Happy Birthday David Slade!

A happy birthday to David Slade!

David hits the big 40 today!

Twilight Lexicon Interview: Gil Birmingham

Jen, Be My Escape, had the opportunity to interview Gil Birmingham about his music. Aside from being a talented actor, Gil is a musician as well. Many people who have gone to various conventions, like Eye-Con this weekend in Florida, have gotten to hear Gil perform.

Q: What are the inspirations for your lyrics and music?

My music comes from the emotional place I’m in when I write it.  It’s an outpouring of the soul of those emotions through the guitar.

What genre does your music generally fit into?

My music is classic rock and blues for the most part.

What is the most challenging work as far as creating a song?

Writing the music, the lyrics, getting it produced?  Writing music is not really challenging because it comes from a place of inspiration.  It’s about connecting with what I’m feeling at the time. When you see me play, you understand that the music comes from my heart.  Recording music is more difficult because you have to get a clean cut down without letting the technical aspects of recording get in the way of the creative process. [Read more…]

Bella and Edward Go To Harvard…Sort Of

Harvard University’s humor and satire magazine has a spoof of Twilight coming out entitled Nightlight. The Harvard Lampoon has been around nearly 300 years and was initially modeled on the British humor magazine Punch. They have done a parody of anything and everything. According to the description on Amazon.com:

About three things I was absolutely certain. First, Edwart was most likely my soul mate, maybe. Second, there was a vampire part of him–which I assumed was wildly out of his control–that wanted me dead. And third, I unconditionally, irrevocably, impenetrably, heterogeneously, gynecologically, and disreputably wished he had kissed me.

And thus Belle Goose falls in love with the mysterious and sparkly Edwart Mullen in the Harvard Lampoon’s hilarious send-up of Twilight.

Pale and klutzy, Belle arrives in Switchblade, Oregon looking for adventure, or at least an undead classmate. She soon discovers Edwart, a super-hot computer nerd with zero interest in girls. After witnessing a number of strange events–Edwart leaves his tater tots untouched at lunch! Edwart saves her from a flying snowball!–Belle has a dramatic revelation: Edwart is a vampire. But how can she convince Edwart to bite her and transform her into his eternal bride, especially when he seems to find girls so repulsive?

Complete with romance, danger, insufficient parental guardianship, creepy stalker-like behavior, and a vampire prom, Nightlight is the uproarious tale of a vampire-obsessed girl, looking for love in all the wrong places.”

Probably the most famous spoof of the Harvard Lampoon was their 1969 spoof of Tolkein called Bored of the Rings.  Many writers of the magazine end up  on the sitcom writing staffs in Hollywood. Among their alums is Conan O’Brien.

New Moon Companion Guide Preview

People magazine that hits stands today has a preview guide of some of the photos that that you can expect to see in the book and the film.

Mark Cotta Vaz, who wrote the previous Twilight movie companion guide, is back again as the creative force putting together this project.

Cam Gigandet Interview on Cinema Blend

Cam Gigandet has a new movie opening this weekend, and he sat down with Cinema Blend to talk about it.

I imagine since being part of Twilight you’ve been able to make a lot more choices in terms of the roles you take.
Yeah, that’s opened up so many doors, and I’m so grateful for what that movie’s done. It was really kind of a special little slice of life that brought me where I am today. Thankfully I got to do other things.

Do you feel somewhat grateful that you were there for the first one only? Robert Pattinson’s life is never going to be the same. You don’t have to be chased down the street by screaming girls or anything.
Yeah, exactly. We talked about this before we even started the movie, and that was one of the big selling points. Me, myself, I wasn’t interested in doing that for the rest of my life. It was kind of the perfect balance for that movie.

Catch the rest on Cinema Blend, and catch Cam’s new movie this weekend.

E! Covers Robert Pattinson & Chaske Spencer

via TA

Tinsel Korey Sings Never Think

While Tinsel Korey visited the Quileute reservation at La Push, she sang Never Think for a small group.

Kellan Lutz Interview: Part 2

The Parent’s Examiner continues her interview with Kellan Lutz where he now talks about personal choices.

“I just love what I do. I found myself going on this one path becoming a chemical engineer making $60,000 a year- it was a respectable job. But my personality needs more. The rush of having an audition or becoming another character was awesome. But thank God that He was there shooing me in the right direction. He just kept me safe, and I know I put my mom through some stressful times.

That’s why I wear a white bracelet on left wrist. It’s my freedom bracelet. It’s finally my life and I get to do what I want to do, and it reminds me where I came from. I’m in it for the right reasons. I don’t care to be famous; I don’t care to be in the tabloids. I just love to act. I enjoy it so much. It’s just my favorite hobby that I’ve unlocked inside of myself, and I’d love to do it for the rest of my life.”

Mike Welch Film At Tucson Film Festival

The festival will be held October 9th – October 11th. Lost Dream will be on Sunday ( October 11) at the Historic Rialto Theater downtown Tucson at 9 P.M. Across the street from the theater is the famous Congress Hotel where John Dillinger was finally caught and killed.

Short Synopsis:

Two college students, Perry and Giovanni, develop a delicate friendship based on their mutual suicidal behavior. Perry, the son of a corrupt Congressman, is tormented by his position in society. Giovanni, distraught by a troubled childhood, has lost his desire to live. Together, they challenge each other’s existence in search of salvation.

Note the film is intended for mature audiences. It wasn’t been rated by the MPAA, but if it were it would be an R rating (we assume) so use your judgement.

Christian Serratos: Get Her Look

Christian went shopping at YMI Jeans, and they have a breakdown of how you can get Christian’s signature look.