Archives for 2008

Where in the World is Kellan?!

We know where he will be and some lucky fans will have the oppurtunity to see Kellan.  He will be making appearances at a few fan conventions.  And those of you living in New England and England should be very excited!!

 

KELLAN LUTZ, aka EMMETT CULLEN in "TWILIGHT", appearing at the POP CULTURE EXPERIENCE, NOVEMBER 21-23, 2008
 
The New England Fan Experience hosts celebrities in Cambridge, Massachusetts annually.  One of this year’s special guests is Kellan Lutz, who will appear during opening weekend of "Twilight" the motion picture.
 
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS (September 15, 2008) – – The New England Fan Experience (NEFE) is proud to announce the appearance of Kellan Lutz at this year’s convention at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge, near Boston, Massachusetts.  The weekend that the film "Twilight" premieres across the United States, November 21-23, 2008, is the perfect time for the handsome young actor portraying Emmett Cullen to visit with the fans of this exciting book and movie. 
 
The New England Fan Experience has run this a multi-genre fan gathering that hosts celebrities from Pop Culture, Anime Kaiju, Science Fiction, Science and Technology, and Gaming for 18 years.  This year’s Pop Culture Experience will host not only fans of Twilight, but also fans of Back to the Future, as Lea Thompson will be making her first North American convention appearance.  Other celebrities that will take part in NEFE include:  Johnny Yong Bosch (the anime voice actor for Ichigo – Bleach), Don Frye (Captain Gordon – Godzilla: Final Wars, and UFC fight champion), George Takei (Heroes, Star Trek), Story Musgrove (NASA Astronaut and most traveled man outside the Earth) and more.

 

 

 

Kellan is the first guest announced for the Eternal Twilight Convention happening in the UK in Feb 09.  You read about his appearance on the site.

Morning News

An article in the Independent.ie talks about coming movies and the movies and of course Twilight is among them.

But these are just a taste of what is to come. One of the most buzzed-about projects in Hollywood is Twilight, a teen-centric Vampire drama adapted from a mega-selling series by Stephenie Meyer.

 

Stephenie’s site has an update about book releases, Ellen, and a new ALA Twilight poster.

You can check out a preview of the Ellne show here.

 

 

 

 

News

 

 Shock til You Drop has news of a new trailer  due out in mid-October.
 

Media BLVD has a great picture of the cast from the VMAs.  You have to scroll down the the bottom to see it.

 

 

Lake County News– The article talks about how people who have read the books travel to Forks.  The Lake County Library has created a travelling scrap book of Forks.

Frances Clark Sayers, in “Summoned by Books,” commented that “… it takes an extraordinary amount of vitality on the part of the author to set people on literary pilgrimage to haunts that have been described in his books.”

There is a blurb about Michael Welch in Playbill.  It discusses his upcoming play Speech and Debate and has a picture at the bottom.

Twilight Tuesday

MTV has an interview with Kellan Lutz where he disucsses Midnight Sun and Edward.  Be sure to check out the questions of the day.

There is also an interview where Rob and Kellan discuss the flashback scenes shot just a few weeks ago.  It seems the lullaby is no longer Robert’s.  Get all the details here from Rob.

There is also an interview with Melissa Rosenberg discuss the "spider monkey" comment.

Twicon 2009

TwiCon 2009 has taken down their original site and posted their official logo and a countdown!  It counts down to October 3rd at midnight.  We have been told that at that time, the new site will launch with an important announcement.  Be sure to go to www.twicon.org to see what happens!

Forks celebrates Stephenie Meyer day

  Forks celebrated Stephenie Meyer day in style this year, complete with photo ops of Police Chief "Charlie Swan" and Bella’s red truck as well as tours of the Forks High school.  The article mentions Twilighters For Forks and our attempt to help save the high school.  Visit their site for more details.

Happy Birthday Bella!!!!!

Here at the Lexicon we would like to wish Bella a very Happy Birthday!!  Check out our Bella Birhtday thread.

 

News from The Bella Cullen Project!

In support of Twilighters for Forks , and in honor of Bella’s Birthday, The Bella Cullen Project will donate $2 for every CD sold during the month of September to the The West Olympic Peninsula Betterment Association.  Purchase the CD through their website and your name will also be added to the list of donors that will accompany the donation at the end of the month!  If you’ve been waiting to buy their CD, NOW IS THE TIME!  Help us help Forks make its high school dazzle! (Jeweled-case CDs only while supplies last; Itunes downloads not included)

In the News

Borders has rolled out their next video. It was taped during the Penn Plaza midnight release party for Breaking Dawn. This time Kim Stolz is interviewed about the Twilight Saga.

The Twilight movie merchandise has made it front and center on the Hot Topic homepage.  Recent additions to the Hot Topic collection include posters of Edward and Jacob.  Also, speaking of the movie, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)  just gave its official rating to the Twilight movie. The movie is rated PG-13.

Novel Novice has Twilight Lesson Plans up as a teaching resource. Site founder Tiffany used Twilight to reach her students who had been labeled "difficult" and "reluctant readers". Tiffany is now sharing some of those lesson plans.  The same site also has a number of ongoing projects, so check out their main page.

Bella’s Birthday

Bella’s Birthday is fast on the horizon.  We want to kick off our celebration on September 13th similar to what we did with Edward’s birthday.  Email in a reason you have why Bella rocks to [email protected]

We will take the most unique items and create a poster like what we did for Edward’s birthday.  The submissions should start with "Bella Rocks because….(and then fill in whatever you want)