And the winner is!!!!

It was a close one. Rob got 6430 votes for 51.5% and Kristen got 6063 votes for 48.5%. I did not think it would be that close. Congrats Edward - I mean Rob.

Thanks: Eonline

Who will you choose?

So it is down to Rob and Kristen. This is a tough one. You know who I am voting for. We can find out the winner on Thursday Wed 30th. Go to E Online to cast your vote.

Thanks: E online

2010 Celeb of the Year

E Online is having a poll to see who is the 2010 Celeb of the Year.

They are on round 6 now and it is Kristen Stewart against Katy Perry and Robert Pattinson against Emma Watson. This is a no-brainier. I am sure it is going to end up with the final two of Kristen against Rob.

Who are you going to vote for! Go to E-Online to make sure we get to the final two and then to vote on who you want to be 2010 Celeb of the Year. I know who I want. DUH!!!

Thanks:Eonline

Happy Birthday Stephenie Meyer!

Just a quick, last-minute Happy Birthday to my favorite vampire/romance author, Stephenie Meyer!

To Stephenie--Thanks for sharing your gift of writing great stories with us all! I hope you enjoyed a wonderful birthday with your family and friends.

People's Choice Awards!

People's Choice Awards are on January 5th. And Kristen Stewart will be there. There may be more cast members announced. Lets hope! Rob won't let Kristen go alone will he? Eclipse is up for many awards. Here is a list:

Favorite Movie - Eclipse
Favorite Drama Movie - Eclipse
Favorite Movie Actor - Robert Pattinson or Taylor Lautner
Favorite Move Actress - Kristen Stewart
Favorite On-Screen Team - Kristen , Rob & Taylor
Favorite Star Under 25 - Kristen Stewart or Robert Pattinson
Favorite Rock Band - Paramore (Twilight!)

I can not wait!

Thanks: eonline and peoplechoice

Eclipse DVD Autograph Signings

If you haven't already heard, cast members of Eclipse will be visiting a few Best Buy stores this weekend and signing copies of Eclipse on DVD and Blu-ray.

Here are the Best Buy locations and details where the signings will take place (thanks to The Twilight Saga on Facebook for supplying this information):

December 17 – Dallas, TX
Location: Best Buy
9378 N. Central Expy, Dallas 75231
Event Start: 6:00pm (Line opens at 4:00pm)
Special Guest: Kiowa Gordon

December 17 – New York, NY
Location: Best Buy – Columbus Circle
1880 Broadway New York, NY 10023
Event Start: 7:00pm (Wristband distribution at 8:00am)
Special Guest: Ashley Greene

December 18 – Baton Rouge, LA
Location: Best Buy
5913 Bluebonnet Blvd. Baton Rouge, LA
Event Start: 4:00pm (Line opens at 2:00pm)
Special Guests: Charlie Bewley, Cameron Bright,
Daniel Cudmore, Jamie Campbell Bower

December 18 – Denver, CO
Location: Best Buy
1400 Denver West Blvd Lakewood, CO 80401
Event Start: 3:00pm (Line opens at 1:00pm)
Special Guest: Booboo Stewart

December 18 – Salt Lake City, UT
Location: Best Buy
261 W 2100 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84115
Event Start: 3:00pm (Line opens at 1:00pm)
Special Guest: Jodelle Ferland

December 18 – Phoenix, AZ
Location: Best Buy
1949 East Camelback Road Phoenix, AZ 85016
Event Start: 2:00pm (Line opens at 12:00pm)
Special Guest: Tinsel Korey

**Cast member appearances are subject to change. Autograph signings are limited and subject to cast member availability.

Poll Results and New Eclipse DVD Poll

Now that the Eclipse DVD is available, it's time for another Twilight Family poll.

Thanks to everyone who voted in our previous sidebar, "Which Twilight character would you like to be for Halloween?" Out of a total 16 votes, the votes were spread fairly evenly among the main characters from Eclipse:

- Bella received 2 votes
- Edward received 1 vote
- Jacob received 3 votes
- Renesmee received 1 vote
- Victoria received 3 votes
- Jane received 0 votes
- the Cullen family members received 3 votes
- the Wolf Pack members received 2 votes
- the Volturi received 0 votes
- the Nomadic or Clan vampires received 1 vote

So, Jacob received more votes than Edward, and tied with Victoria and the Cullen family members for more popular characters for Halloween. The Volturi didn't receive any votes this Halloween. Interesting. I wonder how much we're influenced by the Eclipse movie, and if we'd vote differently after watching Breaking Dawn!

