Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning joined the rest of their cast as well as Joan Jett and Cheri Currie for the premiere of “The Runaways” in LA last night. Even Taylor Lautner showed up to lend his support. The Examiner has a slide show of pictures from the premiere and WonderWall has an interesting write up about the evening’s festivities.
Archives for 2010
The Runaways LA Premiere
March 12, 2010
Walmart DVD Party Pack Giveaway
March 12, 2010
Walmart has offered us the chance to give two of our users a New Moon party pack to help them in the plans for the DVD release coming on March 20. Walmart is the only retailer who will carry “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” Ultimate Fan Edition DVD & Blu-ray with never-before-seen footage from the upcoming “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.” Additionally, Walmart is launching its “Twilight Saga Shops” in-store the week of the DVD release and it’s full of your favorite Twilight merchandise. There are also separate sections in the shops dedicated to Vampires and Wolves so you can easily stock up on your favorite Edward or Jacob tees, bags, jewelry, and more! Fans can also visit www.Walmart.com/twilight and choose to view their own theatrical trailer, get fun recipes for their movie viewing parties and find the closest Twilight midnight event nearby.
To help you get into the party spirit, Walmart is giving the Lexicon the chance to give away one Edward and one Jacob party pack to two lucky users. Each party pack will contain the following items depending if they are Edward or Jacob related.
- Twilight Saga New Moon apparel – Edward or Jacob Tees
- Twilight New Moon Magazine “Life Stories Film Fantasy New Moon”
- New Moon Nacho Doritos
- Twilight party supply items
- Twilight tote (messenger) bags (most will be vampire or wolf themed)
- Twilight jewelry (most will be vampire or wolf themed)
- Recipes for Twilight-themed snacks
- Additional vampire-themed items
- $30 Gift Card – to purchase Walmart’s New Moon Ultimate Fan Edition
If you would like to win one of these party packs, respond to this post with the words “PICK ME” as well as the party pack of your choice. If you want Edward pack, you’d say “PICK ME EDWARD.” For the Jacob pack say “PICK ME JACOB.” And if it doesn’t matter to you which one, you’d just like to get free Twilight goodies say “PICK ME SWITZERLAND.”
We will choose two winners at random at midnight on the 13th so that there is time for the winners to recieve their party packs and get their coupon to buy the Walmart Ultimate Fan edition of the DVD on March 20.
Kristen Stewart Reacts to Eclipse Trailer
March 12, 2010
Cinematical interviewed Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning for their film The Runaways. While in the interview the two were asked about the Eclipse trailer. While Dakota hadn’t seen it yet, Kristen had and said that she liked it.
“I think Taylor [Lautner] looks really great. Like, he looks very strong and I love his voice in it,” she said.
Read more at Cinematical.
Mattel Apology for Tattoo Mistake
March 11, 2010
As we reported last week thanks to John Henson, the tattoo on the Barbie version of Jacob Black is upside down! Word must have spread to Mattel and they have issued this statement in regards to the situation.
Twilight fans! As you may have heard, Mattel’s heartthrob Jacob doll’s iconic tribal tattoo is upside down on a portion of the total dolls produced. Mattel apologizes for the mistake in production and is working to rectify the situation. If you purchased a Jacob doll with an upside down tattoo and wish to replace your doll with an accurately represented tattoo, please call Mattel customer service at 1-800-524-8697 for more information or 1-800-491-7514 if you purchased your doll directly from Barbie Collector.
Of course, as one of our readers pointed out, it might be cool to keep the doll with the mistake as a collector’s item since we assume that Mattel will correct the mistake and all future dolls will have the correct tattoo.
10 Interesting Tidbits When You Pause the Trailer
March 11, 2010
So after playing this a few times *cough30cough* we decided to go slowly and write down a few observations.
- The initial shot of the Summit logo has the early Eclipse treatment ghosted in the background with the Eclipse breaking over the mountain top.
- Mark .19 Is that a shiny engagement ring we see on Bella’s finger, or did Edward’s sparkles rub off?
- Mark .25 Enter the four Volturi: Demetri, Alec, Jane, Felix. Here’s to more lines from all of them!
- Mark.29 Kristen’s “hide the mullet” wig looks pretty good here.
- Mark .32 Is that a Quileuete tribal design Edward is clutching, or is it a graphic of a vampire found back when Bella looked up vampire myths in Twilight.
- Mark .35 The Target purple comforter is back. If Target would actually still sell that in wider distribution, they’d make a mint!
- Mark .40 Welcome back Sarah Clarke as Renee!
- Mark 1.01 Could this be the site of the battle with the newborns?
- Mark 1.09 Why hello there Bryce Dallas Howard looking fierce and catlike.
