Twilight Saga: Ashley Grene poses for Maxim's December Issue

NEW MOON'S Ashley Greene has cemented herself as a Twilight sex symbol with a racy cover shoot.

New Moon actress Ashley Greene, who stars as Alice Cullen in the Twilight Saga, sent pulses racing when she made a stylish appearance at a New York bash to celebrate her new magazine cover.

Despite frequently being eclipsed by Twi co-stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, the gorgeous 22-year-old has been earning serious fashion points during the promotional tour for New Moon.

Posing on the red carpet, the brunette wowed in a sexy navy-blue mini-dress with a plunging neckline, complete with striped cap sleeves and a slashed racer-back.

Ashley, who was attending the launch of her Maxim December issue, teamed the look with smouldering eyes and nude lips and cheeks.

The actress appears on the lads' mag cover in a sheer wet vest and unbuttoned denim shorts on a beach.

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Twilight Saga: Miley Cyrus comments on Twilight

In an interview with The Morning Mashup, Miley Cyrus disses Robert Pattinson and confesses her infatuation with Zac Efron. After being quizzed about People Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive," Cyrus conceded that Johnny Depp did deserve to be called sexy, but if she had her way, Efron would top the list.

"...Zac Efron is the hottest person in the world. I really, really like him. And it's weird, I've kind of talked about it before and been like, it's weird because he's my friend."
However, the Disney sweetheart sang a different tune when it came to the subject of the Twilight movies.

"I think it's a cult. I think it's bad. I think it's like, just, people get too into it and like, for me I think it's like, I don't know, it's like when guys look at supermodels and they're like, that's the perfect girl. That's what those kind of movies do to us."


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Twilight Saga: New Moon Director Chris Weitz ignores film critics

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON director CHRIS WEITZ has chosen to ignore what film critics say about his latest movie - because he's more concerned with the opinions of the series' notoriously hard-to-please fans.

Weitz was brought in to replace Catherine Hardwicke for the Twilight sequel after she was sidelined by studio executives, but his take on author Stephenie Meyer's fantasy franchise was still met with mixed reviews.

But, now that he's managed to thrill Meyer's devotees, Weitz is happy - and he insists he doesn't need the opinions of film critics.

He tells Entertainment Weekly magazine, "Nothing surprises me in terms of reviews... If one could imagine their biggest fears, it would be complete rejection of the movie by the fans.

"What I've realised over the last week is I won't necessarily get good reviews for this movie. Having swallowed that, this was made for the fans, and if you don't get it, then you don't get it."

The Twilight sequel made a staggering $140.7 million (£87.9 million) in its opening weekend (20-22Nov09) in America alone to become the third biggest debut in American box office history.

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Twilight Saga: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner use Twitter to thank fans

Written by: Monica Stern-Morales

The latest "Twilight" movie, "New Moon," was a huge success. It reached the top of the box office instantly, and earned over $140 million, possibly becoming the top-grossing film of the year, according to People magazine.

And the cast is thankful. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner are using Twitter to show their fans just how grateful they are for such success.

Pattinson, 24, also known as vampire Edward Cullen to his fans, tweeted "Thank you for making NEW MOON #1...It's very exciting to be a part of something embraced by so many people.

Stewart, 19, thanks her fans for supporting her character, Bella Swan, by saying "You have all proven you're the most amazing fans in the world once again."

And Lautner, or werewolf Jacob to his fans, tweeted "Thanks for your incredible support of New Moon."

And the Twilight saga is not over just yet. The cast looks forward to the next movie in the sequel, Eclipe.

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Twilight Saga: New Moon earned $72.7 million across the United States and Canada on Friday

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" smashed the record for a single-day opening at the North American box office, and was on track to score one of the biggest weekend tallies of all time, according to preliminary data issued on Saturday.

The vampire romance sequel earned $72.7 million across the United States and Canada on Friday, a figure that includes record-breaking midnight sales of $26.3 million, said the film's closely held distributor Summit Entertainment.

The old record for a single-day opening was $62.2 million, held by last year's "Batman" sequel "The Dark Knight," which went on to become the second-biggest grossing movie of all time in North America before accounting for inflation.

Such heights could be difficult for the "Twilight" sequel to attain. Still, industry observers expect it could finish up with upwards of $125 million for the weekend once Saturday sales data and Sunday estimates are issued early on Sunday.

That would place the film at No. 4 in the record books, behind "The Dark Knight" ($158 million), "Spider-Man 3" ($151 million), and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" ($136 million), and ahead of "Shrek the Third" ($122 million), according to tracking firm Box Office Mojo.

The previous record for midnight sales was held by "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," which kicked off its run with $22.2 million in sales in July.

The "New Moon" predecessor, "Twilight," released exactly a year ago, ended up with $193 million in North America after an opening weekend of $70 million.

The sequel revisits the dangerous romance between high school student Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson).

After falling in love with each other in "Twilight," Bella and Edward break up in "New Moon." Bella finds solace in her friendship with Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), an American Indian who is also a werewolf. Jacob protects Bella from vampires who kill humans, but she still longs for the gentle blood-sucker Edward who got away.

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Twilight Saga: New Moon became the highest-grossing in the history of Spain

The Twilight Saga's second installment may satisfy hardcore fans of the series, but outsiders are likely to be turned off by its slow pace, relentlessly downcast tone, and excessive length.

The film, New Moon, directed by Chris Weitz, - New Moon become the highest-grossing in the history of Spain

New Moon took over 10 million euros at the box office on its first weekend. The film New Moon, based on the blockbuster trilogy by Stephanie Meyers, attracted over 1.6 million viewers in three days, exceeding the success of its first instalment by 150%.

The chaste romance between the otherworldly vampire played by teen heartthrob Robert Pattinson and amorous teenager, Kristen Stewart has not only lured Spain movie goers, but has grossed $ 140 million (93.5 million) in U.S. and $ 260 million (173.5 million) worldwide.

Until now, another multibillion-dollar franchise, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" from Walt Disney, had been the most successful in Spain with 9.6 million, followed by another adaptation of a best seller, The Da Vinci Code, with 8.8 million.

This article is from http://www.barcelonareporter.com

Twilight Saga: Ashley Greene tells about fighting in Twilight Eclipse

Ashley Greene says she’ll be fighting & playing in Twilight ‘Eclipse’ movie. MTV news caught up to Ashley Greene who plays Alice Cullen in the Twilight,New Moon,and Eclipse movies. She was out promoting the premiere of “Twilight Saga: New Moon” a couple of nights ago.

She commented on what she’s looking forward to seeing in “Twilight Saga: Eclipse.” She said, she’s really excited to see her fight sequences,and the playful moments between Alice and Jasper (Jackson Rathbone). She also said that they took parts of her character and put them into her fight sequence,so her scene is sort of a circus olayish sequence,and she really wants to see it.

Their current film, “Twilight Saga: New Moon,” which is in theaters now,just recently broke a couple of box office records over the weekend for most midnight screening sales and opening day sales. If you haven’t seen it yet,go check it out.

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Twilight Saga: Interview with Taylor Lauther

In our latest issue, Taylor Lautner reveals how he went from a skinny martial arts kid to starring in the blockbuster Twilight franchise. In this bonus Q&A you won't find in the issue, he examines the love triangle that drives Stephenie Meyer's stories.

Don't you think that when some fans see New Moon, they may be disappointed, because you're kind of the villain in a way.

I have some pretty passionate team Jacob fans [laughs].

Right. But you're also the obstacle getting in the way of the great romance between Bella and Edward.

I can see where you're coming from. The thing is, Jacob and Edward are two completely different guys. They are opposites. And it's just what kind of girl you are. If you like that more mysterious, dangerous type, then that's one guy. I personally love Jacob and Bella's relationship, and how they began as friends. They are so much more open, and can tell each other anything. And Bella and Edward's relationship, it's always tense. It's always serious. But Jacob and Bella's friendship starts growing stronger and stronger and you just wonder if they can go past friends. It looks like that at some points.

But when your character hangs up on Edward in New Moon, it sets off the whole chain of events that almost lead to a major tragedy. That's something a villain would do.

Yes. that is part of Jacob's character. He can't really control himself. When he gets mad, he gets mad. And all Jacob has on his mind is on Bella. That's who he cares for. That's who he loves. If somebody gets in his way, it's not good. And he will explode. So I guess you could see that either way.

And then Bella is always lying to Edward so she can see you. This is supposed to be like true love forever, so why can't she just be honest?

You know, she's serious with Edward and then she meets best friend Jacob. She gets confused.

But you're not really her friend. You have an agenda with her, and you're always making snide comments about Edward.

If I was Jacob, and I feel like I have lived as him, it gets so annoying. Because she's in the car with you one moment, about ready to kiss you and then she leaves and is with Edward. And then she's back with you, you know.

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Twilight Saga: New Moon in DVD

The film reels are barely warm on this just-released film, but Chris Weitz is already issuing information on the inevitably forthcoming DVD for The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

In a recent video interview with MTV, Weitz discusses the fact that there'll probably be DVD commentary with himself, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner as a special feature.

Also, there'll be about twenty minutes of deleted scenes - though this is information Weitz revealed back in the beginning of the month.

Can't wait to see what the four have to say to and about one another in the commentary? Anyone up for seeing The Twilight Saga: New Moon again?

This article is from www.examiner.com

The "Twilight" saga is headed to FX

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The "Twilight" saga is headed to FX.

The network has acquired the ad-supported TV rights to the four "Twilight" movies in a package deal with producer Summit Entertainment that also includes the indie studio's Oscar hopeful "The Hurt Locker," the Nicolas Cage thriller "Knowing" and action feature "Push."

Under the pact, FX will start running last year's "Twilight," the first movie in the franchise, beginning in late 2011. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," which shattered box-office projections and opened at $142.8 million domestically this past weekend, will be available in late 2012. "Eclipse," which is slated for a June 30 release, will have its premiere on FX in early 2013. Summit has yet to green-light production on "Breaking Down," an adaptation of the fourth book in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series.

"Locker," "Knowing" and "Push" will debut on FX in mid-2012.

All seven films are set to go to FX after completing their pay cable window on Showtime, which last year inked a four-year output deal with Summit.

