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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.

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. :)

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.

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!)

There are rumours circulating around the online community that the local release date of New Moon was moved to a date earlier than the 20th. We've yet to get confirmation from our contacts in Pioneer Films, nor have we been informed by Ayala Cinemas (since it will affect our Block Screening schedule). We'll let you know ASAP when things change; consider it a rumour for now.

People Magazine will release a special New Moon edition, check out the preview they have posted. We'll let you know if this will be available locally [because that new shot of Eclipse is giving me good goosebumps - mabelletaka].


(c/o Twilight Lexicon)

NewMoonMovie.org shares a preview of the New Moon scene that ET Online will debut in the US on Monday (so that would be Tuesday or Wednesday 7PM and 11PM Philippine time, in ETC 2nd Avenue). This will feature a scene between Bella and the wolfpack (and a very scary Alex Meraz in particular).

The New Moon soundtrack is officially in stores locally, so here are reviews by Examiner and MTV that you can read after listening to the entire soundtrack. Also post your views on the soundtrack in the comments section!

Check out the 100 Sexiest Movie Stars list compiled by Empire Magazine. Twilight stars who made it into the list are Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Kellan Lutz, and Ashley Greene.

Ashley Greene shares her experience playing Alice in New Moon and Eclipse and how she has been since being part of the Twilight cast in this article c/o Vanity Fair.

Self Magazine has posted a behind-the-scenes glimpse of its photo shoot with Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, and Rachelle Lefevre.

Michael Sheen talks about his Twitter experiences with Fear.net.

Jack Huston talks about how he got cast and shares a bit about his character as Royce King II in Eclipse in this interview with Ace Showbiz. He also has another interview with IESB about his role and other projects.

E! Online reported that Kirsten Prout has been cast as Lucy in Eclipse. Summit Entertainment has not posted any official announcement yet regarding this info.

Before anything else, thank you to the beautiful people who attended our New Moon: Shapeshifting from Book to Film discussion at the Manila Book Fair last Sunday! Congratulations to the raffle winners and thank you to Ms. Isa of Hachette Book Group, Philippines for the prizes. :)

EDITED TO ADD: We've recorded the panel discussion and will release it as an episode of Danag: The Filipino Twilight Saga Podcast by next week. [CdL]

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Wow, a lot of updates today. Where to begin?

The soundtrack list for New Moon has finally been revealed, with supposedly all original songs written just for the movie. (Source: StephenieMeyer.com)

• DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE — MEET ME ON THE EQUINOX
• BAND OF SKULLS — FRIENDS
• THOM YORKE — HEARING DAMAGE
• LYKKE LI — POSSIBILITY
• THE KILLERS — A WHITE DEMON LOVE SONG
• ANYA MARINA — SATELLITE HEART
• MUSE — I BELONG TO YOU (NEW MOON REMIX)
• BON IVER & ST. VINCENT — ROSYLN
• BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB — DONE ALL WRONG
• HURRICANE BELLS — MONSTERS
• SEA WOLF — THE VIOLET HOUR
• OK GO — SHOOTING THE MOON
• GRIZZLY BEAR — SLOW LIFE
• EDITORS — NO SOUND BUT THE WIND
• ALEXANDRE DESPLAT — NEW MOON (THE MEADOW)

You can also go here for site links to the artists featured.

The LA Times' Hollywood Backlot has gorgeous behind-the-scenes pictures from New Moon, including this almost silhouette of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart (that's my favorite! -minamic) We're assuming this is Bella's dream sequence they're filming at the time.

Photos of the Volturi twins as well as the four hunky guys of the wolf pack have been posted on Crepusculo Meyer.

The NYTimes has an article on how Twilight has boosted tourism in the once relatively-unknown town of Forks, Washington.

Collider.com has an interview with Michael Sheen, on why he was excited to be Aro. He also has a separate interview with IESB.net.

Ashley Greene is now on Twitter! If you have a Twitter account, you can follow her here.

Speaking of twitter, more Eclipse filming tweet updates from director David Slade.

