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Break of of the Winter Blues With a Signed Bag Giveaway

February 2, 2011

We don’t know about the rest of you, but we’ve had it wit the ice and snow of winter.  Laura can’t wait to leave the snowy, icy, and cold NYC area for two creation conventions in California: San Fransisco that takes place this weekend and Los Angeles that takes place the first weekend in March. Lori can’t wait until March when the convention is at her hometown of Nashville.

Despite the ground hog predicting it will be an early spring, we’re not so sure. We need something to cheer us up. I mean did they have to pluck him out of his borrow using mining gear? He must be buried under three feet of ice and snow at least. Also why do we haul over-sized rodents out of their burrows and surround them with TV camera’s…never mind…it’s probably the same reason we drive on parkways and park on driveways.

Anyway, back to needing the cheering up! Today we are giving away a signed bag from the Creation Entertainment Official Twilight Tour. It was signed by Dan Cudmore, Charlie Bewley, Chaske Spencer, Kiowa Gordon and Bronson Pelletier. Just tell us what you do to fight the winter blues in the comments and we’ll pick a random winner on Friday night at 11:59 eastern.

If you are in the San Fransisco area, day tickets are only $25. If you come on Saturday you get to see seven actors. That’s a hard deal to beat!

Also, March is the Lexicon’s anniversary month. As usual, we’ll have lots of awesome giveaways coming up. Items signed by Stephenie Meyer, Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and more! So you definitely want to be around in March as we celebrate!

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TwiIdiot Runs Down the Best of Twilight on CafePress

February 2, 2011

You remember Gretchen from TwiIdiot? She’s the person who was picked by Collider out of over 700 applicants to write the Eclipse DVD review.

Often times trying to find a design at CafePress can be overwhelming because the search feature isn’t the greatest. Well there are a ton of sales going on over at CafePress (some that are over tonight at midnight)and Gretchen’s compiled her favorite stores and merchandise. She calls it Tasteful Twilight Gifts. It’s a way to celebrate Twilight love without an over abundance of sparkle dust…not that there’s anything wrong with sparkle dust. 🙂

We made the list at number 4:

4.  Twilight Lexicon on Cafe Press

The Twilight Lexicon fan site has a lovely Cafe Press storefront with several designs.  Here is my favorite on a throw pillow:

The design also comes on T-shirts, note cards, dog T-shirts, thongs and boxer shorts.  I think the pillow would make a nice wedding gift or go nicely in a black, white and red-themed bedroom.

And your reward for reading this far — here are the three Cafe Press discounts that are running right now.  I will update here periodically as the promotions change.

Spend $40 or more and get free shipping.  Use code: CUPID at check out.

Get 20% off Twilight-related merchandise.  Use code: BELLA at check out.

Get 20% off your order.  Use code: LOVEBUG at check out.

Get the full buying guide here, and she’s also asked people to chime in with comments of their favorite stores and merch!

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Robert Pattinson Heading to the BAFTA’s As a Presenter? The Ads Certainly Suggest The Possibility

February 2, 2011

Unlike the Golden Globes and the OSCARS that do weeks of PR for their awards including name dropping presenters at regularly scheduled intervals, the BAFTA’s are more low-key. You discover who is presenting maybe days before. The show airs on February 13th.

Here’s who we think is likely to be there from the Twilight cast in a presenting role assuming Breaking Dawn filming allows:

Robert Pattinson: As a UK Robert Pattinson site points out his face is splashed all over their promotional ads in the London Tube and in their TV adverts. He presented last year and with Water for Elephants, Bel Ami, and Breaking Dawn coming out this year he’s a big attraction. Also given his age, it’s a way to get younger viewers to tune in.

Kristen Stewart: Last year she won the Rising Star Award. It’s a bit of a tradition for the previous year’s winner to present the statue to the current year’s winner. See video below.

Michael Sheen: He’s producing a Passion Play for his hometown in Wales, Port Talbot. In the fall he’s slated to do Hamlet at the Old Vic, and then there are all the mega-hits he’s in from Alice in Wonderland to Tron to Breaking Dawn and then the smaller films like Midnight in Paris that’s currently in production.  He’s practically the poster boy for local Welsh Boy Makes Good.

Long shot: Jamie Campbell-Bower is making a name for himself starring as King Arthur in the upcoming Camelot. He’s also in the final Harry Potter movies. We’re actually wondering if Jamie might appear as a future Rising Star nominee.

Anna Kendrick: She was there last year for Up in the Air. She’s also a bit of an anglophile following UK shows like The X-Factor where she made a guest appearance this season.

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Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner Make Vanity Fair’s Top 40 List 2010

February 2, 2011

Every year Vanity Fair creates the Top 40 in their March issue list that covers the biggest Hollywood earners. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner all hit this year’s list with the likes of other big-time Hollywood names such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Smith, and Sandra Bullock.

Here’s a preview of what they had to say about the Twilight connection:

“We can also look to the Twilight kids. That franchise also landed three people on the list.

Speaking of—how did Taylor Lautner find his way in Hollywood’s top 10 earners?

He’s perhaps the highest-paid teenage star right now. When they first negotiated their contracts, they were getting paid a lot less. Then, with the immense success of the film, the agents went back and renegotiated the deal—Lautner’s deal, in particular, was really bumped up. He was actually getting less than the other two stars at the beginning of the Twilight series. For this last installment that they split into two parts, they really ratcheted it up. He’s now paid on par with the others.”

For the  the rest of the online version click  here. For the full version with write-ups on Rob and Kristen, but the March issue.

