Edi Gathegi was being followed by paparazzi after a Nylon Magazine event. Usually paparazzi ask about personal lives and try to provoke a reaction, this time they went for Hunger Games vs. Twilight and Edi elected not to take the bait.
First Official The Host Poster and Your Questions Needed For the Stars
April 11, 2012
MTV is heading to the set of The Host and they want your questions for the film’s stars.
This Friday, MTV News will be headed to the seeeeecret secret location where alien parasite love story “The Host” is being filmed, where we’ll be delivering an exclusive behind-the-scenes missive from the set of this hotly anticipated sci-fi romance. And while we’re there, we’ll be chatting it up with Saoirse, Max and Stephenie—getting all the dirty details about how production is going so far, and asking them all your most burning-est questions about the film! Which means that now is your moment to run—RUN!—in the direction of Twitter, and tell us what you want to know using the @mtvnews handle and #MTVHost hashtag!
Video: Maggie Grace Talks Breaking Dawn Part 2 With Clevver Movies
April 11, 2012
Looks like that contact thing is a universal problem.
The Appeal of Female YA Heroines
April 11, 2012
MTV has a rundown of what appeals to us about two popular YA heroines: Bella and Katniss
No matter how you feel about “The Twilight Saga” as a film franchise, Stephenie Meyer’s vampire romance inspired millions of young readers to pick up a book and read. Anything that gets young people to lose themselves in the written word — whether it’s “Twilight,” “The Hunger Games” or “Game of Thrones” — is a positive step.
This week’s “Twilight” Tuesday is all about understanding what it is exactly about the characters in these books, particularly the very popular YA genre, that gets us obsessed and day-dreamy about them. Why do we love Bella and Katniss? What does that say about young readers today and the future of the genre? I took my questions to a few very informed experts.
Twilight Makes 1,000 Romance Novels of All Time List
April 11, 2012
According to their press release:
After four years of work and contributions from three writers, RomanceNovels.me has published its list of the Top 1,000 best romance books of all time. The list spans more than 200 years of romance books, from Jane Austen’s 1811 book, “Sense and Sensibility” to Stephenie Meyer’s 2005 hit “Twilight.”
In all, more than 440 authors made the list. Nora Roberts, though, was the undisputed queen with 25 titles on the list (that’s 2.5 percent of all the books!). Julie Garwood came in second with 16 books, and Linda Howard came in third with 14 books. Other authors with more than 10 titles on the list include:
- Mary Balough: 11 books ranked between 75 and 594- Madeline Hunter: 10 books ranked between 110 and 771
- Eloisa James: 10 books ranked between 74 and 765
- Lisa Kleypas: 11 books ranked between 33 and 579
- Judith McNaught: 11 books ranked betwen 47 and 497
- Teresa Medeiros: 12 books ranked between 78 and 681
- Susan Elizabeth Phillips: 11 books ranked between 27 and 660
- Julia Quinn: 11 books ranked between 64 and 661
How was the list selected?
Romance fans Myra Hawkins, Julie Davies and Lisa Harlowe culled hundreds of Web sites, bestseller lists and romance book blogs to put together the list.
The featured books cover a wide range of romance categories from historical romance to fantasy romance, erotic romance and Western romance.
“Our only requirement was that the books be readable,” Myra Hawkins said. “We didn’t pick books that we felt like we had to pick. We picked books we enjoy by authors we love to read.”
Over the course of the next year, RomanceNovels.me will release summaries of the titles on the list along with links to related books. Visit RomanceNovels.me to see the list in its entirety or share your thoughts on books you think have been overlooked.
Video: Noel Fisher and Tracey Heggins at the New Now Next Awards
April 10, 2012
Check out new vampires from the Romanian and Amazon Coven
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Best Kiss Seems Safely in the Twilight Quarter
April 10, 2012
The MTV Movie Awards will be happening in June and no doubt Breaking Dawn Part One will again be nominated for Best Kiss (that would mean for years in a row of nominations and wins). What do the Hunger Games stars think their chances are of taking away this award? Also, don’t worry, you haven’t missed anything, the nominations haven’t come out yet.
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Win Sarah Clarke’s and Kellan Lutz’s Shoes
April 10, 2012
The folks over at the charity Shoe revolt sent us over the following email
Kellan Lutz and Sarah Clarke have generously donated to Shoe Revolt to help raise awareness and put a stop to Human Trafficking. Currently Kellan and Sarah both have autographed shoes that are up for auction. We would LOVE your support in posting the auction on your website and sending tweets, FB posts or Pinterest pins to your followers. If you’ve already done so, THANK YOU! If you have any question please don’t hesitate to email me. Auction ends April 15th.
Check out the auction here! The shoes are size 11 1/2 in case you were wondering.
The Host Movie Filming to Start in New Mexico
April 10, 2012
Much of The Host Movie was shot in the very same place and surrounding areas as was Breaking Dawn: The Celtic Media Center in Baton Rouge and the surrounding countryside.
Now the production is moving to New Mexico for some authentic outdoor ambiance. Frances Fisher, who plays Maggie, Tweeted the above photo today.
Here’s some more info that the stars have dropped about the production via Twitter:
Stephen Rider:
regarding Stephenie Meyer: “Yeah, she’s on set almost everyday. She’s the best!!”
regarding reading the book: “we all have”
regarding the whole experience: “The cast is stellar and everyone is fully on board with the project. Truly an amazing experience!” and “Its gonna be great! The cast, crew, and producers are wonderful!!”
regarding the contacts: “They look great! Can’t wait for you to see…(he’s not allowed to tweet of photo of them)
regarding his character: “I’m the Seeker’s right hand man. The second lead seeker in the movie. Seeker Reed…” and “I don’t have a scene with him[Jake Abel]. But do have plenty of scenes with Diane Kruger and Saoirse Ronan.”
Frances Fisher
On hair color: He’s a blonde(Boyd Holbrook’s(kyle) confirms her hair is white for the film
regarding who is playing Sharon: you could tell us who will play Sharon? please?? ;)” I can’t; you will know why when film comes out!
regarding who is the funniest on set: director Andrew Niccolregarding who is playing Doc (still not listed on IMDB) Scott Lawrence is Doc
The Host Movie Official Cast Twitter Accounts
April 10, 2012
With The Host movie a year away, we thought we’d put up an official list of the cast Twitters. No doubt more will join, but at least we know these are real. No sense in talking to imposters!
The Host Official Twitter List
As of April 10, 2012
The Host Film @thehostfilm
Saoirse Ronan … Melanie Stryder @saoirse_ronan
Diane Kruger … The Seeker
Jake Abel … Ian O’Shea @MrJakeAbel
Max Irons … Jared Howe
Frances Fisher … Maggie Stryder @Frances_Fisher
William Hurt … Jeb Stryder
Chandler Canterbury … Jamie Stryder @chancanterbury
Boyd Holbrook … Kyle O’Shea
Stephen Rider … Seeker Reed @riderstephen
Scott Lawrence…Doc (not listed on IMDB but confirmed by Frances Fisher)
????….has been cast but not being released
Producer: Nick Weschler @nwprods
Writer: Stephenie Meyer
Writer/Director: Andrew Niccol
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