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Twilight Hot Topic Tour is Back, Plus Nordstroms!
Nikkie Finke over at Deadline Hollywood broke the story. We don’t as of yet have a press release from Summit nailing down all the particulars, but we will update as soon as we have it.
According to Deadline Hollywood:
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON cast tour will visit the following mall locations:
November 6 – Hollywood & Highland Center (Los Angeles, CA) *
November 8 – Park Meadows (Denver, CO)
November 9 – Natick Collection (Boston, MA) *
November 9 –Mall Location TBD – Check hottopic.com for update (Chicago, IL) *
November 9 – Fair Oaks Mall (Washington, DC)
November 10 – Houston Galleria (Houston, TX)
November 11 – Mall of America (Minneapolis, MN) *
November 11 – Cherry Hill Mall (Philadelphia, PA) *
November 11 – Stonestown Galleria (San Francisco, CA)
November 12 – Mall of Georgia (Atlanta, GA)
November 12 – Westfield Southcenter (Seattle, WA) *
November 13 – Dadeland Mall (Miami, FL)
November 13 – Scottsdale Fashion Square (Phoenix, AZ)
November 14 – Fashion Place (Salt Lake City, UT) *
November 19 – Times Square (New York, NY)
*Denotes a performance by a band featured on THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON soundtrack.
See also Hot Topic and Nordstroms.
On a side nice, HUGE improvement! They don’t seem to be cramped into small places this year.
DETAILS FROM HOT TOPIC See link and below
The Twilight Saga: New Moon Tour is ready to take the nation by storm! Want to get into one of the events? Here’s what you’ll need to do! Go to any of the Hot Topic locations listed below at 8:00AM on October 31st, 2009, and purchase a commemorative The Twilight Saga: New Moon Tour T-shirt. You’ll get a wristband* that’ll give you access to the event at the location you purchase your T-shirt from. Cast members will be announced soon, but in the meantime, check out the dates and locations below to see if the tour is coming to a city near you!
11/06/09 – Los Angeles, CA. – Hollywood & Highland
11/08/09 – Denver, CO. – Park Meadows
11/09/09 – Chicago, IL. – TBD
11/09/09 – Boston, MA. – Natick Collection
11/09/09 – Washington, DC. – Fair Oaks Mall
11/10/09 – Houston, TX. – Houston Galleria
11/11/09 – San Francisco, CA. – Stonestown Galleria
11/11/09 – Philadelphia, PA. – Cherry Hill Mall
11/11/09 – Minneapolis, MN. – Mall of America
11/12/09 – Seattle, WA. – Westfield Southcenter
11/12/09 – Atlanta, GA. – Mall of Georgia
11/13/09 – Phoenix, AZ. – Scottsdale Fashion Square
11/13/09 – Miami, FL. – Dadeland Mall
11/14/09 – Salt Lake City, UT. – Fashion Place
*Limit one wristband per person.
NORDSTROM DETAILS (still awaiting specifics)
As soon as we know more we will update.
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EDITED: Press release from Summit
SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT OFFERS TWILIGHT FANS
THE CHANCE TO MEET CAST MEMBERS OF
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON
Los Angeles, CA October 23, 2009 – This November, Summit Entertainment invites TWILIGHT fans to THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON cast tour, visiting 15 cities nationwide.
The nationwide tour will kick off in Los Angeles, CA at the Hollywood & Highland Center on Friday, November 6th with a special event open to the public where fans will be treated with performances by several bands featured on THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON soundtrack scheduled to include Death Cab for Cutie, Anya Marina, Sea Wolf, and Band of Skulls, giving fans a brand-new way to experience the album. Fans can also attend a Question & Answer forum with many of the movie’s cast members.
At each of the 15 city stops along the tour, fans can participate in many THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON activities and prize giveaways related to the film. Additionally, each tour stop will end with a talent Question & Answer forum open to the public and select cities will feature performances from artists on THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON soundtrack. Fans who acquire VIP credentials on October 31st will be granted access to a special event with select cast members at their respective malls.