The license fee for the movies is based on their North American box-office performance. If the third and fourth "Twilight" movies continue to do well and each reach the $200 million mark domestically, FX could end up paying close to $100 million for the quartet. (For a marquee film title, ad-supported networks usually shell out about 12 percent of the domestic tally and as much as $24 million if the movie's receipts total crosses $200 million.)

FX's deal with Summit mirrors similar output deals the cable network has put in place with Marvel Studios and DreamWorks Animation.

This article is from www.reuters.com

New Moon shattered box-office records selling $70m (NZ$95m) of tickets on its opening day

Have you been bitten? If you're over 20, or happen to own a Y chromosome, the answer is probably not. But if you talked to a teenage girl at the weekend, or stepped into the crowded foyer of a cinema, you'll almost certainly have been touched by the all-conquering vampire phenomenon that is Twilight.

New Moon, the second instalment of this remarkably-successful series, began selling out cinemas on Thursday, and promptly shattered box-office records. In the US, it sold $70m (NZ$95m) of tickets on its opening day, more than any other film in history. By Sunday night, it had clocked-up global earnings of roughly $260m (NZ$355m, an opening-weekend figure only bettered twice.

Millions of "Twi-hards" with their T-shirts proclaiming allegiance to "Team Jacob" or "Team Edward" are duly turning this teenage fantasy into the biggest youth entertainment franchise since Harry Potter, with an overall value estimated to be in the tens of billions. British actor Robert Pattinson, the film's square-jawed male lead, may not be competing for Oscars any time soon; but he is nonetheless suddenly one of the most valuable men in show-business.

"What's refreshing is that it has not just drawn the usual audience of horror fans, but also appealed to a teenage girl sensibility. It has managed to draw much more widespread acknowledgement," said Ali Jaafar, the international editor of Variety in London. "The first in the series was big but this second one has built its success on new fans."

Setting the box-office showing in context, Tim Richards, chief executive of Vue Entertainment cinemas, one of the UK's largest commercial chains, said simply: "These were the largest attended midnight shows we have ever done. We were adding extra shows right up to the last moment to cope with the demand."

Not bad, you might say, given that the books that spawned Twilight, by US author Stephanie Meyer, were mercilessly panned by literary critics, with one British newspaper declaring them: "astonishing, mainly for the ineptitude of prose."

Not bad, either, given the lukewarm critical reception for both films: New Moon garnered just 37 per cent positive reviews on the filmranking website Rotten Tomatoes, which dubbed it "too long" and complained of its "clunky" storyline.

But who is making all the money? The most obvious first answer, of course is Ms Meyer, a devout, somewhat reclusive, 35-year-old Mormon who lives in small-town Arizona and claims the idea for the Twilight novels first came to her in a dream in 2003. Her four-book series, told from the breathless, girly perspective of Bella, has since sold more than 85m copies, and been translated into 37 languages, netting her an annual income that was recently estimated by Forbes magazine at $50m (NZ$68m).

This article is from www.nzherald.co.nz

"Vampires are metaphors for sexuality, but one of the reasons they're so popular in the Twilight universe is that they're safe," says Melissa Rosenberg

Edward, the undead hero of the Twilight movies and books, broods and simmers like a James Dean starter kit. Jacob, his werewolf foil, sports six-pack abs and looks as if he's been bench-pressing pickups. But they might as well be hanging out in a nunnery for all the action they get. Their chaste love interest, Bella, can only pine.

Then there's Sookie Stackhouse, the spitfire waitress at the heart of HBO's cult series True Blood (based on novels by Charlaine Harris). As Bella chills in the Pacific Northwest, Sookie gets hot and heavy with her vampire beau Bill in steamy Louisiana. No repression here: The deliciously campy True Blood, which enters its third season next year, just says yes. (It also indulges in every last one of HBO's relaxed content allowances. As the ads say, it's not TV.)

Sex was at the root of vampire mythology even before 19th-century novelist Bram Stoker sent unwitting Jonathan Harker off to Eastern Europe to close a big real-estate deal with that mysterious Dracula fella, only to find the Count was after his woman.

But desire can be handled in different ways.

And as Twilight creator Stephenie Meyer has discovered, along with the Twilight film team, vampire chastity means big business with teenage girls. The Twilight books have sold more than 70 million copies. The first movie, released last year, made $384 million worldwide. And the second one, New Moon, took in $72.7 million on Friday, its first day, to break the single-day domestic box office record.

"Vampires are metaphors for sexuality, but one of the reasons they're so popular in the Twilight universe is that they're safe," says Melissa Rosenberg, the screenwriter for the first two Twilight movies. "They're safe but tantalizing in their sexuality. Edward protects Bella from her own raging hormones."

Yes, one of the hunky stars (Robert Pattinson) plays a vampire, and the other (Taylor Lautner) is a werewolf. But sex appeal knows no such species boundaries in the Twilight world. And the Twilight world, not coincidentally, knows no sex.

Ah, repressed desire. Ah, unattainable monsters of my dreams.

Bella has to stifle her urges because she's a good girl. In Twilight , a reflection of Meyer's Mormon faith, sexual impurity is a no-no. The hot boys are vampires and werewolves; you don't want to get them too excited or who knows what might happen. Best not to find out. Even kissing is a dodgy proposition.

Past vampires might scoff at the Twilight gang's restraint. Vampires, after all, are known for their libido; when they drink blood they're not just quenching their thirst. Witness Dracula's three comely brides in the classic 1931 Bela Lugosi movie.

"That sexual connection has been there from early on in vampire stories," says Sean Griffin, an associate professor in Southern Methodist University's cinema-television department. "Our fascination with vampires has always been tied to a fascination and repulsion over sex."

How that fascination plays out depends on the vampire story. It can be as subtle as the admiration of a luscious neck in Werner Herzog's Nosferatu. It can be comically lurid: Recall the "Oops, I spilled red wine on my white shirt" scene that precedes Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon's hook-up in The Hunger. It can be the point of the whole movie: The European erotic vampire film (West Germany's Vampyros Lesbos, the Dutch Daughters of Darkness) is a subgenre unto itself.

Women looking for a good time in True Blood frequent a vampire bar. (The subsequent encounters don't always end well.) Guys looking for a boost in the bedroom can score a vial of illegal vampire blood, or V, which makes Viagra seem like Kool-Aid. One of the show's non-vampires, Sookie's hot-to-trot brother Jason, drinks too much V and suffers consequences that should ring familiar to anyone who has seen a Cialis commercial. There's also the legal version, sold over the counter and at bars, which gives the show its title.

At the opposite end of the spectrum is Twilight's "No sex please, we're vampires" stance. Sure, other bloodsuckers want to sink their teeth into Bella. But they're bad vampires. Edward is a good boy. He even spends most of New Moon in a far-away world that plays like a series of outtakes from The Da Vinci Code. That way, he can't even touch his beloved.

"It is chaste," says Rosenberg. "But there's always a smoldering sexuality under the surface. To me, anticipating the act is more tantalizing than actually seeing it, and more erotic."

Maybe Twilight and True Blood say as much about us as they do about vampires. America's sexual attitudes are conflicted to say the least. On the one hand, we cling to puritan notions of virtue. Meanwhile, the commercial culture of beer ads, sitcoms and Viagra sales pushes libertinism to extremes.

The middle can be a lonely place. Even for a vampire.

The sexual attitudes of Twilight and True Blood extend to other differences between the franchises. For instance, both franchises deal with notions of assimilation, or what it's like for vampires to live in a human world. "True Blood creates a more complicated view of what assimilation means," says Griffin. "For Twilight it means white family, white clothes, white home, playing baseball. But True Blood is trying to make the metaphor to actual social situations very explicit."

The vampire population of True Blood has "come out of the coffin," as the show puts it. Characters are white, African-American, Latino, straight, gay. Bill's vampire friends ask where he's been keeping himself; he explains that he's been "mainstreaming." Vampire rights advocates debate anti-vampire missionaries on talk shows. The show's opening credits show a sign that reads "God hates fangs," a reference to real-life anti-gay propaganda. Assimilation and identity are explored as political issues.

Tensions and blood run thick on the show – as thick as the repression in Twilight and its universe of idealized purity. As Twilight plays it safe, True Blood keeps engaging the outside world – a world where sex isn't a four-letter word.

This article is from www.dallasnews.com

Twilight Saga: Interview with Edi Gathegi

Edi Gathegi made quite a major impression in Twilight, providing plenty of creeps as the almost-gentlemanly yet dangerous vampire, Laurent. As fans know, Laurent only makes the briefest of appearances in The Twilight Saga: New Moon, but it's as memorable as it is short, with Laurent bumping into Bella (Kristen Stewart) in the woods of Forks, then having a close encounter with a few of Bella's werewolf friends. PopStar snagged a few minutes of exclusive interview time with Gathegi -- who was born in Kenya, raised in Los Angeles, and counts among his credits a recurring role on House M.D. and the films Gone Baby Gone and My Bloody Valentine 3D -- just hours before New Moon's spectacular Nov. 30th debut. Read on to hear Gathegi's thoughts about the Twlight experience, his big New Moon moment, and the reality that his work on Twilight is complete.



You couldn't have had a clue how popular Twilight was going to become. What has it been like to be along for that ride?

It's been a rollercoaster. A lot of ups and downs and mostly just thrilling. It's rare that any actor at any level will get to be a part of a pop culture phenom like this, so I'm feeling really blessed.



Based on your interactions with fans, based on your convention appearances and your Mall of America visit, what's your sense of the anticipation/mania for New Moon?

I've been getting a lot of tweets from fans letting me know how wrought with anticipation they are. It's the topic of a lot of conversations right now. When I say fingers crossed for this weekend, people laugh at me and give me a hard time.



In general, what's intrigued you most about Laurent as a character and how much of that have you been able to put across in the two films?

I've never really been a vampire fan, but I love the new mythology. It is exciting to play a character with super-human qualities. That's just cool.



Give us a feeling for shooting your big New Moon sequence? How long did it take? You had Kristen with you, but what else were you dealing with? Blue screen? A tennis ball? How did Chris Weitz guide you through the sequence?

