Time to vote again!

Go to www.mtv.com and vote for Twilight and friends of Twilight.

MTV has one of the best award shows. It is always a good time. What is cool this year is if you do not like who is nominated you can write in who you want. So get to voting.

New Twilight Book: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

Just in case you haven't already heard, Stephenie Meyer announced today that her novella entitled, "The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner" will be published by Little, Brown Books, and will be available for purchase (for $13.99 US) starting Saturday, June 5th, 2010.

Stephenie Meyer added, "One dollar of each book purchased in the US from the first printing will be donated to the American Red Cross for their relief efforts in Haiti and Chile and other parts of the world where people are in great need."

It's the story of Bree Tanner, the young, newborn vampire who surrendered during the battle with Victoria's army at the end of Eclipse. The story is written from Bree's point of view.



Woo hoo! I'm SO looking forward to buying this book!

To read Stephenie Meyer's full announcement of her new story, click here to visit her Website.

New Moon versus Twilight Soundtracks

Okay, I've been watching my New Moon DVD several times this past week, and I can't get the music out of my head. So I figure... might as well write a review about the soundtrack. Better yet, compare the New Moon soundtrack to the Twilight soundtrack.



Summary:
I like both the Twilight and New Moon soundtracks, but I slightly prefer listening to the New Moon soundtrack. My favorite track from either soundtrack, by far, is Alexandre Desplat's beautiful composition entitled, "New Moon (The Meadow)".

Note: The following review of both soundtracks is fairly lengthy. Click on "Read more" to see the rest of it!

Barbie Bella and Edward's Wedding (A Kid's Video)

This 3-minute video is for my sweet daughter and everyone who still likes to play with Barbies. If you don't like Barbies, this isn't for you.



Update: Here's a link to my Twilight Barbie Dolls Product Review.

Twilight Takes 2 at the Kids Choice Awards!

So Twilight took 2 out of 4 (Well I guess really 5) awards.

1. Taylor Lautner won for best Male Movie Actor(YEAH!)
2. Bella and Jacob won for best couple (not Edward and Bella?????)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid won over Twilight Series for best book and
Chipmunks Squeakquel won over New moon for best movie?????

Taylor was great as always excepting his award and Jackson Rathbone (Jasper) got slimmed which was great. All in all a good show. If you missed it they are rerunning it all the time.

Charlie Bewley Dances the Shuffle at TwiCon

Here's a (very) short video of Charlie Bewley (Demetri) dancing the Shuffle at the Volturi Vampire Ball during the Twilight Convention in San Francisco (February 13, 2010). He was quite the performer!

Thanks, Twi-K, for this fun video. Enjoy!

Look Like Bella at the Prom!

www.Promgirl.com has this Twilight inspired looking dress for $258.

Thanks: cullenboysanonymous

Wax Edward Revealed in New York Today!

Not Bad, but not liking the eyes.

Thanks: newmoonmovie.org/Pattinsonlife via rplife

Hot Topic Clearing out New Moon Merchandise.

I was just in the mall today so of course I had to go to Hot Topic to check out the Twilight / New Moon stuff and they had all of their New-Twi Stuff on Clearance! They were even selling the store signs! The money they make from the signs go to a charity.

You Could Own Edward's Volvo!

Ebay is auctioning off the actual car used in Twilight! (So they say) You could sit where Edward sat, drive what Edward drove and lean again the car and look cool just like Edward. It was going for $24,000 with no bids yet the last time I checked. Go to Ebay to check it out.

New Moon DVD Sales overwhelm the competition!

Congratulations to everyone who bought the New Moon DVD this past weekend! New Moon sold more than 4 million copies in its first weekend, blowing away all of the competition!

According to HollywoodReporter.com:

It was "Twilight" time at retail, again.

"The Twilight Saga: New Moon," the nearly $300 million-grossing sequel to last year's blockbuster teen vampire movie "Twilight," sold more than 4 million copies in its first weekend in stores to easily capture the top spot on the national DVD and Blu-ray Disc sales charts.

The sequel, released Friday night, even outsold the original, which moved 3.8 million units its first weekend in March 2009.

