She found film critics praise for her performance in the teen drama Cruel Intentions ( 1999 ) and she subsequently appeared in the box office hits Scooby-Doo ( 2002 ), Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed ( 2004 ), and the American remake of Japanese horror film The Grudge ( 2004 ).

Cruel Intentions ( 1999 ), a modern-day retelling of Les Liaisons dangereuses featured a kiss between Gellar and co-star Selma Blair that won the two the " Best Kiss " award at the 2000 MTV Movie Awards.

The movie included two sex scenes with Gellar, helping her shed her good girl image even more after 1999's Cruel Intentions.

Roles like Buffy and Cruel Intentions made her a sex symbol across the globe.

Cruel Intentions is a 1999 American drama film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair.

It was released on March 5, 1999 and was followed by two direct-to-video films: a prequel, Cruel Intentions 2, and a sequel, Cruel Intentions 3.

A Cruel Intentions 4 is rumoured, but has not yet been confirmed.

At Sebastian's funeral, Cecile distributes copies of Sebastian's journal, made into a book by Annette, titled " Cruel Intentions ".

Cruel Intentions received mixed reviews from critics.

In this same year, she co-starred with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe in the drama film Cruel Intentions, a modern take on the 18th-century French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

Cruel Intentions Movie Poster with an Old Westbury estate featured in the center

* Cruel Intentions ( 1999 ): the home of Kathryn ( Sarah Michelle Gellar ) and Sebastian's ( Ryan Phillippe's ) Aunt Helen on Long Island, where Annette ( Reese Witherspoon ) is living

* In the movie Cruel Intentions, " Bitter Sweet Symphony " is played at the final scene.

* Placebo's " Every You Every Me " was featured in the 1999 Roger Kumble film Cruel Intentions as the lead track for the film.

* Cecile Caldwell, a character from Cruel Intentions

Runga's song " Sway ", along with a duet with Dan Wilson of Semisonic called " Good Morning Baby ", were used in the films American Pie and Cruel Intentions.

The character is primarily a spoof of Kathryn Merteuil ( played by Sarah Michelle Gellar ) in Cruel Intentions, and was partially based on Mackenzie Siler ( played by Anna Paquin ) from She's All That.

* Sebastian Valmont, character in the 1999 film Cruel Intentions

* Selma Blair as Girl Mike Hits On, many motion pictures including Cruel Intentions, Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army.

* In the film Cruel Intentions, Kathryn, who has been holding up an image of purity, innocence, and popularity while actually being manipulative, deceitful, and two-faced, is exposed at the end of the film due to the diary of her stepbrother Sebastian, who had just recently died.

The company has produced such films as The Mexican, Cruel Intentions, and the Christopher Nolan films The Prestige and Memento.

She was the daughter of Boleslav I the Cruel, Duke of Bohemia, whose wife may have been the mysterious Biagota.

In the second half of 964 an alliance between Boleslav I the Cruel, Duke of Bohemia, and Mieszko I of Poland was concluded.

The title track, which was written by Elvis Costello, was originally recorded for his 2002 album When I Was Cruel.

Wenceslaus I ( ; c. 907 – September 28, 935 ), or Wenceslas I, was the duke ( kníže ) of Bohemia from 921 until his assassination in 935, purportedly in a plot by his own brother, Boleslav the Cruel.

He was the firstborn son of Mieszko I by his Czech first wife, Dobrawa, daughter of Boleslav I the Cruel, Duke of Bohemia.

On December 8, 1956, two examples on the same broadcast were " Nuttin ' for Christmas ," which became a vehicle for Rocky Rockwell dressed in a child's outfit, and Elvis Presley's " Don't Be Cruel ," which was sung by violinist Bob Lido, wearing fake Presley-style sideburns.

* The Najera Campaign in the Castilian region, during which Pedro the Cruel was temporarily saved from a coup, thus confirming Castilian Spanish dedication to the Prince's cause.

It once belonged to a Sultan of Granada, who was murdered by Pedro the Cruel, King of Castille.

Boleslaus I the Cruel, also called Boleslav I () ( – 15 July, 967 or 972 ), was the ruler ( kníže, literally " prince ," but usually translated as " duke ") of Bohemia from 935 to his death.

The album contained the hit singles, " Robert De Niro's Waiting ...," and their first U. S. Top 10 hit, " Cruel Summer " ( 1983 ), which was included in the movie The Karate Kid.

Bananarama's 1984 hit song " Cruel Summer " also made its first U. S. appearance in the movie but was excluded from the film's soundtrack album.

And now ..." " Don't Be Cruel ", which was, after a short introduction by Elvis, followed by " Love Me Tender ".

Instrumental hit songs could emphasize electronic organ ( The Tornados ' " Telstar ", Dave " Baby " Cortez's " The Happy Organ ", Johnny & the Hurricanes ' " Red River Rock "), or the saxophone ( The Champs ' " Tequila ", Bill Black's Combo's " Don't Be Cruel ", The Piltdown Men's " McDonald's Cave "), but the guitar was most prominent.

The translation was made around 1350 under King Peter the Cruel.

Cruel Inventions was released in 1991, and included a guest performance by Elvis Costello.

Fruela I ( or Froila I ) ( died 768 ), called the Cruel, was the King of Asturias from 757 until his death, when he was assassinated.

Peter the Cruel ( 30 August 1334 – 23 March 1369 ), commonly called Pedro the Cruel or the Just, was the king of Castile and León from 1350 to 1369.

However, their fourth album, Cruel Sister, released in October 1970, was a commercial disaster.

A second album, Vida Cruel, recorded shortly after his separation from the band, was received warmly by the press but did not achieve commercial success.

Starting a solo career, he became a hit success with his second album, Don't Be Cruel, which spawned a number of hit singles including the co-self penned " My Prerogative ", which became his signature hit.

In 1992, Polydor released A Man Called E under the name E. The single " Hello Cruel World " was a minor success.

The film replicated the success of other British war-themed productions in the decade that also received healthy box office, including The Cruel Sea ( 1953 ), The Dam Busters ( 1955 ) and Reach for the Sky ( 1956 ).

Presley's previous single " Heartbreak Hotel " scored the charts for eight weeks and his next two singles, the mega-selling double-sided success " Don't Be Cruel "/" Hound Dog " and " Love Me Tender ", would score the charts for a combined 16 weeks.

With this album, Bananarama had their first significant U. S. success with the single " Cruel Summer ", which became a top ten hit there ( the song had also been a top 10 hit in the UK in 1983 ).

Salmon left the group to concentrate on the Surrealists and Perkins ' group The Cruel Sea was achieving success with their album The Honeymoon is Over.