There were a lot of technical elements that were new to me regarding the CGI, but we had the best people in the field guiding us. Kristen is great and we had a lot of fun doing that scene. The non-action part of the scene was shot in a day or two, I believe, and the second-unit action sequences, we spent over a week on them.



It's a really strong duet between you and Kristen. How did the two of you work on the scene and what was your sense of how she'd matured as an actress from one film to the next?

She knows her character very well and is constantly challenging herself, which is nice to see. My goal was to try to make her as uncomfortable as possible and I think that happened only once. But it did happen.



Assuming that you've seen the finished film by now, how satisfied are you with the way it's turned out?

I think it is everything that the fans expect and I think they are going to be repeat customers. Chris did a wonderful job.



How do you feel knowing that your Twilight ride ends with New Moon?

It's sad not being able to be with the gang again in that capacity, but the good thing is we all became friends. So hopefully these friendships will outlast the saga.



Written By Ian Spelling (Contributing Writer)

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Twilight Saga: NewMoon beats the previous $14,331,000 record set by Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince

The Twilight Saga: New Moon has blitzed the Australian box office, taking a record $16,010,000 on its opening weekend.

The film easily beat the previous $14,331,000 record set by Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince.

"What a phenomenal result," said Robert Slaviero, chief executive of Hoyts Distribution.

"This is way beyond our expectations and confirms that the Twilight franchise has well and truly arrived."

The teenage vampire love story, which stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, opened on November 19 on 530 screens across Australia.

It became the third-highest opening day Australian release with just over $5 million in ticket sales, beaten only by the Lord Of The Rings part two and three.

The third instalment in the Twilight franchise, Eclipse, will be released in July 2010.

The films are based on a series of four novels by Stephenie Meyer.

- ABC/AAP

This article is from www.abc.net.au

Twilight Saga: Ashley Greene in Naperville

"Twilight" and "New Moon" star Ashley Greene received what is now the standard greeting from fans when she appeared Saturday at a Naperville movie theater.

"Wooooooooooooohh!!!!!"

After the opening scream, Greene sat down and signed books, pictures, DVDs and other items for the "Twilight" faithful, who waited in a line that snaked outside the door of the Hollywood Palms Cinema.

"Oh my god, I'm shaking!" said Romeoville resident Margaret Osborne after getting Greene's autograph. "I told her what a great job she did in these movies."

Greene plays Alice Cullen in the films based on the wildly popular "Twilight" saga, a series of four novels by author Stephenie Meyer that chronicle the romance between sweet everyteen Bella and handsome, mysterious Edward Cullen, who is part of a family of vampires.

"The Twilight Saga: New Moon," the movie adaptation of the second novel in the series, opened this weekend to astounding business, setting a new single-day domestic box office record by taking in $72.7 million in its first day.

Osborne, one of a group of friends who made the trip to the Hollywood Palms to meet Greene, said the character of Alice Cullen is one of her favorites in the "Twilight" universe. Alice, a vampire, is the adoptive sister of Edward.

"I really do feel like (Alice) could totally be my best friend," Osborne said.

Plainfield resident Annissa Reyes was left giggling and practically speechless by her quick meeting with Greene.

"I love her character because she's so different," Reyes said.

Naperville resident Karen Declan saw "New Moon" at its midnight opening and planned to see it again after getting her copy of the novel signed by Greene. As she waited near the end of the line Saturday, she talked about what draws her to "Twilight."

"It's such a romantic story," she said. "And the characters are so vivid. I can see parts of myself in Bella. I can also see parts of myself in Edward. It's so dramatic."

The line of fans included the usual contingent of tween and teen girls, but it also had plenty of moms and, yes, even men.

Osborne and her friends Christy Zeigler, Julie Massaro and Andrea Anderson said they are moms who have become even bigger fans of the "Twilight" saga than their children.

"I don't think the kids love it the way we do," Osborne said.

Greene is scheduled to do another signing at Hollywood Palms from noon to 6 p.m. today. Her co-star, Kellan Lutz, who plays Emmett Cullen, is scheduled to appear at the Hollywood Blvd. theater in Woodridge from noon to 6 p.m. today.

This article is from www.dailyherald.com

Twilight Saga: The Roman Catholic Church calls Twilight series a "moral vacuum with a deviant message"

The Roman Catholic Church has expressed concerns over the growing popularity of the Twilight series, as Vatican officials have called the vampire franchise a "moral vacuum with a deviant message".

The worldwide hype of the series has drawn criticism from the Vatican, with officials urging parents to be more vigilant about the type of films their children are watching, reports imdb.com.

"The theme of vampires in Twilight combines a mixture of excesses that as ever is aimed at young people and gives a heavy esoteric element. It is once again that age-old trick or ideal formula of using extremes to make an impact at the box office. This film is nothing more than a moral vacuum with a deviant message and as such should be of concern," said Monsignor Franco Perazzolo of the Pontifical Council of Culture.

The second film in the vampire series, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, hit cinemas worldwide on Friday.

Vatican officials previously criticised the Harry Potter film franchise for its themes of magic and wizardry, as well as Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons for their depiction of the Catholic Church.

This article is from www.hindustantimes.com

Twilight Saga: Moms love New Moon too

Early Friday morning, I dropped a carload of kids at school and pretended I was going to work as usual. But I drove madly back to Tempe Marketplace, where I met up with a group of 40-something friends outside Harkins Theatres.

We had a date with a vampire.

We were an hour and a half early for the first daytime showing of "New Moon," the second movie in the "Twilight" saga about teenage Bella Swan and her love for vampire dreamboat Edward Cullen, but the theater already was packed with women our age. The air was thick with pheromones. (Is it hot in here - or is it just me?)

OK, technically, we're a little old for "Twilight," a series of four books and now two movies geared toward teenage girls. But moms got sucked in, wanting to know what their daughters were devouring so voraciously. Next thing you know we brought it to book club and were wearing T-shirts emblazoned with "Team Edward" and necklaces that say "Bite me."

We remember what it was like to be 17 and madly in love for the first time. "Twilight" lets us relive it. It's the kind of story a girl can sink her teeth into. (And, as grown-ups, we can go to the movies on a school day and edge out the teenagers for the best seats.)

"I'm so excited!" coos Stacy Nelson of Tempe, an otherwise normal, 40-year-old mother of two.

She started reading the books last summer after hearing her teenage niece and sister-in-law go on about them, and saw "Twilight" at the top of the New York Times best-seller list for weeks. She got the first book, "Twilight," at the library, read it in a day and half and then went right out and bought the next two, "New Moon" and "Eclipse."

"I was addicted," Stacy says. She told her husband to take the kids out for dinner without her and read late into the night. She says, "For me, it was just a nice reality escape. Sometimes life is just so serious and so busy."

We've got jobs and kids, and we're happy with the women that we've grown to be. But "Twilight" lets us travel back to that time when all that mattered was whether our lab partner was cute and if someone (please) would ask us to the prom. Yes, we know it's corny, but it's also so much fun.

Jennifer Howell, 32, of Queen Creek, understands us. She and her friend, Esperanza Lumm, 33, of Phoenix, are obsessed with "Twilight." They met a year and a half ago at Arizona TwilightMOMS, a book club of women dedicated to the series.

"All of us remember first love and how it's all-consuming," says Jennifer, a mother of two who has been married to her high-school sweetheart for 12 years. (Her husband gave her "New Moon" pajamas for her recent birthday.)

She and Esperanza are "Twi-hards," among the most hard-core fans, following the author and cast on Twitter and going to cast appearances, conventions and book-release parties. Seems there is safety, if not sanity, in numbers.

"We talk about them like they're our best friends. That's how obsessive we are," Jennifer says. She and Esperanza saw the movie at its midnight release.

Esperanza likes the romance and that the books are written by local author Stephenie Meyer, a Cave Creek mother of three.

After reading "Twilight," Jennifer and Esperanza began reading other young-adult fiction and now write reviews and host author chats on their Web site, L8bloom eronline.blogspot.com.

In the new movie, Edward leaves Bella, thinking she'll be safer if he moves away.

Bella, near zombielike from the abandonment, spends time with her very cute friend, Jacob Black, who turns out to be a man-wolf. In the end, Bella must save Edward from doing himself in after he mistakenly thinks she's dead. (Shakespeare, what are you doing here?)

Edward (played by actor Robert Pattinson) is insanely dreamy. Don't grimace; this is not a case of robbing the cradle. Edward is 109 years old despite his youthful appearance. So, technically, he's more than twice my age.

(However, I gasped along with the rest of the audience when Black, played by 17-year-old actor Taylor Lautner, took off his shirt. I felt so dirty.)

My friend Shannon (last name withheld because she should've been at work) is into vampire Jasper Cullen (played by Jackson Rathbone), who can regulate the emotions of those around him, bringing peace when things get tense. Shannon, a Maricopa mom of three, settles into her seat and says, "I told my husband I'm going to see my movie husband. He knows not to bother me about my Jasper obsession."

Her real husband, Merle, decided last minute to join us and showed up just before the movie started.

"I at least have to be here to revive her," he says.

Shannon read the first "Twilight" book in one night. Merle bought her the next two books the next day. When the fourth book, "Breaking Dawn," was released in 2008, Shannon lined up early at Costco, even though she had preordered it on amazon.com. She couldn't wait.

At Jasper's first appearance on the screen, Shannon let out a breathy "Whoo!" Merle just chuckled.

When the theater lights go up and our heart rates go back to normal, we glance at our cellphones for a time (and reality) check. Edward will have to go on without us. Heavy sigh. The kids are calling to be picked up from school.

This article is from www.azcentral.com

Twilight Saga : Eclipse will be a Major Box Office

TORONTO, CA (Hollywood Today) 11/19/2009 – If you think “New Moon” is going to do major box office, wait till you get a bite of “Twilight III,” also known as “Eclipse,” this coming summer.

It will be a full five-day opening that includes the Independence Day holiday weekend, compared to “New Moon’s” measly three-day opening on a non-holiday (Thanksgiving isn’t until next week).

“Eclipse” will also be a summit of vampire vs. werewolf action as Bella (Kristen Stewart) must choose between toothy Edward (Rob Pattinson) and furry Jacob (Taylor Lautner), as well as mortality vs. immortality.