"Twilight" mania sent the original film back into the top 20 on the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert overall sales chart, where it came in at No. 16, as well as the Nielsen VideoScan Blu-ray Disc sales chart, where it debuted at No. 11.

The original "Twilight" went on to become the top-selling home entertainment release of 2009 with 9.2 million units sold, according to Summit Entertainment, the independent behind the franchise.

The Evolution of Edward, Bella, & Jacob!

It looks like they went back to Twilight's blues vs. New Moon's browns. I am torn. I really like New Moon but Eclipse, WOW! What do you think? Please let us know in the comments.

Thanks:eclipesmovie.org & Katrina Russia twitpic

New Eclipse Poster!

Here is the newest Eclipse Poster.

I CAN NOT WAIT!!!

Thanks: Thinkingofrob.com!

Barbie Twilight Dolls (Bella, Edward, and Jacob Black) Product Review

Last week I ordered the three Barbie Twilight dolls (Bella, Edward, and Jacob Black) from Amazon.com for my daughter. Bought together, their total price was $59.47.

We received Edward and Jacob a day before Bella, so we kept them in their boxes until Bella arrived. Edward looked pretty cool in the box, but Jacob's head was angled in a strange way, which made him look weird.

Barbie Twilight dolls still in their boxes:


Cool information on the back of the boxes:

Results of our Poll about Your Favorite Wolf and Volturi Vampire

Thanks to everyone who voted in our sidebar polls, "Who is your favorite member of the wolf pack?" and "Who is your favorite Volturi vampire?"

The polls are closed and the results are...

Favorite Wolf Pack member:
Jacob Black (6 out of 11 votes)
Seth and Leah tied at 2 votes each (very cool!)

Favorite Volturi vampire:
Jane (6 out of 9 votes--go Jane!)
Aro got 3 votes

Our next sidebar poll is about the various versions of the New Moon DVD:

"Which version of the New Moon DVD did you buy?"

Have fun watching your DVDs, and don't forget to vote!

I'm Still Waiting!

So we went to the Borders Release Party and I got the New Moon DVD there. Alma Marie got her Target one in the mail today, but I have not received my Walmart one yet that I ordered online. Tell me where you got your copy and how easy or hard it was.

Photos from TwiCon San Francisco 2010

SATURDAY AT THE TWILIGHT CONVENTION...

Finally! Here are Twi-K's and my photos from the Twilight Convention in San Francisco (taken on Saturday,February 13th, 2010).

Vote Twilight for Kids' Choice Awards (airing next Saturday)

If you watch Nickelodeon on TV, then you probably know that their annual Kids' Choice Awards will be airing next Saturday, March 27th at 8 PM (Pacific time).

Of the 19 categories, 4 categories include our favorite Twilight stars:

Best Couple: Edward and Bella or Jacob and Bella
Favorite Movie: New Moon
Favorite Movie Actor: Taylor Lautner
Favorite Book: Twilight Series

To vote for your favorite Twilight stars, click here.

Tune in to Nickelodeon next Saturday to see who wins!

My Borders New Moon DVD Release Party Experience

As Twi-K already mentioned, last night we went to our local Borders Release Party for the New Moon DVD. It was great!

Twi-K and I (and Wendy, one of our friends) wore black t-shirts with our Twilight Family blog information on it to this event. It was fun advertising for our blog!

Our TwilightFamily.net t-shirt (front and back):


Over 60 Twilight fans showed up, including lots of families with younger kids. It was a good-sized crowd--not too many, not too few. We filled out our New Moon Awards ballots right away and got tickets for the raffle later.

New Moon DVD Party!

WOW! We had such a great time!

Karinah was our host and she did a wonderful job. She was a true Twilight fan. (Team Jacob, but I won't hold that against her) There were a lot of team Jacob fans there. I would say by the end of the night there was about 75 people there total. 60 took part in the awards contest, Alma Marie will tell you more about that. The best part for me was seeing all of the true Twilight Fans.

