Yahoo news has an article discussing the upcoming filming of New Moon  including some of the characters they are looking to cast. As well as some casting rumors that can be put to rest. 

Intoxicting Scent has some photos in their gallery of Jackson Rathbone and his band 100 Monkeys.  The photos were snapped at a recent appearance in LA. 

Hot Topic has Edward Action figures available for pre-order. 

MTV has an article up about the Edward Figurine.

BC-Best-sellers-Books-USAToday

By The Associated Press – 2 hours ago

Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback

1. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-P)

2. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-H)

3. "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-H)

4. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-P)

5. "The Shack" by William P. Young (Windblown Media) (F-P)

6. "Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog" by John Grogan (Harper) (NF-P)

7. "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" by J.K. Rowling (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic) (F-H)

8. "Murder Game" by Christine Feehan (Jove) (F-P)

9. "Married In Seattle: First Comes MarriageWanted: Perfect Partner" by Debbie Macomber (Mira) (F-P)

10. "The Appeal" by John Grisham (Dell) (F-P)

Catherine Hardwicke will be inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame. Other notable inductees include Larry Hagman of I Dream of Jeannie and Who shot JR? fame.

Iron & Wine were on the Tonight show with Jay Leno on Monday performing Flightless Bird, American Mouth from the Twilight soundtrack.  TY to Shannon.

J-14 Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner are on the cover of J-14. Robert has also made the February issue of Seventeen.

Jackson Rathbone did a podcast with the Portuguese site Volvocast. The first part is in Portuguese, but the interview is all in English.

MTV has a post up about speculation of New Moon casting. There have been rumors circulating on the Internet for a month on who will play Leah Clearwater. Now granted, we haven’t seen Melissa Rosenberg’s script, but keep in mind, however that these might just be rumors since in the books Leah actually appears in Eclipse and is only mentioned in passing in New Moon.  We’re actually thinking that Volturi casting rumors might be more credible at this point. MTV is also covering New Moon actors in the video clips found here.

Yahoo Movies has New Moon listed as one of the most anticipated movies of 2009.

FILM Gecko Film Gecko is confirming what we have long suspected with the upcoming New Moon movie, and has been backed up by Lana Veenker (who cast the local parts for Twilight), "The L.A. casting director has been hired, but their information will not be posted. I’m guessing that’s because of the number of unsolicited calls and submissions they’d receive." In other words folks unless you are an established industry professional with representation, there’s no point in sending in your resume for …fill in name of character here. There is no casting cattle call at this point. No news on extras yet, which typically will be a local cast.

The LA Times has an article about what fans think of Taylor playing Jacob.

Bobby Long’s Myspace posted lyrics of Let Me Sign. There has been much discussion and many arguments over which lyrics are correct. Now we all know just what Rob is singing! TY to Morgan

Chart attack covers a bit of Rob’s music.

MyPark thinks that Rob has Bond staus, as in Bond, James Bond.

If you’ve never seen the Hillywood Show, you really need to. they are famous for their Pirates of the Caribbean spoofs among other things. In any case, about a month ago we posted about them casting their latest spoof on Twilight. They have filmed it and are in the post production process.  Look for it to launch in February. While we are waiting they have released the poster for this episode. According to Hillywood, "Bella Swan will be played by: Hilly Hindi.  Edward Cullen will be played by Special Guest Star (Robert Pattinson look-a-like)."

Although there is no official date after getting conflicting dates, the US releasae to DVD is March 21 for Twilight on DVD we do have the official cover art released by Summit.

  EW has a new article about the fate of Taylor.

    "This week, Summit Entertainment is expected to announce a big cast­ing choice for the next film based on Stephenie Meyer’s wildly successful series of vampire romance novels."

MTV has an article up about Rob dropping out of Part per Billion.  Read all the info here.  Larry also poses some interesting questions concerning the topic here.

Robert Pattinson’s indie film The Summerhouse will be in release in April 2009.  Here’s a glimpse at the trailer. I think I can safely speak for everyone when I say OME!