For the chance to register and meet cast members of the highly anticipated feature film THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, fans need to visit Hot Topic or select Nordstrom stores at 8:00am on October 31st at one of the participating mall locations. They will be given access to return and meet select cast members at that same mall on the assigned scheduled date and time. VIP credentials provided on October 31st are limited and will be distributed on a first come, first served basis to those who make qualifying purchases. VIP credentials are non-transferable.
Visit Hot Topic (www.hottopic.com) and Nordstrom (www.nordstrom.com/newmoon) websites for more details on how to acquire VIP access to meet members of the cast along the tour which runs from November 6th through November 19th. Exact cast members will be subject to availability and may vary from event to event.
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON cast tour will visit the following mall locations:
November 6 – Hollywood & Highland Center (Los Angeles, CA) *
November 8 – Park Meadows (Denver, CO)
November 9 – Natick Collection (Boston, MA) *
November 9 –Mall Location TBD – Check hottopic.com for update (Chicago, IL) *
November 9 – Fair Oaks Mall (Washington, DC)
November 10 – Houston Galleria (Houston, TX)
November 11 – Mall of America (Minneapolis, MN) *
November 11 – Cherry Hill Mall (Philadelphia, PA) *
November 11 – Stonestown Galleria (San Francisco, CA)
November 12 – Mall of Georgia (Atlanta, GA)
November 12 – Westfield Southcenter (Seattle, WA) *
November 13 – Dadeland Mall (Miami, FL)
November 13 – Scottsdale Fashion Square (Phoenix, AZ)
November 14 – Fashion Place (Salt Lake City, UT) *
November 19 – Times Square (New York, NY)
*Denotes a performance by a band featured on THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON soundtrack.
For additional information please visit www.newmoon-themovie.com.
Robert Pattinson in USA Weekend
USA Weekend, a magazine found in many Sunday papers, has an interview with Robert Pattinson.They have a vampire retrospective here, and then they get into the actual interview.
“For each movie, Pattinson says he’s tried to reinvent Edward a little bit. The first Twilight film had him falling in love with the human Bella (Stewart); New Moon has him banishing himself from Bella’s life, thereby creating a love triangle with the werewolf Jacob (Lautner); and Eclipse creates a tenuous co-existence between Edward and Jacob. “He’s definitely quite different” in Eclipse, Pattinson says of Edward. “In some ways, he’s more relaxed being around humans, and at the same time, he’s competing a lot more with Jacob so he has a lot more petty emotions rather than just thinking in these absolutes like he did in the first two. I’m just trying to keep it interesting for myself as well.”
To get the full story, see USA Weekend this Sunday. Here’s a list of where you can find the issue.
Rolling Stone Reviews The New Moon Soundtrack
Rolling Stone of all places “gets it”. In our opinion, so many media folks don’t understand the appeal, or only get it in the most cursory of ways. Check out what Rolling Stone had to say:
“It’s a shame John Hughes didn’t live to hear the New Moon soundtrack — it’s a Pretty in Pink for our vampire-crazed times. Indeed, if Hughes were making a Breakfast Club 2010, Molly Ringwald’s detention buddies would have to include a vampire, a zombie, a werewolf and whatever Judd Nelson was. As any goth girl can tell you, undead dudes are way cooler than the flesh-and-blood kind.
The genius of the Twilight saga is the way it celebrates the passion of the all-American fang hag, with Robert Pattinson as the perfect plasma-slurping pinup boy: He’s hot, he’s sexy, and he’s undead. So New Moon is a movie soundtrack, but it’s also a concept album about the bond between teenage girls and their imaginary bloodsucker boyfriends.”
Alex Meraz in Saturday Night Magazine
There must have been some fierce competition for those four new werewolf roles. What was the audition process like and how did you finally land the role of Paul?
It was an intense process. When I received the call for submissions, I had already started working out because I knew it would be physically demanding. After a couple rounds of callbacks, I was lucky enough to land a role.
What can you tell us about Paul?
Paul is the “bad boy” of the wolf pack. He comes across as volatile, but I think he’s misunderstood. He is just very proud of being Quilete and is unapologetic about being a protector for his people.
Check out more on Saturday Night Magazine.
Seventeen Magazine Goes New Moon Crazy
This came in via MyRobertPattinson
Listen up Robert Pattinson and New Moon fans, you’ll want to check this out!
