Maggie has posted her first official report from the premiere last night. 

I’ve just come back from the Twilight premiere in Leicester Square and it was certainly an experience. It was a week of ‘yes you can go, no you can’t, yes you can, no you can’t’ and finally the people from Nokia pulled through and got me into the thick of things. I found out Tuesday night that I was able to go, and Wednesday morning I was on a train to London.

Checck out the rest of Maggie’s adventure HERE.

The lovely ladies from the SLTA have decorated a Twilight themed Christmas Tree for charity.  Check out the article in the Dessert News and see the pictures below

This just in from Dano: 

A VERY generous donation of $4,000 purchased “A Cullen Christmas” tree. It was more than we ever imagined we’d earn for the hospital.

The ladies of the SLTA set to work to find the perfect gifts for our favorite characters

• Bella – A Camera and a Scrapbook
• Edward – An Electric Piano
• Carlisle – The game Operation
• Esme – A Pink tool set
• Emmet – A bear rug and a red toy jeep
• Rosalie – A silver-plated vanity set complete with brush, comb, and mirror
• Alice – A Magic 8 Ball
• Jasper – Books on the Civil War along with a baseball and bat
• Charlie – A Fishing Pole
• Rene – The Host autographed by Stephenie Meyer, and a gift certificate from the Kings English Bookstore
• Renesme – The complete works of Shakespeare and Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice
• Jacob – A tool box, a work light, and work gloves.
• The Volturri – The board game Risk
• In addition to the character presents we had many wonderful donations to add to the presents under the tree.
• Infinite Jewelry donated the Official Bella’s Bracelet and Engagement Ring.
• Twilight Teez donated the Edward “bite me” baseball cap and the Jacob “Hot Dog” Beanie Hat
• The Forks Chamber of Commerce provided a Forks Washington Baseball cap
• Forks Outfitters sent a Forks Spartan Sweatshirt
• Brent Neilson hand carved the beautiful Queen and Pawn Chess pieces for the Twilight Saga book ends
• Shauna Call worked tirelessly on the tree skirt which is actually a twin size quilt with the four book cover designs.
• A La Push Hoodie jacket, a Forks T-shirt, a Team Edward Purse, and a plush penguin doll, the Twilight 2009 Calendar, and a Twilight Movie poster, and a “Dear Santa Vampires Believe” cookie plate completed the delights under the tree.

Maggie just called from London and asked us to post this:

As I approached Leicester Square I could hear the crowd from three blocks away and was not disappointed with the fan enthusiasm in the UK.  Catherine, Rob, and Kristen all looked great.  Catherine excited, Rob manically running around, and Kristen freezing but all happy and energized.  The folks from Nokia are brilliant and I will have a full report up soon. 

Maggie

Be sure to check back here and Maggie’s blog tomorrow for more updates!

The Hollywood Reporter has an inside scoop on Kristen’s newest project (maybe the project she talked about being iconic, and one that she was dying to do in her Moviefone interview with Stephenie and Rob).

*geeksugar Apparently Peter Facinelli doesn’t just play a caring and devoted father in the movies (like there was ever any doubt!) He uses his MAC to bridge the distance.

Twilight is one of Yahoo’s Top Ten Trailers of 2008.  Now doubt there will be more lists like this coming out as the year winds down.

Ted Casablanca who a week ago was loving the Twilight craze seems to have watched a different movie than the rest of us.

Not to pick on Ted, but he’s like the tenth person this week to make this mistake. NOTE TO NEWS MEDIA: YOU’RE GETTING IT WRONG. EDWARD SAYING "I CAN’T LOSE CONTROL AROUND YOU" DOESN’T MEAN SEXUAL CONTROL. IT MEANS HIS CONCENTRATION, which granted when you’re kissing or beyond you don’t tend to have a lot of focus! The thing is Edward can’t get too close for too long to inhale Bella’s scent especially possible when they are right under each others’ noses in a lip lock, or she will end up as his dinner…AKA "if things end badly". In Twilight Edward is not used to being in this close proximity with a human, Bella’s in eminent danger of being sucked dry faster than a marathoner can down a bottle of water than she is in danger of being ravished on the floor!

 The same is eluded to in the Cullen’s kitchen when Alice says "Oh you do smell good." and in the baseball field when Rosalie says, "I could smell her across the field." And unless it gets cut in the next film (pardon the pun) Jasper is going to be having the same CONTROL problem. They’re not looking to bed Bella, they’re resisting making her the best Thanksgiving dinner they ever had!

Also a side note here, what’s with the Mormon author’s values things?  Isn’t this getting a little old? As opposed to all the other religions out there that are gung ho about the idea of teenage pre-marital sex???

Last year the Twilight movie got lucky since the script was largely written before the writers’ strike, and then the strike was settled just as filming began.  Here’s to hoping there isn’t a SAG strike!

ATLANTIC  Atlantic Monthly takes the time to analyze the different themes in the book and movie in more than just a cursory way. TY to Evedawn for the heads up.

Twilighters Anonymous has a pretty funny Top Ten List (think Letterman) about why you should see the Twilight movie again.

Reelz Channel wants to know what you think about items that are in the book but not in the Twilight movie.

The UK isn’t the only place catching Twilight fever (look for coverage later today and tomorrow from our reporter Maggie). New Zealand and Australia are prepping for Twilight that hits their theaters in time for Christmas and their summer holidays.

First Australia’s ABC News talks about how Twilight is poised to make a killing.

New Zealand’s TVNZ has a Twilight contest going on.

Well, we could explain just how awesome is awesome, but Kaleb on his worst day is way more entertaining than we are.  So watch the video and this is why Twicon is totally going to rock this summer!

To enter the contest click here.

Rob, Kristen, and Catherine are currently in Europe for the UK premiere and the European tour. Remember we need your questions for them! Leave them here.

Lucky Australian fans can catch Edi Gathegi and Nikki Reed at the HUB Twilight Convention this weekend. Now, if you missed out on this sold out event, the HUB has a Monte Carlo themed prom planned in April that currently has Kellan and Ashley booked to appear, and they are taking reservations.

Justin Chon will be doing a ton of appearances this weeknd.  The events themseleves are by invite only, but Justin is happy to meet his fans before and after the event.  Check out the Justin Chon fansite for the details.

And if you are like me and living all of this vicariously through the Internet and need to talk Twilight to someone before you implode, there’s always the new Twilight Chat room sponsored by 17 magazine.