- Mark 1.20 Is that the same location as 1.01. the geographic features seem right.
Lexicon Review: Remember Me, the New Yorker’s View
March 11, 2010
Below you’ll find Laura’s (Pel’s) review of Remember Me.
There are certain actors that I’ll go and see a movie that they are in because I’m that much of a fan. Remember Me didn’t draw me in on actor love, despite the fact that I’ve been drooling of Pierce Brosnan since I was 14 and saw the Manions of America. I mean I’m fine with Robert Pattinson being Edward Cullen, but I wouldn’t consider myself a Rob fangirl. I haven’t seen Little Ashes or How To Be. I didn’t get the fuss when he was in Harry Potter, and to a large extent I don’t relate to the fuss now. I’m not really a squee and giggle kind of girl, I think I skipped that stage at age 12. I was interested in Remember Me based on the trailer that ran in front of New Moon. Honestly, I wasn’t that interested before I saw that trailer, but the character relationships I saw in the Remember Me trailer got me interested. [Read more…]
Kristen Stewart and Dakota Faninng on Hit Fix and IESB
March 11, 2010
Yesterday was press day for the Runaways and two of the better interviews out there were done by IESB and Hit Fix.
First from IESB:
Q: What was it like for you guys to get into playing Joan Jett and Cherie Currie? Kristen, you and Joan seem to have a similar energy, but Dakota, you seem so different from Cherie Currie. How was it to portray these women?
Dakota: I think it’s a huge departure from other roles that I’ve played, and me, in real life. It’s obviously very different from things that I’ve done before, and it will be different for people to see, but I like that. I like surprising people with different things that I can do. That’s what I love to do. And, I hope to do more roles like this, in the future.
Kristen: Me and Joan really do understand each other, and that’s a rare thing. Connection is not something that’s common, or easy to describe. But, I really actually think that we both have a lot of idiosyncracies and ticks that are really different. I don’t have her little things that she does. And, I also think that, especially based on when I did this movie and how much time I had to think about doing the movie before I went to go make it, I’ve done a lot of press within that time and I was sort of wearing her. People projected that onto me, a little bit. I really do feel like it was an easy thing to step into, and it wasn’t a huge departure, but I do feel a little bit like I was just in that head space and projected that a little bit.” Read more here.
Next From Hit Fix:
Q: Can you talk about your own musical tastes? And what you learned about rock n’ roll attitude from Cherie and Joan?
Stewart: Ah, I think that I have a pretty varied taste in music I think. And it is primarily rock music big umbrella that I am, I am not into hip-hop. But, I do like both. This was a cool experience because there are a lot of bands that Joan is really influenced by like the Stones which she is obsessed with and just sort of obvious. Like, she listens to Zeppelin and loses her mind. And I just abbreviated both of those bands and I sound like…(Laughs.) Um, it was cool to get to know music that was just like a little bit harder or just a bit obscure. I mean Suzi Quatro is not something that is a staple of our generation. So, and in terms of being able to play Rock n’ Roll? I really, really love this movie because in many ways they were the first girl band which is crazy and people don’t know that too. And there’s an aggression and an assertiveness that comes through their music. And at the same time its so feminine. It’s a distinct aggression. It’s not a male. And I love that and that’s why the movie is cool or should be cool.
Q: Dakota, can you talk about your musical tastes and what you learned about rock ‘n’ roll?
Fanning: Well I think my musical tastes have definitely been broadened by this movie and I have really found that I can’t get out of listening to the Runaways and Joan, because it brings back the memories of the movie and I love it so much and it makes me happy. (Laughs). So, I listen to that a lot. Before that? I love music, but I’m not a huge music person. I don’t listen to a ton of music, but that’s definitely changed after doing this. And I really wanted to be a part of this to bring the Runaways to them before because I wasn’t aware of them before and I feel that’s a lot of people in our generation and I think that’s wrong. Read more here.
Lexicon Review: Remember Me, the Non-New Yorker’s View
March 10, 2010
Both Be My escape and Pel had the opportunity to see remember Me at a prescreening. First up we have Jen’s (Be My Escape’s) review. Pel’s will be up in a bit (she’s been working 14 hours days and is a little tired right now.) Please be aware that like with any review there are spoilers involved. So without further ado, Jen’s review:
I was lucky enough to see Remember Me at a screening a few weeks ago. I have to say I didn’t go in with any expectations. I hadn’t even really explored what the movie was about except that Rob Pattinson was in it and that wasn’t necessarily my motivation for seeing the film. I was pleasantly surprised by the depth of the script. New York City was used as the backdrop but the usual iconic scenery wasn’t rammed down your throat. It was a nice change of pace. Allen Coulter clearly took care in presenting the city in a way that people who live there can respect and understand. [Read more…]
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