With lines already formed for “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” set to be unleashed today, bloodthirsty teenage fans will no doubt turn their attention and wallets to the  third installment of the vampire romance franchise sooner rather than later.

It’s been known in industry and extreme fan circles that Summit Entertainment is planning on releasing “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” June 30, 2010 in conjunction with the Independence Day holiday weekend. The release date for the third film breaks the consecutive streak of pre-Thanksgiving weekend openings for “Twilight” and “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.” Despite the hype and anticipation that has built over the past year for the sequel, Summit Entertainment’s decision to release “Eclipse” only seven months after “New Moon” is a crafty one. The 2010 pre-Thanksgiving weekend has already been claimed by “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows (Part 1),” which meant that “Eclipse” would either have to go head-to-head with the first part of the final film of the Harry Potter series or wait until 2011 to regain its pre-Thanksgiving weekend timing. As it currently stands, no other potential blockbusters are scheduled for release June 30, 2010.

“As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob – knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death.”

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Twilight Saga: "...[New Moon] this angst-ridden mush is best-suited to 13-year-old girls"

The new Twilight film comes with a new director (The Golden Compass's Chris Weitz), and an increased budget.
Gone is the indie feel of director Catherine Hardwicke's original, in favour of a more cinematic, action-packed approach: a wise move, in fact, since it effectively enlivens and condenses the excruciatingly protracted dialogue of Stephenie Meyer's second book.

This time, our vampire Romeo, Edward (Robert Pattinson, left with not much to do but pose – no bad thing), has broken up with his mortal Juliet, Bella (Kristen Stewart), because he thinks it'll be sensible.

Of course it's not; she gets depressed and seeks adrenalin rushes by jumping off cliffs and tearing around on motorbikes.

Waiting in the wings is Jacob Black (newly buff Taylor Lautner, proudly whipping off his T-shirt every two seconds), who cheers Bella up and wants to be more than a pal until... doh! He finds out he's a werewolf.

Which is OK, because she's used to weirdos and doesn't love him like that.

It's sweet enough, with Stewart and Pattinson's chemistry still a potent force on screen, but this angst-ridden mush is best-suited to 13-year-old girls or those seeking hot flushes from all the bare-chested eye-candy.

And don't get too excited about the posters advertising appearances by Michael Sheen and Dakota Fanning: both are woefully underused.

This article is from www.metro.co.uk

Twilight Saga: Students love New Moon

Reyven Williams walked into a social studies class at San Gorgonio High School on Thursday with a well-thumbed copy of the fantasy romance novel, "New Moon" under her arm.

At lunch and in breaks between classes she hoped to finish the book in time for the release of the movie of the same name, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," in theaters today.

Districtwide, San Bernardino middle and high school students could barely contain their excitement that the second movie in the Twilight series had finally arrived on the big screen.

"Girls like romance and being in love and I like that the main character falls in love with a vampire," said Williams.

"New Moon" is the second movie based on one of the four Twilight novels penned by Stephenie Meyer.

In this installment, Bella Swan, played by Kristen Stewart, is upset after breaking up with the vampire she loves, Edward Cullen, played by Robert Pattinson.

To try and forget, she seeks comfort in her friendship with Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) who is in actuality a werewolf.

Students were not the only ones counting down the minutes Thursday. People of all ages started lining up early to see the movie at the Krikorian Premiere Theaters in Redlands and other Inland Empire locations.

Indeed, the series is so popular that the books fly off the shelves of libraries in San Bernardino City Unified School District schools.

Teenage girls around the same age as Bella are particularly drawn to the books, which have a message of both romance and abstinence.

San Gorgonio student Denise Morales, 15, said she was eager to see the movie because she has a big crush on Jacob.

"I think he is so cute and I can't wait to see the movie to find out what happened where the last one left off," she said.

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Twilight Saga: Online scammers use Twilight/New Moon

Fans of “Twilight” and “New Moon” already have plenty to be scared about – vampires, werewolves, a swirling debate over the feminist values of Stephenie Meyer’s hit series.


But what about malware? According to reports from the around the Internet this morning, the Twihard set was recently targeted by a group of online scammers, who sought to profit off the “New Moon” hype.


Here’s how it went down: If you searched for “Stephenie Meyer” on Google yesterday, one of the results that popped up was a listing for “Stephenie Meyer at 365Multimedia.com.” Sounds fairly innocuous. Clicking on the link launched a security scan, which told users that their computer was at risk of malware infestation.


Of course the whole thing was a scam, and those unlucky enough to click through the prompts were asked to purchase a cleanup program for $80.


80 bucks! That’s a lot of movie theater tickets. Or a lot of copies of Stephenie Meyer’s books. Either way – it’s a bad way to lose a hefty chunk of change.


So how can you avoid falling prey to this kind of stuff in the future? In an interview earlier this year, Dave Marcus, director of security research and communication at McAfee Avert Labs, told the Monitor that the best precaution is common sense. Don’t click on strange links, and don’t download anything from an unfamiliar website.


Marcus also suggested a list of precautions all users should follow: run regular antivirus scans; invest in prepackaged security suites marketed by companies such as Symantec, McAfee Avert, and Panda; pay attention to site advisories, and track reports of new viruses.


And stuff some garlic in your shirt sleeves.


This article is from features.csmonitor.com

Who would enjoy a series of books about a whiny teenage girl (Bella Swan) desperately in love with a vampire minus fangs (Edward Cullen)?

Stephanie Meyer awoke from sizzling fantastical dream of a girl accompanied by a sparkly vampire in a beautiful meadow. Her dream was so vivid that in the midst of a hectic life of motherhood, she wrote a book. And then another.And then a third and a fourth. The result is the Twilight Series.

Who would enjoy a series of books about a whiny teenage girl (Bella Swan) desperately in love with a vampire minus fangs (Edward Cullen)? Apparently every other whiny teenage girl and their mother. It became a cultural phenomenon overnight and has been turned into two full-length feature films that have surprised the box office.

The second book, “New Moon,” starts out where Twilight left off. Bella still loves Edward with all of her soul and believes they could not survive apart. She gets a very rude awakening when after his brother (still adjusting to the “vegetarian,” or no human blood, diet of the Cullen clan) attacks her at her birthday party and Edward decides for the both of them that Bella would live a lot longer if he wasn’t around.

They had me at “Goodbye Bella.” I hate to admit it, but Meyer had me crying like a baby and feeling that heartbreaking angst right alongside Bella. It’s amazing when a book can draw you in and I found myself never wanting to put it down during those first few chapters.

People ask me what makes Meyer a good writer, and when I read “New Moon” I realized it’s that she refuses to play it safe. She didn’t just make Bella pine for her lost love, but she created an entirely new character for the book. Bella went coo-coo and became a totally different person. She keeps Bella in her head, thinking about Edward, having visions of him, rarely ever letting anything else intrude in her mind, even hunger.

“I knew this was the stupidest, most reckless thing I had done yet. The thought made me smile. The pain was already easing, as if my body knew that Edward’s voice was just seconds away.” Bella convinces herself that the reason she can see Edward in her mind is because of adrenaline. To prove it, she dives off a cliff. This behavior is too extreme for impressionable teens. Okay, your boyfriend dumped you so hey, jump off a cliff. You can have a mental breakdown and have your happily ever after in your head.

The issue of Jacob Black, Bella’s wolf/best friend, was expected because the groundwork was laid out perfectly in the first book. I didn’t think he was going to turn into an actual wolf who’s in love with a whiny teenage girl and color blind. He doesn’t see a single red flag Bella throws at him. It’s all more groundwork for the third book, “Eclipse.” Once you read that book, it will all make sense and the sad part is, you know it and it makes it really difficult to keep reading “New Moon.”

I had a hard time finishing the book and I started scanning a few chapters in the future to see if Edward ever comes back. I was having withdrawal and the book was starting to lose my interest.

Meyer anticipated this and knew I was developing a case of A.D.D. and flipping through the pages searching for my, I mean Bella’s, Edward. The book transitions back to focusing on the vampire aspect of the Jacob-Bella-Edward love triangle. It becomes what’s described as a modern day, human/vampire, Romeo and Juliet-esque type story. This is how it goes…boy saw girl commit suicide in dream…boy is torn apart…girl is saved…boy doesn’t know it…boy wants to die because he see’s no reason to live if girl is dead. Insert a clan of very, very, very…very old vampires and boy should be able to get what he wants easily. Except there’s a third and fourth book of the series so do you really think anyone dies?

I have a serious problem with the layout of this book. I understand that every story has a beginning, middle, and an end. However, this book seemed more like a placeholder. I enjoyed getting to know Jacob better than I did in “Twilight” and I also got a kick out the new vampires introduced in “New Moon.” Compared to the other three in the series, it didn’t have enough substance though. Meyer could have easily split it in half and included the first part at the end of “Twilight” and the second part in the beginning of “Eclipse.”

Overall, I enjoyed the book and it set me up perfectly to start reading “Eclipse.” Meyer sends her readers into a direction that unequivocally creates the path she intends them to go down in order to understand the last two books of the series. And I guess this generation did need a hot vampire; after all, I had Lestat (Interview with a Vampire, by Anne Rice).

This article is from www.advocate-online.net

Twilight Saga: New Moon better than Twilight

Sexier, darker and funnier, "New Moon" rises well above the anemic 2008 film version of Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight."

New director Chris Weitz ("The Golden Compass") injects more humor and visual style than Catherine Hardwicke did in the original, but "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sags and lags like the first one as it senselessly runs on for more than two hours.

The film especially stumbles when the friendship between that vampire-lovin' Bella (a strong Kristen Stewart) and wolf-boy Jacob (Taylor Lautner) starts to heat up.

With sullen Edward (Robert Pattinson) literally out of most of the picture -- in an attempt to avoid his Bella bloodlust -- the romantic burden falls on the insanely broad shoulders of Lautner to perform pretty boy duties.

Lautner looks spectacular shirtless, and will undoubtedly make many tween hearts flutter. But he might have considered spending more time beefing up that acting muscle rather than perfecting his impeccable six-pack abs.

He and Stewart do have a nice chemistry at the start, but when Jacob reveals he's actually a wolf in tight clothing the script requires the actor to show some range of emotion, and it's no longer pretty to behold. Lautner doesn't have the acting chops of Pattinson.

