Its Friday and that means its time to reveal another actor spotlight.  This weeks actor bio was written by LindsAy.  And she did an awesome job!  Our second actor in our spotlight series is the actress who plays Angela Weber:

Christian Serratos

Christian is an amazing young Hollywood talent.  Read her Actor Bio and then pop over to our message boards and discuss what you think Christian will bring to the role of Angela Weber in the film Twilight. 

If Angela is your favorite character, then one of these Angela inspired T-Shirts are a perfect way to show your love!

"Because when Vampires and Werewolves become too much… A girl can always count on her human friends."

Actor: Christian Serratos

Character: Angela Webber
Birthday: 09/21/1990
City and State: Pasadena, California

Official casting announcement:
Bloody Disgusting
Christian’s announcement in her Myspace Blog

Bio:

Christian Marie Serratos was born on September 21, 1990 in Pasadena, California. Her mother’s earlier path in acting influenced her, and as a young child she would practice by reciting lines from television for her family. She began modeling at age seven with Ford Modeling Agency and just a year later broke into the world of acting and commercials.

In her career thus far, Christian has already been successful in a number of acting roles. In 2004, she landed a starring role of Jillian in the independent film Mrs. Marshall. Since then she has made appearances on a number of television shows including Zoey 101, 7th Heaven, Hannah Montana, and Miss Guided. She also had a co-starring role Cow Belles, a Disney Channel Original Movie that aired in 2006. Currently, she is best known for her recurring role on the Nickelodeon show Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide, which ran for three successful seasons, as Ned’s crush “Susie Crabgrass”. She was nominated by the Young Artist Awards for Best Performance in a TV Series for a Recurring Young Actress for that role in 2008. In addition to her roles on film and television, she shot a “Healthy Pets ACT” video for PETA TV along with several other actors and actresses.

Outside of acting, she enjoys competitive figure skating, horseback riding, shopping, and dance, of which she is trained in ballet, hip-hop, and jazz. She also likes spending time with her friends, playing with her miniature poodle dogs, and watching both new and old movies. Her favorites currently are Tristan and Isolde, the Little Princess, Practical Magic, and The House of Yes. In addition, Christian is very passionate about music. She is a talented singer, and has recently been working on a pop/rock album. Her song “Why are Boys Like That” is available for downloading now on her myspace page. Besides singing, she enjoys listening to the music of Queen, Fiona Apple, Christina Aguilara, Regina Spektor, Sublime, No Doubt, Roisin Murphy, and Linda Perry.

On February 21st, 2008 it was confirmed that Christian will be playing Angela Webber, one of Bella Swan’s first friends she meets in Forks, in the Twilight Movie. On her Myspace blog she stated she is “very excited” to have the role, and that since being cast she has read and become a fan of all three books. She has even visited Twilight fan sites, including the Lexicon.

Fun Facts:
-Her mini poodles are named Johnny Cash and Gigi, and they had four puppies
-She is trained in Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido
-Is a fan of Jayne Mansfield
-Appeared in a Barbie and McDonalds commercial when she was younger
– Was used as a model for a mannequin at age ten in the children’s department of Old Navy

Film Credits:
Mrs. Marshall 
Cow Belles
Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide

Youtube film clips:
Cow Belles Part 1
Cow Belles Part 2
Cow Belles Part 3
Cow Belles Part 4
Cow Belles Part 5
Cow Belles Part 6
Cow Belles Part 7
Cow Belles Part 8
Cow Belles Part 9
Cow Belles Part 10

Up coming Projects: 
Twilight

Non-Twilight Interview Links (Youtube/other news sites):
Q&A on Youtube
Christian mentions Twilight at the 2008 Kids Choice Awards
Interview with Starry Constellation Magazine

Fan sites:
Christian on IMDB
Christian’s Official Myspace Page
Christian Serratos Source
Christian on tv.com

Photo gallery links:
IMDB
Christians Official Myspace Gallery
Christian Serratos Source Gallery

Send Fan Mail to:

Christian Serratos
P.O. Box 66
Burbank, Ca 91503 – 0066

This actor bio was prepared by: LindsAy

Our very favorite vampire turns 107 today, and still doesn’t look a day over 17.  Thanks to everyone who joined in to tell us what they loved about Edward.  We had well over 1,000 responses to choose from. We took some of the most unique responses and/or people who put a new spin on things like dazzling.  Fans responded from around the world: Singapore, France, Argentina, South Africa, England, Spain, Germany, Israel, etc. I think we have responses from every continent but Antarctica.

We put all the top 107 responses in PDF format so people could print it out if they wanted. 

Make sure you come and celebrate on the forum. You never know who might stop by.

Also, a big thank you to Your Brand of Heroin & GiantPinkFlamingos of Vesperarium for our happy birthday banner.

EDIT: Some of you have been asking for the original file used for the list.  We have uploaded the Microsoft Publisher file to Send Space for those of you interested.  Please note that you must have Microsoft Publisher to view the file.

