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Catherine Hardwicke Makes the New York Times Best Seller List!

April 3, 2009

This just in from Entertainment Weekly:

“She made the movie, she wrote the book, and now Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke has a message for all her fans out there: Thanks for helping the movie and the book (and, really, everything else Twilight) hit No. 1! The filmmaker/author just found out that her Twilight: Director’s Notebook will be at the top of Sunday’s New York Times best-seller list, so she wrote a little note and shot a little video to commemorate the occasion.”

Click here to read the note she wrote to fans on EW.


Find more videos like this on Catherine Hardwicke

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New Moon Movie Scene Slated to Film

April 3, 2009

This just in from Krystyna who runs the Justin Chon fansite and The Twilight Files. She also works at a paper (The Little Nickel) that the New Moon crew is using for props.

Hey all I just got some news for ya about the Little Nickel today!

“I just found out that they called asking for more papers today about 6 bundles of this week’s paper. That’s way over 240 papers for the rack they will be using in a scene tomorrow.

The scene I heard it will be used for is the ‘movie theater’ scene. We all know what scene that is, where Bella tries to organize a group outing to the movies, and slowly couple by couple people start to flake out and all that’s left is Bella, Jacob and Mike!”

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Save the Book Babe!

April 3, 2009

Hi All, Pel here. In just a few hours I am on my flight to Phoenix to attend the Project Book Babe event. If you are going to be there, post below so I know who to look for, come over and say hi.

I know economic times are tight right now, but I’m asking anyone who is in the Tempe area and who can afford the $25 admission to come down and support this event.  If it wasn’t for the encouragement of Faith and events like the Eclipse Prom, which Faith was instrumental in making happen, that captured the media eye, it would have been much tougher for Twilight to get to where it has today.

If you aren’t in the Tempe area, please make a donation (even if it’s $1.00 forgo a cup of coffee, a bag of chips, whatever is your usual treat) to this cause. If all the people who attended the Eclipse Prom two years ago donated $1.00, and if all the people who bought autographed merchandise from Changing Hands (that Faith used to co-ordinate) that amount of money raised would be quite staggering.

There is currently merchandise online that you can bid on from various authors to support this cause, and more merchandise will go up for bid in the coming weeks including items signed by Stephenie. There is also the fabulous tee shirt being done by Twilight Teez (Click their button in our side bar).

There are also items going up for bid at the event itself (have I mentioned a dress before?). There are at least three of us bidding on Stephenie’s E-Prom dress: Dano (Danyelle), Pel (Laura), Illumin8 (Kara from Twilight Moms).

When last we heard Kara was threatening to send Flying Monkeys after me, and now it seems she has her own bubble and wand! How in the heck am I supposed to compete with a legion of flying monkeys, a bubble, and now a wand?  I’m wondering if a pail of water will do any good, if nothing else it’s hard to bid if you are distracted and dripping wet! Watch out Kara, I want that dress!

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Michael Welch to Appear at Movie Premiere

April 3, 2009

According to ProNetworks:

“Producers Reel Energy Entertainment have announced that the NewFilmmakers LA festival has selected Lost Dream for its Red Carpet Premiere on May 7th. Designed to showcase innovative works by emerging filmmakers from around the world, many well known films have debuted at NewFilmmakers including Blair Witch Project. The event will take place at the Stanley Kramer Theater in Hollywood.

There will be a limited number of tickets available to the general public at the NewFilmmakers LA official site. The event will include a Red Carpet VIP screening and reception. Cast and crew will also participate in a Q&A after the screening.”

We have confirmed that Mike Welch will be in attendance at this event as he is one of the stars of this intensely gripping film. From what we have learned the film is gritty, deeply moving, and a darker project from Mike’s normal fair. According to our source when we asked for more information about the project, “the film is the realization that many young people explore and get disillusioned, but some go too far and it ruins their life.”

In his recent interview over at Touched By Twilight, Mike spoke about this film as being the most challenging venture of his acting career. On the film’s just launched official site Mike states, “The entire cast and crew saw the film’s potential and believed they had a chance to be a part of something powerful and thought provoking.”

