The signing with Catherine Hardwicke on March 17th just got a whole lot more interesting! This just in from Summit:

SPECIAL GUEST AND COSTUME CONTEST ANNOUNCED FOR CATHERINE HARDWICKE MARCH 17th EVENT

We are excited to confirm that actor Edi Gathegi (Laurent) will serve as our special guest Master of Ceremonies at Catherine’s launch event for Twilight: Director’s Notebook.

Want to show off your best Laurent impression?  What about Victoria or James?  We will be holding a special costume contest for the Twilight nomads (Laurent, Victoria and James) at the event – the winners of the contest will get to go up on stage and be directed in a scene by Catherine herself!  Ticketed attendees who wish to participate in the costume contest will need to arrive at Barnum Hall no later than 6pm the day of the event.

Ticketing and additional event details below:

CATHERINE HARDWICKE
With Master of Ceremony Edi Gathegi
and special musical performance by Lal Meri

Tuesday, March 17, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Barnum Hall
On the campus of Santa Monica High School
601 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405

THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT.  Tickets will be available starting Saturday, March 14th at 9:00 a.m. at Barnes and Noble, 3rd Street Promenade, 1201 3rd Street, Santa Monica, CA.  Please note, limit to two tickets per person.  Twilight: Director’s Notebook will be available for sale during the event.  Ticket distribution while supplies last.  For information call 310/260-9110.

Please note, Catherine will only be able to sign one copy of Twilight: Director’s Notebook per person at the event.  No pictures will be allowed during the autographing.

OK time for the 4th clue from Hot Topic. Remember you have to have participated in each of the 4 guessing posts to qualify for a random prize drawing. So…drum roll please…on to this week’s clue:

“Hey Twilighters, have you figured out the hints? Don’t fret; the last hint will put the puzzle together for most of you! Are you ready for it? Here it goes: “Black.” Figured it out now? If you think you got it, make sure and let us know!

Keep an eye out for next week’s post, we have some exciting news to share – so stay tuned!”

To tide you over until Hot Topic gives us the answers to their guessing game (seriously, we have absolutely no idea what the clues lead to), they have given us a sneak peek at the film cel that comes with a Hot Topic DVD purchase.

Let the guessing begin!

EXTRA chats with Kristen Stewart about the release of the TWILIGHT DVD (in stores March 21st) and her new movie, The Cake Eaters. Plus, Stewart plays Celeb Degrees with TWILIGHT co-stars Rachelle Lefevre and Edi Gathegi!

EXTRA also has a chance for a fan to win a free Twilight DVD.

According to the Twilight Saga website:

Catherine will be signing copies of Twilight: Director’s Notebook on Wednesday, March 18th at 6:00 p.m. at Walmart, 44665 Valley Central Way, Lancaster, CA 93534.

To obtain tickets for the autographing, you must purchase a copy of the book the day of the autographing, while supplies last. One book per person.

For more information call 661/940-8744.

Nikki Reed talked to MTV about the numerous problems the cast experienced with the weather in Portland wrecking havoc on the cast’s “look”.

Nikki told MTV when she sat down with them:

“We all had hours of hair and makeup in the morning, and then when we showed up on set, it was raining,” she remembered of her experiences filming the first “Twilight” flick, which hits DVD March 21. “And because we are vampires, we can’t shoot in the sun! So, we were always shooting when it was cloudy, and then there was hail, and the makeup was pouring off. It was an experimental process — now, I think, we are more prepared.”

See the whole story here.

The Risky Business Blog ( a subdivision of The Hollywood Reporter ) is reporting that,

“Juan Antonio Bayona has emerged as one of the finalists to direct “Eclipse,” the third movie in Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” franchise.

The studio declined to comment; a rep said producers were looking at a number of candidates.”

It’s interesting that the report didn’t get a denial from either the Bayona’s or Summit’s camp, instead it was a no comment. Read the full story here.

The Official Twilight Movie website has a soundtrack update that includes a preview of what’s on the Delux CD/DVD. TY to Stacey.

Are you having a DVD release party at your house? Look no further Celebrations has party ideas for you. They have recipes ranging from mushroom ravioli (from the Food Network’s Giada Di Laurentis) to a vampire blood punch.

They also have vampire make-up and decoration tips to set the scene just right.

Now if you need something to keep younger siblings entertained (Or even yourself because really who ever outgrows crayons?) one fan has come up with Twilight inspired coloring book pages.

Dakota Fanning made Forbes’ list of the 10 most valuable young stars list in the number 3 position. She’s right behind Harry Potter’s Dan Radcliffe and Miley Cyrus.  According to Forbes:

“All actors considered here were age 19 or younger at the time the survey results were released Feb. 10. More importantly, what they all have in common is range, says producer Rick Alvarez, whose credits include the upcoming film Dance Flick. Helping them is the fact that today’s audiences are able–and want–to see young actors in different kinds of roles.”

Reelz Channel polled several Twilight sites for their most wanted DVD material. You can see the whole list here. This is what we sent in.

1. We are hoping against hope that somewhere on the cutting room floor Edward and Bella said “I love you!” to each other!
2. We heard that Ashley Greene beamed a cameraman twice when doing the baseball scene. We’d love to see that blooper from the cameraman’s perspective.
3. We’re dying to see the scene with Kellan Lutz‘s line “She’s not one of us, Edward” that made the trailer but not the movie.
4. Any extra time with the Cullen family. We didn’t get enough of them.
5. We’ve heard that there were some improv scenes between Rob and Kristen. We really want to see those.

So what do you most want to see in the DVD extras?