Monday, December 29, 2008

Robert Pattinson and Sisters Lizzy and Victoria

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Robert Pattinson Shows Off New ‘Do in London






He’s the object of affection for teenage girls all over the world, and Robert Pattinson has shed his trademark floppy hairdo in favor or a more streamlined look.

The “Twilight” stud was spotted showing off his sexy short cut at Heathrow International Airoport in London, England earlier today (December 22).

Going for the brooding musician look, Robert sported a plaid button-up overtop a grey t-shirt with distressed jeans and a black leather jacket as he brandished his guitar.

Perhaps the changed coif is part of his new look for the upcoming sequel “New Moon,” which is due out in theaters November 20th, 2009.

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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Fancy man: Robert Pattinson


Make way for Robert Pattinson, star of Twilight and Hollywood's new heart-throb

Jessica Brinton
Our man has just woken up. He’s just rolled out of bed. He’s sitting opposite me on an overstuffed sofa in trousers and a T-shirt. The year’s teen idol, the month’s hottest “get” in celebrity journalism, obviously hasn’t done up his laces.

In its opening weekend in the United States, Twilight, the vampire film he stars in, took £48m. A cast appearance in a mall in San Francisco, projected to attract 500, was attended by 3,000 and had to be closed down. At another appearance in Pennsylvania, a girl broke her arm. There is even such a thing as a “Twilight mum” (“because loving a vampire is so wrong”).

And at the centre of it all is Edward Cullen, a character described by Stephenie Meyer in her bestseller as “devastating, inhumanly beautiful”, with “lips as cold as marble”. And he is played by Robert Pattinson. The film is good if, like the female protagonist, Bella, you are a willing believer in romantic love that lasts an eternity. There was a lot of screaming when I went to see it. There are some bits that don’t work, but there are some touching moments, too, and Pattinson walks away with every scene he’s in.

His hair is leading-man hair, and he’s been told not to cut it. In the film, it’s done more like the Fonz, but today it’s sticking up in different directions. Did someone do it like that? “Nobody’s ever styled my hair in my life,” he says. “I’d hate anyone to do that.” His accent is Queen’s English by way of the South Circular and he’s chatty and willing. But he is 22, stuck in an awkward spot between being a normal, quite rubbish boy, and knowing that this is his moment. Later, he admits that, given the chance, he’d probably rather not speak at all.

He grew up in Barnes, where he went to private school. He has two older sisters, now 25 and 28, who, until he was 12, would dress him up and call him Claudia. He says the only reason he got involved with theatre at school was to meet girls. And I had him down as a player. “Nope, I wasn’t with the cool gang, or the uncool ones. I was transitional, in between.” It took him until he was 20 — two years ago, about the time that he was playing Cedric in Harry Potter — to stop being shy.

He makes a point of not doing any of the things other people do. It’s why he doesn’t regret choosing acting over university. “Even when I was 17 and I’d go to a student bar, I’d think, get me out of here. Not W that I got accepted into any universities,” he chuckles. “Not one.”

I ask him whether he’s ever been in love and he says, “I guess so.” Then, because for some sadistic reason I feel like torturing him, I ask what it felt like. He looks puzzled, so I tell him about what I call the “clunk moment” — when you look at someone you fancy and realise you’re so into them, there might be no turning back. “I just got that feeling as you said that,” he says. “But I’m not sure if it’s related,” he mutters.

I’m thrown. Is he flirting with me? It would be easy to imagine it — he’s so gentle and charming and reticent, and so much the ultimate crush of my 15-year-old self, that I have to consciously pull myself together.

I don’t know what to say, so I continue. That feeling — does he know it? “The oh-God-I’m-stuck feeling?” he says. “Yeah, I think I had it once. I was going out with a girl, and I saw a missed call from her and felt it. Mostly, I never care, though. Right now, I don’t even bother checking my phone.”

So — no girlfriend. Of course, everyone’s wondering about him and his co-star, Kristen Stewart, who plays Bella. In one interview, 18-year-old Stewart, who has a long-term boyfriend, says, “I’ve made a very dear friend and that’s worth more than anything,” which sounds to me like a very firm “No, and I don’t fancy him”.

“They’re so ridiculous at the film company,” he says. “They keep refusing to deny it. They just say, ‘No comment.’ And we’re like, ‘We’re not \.’ ” Anyone else? He looks askance when I tease him about taking advantage of the 16-year-old bounty surely offering itself up to him. He feels terrorised by the screaming hordes. “I never, ever like anyone.” A shame — but one that might make you think, despite everything you know about men like him, how can I be that girl?

And he is a picture. He says he hasn’t bought any new clothes for this gig, and wears second-hand ones if possible. I wonder if he knows how attractive he is. “Good-looking? Noooo,” he says, grabbing tufts of hair again. “Before I have to go out to face a crowd, I stare and stare at myself in the mirror until I have to tell myself to stop staring, since there’s nothing I can do.” Because of the expectations? “Yes.”

What do his parents — a vintage car salesman and a former model scout — make of all of this? “It’s hard for them because they want to be proud of me, but I keep reminding them that it’s all luck. Luck is what got me here, nothing else.”

Luck, then, has got him and Twilight author Meyer the sign-off on the next movie in the franchise (there are four books in total), a move that, as today’s 16-year-old Twilight fans become 18, 20 and beyond, will make him one of, if not the, biggest male film star in the world.

First, though, his next appearance is as the young Salvador Dali in the biopic Little Ashes, a role he says he loved. The part he really wants, though, is that of Jeff Buckley, the doomed folk singer who recorded one exquisite album before floating off down a river one day and never coming back.

Having proved such effective teen catnip, he’s reported to have doubled his fee for the next Twilight from £3.4m to £6.8m. It’s hard to imagine him caring. Cash to spend on a house in a forest, maybe. “Yes, somewhere very remote,” he says with another giggle. “I’ll buy my escape from this world.”

