Twilight Coven Philippines

The Twilight Trio are finally immortalized in cement! Well, their hand and shoeprints at least, although a Han-Solo-in-carbonite similarity did cross my mind. Anyway, I know some people stayed up late to watch the ceremony, emceed by Jimmy Kimmel. But for those of us who needed our beauty sleep, here's a video of the event on youtube by Clevver TV.

Below is the coverage of Access Hollywood. (Thanks to Rachel Reiss of NBCUNiversal for the link!) 



Looks like Twilighters can now add Grauman's Chinese Theater to their list of Twilight pilgrimage sites.

It's just like Kristen said: "We have the greatest fans ever."

The 2011 MTV Movie Awards was held last Sunday (Monday, locally) and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and its cast ran off with 5 of those cute popcorn buckets!

Best Movie: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Best Male Performance: Robert Pattinson
Best Female Performance: Kristen Stewart
Best Fight: Robert Pattinson, Bryce Dallas Howard, Xavier Samuel
Best Kiss: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart

RPattz was most hilarious throughout the show -- throwing nervous quips left and right and KISSING TAYLOR LAUTNER (yes, people, you read that right) instead of Kristen upon winning Best Kiss -- such that he was inadvertently christened with an unofficial "Movie Awards MVP" title by the MTV Behind-the-Scenes liveblog. Later on, he also went up on stage to help Patrick Dempsey and Chelsea Handler present his recent co-star, Reese Witherspoon, with the Generation Award.

Congratulations to everyone for all their hard work and their intense clicking! I know some people just slaved over their mouses the week before the big day!

After the awards ceremony, actors Peter Facinelli, Jackson Rathbone, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz and Gil Birmingham, and Eclipse director David Slade tweeted their thanks to the fans.







If you want to catch up on what you missed at the movie awards, you can go to Rob Pattinson News UK for their very extensive post filled with photos and videos. (It's VERY image heavy, so, don't be surprised if your browser fails.)

Links to the coverage by entertainment news outlets below:

MTV

Videos of the Winners.
MTV Movie Awards: Top Five Moments You Didn't See!.
'Breaking Dawn' Trailer: Best Fan Squeals And Sighs.
Breaking Dawn wedding was "beautiful" but "freezing".
'Breaking Dawn' Last Day 'Wasn't Super Dramatic'.
'Twilight' Rookie Noel Fisher Opens Up About 'Breaking Dawn'.
Photo coverage of Twilight at the Movie Awards.
MTV's Video coverage of the Movie Awards.

E! Online

Best and Worst of the MTV Movie Awards.

ECLIPSE DVD LOCAL UPDATE:

For those of you who haven't been following us on Twitter, we've been told by the distributors that the release date for the local version of the Eclipse DVD is on December 6, 2010. If there are any changes, we'll post it here. For sure, it'll definitely end up on our twitter feed first since it's faster. :) If you don't have twitter accounts, you can go here or just check out this blog and browse our recent tweets on the right side.

Also, Astrovision/Astroplus is offering the Eclipse DVD up for pre-order until November 2010. You will need to give a 200PHP downpayment, and there will be a free desk calendar or poster upon claiming. The stores are also raffling off 20 Eclipse DVDs. You are entitled to one raffle coupon for every 125PHP single receipt purchase in any Astrovision/Astroplus branch. The draw date is on November 12, 2010.

Thanks to @emotionalgeek over on Twitter for the info about the Astrovision promos!

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In connection with the DVD, Wrigley's in the US recently had an Eclipse promotion. Fans who have participated have been wonderful to share the video footage they unlocked. I'm sure these will be in the DVD, but if you can't wait, here's The Cullens and Bella's Choice on EclipseMovie.org.

I'm still kinda lazy about posting a longer feature about the new additions to the Breaking Dawn cast, but until then here are some other news bits that came up over the past weeks:

Kristen Stewart says that BD will change people's minds about Bella Swan on the LATimes. Also, on ETOnline: "I can't wait to see the baby." She talks a bit more during her interview with MTV Rough Cut: BD Updates :: "I haven't met my daughter yet." (And yes, people, she says there's gonna be feathers.)

