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Videos: Kristen Stewart & Taylor Lautner At The Eclipse Press Conference In Berlin

Kristen Stewart & Taylor Lautner are in Berlin, Germany promoting The Twilight Saga Eclipse.   Here are some of the videos of Kristen & Taylor at the press conference in Berlin.

PopSugar Video: Jackson Rathbone Interview!

PopSugar caught up with Jackson Rathbone (aka Jasper Hale) and his costar in The Last Airbender, Nicola Peltz, while promoting their new film.  Jackson sang a silly song he wrote with Nicola and talked about starring in Eclipse and The Last Airbender out in the same weekend! 

Robert Pattinson Interview With The New York Times

Brooks Barnes of the New York Times interviewed Robert Pattinson recently promoting The Twilight Saga Eclipse.  

DESPITE the best efforts of Summit Entertainment’s publicity team, which has a third “Twilight” movie to promote, it took more than a month to corral the heartthrob star of the franchise for an interview. Robert Pattinson, various handlers explained, was at the mercy of a chaotic shooting schedule for “Water for Elephants,” his biggest non-“Twilight” picture to date.
Fair enough. A guy’s got to work. But Mr. Pattinson was also not particularly eager to chat for the quadrillionth time about Edward Cullen, the tenderhearted vampire he will reprise on June 30 in “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.” When he was finally able to break away from the circus (the setting of “Water for Elephants,” not the throng of paparazzi and hyperventilating girls who trail him around), Mr. Pattinson seemed to have a bit of “Twilight” burnout.
“It can get a little boring,” he said softly over coffee at the Four Seasons hotel here, referring both to playing an unchanging vampire and to chewing over the Cultural Importance of It All. “The good news is that the whole thing is done in seven months.”
Not that he’s counting the days or anything.
Fortunately for fans (and Summit) and unfortunately, it seems, for Mr. Pattinson, the tally is short by about a year. Filming may wrap up on the “Twilight” series in seven months, but Summit has decided to split the fourth (and final) “Twilight” novel by Stephenie Meyer, “Breaking Dawn,” into two parts. So Mr. Pattinson will probably be out hawking the final installment in the summer of 2012.

