Archives for May 2008

A Salute to the Twilight Guy

May 15, 2008

We are absolutely thrilled today to be working in conjunction with numerous sites in an effort to answer this question…

Can a person of the male gender like these books and subsequently this movie and still keep his man card?

The answer? Instead of hearing it from me, I give you the men of the Twilight fandom:

Seth, Stephenie Meyer’s Webmaster and brother, explains…

When browsing blogs and exploring Twilight series fansites, it is easy for a male fan to think that he is alone in the world of Twi-hards.

But, it just isn’t true. I constantly receive emails at stepheniemeyer.com from male fans who wonder why the fandom is so highly dominated by females. I think that the reason is the powerful love story which is part of almost every page of the books. While there is no reason why a guy can’t enjoy a love story, us "manly men" (who by definition cannot admit to enjoying love stories) have other reasons to love the Twilight series. Stephenie’s ability to describe action scenes is rivaled only by her amazing descriptions of the setting. And the books are filled with both. Some of my favorite scenes include the battle in Eclipse (and the training) and the Volterra encounter in New Moon. My favorite characters are almost exclusively werewolves. I like Jacob’s style, and Seth Clearwater is a personal favorite.

The bottom line is that these books are true "page-turners." They are nearly impossible to put down, and everybody can enjoy that… no matter if they have two X chromosomes or not.

–Seth

Click on the icons below to read about Twilight Guys all over the web! Comment on their blogs and give them your support. Too all our Twilight Guys…the Twilight Lexicon loves you!

You have grown to love him over these last few months. Hear what our favorite MTV reporter, Larry Carrol, has to say about why he is drawn to the series!

From the man who brought you in depth stories on the entire Twilight phenomenon now Jed brings to light his views on being a Twilight Guy. And as if that weren’t enough, tMF is proud to present Kaleb Nation’s A Special Tribute to Stephenie Meyer.

You know we couldn’t leave out the Twilight Guy himself, Kaleb! If you haven’t been privy to his witty banter and dashing good looks before, you are in for a treat.

After reading your wonderful advice and council Cole from Film School Rejects took that advice and dove right in! Now he fills fans in on how you too can become a Twilight guy!

Musician Mitch Hansen tells us about his music, his inspiration, and everything that he loves about Twilight! You can also listen to his amazing Twilight music here.

Javier from Crepusculo has put together some wonderful tributes on an all male spanish Twilight blog! See these hysterical comics (Strip 1, Strip 2) and hear from the man himself as well as other male fans across the globe!

Brian of Twilight Teez tells us what he loves about the books and his draw to the story!

Many of you already know the talented graphic artist, Fry, from our message boards. Explore his blog for amazing Twilight graphics, including an unfinished animated short he is creating!

Artist Terry Blas has created an amazing gallery of Twilight inspired art to share with the fans. As an illistration major in college Terry is well on his way to being an accomplished artist.

Join other fans on our message boards as they discuss being male Twilight fans.

And last but certainly not least…the inspiration behind this testosterone love fest. While in Portland on the set of Twilight the Movie I had the opportunity to meet Scott Murray, the talented producer who brought us the breathtaking Comic Con promo trailer and gave us our first real glimpse into the magic of this film.

So you see, Twilight isn’t just for teenage girls, stay at home moms, or women of any age who are dreaming of their Edward to come and sweep them away… Its a book that has mass appeal, a book that spans stereotypical genre and encompasses those things in life we hold fundemental no matter what our gender. Love, freedom, pain, jealousy, fear, joy, anger, lust, but most of all…choice.

~Cocoa

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The Lexicon Men’s shop

May 15, 2008

Do you have a special Twilight man in your life? Check out our new Twilight Lexicon Men’s Shop with two newly designed shirts, by Ambereyes, for the man in your life!

And don’t forget to get a special Lexicon signing Tee before Stephenie comes to a town near you! Grab a sharpe and head off to the signing to meet up with other Lexiconers and have them sign your shirt!

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HOllywood Backlot posts 24 new pics

May 14, 2008

Hollywood Backlot has posted 24 new pictures from the set. Edward, Bella and the infamous tree scene! The pictures show both candid and intense shots as well as some of the amazing wire work that was done. These are not to be missed.