Weitz and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg ("Twilight" and TV's "Dexter") do their darndest to spruce up the material with clever references to "Romeo and Juliet" and "Little Red Riding Hood."

They even poke fun at the "Twilight" story. WhenJacob exp lains to Bella why he's hanging with his buff wolf buddies, who frolic shirtless together, he emotes: "It's not a lifestyle choice." Cute.

When Bella hops on a plane to chase after Edward in Italy, she's on Virgin Atlantic. Nice.

These touches, along with key supporting performances from Michael Sheen ("Frost/Nixon) as head of a vampire mob and scene-stealer Anna Kendrick as Bella's verbose friend, make "New Moon" shine bright.

"The Twilight Saga: New Moon"

Starring: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen

Director: Chris Weitz

Rating: PG-13

Running Time: 2 hours, 10 minutes

Where: Opens midnight today at area theaters

**1/2

This article is from www.mercurynews.com

Twilight Saga: More details on New Moon

NOW that television is screening Alan Ball's True Blood, the vampires in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga seem more anaemic than ever.

True Blood's vampires have sex. Twilight's brood about not having it - which for their fans, of course, is an integral part of their appeal.

Meyer's hero, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), is a gentleman vampire. Having been brought up on animal blood, he's sworn off the human kind. He and his mortal girlfriend, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), dare to kiss but whenever they do, Edward quivers delicately, preserving the possibility that smooch could suddenly deepen into love bite.

New Moon, the second film in the series, finds Edward and Bella settling into life as high school sweethearts in Forks, Washington, although she's already worrying about future complications. She wakes on her 18th birthday from a dream in which she's turned into her own grandmother, while 108-year-old Edward has remained his perennially youthful undead self. This scenario has become common lately. We've seen variations on the theme of time playing tricks and ageing men and women at differing rates in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Time Traveller's Wife and Dorian Gray. Welcome to the Botox generation's defining nightmare.

In Bella's case, this fear has strengthened her curiosity about what it would be like to join Edward's team and become a vampire. He doesn't think it's a good idea. Noble as ever, he wants only to protect her and we're not far into the story before he and the rest of his family decide that they must leave Forks. For him and Bella, it's the end, he tells her. She will not be going with them. Instead, she will stay behind to subside into a chronic sulk. Admittedly, this means no more than a slight adjustment to Stewart's performance, which is already arranged around her pronounced gift for slouching and mumbling, but the prospect of watching her carry a large chunk of the film without her co-star is far from enticing.

There is help at hand, however, in the shape-shifting form of Bella's friend Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), a son of the local Native American tribe, the Quileute. He has long fancied her and, with Edward out of the way, he sets out to show her what a nice guy he is. And for a while all goes well. Stewart produces a few flickering smiles of appreciation as well as squeezing out one or two sentences of at least six words. Things are looking good - up to the moment when she discovers she's been dating a werewolf.

The film is a lot more ponderous than the first one, which was directed by Catherine Hardwicke ( Lords of Dogtown). Given the extreme lassitude of her two leads, Hardwicke did have some trouble with the story's potential for co-ordinating a little black comedy with its purple passion but her successor, Chris Weitz ( The Golden Compass), hasn't a clue. For long stretches, it seems as if Edward's sister, Alice (Ashley Greene), is the only member of the cast who has been licensed to laugh. And while the high camp elements haven't been eliminated, it's impossible to tell if Weitz can see them.

Jacob and his fellow wolf men, for instance, are pretty funny, with their buffed bodies and fondness for wandering bare-chested through the forest while lustily picking fights with one another, but I suspect that we're meant to take them seriously. The only certainty is that they make a change from Edward, who can't venture into the sunlight for fear of being coated with fairy dust and made to melt away.

The werewolves occasion a few computer-generated brawls as they go hunting a team of bad vampires but it's not until the denouement that we see any real action. This takes place during a brisk trip to Tuscany, where Bella and Alice head off in pursuit of Edward, who has gone to consult the Volturi, an ancient family of vampire aristocrats. Their leader is played by Michael Sheen, who's done a lot of shape-shifting of his own recently, having been cast as Tony Blair in The Queen and David Frost in Frost/Nixon. This time, he's in 18th-century court dress with white facepaint and red contact lenses. He looks like a hung-over pixie who's spent too long at the bottom of the garden.

There is one thing to be said about the way Weitz handles time travel. He can make two hours and 10 minutes seem like a thousand years.

This article is from www.smh.com.au

Twilight Saga: What's New Moon About?

Starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Michael Sheen and Dakota Fanning. Directed by Chris Weitz. 130 minutes. At major theatres on Friday. PG

It's fangs for the memories in The Twilight Saga: New Moon, as the love between human teen Bella and her vampire beau Edward becomes even more of the mind than the body.

There's no sophomore slump here, quelling fan fears that a controversial switch of directors from Catherine Hardwicke to Chris Weitz might bite into the emotional continuity of this unorthodox romance.

The stakes are higher and the intensity deeper this time, despite a plot that approaches the ripest of melodrama – and which occasionally provokes unintended laughter, as does the terribly twee soundtrack.

Strong acting across the board and a convincing bond between the two main lovebirds override any objections to the script.

Picking up where franchise starter Twilight ended, and sure to earn as least as much box office gold when screenings begin at selected theatres Thursday (the full rollout is Friday), New Moon's main drama begins at the 18th birthday party for Bella (Kristen Stewart).

A seemingly innocuous accident provokes an unforeseen and potentially fatal response, prompting Edward (Robert Pattinson) to move his vampire kin out of the soggy town of Forks, Wash.

As in movie romances of old, serious gentleman Edward has the best of intentions, nobly choosing to separate from his undead heart's desire rather than facing the grim possibility of her destruction by forces beyond his control.

Just when it seemed that he and Bella might be able to cross the divide between the shadowy vampire realm and the fragile human domain, Edward is forced to confront the limitations not only of their risky love, but of his own weaknesses.

As he grows increasingly confused and depressed, Edward decamps from the northwestern U.S. for Europe, seeking a violent destiny of his own choosing.

The split is the catalyst both for heartbreak and the deepening of desire. An emotionally crushed Bella discovers she is able to connect with Edward on an astral plane whenever her heart rate is peaked by perilous pastimes, but another distraction weakens her focus and her resolve.

Her native American friend Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), briefly seen in Twilight, becomes entangled in both a love triangle and an progressively more volatile supernatural world, in which werewolves rise to do battle with the vampires.

Lautner obviously prepared for his beefed-up role, since he now sports pecs that the Wolfman himself would envy.

New Moon is not all love and hisses. Although tangled romance is more the emphasis this time out – Romeo and Juliet allusions are driven home like a stake through the heart – there are action set pieces designed to thrill genre movie lovers.

They'll likely scare the daylights out of everyone else. The CGI creatures aren't always first-rate, but they get the job done.

Edward's trip to Europe brings him to a postcard-perfect Italy and into the dangerous company of an ancient coven of vampires called the Volturi, led by a suavely evil royal bloodsucker named Aro (Michael Sheen). When Aro discovers what Edward has been up to with the humans, he is not amused.

But the scariest figure may be, no joke, young Dakota Fanning, who is no longer a kid. She's Jane, a ruby-eyed Volturi guard who uses illusions of pain as an instrument of torture.

With the exception of a new fight scene created for the movie, Weitz (The Golden Compass) and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg remain for the most part very faithful to the story by Twilight creator Stephenie Meyer, whose best-selling novels started this latest vampire craze.

They well serve an evolving and involving love saga that gives us a lot more to chew on than the typical teen romance.

This article is from www.thestar.com

Twilight Saga : New Moon Review

Here's the New Moon review coming from Tim Robey of telegraph.co.uk.

On one level, the appeal of the Twilight franchise is obvious: heartache sells, sexy vampires are on trend, and there’s something about the unattainability of Robert Pattinson’s Edward Cullen (and by extension, R.Pattz himself) which gives his fans the sense of ownership they demand.

For the non-Robsessed, connecting with the mythology of Stephenie Meyer’s series is a different matter -- it’s a pick ‘n’ mix of watered-down fantasy concepts in chalk-white emo styling. The middle hour (of what feels like three) will induce not just heavy R.Pattz withdrawal in the key audience -- Edward dumps Bella (Kristen Stewart) and disappears for her own safety -- but catalepsy in anyone wanting stuff to, you know, happen. She falls in with newly-buff Quileute neighbour Jacob (Taylor Lautner) and they fix up motorbikes, until he finally comes out as a werewolf.

Under Chris Weitz’s direction, the actors have gained some confidence, and this chaste love triangle among creatures of the night has all the requisite looks of tortured longing. What it misses is any animating pulse: we just wait and wait for the bleeding obvious. The movie is best enjoyed for its dowdy sops to teen culture -- vampires with email addresses, lycanthropes with six-packs -- but for anyone on the outside looking in, the insulation of the characters from real danger makes it a bit of a drag.

Interview with The Twilight Saga : New Moon Star Robert Pattinson

Seemingly overnight, Robert Pattinson went from playing Voldemort's roadkill in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire to being the immortal half of one of the hottest screen couples of all time. He spoke with TIME about how he landed the role of Twilight's Byronic vampire Edward Cullen, what it's like to be a generational crush and how to walk unmolested along the streets of Vancouver.

TIME: You took on an edgy vampire movie and it's become this. Did you know what you were signing up for?

Robert Pattinson: I had no idea it was going to be like this. I really had no idea until... I guess I still don't. The time that it hit me really was when we were shooting in Italy and the emotional reaction — it wasn't just screaming. It was like people were so intently listening and watching. After every take there was polite applause. And it wasn't hysteria. It was literally devotion to the characters. It was amazing. I haven't felt that in any other situation.

Casting Edward was crucial to the franchise. What did Catherine Hardwicke see in you?

I don't know. I was a little intimidated by Kristen in my audition. So I played it like a guy who is beating himself up a lot about everything. I don't think anyone else did it like that. I think they concentrated on the confidence aspect. If you read the book, you know he's the perfect man, ideal man. If you're a guy you have certain ideals about what you think is attractive. And that's why I didn't go into it for ages, because I thought I'd end up being silly in the audition. I'd be posing. I guess I tried to ignore every aspect of the confident hero of the story. And I played the extreme opposite. It didn't end up being that in the film.