Our next sidebar polls will ask, "Where did you buy your Eclipse DVD?"

Have fun voting!

Breaking Dawn Info!

There is a lot of Breaking Dawn news out on the web. A lot of spoilers of what is in the script and what scenes they are shooting. One of the things I read talked about the "2nd" Honeymoon scene in the cottage. It sure sounds pretty steamy. From what I read I do not know how they are keeping it PG13, but they are. There is another item I read that I am going to have to really re-re-re-re-read (because I have already read it 4 time) about someone dieing. They alluded that if you read really carefully you would pick it up?? So I am going to see if I can find out who.

Thanks:eclipsemovie

Eclipse DVD Choices

I'm so excited! The Eclipse DVD will be available tomorrow at midnight!

Twi-K and I have been looking for Eclipse DVD release parties, so I called around a few local stores:

* One local Walmart is offering a Midnight Release of Eclipse, along with a free Eclipse lanyard. They're also planning to show the movie starting at midnight. Check with your local Walmart stores to see what they are offering.

* A few local Best Buy stores are offering a Midnight Release of Eclipse. They are also selling Bella's charm bracelet, with a heart charm and a wolf charm, for $9.99 (or $5.99 if you pre-ordered it online.)

* A few local Blockbuster stores are offering a Midnight Release of Eclipse. They will also have a bunch of Twilight/Eclipse-related merchandise that you can buy along with your video.

* Our local Borders and Target are not offering a Midnight Release of Eclipse, but they will have the video available as soon as their stores open on Saturday morning.

* If you prefer to order your DVD online, Amazon.com is offering Eclipse in several different format, but you'll have to wait a few days for the movie to arrive at your door.

As far as I can tell, most of the stores are offering similar extra features, including:

- Deleted & Extended Scenes
- Audio Commentary with Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart
- Audio Commentary with Stephenie Meyer & Wyck Godfrey
- Photo Gallery
- Six-Part "Making of" Documentary
- Music Videos
- Edward Fast-Forward: Jump to all your favorite Edward scenes
- Jacob Fast-Forward: Jump to all your favorite Jacob scenes

So what are you planning to do? Attend a Midnight Release on Friday, buy it on Saturday, or order it online? Let us know!

All I Want For Christmas!

Everyone keeps asking me what I want for Christmas. Well anything Twilight related is always good. For those of you looking for the perfect Twilight Gift here are some items...

Books, jewelery, games, twilight related clothes or clothes the characters wear, items like are in Bella's or the Cullen's house, autograph pictures

and some places to go...

- Hot Topic (in store or online)
- Cafepress (online - you can even get some cool Twilight Gear personalized)
- Creation Entertainment (online convention site has great stuff)
- Toys R Us (in store or online)
- Target (in store or online)

Check out TwilightLexicon for their great shopping list! Tell us your list and if you find some great Twilight stuff.
Happy Shopping!

Happy Birthday Peter & ME!

Today I share my birthday with Carlisle! Peter is turning 37. In Twilight he plays 367 years old.

At a my first Twilight Convention I got see speak with both Peter and Billy and we even talked about our Birthdays. So cool!

Happy Birthday Billy!

Today is Billy Burke's Birthday! Billy of course plays Belle's Dad Charlie Swan. He turns 44 today even thought in Twilight he plays 3 years older.

Tomorrow there is a very special birthday!!! Wait until you see.

Breaking Dawn Filming

In my last post I talked about all the clips on the Internet of the DVD Eclipse clips. What about the filming of Breaking Dawn? There is a lot of clips and photos out there. I have some friends that do not want to see or know anything about it. I of course want to see it all and know it all.

Some of you know my story of when I was reading New Moon and I had to call my friend to find out if Bella was going to pick Jacob instead of Edward (I was going to stop reading the series if she was) So you know I can't stand it.

Let us know if you want to see and hear about it.

Clips of Eclipse

There has been a lot of clips of extras flying around the Internet. Are you watching them? I am! I can not wait, so I will watch what ever I find. So far I have not seen anything that exciting. But I am constantly looking.

Muse wins at the AMA's

Muse won Best Alternative Rock Artists at the American Music Awards. I think Twilight Fans had a little to do with that, don't you think!

Eclipse DVD Release Party!

Eclipse DVD will be Released December 4th! It's time for another PARTY! We are going to have to think of some new party ideas. For now, check out our previous posts regarding party ideas. On the right side of our site under Labels. Look for release party. If you had or are having a party tell us your ideas.