Wolves wolves wolves, my corrected english. The schedule has been a bit furry of recent. Shooting vampires very soon.10:20 AM Sep 20th from web

Today, vampires talking, vampires kissing, rain stayed away. We had to battle the sunlight to keep our vampires from sparkling too much.about 5 hours ago from web

When the vampires sparkle we need to use a special camera filter to expose it on film. Otherwise the film over exposes.about 5 hours ago from web

http://twitpic.com/io218 - On set behind scenes.about 3 hours ago from TwitPic

The Guinness World Records 2010 has just cited the Twilight film as the "Highest-Grossing Movie By A Female Director". So congrats to Catherine Hardwicke and rest of the Twilight actors and staff!

So the VMAs has come and gone and we've gotten interesting New Moon stuff out of it, with the debut of the newest New Moon trailer and Death Cab for Cutie's "Meet Me on the Equinox". Here are more photos, videos, and interviews from the VMAs:

- MTV posted backstage photos from the event
- MTV also caught up with Taylor Lautner where he talks about shirtless Rob [aha, more podcast fodder! - mabelletaka]
- Ashley Greene interviews Taylor Lautner in this video from Radar Online
- Taylor Lautner talks with Access Holywood about the New Moon trailer here

On the New Moon soundtrack front, The Used has announced the title track for the soundtrack: "For You I Would" [this reminds me of ANOTHER song LOL - mabelletaka]. In other soundtrack news, MTV is reporting that Muse is in talks with Chris Weitz about getting another track from the band to be used in the soundtrack.

Ashley Greene elaborates more on the action scenes in the Eclipse film, making it more guy-friendly, in this article in MTV.

Here are some interviews with Anna Kendrick as she promotes her film Up in the Air. Check out these interviews with MTV, one talking about how she's not envious of Robert Pattinson's fame, and another on the New Moon trailer, and lastly with HitFix on transitioning working on Twilight to working with George Clooney.

Jodelle Ferland shares on the Twilight hype and her role in Eclipse in Examiner.com.

First off, Happy Birthday Bella Swan-Cullen!!!

The second full-length trailer of New Moon was reportedly shown in cinemas prior to the screening of Sorority Row, which is another movie from Summit Entertainment, and some fans have already uploaded it on video streaming sites. So if you've watched it, tell us what you think about it! An extended version of this trailer is the one to be premiering in the VMAs as reported by MTV.

Summit Entertainment has announced that it has acquired the rights to the Twilight in Forks: The Saga of the Real Town documentary and will be included in the New Moon DVD. Read the press release c/o Twilight Lexicon.

Ashley Greene talks to MTV on the possibility of making a Breaking Dawn film in this interview.

Radar Online has posted the second part of their interview with Chaske Spencer. He talks about getting close with the rest of the wolf pack, acting with Tinsel Korey, and other highlights on the New Moon set.

A preview of Death Cab for Cutie's Meet me on Equinox has been posted in the New Moon Soundtrack site. Let us know what you think so far! The band also reveals to MTV what the music video would look like and the inspiration for the song.

Stephenie Meyer's website posted a warning regarding ads offering Midnight Sun as a contest prize, which are definitely not true.

Jamie Campbell Bower shares with MTV his upcoming projects (especially on the seventh installment of Harry Potter), his accent while playing Caius, and his New Moon experiences.

Peter Facinelli reveals his favorite line in the New Moon film in this interview with MTV.

Ashley Greene talks to MTV about filming so far in Eclipse, especially that of the vampire battle.

Get to know more about Jackson Rathbone and his band in this feature in The Vancouver Sun.

Click here to know more about Chaske Spencer's preparation to film Eclipse, along with the training he did (trust me, it's a good read! LOL - mabelletaka) prior and during the New Moon film. (c/o Radar Online)

Reelz Channel features a video tour of the locations used for the Twilight film.

The new New Moon trailer is coming in a few days and you can download this widget from MTV for your trailer countdown!

Not surprisingly, Twilight has snagged a lot of awards in the TCAs, winning 11 out of the 12 categories it was nominated for. Get to know what Twilight won and the other winners in MTV and E! Online. Also read and watch the reaction of the cast after the show in MTV and ET Online.