If they'd cast the other guy for Edward, would the franchise have been as successful as it is today?

I honestly don't know. No matter how famous I get as an individual, it's always evened — or even surpassed — by the fame of Edward Cullen. That's got to mean something. I don't mind that. That's just the way it is.

Why are America and the world so mental about it?

I was just in Japan, but when I first went there in February, the people who went to the fan events there were mainly people who went to American schools. This time it was entirely Japanese the audience. No one could really speak English, but they reacted in the same way as they have around the world. Even the distributor was saying, Japanese audiences don't react like this. And they were stunned by the whole thing.

There must be this weird, primal thing in people that they react to. There are so many love stories that come out. So many vampire stories that come out. Even the load of vampire stories coming out now have the exact same story line. This doesn't have the same reaction. I think it's all about being part of a club. People used to say it was a guilty pleasure. But I don't even think it is that anymore. I think people genuinely appreciate that they are part of something.

How can it continue at this level?

I have no idea. It kind of feeds on itself by the looks of things. It seems to have got from the beginning of this year to now. I was just talking to the head of the studio who said they are only 25 percent through the campaign for New Moon. And the tracking on the movie is ridiculous. Even random celebrities are asked, What do you think of Twilight? It's insane. I remember saying at Comic-con last year that I didn't know where it could go from there. I didn't know how much bigger it could get. I guess this time they are getting guys to watch it. Guys were the only other place left to go

Yes, man is the Twilight growth market. They shoot the movies very quickly for a lot of reasons — momentum for one, but also because vampires don't age. Does that throw pressure on you to, well, look exactly the same?

I don't really think about that. I think I definitely look older in this one. But then I look younger in the third one, which is just weird.

A whole generation will remember you as Edward. You're a generational crush. Is that hard to live up to or difficult to accept?

There's no living up to it. I think the major fear is just fighting too hard against it. Most people who have a downfall from a like situation is when they do try to fight, and fight and fight: I'm not this teeny bopper person, blah, blah, blah. Even if a lot of people see me and the franchise as like that, I never have, at any point. But I don't feel the need to fight against it. I've never tried to pander to any kind of audience. I've tried to make the films as intelligent and uncheesy as you could. And I've tried to make them the best they can be. I've never thought about it any other way. So I hope that pays off.

A lot of celebs use disguises to escape their bubble. What's been your worst?

In Vancouver, shooting New Moon, I tried something. They have this thought that no one there wears hoods except for problem people. It's the only city in the world where hoods are not fashionable. It's like if you're wearing a hood you're going to mug people. So it's a boring disguise, but it worked when I wore a hood. And then I'd sort of spit on the ground a little bit and do a little bit of shaking around as you're walking. Everyone moved around to the other side of the street.

Can you go out of the bubble?

You can go out. The only difficulty is when there are people waiting outside the exits where you are going. You will get followed. It's the following that's the worst part. If it's just getting a photo taken outside the exit, that would be OK. But it's the following that takes away your freedom.

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New Moon Cast in LA Red Carpet

The Twilight stars came out to play at the world premiere of The Twilight Saga: New Moon on Tuesday.

Fans lined the red carpet for hours before the event, with some even travelling from Australia to be in LA. There were the standard "we love you..." style signs and some strange effigies of Robert Pattinson spotted.

Pattinson, when he did arrive, looked debonair and relaxed in black tie, while Taylor Lautner opted for a blue suit with slim tie - very Mad Men.

Kristen Stewart went for her trademark dark eyes with a pale, strapless floor length gown, with a tulle skirt shot through with black thread. She looked decidedly more vampiric than her very human character Bella.

While Stewart was snapped with her wolf co-star Lautner, Pattinson, who she is reportedly dating, kept his distance.

Ashley Greene, who plays vampire Alice Cullen, looked stunning in red, with her long, dark locks loose around her shoulders.

Of the other ladies on the red carpet, Dakota Fanning wore her hair loose and looked cute in a short, black strapless dress. Former Lost actress Emilie De Ravin (who starred in Remember Me with Pattinson - due out next year) wore a decidely drab off the shoulder, short, grey dress with shoes that were entirely too heavy for the floaty material of her dress.

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Twilight Saga : Eclipse An MTV Interview with Twilight Cast

MTV Interviews Jamie Campbell Bower which answers questions on Rob, Kellan tries to add scenes to New Moon and Billy Burke tells us what is on his iPod. See more below:



Q: What is Rob Pattinson like behind the scenes?

Campbell Bower: Well, he’s into his music. He loves all kinds of music. I don’t know if there’s a tidbit I could give, a snippet of his life that I could give. He’s just a normal guy. I feel for him already, because people just want to know everything about him and feel like they own [people who are that famous]. It’s tough, man. It’s tough for them.

MTV: But Rob’s experience could be a preview of what’s to come for you after “New Moon.” Does that kind of fame concern you?

Campbell Bower: I don’t know. Probably not, just because of the character. I think people won’t be as in love with the character Caius as they would be in love with Edward. [Laughs.]

Kellan Lutz

Q: We know there will be more Edward in the “New Moon” movie than there was in the book, but did you and the other Cullens ever try to lobby for more screen time as well?

Lutz: I think I really tried to. I tried to throw in my two cents, to see if Emmett and Rosalie could have a honeymoon again in Italy so we could be around and be part of the whole situation of Edward, Alice and Bella. [But the script] has to really follow the book, because the fans are so die-hard about what happened in the book. I mean, I had a line that was in the [”Twilight”] trailers that wasn’t in the book, and I heard some of the fans saying, “That’s not in the book!” Like, “What the heck is up with that?” So, in “New Moon,” the script is very similar to the book and the Cullens are in where they would be in, and they aren’t put in anywhere else.

MTV: It would be kind of cheesy if Edward and Bella just happened to bump into the Cullens in Italy.

Lutz: [Laughs.] Well, I thought it would be a fun idea. Because my character, as well as Nikki Reed’s Rosalie, we go away to college. We’re a year older, along with Jasper and Alice, so I think it could be a cool thing to maybe show a clip of them somewhere — a fun honeymoon, away from the rest of the family. But, no.

Billy Burke

Q: What music is on your iPod playlist?

Burke: I have a huge, hugely eclectic collection. There’s a lot of the stuff that’s swimming out there right now. I’m a big Kings of Leon fan, then I like some of the older [stuff]. I like old Billy Joel, old Elton John. I’m a huge Tom Waits fan. I have his entire collection. And a lot of Peter Murphy’s stuff with Bauhaus. Then the other side of that, I like country music as well. I’ve got a lot of country music on there. So, it runs the gamut.

MTV: We all remember those shots a few months ago of the “Eclipse” cast at the Kings of Leon concert. Were you there?

Burke: I was not there. I was gone. I come to the set for a week, two weeks at a time, and then I’m away. And I happened to be away at that time during that week, which was kind of a pisser.

MTV: That must have sucked, to see the photos online of your friends at a concert by one of your favorite bands.

Burke: Yeah, and they probably got carte blanche to do anything they wanted, like hang out, go backstage, whatever. But you know what? That’s OK, because I probably would have felt like the old guy hanging out with them anyways.

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Are you for the vampire Edward Cullen or the werewolf Jacob Black

By GERALDINE JEREMIAH

WHEN it comes to The Twilight Saga phenomenon, fans of the teen vampire romance movie franchise are unanimous in their love of it.

However, there is one thing Twilight fans are divided over, and that is, which of the movie’s two leading men – the vampire Edward Cullen (played by Robert Pattinson) or the werewolf Jacob Black (played by Taylor Lautner) – to support.

This has caused a massive split among Twihards (a term coined to categorise diehard Twilight fans) who either come under Team Edward or Team Jacob.

The folk at Galaxie too faced the dilemma of choosing which New Moon heartthrob to grace the Nov 16 issue’s cover.

Hence, to please both parties, Galaxie has released a first-of-its-kind double-cover issue; one cover in support of fang-tastic Edward and another for he-wolf Jacob.

What this means is there are two versions of the Nov 16 issue of Galaxie at the newsstands. Twihards can either choose to go with the Edward or Jacob cover, while fence sitters can opt to collect both.

With The Twilight Saga: New Moon set for release this month, the Team Edward vs Team Jacob debate is expected to record a new benchmark of impassioned support.

Besides the special cover, Twihards can also get excited over the load of New Moon pictures (including drool-worthy screen captures of Jacob’s shirtless torso) packed into the cover story, which list eight top reasons to watch the movie.

New Moon galore continues in the contest section, where fans can stand to win New Moon merchandise from exclusive T-shirts, mugs, keychains to the movie’s soundtrack.

There are also loads of other contests from winning autographed CDs from Boys Like Girls to cool Ninja Assassin goodies like baseball caps and wallets.

Galaxie is also packed full of its all-time favourite entertainment elements – gossip, news and exclusive interviews. So get your copy of Galaxie today. Galaxie is published twice a month by The Star Publications (M) Bhd.

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Twilight Saga News : Tim Burton To Direct Breaking Dawn

Jimmy Campbell Bower wants Tim Burton to direct the fourth installment of Twilight Saga : Breaking Dawn. This news article comes from MTV.com

Tim Burton digs supernatural stories: the goth-comic ghost tale of "Beetlejuice," the headless killer from the great beyond in "Sleepy Hollow," the undead love story of "Corpse Bride." In a way, Burton knows vampires too, resurrecting Bela Lugosi — the definitive cinematic Count Dracula — in the Oscar-winning biopic "Ed Wood."

All of this has made "New Moon" vampire Jamie Campbell Bower think that Burton should direct "Breaking Dawn," the expected film adaptation of the final book in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series.

"It'd be cool if Burton came and did 'Breaking Dawn,' " Campbell Bower told MTV News of his "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" director. "I think he'd just change it up. I think he'd screw around with it quite a lot, and aesthetically, I think it'd be incredibly different. I don't know if the fans would like it, but I'd sure like it."