Twilight Takeoff?

Coming this March is a movie called Red Riding Hood. To me it is looking a lot like Twilight. It could have something to do with it being directed by none other then Catherine Hardwicke.

The story is about 1 girl, 2 guys, 1 of which is a werewolf. Sound familiar? The music and the movie poster even looks like twilight. There is even someone that stared in Twilight in this movie. I may have to pass on this one.

Eclipse Parody by The Hillywood Show!

It's finally here! The Hillywood Show posted their Eclipse Parody on YouTube.

The parody is 13 minutes long, which is a nice amount of time to really get into it and enjoy the pure genius of The Hillywood Show. Great job, guys!

And for those of us Twi-hards who follow everything Twilight, there are lots of fun in-jokes. I especially loved the gorgeous costumes, the sound effects during the fight practice scenes, the singing wolf pack, and the feathers. :-)

There's a bit of suggestive stuff in here, too, so you might want to watch this video once before showing it to your under-13 kids. Overall, I think this video is AWESOME!

What do you think of it? Check it out...

Who is Mackenzie Foy?

Mackenzie Foy is the lucky little girl who will play Renesmee Cullen in the movie, Breaking Dawn: Part 2.



Mackenzie just turned 10 years old on October 10th, 2010 (or on 10/10/10!) She has brown hair and blue-green eyes, so she'll have to wear brown contact lenses to match Renesmee's chocolate brown eye color.

Mackenzie has a background in modeling and acting in commercials and TV (most currently on Hawaii Five-O.) Breaking Dawn will be Mackenzie's first major movie role.

It looks like Mackenzie is both beautiful and talented, and a great choice to play the half-human, half-vampire daughter of Bella and Edward. Congratulations, Mackenzie!

Jane Barbie doll coming soon!

According to The Twilight Saga Facebook page, the Barbie doll version of Jane is going to be available next February 2011! Here's what she'll look like:


Here's the announcement from The Twilight Saga Facebook page:

Barbie Collector is thrilled to unveil the newest addition to the famed Twilight Saga doll series – Jane, from the vampire coven known as the Volturi. Vampire Jane is one of the Volturi's most offensive weapons, possessing the ability to inflict a mental illusion of pain on any opponent. Jane will be available in February, 2011 for a suggested retail price of $24.95, joining the Edward, Bella, Jacob, Alice and Victoria in the collection.

Personally, I think this Jane doll is stunning. I love her elegant outfit, and it's nice to see a more serious expression on a Barbie doll, but she doesn't look like a young girl at all! She looks more like a grown-up Deborah Kerr (a famously beautiful actress from the classic era of Hollywood.)



Amazon.com is already accepting pre-orders for Jane for $24.99, and will release her on March 1st, 2011.

Of course, we'll buy Jane as soon as she hits the stores! (We plan to buy the entire Twilight collection of Barbie dolls as they become available.)

Show us your Twilight Halloween!

Here is my daughter last year as Leah. This year she is going to be a vampire. (Is she changing teams?) Send us your pictures of your Twilight Costumes, pumpkins, decorations anything twilight.

A Twilight Halloween

If you are a twilight fan, you have to have a twilight pumpkin right. Here is a site you can get all the twilight stencils. It is not to late. You can print them out instantly.

www.ultimate-pumpkin-stencils.com

Sidebar Poll: Which Twilight Character Would You Like to be for Halloween?

Thanks to everyone who voted in our previous sidebar poll, "Which love theme from the Twilight Saga movies is your favorite?"

Bella's Theme (from Twilight) won with 5 votes (out of 11 total votes)
Jacob's Theme (from Eclipse) came in 2nd with 3 votes
The Meadow (from New Moon) came in 3rd with 2 votes
My Love (from Eclipse) came in 4th with 1 vote.

I'm looking forward to hearing the soundtrack (and love theme) for Breaking Dawn. I hope it comes out soon!

Now on to our new sidebar poll, "Which Twilight character would you like to be for Halloween?" My choice would be to dress up as Rosalie in a wedding gown and red contact lens, but I think it would be too scary for my kids!

Have fun voting!

Twilight Halloween Costume Ideas

If you haven't picked your Halloween costume yet, here are a few Twilight-related costume ideas for you to consider...

