Archives for 2008

Twilight Series Theories is starting a "Belting It Out For Billy" campaign.  According to TST, "We know that many of the actors in Twilight have gotten a lot of attention lately for their roles in the movie, and rightly so. But one of the stand-out performances that we here at TST have really loved is that of Billy Burke. Billy plays Charlie in the film and we really think that he deserves some love for bringing some comic relief, as well as a lot of heart, to the role…To show some recognition to this great actor, we are creating a new campaign called “Belting in Out for Billy Burke!” Since Billy was once in a band, we want to put together a video of the fans singing about all of the reasons they love him." 

Via YouTube, here’s a great holiday inspired movie parody. For whatever reason it doesn’t want to embed, go figure. Here is the direct link.

 Now for another project. If you happen to be Stephenie Meyer don’t peak in the scroll box!

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Rueters talks with the cast about how New Moon will be tougher on many levels.

It looks like Rob’s hair has been given the Axe (or at least the offer has been made).

Make-up 411 breaks down Ashley Greene’s Alice look. TY to Kaila.

Though things are still very tense, some A-list stars have vocally come out and taken a "no-stike stance" when it comes to SAG (the Screen Actors Guild). A SAG strike could cripple the movie industry this year if a strike is called.

The LA Times has some great commentary on reading between the lines on Chris Wietz.

If you are looking to get together with other Twilight fans this summer at Twicon, their celebrity list just got bigger. According to their most recent press release:

The nation’s No. 1 motion picture will come to life in Dallas next summer, as five stars of the film "Twilight" have now confirmed their attendance at the US’s largest fan convention dedicated to the Stephenie Meyer’s series of books by the same name. Peter Facinelli – starring as Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the fall blockbuster; and Jackson Rathbone – who portrays Jasper Hale- will join Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen), Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen) and Mike Welch (Mike Newton) at TwiCon ’09 — which will be held July 30 – Aug. 2, 2009 at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel and Convention Center.

 Now for another project. If you happen to be Stephenie Meyer don’t peak in the scroll box!

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Reelz Channel Interviewed several Twilight fansite operators and ask them their opinion of Chris Weitz. You can see the reaction from around the fandom including ours here.

MTV has confirmed with Summit that there are other actors vying for the role of Jacob Black and pitching their resume to be considered for everyone’s favorite Volturi Aro. There’s also coverage on Rob and Kristen and those oh so romantic scenes. The also have pulled together an article on Chris Weitz here.

Jennie Garth, wife of Peter Facinelli, gave her opinion to Access Hollywood about her husband’s future as Carlisle.

The View Point Inn, the site of the prom in the Twilight movie, was hit by what appears to be an electrical fire.  Prior to the fire, the Inn had been trying to raise funds for various preservation projects.

Variety is confirming that Summit will release New Moon on November 20, 2009.

A little bit of Murphy’s Law, "when things can go wrong, they will go wrong in multiples, and at the worst possible moment."

Anyway, give us a bit and we’ll get the news up.

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One teacher talks about the Twilight Saga and the value of reading.

NOVEL NOVICE Another teacher, Tiffani Truitt of Novel Novice, writes a paper that explores how female fans, particularly female Twilight fans, are misrepresented in various popular culture outlets.
 
This is a result of two main issues: (1), the line between fan and fanatic is often difficult to define, thus large fandoms are often written off as obsessive, dangerous and unable to think for themselves. (2), Female fandoms suffer this cruel and uninformed misrepresentation the most. While society has accepted the buying power of female consumers, it repeatedly tries to write off this power by declaring it a product of superficial desires.

 Here’s where Stephenie’s books are this week.

NY Times

8.  The Host (hardback fiction category)
1.     The Twilight Saga (children’s series category)
1.     The Twilight Illustrated Movie Companion (paperback advice)

USA Today

2.   Twilight
3.   New Moon
4.   Eclipse
5.   Breaking Dawn
18. Twilight:The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion
33. The Host

Wall Street Journal

2.  Eclipse
3.  Breaking Dawn
5. New Moon
6. Twilight

Ashley Greene talks to her hometown paper on her fast rise in Hollywood.

Kristen opened up to the Irish Independent about what it’s like growing up in the microscope of the Hollywood lens.

Robert gave his two cents to the UK’s Times on the whirlwind his life has been in the last few years.

Paramore also managed to talk to their hometown paper, The Tennessean, this weekend. Given that Nashville is known for a whole different sound, it’s great that Paramore is taking the town by storm.

New York’s Z100 had it’s Jingle Ball last night. Attendees included Paramore, Peter Facinelli, and Twilight celeb fans like The Veronicas.

Tune into Kaleb Nation’s Blog TV channel tonight!  Watch the video for details.

The Wallstreet Journal’s MarketWatch has more on who’s leading New Moon behind the scenes.

The La Times, which in our opinion is the newspaper who’s Twilight Saga coverage has been second to none, gives their spin here.

MTV points out something that is obviously missing, but does not persay mean anything as Kristen and Rob’s names have frequently been the only two names cited in Summit press releases.

Stephenie Meyer’s official web site has been updated today with the announcement that Chris Weitz has indeed been given the director’s position for New Moon.  The announcement comes with her own feelings about missing Catherine Hardwicke as an authentic voice for the Twilight world and a good friend, as well as her hopes for working with Chris in the future. 

There is a letter from Chris to the fandom because, yes, he is very much aware of how much these books mean to all of us.  He talks about how much he enjoyed Twilight as a film and how devoted he is to bringing a faithful version of New Moon to the big screen. 

Stephenie also updated her movie page with photos from the premiere.