The film is not yet rated, so please be advised that if you are going, based on the material and the description we have been give, it is definitely intended for mature audiences. Now we certainly aren’t the MPAA, but given the description we’ve been given it sounds like the film would probably receive an R rating.

So if you are in the LA area, and over age 17 try to get yourself some tickets for this great event!

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UK Twilight News

April 3, 2009

It seems that UK actor, Jamie Campbell Bower, is going to be pretty busy in franchise movies. In fact he’s definitely taking a turn for darker characters after having recently played the hero in Sweeney Todd. It seems that Jamie, according to The Daily Mail, is in negotiations to play the part of Grindlewald in the final two Harry Potter movies. As any Harry Potter fan knows, next to Voldemort, Grindlewald was the most terrifying wizard out there.

Also on tap for UK fans this week is the midnight release of the DVD! the Forbidden Planet store in London sounds like it’s the place to be featuring:

“You can take the forbidden romance of Bella and Edward home early when you come down to the London Megastore to pick up your copy of TWILIGHT on DVD or Blu-Ray. Plus we’ve got goodies and give-aways – and loads of gorgeously dark merchandise just waiting for you to treat yourself… or that forbidden lover of your own! EXCLUSIVE! First 30 purchasers of the Special Edition will receive a DVD sleeve signed by one or more of the cast.“

See the Twilight UK site for details.

In case you don’t really want an autograph, but want a bite (no we are not making this up) you can get your DVD bitten over a HMV. We’re a little unclear if it’s an electronic molding of Robert Pattinson’s teeth, or not. If interested talk to the people at HMV.

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Summer School in Forks Update

April 3, 2009

CALLING ALL ARTISTS!

Hello artists!

The Summer School in Forks: A Twilight Symposium, taking place in the actual Forks High School this June is looking for artists who are interested in submitting their original artwork for display in our art gallery. It’s a great chance to have your work publicly displayed, make possible commission connections, and to participate in a fun event geared towards Twilight fans.

We are also holding a charity auction that benefits Forks High School.  All proceeds from artwork donated to our auction will benefit its students.

We look forward to all your great submissions!
http://litfanevents.org/summerinforks/call_for_artwork.html
Also, if you happen to be shopping in a Barnes and Noble this weekend, use the voucher found here. It will help the Summer School in Forks folks with funding for their event and future events.

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M Squared Productions Twilight Parody

April 3, 2009

The gals over at M2 have released their latest parody.

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Twilight Hits the Arab Speaking World

April 3, 2009

According to Publisher’s Weekly the Twilight Saga is set to take the Arab-speaking world by storm. In fact it might be more popular than Harry Potter.

“The Harry Potter books did not sell as well when translated into Arabic as it did in other parts of the world,” said Haissam Fadel, foreign rights and sales manager of the Arab Cultural Center, an Arabic-language publisher interviewed at last month’s Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. “It may have had something to do with the fact that readers didn’t know exactly who the books were for—adults or children.

We’re going to predict success on this one, and we want to take this opportunity to give a shout out to the Lexiconers who are in the Arabic speaking Middle East! According to our stats here’s who visits us:

471 people from the UAE

235 people from Saudi Arabia

47 people from Kuwait

38 people from Lebanon

34 people from Qater

34 people from Bahrain

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Cruising Twilight Style

April 3, 2009

Did you ever fantasize about taking a cruise with your favorite fictional character? Your fantasy may be about to become a reality. You can actually go on a Twilight themed Alaskan cruise. Currently Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene are slated to be making appearances.

According to organizers:

“Our newest themed cruise event is our Alaska Twilight Cruise and Convention at Sea… August 8-15, 2010. Our goal for this event is to integrate the magnificent beauty of Alaska with the immensely popular Twilight phenomenon. Imagine an Alaska Cruise Adventure with a Twilight Convention at Sea…it’s the best of both worlds…for sure.”

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Congratulations Christian Serratos!

April 2, 2009

At the Young Artist Awards this past weekend, Christian won for her portrayal of Angela Weber in Twilight. Dakota Fanning also won for her work in The Secret Lives of Bees. The awards recognize artists for work completed when they are under age 18.

Christian also did a new photo shoot. Christian’s inspiration was Kill Bill (the movie).

There are more photos on Christian’s MySpace.

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