Please don’t misunderstand him. Mr. Pattinson, 24, is fully aware that he probably would not have much of a career without the “Twi-hards,” as the mostly female following of the movies are known. His only role of note prior to Edward Cullen was a bit part in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” as Cedric Diggory, the doomed love interest of Hermione. To achieve this level of success so soon after coming to Hollywood — “Twilight” and “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” took in a cumulative $1.1 billion at the global box office — is the rarely achieved dream of young actors everywhere.
But the searing, worldwide fame that has come with the franchise has left him emotionally raw. Hunted by the tabloid media (“R-Patz Cuts His Hair!”), Mr. Pattinson changed hotels six times in the month and a half he has spent in Los Angeles filming “Water for Elephants.” He arrived for coffee wearing both a baseball cap and sunglasses to cover his floppy locks and haunting good looks, and he immediately vetoed a booth hand picked by a publicist for its privacy as too public. “Kris is better about dealing with photographers than I am,” he said, referring to his equally sought after co-star, Kristen Stewart, after finally settling on an outdoor nook surrounded by tall hedges.
“I’ve learned to let it go a bit, but I’m still really bothered by it,” he said. “The more you are exposed, the more people irrationally hate you, I think we reached a point, a peak, with ‘New Moon’ where the stories became so saturated into the culture that it started to feel normal. It’s like the tabloids don’t know what to write anymore because they’ve used up all their scandals.”
He also worries about getting pigeonholed as nothing more than a teen idol. Sure, he excels as a pale brooder in the gooey “Twilight” movies, as evidenced by how fully Ms. Meyer’s legions — the books have sold about 100 million copies worldwide since 2005 — have embraced him. But Mr. Pattinson talks about a desire to play “characters that are not parodies,” and he would love to do a comedy with Todd Solondz (“Welcome to the Dollhouse”). He would like to have a career like Joaquin Phoenix, somebody who makes unorthodox roles pop. (That’s when Mr. Phoenix is working in front of the camera at all and not pursuing other interests, like music or showing up all bearded and bizarre on the “Late Show With David Letterman.”)
To this end the London-born Mr. Pattinson has been busy accepting roles that seem linked only by a quirky diversity. In “Water for Elephants,” an adaptation of Sara Gruen’s novel, he plays a veterinarian who joins a Depression-era circus after his parents are killed. The indie “Bel Ami,” from the Maupassant novel, co-starring Uma Thurman and Christina Ricci, has him playing an unscrupulous social climber who rises to power in Paris by manipulating wealthy women. A possible role in a western called “Unbound Captives” calls for him to speak almost entirely in Comanche.
“I do think the teen idol thing is something that Robert Pattinson needs to worry about,” said Jeanine Basinger, the chairwoman of the film studies department at Wesleyan University and the author of “The Star Machine.” “The question is whether an actor is so perfect at one thing at a particular point in time that the audience refuses to accept him as anything else.”
She rattled off a list. Christopher Atkins, who shot to fame (with Brooke Shields) in “The Blue Lagoon” but was soon forgotten when he tried other roles. Corey Feldman, along with most of his “Lost Boys” castmates. The verdict is out on Zac Efron, who next appears in the drama “Charlie St. Cloud.” Worrying that “Footloose” was too similar to “High School Musical,” Mr. Efron bailed on the remake and has been absent from the big screen for over a year.
“Usually the guys who have the looks to be teen idols don’t grow up to look like what we think of as rugged leading men,” Ms. Basinger said.
There is hope. Leonardo DiCaprio, whose post-“Titantic” adoration is probably the closest thing to what Mr. Pattinson has experienced, struggled to move beyond Jack Dawson (remember “The Beach”?) but successfully evolved by picking gritty roles and teaming with Martin Scorsese in movies like “The Aviator,” “The Departed” and “Shutter Island.”
“Water for Elephants,” which also stars Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz, is awaiting a release date from 20th Century Fox. It’s the kind of serious literary role that could bring critical attention and stretch minds about Mr. Pattinson’s range. “There is a profound vulnerability about Rob and his mannerisms, and that makes him supremely accessible,” said Elizabeth Gabler, president of Fox 2000, the studio unit making the film. “He also has an innate kindness about him that is wonderful in this role.”
Mr. Pattinson has clearly enjoyed working on something else. He lit up when talking about the shoot, mentioning a scene in which a lion had to bite his arm and another where he had to spend hours shoveling horse manure — an unsettling detail given the grimy condition of his fingernails. “It feels like everyone is an Oscar winner except me,” he said of the cast and crew.
Much is riding on “Water for Elephants” because his leading roles outside of “Twilight” have disappointed or failed at the box office. The inexpensive romantic drama “Remember Me,” released in March, grossed only $19 million in North America. About $35 million in overseas ticket sales eased the pain a little, but the upshot was that Mr. Pattinson appeared unable to anchor a movie despite the “Twilight” nuttiness. “Little Ashes,” a foreign film in which Mr. Pattinson played a randy Salvador Dalí (and filmed before “Twilight”), barely registered a blip in limited release last year.
The only career advice Hollywood veterans have for Mr. Pattinson is to keep doing what he is doing. “Continuing to take different kinds of roles and continuing to take chances will ultimately work,” said Allen Coulter, who directed “Remember Me.” “People unwilling to see him as anything but Edward Cullen will eventually be worn down.”
Part of Mr. Pattinson’s challenge is undoubtedly the vampire. The only movie franchise that remotely compares to “Twilight” in terms of popularity and the number of films starring the same cast is “Harry Potter.” But as the “Harry Potter” stories have progressed, Daniel Radcliffe has been allowed to grow up. By his “Twilight” character’s very nature — a vampire who doesn’t age — Mr. Pattinson is largely stuck.
“I hope it doesn’t start looking ridiculous,” Mr. Pattinson said, referring to himself growing older but playing the same character.
Audiences can judge for themselves at the end of this month when “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” arrives at the multiplex. The second movie was more about the chemistry between Bella, the sullen high school student (Ms. Stewart), and Jacob, the werewolf (an often shirtless Taylor Lautner). The third movie, filmed at a cost of $68 million and directed by David Slade (“Hard Candy”), is about the triangle: the push and pull of Ms. Stewart’s character between her vampire boyfriend and werewolf admirer.
“As Rob has acted more, he has become less conscious of the camera and more connected to the character,” said Wyck Godfrey, a producer of the first three films. Mr. Pattinson’s confidence is growing, he said, but the actor can still be self-deprecating to a fault. “Rob comes out of every scene thinking, ‘Oh God, that was a disaster.’ ”
“Twilight” fever shows few signs of letting up. Advance sales are on a par with “New Moon,” and the number of licensing deals (Burger King, Vitamin Water, Volvo) is enormous. “Eclipse” may open on a similar scale as “New Moon”; the franchise has probably matured, analysts say. But the last two movies opened during the school year, and the hope is that a marquee summer slot — the Fourth of July weekend — will generate repeat business that dwarfs the other films.
Mr. Pattinson won’t have much time to parse the results, much less take a six-month vacation, which is what Mr. Godfrey said the young actor needs. Production for “Breaking Dawn” starts as soon as October.

[Source: NYTimes via RPlife]

More Press Conference Portraits Of Robert Pattinson!

Here are more photos of Robert Pattinson at the Twilight Saga Eclipse press conference last weekend.
[Source: Pattinsonlife]

MTV Rough Cut – Taylor Lautner

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See 10 more videos here.

