The entire admin team are HUGE SYTYCD fans. In fact most Twilight fans seem to be SYTYCD fans. Well, imagine how much we enjoyed seeing Cat Deeley, Adam Shankman, and Mary Murphy on the red carpet. We tried to get Cat and Jack Huston (who Cat is seeing) to stop by, but they spent time signing with the fans across from us instead. Anyway, here’s what Mary Murphy thinks of New Moon.
Archives for 2009
Videos from Red Carpet
November 18, 2009
We’ll be launching our first set done along with Twilight Series Theories at midnight. We will have co-producer Bill Bannerman, Mary Murphy from So You Think You Can Dance (yes we got her to give a shout out and think trains!), and of course Stephenie Meyer!
In the meantime, here is some of the coverage from our Red Carpet buddies.
Kaleb Nation: check out their other videos
Twilight Examiner: check out their other videos
MSNBC Talks Twilight
November 18, 2009
MSNBC decided to get the full scoop on Twilight talking to everyone from fanfiction writers, site operators, to industry experts as to what makes Twilight what it is. In the end, no one probably has the complete answer, but they did interview us for our own take on the Twitter phenomena:
“Twitter in the last six months has just taken off…The single biggest difference between ‘Twilight’ and ‘New Moon’ media is the presence of Twitter.”
She said [Pel]the Twitter following certainly helps fans keep track of all “Twilight” goings-on. But it does have its down side. “Whenever the actors are eating dinner and it’s suddenly broadcast to everyone in real time, and they end up with people staring at them. But the good side is how much stars have embraced it and used it to directly connect to their fans.”
She pointed out that actor Peter Facinelli, who plays Dr. Carlisle Cullen, the father of Edward, has really maximized Twitter to connect with fans. “He has really taken it to a whole new level,” she said. “He gained 500,000 followers in under a month. Now fans come out to meet and greet him at events that they wouldn’t have known (about) otherwise.
“Essentially — and there are probably some entertainment reporters who are upset about this — they’ve cut out the middleman. Who they are and what they represent is immediately evident to their fans.””
Kristen Stewart on Today
November 18, 2009
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News reports pouring in from the Red Carpet
November 17, 2009
Going through our inbox is literally like playing a game of pick a video – any video! There are just so many! So we are going to give you a list of links to follow so you can watch as much of last nights coverage as you want. I’m sure we will have more and more as the day progresses.
Fox NY has three reports from the red carpet. Check out video one and video two and video three here.
CBS San Diego has their report here.
And Extra has a series of videos including some from Dakota Fanning, who we don’t have much footage of from last night, from the premier for you to enjoy.
Access Hollywood on the Red Carpet with Barbie Dolls
November 17, 2009
Taking the prize for the most unique placement of an action figure is Access Hollywood. The interview with Taylor Lautner does improve from there.
Apparently the dolls are the focus of her interview as she also gets Rob to comment on them as well.
And lastly, Kristen Stewart makes the exact same observation that I made when I first saw the doll – there is no shirt under the jacket!!
Stephenie Meyer answers your questions
November 17, 2009
In the mix of all the hype form this weekend, we missed updating you on the Q&A that Stephenie did over at The Twilight Saga official website.
Q: I was wondering what made you choose Italy for the home of the Volturi? Is there a special meaning about Italy in your life or was it a random setting? Thanks :] – Kerry Kowalczyk
Stephenie: I chose Italy because I needed a place with a really long history. Choosing Volterra itself was a strange thing. I wrote the whole Volturi scene before I’d picked a location for it. For the first time, I was planning to create a fictional city, because at this point, I was starting to realize that people were actually going to read this book, and I was nervous about what the real life citizens of Forks would think, and more especially what the real life people of La Push would think—I’d taken some rather big liberties with their fictional history, and I wasn’t sure if they would find it amusing or irritating. So, to avoid similar moments of panic, I decided to set my clan of ancient ruling vampires in a made up place. I was going to call this place “Volturin,” and I knew it needed to be located in Tuscany about an hour or two from Florence—I’d already written the drive from the airport. I’d also already written my descriptions of the plaza and clock tower and Volturi turret. So I pull up a map of Tuscany, trying to decide if Alice should drive north, south, east, or west, and look at that—there is a city named Volterra just about an hour from Florence. So I google image search Volterra, and the very first picture that comes up is the Volterra clock tower. Chills. I called my sister (who’d already read about my fictional Volturin) and told her to go look at Volterra. She freaked, too, because she’d pictured it the same way, too. It was actually a rather creepy moment.
After that, I gave up the idea of creating a fake city and just hoped the people of Volterra did not mind a few vampires. When I went to visit a few years back, all the people I talked to were totally fine with the vampires—what had upset them was the fountain. They don’t have one, and think their square is perfect without it.
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