Jackson Rathbone has expressed his opinion about Breaking Dawn in 3D:

"The 3-D world's more for that kind of action epic kind of quality, and that definitely is in the Twilight series, but I think it's more so about the connections we make in life. And I think that doesn't really...you don't need 3-D to show that. You just need to look into...you know, when Rob and Kristen look at each other as Edward and Bella and that spark happens, you don't need 3-D for that."

I agree. For the whole article (which also includes producer Wyck Godfrey's take on the 3D bit), check out About.com.

Jackson was also at the Scream Awards last week with Kristen Stewart and Nikki Reed to accept the award for Best Fantasy Movie for Eclipse. Kristen received the award for Best Fantasy Actress. Robert Pattinson, though not present, also won Best Fantasy Actor. Xavier Samuel ("Riley") won Breakout Male Performance. (Sources: RobPattzNews. NYDailyNews. HitFix.) Congratulations!

From the Scream Awards, we now move on to People's Choice, which is currently asking for nominations. And we can vote! The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is up for Favorite Movie and Favorite Drama Movie, Rob and Taylor for Favorite Movie Actor, and Kristen for Favorite Movie Actress. The trio are also in the shortlist for Favorite OnScreen Team and Favorite Movie Star Under 25. Go here for the nominations. (By the way, we can vote as guests.)

And since it's almost Halloween and you're probably thinking of something to wear for your office costume parties, here are some Twilight Costume Guides and one for dressing up like Rob and Kristen by Twilight Poison.

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. :)

More on Breaking Dawn...

Summit Entertainment has finally announced the release date of the second movie. Remember, in our last round-up we mentioned the first one will be out November 18, 2011. Via Twilight Lexicon, we learn that the next will be out almost a full year after, on November 16, 2012, totally bypassing summer 2012's anticipated Clash of the Box Office Titans. (Also on EW.)

HitFix comments that the move Summit is making with the later date could be because of the U.S. box office returns made by the saga's recent movies:

..."Eclipse" has grossed less than the previous chapter, "New Moon," with only $288.1 million domestic and a total of $644.8 million worldwide so far. "New Moon" ended up with $296 million domestic and $709 million worldwide and it's hard to see "Eclipse" matching that total as its grosses have slowed considerably. Considering "Eclipse" received universally better reviews than the previous two chapters and was the most action packed (i.e., male friendly) of the series this has to be something of a disappointment for Summit.

Of course, locally, Eclipse has actually done much better than New Moon. Box Office Mojo pegs Eclipse's Philippine gross during the last week of July to around $6.1M, clearly surpassing last year's New Moon earnings of $5.5M.

But let's go back to the issue of the one-year wait. For those who are worried, what's a year, guys? I'm sure we've experienced waiting longer for some things, like between Harry Potter books. The way I see it, it could mean some good things, such as the lengthening of the existence of the fandom. :P Also, Summit may be able to preview the movies in two Comic Cons instead of just one, and, for those of you who have dreams of traveling to the US for the premieres, it may give you more time to save up for it.

Then again, let's not get ahead of ourselves. They haven't even started filming it yet! (We'll probably be expecting a slew of fan photos in 3 or 4 months.) So let's look forward to all the small details first... like, what will movie Bella's wedding dress look like? Will the costume designer make something completely unique, will she scrounge through the vintage stores for a 1920s garment, or hire an amateur/professional fashion designer? (I remember liking the one from the InStyle feature drawn by Monique Lhuillier. The cut is simple enough to be Bella, has enough lace and high-end sophistication to earn Alice's approval, and has enough detail to look vintage and yet modern.) What do you envision Bella's dress to be?

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Other news of note:

Scott Mendelson on The Huffington Post explains how Robert Pattinson (along with Zac Efron and Miley Cyrus) is a genuine movie star. But we fans know that already.

EW's Popwatch is pitting fictional "monsters" against each other in their Sexy Beasts Bracket Game. The latest had Taylor/Jacob against Brad Pitt/Louis, which I refuse to comment on. However, letting Rob as Edward go against fellow Brit and vamp Kate Beckinsale as Selene was just... well, it's a girl vs. guy showdown? I mean, fanwise? Obviously, we won, so I guess I can't complain. (Love Kate, but I gotta go with our boy Rob, you know?)

