Em and Shez, who do the comics spoofing Twilight, put together a fan tribute video for Rachelle. Check it out and if you are a Twitter person or if you contributed, Em and Shez ask that you alter Rachelle by sending her a tweet like this @RachelleLefevre Tribute Video- Fans from around the world! http://bit.ly/1ZlVqQ
Archives for 2009
Team Switzerland Friday: All About Switzerland
September 4, 2009
Novel Novice has taken a novel approach (sorry we couldn’t resist the pun) to Team Switzerland Friday. They actually do an entire write up on Switzerland.
So shout out to all the people in Switzerland reading the Lexicon. According to Google Analytics over 1,500 visits from Switzerland came in today alone!
Check out what Novel Novice has to say about Switzerland here.
Gil Birmingham To Host Native American Music Awards
September 4, 2009
This press release just in:
The Native American Music Awards and Association today announced that actor Gil Birmingham will host and perform at the 11th Annual Native American Music Awards (NAMMYS) on Saturday, October 3, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino in Niagara Falls, New York. The NAMMYS is an unprecedented event, celebrating today’s best contemporary and traditional musical performances and recordings by Native American artists.
The three-hour Awards show honors national recordings that have been released in the previous calendar year. Winners are selected by a combined vote by the organization’s national membership and the general public.
“It is with great pleasure that we announce the inclusion of Gil Birmingham to the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel for the 11th Annual Native American Music Awards”, states Karen Karsten, Executive Director of Entertainment for Seneca Gaming Corporation. Gil represents the very best of what NAMA stands for – a formal recognition of outstanding contributions in the arts by Native American performers. We couldn’t be more honored to have Gil join us in Niagara Falls for this very prestigious occasion.”
“It is an honor to be hosting this great celebration of outstanding achievements in Native American music,” says Gil Birmingham. “Music has the power to transform, heal and connect people in ways that few mediums can. It touches everyone, no matter where you live or what background you come from. The range of Native American music talent out there is truly amazing, and it is important that events like the NAMMYS recognize the talent, inspiration and effect that Native American music has on today’s world.”
Awarding-winning actor Gil Birmingham (Comanche) most recently has generated public acclaim for portraying Billy Black in Twilight, the first film in the Twilight Saga based on the best-selling books by Stephenie Meyer. He has appeared in more than 40 film and television productions, including End of the Spear, Dreamkeeper, Skins, Gentle Ben, The Lone Ranger, The Doe Boy, Love’s Long Journey, Nip/Tuck, 10 Items or Less and Veronica Mars. In 1995, his powerful portrayal of Dogstar in Steven Spielberg’s Into the West captured the attention of audiences worldwide. Birmingham recently finished filming The Love Ranch, starring Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci, directed by Taylor Hackford, and he will return as Billy Black in the Twilight sequels New Moon and Eclipse. Gil recently filmed Rango, an animated film with Johnny Depp that is scheduled for release in 2011.
Birmingham also is an accomplished singer and guitarist. In addition to hosting the awards ceremony, he will perform two musical numbers during the event. Birmingham’s musical aspirations began at age 10, when he first picked up a guitar and learned to play. Since then, he has traveled across the country, singing and playing guitar with various bands. Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix served as the early inspiration for Gil’s musical style, which ranges from Blues and R&B, to Rock.
Founded in 1998, the Native American Music Awards & Association was born out of a need to provide greater opportunity and recognition for traditional and contemporary Native American music. Today, the organization has grown to become the country’s leading source for preserving and promoting the songs of American Indians.
Tickets for the 11th Annual Native American Music Awards are on-sale now through all Ticketmaster outlets. For more information about the Awards ceremony, visit www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com.
Twilight Costumes: John Henson Opens His Website
September 4, 2009
Designer John Henson has opened his website. John has a collection of both actual clothes worn in Twilight and replicas of those clothes. We saw John’s collection at the Creation Entertainment Twi-Tour Atlanta.