I picked up my copy of the Borders Exclusive DVD and got my $5 t-shirt with the purchase. In the pack was the Collectible Necklace that is really nice quality. One side has the Cullen Crest and the other side has the Wolf Pack symbol. My Daughter won't take it off. She wears it on the wolf side.

I have seen some of the extended and deleted scenes. I can not wait to watch the rest. I am interested to hear what you have to say about the scenes that did not make it into the film. I have the Walmart DVD coming and Alma Marie got the Target version so after we see them all we will post our opinion on them. Alma Marie will have more info and pictures of the party.

Please leave us a comment of your thoughts of the DVD and what you did to celebrate.

Fun at the Borders DVD Release Party

Twi-K and I just got back from our local Borders New Moon DVD Release Party, and we had a blast! Thank you, Karinah Guzman, for hosting such a fun and high-energy event!

I'll post more details and photos tomorrow after I get some sleep.

So where did you go for the Release Party? And what did you buy/win? Let us know!

Want to have a Twilight Party?

I wanted to share what we did for our “Twilight” DVD release party. We did this a week after the release. That way we had all of the different versions and we were able to take our time watching them. We had all day and night to watch all the great parts on all the different versions. Here are some of the things we did.

Decorations:
• Posters, posters and more posters. We hung posters all around. We also placed The Twilight Saga books, Twilight related books, and magazines with pictures and articles of the cast in them, all around.
• The book covers were a big inspiration. We had red apples, red ribbon, chess pieces and red and white tulips everywhere. The apples and ribbons were easy to find. For the chess pieces, the Dollar Store had full sets for $1 (we just used to Queen and pawns. The pawns were white so painted them with red finger nail polish). We could only find white tulips, at Micheal’s, so we just got red temper paint and stroked it lightly in different places on the tulips (I was looking at the book cover as I did it to get the right coloring).
• The cast should make an appearance. We had standees and/or dolls and place them in the VIP area.

Food:
• Italian is always good. Right Bella! Mushroom Raviolis anyone? For drinks I was able to find this great Red Vodka called Vampyre at BevMo. Coupled up with Rose’s Sour Apple Mix for the perfect Appletinis. Twilight sweetheart candies were placed in heart shaped bowls.

Favors:
• Twilight Candy! You can get big chocolate bars or they have the small size ones too, with Edward, Jacob and/or Bella on them. We got them at Walgreen’s and Wal-Mart.

Fun and Games:
• Of course we had to play the Twilight board game. Now you can get Scene It and the New Moon board game.
• Trivia is always fun. You can find a lot of great trivia on line.
• We also had our own award show with great categories like Best Line, Funniest Line, etc.

We had the best time. We would love to hear about what you did at your parties. Please leave a comment and tell us all about it. Check back in the next week or so to hear about our New Moon DVD Party.

My Choices for the Borders New Moon Movie Awards

For those of you attending the Borders New Moon DVD Release Party tomorrow night, here are the choices I marked on my ballot for the New Moon Movie Awards:

Best Quote
"I love you. You're my only reason to stay...alive, if that's what I am." -- Edward

Best Scene
The fade-to-black ending (sigh!)

Best Song
"Meet Me on the Equinox" -- Death Cab for Cutie

Most Reckless Bella Moment
Cliff-diving (also best vision/dream of Edward!)

Best Kissing Scene
With Edward in Volterra (although it was even better in the book!)

Best Shirtless Moment
Edward under the clock tower (Team Edward, all the way!)

Best Werewolf (not Jacob)
Sam

Best Volturi
Aro

Best Fight
Felix vs. Edward

Best Alice Outfit
Her dress at Bella's birthday party

What are your choices?

We're going to our local Borders Release Party tomorrow!

Twi-K and I will be attending our local Borders Release Party for the New Moon DVD tomorrow (Friday) evening from 10 PM to midnight! We've already pre-ordered our DVDs. (Twi-K ordered hers from Borders, and I ordered mine from Target, so we can watch both versions!)

If you're going to a Release Party, post a comment and let us know your plans!

To find out more about New Moon DVD Release Parties, click here.

To see what my choices will be for the Borders New Moon Movie Awards are, click here.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Edward in FarmVille:



Have a happy St. Patrick's Day! May you find your own Edward at the end of the rainbow!