Access Hollywood also has clips on Selena Gomez’s take on Taylor Lautner’s abs and Robert Pattinson breezing by while the rest of the cast was doing an interview (freaking hilarious). Below is also another clip this time of Taylor Lautner reacting to a picture of him when he was younger and on Bryce Dallas Howard taking over for Victoria. Also, here’s a clip of Ashley Greene being exposed to the same picture. (Thanks to Rachel of Access Hollywood for the clips)



There are also tons of pictures of the cast as they attended the program. Check out the pictures of Robert Pattinson (Socialite Life| Gossip Center|Extra), Kristen Stewart (Socialite Life| Gossip Center), and Taylor Lautner, Kellan Lutz, and Nikki Reed from Socialite Life. (couple of hits and misses here.... - mabelletaka)

Okay, take a deep breath, let’s go on with the news :)

New Moon Film News
MTV posted its interviews during TwiCon with Peter Facinelli (where he also straightens out the naked Volturi non-scene, and expounds on his scene with the Volturi), and Christian Serratos (where she talks about her Twilight gear and her experience while filming New Moon). Also check out their interview with Kiowa Gordon as he makes a rundown of the members of the wolf pack and also his experience during Comic Con.

Ashley Greene shared her experiences with MTV while doing the Volterra scene which was the sneak peak shown in Comic Con.

E! Online featured a video as Stephenie Meyer explains how the Blue October’s music is related to New Moon’s love story.

Noot Seear shares her thoughts with Style on her move from modeling to acting, as well as experiencing the Twilight fandom in Comic Con.

Eclipse Film News
The Vancouver Sun gave a summary on the initial plans for the film as members of the Eclipse cast are flying in to Vancouver. Also get to know more about Jodelle Ferland’s sudden surge of Twitter followers the moment she got involved in the film and her acting background by clicking here. The 13-year old actress also dishes with Radar Online regarding working again with Kristen Stewart and how she belongs to the Team Edward camp.

MTV gives us an interview with Jackson Rathbone and Kellan Lutz on how they are undergoing intensive training to execute all the fight scenes that we’re sure are excited to watch out for next year.

Other News
Edward and Bella Barbie dolls are going to be released in November in the US (now having a flashback on all the Barbie dolls I owned before – mabelletaka). Examiner also gives a preview of the dolls set in the meadow scene and the designer’s thoughts while making the dolls.

Robert Pattinson was voted the No. 1 spot in the Sexiest Men on the Planet in Glamour, beating Johnny Depp and Hugh Jackman in the process.

Take a look at the female beauties of the Twilight franchise as shown by Glamour magazine featuring Nikki Reed, Rachelle Lefevre, Ashley Greene, and Noot Seear.

Give some love to Peter Facinelli as he makes his bid to be North America Mr. Twitter! You can vote within the next six days until the results come in (he’s leading right now, while Zachary Quinto’s a far second…hmmm CdL, who will you vote for? You can only choose ONE ok?)

Comic Con cast portraits are probably tradition now at EW.com, and they've got three of the main New Moon stars at the moment. One a half-body shot of Ashley, Rob, Kristen and Taylor, another a full-body group shot of the four of them. Notice how Kristen and Rob are both comfortably sporting the grunge look, well, with KStew being more Joan Jett than Bella at the moment. (For people who have been asking, she's still not finished filming The Runaways, thus her style.) Check them out here!

And the reason why I made this impromptu blog post...

Ah, Comic Con. When EQ levels in resisting spoilers go down the drain. (And there are spoilers littered here and there.)

Before anything else, let me just share an in-depth, 21Qs interview with Chris Weitz by Hollywood.com.

Okay, as promised, here's our site compilation of coverages for SDCC's New Moon feature.

