According to Tinsel Korey’s management, her new indie flick, Stained, will debut at the Shocker International Film Festival.
Archives for 2010
Daniel Cudmore y Charlie Bewley Vienen a Mexico
September 27, 2010
¡Qué estupendo! Dan y Charlie vienen a México en el DF en octubre. For those of you who don’t speak Spanish, dan and Charlie are going to be in Mexico City October 30th and 31th as part of a Horror/Halloween convention being run by Blockbuster’s Mexican division.
Check out the full details over on Twilight Poison.
Kellan Lutz: Next Round of Calvin Klein Campaign
September 27, 2010
The next phase of Kellan Lutz’s Calvin Klein Campaign is in full swing. Clevver TV has the details.
Twilight Poison has some stills
Twilight Moms Interview With Nikki Reed and Sage
September 27, 2010
Nikki Reed and one of her closest friends the musician, Sage, gave joint interviews to Twilight Moms about their careers and joint interests. Earlier this year Nikki directed a music video for Sage. Back when they were filming New Moon, Sage played a few gigs in Vancouver and Nikki helped set up the stage (photo credit above: Vancity Allie, see video below and Vancity Allie’s blog)
Sage from the Dills Performs at Metropole (with Nikki Reed, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner in attendance) from VancityAllie on Vimeo.
“If you can meet anyone, living or dead, who would it be and why?
If I could meet anyone, it would probably be my mom’s mom, who died long before I was born. I’m not really interested in meeting people I idolize because I want to continue to see them as in whatever way they show themselves to the public.
What do you ‘fan girl’ about?
I am currently obsessing hard over Hanson. I’ve even written them fan girl letters. I’m not kidding.
What is one thing you want to do in life that you haven’t yet?
I want to jump out of an airplane. Maybe Ill attempt that next year.”
See more on Twilight Moms. (You have to scroll a bit, but you’ll find it)
Authentic Stephenie Meyer Signed Books Up For Auction
September 25, 2010
Last year Stephenie participated in an event called Save the Book Babe. It was to raise money for her friend and a leader in the children’s and YA book world, Faith Hochhalter. Faith was striken with breast cancer and had no insurance. Stephenie and other authors rallied for an event to fund raise for Faith. The good news is Faith is doing better, and we are going to have an interview with one of the authors from that event whose wife and child became Twilight fans after his involvement.
During the event, participants were able to get books signed by Stephenie, which is difficult because she hasn’t had a sigining since Breaking Dawn came out in 2008.
Well there are left over books from the event and the organizers of Save the Book Babe have told us that Stephenie asked if her items could be auctioned off to benefit the Susan G. Kolman fund (a leader in supporting breast cancer research).
So, if you want a guaranteed authentic signed Twilight Saga book and want to support a super charity, head on over to Ebay!
Stephenie Meyer signed Twilight
Stephenie Meyer signed Eclipse
The Volvo: Breaking Dawn Style
September 25, 2010
Given that the Volvo has changed a bit from what is in the books when it hit screens, many of us have been wondering what it will look like in Breaking Dawn.
In the books the Volvo is a S60R which is no longer made. Stephenie Meyer in the recent fansite interviews stated:
“…you know the reason that Edward drives a Volvo is to be inconspicuous and because the whole—you know, people see a Volvo and think you buy them for safety and it’s kind of a joke, like it’s the way to blend in because the last thing in the world he needs is a safe car. So when I was doing the cars, my brothers are car freaks—you know— and I asked them. I said, “Okay, if you were gonna drive a Volvo but you’re a car enthusiast” and they’re like: “Ugh!” And I’m like: “No, what are you gonna drive?” And they’re like: “Well, there’s the S60 R. Very limited, not a lot of people did it. It looks like a sedan but it’s built for racing.” And so I was like: “Oh that’s perfect!”
So, the intention based on Stephenie Meyer’s quote seems to be inconspicuous, but with a love of car enthusiast speed. Also add to that that the color as stated in the books and on Stephenie’s website is bright silver.
The Twilight movie has a Volvo that didn’t quite blend in. It had that Herbie the Lovebug on crack look. It did, however get the speed and color aspects right. In New Moon and Eclipse the pendulum swung totally in the opposite direction to a SUV with a paint job that looked black. Inconspicuous was the understatement of the year. The car was rendered completely forgettable. That potential speed factor was totally annihilated.