Gothic Vampire Costume



Twi-K and I wore this Gothic Vampire Costume to the Vampire Ball at last year's Twilight Convention in San Francisco. This is a high-quality, full-length gown with lovely details like lace trim, antique silver buttons, and a tulle and lace petticoat. I thought it was very soft and comfortable to wear. This costume also includes a black velvet choker necklace with a large red jewel, but Twi-K and I preferred to wear our own necklaces instead.

You can shop around online to find a better price, but I thought it was worth the price I paid (just under $100.) You can buy this "Theatrical Quality Deluxe Gothic Vampiress Adult Costume" from Spirit for $119.99.

Gothic Vampire Costumes for Kids



This is the child's version of the Deluxe Gothic Vampira Costume . This gown costs $71.97 from HalloweenExpress.com. There is also a men's version ($159.99 from Spirit) and a boy's version ($76.46 from CostumeCraze.com) of this Gothic Vampire Costume.



If you're looking for something less expensive for a child's costume, check out this red, hooded Gothic Vampire Costume for Kids. (This costume reminds me of the St. Marcus Day Festival in Volterra in New Moon.) You can buy this costume from Spirit for $19.99.


Rosalie (from New Moon) Costume



I wore this Rosalie costume to the Vampire Ball at the Eclipse Convention in Los Angeles. It's from Bella's birthday scene in New Moon. I created this look using a classic black dress with spaghetti straps (from Overstock.com), black shoes (from Bakers), Rosalie's pendant necklace (from Hot Topic), black chandelier earrings (from Charlotte Russe), and dressy vampire makeup (the Twilight Volturi Makeup Kit from Hot Topic).

Here's the link to the post describing how I put together my Rosalie costume , including where to find these items in the stores.

Victoria from Eclipse Costume



Twi-K wore this Victoria costume to the Vampire Ball at the Eclipse Convention in Los Angeles. It's from the scene where Victoria kisses Riley in Eclipse. Twi-K created this look using a long-sleeved black lace shirt, skinnny black pants, and black (Doc Marten?) boots. It also helped that Twi-K had long, red hair!

Wolf Pack Costume



If you prefer to dress up as a member of the wolf pack, check out my post about how to make a wolf pack mask. If you don't want to buy a wolf suit, you can make your own. First, choose the color of your wolf, then choose a long-sleeved shirt and pants to match your wolf's fur color.

Here are the fur colors of the wolf pack:

- Seth (fur colors: yellow brown, light brown, and light gray)
- Quil (fur colors: light brown and black)
- Leah (fur colors: light gray and dark gray)
- Jacob (fur colors: dark brown and light brown)
- Paul (fur colors: gray and black)
- Sam (fur color: black and dark brown)
- Embry (fur color: light gray and black)
- Jared (fur color: black and light brown)

To add a wolf tail:



If you'd like to add a wolf tail, use a ball of yarn in wolf fur colors (gray, brown, or black). Cut the yarn into about twenty 2-foot lengths. To make the tail look a bit "ragged", cut a few of the pieces of yarn a bit shorter than the other pieces.

Tie the twenty pieces of yarn at one end with a short piece of yarn. You can attach this tied end to the back of your wolf costume using a safety pin. Or you can just tuck the tied end of the tail into the back of you pants so that the tail pokes out from under your shirt.

Rosalie's Wedding Gown from Eclipse Costume

I was really hoping to see more of Rosalie's vintage wedding gown from her flashback scene when she "visited" Royce to get her revenge!



As far as I could see, Rosalie wore a white satin gown with a low, square-cut neckline (which showed off her string of pearls), puffed, long sleeves, a Juliet-style cap and veil, and dangling pearl drop earrings. Rosalie's hair was pulled under in the back and curled to frame her face.

I've also read that Rosalie had a very long train that flowed beautifully behind her gown, but I didn't see that in the movie.

I think the most striking part of Rosalie's wedding gown wasn't so much the wedding gown itself as Rosalie's glowing red vampire eyes and the expression on her face. If you are willing to wear red contact lens and would like to dress up in Rosalie's wedding gown, I bet that would be an awesome Halloween costume!

Have fun with whatever costume you choose to wear, and let us know if you use any of our ideas!

Twilight on Buried Life?

If you do not know what Buried Life is it is a reality series with guys doing different tasks. Well one on their upcoming episodes they are trying to get some of Robert Pattinson's hair. It will be airing 10-25 at 10pm. I wonder if they finish the task?

Thanks:eclipsemovie via spunkranson

Getting Ready for Halloween

Looks like Peter Facineli is ready for Halloween. All dresses up as Justin Bieber.

What are you going to be???