Funny, since, of course, being so elusive will make us love him even more.

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Funny Interview Moments with Robert Pattinson (8)

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Robert Pattinson Signs Autographs Outside of Sole part 2

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

MOVIEmeter Top 25 Films of 2008




December of every year brings the inevitable year-end lists of movies -- which ones made the most money, which ones were the biggest flops, which ones were the best, which ones were the worst, which ones might get nominated for awards... But very few of these lists tell you what movies people were most thinking about, most interested in, most excited to find out about. It's easy to say which movies grossed the biggest amount, but that doesn't always tell you what movies made the biggest splash in popular culture.

To that end, IMDb presents the MOVIEmeter™ Top 25 Films of 2008, rankings based not upon critical assessments or box-office performance, but the actual search behavior of over 57 million users of IMDb.com. They're the movies that were most often on people's minds, ones they were keen to get information on. It's a mix of box office hits, upcoming films in production, and classic user favorites -- you'll be surprised to see that some of the highest-ranked movies on our site don't come out until next year (or in the case of one movie, 2011), but they're the ones that generated the most heat. And neither dollar amounts nor flashy awards can tell you that definitively.


3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Fans were devastated when this latest installment was bumped from November to July 2009, but the fervor hasn't dampened any, and was only fuelled by Daniel Radcliffe's new Broadway career.

2. Twilight (2008)

That screaming sound you hear is the thousands -- nay, millions -- of fans who waited with bated breath for the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's runaway vampire bestseller.

1. The Dark Knight (2008)

Nothing, however -- iron men, vampires, transformers -- could touch the phenomenon that was The Dark Knight. It would have been a hit on its own, but the untimely death of Heath Ledger (in his last fully-filmed role as The Joker) brought an extra dimension to the movie -- a mix of sadness, fascination, and awe at the power of his performance. Crushing all competition, the film went on to make a mind-blowing $530 million domestic, making it second only to the phenomenon that was Titanic.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Robert Pattinson better watch Kristen Stewart


It looks like Robert Pattinson might have to watch Kristen Stewart as the actress seems set on competing with him for the title of most talented young star.

Both Robert and Kristen impress in Twilight and will no doubt be demanding big paychecks in the future.

They can't expect to compete with Will Smith's yearly earnings of $80 million and Johnny Depp's $72 million just yet but in a few years they will be competing with the best of the best.

Kristen recently told the Metro that she was feeling okay with the attention she was receiving since Twilight was released.

She said: "On one hand you have to be wary now who wants to work with you, maybe you have a little bit more pull, now you're going get your movie made with me.

"But I only want to work with people that really inspire me and just have the right artistic thing going."

Robert seems to get recognised all the time now but Kristen doesn't have the same problem.

She says: "I'm pretty low-profile. I can go out I don't ever get recognised by anybody."

Fire damages service areas of View Point Inn


CORBETT – The View Point Inn in Corbett will be closed indefinitely after fire damaged parts of the historic Tudor-style structure Sunday night, Dec. 14.

Damage from the fire, which employees detected around 10 p.m., was mostly contained to internal areas not visible from the public dining room. Some employees and attendees of a private dinner that was winding down were there, but no one was injured, housekeeper Jamie Eickerman said Monday afternoon.

“It was a sheer stroke of luck. Almost all of our (customers) canceled,” she said. “A couple people from the Moore family Christmas dinner chose to stay the night. If they hadn’t, we would’ve all gone home and the whole place would’ve burned down.”

The blaze is under investigation, but owners of the restaurant at 40301 East Larch Mountain Road speculated it was electrical in nature and started near the building’s fireplace, Eickerman said. A fire was lit in the downstairs fireplace, but not the one upstairs.

As thick, black smoke poured from the walls, a View Point employee called the Corbett Fire Department around 10:15 p.m. and fetched Todd Mock, a firefighter who lives near the restaurant. Volunteer firefighters arrived quickly from Corbett and Springdale, Eickerman said, but it took some time to find the origin of smoke coming through the walls. Firefighters brought the blaze under control and remained on the scene until approximately 2 a.m. Monday, Dec. 15.

The main kitchen area was left intact, but the dishwashing area is not functional in the wake of the blaze. With a 100-guest wedding set for Saturday, Dec. 20, and several other events scheduled between now and New Year’s, the View Point plans to follow through with its commitments even if it has to bring in outside caterers, Eickerman said. The restaurant is normally closed Monday and Tuesday, so staff is using the days off to figure out how to proceed.

“We’re striving to honor our events,” Eickerman said. “We’re in the process of hashing it out.”

Built in 1924, the hotel and restaurant’s position on a bluff overlooking the Columbia River Gorge makes it a popular wedding destination. The local landmark gained wider attention recently as the backdrop for “Twilight,” the wildly popular vampire-themed movie based on Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling series of books.

The “Twilight” film crew spent four weeks there last spring, with the movie’s two leads, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, staying there for one week.

Eickerman encourages customers and those associated with upcoming events at the inn to monitor the Web site, www.theviewpointinn.com or call 503-695-5811.
Outlook reporter Mara Stine contributed to this story.

New Moon Rises Next November




Yesterday, you officially got a director, and today, you officially have a release date: New Moon will cross the horizon on November 20, 2009.

About a Boy's Chris Weitz directs the Twilight sequel and, oh yeah, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson return as Bella Swan and Edward Cullen.

As of right now, the vampire and his mortal love will have several major movies to battle for box-office glory on that fateful day, the most challenging of which are Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jr., and a Three Stooges flick written and directed by the Farrelly brothers.

Reuters Hit film Twilight sequel will be harder, say stars


LONDON (Reuters) – The surprise success of "Twilight," the teen vampire movie that boasted a bigger opening North American weekend box office than the new James Bond, could make the sequel harder to sell, its leading actors said.

