Robert Pattinson Up For Bid

Rob auctioned himself off for a good cause today, the AIDS charity amfAR. The late Natasha Richardson was their spokesperson for over 15 years and was a member of their board of trustees until her untimely death earlier this year.

According to ET:

“The vampy leading man was auctioned off today in Cannes for the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS 2009 Cocktail Party. The bidding got so high that Pattinson was split between two bidders, who each paid $20,000 for the chance to meet, greet and win a kiss on the cheek from the ‘Twilight’ idol.”

For more details see ET, and for information on the work that amfAR does click here.

Peter Facinelli In Charity Poker Tournament

It’s no secret that Peter Facinelli is an avid poker player. He appeared on the program Celebrity Poker Showdown during the height of the Texas Hold ‘Em fad that swept the country a few years back.

He’s even organized a tournament with his wife, Jennie Garth to support the American Red Cross.

Well this weekend Peter is playing in a charity tournament organized by Jason Alexander, famous for Seinfeld and the director of Jackson Rathbone’s recent Criminal Minds episode. If you’re in the LA area why not show Peter your support and donate to a worthy cause.

Rare Stephenie Meyer Items For Auction

Two authentic and extremely rare Stephenie Meyer items are up for auction. It’s all part of project Book Babe.

The first is a Twilight Saga boxset with every book and the box signed. The box set didn’t come out until almost Christmas, and there are very, very few authentic autographed versions of this. So if you want a genuine autograph on all books plus the case, this is the way to go.

The next is a signed Japanese set of Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse. In Japan the novels are broken into three parts and have artwork. In other words Stephenie signed all nine books. Honestly we don’t thing this exists anywhere else in the world. To the best of our knowledge absolutely no one owns a legitimate Stephenie Meyer signed complete Japanese series.

Taylor Lautner Sponsers Messenger Bag For Charity

According to ET, Taylor Lautner is one of the celebrities participating in an event to raise money for charity. ET states, “Children’s Place has teamed up with the Books For Kids Foundation to host an online auction of messenger bags with handmade art by your favorite celebrities!”

according to the Glamzon Diaries Blogger, this i show it all went down, “The Children’s Place, was backstage during the 22nd Annual Kids Choice Awards getting celebs to decorate messenger bags that will go on auction starting tomorrow April 7 until April 14 to benefit the organization Books for Kids… [the organization seeks to]promote literacy among all children with a special emphasis on low-income and at-risk preschool-aged children.
Books for Kids has provided over 5 million books and created 56 libraries to aid in helping children learn how to read. ”

If you want to bid, the bags can be found here on April 14 when the auction goes live.

The Humans Arrive

Adding to the worst kept secret in Vancouver (the fact that New Moon would be filming at an area high school), the humans are now in town. That’s right Justin Chon, Anna Kendrick, Christian Serratos, and Michael Welch were all snapped as they landed at the Vancouver airport.

Looks like Mike has finally restored his hair to it’s natural blonde state after it was dyed dark for both a theatrical production and a film.

Speaking of Michael Welch, he is starting a drive about mammogram awareness. Touched By Twilight has the full scoop:

I’d received an email from Michael’s publicist yesterday about this website that has set a goal to donate one mammogram a day during the month of April to a woman who cannot afford it herself. But they need our help – all you have to do is visit their site and their sponsors donate the money for a mammogram. Michael’s publicist said that Michael supports this drive and wanted TBT to put his name behind it and start spreading the word. You can find more information on this on our website here.