Archives for 2010

MTV: Eclipse Soundtrack Continues to Rock Billboard Charts

According to MTV:

“On next week’s Billboard 200 albums chart…after “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” smashed box-office records last week, the soundtrack moves up seven spots to #3 (65,000, up 69 percent). ”

In case you missed it, check out our interviews with soundtrack artists Metric, Eastern Conference Champions, and The Bravery.

Eclipse Breaks IMAX Record

According to The Numbers:

“As expected, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse had a huge opening on IMAX; in fact, it set a record, pulling in $1 million during midnight screenings alone. This broke the previous record of $950,000 held by Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Over the six days, the film made $9 million on 193 IMAX screens domestically, while it added $235,000 on just 11 IMAX screens internationally.

Also announced this week were the results of IMAX’s second quarter at the box office, and they were impressive. From April to June, IMAX pulled in $115.0 million, which is a 37% increase from the same time last year. It goes without saying that this is much stronger than the industry at large. Over the first six months, IMAX has generated $347.2 million in ticket sales, more than triple last year’s pace.”

See more on The Numbers

Ashley Greene Wins PETA Award

This just in from PETA

“For choosing to partner with cruelty-free cosmetics company Avon, Ashley Greene has earned a Kind Choices Award from PETA. Greene will receive a framed certificate and a card signed by PETA staffers.

Greene isn’t the only Twilight star to stick up for animals. Kellan Lutz and Christian Serratos have both teamed up with PETA to fight animal abuse.

Greene is the new face of mark, Avon’s youth-oriented brand. Avon was the first major cosmetics company to adopt a cruelty-free policy—the company ended all animal testing of its products and ingredients in 1989, years before many Twilight fans were born. Over the years, Avon has received PETA awards for its cutting-edge, cruelty-free policies governing not only its cosmetics but also the Avon Foundation’s work against breast cancer.

“Ashley and Avon are to be congratulated for encouraging millions of Twilight fans and other young people to choose makeup that’s fun, not fatal,” says PETA Vice President of Laboratory Investigations Kathy Guillermo. “Thanks to cruelty-free companies such as Avon, you can get a to-die-for look that no animals had to die for.”

AP Red Interviews Xavier Samuel

Starting at the .55 mark hear about Xavier’s upcoming projects.

Nordstrom Interview: Nikki Reed and Liz Reaser

Nikki Reed and Liz Reaser were in the Seattle Nordstrom store a few weeks ago. What do you think about the Nordstrom Eclipse line?

The Hillywood Show Discusses the Eclipse Parody

Last night Hannah and Hilly Hindi, the sisters behind The Hillywood Show, appeared on Blog Talk Radio’s Artists on Demand show. The Episode was recorded so you can hear what the girls did for their recent Runaways parody(see below) and what they are planning for their upcoming Eclipse parody.

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The Hillywood Show cast is next appearing at the Creation Entertainment Official Twilight Tour in Indianpolis (they just slashed prices to $10 for a day pass) this weekend. Lori, Jen, and Shelley(Alphie, Be My Escape, Something Blue) of the Lexicon will be there too. In fact, Indy, happens to be the hometown of both Shelley and Lori!

Willie Waffle Interviews Christian Serratos

Willie Waffle, a local DC area newscaster, interviewed Christian Serratos while she was in the Washington DC metro area doing theater drop ins for Eclipse.

Michael Welch Performs for the USO in Germany

Michael Welch just finished an appearance at the French Twilight Convention. instead of coming home, he’s in Germany performing for the USO.(Photo from a New Moon Utah event)

Here’s what Michael has on his plate for the servicemen and their families:

* Youth Programs
* Movie Camp
*Talk with the youth ages 6-12
*School Age Program
* Meet and Greet Centers
*BBQ Lunch with Teens
*Tour Hospital Wards (to include Pediatrics)
* School Age Program Talk with the kids Lunch/Visit with WTU wounded

Hats off to Michael for taking the time to be a part of the USO.

Dakota Fanning on Marie Claire Cover

Dakota Fanning is on the cover of Marie Claire.  Dakota, who just took the SAT and ACT, is now making the jump from child to adult actor. In fact she missed the Eclipse press junket in the USA because she was taking her ACTs. At the same time she seems to have avoided a path of a party lifestyle that plagues so many young actors.

“She talks about her kiss with Kristen Stewart in The Runaways: ” It’s out of the way, and it was with my friend and a girl – no pressure,” Fanning tells me, smiling and pinkening slightly. “It was not something Cherie [Currie] and Joan [Jett] ever really spoke about, and that’s how it was filmed – as not that big of a deal.”

“When you start out young, people get really attached to who you are at 6 years old,” Fanning says. ” I hope that The Runaways was kind of a moment to be like, ‘You know, I’m not that young little girl anymore, but I’m still not all grown up, either.”

See more on Marie Claire.

Vampires Suck Trailer

We really didn’t know anything about this until a Lexiconer notified us on Twitter. We’ve seen a ton of parodies from the amateur to professional  and even though people put a lot of work into them, it’s hard to be consistently funny. This on the other hand was different. This is the IMDB page and the official page.


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So what do you think?