Rob has won a Z100’s Hottie of The Year!

Make sure to vote for Rob in Hello Magazine’s Most Attractive Man poll. 

The Hollywood Reporter has an interview with Summit Executives Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger.  The first question:  How has "Twilight" changed the company?

Check out the Glam Slam: The Suite Life!  See what your fav werewolf was checking out.

The LA Times has an update about the SAG Strike.

The Stars of Ring*Con will be held in Germany has guest Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, and Edi Gathegi. 

SATURDAY NIGHT MUSICAL CONCERT AT THE SALUTE TO TWILIGHT CONVENTION!
JACKSON RATHBONE and his band 100MONKEYS

Look out! This very special musical evening will take place at the convention hotel and you are invited! The concert is FREE to all Gold Weekend Patrons (you will get to keep your same great seats for the concert as it takes place in our theatre!). For others, concert tickets are now on sale for $15 general admission, $25 reserved seating. At the convention concert tickets will be $5 higher. This event will not conflict time-wise with our Vampire Ball.

PURCHASE YOUR CONCERT TICKETS NOW: BEST SEATING IS ASSIGNED IN ORDER OF PURCHASE!  www.creationent.com/cal/twilight.htm

Also announced, PRIVATE MEALS WITH THE TWILIGHT STARS on EBAY!  http://stores.ebay.com/CREATION-ENTERTAINMENT

PETER FACINELLI PRIVATE DINNER
Private Dinner on Friday February 20, 2009

KELLAN LUTZ PRIVATE DINNER
Private Dinner on Saturday February 21, 2009

MICHAEL WELCH PRIVATE LUNCH
Private Lunch on Saturday February 21, 2009

ASHLEY GREENE PRIVATE LUNCH
Private Lunch on Sunday February 22, 2009

JACKSON RATHBONE PRIVATE LUNCH
Private Lunch on Sunday February 22, 2009

Paste Magazine has an article about Taylor and details about the upcoming release of the Twilight DVD.   

 We have confirmed with Summit that the DVD will also be available in Blu-Ray on March 21st. 

Check out The Top 10 Movies MTV is most eager to see at Sundance.  Pay special attention to #6.

   NYT Freakeconomics has an article about Stephenie and how the Twilight Saga held the top 4 spots on the best selling list.   TY to Twicrack Addict

Shock Til You Drop has an article about director James Mangold possible helming Eclipse.  (edited:  Summit has since denied this report that appeared in what is usually a reliable industry trade paper.) There is also a review of Edi Gathegi’s new movie My Bloody Valentine.

A very happy birthday to one of our mods, Be My Escape. She is the genius behind the camera who brought you all those red carpet goodies. She does lots behind the scenes to make the Lexicon run smoothly. So wish her a happy birthday, especially all you fellow Jacob lovers!

Hot Topic has some new items up.  They now have the Edward action figure that has previously appeared on several other sites. As for new things, how about a pair of pencil cases? keep in mind that Hot Topic seems to rotate merchdise frequently, and we haven’t yet seen a single Twilight item hit their clearance section. So if you want it, it seems like a good idea to get it sooner rather than later.

Starting February 4th, Film Independent kicks off Directors Close-Up: Conversations on the Art of Filmmaking (formerly the Directors Series), and one of the panelists this year is Catherine Hardwicke!  She will also have her cinematographer and editor on some of the panels with her. 

The panels are every Wednesday at 7:30 pm at The Landmark Theater (10850 W. Pico Blvd.) in West Los Angeles. 

Since 2002, this popular panel series, which continues until March 11th, will provide filmmakers and film lovers the chance to hear from the best indie directors and their collaborators.  For full details on tickets and exact times see their website

Edi gathegi was interviewed by phone on a local radio station San Diego channel 933  and fortunately they have a podcast. TY to Carmen.

Twilight made Box Office Prophets Top Twelve list of movie industry stories this year. It came in at the number 6 position.

If you’ve ever wanted a list of just about every Twilight fan link imaginable, you can find it at the Customized Girl Blog.

Novel Novice has their latest contest up. They are changing things up a little for their January-February Fan Fiction Challenge. This time, they are asking fans to adapt a scene from the New Moon novel into a scene for the New Moon movie using screenplay/script format. 
 
They have even created original New Moon movie trailers to offer inspiration, as well has offering screenwriting guides and samples.
 
The Novel Novice Twilight January-February Fan Fiction Challenge is now open, and runs through February 28th. Get all the details, rules, guidelines & more here: 

Bite of Twilight has their New Year’s Contest Running. Use your talents: ex. Draw a picture, sing a song, dance, do whatever you can in your own way to wish a cast member of New Moon the best wishes you can. Everyone needs encouragement, so show them your support. Now, to do this, you must either take a video (YOUTUBE LINKS ONLY) or take a picture and send it to [email protected].  See their site for full details.

You can send Rob a birthday postcard by checking out this site.

Kaleb Nation, the Twilight Guy, has an update about his YouTube Contest of Awesome.

Jackson Rathbone gave MTV inside access to his band 100 Monkeys.

So we are about as tired as all of you are on the Vanessa Hudgens did she or didn’t she audition.

Yesterday her management ,when asked by Just Jared, said no. They also linked to a casting call showing the part is not currently being sought. We figured Just Jared had it right because our gut instinct, based on a number of factors, said not possible.

Today Access Hollywood said yes and stood by their source 100% when questioned. 

So we thought, OK who would know the answer, and might be willing to give us a quote on the record?"

*Lightbulb…screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg*

So we asked Melissa if Leah Clearwater appeared in her script, because in the novel Leah is barely a blip on the radar. She’s in the spaghetti dinner scene talking on the phone.  It seemed to us that they probably wouldn’t be introducing Leah this movie given that fact. 

So…drumroll please…according to Melissa Rosenberg, "if Vanessa is auditioning for the role of Leah, she’s written her own pages to read, ’cause I didn’t write ’em. "

Furthermore, EW, is now backing our what we have been saying.

So for the sake of our sanity, let’s save the Leah obsession for Eclipse where it actually belongs. The main female character that we all want to know about in New Moon isn’t a werewolf at all. It’s a pint-sized vampire with a hell of a wallop named JANE!

Flashback Weekend presents
TWILIGHT Chicago Convention
February 6-7-8, 2009
www.flashbackweekend.com

WYNDHAM O’HARE
6810 N. Mannheim Road
Rosemont, Illinois  60018

The TWILIGHT Lexicon team will be presenting TWILIGHT panel discussion topics including:

•  the latest "NEW MOON" movie news,
• the journey of TWILIGHT from novel to major motion picture,
• the on-going debate (battle) between Team Edward and Team Jacob. We know who Bella ended up with, but who do you think she should have ended up with? ( Alphie and Pel are on different sides )

…and more! You will also have the opportunity to meet the TWILIGHT Lexicon team at their table in the Dealers room.

Weekend events will include:

•  TWILIGHT celebrity guest autograph and meet and greet sessions
• photo-op sessions (pose for photos with TWILIGHT celebrity guests),
• celebrity guest Q & Q’s, TWILIGHT panel discussions
• A Friday evening Forks Prom Party, a Saturday evening Vampire Costume Ball and Costume contest
• A TWILIGHT merchandise dealers room, and more!

Current Twilight movie actors attending are Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, and Peter Facinelli (subject to change if their schedules change)