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Video: Jennifer Love Hewett Becomes Access Hollywood’s Breaking Dawn Correspondent

February 1, 2011

Jennifer has been an obsessed Twilight fan forever. Check out all our previous Jennifer coverage here.

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Kellan Lutz and Rami Malek Ask Fans to “Get on the Float”

February 1, 2011

The other day Kellan Lutz Tweeted a photo of him, Rami Malek (Benjamin) and Casey LeBow (Kate) spending the day building houses for the St. Bernard Project. The St. Bernard Project has nothing to do with lovable dogs, rather it’s all about building homes in post-Katrina Louisiana. They routinely partner with other well-known organizations such as Americorps and the United Way

Here’s the link to the fund Rami and Kellan are talking about.

According to their press release this is what the “Get on the Float” initiative is all about:

Get on the Float — Help SBP rebuild 20 families homes and raise $ 350,000 this Mardi Gras Season.

Carnival season is New Orleans’ biggest time of year. Hundreds of thousands of travelers from around the globe descend upon the Crescent City for the celebration that is Mardi Gras. [Read more…]

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MTV’s Josh Horowitz Has Elizabeth Reaser Help Define What Sundance Is

February 1, 2011

This is hilarious for anyone who has ever been to Sundance, or even if you haven’t. It basically pokes fun at everything from clueless reporters, to fake smiles, to gifting suites, to you name it.  Elizabeth Reaser does her bit around the 1:38 mark, but the whole thing is worth the watch.

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Henry Cavill cast as Superman

February 1, 2011

As long time Twilight fans know, Henry Cavill was Stephenie Meyer’s first choice to play Edward Cullen.  Before a film was even being made, Stephenie had a page up at her website that named several current actors and who she felt best caught the spirit of her characters.  Fans everywhere had icons and manips of Henry as Edward with quotes from the book.  Some people still have those!  So when news of Henry Cavill being cast as Superman hit the internet, many Twilight fans took notice!

As the resident Superman fan here at the Lexicon, I can’t stress how excited I am to hear this news!  Cavill was actually passed over as Superman a few years ago when Brandon Routh won the roll.  Now, with the apparent “reboot” of the series, a new writer, a new director, and a new Superman have all been brought into play.  The reboot will be similar in the way that Batman Begins rebooted the Batman franchise, going with a darker, grittier tone. (Although, as a Superman fan it’s difficult for me to understand how you can make a “dark” story about a man who gets his powers from the sun, but that’s a topic for another fandom!  LOL!)

So congrats to Henry Cavill for landing one of the most coveted and talked about rolls right now.  In fact Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Joe Manganiello (True Blood), and Armie Hammer (The Social Network) where all up for the role.  I’m sure there will be many Twilight fans heading to the theatre to see Henry take on the duality of Clark Kent/Superman.  Tell us in the comments what you think about this one time Edward favorite taking on such a recognizable role.

Check out how E! looks at “Five things about the New Superman.”

And as a bonus, hear Stephenie Meyer’s quick comment about Henry when we spoke to her at the premier of Eclipse.  Amanda Bell from The Twilight Examiner asks about casting Diego From Bree Tanner around the 7:34 mark which leads to a short discussion about Henry.

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Letters to Twilight On MSN’s Obsessed: Harry Potter vs. Twilight

February 1, 2011

The gals over at Letters to Twilight wrote to tell us that, “A few weeks back I was contacted by comedian Kevin Avery who is producing a web series on MSN.com called Obsessed which explores fandoms and why people like what they like. The first fandoms he wanted to feature were Harry Potter and Twilight! I had the pleasure of sitting down with Kevin to talk some Twilight and help him understand why we love it so much and why our fandom is the bestest.”

A bigger description in on the Letters to Twilight website.

“Last month I was asked to be interviewed as a Twilight “Expert” (ha!) in a web series called Obsessed by comedian Kevin Avery. The series was going to compare the Twilight and Harry Potter fandoms.  I’m sure you can guess that I thought it was going to be a Colbert Report type thing where Twilighters were made fun of they went for the easy jokes instead of really getting to know a bit more about the Twilight fandom. BUUUTTT that was not the case at all, Kevin was awesome and totally got the fun, the crazy and the deep stuff about Twilight. I had a blast letting him in on the inner workings of the Twidom and sharing a little bit of why we love Twilight so much even when it doesn’t make sense!”

See more of the Letters to Twilight event description here.

You can find the video here. For some reason MSN of all places doesn’t have an embed code.

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Bobby Long Launches Album and Looks Beyond Twilight and Never Think

February 1, 2011

Back when Twilight was the little indie movie that could, back in the day when Summit didn’t realize what they had, and the media, save for MTV, was largely ignorant to the franchise, director Catherine Hardwicke chose songs written by Robert Pattinson’s friends: Bobby Long, Sam Bradley, and Marcus Foster to appear in the movie.

Bobby Long has just released an album, but he’s not relying on that Never Think Let Me Sign feel as the Wall Street Journal found out:

“While Bobby Long was at university in London, he fell in with a group of musicians that included Robert Pattinson, future star of the “Twilight” films. “Let Me Sign,” a song Mr. Long co-wrote and said he performed only once in public, was sung by Mr. Pattinson in the first “Twilight” installment with all the intensity of Van Morrison’s “Astral Weeks.”

There are worse ways to launch your career, but Mr. Long all but disavows the song. “It’s not really who I am and what I’m doing now,” he said when we met one recent frigid morning at the Cake Shop, a club here on the Lower East Side a short walk from his apartment.”

See the whole story on the Wall Street Journal.

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