Archives for 2008

Books A Million is starting their own Twilight Saga club.

The weekend box office revenue for all films is down from what was expected. This is pretty much due to the snow storms that have socked the Midwest and Eastern Seaboard. Twilight, however, upped its take to over $150 million.  

Thread Twilight continues to be popular overseas. New Zealand, where no one is worried about snow since it’s summer, gave it a thumbs up.

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  Rob cut his hair.

Tomorrow Jackson Rathbone celebrates his 24th birthday. Let’s get those birthday greetings out there for the Twilight movie’s Christmas time baby!

According to Rotten Tomatoes the UK press has been kinder in their Twilight reviews than their American counterparts. Fan enjoyment, on the other hand, seems to be about the same wherever the movie plays.

If you happen to live in the UK, you are eligible for this Twilight movie merchandise contest.

The Indian press examines vampires in genreal and just what the Twilight attraction is.

BOX OFFICE MOJO  Twilight is still going strong overseas (see latest figures below which don’t yet include tallies from the UK and Ireland where Twilight just opened.) Italy leads the foreign sales with a whopping 14 million, with Spain right behind with 9 million.

The Salute to Twilight Convention just updated their guest list. according to organizers:

Today we are thrilled to welcome three additional guests (joining already announced KELLAN LUTZ -Emmet Cullen and ASHLEY GREENE-Alice Cullen)……
1.  TAYLOR LAUTNER (Jacob Black), 
2.  PETER FACINELLI (Dr. Carlisle Cullen)
3.  JACKSON RATHBONE (Jasper Hale)

Also announced….
SATURDAY NIGHT MUSICAL CONCERT:
JACKSON RATHBONE and his band 100MONKEYS. Look out! This very special musical evening will take place at the convention hotel and you are invited! The concert is FREE to all Gold Weekend Patrons! Tickets available online!

Kaleb Nation, the Twilight Guy, reacts to MTV’s Woman of the Year being Twilight fans.

Things are still tense over at the Screen Actors Guild where a strike is a real possibility.  The strike would not only wreck havoc with the Twilight shooting schedule, but other films and a variety of TV shows as well. 

No matter what happens here, a serious rift is developing in the union that has always in the past stood strong and basically united.  As prominent entertainment lawyer Jonathan Handel puts it, “This is going to end badly, no matter who blinks, or when.” In the next 30 days, let’s hope that tensions ease. On January 23, the SAG members have to return their ballots indicating whether they support a strike or not, the tallying of the votes will then proceed with results coming out shortly after that. 

Now for an insightful story on Robert Pattinson’s next project (note the name of the publication it’s important and the disclaimer at the end.)

We will be doing some normal site maintenance during the next six hours or so.  The site will have sporadic outages due to this.  Sorry to zap the Europeans, Oceanias, and Asians again, but we try to do this at our non-peak hours.

MTV is on a roll today. First up they talked to Ashley Greene about her thoughts on New Moon director Chris Weitz. Then they move on to Asley becoming the love interest of co-star Kellan Lutz in an upcoming film, and then Kate Beckinsale learns that she is a vampire role model.

FemaleFirst Kristen Stewart gave some new insight to the UK-based Female First., later the also UK-based Digital Spy talks to both Rob, Catherine, and Kristen. Lastly, FiveFilm also caught up with the trio.

No news yet on how Taylor Lautner’s lunch with director Chris Weitz went today. MIchael Copon made the news several times. First he clears up that a facebook page claiming he was bragging about being Jacob Black was a fake. Then he tells J-14 he’s "dabbled through the Cliff’s Notes". We’re assuming this is a typo or misinterpretation because as far as we know there aren’t any Cliffs Notes.