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Danag Podcast Episode 25: We do not care what you did, Carlisle, but we have been waiting a millenium...to La Push you into the crevasse! 

In which:

- We review "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2"
- We reminisce about the past 24 episodes and the past 4 years

Yes, we know that title is a mouthful, but mimicking Stefan and Vladimir was just too good to pass up!

Also, this may be our last(?) podcast episode. Yes, we know it's been two months since Breaking Dawn 2 was released, but there's still the DVD release! So, we hope you enjoy listening to what we thought of the movie!

As always, click here for the direct download links and show notes.

Hopefully your wallets are ready because the Breaking Dawn Movie Tie-In Edition and Breaking Dawn Collector's Edition are now available in your local bookstores.



The Breaking Dawn Movie Tie-In Edition is now available on paperback for Php599 at Fully Booked and Php609 in National Bookstore. This comes with a Bella-Edward poster in the book jacket.







The Breaking Dawn Collector's Edition is also available on hardcover. Copies were spotted at Fully Booked Greenbelt 5 for Php1,160 and National Bookstore for Php1,219.




Thanks to Liam and Clair de Lune for the tip.

Happy Friday the 13th everyone!

So this week was the 2010 Teen's Choice Awards, and we all knew that the Twilight Saga was nominated in a lot of categories. But, who expected Taylor Lautner to beat Robert Pattinson for two titles? Taylor walked home with the surfboards for Choice Male Hottie, which Rob won last year, and Choice Movie Actor: Fantasy. (He was up against his Twilight costar for both.) He also won Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon: Male and the Invisalign-sponsored Choice Smile. Well, at least we know he completely deserves the last one--if there's one common comment about Taylor, it's about how white and pretty his teeth are.

Robert didn't go home empty-handed, of course. He took home the board for Choice Movie Actor: Drama for his role in Remember Me. In his acceptance speech, Rob mentioned that, "...it's great to win something outside of Twilight." We hope this is the beginning of good things for his future.

The night was capped off by another big Twilight win, but as the series won so many, they made the entire cast that was present go up on stage to accept it collectively. Among the awards we'd like to note: Rachelle Lefevre won for Best Villain for New Moon. (Rachelle tweeted her thanks to the fans after.) And Robsten won for Choice Movie: Chemistry and Choice Movie: Liplock. Kristen Stewart also won for Choice Movie Actress: Fantasy. Unfortunately, she wasn't in attendance for the ceremony due to her filming On the Road. I read that they said the show would have been arranged differently had KStew been there.

Let's not forget to mention that we won Most Fanatic Fans! I wonder if that means there were a lot of Twilight fans that voted for themselves or if other fans voted us because we're the craziest of the list? Lol.

Here's the list of Twilight Teen Choice wins c/o TVbythenumbers.com. For pictures and videos (mostly of Rob), check out RobPattzNews. Congratulations to everyone!

Choice Movie: Liplock - Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
Choice Movie: Chemistry - Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
Choice Movie: Male Scene Stealer - Kellan Lutz, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
Choice Movie: Female Scene Stealer - Ashley Greene, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
Choice Movie: Fantasy - “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
Choice Movie Actor: Fantasy - Taylor Lautner, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
Choice Movie Actress: Fantasy - Kristen Stewart, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
Choice Movie Actor: Drama - Robert Pattinson, “Remember Me”
Choice Movie: Villain - Rachelle Lefevre, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
Choice Summer Movie - “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”
Choice Summer Movie Star: Male - Robert Pattinson, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”
Choice Summer Movie Star: Female - Kristen Stewart, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”
Choice Male Hottie - Taylor Lautner
Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon-Male - Taylor Lautner
Choice Smile presented by Invisalign Teen - Taylor Lautner
Most Fanatic Fans - “Twilight” Cast

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More Twilight on the net...
When CdL tweeted this and said our collector hearts would be pumping, she was right. Well, at least I know mine was. So, if you've ever thought that the Twilight books would look good in WHITE, you're in luck. TheBookseller.com has reported that paperback versions of the saga will be republished with white covers by Christmas. The bad news? They'll be limited edition and available only in the UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and India. Boooo.

Twilight Beauty cosmetics will soon have new products in the form of... nail polish. Called Nox, after the Roman goddess of night, the line of nail polish comes in 12 colors. As these are supposedly a tribute to the Cullens, each bottle is decorated on the front by the Cullen crest.
Locally, Twilight Beauty is available in American Rag stores in Festival Mall and Robinsons Place Manila. You may probably ask them if or when the nail polish will be available in their stores.

