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Starting summer 2008 largely fueled by the Breaking Dawn release and the Twilight filming, licensed merchandise drove in record sales even in this slumping economy for Hot Topic, Borders, and others. This week the Blu-ray went into wide release including the delux collectors edition.

Given that the Twilight movie came out in November, it had to happen sometime. Sales look like they are finally falling off on the Twilight merchandising craze that started just a little more than a year ago.

According to Forbes:

“ Hot Topic has escaped much of the sales turmoil other retailers have faced amid the consumer spending drop-off. But analysts have speculated that much of the retailer’s sales outperformance is temporary due to the apparel license for the “Twilight” movie.

In a recorded sales call, the company said “Twilight” merchandise had less prominence in Hot Topic stores and thus fell “considerably” as a percentage of the total business.”

Hot Topic isn’t alone.  Warner music, who put out the soundtrack,  is also feeling the pinch.

“The world’s third largest music company posted a net loss of $68 million, or 45 cents a share in its fiscal second quarter ended March 31 compared with a year-earlier loss of $37 million, or 25 cents a share.”

Could it be that the Twilight merchandising has finally met its saturation point, or are people just taking a breather until New Moon hits?

Anyway for a bit of shameless commercialism on our part, check out the Lexicon shop (a few featured designs in this post).  It’s a little too later for Mother’s Day merchandise on time arrival, but gift certificates are always an option. If you have a Twi-Guy start thinking ahead for Father’s Day.

Dakota Fanning made Forbes’ list of the 10 most valuable young stars list in the number 3 position. She’s right behind Harry Potter’s Dan Radcliffe and Miley Cyrus.  According to Forbes:

“All actors considered here were age 19 or younger at the time the survey results were released Feb. 10. More importantly, what they all have in common is range, says producer Rick Alvarez, whose credits include the upcoming film Dance Flick. Helping them is the fact that today’s audiences are able–and want–to see young actors in different kinds of roles.”

So just how big is the gender gap in Hollywood?  Several female directors tell all to Forbes, among them is Catherine Hardwicke.   Looks like whoever said this, didn’t see a certain ballet scene!

There’s also the perception that a woman simply can’t direct a big, male-oriented film: “People have literally said to my face that I can’t do action,” says Hardwicke, who has worked as a stunt coordinator as well as directed the action-packed Lords of Dogtown and put her signature action stamp on Twilight. “That does make me mad. There’s a lot of stuff they would never say if I were a guy.”

Catherine goes on to say:

“I’ve been on a set where actors have meltdowns, there’s screaming people, the director is yelling, cussing, there’s physical abuse, emotional abuse,” says Hardwicke, who worked as the production designer on the notoriously contentious set of David O. Russell’s Three Kings. “And that is all OK. But if I turn my head to the side, privately, and one tear comes out, I get nailed for it.”

Attention Hollywood! We have money, we will spend it if you’ll only give us what we want. It’s different than what the guys want; it doesn’t make it better or worse just different. So listen up and you’ll get our dollars!

Reelz Channel asks for your opinion on who you would like to see direct New Moon.

Rueters talks about the Twilight movie opening doors for Rob as far as greater media exposure goes. It also certainly doesn’t hurt that he’s made Forbes list of breakout stars of 2008 in the number 5 position.

EURO TOUR  More from the Euro Twilight Tour. Kristen and Rob photo time, and Rob talking about an odd aspect of his life.

Kellan Lutz is looking forward to New Moon and those great one liners. What’s you favorite Emmettism?

Bob Thompson from the National Post has an awesome article with Catherine Hardwicke about the movie. She talked about the search for Bella and Edward and includes the Weather clip that debuted on the Greetings From Twilight site.

The Host takes the 4th place slot in this week’s Publisher’s Weekly Bestseller’s list. And in the Wall Street Journal’s Bestseller’s list Stephenie snags the 4th (Twilight), 5th (The Host), and 10th (Eclipse) place slots.

The Advertizer.com has an article about Twilight being one of the summer’s hot reads along with a few other books that might be something to check out while we wait for Breaking Dawn to release.

The Kansas City Star has an article about a few of the YA novels that are about to meet the big screen. From Twilight to the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, it has a fun peek of movies to look forward to in the upcoming months.