EDIT- ~~It seems that the link isn’t working a the moment. The Backlot Homepage still shows a picture but the date has changed from 5-14 to 5-15. So perhaps they will be back up tomorrow.~~

Direct From Backlot-

If you’d be so kind as to ask your folks to come back to our site and see the images in all their glory this morning, I think they’ll be very excited. And if you could kindly ask those who have pulled the photos and copied them, that if they’ll refrain from taking our shots and give us a chance to get them up properly, they will be very pleased they waited and can see them as part of our new feature in this new environment that honors the work of the photographer who took them, they will be very happy.

SO please Check out the Backlot page today for even bettter photos and a great feature!! Please remember the Backlot is on the WEST coast so the pics may not be up until 12 or later EAST coast time.

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Evening News Update!

May 14, 2008

ScullingOnSquam has updated her blog once again with an entry on Twilight and the way we fans like to party! Visit her site here!

Twilight Nexus posted a chat with Michael Welch. Visit our Actor Interview Page for more details.

Mike Russell from "Culture Pulp" posted a hilarious comic about the Twilight Movie that I’m sure everyone will get a kick out of. Check it out here!

The Amperstand has an article about Catherine Hardwicke and her appreciation to the fans that you should all check out here!

Lastly – I’m trying to add all of the music from The Host playlist to our Amazon.com store, but I don’t know which albums to add! I’m not as current on my music as Stephenie is! If you know some of the album names, can you please leave the name in the comments section so I can make sure we have that music for you to order!

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The Host Signing—The Phoenix Report

May 14, 2008

Last night Stephenie had a signing at her favorite bookstore, Changing Hands. If you are ever in the Phoenix area, Changing Hands is a must visit. It’s an independent bookstore that is like no independent bookstore I’ve ever seen with an excellent selection of books, New Age items, adjacent to a cafe, and best of all a knowledgeable staff! If you can’t make it to one of Stephenie’s signings, Changing Hands carries autographed copies of all her books, and they ship worldwide.

Make sure you check out the signing report so there aren’t duplicate questions at Stephenie’s signings later this week. It’s great to see Twilight fans crossing-over into The Host, but let’s give The Host some love of its very own with fan inspired tee shirts, hats, face painting, etc. Alphie and I want to feature your Host love on the Lexicon later this week when we are in Salt Lake City. Publishers Weekly also featured it in a recent article.

Now on to the signing report via adrienne

Summary of Phoenix Signing for The Host!

It was an amazing 80 degrees and cloudy in Phoenix today. Why is this amazing? It’s May and we didn’t need to run the air in our cars; it’s unheard of! It was so balmy; Flagstaff (ski resort) actually received 4 inches of snow. That never happens in May. It was also overcast so I am sure it made the vampires happy!

We started up to a Local High School Marcos De Neza for the signing. We arrived around 3:30 and there was a line already. The doors open at 5 and the Question and Answer started at 6. The line wrapped around the High School and there were a fair few with t-shirts from the various web sites (Lexicon, Twilight Moms, His Golden eyes). Some where home made. I was worried I would be one of the oldest members in the crowd but I wasn’t. There was a nice selection of people in their teens, 20’s, 30’s and 40’s. There were even a few great grand moms that have read the book and were waiting for the signing to begin!

As we were waiting for Stephenie, I took a few pictures of the crowd. It was packed. The auditorium even filled up on the very top bleachers.

As we waited, everyone was super friendly and we actually made some new friends. They were mother and daughter and super excited for the signing. We exchanged numbers to meet up and the Breaking Dawn Part in August!

The announcer came out and asked us to sing Happy Birthday to Rob. I have a short video of that. It got a little crazy and everyone was super excited when his name was mentioned!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQOECH9EvdQ

It’s short only because it got super loud and everyone started to squeeze in so I got bumped a little bit.