Review of "Twilight the Graphic Novel Volume 1"

The new book, "Twilight, the Graphic Novel, Part 1" by Stephenie Meyer and Young Kim, just arrived in the book stores today (March 16th). As soon as I dropped my kids off at school this morning, I headed to Barnes & Noble to buy it for $15.99. (I later found out that Amazon.com is offering the book for $10).

The first thing I noticed was the small size of this book. It was the same size as the Twilight novels, but only half as thick (224 pages).

The next thing I noticed was the beautiful cover, showing Bella lying in the meadow, with Edward's hand showing beside her. Visually stunning--I loved it!

I didn't notice that this book was Volume 1 until after I finished scanning through it and found that it stopped at the end of Chapter 13, "Confessions", after their trip to the meadow. It was a beautiful scene, but it left me wanting more...

Results of our Poll about your favorite Twilight Saga book

Thanks to everyone who voted in our first sidebar poll, "What is your favorite book in the Twilight Saga?"

Out of 6 total votes, Twilight received 1 vote, New Moon didn't receive any votes, Eclipse received 2 votes, and Breaking Dawn received 3 votes. Which makes Breaking Dawn the winner (by 1 vote)!

If you'd like your vote to count in our next poll, all you have to do is click on the button (in the sidebar), then click VOTE to vote for your favorite. Then come back next week to see the results!

Our next poll asks two questions: "Who is your favorite member of the wolf pack?" and "Who is your favorite Volturi vampire?"

Have fun voting!

How We Made our "Twilight Kisses" Centerpiece

For those of you who are interested, here's how Twi-K and I made another one of the Twilight centerpieces that we brought to the Twilight Convention in San Francisco. We called this centerpiece "Twilight Kisses" because it included Hershey's Chocolate Kisses, and because the Convention was held on Valentine's Day weekend (February 12th-14th, 2010).

The materials for this centerpiece included a heart-shaped candy dish, a few bags of Hershey's Kisses, a vase with red (silk) roses, a black Styrofoam display board, black ribbon to trim the board, a heart-shaped crystal (for Edward's heart), and the four Twilight symbols on the book covers: a red apple (for Twilight), a ruffled tulip (for New Moon), a torn red ribbon (for Eclipse), and a chess board with a white queen and red pawn (for Breaking Dawn).

A Different View of "Remember Me"

Alma Marie and I went to see Remember Me Saturday night with some friends. I just read Alma Marie’s review and I have to say I totally disagree. We do agree on the acting. I thought the cast was great. I thought Rob did a wonderful job. No sign of Edward anywhere. (Unlike Kristen Stewart where I see Bella in what ever she does) His love for his sister is touching. The roommate was a roommate. Now the ending.

***Spoiler Alert***

I do have to admit I knew the ending before I saw the movie so I do not know how much that had to do with it. I thought the way they did the ending was perfect. (For being a movie about 9/11. Would I have liked them to live happily ever after, of course) If they would have just left the ending after the horrible moment and left us wondering, that would have been bad, but they showed how it effected everyone. (I thought Aiden’s tattoo was touching) This movie shows the story of some people’s lives before that horrible day. I loved that we got to see Tyler finally a little happy and that his dad did care. I thought I was going to be really, really sad but I thought they did a good job telling the story. I would definitely recommend seeing it in the theater.

"Remember Me" Movie Review

I'll start with the positives. I was impressed with Rob Pattinson's solid performance as Tyler, the rebellious young hero. I didn't see any sign of Edward the vampire in this performance, although the main reason I went to see this movie was because of Rob. I was also impressed by Emilie de Ravin's performance as Ally. The two romantic leads were nicely matched, and they showed a natural chemistry together. I thought the supporting characters were well-acted, too.

Now that I've had a day to think about this movie, and to get past my strong initial reaction to it, I'd have to say that I don't recommend seeing it in the theater. (Sorry, Rob and Twilight fans.) If you'd like to read more of my review, there will be spoilers ahead, but I'll try to keep them to a minimum, which is hard to do, because of the movie's ending.