Unlike other blockbuster franchises, all three "Twilight" films have been helmed by different directors. Catherine Hardwicke oversaw the first one, Chris Weitz took over for "New Moon" and — following rumors about Drew Barrymore and Juan Antonio Bayona — David Slade was selected for "Eclipse," which wrapped late last month. Though "Breaking Dawn" has not officially been announced, it's all but certain to move toward production.

"Nothing is confirmed as of yet," said Bower, who plays hot-tempered Volturi vampire Caius. "They've got some things to figure out."

While Bower threw his support behind Burton, another name that has cropped up in discussions about the fourth book — which, it has been rumored, might be split into two movies — is Weitz.

"No official offer has been made," the director said in October about directing "Breaking Dawn." "The fans have been enthusiastic about the ['New Moon'] footage and the trailer, and the studio responds to that by feeling good about me. We'll have to see how people feel about the entire movie, not only the studio but the fans, before the verdict is out whether I direct # 4."

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Twilight Saga : Eclipse New Movie Poster

Fans don't have to wait any longer to see the first promotional poster for "The Twilight Saga's Eclipse", in which Taylor Lautner has been slated to reprise his werewolf role, Jacob Black. On Wednesday, November 4, Dread Central has unraveled the first teaser poster for the movie.

The site claimed the teaser poster has been debuted at American Film Market conference in Los Angeles recently. Along with the picture, the site also offers fans glimpses at the promotional posters for 2011 movie "Conan", Russell Mulcahy-helmed flick "Bait", and two independent movies, "Outpost II" as well as "Phobia 2".

About "The Twilight Saga's Eclipse", the third installment of "Twilight" film franchise will center on Kristen Stewart's Bella Swan who once again finds herself surrounded by danger. Seattle, in the meantime, is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge.

In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Robert Pattinson's Edward Cullen and her friendship with Taylor Lautner's Jacob Black. She knows that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. Summit Entertainment plans to drop the flick in U.S. theaters on June 30, 2010.

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Twilight Saga: Stephenie Meyer's thoughts on Robert Pattinson

Just as he has with so many other women, Robert Pattinson has become a full-fleged citizen of Stephenie Meyer's fantasy world.

The usually press-shy author who gave life to Bella, Edward, Jacob and a billion-dollar media phenomenon told Oprah Winfrey today that R.Pattz and his unique and "significantly featured" face brought her visions of Edward to life.

"I knew that the problem was going to be Edward, because he's the perfect vampire," Meyer said in what will be her only formal interview before New Moon hits theaters Nov. 20. "How do you cast that from your pool of human actors?"

But Pattinson "doesn't look like everybody else," she said. "There's something unusual. There are moments where he looks exactly like he did in my head."
As for the role of Bella, "there's plenty of people who look like the girl next door. We were really lucky with Kristen Stewart, who is a phenomenal actress."

And the rest is history.

History wrought by a dream that Meyer, a first-time author who had never tried to publish anything, just happened to have.

"It was two people in kind of a little circular meadow with really bright sunlight, and one of them was a beautiful, sparkly boy and one was just a girl who was human and normal, and they were having this conversation," the 35-year-old former stay-at-home mom recalled, describing what eventually became Chapter 13 of Twilight.

"The boy was a vampire, which is so bizarre that I'd be dreaming about vampires, and he was trying to explain to her how much he cared about her and yet at the same time how much he wanted to kill her."
Sounds hot already.

"I got up and got the kids ready for the day, and then I sat down at the computer to write some notes, because I didn't want to forget it," she continued, describing the though process that led to the creation of the Twilight novels. "It was a passion and a frenzy when I started writing. I'd been bottling up who I was so long I needed an expression."

"It was just me spending time in this fantasy world, and when it was finished, it was like, this is long enough to be a book, even. I studied literature and I loved to read, but writing to me seemed—well first of all, everybody knows you can't make a living at writing."

And yet here she is on Oprah, being introduced by the richest woman on TV as a "bazillionaire."

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Twilight Saga : Eclipse Cast Rumors Kristen Stewart is a Lesbian?!

Here's a rumor from hollywoodinsider.ew.com about Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattison.

Kristen Stewart, the 19-year-old star of the Twilight franchise, knows that she can come across as sullen and self-conscious in the public eye. But during an exclusive EW roundtable in Vancouver, Canada, where the cast was prepping for their last week of the Eclipse shoot and then the immediate onslaught of publicity for the November 20th release of New Moon, Stewart was funny, quick and outspoken in a wide-ranging conversation with co-stars Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson.

Asked about the endless rumors of her supposed off-screen romance with Pattinson, for instance, Stewart got nicely fired up. “I probably would’ve answered it if people hadn’t made such a big deal about it,” she said. “But I’m not going to give the fiending an answer. I know that people are really funny about ‘Well, you chose to be an actor, why don’t you just f*cking give your whole life away?! Can I have your firstborn child?’”

Pattinson himself, who clearly loathes confrontation, tried to softly interject with philosophical statements about the need for an actor to hold onto his individuality. But Stewart cut him off. “I’ve thought about this a lot,” she said. “There’s no answer that’s not going to tip you one way or the other. Think about every hypothetical situation: ‘Okay, we are. We aren’t. I’m a lesbian.’ I’m just trying to keep something,” she said. “If people started asking me if I was dating Taylor, I’d be like ‘F*ck off!’ I would answer the exact same way.” Without missing a beat, Pattinson looked at Lautner, promising “Me too.”


What do you think? Is this rumor true?

Twilight Saga : Eclipse News Peter Murphy Films His Cameo Appearance

When "30 Days of Night" filmmaker David Slade took the reins of the "Twilight" sequel "Eclipse," his appointment seemed to raise more questions than answers. Would the über-violent filmmaker create the bloodiest film of the franchise? Would he attempt to broaden its appeal beyond women and teenage girls? How much of the creative voice would he wrestle away from Stephenie Meyer and make his own?

Now, many of those details are coming into view via a top-secret cameo Slade has filmed ... with a 1980s new-wave rock icon.

"[When I was young], I was a huge fan of a guy who does a cameo in 'Eclipse,' a guy named Peter Murphy," revealed Billy Burke, the veteran actor who plays Bella's father, Charlie Swan, when he stopped by the MTV studios this week. "He used to be the singer of Bauhaus."

Bauhaus pioneered the "goth rock" music genre from 1978-1983, and although they were never hugely successful commercially, the band made a mark with such memorable songs as "Bela Lugosi's Dead," which the band is seen performing in the opening scenes of the 1983 vampire flick "The Hunger" (starring David Bowie and Catherine Deneueve), a longtime goth touchstone. In the years that followed, Murphy launched a solo career that featured early MTV hit videos like "Cuts You Up" and "All Night Long."

"He came in for a cameo, and I was wildly excited about that," marveled Burke, who has his own musical career on the side from his acting. "I saw his name on the call sheet, and I had to give him a call and ask him to have some dinner with me, because I was a huge fan when I was growing up."

The so-called Godfather of Goth, who used to rise from coffins onstage and drive a hearse, is appropriately enough portraying a vampire. "He plays a vampire in a flashback sequence," explained Burke. "I didn't get to see any of it, but all reports from the director David Slade, and everyone around say he just kicked ass. I'm real excited to see it."

Rather than a Volturi or a Cullen, however, he's playing a predecessor of the warring vampire factions. "[His role] started out as an old Spanish, sort of unrelated vampire, in a flashback sequence," he explained, saying the flashback involves Gil Birmingham's wheelchair-bound Quileute elder. "Billy Black's talking and telling the story of the werewolves, how they evolved, and how they met the vampires and stuff. [Murphy's cameo is] in a sequence that involves that."

Although odds are that most "Twilight" fans aren't rocking out to Bauhaus on a regular basis, the cameo is important because it seems to shed a bit of light on Slade's vision for the third "Twilight" film. Hiring a goth pioneer from the '80s could indicate his eagerness to embrace an older audience and a darker, more violent, possibly more male-friendly tone. It also shows that Slade, who rose to prominence with the twisted indie film "Hard Candy," isn't afraid to veer off Stephenie Meyer's written pages from time to time.

"I wasn't there during the filming of his scenes," Burke sighed, adding that 19-year-old star and punk-loving actress Kristen Stewart also "did appreciate" Murphy being on set. "I was gone that particular day. But we did end up going and hanging out, and had some dinner and drinks; he was so open to talk about everything — the glory days of Bauhaus and his present career. He was just an awesome guy."

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

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Twilight Saga: "I've seen him (Robert Pattinson) grow a lot, and I've seen him get more comfortable with his position [as a celebrity]," says KristenStewart

BEVERLY HILLS, California — Judging by the photos that leaked Tuesday night, a lot of people enjoy dreaming that Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart's onscreen romance also extends offscreen. But no matter what the truth is, this much is fact: Rob and Kristen are happy to have the other at their side as they ride the "Twilight Saga" wave.

"He's thoughtful," Stewart explained recently when we asked the actress to name the quality in RPattz that means the most to her. "I don't want to be specific. It's funny to talk about your friends in [these terms], because this is now going to be the one thing that's my favorite thing about Rob. It's going to be the thing."


Way back in March 2008, when MTV visited the "Twilight" set, two things were obvious: Kristen and Rob were going to set the big screen on fire, and the duo were growing close. Onscreen, Edward and Bella are romantic, honest and protective of one another; offscreen, Rob and Kristen have a funny, self-deprecating dynamic that has helped them grapple with all the insanity of the saga's explosion.

"It's strange, because she's changed over the movies I've done with her," Rob said of his leading lady. "I think from the first one, I was so quiet [and] very determined to do something on the first movie. I wanted to look very serious, and it made her, I guess, a little bit more reticent about how to deal with me."

These days, the duo fly around the world attending premieres and events, and all those hours together have undoubtedly made life easier than it would be if only one was experiencing all this fame alone. "He's real," Stewart said of Pattinson, arguing that he hadn't changed — and that's a good thing. "He's a real guy."

"As we've been doing stuff together," Pattinson said of his favorite quality in Stewart, "I guess what I admire is that she's more stubborn than me in a lot of ways. I mean, she really stands up for what she thinks is right and is generally on the same page with what I think is right."