Stephenie came out and the crowd was so loud; it was a proper Phoenix welcome! She looked so pretty and so nice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XwVcsKl-gA

As the rest of the signings, we were lucky to fill our white cards for questions and submit them for review. Since Stephenie said her publicist wasn’t there to keep her under wraps, she pulled more then normal!

The Host questions

So Stephenie started her responses with a good question. Did you have a plan the way it (The Host) ended or did you change your mind several times?

She replied that she did have a plan but it change, and that change was Jared (I am summarizing her but I attached the video clip) She said that Jared was the original love interest however, he got on her last nerves being so inflexible (the audience laughed, it was pretty funny). Jared just would not bend. At this point she told us those of us that haven’t read the book to cover our ears and no one did (most people had read the book already which is great!) She stated that Ian was much more caring and compasionate and he changed the book.

This was the question I submitted (sort of). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fauWVo2tEo “You write a lot about the color of eyes, whether they be black, golden, silver, etc., why do you write them so many colors”

(I paraphrased here, it was hard to hear and the video didn’t capture the whole question). Her answer was she believes that the eyes are the windows of the soul and you can tell when someone is being sincere or caring and it is a way to weight people of their value http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EIkxwmzFYQ

The next question that was asked was a reference to Aliens (souls) being mixed up with the Jim’s and the Pam’s, was this reference to the Office?

Stephenie confirmed this was a reference and a fair few people clapped.

This question has been answered during a few other signings. Are you inspired by the people you know and do they become characters in the book?

She made a reference to Jeb and how much she loved him. Out of all the voices, his was the clearest. She also mentioned Doc reminded her of her brother Seth; being tall and very caring. She gave him props running her web site.

Was The Host co-authored? It looks like it might have been from your website?

The answer was that their might have been some confusion from the website. There were no co-authors but a collaboration of stories from “Prom Dates from Hell”. There was some confusion because of the way it had looked on her website.

What was your favorite world to create in The Host?

The reply was the Planet of the Bats or signing world. She liked how the bats could fly and how they had music

Then someone came prepared and had a TYPED question. It was pretty complicated and the question was about Stephenie stopping in the middle of writing Twilight and started in on The Host. I attached her answer and it’s a nice, long one! Why is the book called The Host and not The Soul since it mostly takes placed from the Soul’s point of view?

Stephenie’s answer was because it was this host that changes the souls and has the deepest impact on her lives and changed everything. Also because the book is from the Soul’s perspective.

Who would be some of the actresses and actors today that you would like to see play the characters from The Host? (

Question has been asked at a few signings) Matt Damon as Jared. According to Stephenie, if you want to get things done, Matt is your man (I have video of this, but you can hear myself and my friend do the “Matt Damon” reference from a movie and then we start to giggle. Too embarrassing to give you the video and that we are super geeks. I want to keep it a secret that I am a super geek. She mentioned James McAvoy as Ian. The crowd went a little nuts on this suggestion. She had no clue who could even try to play Mel. It would be too hard to be both Wanderer and Mel and try to convey that on the screen that you have two voices in your head. She would like to see a screen writer try though!

How much influence on Twilight Move did you have?

She answered that she did go over the script with them a few times. She asked them to change some “potentially retarded things” (audience laughed, it was hysterical). Stephanie told us she looked at them (screen writers) and said “Really? That could not possibly happen” . She did specify that after seeing the trailer (all the girls went crazy when she mentioned the trailer) and a few more scenes we don’t have access to (lucky girl!) that the movie has a sense of what it should be. The feeling of tension between Edward and Bella, they got it right. Sounds like a good endorsement!

There was a rumor that Stephenie said at one time if they cast someone else besides the Bella, who Stephenie though was perfect (I believe it was Emily Browning it was hard to hear) that she would jump off a building.

Again, we all laughed at this. Her response was that no, what she really meant was that if they cast some horrible “it” actress/singer that wasn’t good and just to drawl in the crowds, she would jump off a building. She stated that she felt they didn’t do that with any of the characters.

Now at this point in the video I took, you can hear my friend ask “who was she thinking, Brittany Spears? And I start to giggle because she did have a point. No one heard it but us but it steps on Stephenie a little bit with her talking. Do you plan on finishing Midnight Sun (Ya, where is that darn book?)