The movie, based on the bestselling novel by U.S. author Stephenie Meyer, made $69.6 million in movie theatres over its first weekend last month, ahead of Bond film "Quantum of Solace" which cost over five times as much to make.

The success helped convince independent studio Summit Entertainment to go ahead with sequel "New Moon" based on the second book in the series, and the two lead actors from Twilight are down to reprise their roles.

"We had nothing to lose in the first one," said British actor Robert Pattinson, who has become a movie heartthrob virtually overnight for his portrayal of the immortal vampire Edward Cullen.

"It's harder to build up the hype, especially in America. I think it will be harder," he told a recent London briefing. The film opens in Britain on Friday.

Kristen Stewart plays Bella Swan, the teen girl who falls in love with Cullen only to see her relationship and family jeopardized by rival vampires' lust for blood.

Stewart said she expected the press to be "a little tougher" next time around, and had been surprised at how big the movie became in the United States.

"I knew how important it was to a small group of people. I didn't realize how widespread they (the books) were," she said.

"I think the film made it more well-known. When we were making the movie we thought it was kind of a cult film."

RECORD BREAKING DIRECTOR OUT

Shooting on New Moon starts in the new year, but Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke will not be at the helm again despite setting a record North American box office opening for a female director.

According to Hollywood Reporter, taking her place will be Chris Weitz whose last film was "The Golden Compass," an adaptation of British author Philip Pullman's children's book.

For 18-year-old Stewart, playing as many different roles as possible was one way of avoiding the risk of being typecast.

"There's a large group of people that will always consider us as these characters (but) I just did this movie called 'Welcome to the Rileys' which couldn't have been more different.

"If it was just Twilight for the rest of my life as an actor I would be quite miserable."

Pattinson said he was struggling to get used to life as a major star. The 22-year-old, who played a smaller role in the Harry Potter movie franchise, has been faced with crowds of screaming girls whenever he hits the red carpets for Twilight.

"I don't know why, I'm not getting used to it," he said. "People are screaming. I'm completely overwhelmed by it every single time.

"I haven't changed that much. In my head I don't think I've changed that much. There are little weird things like people following you to your house -- that's a little strange."

(Editing by Paul Casciato)

Monday, December 15, 2008

Move over Harry Potter...

By Victoria Lindrea
Entertainment reporter, BBC News




Stewart and Pattinson will film a second and third sequel next year

"There was something about Rob.

"Among his many other talents, he had something otherworldly that he brought to the screen.

"Something special, and tortured, and interesting and strange…" says Twilight director, Catherine Hardwicke.

So how does a boy from Barnes become this autumn's hottest vampire and the talk of American fan sites?

Robert Pattinson first came to public attention playing Cedric Diggory in 2005's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth film in the series.

In a noteworthy, if short-lived performance, Diggory lost his life and the girl to bespectacled love rival, Potter.

But Pattinson is having the last laugh - his new role as vampire Edward Cullen has seen him crowned Rolling Stone's hottest actor of the year.
Robert Pattinson
Robert Pattinson previously starred in the Harry Potter films

The 22-year-old British star beat 3,000 hopefuls to land the role of the "vegetarian" vampire Cullen - the youngest of a surrogate family of vampires who have chosen to renounce human blood.

Twilight has been hugely successful in the US, where it set a new record for the biggest opening weekend for a movie directed by a woman - and toppled James Bond from the top spot.

"Seeing my face on buses - it's like being in 1984," says Pattinson, from under a mass of hair. "It's not good for someone who suffers from extreme paranoia.

"I can go on the tube and hardly anyone knows who I am, but then you go to these screenings where people scream at you. Sometimes I wonder if they have all been paid to be there!"

Love story

Based on the hit book series from author Stephenie Meyer, Twilight is being cited as the next Harry Potter, with sequels already in the pipeline.

Essentially a love story, it sees Edward fall in love with schoolgirl Bella and struggle to protect her from the sinister world of vampires.

"When I read the books and the fan sites, you could see there was so much passion for these books," says director Hardwicke.

"People got so involved, they were swept away in this romance… and I wanted to bring that crazy, giddy feeling to the screen."
Kirsten Stewart
Kirsten Stewart has been acting since the age of nine

Hardwicke found her Bella in 18-year-old Kristen Stewart, probably best known from her turn as Jodie Foster's screen daughter in The Panic Room.

"You have to find the chemistry or the whole movie wouldn't work," explains Hardwicke.

"I knew Kristen had to be Bella, and then the search was on for the perfect Edward.

"So many cute guys would walk in the room, but they just looked like the cute guy that could be at your high school."

"But from the moment they [Robert and Kristen] first met, you could really feel that there was something going on."

The film appears to embrace the idea of sexual abstinence, in line with the author's Mormon beliefs, but the stars play down the connection.

"It's about the anticipation - walking that knife edge. How close can Edward get without killing her. It's much more exciting than the actual act," says Hardwicke.

"Yeah, I mean, have you ever tried to watch a feature-length porno?" laughs Pattinson.

There is such a stigma attached to actors who release music
Robert Pattinson

An upcoming star with the world seemingly at his feet, Pattinson has also contributed music to the film soundtrack.

"I grew up with a whole bunch of musicians, and I thought this would be good for them," he explains.

"I'd like to do an album, but there is such a stigma attached to actors who release music maybe I should do it anonymously, or just wait until I am unemployable."

But that may be sometime off. Both actors are set to return for the second and third movies, New Moon and Eclipse.

Typecasting fears

"I usually only get to follow a character for six weeks or so," explains the shy and earnest Stewart.

"I do little movies, and typically they never even see the light of day, and I have this huge grieving process afterwards. But in this case I get to follow her for an incredibly long time, hopefully - so I'm rather excited.

