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Archives for 2010
Twilight Saga Rocks Multiple Top Ten Lists
December 28, 2010
Best movie Soundtrack of 2010, Eclipse on Next Movie
“Everybody likes to make fun of “Twilight” – adults, children, house pets – but the producers of the films threw a monkey wrench in the gears of the irony machine by stuffing the soundtrack to their latest effort full of awesome songs from ultra-cool indie bands. “Eclipse” is a who’s who of moody indie rock, featuring a lineup that would make Pitchfork’s brains explode: Beck, Bat For Lashes, Metric, Vampire Weekend, Muse, the Black Keys…the list goes on and on. Perhaps this all shouldn’t be surprising given that music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas made a name for herself turning television’s “The O.C.” into an avenue for indie rock exposure, but it’s still a very pleasant surprise to see the music from a “Twilight” film become the “Singles” soundtrack of the aughts.”
Top Movie Trailer of 2010, Eclipse, via Google tracking
“Blockbuster ‘Twilight Eclipse’ has beaten ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’, ‘Iron Man 2’ and ‘A Team’ as the top most searched film trailer on google.
While the film didn’t have the enormous hype of Harry Potter, it was a favorite amongst internet users who search for trailers using google. This was despite the fact it received mixed reviews and was not as highly regarded as the previous outing of the franchise.”
Number Three Charity Auction of the Year, according to Tonic
“3. Meet Robert Pattinson on the set of Twilight: Breaking Dawn, to benefit the GO Campaign — $85,000.
The winner received the chance for four people total to experience first-hand the biggest pop culture phenomenon of the decade as they will spend a day on the set, including the chance to meet the film’s star Robert Pattinson!
This auction package included 2 nights in a Deluxe Executive Suite at the elite Four Season Hotel in Vancouver and VIP limousine service to and from the Breaking Dawn set provided by Star Limousine Services!”
New Moon was the third biggest VOD (video on demand) film for 2010.According to Variety who reported on Comcast’s results,
“The second most popular pic on VOD was “Couples Retreat,” followed by “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” and “Hot Tub Time Machine.”
Coming in at No. 5 was “The Hurt Locker,” which made just $16.4 million in theatrical release. Though that Kathryn Bigelow film was released in 2009, VOD transactions were strong after its six Oscar wins in March.”
New Moon Ranks Number 3 For Video on Demand
December 28, 2010
According to Moviefone, New Moon was the third biggest VOD (video on demand) film for 2010. Comcast, one of the nation’s largest VOD companies traced the surprising results.
1. The Blind Side
2. Couples Retreat
3. Twilight Saga: New Moon
4. Hot Tub Time Machine
5. The Hurt Locker
6. It’s Complicated
7. Shutter Island
8. Date Night
9. The Book of Eli
10. Avatar
Get the full analysis on Moviefone.
It’s interesting because other notable hits of 2009 that hit VOD in 2010 were no place to be found. It also shows what OSCAR buzz can do, when the little known Hurt Locker (also a Summit film) was suddenly launched into awareness in the post theatrical run.
Are you a VOD person? What do you think of the results?
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart and The Last Two Standing For E! Celebrity of the Year
December 28, 2010
It’s down to Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart to be crowned E!’s annual Celebrity of the Year. They actually held off Justin Bieber to get to the final two. We didn’t think anything would stop Bieber fans, but apparently Rob and Kristen did.
So head over to E! and vote for your favorite.
Chaske Spencer and Gil Birmingham’s Shouting Secrets Trailer Released
December 28, 2010
Shouting Secrets starring Gil Birmingham and Chaske Spencer just released its trailer. At TwiTour in Orlando, Chaske said that they will be bringing the film out on the festival circuit so look for it at places like Southwest, Tribecca, and Toronto. They won’t have it at Sundance because it was still being edited at the submission deadline.
Shouting Secrets – Trailer
Uploaded by thevampireclub. – Full seasons and entire episodes online.
Here’s the description on the official website:
“SHOUTING SECRETS is the universal story about a family coming back together under the chaotic event of a parent’s sudden illness.
Siblings separated by their past along with their misunderstood father are left dealing with each other both in the tight confines of the hospital where their mother June now lays in a coma and back at the old family home on a Native American reservation in the nation’s southwest.
Although growing up within the circumstances unique to their ancestry, the children have each followed distinctly different paths in order to separate themselves from each other and their upbringing on the reservation. Wesley, the middle child, is a young author who found his fortune by writing a “fictional” tell-all of life on the reservation at the expense of his family. Tushka, Wesley’s brother, is a washed up athlete who falls victim to his own mediocrity, finding adultery with a young “Lolita” to fulfill his need to once again matter to himself. Pinti, the youngest, seeks love in the embrace of a musician and is left dealing with how to tell the family that she is pregnant with her Caucasian-pot-smoking-Buddhist-of-a-boyfriend’s child.