So now we are up to Breaking Dawn and we think we speak for many fans when we say CAN YOU JUST GET THE DANG CAR RIGHT!!!!!!!!! It’s a VOLVO SEDAN. They make Volvo sedans,(not a truck, a SUV, a coupe, a scooter or anything esle on wheels) it’s not that hard! Also this is silver and this is black.
Fear not, there is a solution that one of our Lexicon readers, CC, stumbled upon. Volvo has a totally revised S60 out that is an awful lot like the now defunct S60R! We played with the “build your own Volvo S60” features on the site and the pictures above are what we came up with.
Red Carpet Diary: Rachelle LeFevre Interview
September 25, 2010
Find out about Rachelle’s food passions, here experiences in Rome, and her next two films.
Bronson Pelletier Confirms His Breaking Dawn Particpation
September 25, 2010
Bronson Pelletier confirms that he will be in both Louisiana and Vancouver.
What Twilight Could Have Been
September 24, 2010
One of the producers of Twilight, Mark Morgan, (seen left at the New Moon premiere. Photo credit: Sue Schneider_MGp Agency) spoke to Hollywood Life about what the original draft of Twilight was like back when MTV/Parmount had it and Stephenie Meyer was a relatively unknown author. Twilight was purchased before it was even published as is fairly common in Hollywood. Many scripts are optioned, but something like only 20% ever get made. Despite flaws, I think we can all agree that the Melissa Rosenberg version is way better. The MTV/Paramount version represents typical big studio think where they repackage everything rather than taking the best from the original.
At the Eclipse Prom in 2008, Laura talked with Stephenie a bit about the project where Stephenie mentioned some details like Bella and Edward being pursued by the FBI/CIA, bullets harming vampires, and Bella being a track star at BYU. The conversation was relatively late at night and Laura actually thought she imagined most of it the next day. At the end of the discussion, Stephenie mentioned that the rights to the movie were now going to an independent studio and she’d have more control over the script, and she was hopeful for it looking like something the fans would like.
Here’s what producer Mark Morgan told Hollywood Life:
“I actually found the material originally and then [sold it to MTV] and then sold it to Paramount,” he confided. “Lo and behold, six months later, after we chose a writer [Melissa Rosenberg], we did a draft and [Paramount] put the project in turnaround.”
Mark noted that it was hard finding a buyer for the script — believe it or not, nobody wanted it! “We went shopping to every studio around, but everyone passed,” he told us. “Every studio passed! Finally [Summit] said ‘let’s do it.’ It was a total blessing that Summit [chose to do the movie], because frankly, Paramount would have chosen a different director [over Catherine Hardwicke]. Their rewrite wasn’t exactly like the book.”
So what WOULD you have seen in this parallel Twilight universe? “They wanted to go more with an action movie,” Mark explained. “They had Bella [Kristen Stewart] fighting back. They had her father dying in one of the scripts, actually, and her becoming a vampire in the first movie. There were a lot of weird things that I don’t think they understood at the time, because the books were just becoming popular. By the time [the script] got to Summit, they were smart enough to say ‘You know what? Let’s throw out all the old scripts and let’s start from scratch.”
So, does this information make you view the Twilight movies any differently?
Want That Perfect Twilight Costume: One Fans Dedication
September 24, 2010
We first met John Henson a little more than a year ago. We were floored by the original and replica Twilight costumes he had on display at a convention. John has an eye for minute detail that is just stunning. It’s not enough for John to get a costume close if he can actually get it exact. John’s search for the EXACT not close EXACT Bella’s prayer bracelet was amazing.
It was John’s eagle eyes that spotted the incorrect tattoo on the original Jacob Black Barbie. They printed the tattoo upside down. Mattel will now replace the arm for free for you so the tattoo is in the right direction.
For those of you who are Hillywood fans, John designed most of their New Moon and Eclipse parody costumes. John also has a cameo in the New Moon parody. He is the tattoo artist who puts the paw print on Bella’s (Hilly Hindi’s) back.
Since Halloween is coming up and John is the master of Twilight replica costuming, we thought that we would do a Q & A with him.
How did you get into costume design?