Finally, in the last round-up I asked how you would envision Bella's wedding dress? InStyle did something better and put up a gallery filled with details for Edward and Bella's wedding! They asked expert designers for their best interpretations of Bella's engagement ring (which actually looks prettier and more vintage than the oval one from the movie), bouquet, invitations, accessories, even venue! What's great is they took passages from the Breaking Dawn book about each item so you can see how they tried to make it match canon. Check out the feature and see if you agree with their take on Alice and Rosalie's bridesmaid dresses and Reem Acra's drawing of Bella's wedding gown according to how Bella herself described it.

Edit: Wouldn't you know it? After I posted the round-up, gracielou105 on Twitter reminded us that today is also Bella and Edward's wedding anniversary! Looks like the InStyle feature wasn't so random after all. :)

UPDATE: (8:00PM): The special edition is also available in National Bookstore Megamall for Php965.
We just got word that the special edition of Breaking Dawn is now available in Powerbooks Megamall for Php945. The special edition contains the Breaking Dawn hardcover and includes the following:

* An exclusive Breaking Dawn concert series DVD
* A limited-edition, full-color Bella & Edward poster (on reverse side of book jacket)
* "and more" --> (this is what our sources say in the sticker, we would like to believe it is in line with the product description in Amazon but we're sticking with what our sources see so far). UPDATE (6:30PM): The special ed contains the same specs as the one in Amazon.

So make sure to secure a copy at once, since we are assuming that only limited copies of the Special Edition will be available locally. Also let us know at twilightcoven(at)gmail(dot)com if you have other sightings of the special ed.

Thanks to Claire and Echo for the info!

I'm posting this at the heels of the fourth article of Twilight Gay so be sure to scroll down and read that post (and make sure you're not eating, you might choke LOL).

Sales of all Twilight Saga books are still going strong in the United States, and could only be expected to continue its positive run with the upcoming New Moon film. As USA Today reported, all four books of the saga are on the forefront of USA Today's Best-Selling list for the second quarter.

Reuters posted an interview with Catherine Hardwicke on her projects after making the Twilight film and how it is collaborating mostly with teens in her projects.

With Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince coming in theaters this week, it comes as no surprise that we again have Twilight vs. Harry Potter article in our midst. Check out the article in Wall Street Journal and share us your thoughts. On the same note, check out Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Felton's thoughts on Robert Pattinson's success after working together in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

MovieSet has a special feature on the Vancouver set used for the New Moon film. You can check out the first installment of their 3-part feature here.

Justin Chon relayed in an interview with Naturally Savvy regarding his experience in filming Twilight and his environmentally-conscious lifestyle.

As if Peter Facinelli's points could not get any higher, he also makes handmade wooden gifts to his wife and family! Check out the article here.

The New Moon movie may be months away, but there are other things to look forward to in the Twilight Saga.

Little, Brown has announced that the following titles will be coming to stores near you soon!

August 4 - Breaking Dawn Special Edition with a DVD of the Breaking Dawn Concert Series and interviews with Stephenie Meyer. The hardcover edition also has a poster and a reproduction of handwritten lyrics for “My Never,” by Blue October’s Justin Furstenfeld

October 6 - New Moon: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion and New Moon Collector's Edition

October 13 - The Twilight Journals (see picture above). The journals have a tin package, and the pages have decorative quotes from the four books.

We will provide more information about the local release of these titles nearer to their publication dates.

Thank you to Hachette Book Group USA (Phils.) for the information.

As we previously reported, singer/actress Tinsel Korey was cast to play Emily Young in New Moon. She has confirmed this in her official MySpace page here.

Also, for those who are getting Nickelodeon on cable, the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards will air locally on April 12 at 12:30pm. As you guys will recall, Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series won the Favorite Childrens' Book award, and Taylor Lautner accepted on her behalf. Thanks to Jerica and Danica for the info.

The humans have arrived! LaineyGossip have photos of Anna Kendrick, Christian Serratos, Justin Chon, and Mike Welch, arriving in Vancouver here.

MTV's Larry Carroll looks into Drew Barrymore's new film Whip It, and if she has what it takes to direct Eclipse. No, Drew hasn't been hired yet, this is just an editorial.

Breaking Dawn beat out J.K. Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard and Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox, among others, to take the Children's Book of the Year Award at the Galaxy British Book Awards. Congrats, Steph!

MTV has more info about Catherine Hardwicke's soon-to-be-released book, Twilight: Director's Notebook here.

Photos of everything Twilight at the 2009 New York Comic Con are here at MTV.

Krystyna from the Justin Chon Fansite sent us a link to a new interview of Justin with GlamTV here. Over at the Twilight Lexicon, they also discovered that Justin has his own online retail store, Attic Online, and that he's going to appear in an upcoming Harrison Ford film entitled Crossing Over.