If you're an eternal teen, who better to blend in with than other eternal teens? Not vampires, but our favorite residents from Riverdale. Archie Comics' Twilite special issue is coming out this August and MTV has a preview of the first 11 pages. (Funny how the movie vampire is named "Edwin"... wasn't that the name Charlie mistook for Edward at one point?)

Anyway, since the summer movie season is winding down, and we have just discussed how long we'll be spending Twilight-less, we (or maybe at the moment, *I*) would like to encourage you to watch Vampires Suck. Obviously it's going to be another lame spoof movie, and the centerpiece will be our beloved series, but go see it. It looks interesting and it has Matt Lanter in it. Plus, like CdL just pointed out, we can definitely relate to it. Besides, we're mature enough to handle poking fun at ourselves, right?

Be sure to grab a copy of the June issue of Candy Magazine, which has features which cater to those under Team Edward and Team Jacob. Robert Pattinson is shown in the front cover while Taylor Lautner is on the back cover of the magazine.  For more information about the current issue, just browse the Candy Magazine site. This issue is sold for Php100.

Kindly post in the comments section as regards local availability. Thanks!

Kinda delayed, since his birthday was yesterday here in the PH --- did you send out a Happy birthday Tweet? --- but it's still his birthday elsewhere in the world. Hey, what can I say? The guy's loved worldwide.

The fans from RPattzNews have put together a small page on the World Wildlife Fund, which Rob has said he supports, as the fans' birthday gift to him. I think it's a great idea, and if you have some to spare, this can be your little way of showing you care, both for Rob and his beloved character, Edward Cullen! (Remember, Edward loves to feed on mountain lions?)

Anyway, from all the fans in the PH, Happy birthday, Robert! :)

ECLIPSE NEWS... the Good...

A clip from the movie was released recently. It shows the Volturi --- Jane, Alec, Demetri, and Felix --- observing the newborns wreaking havoc in Seattle. You can find it and download an iPod version here on Apple trailers.



BoxOfficeMojo reports that the Motion Picture Association of America's Classification and Ratings Administration have rated Eclipse as PG-13. (Hm, last year, our local classification of New Moon was GP.)

On the Red Carpet has an interview with Charlie Bewley, who plays Demetri in Eclipse. He says that the movie will be action-packed, and shares an anecdote about the shoot.

"We were shooting in this forest in Vancouver and the green room was this gun club and it was so small and all the directors chairs, with the names on the back of them, were lined up like sardines," he said. "So we all went in there, all soaking wet like drowned rats. It was so funny just to see the biggest young Hollywood (stars) like drowned rats, side by side."

The band Metric's lead singer, Emily Haines, reveals her thoughts on having a song on the Eclipse OST in their Myspace blog. She also has an interview with MTV regarding their involvement on Eclipse, and their song, which was in collaboration with famed composer, Howard Shore.

"[He] calls me and says, 'I want to write with you ... I want you to write with me, for the song at the end of the movie, the penultimate moment, where the whole score culminates in this incredible scene.' And I was like, 'OK.' "

..."I had to ... really try to embody the voice of Bella, which I've never done. I've always been interested in that — writing for film — and it was really cool to feel the emotions of someone else, and then try to express it in a way that's consistent with Stephenie [Meyer]'s books," she said. "It was so interesting for me. And [Shore] had also written the [chord] progressions, and we had to work within his melodic ideas, but still make it us. ... He really wanted it to be Metric. So it's, like, Metric and Howard Shore, writing this moment. And when you see the movie, you'll hear that the melodies from the song we wrote are part of the score. ... I can't believe my luck, and it was really cool to work with him."

To round-up the recent good news, it's time for the MTV Movie Awards once again! Due to the zealousness of our fellow Twilighters, our trio have snagged noms for Best Female and Best Male Performances as well as the Global Superstar award. Their costar, Anna Kendrick, is nominated for Best Breakout Star, while New Moon is also in the running for Best Movie.

Of course, what I, and some crazy people like me out there, deem most interesting in this event is the category, Best Kiss, where all three of them are up against each other! Like the last time, I am lobbying for the Robsten pairing. Mabs and CdL will be voting for Kristen-Dakota (via The Runaways). :D Please vote to support!

Now for the bad news...