She stated it was her next project and that if she didn’t finish it, people would kill her. We all start clapping which is ironic that we agree with her to finish it or that we will kill her in the literal sense.

In Twilight you have a theme of Pride and Prejudice, Romeo and Juliet (New Moon) and in Eclipse it was Wuthering Heights. Do you have a theme for Breaking Dawn? (This has been asked on a previous signing but she expanded very, very little)

She answered yes; there are TWO books (new info?) She told us one which is Midsummers Night Dream. So she teased us with the second book.

Who is your biggest critic and why?

Her biggest critic is herself. She has no idea if she was sending out “total crap” when she wrote Twilight. She expected the rejection letter to come back with big Ha Ha Ha’s written all down the pages. She was very shocked that people really like the book. She went on to say that she still has trouble judging her own writing. She wanted to tell us that she wants to encourage us to write and believe in our writing. If you love to re –read your stories that means something. If you get excited and think about your characters in the middle of the night that means something. Trust yourself as a reader. If you really like it, there is probably something there. If you are bored with the story and the characters aren’t interesting, you should probably quit, but if you are interested in the story, other people will be too.

This was asked by my friend Jen who you can hear on video squealing and screaming so it steps on some of Stephenie’s answer.

She also goes on to add that you should be waiting to go home and write a story and be excited about it. Writing shouldn’t be about work it should be the fun part. She said there are other parts that aren’t fun, and that was talking to a crowd of a thousand people! (She was a little nervous up on the podium)

Did you get any pressure from the editors in the beginning to make your books more edgy? (I.e. include sex, more violence, etc)

She did get some of that in the beginning, and that is an aspect that could relate to anything. She stated that you will be pressured at one point or another. She specified that some times you do need to listen (that is the tricky part) to your editor and other times you need to fight back and say “no, this is how it’s supposed to be”

The vast majority of your fans are female. Do you have anything you would like to say to your male readers?
A: you rock
B: you are my favorites
C: you are more likely to get a response back on my space
D: you are brave to be here with 990 girls (we all laughed).

Part of the video gets cut off, but Stephenie mentions that they are really smart to be here with so many females. One of the guys in the audience jumps up and takes a bow. I have this on video somewhere and it’s really funny.

That was the end of the Q & A so we lined up by our group numbers to get the books signed. She was sighing multiple copies of The Host but only two of her other novels.

The actually signing started at 6:45 and I was finished with a signed copy of The Host and my very well traveled, battered Twilight (which she commented on that she likes to see books well worn, pages falling out and tape to hold the outside together). I was pretty nervous to go up and get my book signed only because I admire her so much. This is how close I was allowed to come to Stephenie while she was signing. The handlers were shooing people away. All in all, it was a great signing.

Stephenie is a warm person and you can tell she cares about her fans and readers. Now if she could just type faster so Midnight Sun will come out sooner.

I have more video posted and some that I have been trying to post but You Tube is not cooperating tonight so it is no loading. It all should be (hopefully) up by tomorrow night. It will be referenced under ‘The Host, Phoenix Signing”. I hope everyone enjoys the videos!

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Twilight appealing to Horror Film buffs?

May 14, 2008

AMC, American Movie Classics, recently interviewed Kellan Lutz and me. The thing they wanted to know was if Twilight could have crossover appeal to the horror audience. You can read the article on AMC and the full interview on interviewer, Tom Blunt’s blog. The good news is we actually convinced a very skeptical writer…turning people on to Twilight, one skeptic at a time!

Ropes of Silicon wonders if Twilight can appeal to guys. We all know it can and does. In fact, tomorrow, we are doing a major SALUTE TO THE TWILIGHT GUYS! Given that the Twilight Comic Con video, currently available on the Twilight movie official page, was a HUGE success at the male-dominated Comic Con in New York, it certainly has male appeal in the action sequence department…and we don’t just mean the ballet studio.

Also check out Portrait Magazine’s 30 under 30, (link removed due to porn spam) go an vote for your favorite, eligible Twilight Cast member. Thanks to Natasha for the heads up!