MTV.com:
Twilight, Johnny Depp and Alice in Wonderland at Comic Con
New Moon BK Crowns and Riding with Green Hornet at San Diego Comic Con
New Moon Stars Share their Secret Dislikes
New Moon Stars Still Overwhelmed by Comic Con
New Moon Stars still find Comic Con Terrifying

MTV's New Moon at SDCC Photo Gallery
MTV's Video Coverage of New Moon at SDCC begins with RPattz at the press con explaining his role as Edward. Links to the other videos are on a box on the right, or just wait until it automatically switches to the next one. :)

EW.com:

EW's video interview with Taylor, Ashley, Kristen, Robert and Chris Weitz. Taylor says he got to do most of his own stunts, particularly the ones with the dirt bike. We see the three gang up on Rob. Separately, Chris says he relates to Bella. (And is that an RPattz pillow next to him?)

Rob, Kristen and Taylor screen New Moon footage for the fans. A quote from this article comes from director Chris Weitz, who says:

"The last film I made [The Golden Compass] was recut by the studio, and it was quite a terrible experience," says Weitz. "This has been completely different. It's been a tremendously rejuvenating experience for me. I can remember how much fun it is to make a film."

...which I think is great, and probably means that he had more liberty with the creative process.

HitFix.com:
Again, their liveblog of the presscon.
Also, Chris Weitz confirms Thom Yorke and Bon Iver for the New Moon soundtrack and "is still hoping for Kings of Leon". We are, too.

LATimes:
Twilight stars face the press, with restrictions. Among those restrictions, apparently journalists were pointedly told not to ask questions about the rumors surrounding RPattz and KStew. [minamic: Thank you.]

"Twilight at Comic Con: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Chris Weitz and more introduce New Moon" - Hero Complex's article. They describe the two scenes screened for the fans along with a transcription of the panel that included Rob, Kristen, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene and Director Chris Weitz. A highlight:

"Rob, your expressions in the first movie really lend themselves to comedy. Do you have plans to move in that direction?"
Robert Pattinson:I don’t know if I’m particularly funny, I don’t know. One of my legs is shorter than the other one so it makes everything look really awkward. So I can look like an idiot, but I don’t know if I can be witty.

I guess we're not the only ones who thought Rob's facial expressions were iffy. But it would be cool to see him in a rom-com, don't you think? Another highlight:

"What are you most excited for in the next films?"
AG: Excited about this whole intense fight scene we're supposed to have.
TL: I’m excited for the height of the love triangle. The sleeping bag scene!
KS: I can’t wait to get pregnant.
RP: Being involved in the cesarean, I can’t wait.

Setting aside KS and RP obviously poking fun at the tabloids, Taylor's looking forward to what has to be the climax and most favorite chapter of Eclipse: Fire and Ice. Very cool. Er... no pun intended.

EOnline.com:
Kristen Stewart: I can't wait to get pregnant! And no, peeps. That is not to be construed as more tabloid fodder.
Ben Lyons interviews Taylor, Kristen and Ashley. Kristen declares she's Team Jacob.

ETOnline.com:
Twilight stars dish about New Moon and fame
Taylor says: I'm asked to growl a lot.
Twilight stars thrill fans at special screening.

AccessHollywood:
AH has two videos of the panel with just Rob, Kristen and Taylor: Part 1 and Part 2

Zap2It Blog:
It must've been an alien sight, but, they're still surprised at Twilighters setting up tents for the New Moon panel. And impromptu chats with some of the fans camped out.
Zap2It's view of the mini-presscon with the love trio and their liveblog of the panel.

Twilight Lexicon:
New Moon Press Conference Report
New Moon Press Conference Videos
New Moon Panel Report. Videos of the panel will be up soon.

RadarOnline:
Rob Pattinson sets off Wild Fan Frenzy at Comic Con. With a video of the small Q&A what was almost the entire cast gave before a Twilight screening. You can barely hear anything over the screaming for Rob, AND Taylor, actually, when they walked in, but there were definitely some cute moments.

For a complete video coverage (albeit with screaming fangirls in the background) check out HallH on youtube.