As you probably know by now, there've been some salary disputes going on and, due to this, we might see Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz getting the boot. They are two of the more loved Cullen actors, at least, they are in our part of the world, so we'd be really sad and disappointed if we don't see them in the last installment. Let's hope they iron things out before then.

Before anything else, if you haven't been following us on Twitter, we were able to confirm the release date from Pioneer Films: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse will be shown June 30 locally. :)

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So, was it a shock to learn about Bill Condon taking the reins from Catherine, Chris and David? It's creating a lot of questions in my mind at least, particularly since that last book has so many different crazy elements in it --- the pregnancy, the "Alien" childbirth scene, the mutant half-vampire baby, the NON-battle. Plus, there's the issue of whether it will be a one or two shot. And Condon's last directorial gig was Dreamgirls. Should we expect Edward bursting into melancholic song as part of his "burning man" portrayal? (Well, I wouldn't mind seeing RPattz in a musical. Now, THAT would be a challenge for him! But let's not tempt fate too much.)

As this is the last movie, and we, mostly, HAVE been able to adjust to the idea of CH's blue tint, CW's gold tones and awesome CGI (sorry, personal admin bias), and, hopefully, we'll see the light of DS's darker direction, we may cross our fingers that BC will be able to work miracles. Just to help us face this though, here's a little insight through the LA Times. The Twilight Lexicon also features highlights from Condon's career.

However, we still have Eclipse this June 30! So let's just leave the inevitability that is the Breaking Dawn film in the back of our heads to stew for a bit until after.

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Speaking of the third movie, part of the cast (and by that we mean the main trio) and crew are up in Vancouver reshooting some scenes the past few days. Malicious Mandy offers a bit of info. See Set Report1 and Set Report2.

The LA Times asked the Cullens what to expect from their characters in Eclipse.

This is a bit late, but the Twitter haz it: the official Twilight twitter account confirms that Kellan Lutz now tweets! Rejoice Kellmett fans! Follow him here.

Robert Pattinson is listed as one of People Magazine's World's Most Beautiful 2010 (along with Kristen Stewart and Ashley Greene) AND is also on this year's Time 100 World's Most Influential. Love how Chris Weitz penned the write-up:

I have to be careful about what I write here because it will be tweeted the moment TIME hits the stands. And if I say something bad about Rob Pattinson, I'm dead meat. That's the devotion the Twilight films inspire. It's certainly not how he planned it. And though I am continually impressed by the aplomb with which he handles the hysteria, I occasionally think he would take it all back if given the chance. Because essentially, Rob, 23, is a reserved, bookish sort of specimen, a guy who'd rather spend the night at the corner table in the pub with friends — a bit of a weirdo, frankly, in the best sense.

So how to write about someone who seems to answer Freud's rhetorical question, What do women want? Perhaps it's just worth pointing out that it'd be fun to have a beer with him even if he weren't Edward Cullen. That we haven't seen a tenth of what he can do onscreen. And that important things, beyond the veil of Hollywood, occupy his time too — music, conversation, ideas, a sense of the absurd. Which, maybe, explains why he never gets to my e-mails. I love you, Rob! Call me!

(Can I PLEASE say it? I heart Chris Weitz!)

Incidentally, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Rob is only the second person in the Twilight universe to be included in this list. Stephenie Meyer was part of it in 2008. So, congratulations, RPattz! We hope being on this particular list will open more of the right doors for you.

UPDATE 2 (Feb 24): Pioneer finally sent us the special features list for the New Moon DVD but we have been asked to wait for their official press release before posting. However, we can tell you that we are very happy about what's included, and we feel that this local release is a very good buy if you can't afford a Region 1. We hope that those who got "burned" by the Twilight DVD fiasco will reconsider buying NM locally, since this is a different manufacturer/distributor. [CdL]

UPDATE: It's also been confirmed that Kristen and Taylor will be presenters at the Oscars, so be sure to catch the local telecast. We'll post schedules for that soon. [CdL]
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Before anything else, let's discuss local Twi-news.

We asked Pioneer and they informed us that the DVD of New Moon is going to be released on March 20. The DVD will have bonus features but we have no specific details as of yet or if there are going to be promos attached to the release. Don't worry. We'll post them up once we do get them!