Halloween is my favorite holiday and I’ve always loved dressing up. I learned how to sew by watching my mom, so it became a hobby. At age 13 I became pretty famous in the “Wizard of Oz” world of collectors by replicating Judy Garland’s ruby slippers. That started out as a personal project that lead into something much bigger. I had clients that ranged from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to Walt Disney World, The Turner Entertainment Company, The MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Oprah Winfrey, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and Liza Minneli. And that was all before I was 17!
I went to Ringling College of Art and Design for illustration, and stopped making the slippers to concentrate on school. I still see my reproductions pop up on eBay from time to time! After graduation I had the opportunity while working with AT&T to do some pro-bono work with a wonderful charity called Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS in NYC. I ‘m involved in their their “Broadway Bears” annual auction. Each bear is dressed in scaled-down, exact replicas of a Broadway costume/hair and makeup and signed by the actor who wore it. They’re auctioned off every year in NYC and can fetch as much as $35,000.00! This was my real introduction to full-force costuming, and to think it started with BEARS! I started with RENT in 1999, and have been with them every since. My heart and soul belong to RENT, because I changed so much, learned so much…really…it’s a close knit family and the show, literally, changes lives.
I’ve done many costumes for BC/EFA since, including those from WICKED, LEGALLY BLONDE:THE MUSICAL, DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN, THE SECRET GARDEN and CABARET. To see the bears and my varied works beyond the TWILIGHT realm, you can visit my temporary portfolio site here: http://www.coroflot.com/jhartnow
What attracted you to the Twilight franchise? Did you see the books first or the movies?
Oh, I can safely say that I LOVED Edward Cullen long before the movie! I was working in Charleston, South Carolina with AT&T when the 2nd novel came out. It was a Thursday. As an avid reader and lover of fantasy, I couldn’t stay in the hotel and watch television all night. So, I found my way to a Barnes and Noble Bookseller. If there’s anything I love more than a cloth shop it’s a book shop! There was a great display at the front of the store. I picked up the book with the, (now famous and immortal!), hands of Kimbra Hickey holding the apple and read the back. “About three things I was absolutely positive…”. How could anyone not be hooked by that?! That was a major WIN on my part, because I bought it…and took it back to that Marriott…and stayed up ALL NIGHT reading it!
I can honestly say I “found out” about Twilight all by myself! By Friday, I had driven back to Columbia with a hardback first edition of NEW MOON. I started the book as soon as I got home. I had dinner plans with friends that night, but by the time I finished Chapter 3, I was so broken up inside. I was crying. I felt like Stephenie Meyer took a piece of my own life and wrote it down for everyone to read. I felt a little odd…here I was, a guy in my late twenties reading this “tween” novel and getting so emotionally involved!
I later had conversations with my brilliant friend Lisa (who is also a Twilight fan, we’re the same age, have the same birthday BUT we’ve never met in person!) about how Stephenie MUST have known the angst, sorrow, tragedy and grief of something so profound. It was written so well and realistically. But Lisa, being a bit more knowledgeable about Meyer filled me in: “John, there’s no way. She’s a stay-at-home Mom. She’s a Mormon and has been with the same guy she’s known forever from her hometown in Phoenix”. That was when I knew that Stephenie Meyer was an AMAZING story-teller and I haven’t looked back since.
I’m a very proud TWILIGHT fan, even if I am thirty-five! I joke around with fans that I’m going to make my own “team” shirts. You know, “ Team ImaguyandloveTwilight”. Perhaps just ”Team COSTUMES” would be suffice…
Which was the first Twilight costume you made and why?
Wow. It’s only been a few years, but it seems like forever! The first costume I made was Kristen Stewart’s green birthday dress from NEW MOON. I was bringing the costumes from the TWILIGHT film to a CREATION ENTERTAINMENT event, and I really wanted something fun and unique for my cousin to wear to the ball. Of course this was about 6 months before the film (NM) came out and before the HOT TOPIC version, so it was a very unique piece at the time. I did have some “inside” help on the dress, and I still have it. It’s beautiful.
Which costume(s) are you the most proud of and why?
That’s easy. The Volturi! I had to recreate all of Tish Monoghan’s beautiful designs for THE HILLYWOOD SHOW, and those were all labors of love. I changed them all up slightly to give it my own signature, but they were all, basically, the same design. I just love the dark, rich look of those costumes against the pale skin, the contrast within the Volturi lair…it’s such a yin and yang thing…much like The Volturi themselves!
