Archives for 2011
MTV’s Number Two Taylor Lautner Moment
100 Monkeys Hits the Road on a 2011 Tour
According to MTV’s Hollywood Crush:
“Get ready to go bananas, Crushers: Jackson Rathbone‘s band 100 Monkeys is not only gearing up to release their second full-length album, but they’ll be hitting the road this summer to promote it!
It’s refreshing to see that the “Twilight” star, despite being busy finishing up the second half of “Breaking Dawn,” hasn’t neglected his funky, eclectic band that caught our attention in 2009 (he was even kind enough to do a video diary and debuted one of their music videos exclusively for Hollywood Crush!)
The band announced on their official website that their upcoming record, which is aptly titled Liquid Zoo, will be released on June 28, which just so happens to be the same day they head out on tour!”
They are playing all over the US and Canada. Some of the venues have great history behind them. For example they are playing The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey which is the club Bruce Springsteen started out in. Most of the venues are for all ages, so no worries about under 21’s having no chance of getting in.
Twilight Fan Goes For MTV Movie Awards Spot And Needs Your Help!
The MTV Movie Awards is having a contest to send fans to the show and a Twilight fan made the final cut of entrants! Audrey wrote to tell us:
“I am so obsessed with the twilight world that with my friend we chose Stephanie Meyer’s characters to make a spoof for the MTV MOVIE AWARDS 2011 contest. Taylor and Rob are perfect as Jacob and Edward but they can’t compete with these 2babies 🙂 (check out her video and you’ll see what she means) And for sure, ECLIPSE is going to win the best line so we put in the video hehe if you like our video, can you vote for us?”
Audrey did a really cute stylized spoof instead of the traditional “here are the 3 reason to vote for me” routine. If you like her video, please give her your vote!
http://apps.facebook.com/mtvvidawardscontest/contests/100559/voteable_entries/19606267
Only Hours to Go Until the Official Illustrated Guide Releases
While we wait for the Breaking Dawn movie in November, fans can sink their teeth into the anticipated The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide which comes out TOMORROW April 12th.
Given the wealth of Twilight information the Lexicon has cultivated over the years, Lori and Laura were pleased to work with Little, Brown in providing research and data for the initial draft of the Guide.
We’ve really been looking forward to the Guide, and were even more excited when it was announced by Little Brown that there were extensive illustrations, and the title was revised from the “Official Guide” to the “Official Illustrated Guide”. We’re sure you’re all going to adore the Guide as much as we will. Once it releases tomorrow, please stop by our forums the discuss all the details.
Lee Pace Sends Message to the Fans on Twilight Facebook
The Twilight Facebook page just hit 20 million fans and they’ve posted a message from Lee Pace.
Mike Welch: Success on Bones and in Unrequited
Check out Mike on last week’s episode of Bones here.
Mike was also named the Best Actor for his role in Unrequited at the First Glance Film Festival.
Breaking Dawn Facebook Scam: Don’t Get Fooled!
There is a scam going on on Facebook regarding Breaking Dawn:
“Facebook users are finding themselves tagged in their online friends’ photo albums, in an attack seemingly targeted at fans of the “Twilight” teen vampire romance movies.
Following an attack against photo albums using an image of a Playboy-style bunny girl, scammers are now pretending to link to a game promoting the upcoming movie “Twilight Breaking Dawn” starring heart throbs Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart as the starcrossed lovers Edward Cullen and Bella Swan.
As well as Facebook photo albums, users are also being tricked into “Liking” the scam links.”
See more details on Naked Security
If you have already fallen for it, there is good news. Here’s a video on what you can do.
Hunger Games and Twilight on Annual Banned Book List
According to the AP:
” Suzanne Collins didn’t expect everyone to approve of “The Hunger Games.”
“I’ve read in passing that people were concerned about the level of violence in the books,” Collins said of her dystopian trilogy that’s sold more than a million copies. “That’s not unreasonable. They are violent. It’s a war trilogy.”
In what’s become a virtual rite of passage for young adult sensations, a Collins novel has made its first appearance on the American Library Association’s annual top 10 list of books most criticized in their communities. “The Hunger Games,” the title work of Collins’ series about young people forced to hunt and kill each other on live television, has been cited for violence and sexual content. In recent years, J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” books and Stephenie Meyer’s vampire novels also have been on the association’s list.
“Hunger Games” ranked No. 5 this year and was joined Monday by Meyer’s “Twilight” (No. 10), which debuted on the list last year, and Sherman Alexie’s “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” winner in 2007 of the National Book Award for young people’s literature. Criticisms of Alexie’s novel include language, racism and sexual content.”
See more on the AP
Also visit the ALA site to see the history of book challenges
To quote our favorite slogan of the ALA, “Celebrate freedom: read a banned book!”
Michael Sheen Does Passion Play in His Hometown
Michael Sheen talked to the BBC about doing the passion play in his hometown in Wales.
Kristen Stewart Turns 21 and Fundaiser is a HUGE Success
On Saturday Kristen Stewart turned 21 and it was also the final day to donate to the Covenant House Kristen Stewart Birthday Project. Well the results are in and they are fantastic! According to Twilightish, who coordinated the efforts:
“Hi friends,
Yesterday was the last day to submit donations to Covenant House. All fans, blogs and twitter partners raised a astounding $16,491.37 being donated in Kristen Stewart’s name as of today!!
We here at Twilightish would like to thank you for making this possible. Without all of you there would be no substantial amount going to help the Covenant house. We are all truly touched at the generosity of our readers and the readers of our partner sites. It gives us all great pleasure to present the Covenant House with this donation on all your behalf’s. The Twilight fandom has always been an incredibly tight knit community and it is great to see that it still is. Once again, thank you all from the bottom of our hearts. “
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