Now, as for the Eclipse trailer being attached to Remember Me (which, by the way, will be out March 12! Saw a poster of it up on Rockwell), it might not be possible since the distributors don't have the material yet. We're sure to get a glimpse of it online when it's out in the U.S. though, so no biggie? (And I'm sure the trailer will only be a bonus. After all, you'll be there to watch the gorgeousness that is RPattz, right? Hehe.)

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Congratulations to Kristen Stewart for winning both the Orange Rising Star Award at the BAFTAs and Elle's Woman of the Year!

Twilight co-stars who attended the BAFTAs included Jamie Campbell-Bower, Anna Kendrick, and Robert Pattinson. Anna was nominated for supporting actress for Up in the Air. RPattz presented the BAFTA for Original Screenplay. Videos can be seen on the Twilight Examiner.

Back in the U.S., fellow Twilight cast Taylor Lautner is nominated for a Young Artist award.
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We're not sure if this is the norm for all NM DVD releases but Robert Pattinson Life has screencaps of the Portuguese menus. If you're curious, you can check them out here and here.

By the way, Sam Bradley's The Manila Diaries is out. You'll need to purchase it here for $10 to view. :)

Belated Happy Chinese New Year everyone! (And, ok, for those of you who celebrate, belated happy hearts day, too!)

If you haven't been on Twitter, you missed the excitement that was "Eclipse stills" popping up last weekend. (Robsten! Meadow scene! Hot kiss! LEG HITCH!!!) Unfortunately, we suspect they have been leaks--one minute they were up on the sites and then they were pulled down, plus David Slade just made some blank tweets, which may or may not be connected to that but who knows? *gulps*--which is why we won't be sharing them here. The powers-that-be have determined that it is too early for the Twilighters to rejoice. After all, those scenes might not even make the cut! (Noooo! LEG HITCH $%#@&!!!) But I'm sure scraps of the stills are floating, somewhere, out there, on the internet. So, next time, mind our Twitter board down there for the random squeeing. Hehe.

Anyhoooooo... news.

While we're waiting for details on the local New Moon DVD and for those of you who want one of the versions they make State-side, TwilighterzAnonymous has compiled a list of the others that will be coming out in the US and UK. They've got all kinds of nifty things packaged, too. Borders has the wolf pack and Cullen crests on a medallion. Barnes and Noble will have a free bag clip. Best Buy will have a cellphone skin. Target's has a 3rd disk of special features and a film cell. Walmart's Ultimate Fan Edition will be the only one in the US that will have a 7-minute sneak peek at Eclipse. Amazon's is just... well, normal. Oh, decisions, decisions. Clickie to see their New Moon DVD Guide.

Of course, if you have relatives in the UK, it's just been reported that their DVDs will have the same Twilight Saga: Eclipse sneak peek as Walmart's, so that might be another option. Content info is listed here.

What else have we missed?

Kristen Stewart and Anna Kendrick looking very pretty and showing the world that girls rock on Vanity Fair's Hollywood Issue.

And Robert Pattinson's somewhat controversial feature and photoshoot with Details magazine. Pictures you find may not be NSFW or folks-under-18, but otherwise, the interview is cool. We see Rob being candid, or at least, more candid than usual without crossing boundaries. A summary of it can be found here, although that article is more a chastisement of John Mayer than anything.

We've been receiving many repetitive questions here and on Twitter about several topics. Instead of answering every single one of the same tweets and emails and comments, we're gonna take the time to address the frequently asked questions here. :)

Q. When is the New Moon DVD going to be released locally?
A. Pioneer Films says they're also aiming for a March release, same as the US. There are no definite details yet, though. Keep monitoring this site for updates.

Q: When will "Twilight: The Graphic Novel" be released locally?
A: In March as well, according to Hachette Book Group USA (Phils). But this will be highly dependent on whether the stores put in their orders on time, and whether their forwarders/shippers don't encounter any logistics problems.

Q: When will "Remember Me" be released locally?
A: As we said before, it's showing March 12th, and will be distributed locally by Pioneer Films. No, TCP isn't planning a Block Screening. :P

Q: What about "The Runaways" and "Welcome to the Riley's"?
A: Again, we already posted about this; we haven't got any information on who will be distributing these movies locally, if any. I didn't see these films in the line-ups of 3 big distributors that I personally work with. Don't worry, we haven't stopped asking around about these movies yet. We will let you know here and on Twitter/Plurk as soon as we have more information.

