Archives for 2011

Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning Make Screen Junkies Best Actor List

According to Screen Junkies, Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning are at the top of their game in young Hollywood:

“The 10 best young famous actors got their start as child stars. They were able to make the leap from child actor to young actor smoothly, which is not easy to accomplish. Some characters they choose to portray are emotionally deep, which can cause audiences to forget the young age of the actor. All of the 10 best young famous actors are extremely talented, and mature in their role choices, which shows their range as an actor.

1.Dakota Fanning. In 2001 Fanning got her first mainstream break with her role in “I Am Sam.” She has since become one of the most famous young, professional, and non-troublesome stars in Hollywood. One of the 10 best young famous actors because she has been well known, and respected since a young age.

8.Kristen Stewart. Her celebrity status became a famous actor when Stewart’s role as Bella Swan in the “Twilight” movies became known worldwide. Born in 1990, she has also starred in the movies “Into the Wild,” “Jumper,” and “Adventureland.” One of the 10 best young famous actors because her promising career has no signs of slowing down.”

Check out the whole list on Screen Junkies.

The Official Twilight Convention in Nashville Comes Off as a Success!

Last weekend the Official Twilight Convention came to Nashville, TN for the second time. The original line up for the weekend was totally pulled due to a change in filming for Breaking Dawn for the wolf pack as well as some last minute family obligations for Peter Facinelli. I’m sure this left the staff at Creation Entertainment scrambling for alternate guests. What they came up with was a lineup of rarely seen and brand new faces to the convention circuit.
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Birthday Giveaway Number #3: A Vampire Baseball

This month we celebrate FIVE years on line with the Twilight fandom!  We posted a podcast at the beginning of the month answering the questions you asked us about various Twilight moments and trivia.  Every Thursday this month we will be holding a giveaway using questions from that podcast as your way to enter the contest and win amazing prizes!  This is our way of saying thank you for all the support you’ve given the Lexicon for the last five years.

So far we have given away an Edward doll made by Tonner Dolls to Dee from Kentucky and a Montepulciano, Italy bag signed by three of the Volturi and Peter Facinelli to Allie from California. Well, now we are up to our next item.

We saw a vampire signed baseball go up for a charity auction a couple of months ago and we knew it was a unique, fan must have. We bid on it and won! And now we are going to give a vampire baseball signed by Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone, and Ashley Greene to our next lucky winner.

Here is this week’s trivia question:

“What is the question Lori (Alphie) says reporters ask 99.9% of the time?”

Remember, all of our birthday giveaways are open to anyone, anywhere in the world. It doesn’t matter where!

Edited: We forgot to announce when we’d pull the winner! Sorry about that on a ton of cold meds and I’m a little out of it. Winner pulled at 11:59pm est this Saturday the 19th of march.

Stick Man Theater Does a Special Segment For Our Birthday!

We love the guys over at Stick Man Theater. They do these hilarious, short versions of the Twilight movies and novels using stick figures. Their stuff is simple, but has just the right amount of good-natured snark and humor. They’ve also recently branched out into Harry Potter and True Blood.

Well in honor of our birthday, they did a 12 cell condensed version of the Twilight Saga.

Check out all the cells and the rest of their work over on their site!

Twihards 4 Japan

The folks over at Edward’s Meadow, the site that hosts the annual Twilight Battle of the Bands, has spearheaded a campaign to raise money for Japanese disaster victims. Here’s what they wrote in to tell us:

Just wanted to let you know that we at Edward’s Meadow of have teamed up with Sstaria (our 2nd place winners from the Battle of the Twilight Bands III) and www.blingandbaubles.com to start a new contest, the Twihards 4 Japan giveaway! We have tons of cool prizes that we’ll be giving away over the next six weeks! To enter, you need to donate at least $1 to our Twihards 4 Japan fund on PayPal, which will later be sent to the American Red Cross to help the earthquake/tsunami victims in Japan. Here is the link to the contest: http://www.edwardsmeadow.com/twihardsforjapan.html

Video: The Waiting Game Outside a Breaking Dawn Shooting Location

Fans from all over the world flocked to the theatre in Vancouver the other day when Breaking Dawn was shooting there including a guy who gets mistaken for Robert Pattinson.

Via Twifans

Nikki Reed Given Kudos For Supporting Going Green

According to Mother Nature Network:

“Nikki Reed is on a one-woman recycling mission. “It’s very upsetting to me but apparently my building does not have recycling. They say that the city separates it but I don’t believe it and I don’t feel good about mixing all my trash. So I do it on my own. There’s a man who comes to my alley and collects cans and stuff so I give it to him,” she told us at the launch party for the fashion collection UK Style by French Connection. Reed was on a break from back-to-back shooting on the two “Breaking Dawn” movies that will close the “Twilight” saga. “We’re almost done, like four more weeks,” she said, not quite sure how she’ll react when it’s over, since in the past there was always another installment to look forward to.”

See more on Mother Nature Network

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USA Today: Hollywood Brings Out a New Breed of Brawn

Eclipse trailer Jacob abd BellaUSA Today covers a variety of reasons why actors who have been around and were not really well known, to total newcomers are going to be making a splash this year as the latest predicted Hollywood heartthrobs. These types are coming in two categories and Twilight, they claim, is part of the reason:

“The ‘Twilight’ factor

The reason for the double standard?

“It’s the two archetypes you see in Twilight,” Dergarabedian suggests. In one corner is brooding vampire Edward and, in the other, burly werewolf Jacob. “It’s probably an attempt to make sure women see these films.”

Not a bad guess. Yes, the target audience of such geek-squad fare remains men 18 to 25, who can almost always be counted on to show up for at least the opening weekend of a comic-book adventure. But as the cost for special-effects and possible 3-D treatment escalates, it isn’t a bad idea to reach beyond the core crowd and add some eye candy for the ladies as well.

Consider that the first three romantic Gothic thrillers based on the hugely popular book series have collected nearly $1.8 billion total in worldwide ticket sales by targeting female ticket buyers.

Meanwhile, barely known actors Robert Pattinson, 24, and Taylor Lautner, 19, turned into overnight sensations. Besides, it is normal for the definition of a movie hunk to go in cycles, says Jeanine Basinger, head of film studies at Wesleyan University.”

See more on USA Today. So ladies which do you prefer, the brooding or the brawn?

Gil Birmingham at the Rango Premiere

Look for Gil at roughly the 5:00 mark

Jackson Rathbone Meets Co-Star for the First Time

This was Jackson Rathbone’s first time meeting co-star Evan on the set of Girlfriend. they are still actively raising money to get the film into distribution over at Indiegogo. Jackson jockeyed shooting Girlfriend, Eclipse, and the Last Airbender at roughly the same time.