All this makes you wonder how people will feel years from now if they get named after a book character with an unusual name. They might want to ask the artoo-deetoo’s and Luke Skywalkers who are in their 30’s and not too happy about it.
Robert Pattinson on Under 30 Millionaire Brit List
April 12, 2012
Robert Pattinson is in good company with singing phenomena Adele and the Harry Potter cast. According to THR
The young entertainment crowd is led by Harry Potter star Radcliffe, 22, who is worth $31.8 (£54) million, the Times said. He has increased his wealth by $9.5 million over the past year, helped by the success of his latest movie, The Woman in Black.
Twilight star Robert Pattinson saw a bigger $12.7 million gain in his net worth over the past year, but comes in second with $63.6 million.
Harry Potter co-stars Emma Watson ($41.4 million, up from $38.2 million) and Rupert Grint (unchanged at $38.2 million) rank fifth and sixth on the actors’ list.
Adele, 23, is the young British entertainer who made the biggest jump in the past year. The pop singer more than tripled her wealth thanks to her second album 21 to $31.8 million.
Video: Edi Gathegi Stays Out of Breaking Dawn and Hunger Games Debate
April 12, 2012
Edi Gathegi was being followed by paparazzi after a Nylon Magazine event. Usually paparazzi ask about personal lives and try to provoke a reaction, this time they went for Hunger Games vs. Twilight and Edi elected not to take the bait.
First Official The Host Poster and Your Questions Needed For the Stars
April 11, 2012
MTV is heading to the set of The Host and they want your questions for the film’s stars.
This Friday, MTV News will be headed to the seeeeecret secret location where alien parasite love story “The Host” is being filmed, where we’ll be delivering an exclusive behind-the-scenes missive from the set of this hotly anticipated sci-fi romance. And while we’re there, we’ll be chatting it up with Saoirse, Max and Stephenie—getting all the dirty details about how production is going so far, and asking them all your most burning-est questions about the film! Which means that now is your moment to run—RUN!—in the direction of Twitter, and tell us what you want to know using the @mtvnews handle and #MTVHost hashtag!
Video: Maggie Grace Talks Breaking Dawn Part 2 With Clevver Movies
April 11, 2012
Looks like that contact thing is a universal problem.
The Appeal of Female YA Heroines
April 11, 2012
MTV has a rundown of what appeals to us about two popular YA heroines: Bella and Katniss
No matter how you feel about “The Twilight Saga” as a film franchise, Stephenie Meyer’s vampire romance inspired millions of young readers to pick up a book and read. Anything that gets young people to lose themselves in the written word — whether it’s “Twilight,” “The Hunger Games” or “Game of Thrones” — is a positive step.
This week’s “Twilight” Tuesday is all about understanding what it is exactly about the characters in these books, particularly the very popular YA genre, that gets us obsessed and day-dreamy about them. Why do we love Bella and Katniss? What does that say about young readers today and the future of the genre? I took my questions to a few very informed experts.
Twilight Makes 1,000 Romance Novels of All Time List
April 11, 2012
According to their press release:
After four years of work and contributions from three writers, RomanceNovels.me has published its list of the Top 1,000 best romance books of all time. The list spans more than 200 years of romance books, from Jane Austen’s 1811 book, “Sense and Sensibility” to Stephenie Meyer’s 2005 hit “Twilight.”
In all, more than 440 authors made the list. Nora Roberts, though, was the undisputed queen with 25 titles on the list (that’s 2.5 percent of all the books!). Julie Garwood came in second with 16 books, and Linda Howard came in third with 14 books. Other authors with more than 10 titles on the list include:
- Mary Balough: 11 books ranked between 75 and 594- Madeline Hunter: 10 books ranked between 110 and 771
- Eloisa James: 10 books ranked between 74 and 765
- Lisa Kleypas: 11 books ranked between 33 and 579
- Judith McNaught: 11 books ranked betwen 47 and 497
- Teresa Medeiros: 12 books ranked between 78 and 681
- Susan Elizabeth Phillips: 11 books ranked between 27 and 660
- Julia Quinn: 11 books ranked between 64 and 661
How was the list selected?
Romance fans Myra Hawkins, Julie Davies and Lisa Harlowe culled hundreds of Web sites, bestseller lists and romance book blogs to put together the list.
The featured books cover a wide range of romance categories from historical romance to fantasy romance, erotic romance and Western romance.
“Our only requirement was that the books be readable,” Myra Hawkins said. “We didn’t pick books that we felt like we had to pick. We picked books we enjoy by authors we love to read.”
Over the course of the next year, RomanceNovels.me will release summaries of the titles on the list along with links to related books. Visit RomanceNovels.me to see the list in its entirety or share your thoughts on books you think have been overlooked.
Video: Noel Fisher and Tracey Heggins at the New Now Next Awards
April 10, 2012
Check out new vampires from the Romanian and Amazon Coven
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Best Kiss Seems Safely in the Twilight Quarter
April 10, 2012
The MTV Movie Awards will be happening in June and no doubt Breaking Dawn Part One will again be nominated for Best Kiss (that would mean for years in a row of nominations and wins). What do the Hunger Games stars think their chances are of taking away this award? Also, don’t worry, you haven’t missed anything, the nominations haven’t come out yet.
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Win Sarah Clarke’s and Kellan Lutz’s Shoes
April 10, 2012
The folks over at the charity Shoe revolt sent us over the following email
Kellan Lutz and Sarah Clarke have generously donated to Shoe Revolt to help raise awareness and put a stop to Human Trafficking. Currently Kellan and Sarah both have autographed shoes that are up for auction. We would LOVE your support in posting the auction on your website and sending tweets, FB posts or Pinterest pins to your followers. If you’ve already done so, THANK YOU! If you have any question please don’t hesitate to email me. Auction ends April 15th.
Check out the auction here! The shoes are size 11 1/2 in case you were wondering.
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