Archives for 2008

Question: When does it get better than having your novel named "Book of the Year" by USA Today?

Answer: When they decide that your five books have dominated their bestseller list so much over the last year that they name you Author of the Year instead in their first time giving such an honor!

Bookseller.com Books like the Twilight Saga are saving some companies from recession woes.

The Times UK has a really great tongue-in-cheek look at how to market a movie. They use the Twilight Saga as their basis. It’s called 10 Ways to Hype Your Way to a Hit Movie.

Question: Why are we voting on hot guys again?

Answer: Because it’s the end of the year and that’s what all the polls do now, and it’s all in good fun.

On the Z100 Z Awards Rob is being slaughtered By Joe Jonas. If you’re a Rob fan you want to vote because Joe is currently winning by a landslide. TY to Lauren for the heads up.

Now as long as you’re voting for things, you may as well stop by the Rob and Zac match up on Buddy TV.

Kristen and Nikki are Affliction fans…as in clothing. They ham it up for the cameras on a shopping trip. 

The StephenieMeyer.com website was just updated. According to webmaster Seth:

Stephenie’s publicist Elizabeth asked me to post the following announcement:

It has come to our attention that there are several people on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook pretending to be Stephenie. The only site besides StephenieMeyer.com that Stephenie has is a MySpace site at www.myspace.com/stephenie_meyer. Only announcements on this website and Stephenie’s official MySpace page should be considered legitimate. Please note, due to the overwhelming number of e-mails she receives on her MySpace page, Stephenie is unable to answer e-mails.

Also, Stephenie is aware of the numerous Twilight conventions happening next year. It is exciting to see so many fans wanting to celebrate the books together. However, these conventions are not authorized or endorsed by Stephenie and she will not be attending any of the conventions. We hope that fans enjoy the conferences, but wanted to make this distinction so people weren’t spending money under the assumption that Stephenie would be in attendance.

The other bit of fabulous news that the update mentions is that at long last the sheet music for the Twilight movie is available!  You can see the story behind it on composer Carter Burwell’s website, and you can buy it at Amazon.

Stephenie has landed on Time Magazine’s People Who Mattered list for 2008.

Stephenie has also won over another celebrity fan in Rosario Dawson. It looks like the books are her brand of heroin crack cocaine.

Hard to believe I know, but the movie is just about to open in some locations.  Here’s some of the global coverage.

 Singapore

Philippines

Ireland

Given Tyra’s reaction when Rob visited her set, it’s probably no surprise that he has landed in the number 1 slot on her Teen Heart Throbs list.

BlackBook Kristen Stewart gave a post Twilight interview to BlackBook Magazine.

OK! Peter Facinelli shared some words with the UK based OK! magazine and Citynews.

In case you are wondering about Michael Copon’s look, just check out his former stylist, Christopher Mannor’s gallery.

Look for Nikki, Ashley, Christian Serratos (Angela), and others to be at the Hollywood Foreign Press’ Salute to Young Hollywood. The HFP is the organization that brings you the Golden Globe Awards each year.

Want to make a Twilight mystery quilt?  Find out how to do it here. What is a mystery quilt? According to organizer Heather:

"We always do a quilt series each year, and starting in 2009, we will be doing a Twilight Mystery Quilt, completely free online.  A mystery quilt is a quilt that you complete  with secret clues/instructions each month.  Once you receive your last set of clues, you end up realizing how the quilt should look.  It is a rather neat way to do a project."

Remember to swing by Twilight Series Theories if you want to help out on their Belting it Out for Billy project. Billy Burke needs some Twilight love!

And don’t forget about our little undertaking. 🙂

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So who does Rob think is sexy?  The answer is Tina Fey, proving that funny, smart girls with glasses are hot!

E! Yo ho, yo ho!  Rumors are circulating that Rob may be needing to find his sea legs. If it proves true, hopefully the stunt work will be easier than vampire baseball.

Cam talked about his changing role in Twilight, and Rob mentions an accident on set.

movies.ie The Irish website Movies IE has an interview with Catherine.

Rueters has picked up on fansite reaction to the news that Taylor Lautner’s Twilight Saga future is not secure.

American Movie Classics talks about the best and worst fantasy, sci-fi, and horror costumes this year. Twilight’s villains get a mention.

Nikki Reed posed for the cameras at the opening of Dolce and Gabbana’s new flagship store.

The potential SAG strike just got uglier today with different groups of A-list celebrities coming out on each side. What’s particularly interesting is that there are actors who normally are on different sides of the political fence who agree on whether to strike or not. Past guild presidents are chiming in. One thing’s for sure the next SAG meeting is going to be interesting. Let’s hope they settle differences, or the least of the problems surrounding the New Moon movie will be casting it.

Lots of different places like People magazine, ExtraTV, and countless other sites have up polls and petitions regarding the casting of Jacob Black, but it seems to us that they are missing the finer points of fan opinion because they haven’t read the books to totally understand why the recasting might be a conversation to begin with. MTV gets it because Larry Carrol has actually read the books, but doesn’t have a poll going.

So we give you our own poll which we think hits all the areas that are concerning the fans.