New Moon DVD Local Release Parties

I just called around to our local stores to get more information about next week's New Moon DVD Release Parties. Here's what I found out:

- Target is offering a 2-Disk Deluxe Edition starting on Saturday, March 20th. Target is not offering a midnight release.

- Target is also offering a special 3-Disk Deluxe Edition plus Bonus Collectible Film Cell, but it is only available as an online pre-order (before March 20th) for $24.99.

- Blockbuster will release the new DVD at midnight on Friday, March 19th. Our local Blockbuster said they'll stay open as long as people show up. They also mentioned that last year, they played Twilight in their store after its midnight release, but they don't have any specific plans for New Moon this year. They suggest you call your local Blockbuster store to see what they have planned.

- Our local Hot Topic did not have plans for a Release Party, although they suggested I check back next Thursday, just in case. (They did have a nice New Moon Soundtrack Release Party last October, so I thought it was worth looking into.)

- Amazon is taking pre-orders for their 2-Disk Special Edition for $20.49. They offer a release day delivery option, so you can receive it on March 20th.

Walmart is offering a New Moon 2-Disk Ultimate Fan Edition with Eclipse trailer for $29.96. Some Walmarts will be holding a Release Party. Check with your local store to get details. (Note: Alma Marie doesn't support Walmart or its hiring practices.)

Borders is offering a Borders Exclusive 2-Disk with Medallion as a pre-order for $29.99.

Our local Borders is offering a Release Party, starting at 10 PM. It looks like all the Borders stores offer the same Release Party, including a special video from the New Moon stars, Twilight charades, New Moon movie quotes contest, a New Moon debate, and New Moon Awards for your favorite movie moments. You can print your ballot ahead of time or fill it out at the store. If you pre-order your New Moon DVD from Borders, you can pick it up at the Release Party. Check here for more details.

Based on the choices, I plan to attend our local Borders Release Party. But I'd like to order the Target 3-Disk Special Edition to get the extra material and the collectible film cell. Choices, choices...

What are your plans?

Full Eclipse Trailer!

Here's the full trailer! I'm so excited...



One word: AWESOME!

10-second Eclipse Preview

Here it is--the 10-second preview of Eclipse!



So far, so good! I can hardly wait to see the rest!

New Moon DVD Release Party at Borders

I found some information about the upcoming New Moon DVD release party at Borders at:

www.bordersmedia.com/twilight/newmoon_video.asp

To vote for your favorite moments from the movie, click on "download awards ballot". Fill out your ballot and bring it along to the release party.

Borders release parties will be held at participating Borders stores on Friday, March 19th, starting at 10 PM. The Release Party will feature New Moon Movie Awards, based on the results of your ballots.

As we get more information about local New Moon DVD release parties, we'll post them.

To find out more about New Moon DVD Release Parties, click here.

10 Seconds of Eclipse

Be on the lookout for a 10 second glimpse of Eclipse going out on the web Wed Mar 10th. Thanks for the info Eclipsemovie.org

Alice "New Moon" Action Figure Product Review

I got the NECA "New Moon" Alice 7" action figure at the recent Twilight Convention in San Francisco (about $19 retail). Both my daughter and I like Alice as a character, and we thought she'd be a good "friend" for our Bella 7" action figure. Just in case you're looking to buy Alice or one of the other "New Moon" action figures, here's my review of this Twilight product:

Pros
Alice matches our other 7" action figures nicely (Bella, Edward, and Jacob), and is quite durable to play with. (Yes, I know she's a collectible.) The details and overall quality of the product are very high. Her hair and clothes, which are made of some soft plastic material, are pliable and can move slightly. Alice is also slightly poseable--her head, arms, and wrists can rotate, plus her waist and one ankle can rotate/wiggle a bit. Alice can stand on her own, but you have to pose her a bit to balance her.

As a bonus, there's a great information sheet included with the product. It shows a background image of Alice from "New Moon", as well as the following text:

"How strongly are you opposed to grand theft auto?"