June, mother to the three children, is the beacon of this family and the light of her husband Cal’s life…but now that she’s not strong enough to hold the torch anymore, will the family be strong enough to hold it together?
Cutting through the harsh themes of family struggle with the precise balance of honest humor and raw conflict, Shouting Secrets relates to the moment we all will eventually be forced to deal with as a family ages together, regardless of the effort we can try to take to avoid those we are bonded to for a lifetime.”
So what do you think, is it something you’d like to see?
Visit the official site here.
Twilight Saga Giveaway Days
December 28, 2010
The Twilight Twitter and Twilight Facebook pages are sponsoring Twilight giveaway days. Every day a different Twilight website that you have seen reporting from the red carpet will be represented on a different day. Each site will be giving away an identical giftpack as outlined below. Kaleb Nation kicked things off yesterday (sorry Kaleb tons of snow and wonky Internet connections stopped us from posting yesterday). Today it is Twilighter’s Anonymous turn.
So if you are interested in a great giveaway head over to TA. The Lexicon’s giveaway day is December 30, so if you don’t win over at TA today or at Team Twilight (who are up tomorrow) you have a chance with us on Thursday.
• ECLIPSE Duffle Bags Vancouver Black
• ECLIPSE Basic Logo Men’s XL shirts
• ECLIPSE The Score CD
• ECLIPSE Soundtrack CD
• ECLIPSE Purse (Lion in Moon) or ECLIPSE Purse (Wolfpack Tattoo)
• ECLIPSE Puzzle (Ravensburger 1000 Piece)
• ECLIPSE Mini Poster
• ECLIPSE Skin for iPhone
• ECLIPSE Pen
• NEW MOON Mini Posters Signed by Stephenie Meyer
• NEW MOON Soundtrack
• NEW MOON Baseball Cap
• NEW MOON Button
• TWILIGHT Ring (Carlisle’s Crest)
• TWILIGHT Bracelet
• TWILIGHT Edward Keychain
• TWILIGHT Stickers
Check out their giveaway and enter here.
Also remember that there is a great coupon if you haven’t bought your Eclipse DVD yet.
ET: Pop Culture Moments 2010
December 28, 2010
Twilight and Twilight connected stars dominated this year’s ET Pop Culture Moments list:
“‘Valentine’s Day’ (February 12) – Director Garry Marshall’s ensemble romantic comedy may have fizzled at the box office like a bad date, but all eyes — and tabloids — were on cute couple Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner, who dated briefly as a result of working together.
‘Remember Me’ (March 12) – Coming off the strength of his first two ‘Twilight’ hits, Robert Pattinson’s serious turn in this romantic drama got more press than box office for the film’s somewhat controversial 9/11 twist ending and the fact that most Twi-hards kept their distance.
‘The Runaways’ (March 19) – Coming off the strength off her first two ‘Twilight’ hits, expectations were high for Kristen Stewart’s turn as Joan Jett in this rock ‘n’ roll biopic of the all-girl ’70s band. Again, most Twi-hards kept their distance. On the plus side, former child star Dakota Fanning finally came into her own with her adult role as rocker Cherie Currie.
‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ (June 30) – Twi-hards continued to line up in droves, beginning with midnight screenings, to drink in the third chapter of the Stephenie Meyer vamps vs. werewolves saga this summer. The world got plenty of shirtless shots of Taylor Lautner, not to mention the big-screen ‘Twilight’ parody ‘Vampires Suck.'”
Kellan Lutz and Chaske Spencer Talk Their Biggest Moments of 2010
December 28, 2010
Sounds like Kellan is going to be a Louisiana expert with all the time he has spent there.
Nikki Reed and Hanson Take the Walk
December 28, 2010
Back in November Nikki Reed professed her Hanson love on her website. She flew to see their show in Virginia just before Thanksgiving. Nikki wrote:
“My letter to Hanson was nothing more than a fan letter. I am not a musician, so I couldn’t relate on that level, all I could do was tell them how much I appreciated their music, and hope one day they would read it. I waited and I waited for a reply. In fact I even tried tracking the letter through my agency (we are at the same agency) to see if they had received it. After four months, I got a response! I was over the moon! Not only did they write back to me, I was also invited to a show! Due to my relatively hectic schedule, it was difficult trying to figure out where and how this would happen, but as the saying goes, where there’s a will there’s a way. I spent hours on a genius website called tourtracker.com, to find out where they were playing. Unfortunately, they are only moving further and further away from me. So the story ends with this. On Saturday I am flying all the way across the country to Virginia, to see Hanson play, and I can’t wait!”
Hanson also participates in Take the Walk, an organization that addresses the HIV and poverty in Africa and the lack of such basic items as shoes and water. Nikki joined them in a walk for Take the Walk. It had to be cold walking barefoot!
Any Hanson fans out there? Do you think they might work well on a Breaking Dawn soundtrack?
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