The Twilight Trailer rises to #1 on IMDB’s most viewed trailers list!

The Rocky Mountain news marvels at Stephenie’s Best Seller List domination.

Its a Justin Chon Week in the Twilight fandom as this charming actor makes the interview rounds again with an interview at Bite of Twilight.  Visit our Actor Interviews page for this link and any others you may have missed.

The Twilight Lexicon would like to wish Jed from The Movie Fanatic a very happy One year anniversary.  It has been a wonderful year with you and we look forward to many more to come.

 Just a little reminder that tickets for the New York Breaking Dawn book tour went on sale today for American Express Card holders!     The Amex pre-sale (aprox. 150 tickets) were sold out in minutes. The remaining 2,000+ New York event tickets go on sale Saturday. See Stephenie’s site for details.

While on set of the movie Twilight in Portland, Oregon we ran into Justin Chon and Christian Serratos warming up by the fire after shooting a scene for the film.  The clip below will give you a glimpse into the fun and playfullness that happens behind the camera even in the worst shooting conditions. 

The Twilight Lexicon and its readers would like to wish the very happiest of Birthdays to Solomon Trimble (cast as Sam in the Twilight film).  May this, your 24th, birthday be everything you hope it will be.

Pel had this idea a few weeks ago that we should do a piece on Twilight being used in the classroom. Being a teacher, I was very excited about this idea so much so that I asked to be the point person on it. I started off this project like any other, making an announcement on the front page asking for your stories. I figured I would receive two types of stories: ones from teachers and ones from students. I even created labels so I could remember which story was which as I sorted through them all. I soon realized that two labels were not enough.

Not only had teachers and students written in, but so had librarians, school secretaries, parents, college professors, college students at all levels, and community outreach workers as well.   The diversity of people using Twilight for educational purposes was surprising.

I had never thought about using Twilight to teach ESL Parents about literary elements so they could understand what their students were learning or creating Twilight Tournaments to coincide with Teen Read week. The stories sent are both inspirational and funny. Twilight has been a proven tool in the classroom whether your teaching kids about point of view, using it in an ESL class, or tempting the non-readers with a 500+ page book that they can’t put down.  

Over the summer we will be featuring the stories from teachers, students and everyone in between.   Each week there will be stories and sometimes artwork that was inspired by Twilight in the classroom.  

Read more of the entries submitted here.

Twilight Series Theories has conducted a podcast interview with actor Solomon Trimble cast as Sam in the Twilight movie.  See our actor interiews page for the new link and any other interview you may have missed these past months.

Daily Motion has uploaded a French-Canadian version of the Twilight trailer.   Thanks to Ali for the notification.

Mike/Mike has updated his MySpace log with a huge shout out to some international fans who have put together a new Michael Welch fan site!  Check it out!

Locus Magazine raves about Stephenie Meyers "Best Seller List" domination.

Jed from The Movie Fanatic asks you to vote for your favorite actresses!  Go show Kristen Stewart your support!

The Indiana Gazette talks Twilight and the merge into Adult literature with the Host.

 The Little Brown website dedicated to the Twilight Saga has posted a list of exciting titles coming our way this fall.

And finally this evening, we stumbled across a hilarious blog dedicated to the many LDS (Mormon) fans of the Twilight Saga out there…and their husbands.  The Normal Mormon Husband talks Twilight for Dummies and Totally Desperate Mormon Guys.

Priscillaxcullen has done some digging around and located the jewelry designers who created the Cullen family crests for the film.  These crests are not for sale to the general public yet.  (We will be sure to let you knew when/if they become available for purchase.)  In the mean time stroll on over to the Artisan’s Designs webpage and see up close detailed images of the crests used in the up coming Twilight film.  The are truly spectacular.  

Pictured on the website are Esme’s ring, Rosalie’s pendant, Alice’s choker, and the Cullen boy’s wrist band. 

For those of you asking, Robyn has put together the historic definitions of the symbols contained in the crest.

Lion – Dauntless courage

Hand – Pledge of faith, sincerity, and justice

Shamrock – Perpetuity

Chevron – Protection; Builders or others who have accomplished some work of faithful service

Seth has updated the Stephenie Meyer website with a new theme to celebrate the count down to Breaking Dawn.  And we also wanted to remind everyone that tickets for the Stephenie Meyer signing tour go on sale beginning tomorrow in some venues.  See the calender page for details of the event in your area.

Also, this quote from Seth, the webmaster, was put on the Midnight Sun page, "June 2008 Update: In response to the outrageous number of emails that I have received with questions concerning Midnight Sun, I talked to Stephenie this weekend and she asked me to let everyone know that Midnight Sun is her next project. She has not yet finished writing it (and there is no timeline set up, so we all need to put a lot of effort into being patient for a while longer), but she is definitely still planning on having it published. And, after Breaking Dawn comes out, Stephenie will have much more time to focus on writing Midnight Sun."