Unless the James Bond film Quantum of Solace makes a sudden comeback in the next 48 hours, the Twilight movie just edged it out for the number 8 slot in the top finishing movies this year. Not that we’re gloating or anything, but what a large number of media pundits dismissed as a "just chick flick that wouldn’t make anything" just beat the testosterone ridden James Bond.

E! Now if you want to take into account money spent vs. money earned, Twilight beat out every film this year.

BoxOffice Mojo According to Box Office Mojo, here are the top grossing films of 2008:

Reuters talks about how 2008 was The Year of the Vampire, and the Twilight Saga’s Role. Reuters also covers Amazon.com’s Best of 2008 list.  Breaking Dawn was the best selling book of 2008, Twilight was the most sold gift book, and Twilight was the most positively reviewed Kindle book.

Christmas was so good over at Amazon.com that according to the New York Times, "Amazon’s press release has all sorts of entertaining factoids…it sold enough “Breaking Dawn” books that, if stacked end to end, they would reach the summit of Mount Everest eight times…"

 
The Ottowa Citizen looks at what makes books award winners and if that should change.

Jackson Rathbone gave an interview on the set of his upcoming horror flick Dread.

Christian Serratos, Angela in the Twilight movie, was noted for her great hair.

It looks like Nikki Reed is trend setting with her Level 99 jeans.

People Magazine has added five fun facts about Robert Pattinson. TY to Anna

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December 29th is a special day here at the Lexicon. It is Pel’s birthday!!!  First off it is necessary for everyone to understand how much time and energy Pel puts into the Lexicon.  She is the tech guru, the morning, noon and night news anchor, she empties out the inbox numerous times a day (that is no small feat), and she is not afraid to wield the scepter of doom when necessary.  Did we mention that this is meant to be a hobby and not actually her full time job?  So on this great day we ask that all of you join us in wishing Pel a very happy birthday.  The Lexicon wouldn’t be possible without all her incredible efforts.  

We have created a thread for you all to wish Pel a Happy Birthday and to share some of your favorite Pel moments! 

And to all the rest of you out there with a birthday on December 29th Happy Birthday!!!

EDITED:  I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for the birthday posts. I didn’t have access to the Internet until this afternoon to see exactly what was up. My first clue that Alphie did a video was text messages asking me if I had seen the video on the Lex, and my first thought was "Lori made a video? How did that happen?" (If you’ve ever seen Lori dealing with technical things, you understand.) So TY to Be My Escape and Alphie for doing this without me knowing and thanks again all for the birthday wishes. I’m now off to sort out the news. 🙂

Pel

Stephenie makes the list of Literature in Review.

Stephenie vs. David Archuletta for Mormon of the Year?

Sales Totals Round-up

NY Times

5.  The Host (hardback fiction category)
1.     The Twilight Saga (children’s series category)
1.     The Twilight Illustrated Movie Companion (paperback advice)

USA Today

1.   Twilight
2.   New Moon
3.   Eclipse
5.   Breaking Dawn
21. The Host

Wall Street Journal

2.  Eclipse
3.  Breaking Dawn
7.  Twilight
8.  New Moon
10. The Host

Publishers Weekly (does not rank YA books)

5. The Host

Justin Chon, Eric Yorkie in the Twilight movie, is in Asiance Magazine. TY to Krystina.

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were listed in MTV’s Rookies and Breakouts list.

Catch a preview of Cam Gigandet’s new feature, The Unborn, here.

Rob’s haircut made the top trend setting news for men’s style in Trendhunter.  The Borders movie calendar also made the top vampire calendars on the same site.

Rob and Cam made Much Music’s Countdown of 2008’s sexiest stars. They are tied with each other at number 15. TY to Kealey.

NP The National Post makes a comparison that we’ve never seen before: Twilight vs. Beverly Hills 90201. Somehow the writer of the article hasn’t noticed that Kellan Lutz is in both casts.

 The New York Times covers how the definition of "Blockbuster" varies by year.

New Moon made Film Jabber’s 30 Hottest Movies to See in 2009 list.

Entertainment and Showbiz Twilight made the list for most movie mistakes of the year, but so did the Dark Knight, Momma Mia, Iron Man and other top selling movies. There are probably other movies with tons of mistakes, but not that many people saw them to report them.

 There is no Philippines’ version of Twilight headed for TV.  It was in fact a hoax that totally duped a celeb blogger and several sites.

As hoaxes go, it was a good one. It was timed right before the Christmas holiday making it completely impossible to verify with official sources, who when they get around to reading our email inquiry are going to think that someone spiked our eggnog.

Fortunately someone in the Philippines checked with the management of the station supposedly airing the show and got this reply, "Save the effort and hate words, guys! Buzzbox clarified with ABS-CBN Corporate Communication Head Bong Osorio and after checking with ABS-CBN Television Head Cory Vidanes categorically stated: “There is no plan for ABS-CBN to remake ‘Twilight.’” 

Were you disappointed when the life sized Robert Pattinson cut-out wasn’t under your tree? Have you been dying to run your hands through Rob’s hair? Better yet, have you felt an urge to rid him of a certain beret, and pick out his clothes before he finds himself in a fashion emergency intervention?

Well, until Rob ends up in your possession, we have found the next best thing. He can be trendy, to grunge, to GQ, to…well…you get the idea. 🙂