According to the Trenton Times:

“An actor who is part of the wildly popular “Twilight” movies will visit the area tomorrow to draw attention to two truly worthy causes. Alex’s Lemonade Stand, which raises money to fight childhood cancer, and the Community Blood Council of New Jersey welcome Peter Facinelli, better known as Dr. Carlisle Cullen of the vampire Cullens.

Organizers of the event at Quaker Bridge Mall see it as a way to involve young people in a very simple act with profound reverberations. Statistics show that most of us will need blood or blood products in our lifetime, yet less than 5 percent of the eligible population donate. Many members of that eligible population are fans of Mr. Facinelli and his work as the empathetic doctor.

They can emulate the good doctor’s kindness with a donation. A single pint of blood can save the lives of three people. And a staggering 4.5 million Americans would die each year if it were not for blood donations.”

See more on the Trenton Times. The event happens on Saturday.

Access Hollywood had about a 2 minute clip of this the other day. Here is all nine minutes!

You have to love Peter!

This is a great interview with Peter Facinelli. Please be advised that the clips from the show Nurse Jackie that are in this segment are not of a PG-13 nature.

ET is covering the backstory on how the Hallmark Channel film Accidentally in Love, written by Peter Facinelli, came about.

“Peter Facinelli has his three daughters with Jennie Garth to thank for the inspiration behind “Accidentally in Love,” the romantic Valentine’s Day tale he wrote for his wife of 10 years.

“I originally wrote this script for maybe me and my wife to play it, but then I got a little busy. I was doing press on [‘The Twilight Saga:] Eclipse’ at the time it was shooting, and I had no time to act in the film,” Peter says. “I also worried that this would become the Jennie Garth/Peter Facinelli movie instead of a film with two characters. Our playing together could have detracted from the believability of the story and become a distraction. So I took a step back and let my wife kiss someone else.”

Read more on ET

Peter Facinelli wrote the upcoming Hallmark Channel film Accidentally in Love, that co-stars his wife, Jennie Garth. Well, there is now word that Peter has penned another script. According to Shadow and Act:

“Today comes news that Mr Franklin will next direct a film called El Chico Blanco, which centers on a white outcast in “the barrio” who overcomes racial tension to become head of a notorious crime family.

Peter Facinelli (The Twilight Saga co-star), wrote the script, and will also star in the film.

“The volatile drug world of El Chico Blanco has themes of temptation and corruption that have intrigued me for some time now… I look forward to collaborating with Peter and Titan to bring this riveting story to life,” said Carl Franklin.”

See more on Shadow and Act.

For those of you who don’t know, Peter wrote the script! The story also co-stars his wife Jennie Garth. The story is about “A struggling waitress and single mom finds herself falling down the rabbit hole when she falls in love with an actor hiding a secret identity in “Accidentally In Love,” a Hallmark Channel Original Movie World Premiere Saturday, February 12 (9p.m. ET/PT, 8C). ”

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Peter does a Q & A with Showtime to rev up attention for New Moon coming to Showtime.

Via Twilight Poison