And short coverages and image galleries from various sites:
CWhite55 (shared by Rome)
Celebuzz
JustJared
Cinematical
CelebrityGossip
TouchedbyTwilight
RobertandKristen.org
RobertPattinsonwho.com

P.S. We're not sure how you feel about spoilers so if you want to see the two scenes they screened, clickie HERE and HERE! Hopefully they won't be taken down yet! :D

Thanks to Rome for sharing her links and info! :) And to all the international Twilighters and sites who share their coverages with those of us who can't experience it, we thank you. :)

Summer School in Forks was held last weekend and for us non-US residents (or have no money to go the US), here are articles from People and MTV giving a summary about the 4-day event.

Peter Facinelli granted an interview with Radar Online on his way to the Vampire Baseball game for Make-A-Wish Foundation. He talks about his baseball skills (and how he wants Rachelle Lefevre on his team) and what he thinks about filming for Eclipse.

We have seen a lot of dashing Kellan Lutz lately (and who's complaining? check out his photos for Social Life Magazine!) so here's an article from Ace Showbiz talking about how he stays fit. OK! Magazine also did an interview with him regarding the New Moon set.

Extra features 12 things you may not know about Kristen Stewart. Well, any KStew fan might already know most of the stuff but it's an interesting read nonetheless.

Michael Welch shares with MTV about Robert Pattinson's appearance in the New Moonfilm given that he only appears physically at the start and at the last chapters of the book. You can check it out here.

Lastly, though this news is relatively early, Perez is reporting that filming for Breaking Dawn will start right after filming wraps up for Eclipse, as mentioned by Ashley Greene in an interview.

Okay, that title is just too good not to use. ;) I will not claim that I made it up, however, because Movieline did.

So anyway... Rob Pattinson was clipped by a taxicab in New York as he was crossing the street. Some reports say that this happened because Rob was trying to escape from a bunch of fans who were following him. However, Summit Entertainment denied that the accident happened because of the fans. Thankfully, Rob was not injured, and was able to walk away from the accident. He is in NYC filming Remember Me.

Access Hollywood, meanwhile, sent us a video of Ashley Greene commenting about Rob's accident, and rumours that she is currently dating Adrian Grenier, star of HBO's Entourage.



Thanks to Rachel of Access Hollywood!

Metro has been featuring their one-on-one interviews with the New Moon cast, the latest of which is with Robert Pattinson . Check out the other Metro articles with Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, and Chris Weitz.

Nylon has also posted excerpts from its interview with Ashley Greene. You can check out the entire interview in the next issue of Nylon Magazine.

Entertainment Weekly has a new poll on the most anticipated "follow-ups" for 2009. As expected, New Moon is in the list (and in the lead!) along with Transformers, Harry Potter, Angels and Demons, and Terminator.

And last (but not the least, this one's for you CdL!), Peter Facinelli tweeted:

My friend Rob Defranco bet me I couldn't get 500,000 followers by the end of next week. If we lose I have to give him the back of my actors chair from Twilight. I think if everyone had 10 of their followers follow me we can do it no problem.

So those who have not followed Peter yet on Twitter, do add him (although it wouldn't hurt for a friend to get his Twilight chair...depends on what he'll do with it LOL). If he wins the bet, his friend will walk down Holywood Blvd in a bikini, singing Single Ladies with a sign that says "Twitter Me" while Peter will videotape it. Deadline for the bet is Friday, June 19 at midnight LA time (he still has a long way to go by the looks of it). Also, follow us on Twitter!

All of today's news is coming our way from MTV! The MTV Movie Awards will start in the US shortly, so we are now being bombarded by Twilight-related features:

Jared Followill of Kings of Leon says he loves the Twilight film. The music of the band is a favorite of Rob Pattinson's.

Here's an interview with Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz from the MTV Movie Awards Red Carpet, where they talk about the "intense" atmosphere in the New Moon set.

Tim Kash has more of that Catherine Hardwicke interview. This time, the director reflects on the legacy of Twilight.

Stay tuned later today for the debut of the New Moon trailer!

EDITED TO ADD: Taylor Lautner Becomes An Improvisational Action Hero for New Moon

Access Hollywood sent us this video interview with Ashley Greene, where she talks about the scenes they have already filmed for New Moon, Italy, and test driving cool cars.



Thanks to Rachel of Access Hollywood!