Q: When will "Eclipse" be released locally?
A: Pioneer Films has no final decision on that yet, but expect a date very close to or the same as the US release.

Q: Will "New Moon: The Score" be released locally?
A: We're not sure yet. We'll update this info as soon as we get an answer to the inquiry we already posted to the publishers. Warner Music Phils. says that "New Moon: The Score" is already available locally. Please let us know if you spot them in stores. In addition, we haven't seen the sheet music for the New Moon soundtrack around yet either. If you're looking for the sheet music for the Twilight soundtrack, they're available at Sound Essentials branches around Metro Manila and occasionally, at Fully Booked stores.

This is an update to our previous post regarding films starring actors from The Twilight Saga.

We finally got word from Pioneer Films that they will be releasing Remember Me, starring Robert Pattinson, on March 12th.

So here's the updated list of release dates:

Case 39 - 3 Feb. 2010 - Starring Renee Zellweger, Ian McShane, Bradley Cooper, with Jodelle Ferland (Bree in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse)

Valentine's Day - 12 Feb. 2010 - Starring Julia Roberts, Ashton Kutcher, Bradley Cooper, Anne Hathaway, and more, with Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black in The Twilight Saga)

Up In The Air - 3 March 2010 - Starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, with Anna Kendrick (Jessica in The Twilight Saga)

Remember Me - 12 Mar. 2010 - Starring Robert Pattinson and Emilie de Ravin

The Last Airbender - 21 July 2010 - Starring Dev Patel, Cliff Curtis, with Jackson Rathbone (Jasper Hale in The Twilight Saga)

Other films that have no definite local release dates yet:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 - November 2010 - Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, with Jamie Campbell Bower (Caius in The Twilight Saga)

Other films that have no known local distributor yet (at least, as far as I know):

Welcome to the Riley's - January 2010 US Release - Starring Kristen Stewart and James Gandolfini

The Runaways - March 2010 US Release - Starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning (Jane in The Twilight Saga)

Happy New Year, Pinoy Twilighters!

A stream of info has been coming in from my friendly neighborhood sources among local film distributors, so I thought of compiling a list of the Philippine release dates of films that are starring actors from The Twilight Saga:

Case 39 - 3 Feb. 2010 - Starring Renee Zellweger, Ian McShane, Bradley Cooper, with Jodelle Ferland (Bree in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse)

Valentine's Day - 12 Feb. 2010 - Starring Julia Roberts, Ashton Kutcher, Bradley Cooper, Anne Hathaway, and more, with Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black in The Twilight Saga)

Up In The Air - 3 March 2010 - Starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, with Anna Kendrick (Jessica in The Twilight Saga)

The Last Airbender - 21 July 2010 - Starring Dev Patel, Cliff Curtis, with Jackson Rathbone (Jasper Hale in The Twilight Saga)

Other films that have no definite local release dates yet:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 - November 2010 - Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, with Jamie Campbell Bower (Caius in The Twilight Saga)

Other films that have no known local distributor yet (at least, as far as I know):

Welcome to the Riley's - January 2010 US Release - Starring Kristen Stewart and James Gandolfini

Remember Me - March 2010 US Release - Starring Robert Pattinson and Emilie de Ravin

The Runaways - March 2010 US Release - Starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning (Jane in The Twilight Saga)

If I missed a film, do let us know in the comments. :)

The Twilight Saga: New Moon had its red carpet premiere in Los Angeles yesterday (Manila Time), and Access Hollywood got to talk to the three main stars of the film.










As always, thanks to Rachel of Access Hollywood for these great videos!

If you guys missed the StarTalk interview that aired yesterday, here it is on youtube! Thanks to Mama Claire (papercut20 on Twitter) for recording! :D

It's only 8 days til New Moon! There are a lot of local promos currently celebrating the movie's release this month, so if you want to participate in some of them, check out our tagged posts! Who knows? You might get lucky and even win premiere tickets!

