Archives for 2008

Michael has posted a new blog.  Here are some of the highlights of what he has to say:

"Then Twilight Lexicon tells it’s readers: “Hey! Let’s send Mike socks! It’ll be funny!” And they did!!! Not only did the twi-hards dig the idea, they followed through with it. One complete joke from idea to conception, THAT”S fan commitment. I have so many socks now it’s ridiculous. You guys are beautiful. I appreciate the gesture very much. "

" I also have to mention an adorable little lady that goes by the name of NoMoreMarbles over there on the You Tubes."

Way to go!!!!  The entire blog can be read here. 

Alexandra Patsavas, music supervisor for the Twilight movie, was interviewed by CNBC for her work on Grey’s Anatomy.  It gives a great insight into how she goes about compiling her soundtracks.

Variety also had a recent Twilight movie and Oregon filming story.

While we took the time to have some April Fools fun, there were a couple of movie updates.

Peter Facinelli has an audio interview with Twilight Theories.

Twilight Moms has outdoor pictures.  (edit: not the meadow)

Edited to add the following: 

Just a reminder to let the actors have their human lives. We may not always like what their personal choices are in their private lives, but they are their private lives and not their screen lives. So, if the guy playing Ben wants to run naked in his backyard, swigging a brewski, while singing Abba’s greatest hits…as creepy as that is, it’s none of our business unless he gets Melissa Rosenberg to write in a whole new Ben scene based on his bizarre antics.

No problem if you want to critique anyone on their acting skills, or lack thereof, but let’s keep personal lifestyle choices out of it unless it’s affecting their acting such as arriving late on set and thereby disrupting production.

And, last but not least a fan is putting together a memory book for Stephenie. Here are the details if you want to participate. Please contact her directly with questions.

I am lucky enough to go to one of Stephenie’s book signings in The Host tour! I would like to give her a gift of appreciation while I am there. So… I am making a "Stephenie Meyer Appreciation Book"! I need your help! Here are the rules:

1. Send your entry to [email protected] (not a message here) of how you appreciate Stephenie Meyer for whatever reasons you have! It may just be a quick letter (no longer than 1 page), a picture you’ve "photoshopped" (or whatever program u use) of YOURSELF that may be Twilight/The Host/SM related, a poem about SM or whatever you need to use to express your gratitude towards this wonderful woman! Please use "SM Book" as the Subject Title of your e-mail so I know what you are sending it for. In your e-mail, please also put your name & where you are from.

Your entry needs to be one of the following:
** A Microsoft Word document as a ’.doc’ file or a ’.docx’ file (for MS Word 2007 users). Please, NO .wps files!
** A picture file (jpg, bmp, gif, etc.) with perferably a 150-300 dpi.

2. Book pages will be printed in B/W, so keep that in mind when composing your page.

3. The book will NOT be available for purchasing after it is finished. I’ve talked with SM’s Publicist and Agent and for copyright reasons & it CANNOT be sold.

4. The book will be "perfect bound" so it can easily sit on her book shelf at home, hopefully next to her Twilight books!

5. Please DO NOT limit your entry to be about "how much you love Twilight, Edward Cullen or other characters". Remember, this is a STEPHENIE MEYER Appreciaition Book. Not a "I Love Twilight" Book. These things can be mentioned, but please do not limit your entry to just that.

6. The deadline for entries is Friday April 25th. Any after that will not be accepted. I need time between then and the book signing Im going to, to prepare the book and have it printed.

7. Once again, PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU ARE FROM IN THE LETTER AND/OR EMAIL. I am organizing the book by the State/Country you are from.
HAPPY SENDING!
<3 Tara
To answer some questions –
** Yes you can send more than 1 thing, but no more than 2. Like a quick letter and a picture.
** If you DO NOT get a reply from me, it’s been received, everything went well and its in the book.
** If you DO get a reply from me, then something went wrong and you sent a wrong file type or forgot your name and location.
** The book may not be sold, but u WILL be able to see it. I may just take pictures, or I may post a link to the PDF. I’m still debating.
 

We hope you all enjoyed our little April Fools prank. There will absolutely be a Forkscast about our adventures in Volterra.

For those of you who missed it. This year the Volturi "took over" the Lexicon, complete with and entry page, movie, discussion thread, and forums.  We hope you all had fun!

Stephenie just posted the following on her MySpace (in other words, don’t miss out on this chance if she is coming to a town near you):

"Just a reminder that many of the events on The Host tour still have tickets available. I’ve seen a few comments from people looking forward to the Breaking Dawn tour, so I wanted to reiterate that The Host tour is the last big tour that I will be doing. Chances are that if I’m coming somewhere close to you, I won’t be coming to the same city the next time around. Also, there won’t be as many events on the Breaking Dawn tour, which means not as many tickets. At most of The Host events, I will be able to sign a couple of your Twilight Saga books, so if that is your goal, don’t procrastinate.

Local bookstores just can’t handle that volume on-site that’s why the signings except for the Mall of America are at off-site venues. Additionally they have rental fees associated with those sites, that’s why there is a fee for the tickets to cover the rental, security , staffing, etc.

Shock Till You Drop News has a report about future Twilight movies.

We just want to state again, the as of right now, Stephenie HAS NOT given over the rights to any movie but Twilight. Despite any quotes to the contrary, any "scripts" are going nowhere fast, unless the rights are granted.

Edited:  They also have some great set pictures here.

Here is a news clip from KGW TV.  They talk with Wick Godfrey, the producer as well as an extra.

There are also exterior shots of Madison High School.  And don’t miss the reporter’s final comment!!

Our fab teenage extra has once again posted a wonderful commentary about her day on the set of Twilight.  Click the link for the whole report.  Her highlights today include:

• The filming of the big cafeteria scene including some kind of cool scene with Edward and an apple
• Observations about the Forks kids vrs the Cullens and how Bella kind of floats between them.
• Stephenie Meyer was once again on the set.
• A special meeting with Kellen.

She asks that any admin from other websites please give her the credit for her reports and link back to her blog or she will not post her report of the prom when she comes back to film in April.  Be kind, folks, and give credit where credit is due.  Kiki’s reports have been awesome and I would hate to miss out on any of her information because someone couldn’t link back to her.

It seems that someone in the press world has finally caught on to the fact that Twilight fans are 100% devoted and that this fandom isn’t going anywhere but to the movies in December!  Shock Till You Drop has an interesting article on the whole movie experience as well as the promise of more things to come!  Hop over there to read it and support their efforts.  Make sure the world knows how big Twilight really can be!

We are very fortunate to have Solomon Trimble, Sam Uley, grant us his first major interview.  There is no doubt about it, he IS Sam!  Without question that he has a bright future ahead of him.

Thank you to Cocoa for acting as our reporter, and a HUGE thank you to Solomon for giving us the privilege of conveying his words and feeling to the Twilight fans.  You can discuss Solomon’s fantastic answers over at the message boards.

Some select quotes are here:

"Family always came first; I just want to give back to them for being so supportive of me…."

"I’ve always been interested in acting; my background is in stage acting and dance…."

"I don’t think Sam carried the burden of a secret; the fact that he said anything makes it clear that he’s more interested in protecting his people…"

Read the entire interview here