"It's terrifying as well, because you really have nothing to lose with the first one," says Pattinson. "But now it will be harder to build up the same kind of hype, especially in America."

Despite the comparisons to Harry Potter - Twilight was released in the week that would have seen the US debut of the sixth Harry Potter film - its stars insist it is not a teen film.
Catherine Hardwicke
Catherine Hardwicke's previous films include Thirteen and Lords of Dogtown

"We never thought of it as a teen movie - in the US, 45% of the audience is over-25. It's for all ages, even men like it!" says Hardwicke.

"It's funny, when you have a film that has children in it, it becomes a kid movie," says Stewart. "But we didn't have this frame that we had to fit into in."

"There is a large group of people that will always consider us as these characters," she continues "but the only thing that you can do is try to work on different things in between.

"In my next film, Welcome to the Rileys, I play a 16-year-old runaway street kid, and she could not be more different from Bella.

"If it was just Twilight for the rest of my life as an actor, I would be quite miserable."

Sunday, December 14, 2008

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Hot Actor: Q&A With "Twilight" Star Robert Pattinson


"There's only so much adoration you can take"

MELISSA MAERZ Posted Dec 11, 2008 1:15 PM

How is the Twilight fandom is different from the Harry Potter movies? I think you've mentioned that the sound of the screams is even different.
It's different because I think it's almost solely females of a certain age group, and they have a very specific tone. It's much more to do with the sort of sexuality aspect of it. So many girls made this guy [their ideal], so when they see you it's like all of their energy is projected onto you. It's a really strange experience. I've never been in an experience where people just want to touch you — it's like being in a boy band.

Is it weird to have girls that are so young have this incredibly sexualized thing around you?
It's weird that you get 8-year-old girls coming up to you saying, "Can you just bite me? I want you to bite me." It is really strange how young the girls are, considering the book is based on the virtues of chastity, but I think it has the opposite effect on its readers though. [Laughs]

Do you think that's part of it, though? One of the things that seems to make Edward so attractive to younger girls is that you can have it both ways. He's the ultimate bad boy, and someone that you shouldn't want, who would never harm you.
That's exactly what it is. It's a certain type of girl. I don't know what it is — when you look at fan sites [you can tell] — but there's definitely a very large fleet of people, it's actually Americans, that want those type of guys. In the book she knows the whole time [he's not going to hurt her], but Kristen [Stewart] and I tried to make it more not caring, more unpredictable. It's what I liked about the story — he's literally holding himself back every single turn, never lets up.

He's such a sort of gentlemanly character, and Kristen and I really, really emphasized that — especially when there are intimate scenes. When we did the blocking for the kissing scenes, we would be going way further than [director] Catherine [Hardwicke] thought.

And why did you want to push it in that direction?
I guess to sort of scare little girls and stuff. [Laughs] I mean, people who read the books won't be expecting it, and, for a younger person's film, it's also quite shocking. When I read that scene in the book I thought it was kind of sexy, and then when you translate it onto film, the kissing is a little like a thing out of a TV series. So I thought, "How can we make this thing a little bit on the verge of wrong?"

I think a lot of people have already judged the film before they even started shooting us, and I didn't want to be part of a film that was just a cash-in thing. So we tried to take as many risks as we could, and tried to make it a little bit more serious than people expect. It's quite difficult to take too many risks.

Were there any risks that you wanted to take that you ended up just not being able to do?
Edward's constantly saying, "I'm a monster, I'm a monster, I'm a monster," and doesn't end up being one. We shot the final scene first, and I wanted the fight to not just be a fight, but to literally have him turn into that monster. In the book he very much comes in to save the day as the hero, but I noticed when we were doing the blocking it's the first time he's seen a lot of her blood — and I thought it would be interesting [for him to start] wanting to kill her and then fighting himself for that.

There's a part that we significantly cut down in the PG-13 — when I start winning there are all these stunts, but stunts are so protracted that you couldn't get what me and Kristen wanted to do, which was to literally try to pull his head off. [At that point] it's like you've turned into this beast. Then there's a scene where I try to attack [my father in the movie] when he tells me to stop. I think it's him looking at me, saying, "I thought you were the one. You're my protégé, and you're really, really not."

After that point in the movie, he's certain that once she's seen that's who he [really] is, and there is no way there's a happy ending. I kind of wanted to make it really, really depressing; I just sort of got further, and further away from the book as I picked up on little pieces.

I think a lot of people who like the book and like the love story at the end will be sort of baffled by it. But I also thought that's the best type of love story, where the whole time he knows his thoughts and he knows he has so many doubts and he has so many things about weakness. Like, he couldn't kill himself because he's afraid he doesn't have a soul. He couldn't be a proper vegetarian vampire, can't be a proper real vampire, can't be a real man, can't be anything, and it's all like, he's completely impotent about everything. Then he finds this one thing, which makes him feel alive, and he can't even protect that. He can't do anything. He thinks he's a very insignificant human being — well, thing.

Right.
Then it makes it so much more amazing the second when both of them literally could just die when they leave each other, and I wanted to make that kind of operatic Carmen type of thing. At the same time you've got to try and please some people [laughs], and you couldn't really go too dark with it because of the book.

I wanted them to touch three times: when he saves her life and it hurts him to touch her, when they try and kiss when he tries to kill her, and when he's sucking the blood out and trying to kill because he's so afraid of what would happen. Then the director gave me a copy of the book with these highlights of all the times that he smiled and all the times that they touched. So...

Stephenie Meyer talked about the influence of a lot of Victorian literature, which definitely seems obvious in Twilight, even the fact that his name is Edward. Do you see that there's a Victorian quality to Edward?
Yeah, I definitely think it's a lot of Heathcliff.

