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Various versions of the Twilight movie trailer are popping up everywhere as Summit kicks into a major media blitz.  Expect more in the near future since a major press junket is upcoming. Just some of the spottings include:

• Nickelodeon
• The World Series
•  Cartoon Network Adult Swim

You can also catch Twilight coverage in the hard copies of:

• Fast Company Magazine (ty to Already Bitten)
  
• Nylon Magazine (ty to Takara)
  

Here’s how Twilight Saga related books are doing this week.

NY Times

First off the Twilight:The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion debuted on the NY Times Bestseller list in the number 2 position in its category, which believe it or not is paperback advice.

11.  The Host (hardback fiction category)
1.     The Twilight Saga (children’s series category)

Publishers Weekly

8. The Host (fiction hardback)

USA Today

1.   Twilight
2.   New Moon
4.   Eclipse
6.   Breaking Dawn
26. The Host
96. Twilight:The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion

Wall Street Journal

2.  Eclipse
5.  Breaking dawn
11. Twilight
13. New Moon

On a live broadcast in Dallas at the where Twicon is to be held this summer, Bailey (No More Marbles) and Kaleb (The Twilight Guy) announced that Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene would be making appearances at Twicon this summer.  This is in addition to other previous guests such as Mike Welch, and The Bella Cullen Project.

They also mentioned that they are still working on getting other guests, but didn’t mention who else they might be trying to sign on.

You can get all the details here.

Supposedly Twicon has something big in the works.  They are doing another live videocast tonight to deliver the big news live, and Kaleb Nation (Mr. Twilight Guy) is going to be broadcasting with them.:

Just wanted to let you know I found out we will be making some big announcements about Twicon on the show. If people want to watch and get the news live, we will be on Bailey’s channel (http://www.blogtv.com/people/nomoremarbles ) at 8PM CST on Saturday.

EW is taking nominations for Entertainer of the Year.  Not only actors, but authors are allowed to be nominated. Go over and show your Twilight Saga love.  TY to Angie.

There’s a great video of Melissa Rosenberg talking about Twilight and New Moon at the Austin Film Festival. TY to Meredith for linking us to her great interview.

The LA Times continues their countdown in the vow to post a Twilight story a day til the movie releases.  Today’s entry features Taylor Lautner.

Rob’s visit to Mexico has certainly let film makers know that Twilight is not just popular in the USA.  There are some great photos (TY Alejandro) on BlogHogwarts and TwilightPoison. 

There’s also a report from Vale.

"It was IN-SANE. But in a good way! It was just too many hours to wait and a lot of ecpectations and rumours of not all of the fans being able to see him and what not.

I’m uploading some pictures as I type. So far I can tell you HE WAS BRILLIANT. He came over with a white shirt and a black tie (he arrived with his regular black jacket but later took it off).

He kept cracking up and smiling a lot. He couldn’t believe all the people that was just there to see him, he just laughed and said Hola! He waved at everybody and smiled a lot. Sometimes he shook his head when he saw so many people. Like, what? and his agents were smiling and laughing a lot too. Like, they didn’t expect it. I thought it was so funny.

He was really, really nice and he’s GORGEOUS in person. I was on the front row and saw him maybe like 1 ft away from me. He’s super tall and thin and beyond adorable. Yes, the sex hair was in presence lol.

He was extremely nice and everybody made a pact to BE COOL and not freak out so he would stay as long as possible. Thankfully, everybody followed those rules because we really wanted to see him, and we saw him! He was like 1, 2 ft away from me (I got front row people!). SO beautiful you guys, I thought everyone exaggerated. But no. He has the most adorable smile. He introduced the trailer and hoped everybody liked it.

Anyway, the thing was rather "private" because not everyone who was there was able to get in or see him at all. Like, people were turned away at the door and couldn’t see him.

It was cool. A lot of hours though. A lot of screaming and fangirls, but nothing too extreme. We were afraid to scare him off!

Various ticket buying services are listing Twilight tickets. You are able to buy for the opening weekend and beyond depending on the theater and the location.  Do check back if there is a location that you are interested in that doesn’t have a show time you want yet, especially a midnight showing. Sometimes those end up getting listed later on.

Your best bet is to see which service works is your area, some are merely mentioning that Twilight is upcoming vs. others will let you order.

Fandango has a couple of clips up. The second one down has a few brief seconds of the Port Angles clip mixed in with previously seen footage. TY to Jenny for the heads up.

Edwards Meadow closed their Battle of the Twilight Bands contest, and the winners have been chosen:

1st place: Lone Wolf by Zenith
Members of Zenith:
Laura (bass/lead vocals) – London, UK Sebastian (guitar) – London, UK
DJ – (guitar) – New Jersey, USA
Aubrey – (piano/keyboard) – California, USA
Jennifer – (backing vocals) – New York, USA
Jaimie – (backing vocals) – Indiana, USA
Deanna – (backing vocals) – South Carolina, USA
Michelle – (drummer) – Iowa, USA

2nd place: Oh, Romeo
by Tara Louise from California

3rd place: Too Much For A Clean Cut by Midnight Sun
Sam Cushion from Ft Worth, TX
 
 You can listen to their songs here: http://www.edwardsmeadow.com/BattleOfTheTwilightBands.html