went home that night and I watched the ‘X Men’ movie. The interesting thing is that she is being compared to Rogue a lot, but I want to say that in the first book you still don’t really know what she’s capable of or what her power is because even she doesn’t know yet. There’s definitely more to what she can do that you’ll learn about in the second book. Her abilities are more clearly defined.”

Speaking of the second book, Tahereh revealed that it’s mostly finished, but couldn’t divulge much else.

“I can’t reveal [the book's title], but we actually just pretty much agreed on a title for the second book. I can’t say anything, but I’m pretty excited about.”

After having our socks knocked off by “Shatter Me,” we have to admit we’re a touch excited for the sequel too!

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Have you read “Shatter Me”? Tell us what you thought in the comments and on Twitter!

by Emily Laurence

Sigh. Even Taylor Swift’s hobbies are enchanting. The singer/baker/knitter recently got in the holiday spirit by making snow globes with her friends. That girl really knows how to get the party started, amirite? Taylor posted a pic to her Instagram calling their creations, “Christmas in a jar, with glitter.”

We here at Hollywood Crush are all for a quirky hobby, so we rounded up other unusual ways celebs spend their spare time. Check them out after the jump!

Justin Bieber masters the Rubik’s cube
This may be the real reason Justin is famous. When he was just a budding celeb, Justin solved a Rubik’s cube in under two minutes. In multiple interviews. Over and over. A hair flip and a Rubik’s cube—that’s how he used to get the ladies. No mistletoe needed.

Mila Kunis is a gamer
As if guys need another reason to drool over Mila. The actress told Jimmy Kimmel that her favorite hobby was playing World of Warcraft. She also told GQ she was a “massive Trekkie” and ranked her favorite “Star Trek” series. WoW is right.

Johnny Depp plays with Barbies
Johnny revealed his true life talent saying, “I’ve played with a lot of Barbies and Kens for my kids. It’s actually one of the few things I’m good at.” (That we highly doubt…) Here’s hoping Barbie keeps her convertible safe from the “Pirates of the Caribbean” action figures!

Simon Cowell climbs trees
Deep, deep down, Simon really is just one big kid at heart. “I climb trees daily. It’s like a ritual,” he revealed in an interview. And that’s not the only way he channels his inner 8-year-old. “I like cartoons every morning. I like ‘The Flintstones’, ‘The Jetsons,’ all the old ones. I watch them in the morning to put me in a good mood,” he said.

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Which celeb do you think has the weirdest hobby? Tell us in the comments and on Twitter!

Today November 30 Joe has taken a vow of silence to raise money for the Free the Children campaign.  So this means for 24 hours Joe won’t be talking. Great cause Joe! You rock for doing this!

The big talk around Hollywood yesterday was about a possible merger between two huge movie studios, Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate.

So what’s the big deal? Well, the union could come right as Summit is wrapping up its biggest series, “The Twilight Saga,” and as Lionsgate hopes to launches a successful movie series of their own, “The Hunger Games.”

Now, we won’t bore you with numbers or super-inside-baseball analysis of this development, but the news did get us wondering what such a combination could look like. We took the opportunity through the magic of Photoshop to give you a chance to see what a Summit/Lionsgate movie could look like. The results are more than interesting, if we may say so ourselves.

What movie mash-ups do you want to see? Let us know in the comments below and on Twitter!