What's attractive about that kind of character that made him popular then and still popular now?
It's being unreadable. It's attractive in women as well, just that kind of mystique. It's so obvious, but so few people do have it, especially in characters now and especially in modern society where there's so many celebrities.

You're in this position where you're playing this character who's attractive because of that mystique and then don't have that luxury.
I just disappear. It doesn't really make any difference. But I didn't play it so old-fashioned; I tried to get in little elements. I think there are so few young characters in modern films who even have any form of restraint unless they're a geek. I guess Edward would be the jock in a normal type of story, and just playing it sane you can't really touch — everything is very understated.

Why do you think he's attracted to Bella?
I think it's a progression. The way I did it the, whole thing comes as a complete surprise to him. He has so many issues. He's stopped killing people for 50 years, she comes in and he's like, "Oh, I can't control myself!" I just thought that the guy would think, "This fucking girl is not gonna ruin [me]," like, "She's not better than me and I can control my base instincts." And so the relationship starts as [testing] his own power of will.

It's like, "I can go a little bit closer to her, and closer and closer and closer," and then a joy comes out of that where he's just like, "See, eating my instincts again." Later on it's funny how wanting to kill her makes him realize he's in some way alive. And that's why she becomes so important, because the only thing he wanted to do before is become human and die.

There's no way to pin down the story. I never really understood it the whole way through. I understood Edward's character. I didn't understand what Bella was all about. I really tried, and I was working with Kristen for ages. There's definitely some defining characteristics of young girls, which are very, very strange and which aren't really explored in movies. Troubled teens, especially girls, in movies are just so one dimensional it's ridiculous, and they always have somebody to fix them in the end. Whereas in Twilight she doesn't really get fixed she just gets this addiction.

She's all right in the beginning and then she becomes completely dependent; even in last scene of the movie, she's saying, "Don't ever say you'll leave me." That's what makes the story unusual; when you read it at face value and it's just like, "Oh, it's an easy read." You can read it in a few hours, and it's kind of cheesy but as soon as you actually look at it you have to really take massive leaps to join the dots of the character. So I ended up putting tons and tons of thought into it, just to make it not be cheesy cash-in movie 95 percent of the people probably expect it to be.

Do you think that's why it seems to have a stronger following because she's not fixed at the end, and people can identify with that?
People desperately want to read the next book because she's a different person. Even though it's a solid ending at the end, it feels like it's missing a beat. I haven't actually read the fourth one yet so I don't know how it ends, but I definitely like the transition from the first and the second. The second one was my favorite one, even though I'm hardly in it.

Have you ever had a situation where fans sent you something kind of crazy or very extreme?
I got sent a lot of different books on Scientology by a Scientologist fan. It's quite funny actually, almost the whole series on Dianetics. She wanted me to be a Scientologist. But I mean it must have cost quite a lot with all the packaging. And I got sent this really well-bound book with all these Unibomber-type notes. I thought that was incredible.

What did they say?
Similar type of things — "Will you marry me?" sort of stuff. I thought it was pretty amazing, just like, long, hundreds of pages.

Did you read the whole thing?
Yeah pretty much. I mean, there's only so much adoration you can take before you start thinking, "Is a thank you note enough, or do I actually have to say yes to one of these people?" [Laughs]

Do you think people have trouble distinguishing you from your character?
Yeah. Then they always get really embarrassed and they say, "Sorry! I called you Edward." [Llaughs] I think people will really want something to pin their ideas on. In Italy [before the movie came out], I was literally walking straight out of the novel. But it's probably a good thing.

You said that when you read the fan sites that they're all kind of similar voice.
I get a lot of e-mails from my agent saying [fans send] complaints about my security and all that stuff, and they're really professionally written. It's something about fans of books — they're obviously much more literary. When you're in crowds, everyone's like, "We love you!" But the actual letters and stuff you get are amazing, and that's the most surprising thing about it. They're surprisingly well written, everyone's got really good vocabularies and they correct each other's grammar and things like that. It's quite funny.

I don't really know how it defines the group of people, but you always think, "you're an obsessive fan, but you seem like a logical person, so I don't understand how the two things go together."

Do you have any gay teenagers contacting you?
Not really. It's really just increasingly more and more straight guys than gay guys — unless my gaydar is just not really working. It's just started happening recently. They're all kind of a little bit embarrassed about it, but they'll all go up and still get their book signed or whatever. I'm so used to like writing to girls I always keep writing like, "Love, romance and kiss, kiss, kiss" that I have to like cross it out, "Oh, sorry about that."

Tell me about an experience you had where you just found someone hiding and watching when you were on set.
It's just weird. I mean again though, all really nice people. It seemed completely logical to them why they were there: "We like it. We want to see it." And they were so blunt about it. I think if we were shooting it now it'd be such a different story. The crowds were getting bigger and bigger and bigger as we were shooting; they'd be out all night with us at a shoot.

But there's something to be said by it being different group than the people who scream at Jonas Brothers shows.
Yeah, and they defend it as well. They don't want to be associated with other groups. Like, you see little things on message boards and stuff — whenever I get any negative publicity, you get literally 400 comments just saying like, "Shut up! You're just writing this like so people will go and do this for your site." I don't know. I never expected any of this from this job. [Laughs]

Who do you think is more intense, the Twilight moms or the younger girls?
The more intense letters and stuff come from younger people. The, "I'm going to kill myself..." [letters]. That's always a little bit worrying. But the Twilight moms are everywhere. It's unbelievable. Every single time we do an appearance they're always in the front row, and buy their tickets way in advance. It's pretty intense. They're always really nice though; no one seems crazy when you meet them. They just like the books.

There's so little literature aimed at girls, so it becomes very hyped and successful. There's definitely a kind of clan mentality with the fans, and people want to be part of the group. They like defending it, because a lot of people say it's cheesy, and I think a lot of it is an outsider mentality — the whole book, the whole kind of fantasy genre...

