Archives for 2009

Twilight Lexicon: Michael Welch Interview

There’s a story behind this one. A couple of months back we asked Mike for an interview, but then he got busy (landed two indie movies, kudos to Mike), we got busy, and we figured it was one of those things that just didn’t work out, no big deal.

So last Saturday we are at Creation Entertainment’s Official Twilight Tour in Chicago and we are on line to get some autographs from Mike. We chat with Mike as he’s signing some items for our movie event giveaways and then we walk away from the table saying thanks.

So, the next thing we know Mike gets up from behind the table, flags us down, and says, “Hey wait, don’t I owe you guys an interview?” We told him not to worry about it, and were flattered that he remembered, but he said, “No, no I owe you guys. How about we do it later tonight?”

So long story short we quickly dug up our interview questions, and thanks to Creation allowing us to use their green room we were able to interview Mike. Now you have to understand that we interviewed him about 5 minutes after he had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand doing this, and he had to be exhausted.

We hope you enjoy the interview as much as we enjoyed doing it. The whole story, in our opinion, shows how dedicated Mike is to fans.

Ilyana Kadushin Launches New Site

Ilyana Kadushin who narrates the audiobook versions of the Twilight Saga has launched a new website. You can find her site here.

We were able to meet Ilyana at the Summer School in Forks convention back in June. She’s a multi-talented lady who not only does audiobooks, but she’s records her own music.

Ilyana writes a bit about her Summer School in Forks experience and a side trip to La Push:

“…one of my favorite scenes and parts of narrating Twilight; were the scenes at La Push beach and when we first hear about the Quileute legends.  When I got to actually go to La Push and stand on the beach with all drift wood, surrounded by stunning scenery with a Native American elder who told us stories as we stood around a roaring bonfire…i got chills and in a good way! So much of the first part of Twilight contained these really awkward and stressful scenes for Bella with her father, at her new school and of course with Edward. So it felt like a relief for Bella to go La Push and talk to Jacob about the area, it’s natives and the stories and legends. I like the scene (Chapter 6 “Scary Stories”) between Jacob and Bella, when they first meet and as he is trying to both scare and excite her with his stories. I liked this part so much that I read it aloud on NPR radio during an interview about Twilight. These Quileute legends and stories then appeared in the other books as well, told by Billy Black and other members of tribe and I looked forward to telling these parts of the books very much.”

Taylor Lautner to Present at Scream

Taylor Lautner, according to Just Jared is going to represent The Twilight Saga: New Moon at the Scream awards. Taylor will be unveiling a clip, but no word on what the clip will be, or if it is significantly different than the material that we have already seen.

Twilight is nominated in multiple categories. The show tapes this weekend and will air on Spike TV later in the month. Make sure you vote for Twilight, because the Scream motto is “vote and vote often”!

Who are you hoping brings home a Scream award?

Bella Cullen Project New Horizons

The Bella Cullen Project was one of the very first Twilight themed bands out there. Don’t worry they haven’t had an epic Beatles break up or anything; they’re still friends, but the girls are now moving on to new projects.

Chandler Nash is going solo.  According to her reps, “She just recorded 3 new songs with her new manager/producer Rob Clark (bass player for Stereo Fuse when they were with WindUp Records).   Tori is actually co-writing some new songs for Chandler to record, but prefers not to perform, so Chandler will be performing solo with a new back up band Rob has put together for her.  Although the new music is not Twilight inspired, Rob has produced a new pop rock version of Chandler’s song “Forevermore” which IS Twilight inspired.”

Myspace:  https://myspace.com/chandlernashmusic
Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chandler-Nash/171913150154
Twitter:  chandlernash
iLike:  Chandler Nash
Youtube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/ChandlerNash

We’d like to wish Chandler, Tori, and Ally the very best of luck in whatever they do. It took guts to be one of the first Twi-bands out there and we say hats off to them!

Summit Entertainment Twilight Movie Twitter

Summit officially launched a Twitter for the Twilight Saga movies today. Currently there are a couple of guest Tweets from Chris Weitz , a picture of him in the sound editing room, and links to things like soundtrack reviews.

Check it out at http://twitter.com/Twilight

Breaking Dawn Casting Rumors, Are Just Rumors

Over the weekend news broke on Twitter that there was supposedly casting information available on Breaking Dawn. The acting/casting blog that broke the story initially cited Lana Veenker (one of the people involved in the casting of the original Twilight movie) as being attached to the project as well as other people. They listed Lana’s casting office address, phone and email address.