The Twilight Saga is also nominated for a Kids' Choice Award in the Favorite Book category, competing against the Harry Potter series, and The Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Amazon has now listed the Breaking Dawn: Special Edition, to be released on 14 July 2009 in the U.S. However, no list of new features have been indicated. We'll check this out with Hachette and let you guys know when we have more info.

Joss Whedon, of Buffy The Vampire Slayer fame (and one of my idols!), was interviewed by TV Week, and he was asked about the Twilight phenomenon.

TVWeek: Vampires are big in pop culture right now. Have you seen “Twilight’?

Joss Whedon: I saw “Twilight.” And it’s—what can you say? It’s absolutely like crack. It strikes a tweener chord that’s just as loud as the apocalypse. You cannot deny the power of it. It just works. And I sort of like that... “Twilight” makes its own rules, as we all do. It takes what it wants and discards the rest but ultimately, it is kind of classical. They’re puffy-shirt vampires in a sense.

Read the entire interview here.

The Twilight Collector's Edition is now available for pre-order on Amazon:
This edition features:

Stephenie has answered most of the fans' burning Breaking Dawn questions in her new BD FAQ page. Some of the questions, we already know the answers to from the BD Concert Series Q&As, but there are a lot of interesting new stuff like an in-depth explanation regarding vampire physiology, and the tragic story of Marcus and his wife. There are also more details about Forever Dawn and her reactions to the BD controversy.

Link: Breaking Dawn FAQ on StephenieMeyer.com

We've replaced the Breaking Dawn poll. Here are the results:

The poll is hosted by an external site, please wait for it to load.



If you haven't voted, you can still do so. The poll will remain open indefinitely. :p

Meanwhile, we've posted the new poll for Midnight Sun in the sidebar, and we're excited to find out what you all think, so we hope you cast your vote. :)

• StephenieMeyer.com was updated today to let us know about the Jack's Mannequin video which we have already previously posted about.
• Video from the Breaking Dawn Concert Series have been uploaded at iClips.net for those of us who were not lucky enough to be able to attend.
• Seth has updated the Cullen Cars page to include the motorcycles from New Moon
• New Twilight Saga titles are available for pre-order on Amazon:
  1. Twilight Collector's Edition
  2. The Twilight Saga Complete Box Set
  3. The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide
  4. Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion
  5. Twilight (Mass Market Paperback)

We'll get back to you about local availability information for the new Twilight Saga titles.

This photo was added to the Twilight Behind the Scenes Photos album:


Source: Empire Magazine

BAE also has scans of the issue of Empire Magazine where this photo appeared. It's the same issue where Rob Pattinson was infamously quoted as saying: "Edward is a 108-year-old virgin, so he's obviously got issues." :p

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The PopWatch blog over at Entertainment Weekly has a short review of the 1st Chapter of Midnight Sun. Chapter 1 may be downloaded from Stephenie Meyer's website. (Warning: The comments in the PopWatch article has potential spoilers from the alleged leak of Chapters 1-12 of Midnight Sun. Although the authenticity of the "leak" has not yet been confirmed, we advice those who are sensitive to spoilers to skip reading the comments.)

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Time for this week's Twilight Tuesdays over at MTV!

MTV has announced that Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner will be presenters at the MTV Video Music Awards, airing September 7 in the U.S. In the same article, we also learn that Taylor will soon be starring in NBC's new series, My Own Worst Enemy, where he'll be playing the role of Christian Slater's character's son. Way to go, Taylor! :) Learn more about this news item at MTV.

Link: Twilight stars to present at VMAs at MTV

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Amazon.com also has an image of a new cover for the movie tie-in mass market paperback edition of Twilight.



They've posted a different cover before, one which shows the other members of the Cullen family, so we're not sure which one is really the final cover (unless the first one is for the trade paperback).

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Last but not least, bellaandedward.com have posted photos from the Twilight Saga Book Discussion that we co-organized with Powerbooks, held last August 16 at Powerbooks Greenbelt. Thanks to Orange of Twilight Addicts.

Twilight Coven Philippines is pleased to announce the winners of our Breaking Dawn Reservation Promo raffle! If you will recall, we promised that the people who will reserve Breaking Dawn through us will get the chance to win a Twilight item in a raffle.

So, without further ado, congratulations to:

Jael Ingrid Espino
Argail D. Siason
and
Charlene Erica Balaan

You each win a Twilight Saga bag courtesy of Powerbooks, Hachette Book Group, and Twilight Coven Philippines! You will be contacted by e-mail and text message with instructions on how to pick up your prize.




Keep visiting TCP and watch out for another contest very very soon.

The Twilight Lexicon has posted a transcript of the Q&A from the Seattle stop of the Breaking Dawn Concert Series. Read the transcript here.