Full Name: Mary Alice Brandon Cullen
Status: Vampire
Date of Birth: Around 1901
Date of Transformation: 1920s
Special Abilities: Can see the future unless werewolves are directly involved in the events

Cons
Alice doesn't look very girlish or very happy. Even my daughter wonders why Alice is wearing a boy's tie. Apparently, the "flappy" tie gets in the way when my daughter tries to dress Alice in Barbie clothes.

Overall, I give this product 4.5 out of 5 stars.

More about Kristen's Gown at the Oscars

Thanks for the info about Kristen's gown, Twi-K!

I voted for Kristen Stewart's dress this morning on www.extratv.com, and I noticed that Kristen currently has 71.6% of the total votes for Best Dressed Ladies. GO Kristen!

If you still need convincing about Kristen's beautiful gown, here's some fascinating info about it from www.cullenboysanonymous.com:



"Check this out! The dress Kristen Stewart wore last night to the Oscar’s comes in a bridal version! How cool--the first glimpse of Bella in her wedding gown! You know there will be manips of this. If you recall, Monique Lhuillier and 8 other designers designed wedding dresses for Bella Swan a few months ago for 'InStyle' (Magazine)."

So how cool is that! Maybe we'll see the bridal version of this dress in "Breaking Dawn"!

Oscars Best Dressed

There were some amazing dresses at the Oscars Sunday night. One of the best, I thought, was Kristen Stewart’s. You can place your vote for best dress at www.extratv.com enter "vote for Oscars best dress" to vote.

Another appearance

Kristen Stewart to be on Regis and Kelly on March 16th to promote The Runaways.

Robert Pattinson will be on The Early Show March 9th (this is a taped interview)

Breaking Dawn in 3-D?

How do you feel about watching a version of "Breaking Dawn" in 3-D?

I'm not crazy about the idea, myself. I think sci-fi movies with lots of action and special effects could look cool in 3-D, but "Breaking Dawn" just isn't that kind of movie.

I agree with the Twilight stars' opinions about filming "Breaking Dawn" in 3-D (courtesy of MTV.com):

Anna Kendrick isn't sure she'd like to see the next installment of the "Twilight Saga" in 3-D. Not only does she have reservations about tackling "Breaking Dawn" in three dimensions, but she isn't really sure she's down with 3-D at all, for that matter.

"I'm still undecided about 3-D, personally," the Oscar nominee told MTV News on the red carpet at the Academy Awards on Sunday (March 7). "But obviously they don't consult me personally on whether or not 'Breaking Dawn' is going to be in 3-D."

While she joked that it's in her contract that she be involved in those kinds of decisions, Kendrick, who also shared that she thought the "Eclipse" trailer is going to be "beautiful," is the latest castmember to be anti 3-D for "Breaking Dawn."

Kellan Lutz isn't a big fan of 3-D movies, either. "3-D kind of hurts my eyes anyways. 'Avatar' was amazing in 3-D and in IMAX, but I don't think I wanna see a little baby half-vampire in 3-D," he said, echoing a similar sentiment made by Kristen Stewart. "There's just some scenes I just wouldn't want to see in 3-D."

Robert Pattinson admitted he felt the same way about the possibility. "The 3-D thing confuses me," Pattinson said. "I haven't seen 'Avatar' or any of these 3-D movie things yet. The idea of it ... I remember 3-D movies from when I was a kid, and I can just picture it giving me a headache."

Anna, Kristen, and Taylor at the Oscars

First, I have to say, "Wow!" Everyone looked spectacular at the Oscars tonight!

Anna Kendrick (who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for "Up in the Air") wore a romantic pink gown by Elie Saab (a Lebanese fashion designer). I loved her gown. Anna looked poised and graceful on stage wearing it.



Kristen wore an elegant and sophisticated midnight blue organza silk gown by Monique Lhuillier (a Filipina fashion designer). Kristen looked beautiful on stage with Taylor while presenting, although she also appeared a bit nervous, touching her hair, biting her lip, and coughing. I really enjoyed seeing Kristen in a classic formal gown.



Taylor looked dashing and handsome, as usual. He wore a gorgeous black Dolce & Gabbana tuxedo. He appeared relaxed and confident on stage.