"[Rob] has gotten more confident as he's gotten older," Stewart said, explaining that although he's still the same guy on the inside, he's no longer the shy, giggling actor we first interviewed in Portland nearly two years ago. "Just as all of us have gotten to know ourselves a bit more, because we're constantly put in a position of self-reflection. If you're constantly asked about yourself all day long, it really makes you actually consider what you're saying, and you're in a position where people are listening.

"I've seen him grow a lot, and I've seen him get more comfortable with his position [as a celebrity]," Stewart added of Pattinson. "But I also don't see any change in who he is."

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Interview with Kirsten Prout

Nineteen-year-old Canadian-born actress, Kirsten Prout, can next be seen in the third installment of the highly popular vampire franchise The Twilight Saga in Twilight: Eclipse (June 30, 2010).  In the movie Kirsten will play the small supporting but pivotal role of “Vampire Lucy.”  In the film, her character is seen in flashbacks and gives insight into the back story of “Jasper” (Jackson Rathbone) and how he was created.  The film is directed by David Slade (30 Days of Night) and stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner and is currently in production in Vancouver.  Kirsten's previously been known for her work on both the film Elektra, as Abby Miller, and TV show, Kyle XY, as Amanda Bloom.  I had the chance to interview her about her role in Eclipse and the entire Twilight experience, including being recognized by a fan for something she hadn't even done yet.

David Oliver: Congratulations on landing the role of Lucy in the upcoming Twilight: Eclipse.  Can you tell us about her?
Kirsten Prout: To get Lucy was an absolute shock.  It was so exciting because the entire Twilight culture is so interesting because we have so many fans.  So getting the part was a real honor for me.  [Lucy’s] a vampire, she’s with Maria when Jasper becomes a vampire.  The part of the movie it occurs in is when Jasper was still a soldier.  Essentially he sees these three women walking.  And it’s Catalina and I…and we’re walking through the desert and we look vulnerable because back in the day, women were always chaperoned.  And Jasper, being the gentleman that he is, comes up and yeah, he gets a surprise.  And that’s all I can really tell you.  But yeah, it’s a fun part, very predatory…it was great playing a vampire because I love shows like True Blood and…back in the day, Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

David Oliver: Were you a fan of the books before you got the part?
Kirsten Prout: Yeah, I read them all.  My sister, who’s not a big reader, was sitting on the couch one day and could not put this book down.  And I was like, “What are you reading?”  And she said Twilight.  And I said, “Really?”  And I was fascinated by the fact that she was into this book when she’s never usually into books.  I borrowed that copy from her and I read it in a day.  I actually read every single book in a day.

David Oliver: Does your character transition into the next book (Breaking Dawn)?
Kirsten Prout: No, I don’t think so.  Lucy…she has…

David Oliver: She has an untimely occurrence.
Kirsten Prout: Yeah.  She’s a bad guy and bad guys have to meet their maker at some point.

David Oliver: I’m sure you’ve got a fan base already with your work on Kyle XY.  Do you think you prepared for the potential fan onslaught of becoming part of the Twilight saga?
Kirsten Prout: Oh my gosh, I’ve already kind of, it’s strange because I’m not used to being recognized from anything except Elektra and Kyle XY, right?  And I was at the Gap, I was just at the till and I actually had a woman recognize me as Lucy.  Even though the film hasn’t come out yet.  That’s how extensive the fans are, the network for fans.  She looked at me and said, “You’re Lucy.” And I thought she was mistaking me for one of her friends.

David Oliver: That’s a little freaky to get recognized for something that you haven’t even done yet.
Kirsten Prout: Exactly.  It’s very strange.

David Oliver: Was she like, “Oh, you should come meet my friends; we’ll go out drinking…you should meet my vampire coven!  It’ll be great!”
Kirsten Prout: Yeah, well, she wasn’t wearing fangs or anything.

David Oliver: Do you get caught up in any of the other young adult franchises like 90210 or Vampire Diaries, etc.?
Kirsten Prout: No, I don’t watch either show.  The shows I usually watch are Dexter, True Blood…I watch Bones.  I don’t watch 90210, Melrose Place.  I’m an absolute freak over True Blood, actually.  Before I got this part, I was like, “I want to play a vampire” when the show first came on because it’s sooo well-written.  And one of my girlfriends and I would have a True Blood night.   You know, we’d sit on the couch, order some sushi or something.  It was like a tradition with us.  I’m a big fan of True Blood for sure.

David Oliver: You were part of the cast of Kyle XY, which recently wrapped production this year after a three-year run.  Were you good with how the show ended or did you feel there were still stories to tell?
Kirsten Prout: Oh man, in my opinion, the show ended like, it was like reading a book and tearing out the last few pages.  Unfortunately, the show ended on a cliffhanger…sometimes that’s just the way TV works.  You don’t realize you’re giving it a cliffhanger for next season and then when the show ends, you’re left with a cliffhanger.  I loved doing the show and I loved the run of the show and I put so much into it.  And it’s sad that you won’t get that resolution.  But I think we gave it a really good run and it was a great show to work on.

David Oliver: You had some television work prior to getting Elektra when you were 13.  Do you see that film as the big jumping off point for your career?
Kirsten Prout: Yeah, I’d say that it would be…it was my first brush with having to grow up in the film industry.  I started when I was ten years old…and I did it for fun initially.  My mom and dad didn’t even want me to go into the industry.  But I’ve always had this fascination with storytelling.  Finally my mom kind of acquiesced…she gave in.  So when I’m 10 years old, I started booking jobs.  And it was something that I worked on and had so much fun doing, and I never really grasped the enormity of when you get a movie like Elektra.  And I remember I had the same attitude when I went in for Eclipse as I had for Kyle XY: “Maybe they’ll see my tape, they’ll see my work, and I can make an impression for the future.”  And I went into that audition for and I had three subsequent callbacks and I was just sort of blown away when I got it because it was a nationwide search.  And the same with [Eclipse], I just feel so honored to be chosen.  I think Elektra was my first introduction to red carpets, and interviews, and the whole culture of the film industry.

David Oliver: Did you do Comic Con for it? Or have you ever done any kind of convention?
Kirsten Prout: Yeah, for Kyle, definitely for Kyle.  We had a junket kind of thing.  I would love to go to a Comic Con, but it always works out that I’m working the weekend of, or I have something else going on.  But in the future I do hope to make it to some kind of convention.  I love them.

David Oliver: Eclipse is shooting in your home town of Vancouver isn’t it?  
Kirsten Prout: Yeah.  It was really convenient to get the job.  My first day of shooting was the first day of production.  So it was pretty cool, not having to get on a plane and just getting in the car…which, by the way, it’s so impossible to find that set because of the security.  And I’ve been on a lot of film sets, but I’ve never been on one that’s so closed.  I mean, it’s crazy, you drive up and there’s no signage to it, because otherwise, paparazzi would get in.  There’s like this entire semicircle of…black fabric surrounding all of the set.  The paparazzi can’t get in.  It’s like a frickin’ fort; and there are two police officers in the front.  You walk in and you have to wear a bathrobe over your wardrobe.  The security when it comes to paparazzi is really, really intense.

David Oliver: Do you think that you’ll start to have more trouble with the paparazzi once this film comes out and you’ll get recognized even more considering it’s pretty much the hottest thing going for anyone under 20 right now?
Kirsten Prout: Well, I mean, honestly, I hope not.  That’s kind of part of the job, part of the game I guess.  In a lot of ways though, there are ways to get around the paparazzi…and sometimes, you know, celebrities are asking to be photographed.  Like, you go to a certain hotspot, you go to the Ivy for lunch, or you go to certain places, you will get photographed.  That’s where the paparazzi are.  So it’s all a matter of balancing it out.  But in Vancouver, we never used to have paparazzi. It used to be a place where celebrities went.

David Oliver: Yeah, and now everything shoots up in Vancouver.  
Kirsten Prout: Everything’s always shot up in Vancouver.  We always had lots of productions.  I filmed Elektra in Vancouver, we had the Fantastic Four filmed in Vancouver, X-Men, and you know a lot of big movies.  We never had problems with paparazzi really.

David Oliver: A lot of your contemporaries, actresses around your age or slightly older, it seems like the only way they can keep their fame going is to end up on TMZ every week or have a wardrobe malfunction or just get out of rehab.  I did some looking around and didn’t find anything too scandalous about you.  So I’m wondering how it is that you stay out of those negative aspects of the career?
Kirsten Prout: Well…I was raised in a family totally removed from the film industry.  And the reason I’m in this industry is not to get attention, I do this work because I love the work and I love being a character and transforming myself.  And to me, I’m extremely disinterested to parade around getting wardrobe malfunctions because…I like to stay home, I like to cook, I like to garden and enjoy very much just getting in touch with myself.  Because I find that when you give yourself to a character on set, and you’re there all the time and you’re playing that character, sometimes you need to just come home and get in touch with yourself.  So I try to connect with the simple things in life, versus “Oh, am I going to drop 2% in popularity on IMDB?”  The reason that popularity would be important to me would be to open doors to projects and characters that I really love.

David Oliver: What’s in the future for Kristen Prout?  What would you like to say to your fans?
Kirsten Prout: Well, I always keep in very close contact with fans through KyleXY.net. and I’m always talking to them.  But I really just feel so lucky to have a wonderful group of people supporting me.  And I feel so honored to have the kind of people who e-mail me and write and send me so much love.  I’m so appreciative of that.  So a message to my fans: Thank you.  And in the future for me, I’m just going to go after roles that I love.  I love to get into dark stuff.  To explore a dark comedy….  So I mean, in the future I hope to just find those projects that make me happy as an artist.

David Oliver: You said that you were a fan of vampire projects.  Do you think that by getting Eclipse that will help you to get another vampire role if you would want one or would that be something that you’d want to stay away from?
Kirsten Prout: Vampires are fascinating and, let’s be honest, I’ve got the skin for it.  And – told this story so many times before – but the week before I got the part, I was in LA and I bought SPF 70…because I terrified that I was getting so brown. [Later,] I was sitting down for the airbrushing process on set [with the make-up artist], which usually takes a long time and the airbrushing wasn’t working and it turns out that the airbrushing was the same color as my skin.  So I think I’ve got the vampire look pretty down.

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