But then outsiders who also aren't really outsiders.
Not anymore. When the outsiders become strong it's incredibly powerful. As the movie's been happening and the magazine covers, more people think it's legitimized and more people buy the book; everything is kind of galvanized. That's why I don't really feel bad about the hype or anything, because it's not someone who's forcing it down anyone's throat. The reason we were on the VMAs is 'cause all these fans sent e-mails accosting us. It's not someone who's paying for this — it's all fan-driven so it's completely out of anyone's hands.
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Saturday, December 13, 2008

Message from Chris Weitz

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Friday, December 12, 2008

Golden Compass Director to Sire Twilight Sequel


Los Angeles (E! Online) – There's a new dawn for Twilight.

Days after Catherine Hardwicke was ousted, despite having directed the vampire romance satisfactorily enough to pull in $140 million worth of business from fanggirls and average moviegoers alike, The Golden Compass director Chris Weitz is close to signing on for the blockbuster's sequel.

Following up on some recent Deadline Hollywood scoop, EW.com reports that Weitz has been tapped by Summit Entertainment to helm New Moon, based on the second book in Stephanie Meyer's phenomenon-inducing franchise.

"He's the quality-of-life-choice," a source said, perhaps referring to buzz that Hardwicke, while ultratalented, is rough to work with, while Weitz, who also codirected American Pie and scored an Oscar nod for copenning About a Boy, is known to be a pretty genial chap.

Summit says that no deal has been signed yet, but the official announcement could be coming as soon as this weekend.

The studio wants New Moon in theaters and Edward-loving butts in the seats in 2010, but has said it will not rush production before the script (the initial draft of which Hardwicke supposedly had problems with) is the best it can be.

"This is not a rush job," Summit CEO Rob Friedman told the Los Angeles Times' Big Picture blog. "The movie only gets released when it's finished. I'd like it to be next year, but we're not going to put out a bad movie to hit a release date."

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Pattinson Likes 'Mad' Women


"Twilight" heartthrob Robert Pattinson is attracted to women who are slightly crazy, insisting he likes his ladies to be "mental, strong women."

The British star has been catapulted to international stardom with his leading role in the new vampire romance, and as a result is never short of female attention.

But Pattinson insists there are specific qualities he looks for in a girl.

He tells British magazine Closer, "The stuff I find attractive in women, I always regret finding attractive. I always like a kind of madness in a woman, and when they are really, really strong. And they're the worst -- mental, strong women!

"But I like it when they hate me right from the beginning."

Why Robert Pattinson’s Modeling Career Failed


Twilight hottie Robert Pattinson, like Chace Crawford, broke into the entertainment industry as a model. You can see that he has that pretty boy-model-y look to him — the thick hair that begs to be styled, the sallow cheeks, the luscious eyebrows. But when he was 16, after four years in the biz, he was forced to quit because he became, as the Daily Express puts it, "too manly":

He tells British magazine Closer, "When I first started I was quite tall and looked like a girl, so I got lots of jobs, because it was during that period where the androgynous look was cool. Then, I guess, I became too much of a guy, so I never got any more jobs. I had the most unsuccessful modelling career."


Yes, he became "too much of a guy." Never mind the length of his hair, blushed cheeks, and pithy attempt at growing scruff. Or that scene from Twilight where he's completely awash in glitter, looking as though he spent the night rolling on the floor of Studio 54. He's a regular Paul Bunyan! He probably cuts down his own Christmas trees and stuff.

PATTINSON'S MASCULINITY ENDED HIS MODELLING CAREER [Daily Express]

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Twilight UK Premiere - Funny Robert Moment

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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Photoshoot BTS ll Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart

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Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson's 'Twilight' Dolls Available for Pre-Order



December 09, 2008 07:30:10 GMT

Tonner Doll Company turns Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson's characters in "Twilight," Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, into dolls which have been available for pre-order.
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Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson's characters in "Twilight", Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, have been made into dolls. Their roles are the first among those in the vampire flick that are turned into plastic.

Tonner Doll Company is the one which makes the dolls. The company is offering Bella and Edward's dolls for pre-order at TonnerDirect.com.

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, meanwhile, have been busy touring the globe to boost the ticket sales of their box office movie "Twilight." On Saturday, December 6, they were seen attending the German premiere of the romance-thriller-action flick. Then on Monday, December 8, they attended the Paris photocall for the flick.

In the meantime, it has been reported that filming of "New Moon," the sequel of "Twilight", will be begun in March 2009. And while its director Catherine Hardwicke won't make a return to the sequel, both Kristen and Robert are expected to make a comeback.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Rob Pattinson: Hair Today, but Gone Tomorrow?



Say it ain't so!

Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson says he wants to get rid of his signature hairstyle.

“I cannot wait to cut it off,” Pattinson said last night at the Starz afterparty for the Hollywood Film Festival Awards Gala at the Beverly Hilton, where he received the New Hollywood Award.

Pattinson insists he doesn't understand the big fuss over his ‘do. "Nothing’s ever baffled me as much as this,” he said, adding, “I wanted to get a haircut today, but they wouldn’t let me. They were like, ‘You can’t ruin our marketing!’”

Rate-a-Trailer: Rob Pattinson Wants Dalí...Do You?



He's your Twilight highlight, but will you let Rob Pattinson sink his teeth into a role that might be even more over-the-top than vampy vampire Edward Cullen?

In Little Ashes, the actor tackles the role of artist, dandy and mustache aficionado Salvador Dalí. Set in the days leading up to the Spanish Civil War, the film explores Dalí's relationship with the doomed poet Federico García Lorca and...all you really care about is Rob, isn't it?

Then fine, we'll spare you the history lesson if you'll sound off in the comments!