Seventeen visited the set of New Moon and got juicy behind-the-scenes and insider info and an interview with Robert Pattinson that we’re sharing with you! Check out why Rob finds himself disgusting and what’s really behind his signature hair at http://www.seventeen.com/magazine/special/robert-pattinson-quotes
Plus, did you know Kristen Stewart (our November cover girl) drank Coca-Cola between takes or that Peter Facinelli practiced the stitching scene by sewing chickens together? Get all the juicy details straight from the set now:
Taylor Lautner:
Kellan Lutz:
Nikki Reed:
Ashley Greene:
You can also win New Moon tickets , get Kellan’s workout secrets , play vampire games , take Twilight quizzes , and more — all at seventeen.com/newmoon!
Peter Facinelli on Arizona Radio
Peter Facinelli called in to an Arizona radio station.
Peter is slated to appear at the Arizona State Fair. If you want a shot at free tickets to the event check out the contest being run by both Cullen Boys Anonymous and TwiFans.
Kellan Lutz: A Double Helping of Interviews
PJ Star had a phone interview with Kellan in advance of his appearance at a Peoria hockey game scheduled for this weekend.
“What can you tell me about “New Moon”?
As far as “New Moon” goes, it’s similar to the book. Taylor Lautner (who plays Jacob Black) does an amazing job and (director) Chris Weitz does an even better job of captivating the (werewolves) and making them real characters, in a way. It’s more of a manly movie.
What do you do to get into character, to get your mind into the vampire world?
For me, when I’m away on set, the energy I get from my workouts and the training I do – especially with filming “Eclipse” right now – helps put myself in the mindset of becoming Emmett. It’s a lot of testosterone buildup, I guess (laughs). A lot of times what helps is to do quick pushups to get the heart rate going.
In “New Moon,” when Jasper comes out in this whole rage sequence, it’s really nice to have your heart pumping during that scene.”
Seventeen Magazine has a collection of Kellan quotables.
“When I’m at craft services, I make the BEST-tasting, 10-layer meat and cheese sandwich with no bread. It’s five different types of meat, three pieces of turkey, then provolone cheese, then three pieces of ham, then American cheese, then three pieces of turkey, then a chicken cutlet! Then I put chicken salad on top of that, and I finish it off with Swiss cheese, then honey mustard. I’d just be walking around with this huge sandwich, it was so good!”
Read the rest on Seventeen. Via TwiMoms
HillyFans Runs Contest
This in from HillyFans, the Hillywood Show fansite:
We all know the New Moon Parody is coming up. We also know that THS funds their own parodies. Well, did you know that John Henson is costuming it, and that HE also funds his own ventures? He has to buy a lot of couture items, and it tends to cost a ton of money (we have an interview with him on the site, if you want to check it out).
HillyFans.Com is running a Costume Donation Fund! All the money will go directly to John to help make the Parody look as authentic as it can, and we’re just the medium to get the donations to him. Plus, as an incentive for you guys to donate, we’re just giving away tons of memorabilia (some isn’t listed on the site yet, but trust me, it’s FABULOUS). We have things donated by various artists: me, jewelers on etsy… and John Henson himself! These are things from his personal collection! We can’t announce everything we’re giving away just yet… but you’ll see why soon!
Here’s where you can check out one of the only ways to say that you helped with the NM Parody!
We (HF.C, THS and John Henson) would really appreciate if you just took a few moments to check out the donation page! Please keep checking back with HF.C to see the winners of the raffle PLUS a new contest to celebrate the release of the New Moon Parody!
What Edward Drives…Volvo Of Course
This just in from Volvo:
Starting today, Twilight fans can visit www.WhatDrivesEdward.com and enter to win a pair of tickets to the New Moon world premiere in Los Angeles on Nov. 16 and an opportunity to meet members of the New Moon cast.
Starting Nov. 1 at www.WhatDrivesEdward.com, fans can play an interactive game to test their Twilight knowledge and solve a series of puzzles for a chance to win a shiny new Volvo XC60, just like Edward drives in New Moon.
In addition to the game, fans can watch trailers from the film, check out photos of Edward in the gallery and download New Moon-themed desktop wallpapers.
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