We immediately thought that this info was slightly odd, because Lana is in frequent contact with us, and this is the kind of thing that she would have mentioned specifically or at least  given a “heads up look for big news tomorrow” kind of thing.

So we contacted Summit and Lana to see what was what. Being a weekend, Summit didn’t respond until today, but Lana got back to us on Saturday stating “For the record, we have not yet been contacted by production about this possibility and have not been hired to provide casting services.”

So we Tweeted that update from Lana, and linked on Twitter to a blog post that she made about it.  Moments after Lana posted on her blog that this was all news to her the blog that started the rumor suddenly deleted all references to Lana and another casting agent, but made no mention that the post was edited or previously contained incorrect info. Unfortunately, it seems that the incorrect info got out there and now Lana writes, “Can you help me put a stop to the onslaught of calls and emails we’re starting to receive and post a link on your site to my blog post nixing the Breaking Dawn casting rumors?”

So here’s the link to Lana’s blog and here’s the statement issued by Summit Entertainment, “Please disregard any information…regarding casting for BREAKING DAWN are both false[the links to the blog and their press release]” (We edited out the links to the site where the rumor started and a press release that site issued.)

Get Your Tickets to the Utah Movie Event


Where:
Megaplex 20 at the District
3761 West Parkway Plaza Drive
South Jordan, UT
When: Saturday morning, November 21st
Cost: $25 which gets you into see the movie, a goodie bag with lots of cool stuff, and a chance to win fabulous door prizes such as autographed merchandise and convention passes.  THIS JUST IN!!!  We have been informed by Summit Entertainment that we will be able to give away a prop from the actual film to one lucky fan in Utah!

How do I get tickets?
1. Send an email to [email protected]
2. In that email state your name and the number of tickets you need.
3. We will send you a reply listing who to make the check/money order out to, the exact time of the performance, and where to send your self-addressed, stamped envelope so that you can receive your tickets.
*NOTE: Tickets are non-refundable and no tickets will be sold at the door!

Questions?
Send an email to [email protected]

Twilight Halloween Style

There are so many Twilight Halloween things going on right now we thought we’d put them all in one post. Pictured left is one of the really great shots that people sent us last year of their Halloween Twilight style.

First up, if you are trying to dress like a Cullen or other character, Twilight Poison is back again this year with their costume and makeup advice, which got a big thumbs up last year from MTV.

How To Costuming Guide for girls.

How To Costuming Guide for guys.

Makeup tips

OK, so now that you have the look down, what can you do? Answer, enter the costume contest over at His Golden Eyes!

Next up is pumpkin carving. This has really seemed to have taken off in the past few years. Never mind the triangle eyes and jagged teeth that used to be the standard. Stencil carvings are all the rage. Here’s some advice on where you can get templates.

Sylvie sent us this link and you can find even more here.  Now if you have a different idea, there is even software to help you create it.

Now that you have mastered pumpkin carving, if your pumpkin is Rob Pattinson themed, you can enter a contest over at MTV’s Hollywood crush.

And last but not least, The Lexicon is sponsoring its own Halloween pumpkin carving contest. Ours isn’t limited to just Rob, or even Twilight. We want pumpkins that depict the entire world of Stephenie Meyer: Twilight, The Host, even Stephenie herself. Send a photo of your World of Stephenie Meyer pumpkin to [email protected] by 11:59pm est October 24, 2009. We’ll announce the winners on Halloween. We’ll give out prizes from our Cafe Press store to one person in each of  the following categories: Best Book Cover(s), Best Movie Related, and Most Unique.

Tinsel Korey and Chaske Spencer on Take 40

Tinsel Korey and Chaske Spencer were guests on the Take 40 in Australia. There is a brief synopsis and full audio interview which is fantastic, and well worth the time to listen to.

When asked about the wolf pack guys Tinsel said:

“They’re good looking guys, what can you say?! Alex and Taylor were doing these dance offs…Taylor won’t I love the Alex but Taylor won!”

Chaske added:

“Yeah it’s kind of embarrassing…We’re in the make up room… and all of us are trying to check out our muscles going ‘We could work a little more on this… probably could lose a little more weight on that'”

Lykke Li: How She Got Hooked With New Moon

Lykke Li wasn’t hooked until she saw a rough cut of New Moon and then she was onboard for the soundtrack. Check out her video and interview on MTV.