Twilight Director Not Returning for Sequel


Los Angeles (E! Online) – Catherine Hardwicke delivered the biggest opening weekend ever for a female film director—not to mention Robert Pattinson to the screaming fans—but it doesn't look like she'll be getting the chance to top that record with the next Twilight film.
The helmer has parted ways with the series. The story broke today on Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily, and by Sunday night Variety had a statement from the director.
"I am sorry that due to timing I will not have the opportunity to direct New Moon," said Hardwicke. "Directing Twilight has been one of the great experiences of my life, and I am grateful to the fans for their passionate support of the film. I wish everyone at Summit the best with the sequel—it is a great story."
So it is. Considering all the elements that went into the film—a successful series of novels, an attractive cast and, of course, teen vampirism—does this seem like a decision that might put the series in jeopardy, or is it just par for the course in Hollywood? Sound off!
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Twilight Fan-Event, Munich, Germany, 08/12/06

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Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson: German Twilighters




Continuing along with what’s been a demanding promotional tour, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson were all smiles as they attended the German premiere of “Twilight” on Saturday (December 6).

The vampire movie co-stars joined the film’s director, Cathrine Hardwicke, as they received a warm welcome from their fans in the city of Munich.

Meanwhile, Mr Pattinson recently spoke with press, confessing that he sometimes jumps back into his vampire role when he’s out with the ladies, saying, “I’ve been known for a little nibble.”

Jumping in, Ms Stewart joked, “He tried to pick me up ... and he pulled his groin. It was hilarious! He was hurt, but he was laughing.”

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Robert Pattinson's girl rush




Saturday, 6 December 2008

'Twilight' actor Robert Pattinson insists girls weren't interested in him a year ago.

The 22-year-old actor - who plays teenage vampire heartthrob Edward Cullen in the new film, based on Stephanie Meyer's hit book - is now greeted by legions of screaming fans at premieres across the world, despite being largely ignored by the opposite sex as he was growing up.

Robert said: "It's funny, but about a year ago I'd talk to girls and no one would be interested. Really, it's true, and then when it was announced I would be in 'Twilight' and the book's author gave me her seal of approval, everyone seemed to change their mind. The attention I get now is just mind bending."

When Robert was initially given the part, as a virtually unknown British actor - his only previous big roles were in 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' and 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' - he claims there was a huge backlash against his casting.

He explained: "The turning point came as soon as Stephanie Meyer had given me her support, the tone changed overnight. Suddenly everybody loved me!"

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Saturday, December 6, 2008

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Friday, December 5, 2008

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Thursday, December 4, 2008

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Black carpet for Twilight premiere






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The stars of the film Robert Pattinson, 22, and Kristen Stewart, 18, walked a black carpet blasted with dry ice for atmosphere in London's Leicester Square.

The film is based on the first novel in Stephanie Meyer's series about high school girl Bella Swann who falls in love with vampire Edward.

In its first weekend at US cinemas Twilight outsold new James Bond film Quantum of Solace and High School Musical 3.

Director Catherine Hardwicke said: "We love London even though it's so cold. These fans are braver because they're out here and it's freezing so they are heartier souls."

Harry Potter star Robert said of his hysterical fans: "It's absolutely mad. I'm in a daze. They're here for the character, not for me. I don't know what to do. I'm terrified of doing the sequel."

Kristen Stewart, who plays Bella, claims some feminist groups disapproved of her character falling for a dominant vampire. She said: "It's a love story about two people who would die for each other. Bella has very innately female qualities, she really trusts herself. It takes a really strong person to subject themselves to that.

"A lot of feminist groups have problems with her which I don't understand because it takes someone very strong to be able to give that away."

Director Hardwicke said when casting Robert for the role of Edward it was an easy decision.

She said: "Robert and Kristen have this amazing sexual chemistry between them. We could see it in the audition. That's why we cast them. You can't create that. It has to be there."

Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart Sizzle at London Premiere of 'Twilight'




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Fans went wild for Twilight stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson at the film's U.K. premiere on Dec. 2.

London native Pattinson, 22, and Californian Kristen, 18, were besieged by hundreds of screaming fans at the European premiere of the vampire romance, which has been on fire at the U.S. box office.

To date, Twilight (which opened Nov. 21) has grossed $144 million worldwide. Remarkably, the film only cost $37 million to produce--making it a cinematic rainmaker for its indie studio, Summit Entertainment.

In keeping with the film's Gothic theme, Robert looked dapper in a slim-fitted black suit, while Kristen sizzled in a dark mini-dress. Stewart says casting the hunky 6'1" Pattinson as the brooding Ed Cullen was a stroke of genius.

"Not to put down any of the other actors who came in [to audition], because they were really good, but everyone came in playing Edward as this perfect, happy-go-lucky guy," says Kristen. "But I got hardcore pain from Rob. It was purely just connection.” robert pattinson kristen

Pattinson is best known for his role as Cedric Diggory in the 2005 Harry Potter film Goblet of Fire, while Kristen played Jodie Foster's daughter in the 2002 thriller Panic Room and the snooty sister in the 2005 space adventure Zathura.

Twilight, which was adapted from 34-year-old Stephenie Meyer's 2005 novel, is about the enduring romance between a human teen, Bella Swan (Kristen) and a 108-year-old vampire, Edward Cullen (Robert).

Meyer's Twilight books, which have sold some 25 million copies worldwide, have been translated into 37 languages. Thanks to the film's huge box-office success, Stewart and Pattinson will reprise their roles as Edward and Bella in the highly anticipated sequel, New Moon.

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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Robert Pattinson Knows How To Deal With Stalkers



LONDON, England, Dec. 2 (TOTI) --

Robert Pattinson is getting the hang of being famous. He says he understands the pressures that come with the job, but one thing he won't have to worry about is stalkers.

He says he's already had to deal with the situation.

"I had a stalker while filming a movie in Spain last year," he told Teen. "She stood outside of my apartment I used every day for weeks - all day, every day."