John pays incredible attention to detail when making his costumes right down to making sure he has the exact bolt of fabric. He’s has contact with people like Tish Monaghan to make sure that he “gets it right”. John will also be working with The Hillywood Show creating many of their costumes for their upcoming New Moon parody.
Check out John’s website as he continues to fill it out as the months go by.
Fansite Friday: Chris Weitz on the Set of New Moon part 1
September 4, 2009
Chris Weitz talked with us for thirty minutes. After five we knew New Moon was in good hands, after ten we knew he was a genius, and after fifteen well…you read and you decide. He’s definitely one of those “who would you want in a foxhole” kind of guys.
Chris Weitz Interview- part 1
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Transcript by Kara of Twilight Moms, Matt of Twilight Source/Imprint, Laura of Twilight Lexicon
Chris: Where Bella meets Laurent in the meadow, it was a two day scene and in between the two days it snowed and so we arrived in the morning at 6:00 and it was snowing, about 4 inches of snow. So, we had to scramble to shift our schedule around. Do all kinds of stuff.
Q: How do you deal with lighting continuity when you are dealing with such drastic weather situations?
Chris: Well of course what we hope for in all cases is gray weather. We’re in this weird position of wanting bad weather. We want light rain or gray at all times. We don’t always get it, so when we don’t, we use gigantic scrims hanging from big condors to block off as much as we can. But then there’s this continual torture to Javier our DP (director of photography) because you can sort of shade off an area where actors are acting but in the background we bright—shafts of light coming through—and of course there’s vampire weather as well. Sometimes we can get away with a sunny day in Forks, but never on a day when Edward is around because we don’t want to give away the diamond stuff. So, it really, you know I’ll be so happy when we get to a stage in about a week and we can stop worrying about the weather.”
Q: So, you’re moving to an interior set?
Chris: We’ll be moving to the interiors in a week from today. So there‘s just only one more week to freak out about the weather a bit. We’ve been knocked around a bit. There’s like a Twilight weather curse, slightly. You end up not getting the weather you want on a given day. It will be sun on the day you want rain and then the one day you want sun…
Q: So is all this [indicating the Bella’s house set] going to stay up though?
Chris: You know it’s funny I’ve been knocking it around in my head what the best thing to do would be. I would imagine what they are going to do is to disassemble it. Because I mean you know it looks great, but it’s not really up to code. I’m not sure that it would withstand a BC winter and everything. I think probably what they’ll do is take it apart and put it into storage and build it back up again while still I imagine maintaining a rent on this land would be my best guess. [Read more…]
Kiowa Gordon Talks to MTV About Working Out
September 3, 2009
You can get the rest of the interview here.
Death Cab For Cutie Interviewed By MTV on New Moon
September 3, 2009
Also check out the extended interview here.
Are They Really Engaged?
September 3, 2009
As usual, we don’t know or care if Rob and Kristen are together. Our usual line is, “For all we know they each sleep with a fuzzy blue bear named Fred.” Anyway, lots of people are writing in asking if the story in OK magazine about Rob and Kristen’s engagement is true.
We’ll let you judge for yourself how credible the OK story is. Check out the following photos and you decide:
Picture one:
Rob alone on the couch backstage at the Teen choice awards.
Picture 2:
Kristen, Nikki, and Kellan on the couch backstage at the Teen Choice awards.
Picture 3:
Can we say photoshop manipulation?
Picture that ran in OK magazine
We leave it to you to decide how credible of a source OK magazine is.
For your amusement we created a little slide show. Shout out to Mandy, Robsessed, and Irish Twilight Sisters who did the detective work that we stumbled on. Good work, guys!
Reelz Channel Eclipse Quiz
September 3, 2009
Win Michael Welch’s Photo
September 3, 2009
Michael Welch has a true gift for comedy. If you’ve ever seen him at a convention singing falsetto, or in the ACZone online musical spoof you know what we mean.
If you want to win an autographed photo of Mike there is an ongoing contest. Check it out here.
While you’re at it, check out the whole ACZone thing for a good tongue-in-cheek laugh!
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