100 Monkeys Named A Band to Watch by Rolling Stone

Of the many acts at this years Bamboozle festival, Rolling Stone picked five bands that stood out, and 100 Monkeys made the cut.

“100 Monkeys: This eccentric Cali act have a built-in buzz magnet — bandmember Jackson Rathbone, also known as one of Twilight‘s famous vampires. Their spazzy, energetic Saturday set blended tribal sounds with vocals recalling Jim Morrison’s baritone croon. The “can-this-be-real?” factor ran high thanks to song titles like “The Monkey Song,” lyrics like “free, free, free the beast” and five guys in bandanas jumping around and playing hand drums, trumpet and flute. The band’s latest release, Grape, is out now.”

Congrats to Jackson Rathbone and  the entire band!

Official Eclipse Website Updates With Cast Photos

The official Twilight Saga movie website has updated the Eclipse section with various photos. The photos are scattered throughout the site in various montages, but they are also most easily seen in the cast section. Notably missing is a shot of Booboo Stewart, Gil Brimingham, Billy Burke, and Bella’s high school friends. We’ve asked Summit for info on these missing people, we’ll update you when we have an answer.

The photos are not as heavily stylized as they were for New Moon. For example the wolfpack doesn’t look like they stopped off for spray tans. Also Alex Meraz, Chaske Spencer, and Bronson Pelletier look much more like themselves than they did in the New Moon group shots where Alex in particular looked very different.

Jackson Rathbone’s hair continues to morph yet again to another style. It’s decidedly less poofy than the previous films and a warmer shade of blonde. speaking of hair, we really liked the photo of Dan Cudmore. The weird combover thing from New Moon has changed.

So which star’s look is your favorite?

Chaske Spencer Creates Hostess Cupcake Art

Chaske Spencer, along with other celebrities, has created art based on the iconic Hostess cupcake.  It’s all going up for auction to benefit children in need in the New York City area.

“A drum set made of cupcakes. A cupcake moon shining its squiggles on the Las Vegas desert. A cupcake enveloped in a valentine made of lentils. All of the above are among the original artworks created by celebrities including Rosie O’Donnell, Padma Lashkmi (Top Chef), Chelsea Handler, Chaske Spencer (Twilight), Jordin Sparks (American Idol) and Kelly Rutherford (Gossip Girl), among others, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the iconic squiggle on Hostess CupCakes and benefit Free Arts NYC, an organization dedicated to providing educational and arts programs to under-served children.

Hostess is hoping these celebrity squiggles inspire cupcake lovers across America to submit their own original artwork featuring the famous squiggle in a way that reflects their own personal heritage, experience and personality. Five winning “portraits” from among public submissions will be chosen to be painted on Hostess delivery trucks across the country. Winners will also receive a $1,000 cash prize.”

You can find items done by the other celebrities here. We know we are biased, but we really think Chaske’s is the most creative.

MTV: Robert Pattinson Comic Coming in May

rpattz-bluewaterBluewater Comics who previously created issues featuring Stephenie Meyer and Kristen Stewart has debuted a graphic from its upcoming Robert Pattinson edition.  Usually some artwork in these editions is based on well known photos of the person being profiled. It seems to us that this piece is an artist’s rendering of Rob from the baseball scene in Twilight.

MTV has a six-page preview of the issue where they cover everything from Harry Potter to Little Ashes.

Check out the full story on MTV.

Charlotte Observer Covers Convention Goers

charlotte twilightersThe Charlotte Observer covered the Twilight craze and specifically featured the events of this weekend’s Creation Entertainment Official Twilight Tour in Charlotte.

“Marlena Robinson’s car tells the story of her family’s passion for vampires, werewolves and love that transcends even bad habits like drinking people’s blood.

The Toyota SUV she drove from the Eastern North Carolina town of Willard with five nieces and nephews was covered in hand-painted slogans to celebrate Saturday’s “Twilight” convention at the Charlotte Marriott Executive Park.

“I’m a sucker for vampires,” the driver’s side proclaimed.”

See more at the Charlotte Observer.

Nikki Reed: Chain Letter’s New Trailer

Nikki Reed will star in Chain Letter which will open in limited distribution this summer.

Nikki has also recently done a PSA to raise awareness for the victims of the recent Chilean earthquake for I Am the Country. Notable artists from South America, such as Camilla Bella, and elsewhere  join her in the PSA.

Alex Meraz Greets Fans in Myrtle Beach

Over the weekend Alex Meraz was part of the annual Myrtle Beach festival. He and other stars, like Catherine Bell of JAG and Army Wives fame, were on hand to do autographs and to greet beach goers. Alex talked to a local TV crew.


Via TwiMoms

Poll: Which vamps do you want to see in Breaking Dawn

In most series books, there are additional characters in each new book, but I don’t know if any book has ever given its readers as many new characters as Breaking Dawn.  There are just so many of them!  Given that it’s difficult for Hollywood to do everything a book calls for, we’re not sure if all the new characters will make it into the movie.  It would be nice if they did and that’s what we’re hoping for, but we also know that you have to lose something from book to movie.  (Lauren Mallory, for example.)

So we pose this question to you: Which Vampire characters would you most like to see in a movie version of Breaking Dawn?  Because there are so many of them, we’ve grouped them into their clans, if they have one.  If there is a specific character in a clan you think stands out from the others, let us know in the comments.


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Chaske Spencer at Puerto Rico’s Comic Con

Puertorican Twilighters have up high quality video of the entire event. You can see part one below and three more parts at their YouTube Channel.

Reelz Channel Features Kellan Lutz and Xavier Samuel