Overall, I was very proud of our Twilight actors at the Oscars. Congratulations to Anna, and good job to Kristen and Taylor!

Also, thank you Just Jared for the lovely photos and fashion details!

Taylor and Kirsten at the Oscars Tomorrow!

This is just a reminder that Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart will be presenters at tomorrow's 82nd Academy Awards. Don't forget to record the awards ceremony (starting at 5:30 PM in our neighborhood) as well as the Oscars Red Carpet event just before the ceremony (at 5:00 PM.)

I'll post photos and reviews of what they're wearing. I can hardly wait!

"Kids at Play" Saturday Artwork

As requested by my kids, here is some Twilight-related artwork made by them. Click on the pictures to make them bigger. Enjoy!

Twilighted Fairy Tales (Little Red Riding Bella):

Bella: What a big head you have, Grandma!
Edward: That's not Grandma, that's the Big Bad Wolf!

Bella's family (Jacob grew half a wing when he married Renesmee):


LEGO Bella's Dream (complete with her bedroom in the forest):


The Fake Birthday:

Edward: Happy birthday, Bella!
Bella: It's not my birthday.
Jacob/wolf: It's mine.

If you'd like to include your artwork on our blog, e-mail me. I'll try to post new artwork every Saturday.

New Moon Secrets

On MTV.COM they have a great interview with New Moon Director Chris Weitz. He reveals some secrets about New Moon. Here is what he had to say.

Going for the Gold: In "Twilight," RPattz and the rest of his vegetarian vampire cohorts have gold-colored eyes as a result of abstaining from consuming human blood. For "New Moon," the vamps' eyes were clearly more golden. Why'd Weitz have his actors switch to brighter contact lenses?

"It's a more noticeable gold," Weitz said. "I thought that in the first film they hadn't popped quite enough and I wanted to have that sense of otherworldliness carry through more."

The Silent Vampire: Actress Rachelle Lefevre was notoriously replaced in her role as the vampire Victoria following "New Moon," with Bryce Dallas Howard taking over the part for "Eclipse." In "New Moon," Lefevre is seen but does not speak. Is there a connection between her lack of lines and what happened with the casting decision?

"It wasn't so much that," Weitz said. "There was a dialogue scene with her, and eventually that will show up whenever they release deleted scenes. It was one of those scenes that, when you look back at it, it's kind of a surplus to the whole storytelling requirement of the movie. So there was no ill intent there. I wrote Rachelle and explained why that scene didn't end up in the film, and in terms of filmmaking I can't regret it, although I do regret it very much if it hurt Rachelle's feelings."

Why So Torn Up, Edward?: At one point in the film, Pattinson's Edward Cullen appears in a ripped T-shirt, but we never learn why. So ... what the heck happened?

"What it's supposed to be is that he's essentially been wearing the same clothes for several months, and that eventually they've just worn out because, as you I'm sure know, his body is like stone. So he must've rubbed up against something and it ripped," Weitz said.

Our Lord?: In its Italian-set portions, "New Moon" features a significant amount of religious iconography, and Edward certainly suffers a great deal. Is he supposed to be a Christ figure?

"I think that he is in a sense he's doomed to suffer eternally," Weitz said. "He actually thinks of himself as a damned figure, but he's wrong about that. So in some senses, yeah, he is a martyr figure."

Black Eyes: In Stephenie Meyer's book, Edward's eyes go black in Italy. Why don't his eyes turn in the film?

"It's because I screwed up!" Weitz admitted.

Really? He just forgot?

"Well, yeah, I kinda did," he said. "Well, there are two reasons. One is that I messed up. The other reason is that I actually thought that onscreen it would be quite bizarre to see his eyes go completely black, and that it would be more satisfying and less jarring to have that moment of reunion be a reunion with revivified Edward. But probably, the long and the short of it, there are many details that I did not drop the ball on, and there are some that I did."

New Moon Puzzle

ThePuzzleFactory.com has made a New Moon jigsaw puzzle featuring various official posters from New Moon! Thanks for the info NewMoonMovie.org!

