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"Long before Emma Stone became Gwen Stacy, she&amp;#039;d won us over with her formidable comedic chops and game, gutsy charm both on the big screen and in her public appearances.  It was no surprise to learn during this year&amp;#039;s Oscars that Stone and Jennifer Lawrence are pals; the pair share a similar down-to-earth appeal and uncanny ability to make us want to be their BFF.  As Stone celebrates her 25th birthday, Digital Spy looks back on 9 of her most charming moments.  &amp;#039;Pocketful of Sunshine&amp;#039; (Easy A, 2010)      While she&amp;#039;d previously stood out as the love interest to Superbad and Zombieland&amp;#039;s various incarnations of nerd, Stone&amp;#039;s breakout role was in Will Gluck&amp;#039;s perfectly pitched high school comedy Easy A. Her wry, sharp-tongued Olive is both utterly charming and the kind of convincing, three-dimensional teenage girl that has become rare in the genre, and this iconic moment sums up everything we&amp;#039;ve come to love about Stone.  Embracing her nerd appeal (Saturday Night Live, 2010)      Days after the announcement that she had been cast to play Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man, Stone hosted SNL for the first time, and opened with a monologue that poked affectionate fun at all the on-screen nerds who had romanced her before Peter Parker.  Teaching the world about balance (Sesame Street, 2011)      Appearing on Sesame Street is a pretty surefire way of winning people over, and the combination of Stone and Abby Cadabby is about as appealing as it gets. Stone attempts to explain the word &amp;quot;balance&amp;quot; by demonstrating her own ability to balance things on her head, and it goes exactly as well as you expect. It&amp;#039;s also exactly as charming as you expect.  Dancing with Ellen (The Ellen DeGeneres Show, 2013)      While the revelation that Stone was a natural blonde came as a shock to those who had come to know her as a gutsy redhead, this ridiculously adorable appearance on Ellen earlier this year allayed any fears that hitting the big time had changed her. Not to be outdone by boyfriend Andrew Garfield, Stone sashayed onto the stage with a series of spontaneous dance moves that somehow walked a perfect line between delicate and dorky. Using the paparazzi for good with Andrew Garfield (2012)  If you enjoyed Benedict Cumberbatch&amp;#039;s use of the paparazzi as a means of political expression earlier this year, you&amp;#039;ll get a similar kick out of what Stone and Andrew Garfield did last year, after discovering that the paps were stalking them at lunch. &amp;quot;Why not take this opportunity to bring attention to organisations that need and deserve it?&amp;quot; the pair asked via signs, proving once again that they are about as close to flawless as Hollywood couples get.  Announcing the 2013 Oscar nominations with Seth MacFarlane       MacFarlane&amp;#039;s stint as Oscar host was divisive at best, and you could sense some of the same frostiness in the room after some of his jokes during the nominations announcement. Fortunately, Stone was on hand to diffuse any tension with her usual spunky, self-deprecating wit.  Sharing one of the most charming seduction scenes of all time with Ryan Gosling (Crazy, Stupid, Love, 2011)      No single scene sums up Stone&amp;#039;s everywoman charm better than this insta-classic moment from underrated rom-com Crazy, Stupid, Love. Because if we were about to sleep with Ryan Gosling, and he took off his shirt, this is literally \u00E2\u20AC\u201C\u00C2\u00A0down to the letter \u00E2\u20AC\u201C exactly how we would react (&amp;quot;Seriously?! It&amp;#039;s like you&amp;#039;re photoshopped!&amp;quot;) We probably wouldn&amp;#039;t land the Dirty Dancing jump with as much elegance, however.  Standing up to cancer by channelling Star Wars characters (2011)      Stone appeared alongside a slew of other celebrity Star Wars enthusiasts \u00E2\u20AC\u201C\u00C2\u00A0among them Seth Rogen and Zach Galifianakis \u00E2\u20AC\u201C\u00C2\u00A0to recreate classic Star Wars scenes and raise awareness for cancer research. Pretty much a win/win scenario. And we&amp;#039;re just putting this out there: Stone&amp;#039;s Princess Leia is a pretty great hypothetical audition tape for the rumoured role of her daughter in Star Wars: Episode VII. Are you watching, JJ Abrams? Extolling the virtues of iPhone Murder Apps (Funny or Die, 2010)  iPhone Murder Apps from Emma Stone   Stone has done a few videos with Funny or Die, but this outlandish faux-ad \u00E2\u20AC\u201C\u00C2\u00A0which kicks off with Stone as a valley girl type chirping merrily about cocktails before gradually taking a more sinister turn \u00E2\u20AC\u201C is our favourite by miles. You&amp;#039;ll never hear the phrase &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s an app for that!&amp;quot; in quite the same way again.  Happy birthday, Emma Stone! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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