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If you haven't caught up with the stories from last week's Twilight Saga: New Moon press junket, click here for our last news round-up where all the links have been organized. :)

Our fellow fans from Twilighters Malaysia were lucky to have experienced the Tokyo fan event with Robert Pattinson and Chris Weitz! Go here to view their pics and read about their exciting Twilighter adventure.

Likewise, friends from Twilight Singapore have also shared their member's coverage from the Tokyo fan event which you can view here and here.

Thanks to the admins from Twilighters Malaysia and Twilight Singapore! :)

For the rest of the latest Twilight news on the net:

Chuck the Movie Guy has videos of his interviews with Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner on his channel on Youtube.

Popsugar has posted their video interview with Robert Pattinson, where he talks about "The One", Edward's humor and the NM soundtrack.

EW's Popwatch has a short article on Alex Meraz's guesting on Rachel Ray, and he is also featured on Fear.net, where he talks about his scene with Kristen!

Moviehole.net has an interview with Taylor Lautner.

About.com has an exclusive interview with Ashley Greene!

The Twilight Lexicon has posted an interview producer Wyck Godfrey did with MakingOf.com.

Yet again, a bunch of stuff over on MTV.com:
Is KStew Team Edward or Team Jacob? Taylor also gives his two cents worth on which side you should be on. This story is also on MTV's Hollywood Crush sub-site.
RPattz wants Gus Van Sant for Breaking Dawn?
Dakota Fanning enjoyed playing a bad girl in New Moon.
You want Chris Weitz to direct Breaking Dawn? Me, too!

I wasn't able to link to this the last time (since I filled most of that round-up with junket links), but if you haven't seen it yet, they've covered the piece where Taylor Swift spoofs Twilight on Saturday Night Live. (She also mentioned Taylor Lautner during her monologue--so cute!--but you'll have to Youtube that one, I think. It won't be hard to find.) Speaking of SNL, don't hold out on Robert Pattinson doing a stint on it anytime soon, according to this MTV news bit.

MTV also has coverage/pics of the New Moon cast tour in Virginia, New Jersey, and Illinois.

If your room isn't full of magazines yet, here's another one to look out for: EW's cover with the Twilight trio.

Finally, peeps, Twilight has been nominated for The People's Choice Awards, and yes, we can participate! So go and vote here! (Oh, and in case you don't have a personal preference for Choice TV Comedy or Choice TV Comedy Actor, we highly recommend The Big Bang Theory and Jim Parsons!)

Here's an interview with Robert Pattinson addressing tabloid rumors:



And here's another one this time with Taylor Lautner talking about New Moon madness.



Thanks to Rachel of Access Hollywood for the clips!

So the New Moon press junkets just happened over the weekend. I'm going to try to backtrack for a bit and keep up with everything...

[Note: I'm going to update this post with links to other articles--there are some entertainment news sites that haven't released all of their content yet--so check back often! I'll be placing an asterisk next to newly added entries from the junket. :) - minamic]

Photos from the Press Conference:
Kristen Stewart on kstewartfan.org
Robert Pattinson on Mr. Pattinson.com

On Collider.com:
Studio-provided Onset Interviews
Part 1 - Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
Part 2 - Stephenie Meyer, Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen, Ashley Greene, Director Chris Weitz
Transcripts from the press conference
Kristen Stewart --- Robert Pattinson --- Taylor Lautner
Volturi (Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen, Cameron Bright, Jamie Campbell Bower)

Collider also posted the B-Roll NM Behind the Scenes Footage and 3 Movie Clips. If you want to protect your EQ, the movie clip titles are "Paper Cut", "Jacob's Transformation", and "Volturi Fight". These are also covered in the B-Roll, with a nice itty bitty peek at a Jasper and Alice moment during the birthday scene for fans of that pairing.

Chris Weitz mentioned that there will be 10 minutes of deleted scene footage on the NM DVD here.

On HitFix.com:
Quick bits from the NM TV Press Day with Rob, Kristen and Taylor here. Their transcript from Kristen Stewart's press conference here. How Taylor Lautner avoided recasting here. Robert Pattinson discusses his movie projects before Breaking Dawn here, and reveals that BD's tentative filming schedule is around fall of next year. Also, watch their video interview with RPattz where he compares New Moon and Eclipse.

Their gallery of pictures from the Hot Topic cast appearance in LA here.