Hollywood Backlot has some behind-the-scenes, candid Twilight photos and the promise of more.

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Important Update Concerning the King’s English Signing this Saturday!

May 13, 2008

This was just posted on Stephenie’s MySpace. Please contact King’s English directly if you have any concerns.

Saturday event at the King’s English
Current mood: hopeful

ATTENTION SALT LAKE CITY TICKETHOLDERS FOR SATURDAY!

Due to time restrictions with the venue for Saturday’s event with King’s English, I’m going to get to the event early to start signing books. This will make sure that everybody gets their book signed. See the new schedule below, but don’t worry if you can’t make it early, everything will still be the same starting at 1pm, this is just for people who want their books signed early and they can leave after my talk. Please remember, you MUST have a ticket to this event (which is already sold out)!

Saturday, May 17
10:30 a.m. Doors open at the venue
11:30 a.m. Early signing starts (Signing numbers you received from King’s English still apply. Groups will be called by number).
1:00 p.m. Presentation begins
After presentation, regular signing starts (We will start the signing groups over at the beginning – you can not come through the line twice, your autographing number will be marked on your way through).

Don’t worry – everybody with a ticket will get their books signed!

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Stephenie Updates Her MySpace and adds The Host playlist

May 13, 2008

Stephenie updated her MySpace today talking about her upcoming tour legs.

"Texas, Arizona, Utah, and a playlist
Current mood: chill

It took me a few days to catch up on lost sleep, which is why I didn’t update right after my Texas signings (also, I had a book report to "help" my 5th grader with. "We" better get an A because it ROCKS). So, to recap, Texas was awesome. I got to meet a lot of cool people and there were even a few old friends in the line, which was a nice surprise. Frisco got a little hectic, due to the fact that I had a plane to catch, but everyone was very nice about it, and I’m sure you’ll all be relieved to know that I did catch my plane and made it home for Mother’s Day.

Tonight, I have my hometown event with Changing Hands. I’m hoping to see a lot of familiar faces. (You know who you are.)

Now that The Host has been out for a week, I’m also looking forward to some new, challenging Q&A questions. I’m pretty sure that Utah won’t disappoint me there.

Finally–a bit tardy, sorry–I did get my The Host playlist up on my website. I noticed that there is a lot of Linkin Park and Nine Inch Nails. It’s funny how some bands (and not always the ones you expect) express your theme so clearly in so many different ways. (Nine Inch Nails–experience with aliens? There’s just not enough evidence to make a determination at this point.)" *

*reposted with permission

While we are on the subject of The Host, the major booklists such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and others will print their bestseller lists that pertain to the period covering the start of The Host sales this Sunday. However, word sometimes out as to what is coming as early as Thursday , so stay tuned! As of right now The Host is

Number 7 on Borders/Amazon
Number 13 on Barnes and Nobel
Number 39 on Indigo/Chapters

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Twilight Tuesday and more!

May 13, 2008

MTV has come through with another Twilight Tuesday for us to read and ponder. This one is about the potential for sequels. We need to stress that as of today there is no contract for any of the sequels to be filmed. We will let you know as soon as we hear anything official on that front. A quote from the article states:

It’s been discussed,” producer Greg Mooradian revealed to MTV News recently. “I can’t tell you we’re at that place yet, but it’s definitely been discussed.”

The question at the end that Larry asks us to respond to is:

Would you like to see the sequels filmed at the same time, or would you rather have everyone take a few years off to catch their breath in-between movies?

EDITED: They also have a great article on Carlisle, Peter Facinelli, and his Mercedes.

Go make your thoughts known and remember to tell them you heard about it from the Lexicon!

We also have an article from an Australian source about the environment while shooting the Twilight film with one of the funniest headlines I’ve seen in a long time! Go check it out!

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Happy Birthday Rob

May 13, 2008

Today is Robert Pattinson’s birthday. Although Edward stays 17 forever, today Rob turns 22. Hopefully he is celebrating in style some place warm and sunny after the last few weeks of cold and rain filming Twilight.

Thank you to Chaos, long time member of the Lexicon and Vesperarium, for the terrific banner.

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