Eclipse Gum!

This is like the Burger King Site. You get codes when you buy Eclipse Gum and you can unlock special cool things. I will have to get some gum tomorrow.

Go to: www.eclipsesecrets.com to see it.

We are Back!

OK, OK, OK I know where in the world have we been. Well I could give you a long list of thing we have been up to, some good and some not so good, but I think life has calm down enough to start posting again. One thing I do want to share that I am proud of is I helped start a Soccer league for Special Need children. Now for some POSTS!

Ashley and Joe at a Vampire Weekend Concert!

Vampire Weekend had a song on the Eclipse Soundtrack. Also Joe Jonas was in one the Vampire Weekends video for "Giving up the Gun".

Thanks:eclipsemovie

The Next Twilight?

There is an article on Aol news about this book Firelight. In the article they are saying a company has picked up this and will be making a movie. It is also saying it could be the next Twilight. I have not heard of this book. Apparently it is about dragons. The article says are dragons the new vampires. I guess I am going to have to get it and see. I will let you know what I think. Have you heard or read this book?

Finally! Victoria and Alice Barbie Dolls!

Yes! I finally bought the Eclipse Victoria and Eclipse Alice Barbie dolls from Target today!




By the way, I called our local Toys R Us store first to see if they had the new Twilight Barbies today, but they hadn't received them yet. So I visited our local Target store, and they had the Victoria doll in stock for $24.95. I had to drive to another Target to get the Alice doll (which cost $27.49!)

So here they are, fresh out of their boxes!

First Alice...



My daughter helped me remove Alice and Victoria from their boxes. She remarked that the backgrounds and trees in the boxes looked very lifelike, especially Victoria's. The tree in Victoria's box appeared to have scratches on it (possibly from a bear's claw?) Anyways, we saved the boxes as "homes" for the dolls.

My daughter noticed that Alice's necklace doesn't come off, but that Alice's shoes fall off very easily! Also, Alice's feet are very tiny, and she doesn't stand up on her own. Her knees do bend back a bit, and she can cross her legs a bit.

A close-up of Alice and her necklace:



Alice's shoes:



And here's Victoria...



My daughter loved Victoria's long hair, but mentioned that her curly locks could easily get tangled while playing with the other Barbie dolls, and that her hair would be hard to brush. I suggested she take extra care to keep Victoria's hair neat and tidy.

Victoria stands up on her own fairly well. I think Victoria looks very confident and classy. She is taller than Alice, and almost as tall as the Edward doll. Her knees bend a bit, but she is not as flexible as the Alice doll, and doesn't sit very well. Victoria's jeans go down past her toes and tuck into her boots. My daughter thought it was hard to put on the boots again (Victoria's feet seemed a bit flimsy/bendy.)

My daughter also thought that the long coat really made Victoria look like a vampire (with the black details around the edges), but without the coat, Victoria looked just like a normal girl.

A close-up of Victoria and details of her clothing:



Victoria from behind, showing off her hair and coat:



By the way, my daughter held up the dolls in the sunlight to see if they sparkled like Edward. Unfortunately, they didn't sparkle at all. (I guess no one sparkles like Edward!)

Even without the sparkles, we both thought that Alice's and Victoria's skin tones and makeup were very beautiful.

Overall, we're happy to welcome Alice and Victoria to our Twilight Barbie family, and we highly recommend both dolls to any Barbie collector!

So here's our Twilight Barbie family so far (Alice, Jacob, Kelly as "Renesmee", Bella, Edward, and Victoria):



Update: Here's a link to my review of the Twilight Barbie Bella, Edward, and Jacob dolls, too.

Twilight Maze!

This is in Black Island Farms Syracuse, Utah.

Thanks: Twilighters Anonymous

Cool Sign!

How cool is this! This is in Portland, Oregon.

Thanks: cullenboysanonymous via irishcentral

Paramore Concert!

I have a great time at the Paramore Concert last night. Haley has so much energy! She was all over the stage. The crowd was completely into it. I was a little bumbed thought. They played Decode but not I Caught Myself. It was still great!

Paramore!

Guess where I am! That is right a Paramore Concert! We are celebrating Birthday. Happy Birthday Kailee!
Paramore Rocks! Can you guess what my favorite

songs are?!?!!

Twilight Has a World Record!

It looks like New Moon is in the 2011 Guinness of World Records for Highest Opening-Day Gross of $72.7 million. Very COOL!

Thanks: MTV & hisgoldeneyes.com