How We Made Our Twilight-themed Centerpiece

If you're throwing a Twilight-themed party, it might be fun to make a cool Twilight-themed centerpiece. Here's how Twi-K and I made the "Bella's Dream" centerpiece that we brought to TwiCon 2010 in San Francisco.

First, we came up with an idea: to create a scene from the movie (in this case, a forest-bedroom dream scene that was cut from the movie with Bella, Edward, and a wolf, but had a lovely, romantic quality to it that we really liked.)

Rob Pattinson to join Madame Tussauds

From the Madame Tussauds of London's Web site:

"We expect to spark fan frenzy today as we’ve just confirmed the next actor to be admitted into our attraction is the hottest celebrity of the moment, Brit born A-lister and star of the phenomenally successful Twilight saga, Robert Pattinson. The wax figure of the British heartthrob will be revealed in March, ahead of the release of his latest film, Remember Me, in early April.

The studios team are busy recreating R-Pattz’s trademark sultry expression and messy hair, whilst the figure’s outfit will reflect his rugged style with an open collared shirt and skinny trousers. The figure making process takes four months of intense work to complete at a cost of £150,000."

Kinda creepy? But I'd definitely go see it the next time I'm in London!

Fun Fact

Mattel’s new “Jacob Black” doll has his Quileute tribal tattoo painted UPSIDE DOWN on his arm.

Eclipse Editor Replaced

According to EW.com - Summit Entertainment replaces Editor currently working on Eclipse, and replaced them with the Editor from Twilight -

Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the uber-successful Twilight series, confirmed this morning that it has replaced Eclipse editor Art Jones with Nancy Richardson, the editor of Catherine Hardwicke’s original Twilight film. The studio is not placing blame on Jones, who previously worked with Eclipse director David Slade on his horror film 30 Days of Night as well as Slade’s Ellen Page-starrer Hard Candy. They do believe, however, that Slade’s material – which they call “very good” – needed a stronger edit. The studio has more confidence in Richardson, who they say understands the emotion of the characters and is an ace at balancing action with the other elements of the film.

My Impressions of Rob's recent TV appearances

Late Night
Jimmy Fallon's impression of Rob on his "Late Night" show ("Robert is Bothered") was really funny! Rob was a really good sport about it. And yes, I would buy a copy of Rob's first music album, if he ever made one!

The View
What was with Barbara Walters on "The View" with her "fangs" references? Hasn't she read the books or seen the movies? Twilight vampires don't have fangs! Do your homework, Barbara! At least she made up for her faux pas by comparing Rob's performance to James Dean.

And Rob, in turn, compared the script of "Remember Me" to Oscar-winning movies like "Ordinary People" and "Terms of Endearment." Wow, I sure hope his upcoming movie lives up to all that!

And poor Emilie de Ravin (Rob's co-star in "Remember Me.") Their focus was almost entirely on Rob. No that I'm a fan of Emilie's, but she must've really felt left out. Not cool, "View" ladies.

The Daily Show
My hubby watches this show every day, so it was very cool to see Rob on one of his favorite shows. And yes, Jon, you are even "cooler" because you had Rob on as a guest!

Rob's Interview on the Today Show

I watched Rob's brief interview on the Today show. There wasn't much to the interview itself, but I was very impressed by how friendly and polite he was with his fans. I agree with Pierce Brosnan (who plays his father in "Remember Me") that Rob really does appear to show "enormous grace under pressure." He looked nice, too! :-)



I plan to see "Remember Me" and the Eclipse trailer next Friday, March 12th. Check back here to read my movie review next weekend!

And don't forget to check out Twi-K's post "Dates to Remember" for more upcoming appearances.

The Role That Got Away

According to Twilight Lexicon ..... During an interview with HIT FIX RP (Robert Pattinson) was asked about roles that he either regretted not taking, or roles that he wanted and didn’t land.
He answered, “I remember reading the script and thinking it was the best script ever. I just couldn’t do it. And I was so pissed off afterwards. I was gonna go into the audition, but I was just, like, I can’t do it,” Then he stated, “will always be one of my biggest regrets.” That movie was "There Will Be Blood". Very Interesting!