Their video interview with Kristen is now up, where she discusses being at peace with superstardom, says no to comedies and also compares New Moon and Eclipse. See it here. *

On MTV.com:
Behind the scenes New Moon footage and interviews here. (They're basically the same set of onset interviews on Collider but segmented into particular topics.)

MTV covered the kickoff for the New Moon Hot Topic cast tour here, here and here. Watch the video where the cast answers the fans' questions! Highlights: The Twi-love trio introduce the rest of the cast. Kellan Lutz is a real crowd-pleaser and was wearing a Team Emmett shirt! (So cute!) All of them were asked what they would do if they had the night and Hollywood Boulevard to themselves--note: without that huge crowd in the way--and they gave pretty interesting answers... especially Jamie Campbell-Bower. (-wink winks at Ronald-)

Afterwards, check out their other video interviews--with Kellan, Nikki Reed, and Billy Burke--collected on the sidebar on the right.

More NM on the MTV front: what RPattz found when he googled himself, NM stars take over Cali Nordstrom, Anna Kendrick's mini-movie review and new stills from the film!

Five fun facts you didn't know about NM, like that Jake's house was really green and not red, and Chris Weitz's "orientation guide", are here. * Plus, behind the scenes photos from the press junket! *

On ETOnline:
Video interview with Robert Pattinson here.* (Or you can view it via Youtube!)
Video interview with Kristen Stewart here.* (On Youtube - ET and The Insider.)
Video interview with Taylor Lautner here.*

On AccessHollywood.com:
We posted some of the videos on separate entries on the blog, but here's a list of all the links so they're all in one place.
Robert Pattinson - Part 1 (On hiding from fans and his famous hair) - Part 2 (Werewolves are dorks) - Part 3 (On tabloid rumors)
Kristen Stewart - Part 1 (On Twimania and RPattz dating rumors) - Part 2 (On hot shirtless costars and marrying Robert vs. Taylor)
Taylor Lautner - Part 1 (On bulking up for New Moon) - Part 2 (Jacob is warmer than Edward) - Part 3 (Taylor on NM madness)
Wolf Pack... Chaske Spencer, Alex Meraz, Kiowa Gordon, Bronson Pelletier - NM Werewolves Rip into Vampires
Cullens... Ashley Greene, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz - Cullens Excited over New Moon plus their craziest fan moments *
Volturi... Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen, Cameron Bright, Jamie Campbell-Bower - Volturi are dressed to kill *

Other interviews:
The Twilight Examiner posted their fan interview (done with admins from other fansites) with the humans, Justin Chon, Michael Welch, Anna Kendrick and Christian Serratos. Their account on the Hot Topic LA cast appearance was courtesy of the girls from RobstenLovers.

AP's video interview with RPattz, KStew and Taylor has been uploaded on Youtube.*

TimesOnlineUK's article on RPattz is titled "Trapped in the Twilight Zone".

NYTimes.com has a short article on Taylor titled "New Star Taylor Lautner Rises in New Moon". Check out ETOnline's video feature of Taylor's photoshoot for the December cover of Men's Health magazine!

HisGoldenEyes.com has an exclusive interview with Kristen Stewart. Lovin' how she describes Bella.

"Yeah, the only way that I can play Bella is if I could justify every decision that she made and stand behind it as well as, as much as she did. And the cool thing about New Moon is it is literally taking that and saying “No, sorry! Do you think you know something little girl? You know nothing!” And that’s the story, that’s why she – I mean people call Bella fickle all the time to me; people are always saying like “Oh, you know you’re playing a really immature girl that doesn’t know what she wants and she’s sort of in love with this mythical creature”. It’s like who are you talking to? This girl is willing to put herself through the most asinine – and so not selfish, with a really great perspective. You have to be a pretty strong natured person to do that. And then to, I think in New Moon she becomes sort of hardened and cynical because she’s been told that her whole world that she was willing to spend eternity in was just wrong. And the fact that she can from there, even in the same movie you believe that she’s of the mind to make a decision to go back from that. You have to believe that she’s lived enough and that she’s mature enough and knows herself well enough to make decisions like that. And I feel like in Twilight she doesn’t have that and in New Moon she gains that."

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As always, thanks so much to Rachel of Access Hollywood for these! :)