Which of the original costumes that you have is your favorite and why?
By far it’s Cam Gigandet’s “James” costume. I remember Stephenie saying that she was surprised that people were fans of James. “Team James” and all. How can you not be after you see Cam portray him?! It’s just such a neat story behind the costume, too. The jacket is an old 1940’s motorcycle jacket that belonged to Catherine Hardwicke. There was only one. They had to film all of Wayland’s scenes in it before it was distressed for James. And if you look carefully on his jacket and jeans, there are momento’s from all of his kills. The creeper even stole wedding bands and engagement rings to wear as trophies! SICK! The jeans still have mud caked on the bottom of them. I find that kind of stuff really cool!
Can you tell us about your involvement with The Hillywood Show?
We met at a CREATION tour where I had my costumes on display. “Alice” (Hannah Hindi) asked to borrow my duplicate silver ballet flats from Ashley Greene’s costume to wear. They were so sweet, gracious and just plain awesome. We sort of melded in the middle with the same thought. I knew I could be an asset to them, and they were thinking the same thing. So, here I am…3 parody films later…and I love every minute I get to spend with them, whether we’re tearing up some cheesecake, riding a roller coaster, or shooting all night long to get that “just right” take.
Hannah and Hilly’s grandmother Maria is an amazing costumer and seamstress, so she has officially become my adopted Grandma. She insists I call her Grandma Maria! We could spend hours and hours talking about costumes and her amazing history working with legends like Diana Ross at Caesar’s Palace.
ECLIPSE Parody is coming out SOON, so stay tuned to my blog, thetwilightcostumecollection.blogspot.com and thehillywoodshow.com for up-to-the-minute news! I honestly have to say that the new parody is going to surprise a lot of people. We’ve really stepped up our game to live up to our passions, which definitely include some on-the-spot homage to the original film.
Speaking of THS, I had a bit of a laugh recently when I saw my designs for THE HILLYWOOD SHOW appear in the 20th Century Fox feature film, “VAMPIRES SUCK”. That was a hoot! I didn’t make the credits because they were sealed before I had a chance to talk to their legal department. But, it’s all good…I have to say it’s kind of an honor when you see your replicas being used for something other than what you intended!
How do you feel about the costumes in each of the movies? What are the hits and misses in your opinion?
Abe Lincoln’s quote seems appropriate here, “You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.” I happen to be a big fan of Catherine Hardwicke and the standard she set for “the look” of each character. As a costumer, working with characters that already exist in literature (usually) design themselves and organically change over time. Where would Bella be without a peasant blouse here and there? Alice without a vest? Rosalie without fierce heels? Jacob without his…well…he doesn’t wear much, does he?! (laugh). It’s all in their virtual chemical makeup that started in Stephenie Meyer’s head!
Have you ever had any contact with the designers from movies?
Indeed I have! Wendy Chuck and I talked quite a bit after the first film came out, and we have to give credit to Catherine Hardwicke for giving direction on those characters. Many of the pieces came out of her own wardrobe! Catherine is such a free spirit…I just love talking with her. Hopefully we will be able to see each other again in the future!
Halloween is coming not to mention various conventions where people want to dress up as their favorite Twilight character. What advice can you offer people who want to get that look just right?
First of all, don’t be too critical of yourself. Have FUN with it all, from beginning to end. I know some folks don’t have a lot of money to spend on professional costumes or the exact brand of jeans that Kristen Stewart wore. Many of the contemporary looks for nearly the whole cast from all of the films can be found at your local thrift stores. Would that white shirt be perfect if it were only blue? Don’t put it back…DYE IT! I can’t tell you how many hours go into dying garments that we use on The Hillywood Show! I’ve had green hands for a week before!
Are you doing any upcoming events where we can see your collection?
I’m not 100% confirmed for anything at this moment, but my agent has me lined up for a few things this year and next year, including possible returns to England for ETERNAL TWILIGHT, Australia for HUB’s big Twilight Convention, Twilight Cruise(s) and of course there might be some special Hillywood Show appearances that I’m attending in the near future. Of course you can see my designs on The Hillywood Show cast at all of the Official Twilight Tour stops! Keep an eye out on my blog for news of when and where I might be going next! My email address is there, too…so feel free to drop me a “hello” anytime!
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