Friday News

 In Style had the oppurtunity to chat with Twilight costume designer, Wendy Chuck.  She gives a breakdown of why certain outfits were chosen and where you can find them! 

Thanks Kaila for the heads up!

The magazine VMan has a great photoshoot and article about the men of Twilight.  Ladies beware photos many cause fainting.

 

The New Trailer, So What Do You Think?

Well the trailer leaked all over the Internet, YouTube, BuzzNet, Ropes of Silicon, pick a site, any site. So, anyway, the questions remains, what did you think of the trailer?

MTV has a shot by shot analysis.

The trailer can now be found here in various formats

Paramore Lyrics T-Shirt

Paramore just updated their MySpace to say,

Twilight Soundtrack Preorder!

Check out the trailer for Twilight below and look for the film’s soundtrack featuring two brand-new songs form Paramore in stores November 4th.

Starting today, you can preorder your copy of the Twilight soundtrack in The Fueled By Ramen Webstore along with the new ‘Decode’ t-shirt featuring lyrics from the song!

 

TY to Dusty for the heads up

Even More Movie News

Twilight Series Theories has a contest going for a lucky fan to win an autographed photo of Kellan Lutz. Check out their site for full details.

We mentioned earlier how Twilight was going to be featured in the upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly. Well, direct from EW here’s a look at what they are calling one of their photo out takes of the year featuring Rob and Kristen.

Yahoo’s OMG! has a feature on Rob, where they define him as a "Brooding Brit". Agree or disagree? TY to Stephanie for the heads up.

Movie News

Robert Pattinson is profiled over at The Movie Fanatic.

According to an advance cover shot of Entertainment Weekly posted on Just Jared. Twilight should be featured in their upcoming issue. Check out the articles listed on the right column. TY to Kaila for the heads up.

Entertainment Tonight has scored an exclusive peak into Twilight. according to ET, "

On Thursday’s ET, we’ll be the first to show you an all-new preview of the film — including scenes that have never before aired on TV!"

 

Now if you don’t get Entertainment Tonight where you live, have no fear. This is what Summit said in their press release of last week (the widget is in the right sidebar of this blog):

 

"We’re excited to announce the launch date for the new TWILIGHT trailer, set to debut online next Thursday, October 9.  It can also be seen in theaters attached to select films (at the discretion of the exhibitor). There will also be a sneak peak of the new trailer on Entertainment Tonight on Thursday, October 9th. Immediately following the sneak peak, Summit is letting the fans be the first to see the trailer online in its entirety and share it.

We wanted you, the devoted Twilight fans, to be the first to hear and share this exclusive news!

  • A few details about the launch that you should know:
  • We want to give fans an opportunity to see the trailer first before anyone online via the Twilight widget, available at the official site – http://www.twilightthemovie.com  
  • Following a television debut, the trailer will be available exclusively via the widget at 8:00 PM PST for one hour before going wide in HD on MySpace
  • A countdown clock will be added to the widget shortly, timed to the trailer debut online at 8:00 PM PST

Mike Welch to Appear at Twicon

TwiCon 2009 is happy to confirm the appearance of their first special guest, Michael Welch.  Michael portrays Mike Newton in the Twilight films.  Last evening, Popstar presented an interview with Michael where he stated he would be appearing at the conference, and now it is official!

 

TwiCon 2009 is being held in Dallas from July 30 to August 2, 2009.  For more information on the event, please check out http://www.twicon.org/

 

Reelz Channel—Top Ten Twilight Make Out Spots

Reelz Channel does an article on something we’ve all probably thought about, but never really discussed before. The Top Ten Twilight Make Out Spots.

They also include an interview with Jenny for BellaandEdward.com.

Borders Twilight Merchandise

EDITED: The posters and bookmarks are available at all Borders and Waldenbooks in the USA  including Puerto Rico.

The posters retail for $7.99 and the bookmarks for $3.99.

They will be available through the end of the year.

Movie News

The Movie Fanatic has an insightful article up regarding how major media predicts box office success. It’s definitely worth the read, not your typical gloss over story. In particular the article focuses on Twilight.

Mike Welch has supported a project called Kids with a Cause. They asked Mike to do several environmental clips for kids for their local cable show.

According to Mike, "I’ve been involved with Kids With A Cause since 1999. If you want to know more about these cool people, just check out their website: kidswithacause.org" If you want to see the clips that Mike did for the project check out here and here. As always, Mike’s unique brand of humor shines through.

Also speaking of Mike, Pop Star magazine quotes Mike as as stating that he will be in attendance at the Twicon conference this summer.

Edi Gathegi, Laurent in the Twilight movie, will be appearing in the American series of the British classic Life on Mars. The show itself premiere’s this Thursday (following Grey’s Anatomy) and Edi will appear in the 5th episode of the show airing on Nov. 6th.  The episode is entitled "Things to do in New York when you think you’re dead".

According to Edi:
 

"I have had the privilege of watching the pilot episode and happen to think it is a fantastic show."
 
He added a PS:
 
"can’t wait for NOV 21st! :-)"

Reelz Channel Video

Reelz Channel caught Catherine Hardwicke, Nikki Reed, and Peter Facinelli on the red carpet recently.  The video also mentioned the Reelz Channel ultimate fan contest. You can find details on that contest here.