Archives for 2009

Live Interviews Today

Sam Bradley,  whose song, Never Think, is performed by Robert Pattinson on the Twilight Soundtrack will be interviewed by UCLA radio today between 2:00 and 4:00 Pacific Time. You can listen in live over the Internet. See the UCLA and click on the “Listen Live” button at the top of the page. TY to Christina for the heads up.

Justine Wachsberger who plays Gianna will be interviewed by Vamp Radio tonight. Check out the details on Vamp Radio.

Lexicon hint: Someone ask her if she is done filming and if she is filming in Italy. It’s the easiest way to find out if they are doing interiors in Italy this week.

Last Airbender and Eclipse Go head-To-Head

USA Today has an article featuring the first set photos of The Last Airbender, the M. Night Shyamalan film that Jackson Rathbone is currently shooting in Philadelphia. The photos and article make it clear that ( as you would expect in this series if you know the plot ) that the action sequences are going to be awesome especially since two of the leads are able to do many of their own stunts given that they have a martial arts background.

However there is a more interesting fact revealed in the article: “the show that opens July 2, 2010” that’s two days after Eclipse opens. So it looks like Jackson’s film and Eclipse are going to be battling for your box office dollar the same weekend.

What do you think the battle with Victoria and the newborn army as directed by David Slade, or the battle to regain control of a world directed by M. Night Shyamalan which will win out at the box office?

Mitch Hansen Band Goes Live

The Mitch Hansen Band  is one of two bands that started doing Twilight inspired music way back before there was a movie, and before there were four books. They have an upcoming live program in conjunction with Twilighters Anonymous.

According to TA:

“We have super exciting news to bring you TA’ers! The Twilight-inspired group, Mitch Hansen Band, will be joining us on May 27th for an exclusive video chat interview! Not only are they going to grant us a live video chat interview, but they will also be performing a few lives songs for us!”

Get the details on how to hear the program here.

Twilight Fantrips Needs You

Twilight Fantrips, the group that is putting together the charity baseball event on July 4th and several other Twilight trips this year, needs fan help:

“FanTrips Troopers are a group of motivated, enthusiastic fans from various fandoms who are interested in the travel opportunities and unique themed experiences provided by fantrips.travel, and volunteer their time and effort to participate in activities and promotional opportunities to help spread the word about some of the fantastic events fantrips.travel has to offer! FanTrips Troopers have the chance to help with “extras work”, such as flyer posting and distribution for events local to your area, and for those not in the area, promotion through blog and social networking like Facebook and Twitter! In return, you are not only entered into exciting exclusive contests for (t-shirts, memorabilia, trip discounts), but are also the first to receive new “casting calls” — updates and announcements on upcoming trips and opportunities! ”

Find out more about this oportunity here.

Video: Robert Pattinson Auction

Via Robert Pattinson Online:

New Moon Fountain Being Built

Twilight Italia sent us some great links to today.

First there is a video of the centerpiece of the fountain being pieced together.

Next there is footage of the Porsche again, only this time it is out in the countryside.

You can read their report here and here . It has lots of other details which you can more or less make out if you toss it through the Babelfish translators.

Robert Pattinson Up For Bid

Rob auctioned himself off for a good cause today, the AIDS charity amfAR. The late Natasha Richardson was their spokesperson for over 15 years and was a member of their board of trustees until her untimely death earlier this year.

According to ET:

“The vampy leading man was auctioned off today in Cannes for the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS 2009 Cocktail Party. The bidding got so high that Pattinson was split between two bidders, who each paid $20,000 for the chance to meet, greet and win a kiss on the cheek from the ‘Twilight’ idol.”

For more details see ET, and for information on the work that amfAR does click here.

Peter Facinelli Visits an Italian Village…Sort Of

Don’t feel to bad for Peter Facinelli missing out on the granduer of Italy. He and wife Jennie Garth posed for the cameras at the grand opening of Beaches Turks & Caicos Italian Village.

“The four-day getaway for Facinelli and family (90210 star Jennie Garth and their children) featured a fun-filled itinerary beginning with a “Welcome to Beaches” Barefoot Beach Party, where the Tinseltown twosome mingled with fellow famous faces including Maria Menounos, comedienne Cheryl Hines, Bethenny Frankel of The Real Housewives of New York

City and former Lipstick Jungle cast member Robert Buckley.”

See the whole story on Lovetripper, the vaction planning site.

Red Flags Fly Over Montepulciano

It seems like all of Europe is heading to Montepulciano. We’ve heard from two different Italian sites, Swedish fans, French fans, and now it’s Germany’s turn. Members of the German site Forks Bloodbank are in Montepulciano and they grabbed some fantastic photos.

The whole town is being decked out for St. Marcus Day. The main square where they are putting the finishing touches on the new fountain got the royal treatment, and connecting alleyways (you can picture Bella running down them screaming “Edward!”) are covered too.

See the whole gallery at Forks Bloodbank, including a possible shot of Rob’s body double.

Who Should Direct Breaking Dawn?

The LA Times, in light of Robert Pattinson’s statement that he’d be up for a 4th film, proposes a couple of ideas ranging from Alfonso Cuaron to Sam Raimi to Len Wisemen.

“With countless challenges ahead for anyone hired to helm the project, Summit would be well advised to take their buckets of cash and invest in a director who knows makeup, special effects and young love and won’t balk at the thought of a rapidly growing vampire baby. Not to mention inheriting the vampires and werewolves of past directors Catherine Hardwicke, Chris Weitz and David Slade.”

Who knows, maybe Kevin Smith might be interested in the job. His daughter is certainly a big fan, at least according to an MTV interview.