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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.

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.

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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.

Every year, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films recognizes the best in the genre via the Saturn Awards. The Saturns are sort of the geekier equivalent of the Oscars.

This year, The Twilight Saga is being honored with two nominations.

Best Horror Film
THE BOX (Warner Bros.)
DRAG ME TO HELL (Universal)
FROZEN (Anchor Bay Films)
THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (Rogue / Universal)
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON (Summit Entertainment)
ZOMBIELAND (Sony)

I tried researching the Academy's definitions for Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror since I am puzzled by the classification of several other movies apart from New Moon, namely: Avatar, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and The Time Traveler's Wife.

In the case of New Moon, the film can't really be considered straight-up horror since there's no intention to terrify or frighten the audience. In many circles, The Twilight Saga is classified as Supernatural Romance, with romance being its primary niche. However, since the Academy slots films into only 4 categories, New Moon was put in Horror possibly because of the supernatural elements, some macabre themes, and the supernatural creatures that often grace horror stories: vampires and werewolves.

New Moon is in pretty good company in the Best Horror Film slate, but will have a tough time hurdling the likes of Zombieland and Drag Me To Hell.

Best Performance by a Younger Actor
TAYLOR LAUTNER (The Twilight Saga: New Moon) (Summit Entertainment)
BAILEE MADISON (Brothers) (Lionsgate)
BROOKLYNN PROULX (The Time Traveler’s Wife) (Warner Bros.)
MAX RECORDS (Where the Wild Things Are) (Warner Bros.)
SAOIRSE RONAN (The Lovely Bones) (Paramount)
KODI SMIT-MCPHEE (The Road) (The Weinstein Co.)

Wow. Taylor is on a roll these days, what with announcements of his casting for new movies like Stretch Armstrong and Abduction. It's nice to see that the Academy recognized his performance in New Moon, which I personally thought was one of the more effective portrayals in the film. However, he'll have a difficult time edging out film critics darling Saoirse Ronan and the talented newcomer Max Records.

No matter who wins, though, it's encouraging to see work on the Saga being recognized by more serious award-giving bodies. Congrats to Chris Weitz, Summit Entertainment, and Taylor Lautner!

The complete list of nominees for the 36th Saturn Awards can be found here, via NewWorlds.ph. The winners will be announced on June 24th.

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. :)

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."

The November issues of Candy Magazine have the Twilight Saga: New Moon in focus. One issue features Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart on the cover. This has an article on these two actors, plus New Moon stickers. Another is a Candy Magazine New Moon Special, which has Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner in the cover. The regular issue costs Php95 while the special issue costs Php150. For more information, just browse the Candy Magazine site.

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

It's still early (and I updated the round-up kinda late last night) so we've only got a few bits for the news this morning... will probably add more later, especially when details of the Tokyo press conference with Rob and Chris Weitz come in.

But before anything else...

If you have a New Moon screening or promotion of your own, we would be happy to advertise it here on the blog. Barring guerilla tactics such as posting it on the comments post of our own New Moon screening blog entry, we would appreciate it if you, instead, drop us an email at twilightcoven@gmail.com with details--date, time, theater venue and special notes or concerns you'd like to add. Like last year, we'll be creating a separate entry for it and sticking the post link there on the right for general information purposes. A lot of people are asking us, too, if there are other public screenings besides our own, so don't hesitate to email us with the info! Thanks. :)

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This next bit isn't Twilight-related but... Sam Bradley's official site is now up! If you have cool pictures of his performances here in the Philippines, you can submit them there. Just click on the PHOTOS link!

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Okay, since obviously the NM cast tour doesn't include our fair country *sniffle*, here's a chance to still throw something out there:

Moviefone is asking for questions for their November 6 interview with Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Chris Weitz! Comment on their site to submit your question.

Likewise, Larry Carroll of MTV will be interviewing the New Moon cast.

For starters, Larry will be speaking to stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner individually, as well as director Chris Weitz. He'll also be doing a series of group interviews, which you can probably guess at the breakdown of: the Cullens, the Wolf Pack and the Volturi. So that's seven interviews in total: the four individuals plus the three groups. Our time is limited, so please keep your submissions to one question apiece per interview. Just send them over to tips@mtvmoviesblog.com by Wednesday night.

Wednesday night would be around Wednesday morning for us SEA peeps, I think.

It's a stretch, but why not submit something you've ALWAYS been dying to ask the cast, if you could? They might choose it! (For good measure, make sure to indicate that you're from the Philippines. Who knows, right?)

It's November! With only weeks away 'til the premiere of New Moon, the cast is now in the middle of promotions... beginning with Taylor and Kristen in Brazil, and Robert and Chris Weitz in Japan. News and pictures on the links below:

Popsugar

Kristen and Taylor in Brazil:
Twilight Gossip
Judao MTV Brazil. Translation on Twilight Poison here.
Twilight Poison also has links and translations to other articles covering KStew and Taylor in Brazil here and here. As well as a translation of their interview with OK Mexico here. (And one with RPattz in Cinemania here!)

Rob and Chris Weitz in Japan:
RobPattinsonLife

No interviews have popped up on Rob and CW yet, because their press conference, as I understand it, will be on November 3.

MTV's Halloween special featured the Twilight cast plus a sneak peek of the birthday scene in all its exaggerated papercut glory. Click here for the Ulalume page which includes videos to New Moon cast interviews, the Bella Cullen Project, and a performance by Paramore.

Also on MTV: Nikki Reed says wolves bring warmth to the new film. And New Moon stars answer your questions.

Two features on the LA Times: One discusses Summit's future and its capitalizing on the huge success of Twilight. The other is a short article on Michael Sheen.

Lastly, Robert Pattinson will be on the cover of Vanity Fair's December issue. A preview of the accompanying article on the Vanity Fair website here. Outtakes from the photoshoot here. [Sorry girls, I know we try to cover just mostly Twilight-centric stuff on the blog, but I couldn't resist. I mean... wow. Just... wow. -minamic]

Vanity Fair also has interviews with the rest of the cast here.

Because my Blogger finally works, I'm going to write the round-up for today!

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.