In a moment of inspiration, the young Brit star of Twilight came up with a simple way to get rid of the woman.

"I was so bored and lonely that I went out and had dinner with her," he said. "I just complained about everything in my life and she never came back."

Robert says his secret weapon is his personality.

"People get bored of me, in like, two minutes."

Robert Pattinson: Hunky at Heathrow




Back home in the UK, Robert Pattinson was spotted arriving at Heathrow International Airport in London earlier today (December 2).

The “Twilight” stud pushed a full luggage cart to an awaiting car, hopped in, and headed straight to his parents’ house in Southwest London. Meanwhile, Robert’s costar Kristen Stewart was also spotted catching a plane at LAX- could she be flying out to meet up with him in London for more promotion?

Monday, December 1, 2008

Top 10 Trailers of 2008

YEAR IN REVIEW
Top 10 Trailers of 2008
by Matt McDaniel    November 26, 2008

We here at Yahoo! Movies love trailers. Really love them. Maybe "we're obsessed with trailers" is the more accurate description. And we know our users love them, too, which is why we strive to deliver the most movie trailers with the highest quality on the web.

We've compiled the numbers for all of 2008 so that we can present the top ten most-watched trailers of the year.


3. TWILIGHT

Vampire pals hang out in the ‘Twilight






Written by Gina McIntyre / Los Angeles Times
Monday, 01 December 2008 23:15

HOLLYWOOD—Robert Pattinson has all the traits of a Hollywood heartthrob—photogenic features, a lovely British accent and a starring role as the brooding but devastatingly handsome good guy vampire Edward Cullen in Twilight, the big-screen adaptation of the first installment in author Stephenie Meyer’s wildly successful young-adult book series.

The only thing that doesn’t quite fit? Pattinson is one seriously self-deprecating guy.

“I can’t watch myself onscreen,” said the 22-year-old actor, who previously appeared as Cedric Diggory in the Harry Potter films. “When my parents say, Oh, did you see this photo?’” I immediately start going, ‘Don’t tell me about photos!’ I haven’t watched anything since the premiere of Harry Potter. And that’s because I couldn’t find a way out.

“It would have looked a bit bad for me to walk out,” he conceded with a laugh.

In the coming months, Pattinson and the rest of the film’s ensemble cast are probably going to have to get a lot more comfortable with fame. Twilight, which details the romance between Edward and 17-year-old Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), has been compared to Romeo and Juliet, with its themes of forbidden love. But it’s also been described as the heir to J.K. Rowling’s teen wizard saga—given its blockbuster literary pedigree and popularity among the under-18 set. For months prior to its opening last week, interest in the film had built to the point of madness, with even a clock counting down the minutes to its premiere at twilighthemovie.com.

It’s a strange thing to realize that you’re at the heart of a full-blown pop culture phenomenon, but on an unseasonable fall afternoon, with the temperature hovering near 100 degrees, the pressure didn’t seem to be adversely affecting any of the actors. Gathered around a conference table in a Los Angeles office building, Pattinson and costars Kellan Lutz and Nikki Reed, who portray two other members of the Cullen clan, were playing it remarkably cool.

“I think it was toward the end of shooting when it really dawned on me,” said Reed, who plays the supremely confident Rosalie, love interest to Lutz’s Emmett. “There were fans that were finding out where the locations were, and that’s when it really hit me. People saying, ‘Oh, it’s going to be the next Harry Potter!’ That’s a big mountain in front of you. There’s a lot of hype around this.”

During the conversation, the trio easily dissolved into laughter, teasing one another and displaying the same generally convivial vibe that took root during the weeks they spent together on set in the remote Pacific Northwest with director Catherine Hardwicke.

“It’s weird having such a big cast where everyone’s pretty much the same age,” Pattinson said. “A lot of the time the locations were really isolated, so we were the only people we could hang out with.”

Every modern take on the vampire legend sets up new rules that govern the creatures, and Twilight is no exception. The Cullens refuse to feed on humans, hunting animals instead, and they are not harmed by the sun, although their luminous white skin does glitter in direct light. It’s their self-imposed dietary restrictions and desire to live among people that ultimately helps Bella accept Edward’s true nature, but it also puts the vampires in direct conflict with others of their kind, who are less, well, civilized.

For the movie’s action sequences, the actors experimented with stunts and wire work, which Pattinson admits did not play to his strengths. “I got injured on the first shot of the first day,” he said. “I wasn’t even doing a stunt. I was just trying to pick up Kristen and I almost tore my hamstring because I hadn’t been doing enough squats. It was very embarrassing.”

Added Lutz: “When we did have those hard days, we would go back to Rob’s room. He had a couple of guitars in there and a lot of great music. It was really fun being able to relax and have the cast come together, having that time just to bond and not really be actors but friends.”

Even though the film’s release was several weeks away, Summit Entertainment already announced plans to move ahead with adaptations of the other books in the series.

Pattinson, Lutz, 23, and Reed, 20, said they are thrilled about the prospects for a Cullen family reunion. After all, playing a vampire does offer an actor certain advantages.

“It’s quite cool having this sort of secret element,” Pattinson offered.

“You’re doing a scene with someone and you can play something, however, you want and deliver it in a completely random way so even the other actor doesn’t know what you’re doing.

“And you can just say, ‘Well, it’s because I’m a vampire, isn’t it?’”

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Rob Pattinson: Sightseeing Sucker

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Los Angeles (E! Online) – Looking more like a stumblebum than a superstar, Twilight vampire Rob Pattinson strolls Melrose on the down-low in L.A.

Cheer up, Rob, the grosses weren't that bad. Plus, the scruffy stud muffin still has his (eternal) youth. (Think sequels.)

If you are still hungering for more primo Pattinson, satisfy your vampire cravings with our Twilight and Rate-A-Rob galleries.

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