HollyWood.com Interviews – Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson

Summit Entertainment Celebrates the Lunar Eclipse with Twilight Night

This in for Summit:
SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT CELEBRATES THE
LUNAR ECLIPSE WITH “TWILIGHT NIGHT” ON JUNE 26th

12 Nationwide Evening Events to Provide Families, Friends and Fans
the Opportunity to See the First Two Films in
THE TWILIGHT SAGA Under the Stars
Moviefone.com to Live-Stream Twilight Night
Bringing Experience to Fans Everywhere
Los Angeles, CA June 18, 2010 – In celebration of the lunar eclipse on the evening of June 26th, Summit Entertainment is inviting everyone across the nation to “TWILIGHT Night,” a 12-city event including outdoor screenings of TWILIGHT and THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON. The family and community-oriented events are the perfect chance for those new to the film franchise as well as moviegoers in general to immerse themselves in THE TWILIGHT SAGA phenomenon just in time for the highly anticipated theatrical release of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, the third installment of Summit Entertainment’s TWILIGHT SAGA film franchise, on June 30th.
The excitement of THE TWILIGHT SAGA will be delivered directly to fans in their hometowns and online with “TWILIGHT Night” special events. Moviefone will live-stream events from Philadelphia and San Diego at www.moviefone.com/twilightnight which will include interviews with cast, fan reactions, special guests and sneak peeks of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, allowing those unable to attend to still take part in the celebration. In addition, each event will include special cast member appearances as well as engaging activities to be enjoyed prior to the outdoor evening film screenings, including a red carpet and photo booth, both provided by Moviefone.
For more information about the nationwide screenings and to see if one is in your hometown, visit http://eclipsethemovie.com.
Events are currently scheduled to take place in the following cities and venues. Doors open at 6:00 PM local time in each city. Attendance will be accommodated on a first come, first served basis. See local event information for additional instructions.*
Atlanta
Atlantic Station
171 17th St NW
Atlanta, GA
Dallas
AT&T Plaza at the American Airlines Center
2500 Victory Ave
Dallas, TX
Denver
Sloan’s Lake Park
17th Ave and Sheridan
Denver, CO
Miami
Gusman Center Performing Arts
174 East Flagler Street
Miami, FL
Philadelphia
The Piazza
North Second Street and Germantown Avenue, Below Girard
Philadelphia, PA

Phoenix
Desert Ridge Shopping Center
21001 North Tatum Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ

Portland
Colonel Summers City Park
Portland, OR

Salt Lake City
Movie in the Park
Fairmont Park located
2361 South 900 East
Salt Lake City, UT
St. Louis
St. Louis Union Station
1820 Market Street
St. Louis, MO
San Diego
Park at the Park (Downtown)
10th & K
San Diego, CA
Seattle
Fremont Outdoor Movies
3501 Phinney Ave N.
Seattle, WA

Washington DC
National Harbor Plaza
163 Waterfront Street
National Harbor, MD
*Cities, venues and times are subject to change. Visit http://eclipsethemovie.com for the most current information.
TWILIGHT is rated PG-13 for some violence and a scene of sensuality.
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON is rated PG-13 for some violence and action.
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, and some sensuality.
In THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, directed by David Slade from a screenplay written by Melissa Rosenberg and starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, Bella (Stewart) once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between Edward (Pattinson) and Jacob (Lautner) — knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.

Clevver TV Video – Eclipse Cast Upcoming TV Appearances

20 Questions With Billy Burke

This is from Billy Burke’s Official Website:
With the release of both my debut album and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse falling within nearly a week of one another, I’ve been (needless to say) spread a little thin these days. With so much stuff going on, I feel like I haven’t been as accessible to you the subscribers as I’d like to be. One of the things that’s been so rewarding about the way we’ve decided to release this album is that with all the amazing comments, emails, tweets, and other interactive elements we’ve been employing, it’s created an atmosphere that’s a lot more intimate than these things normally are… and I like it.
In that spirit, I wanna take some time to talk about the things YOU ALL might wanna talk about. Instead of listening to some silly lame ass ask me if I’m team Edward or team Jacob, I think it might be fun to open the floor to some questions from the people that really matter.
Here’s how it’s gonna work:
You have a question? Post it in the comment field below. We’ll select 20 of them (or more depending on time constraints), I’ll video record the answers and whatever else the questions might evoke, then we’ll shoot you a link via email that hooks you up to where you can find the results.
Keep in mind:
The general theme here is music and the album but go ahead and ask me anything you want. I’ll try to answer as wide a variety as I can. My guess is that the more insightful or thought provoking your question is, the better chance it has of getting answered. (But not necessarily– I might answer some dumb ones too.)
Sometime within the next 48 hours or so the window for submissions will be locked up so get your questions in as soon as possible. I’ll get the answers taped and back to you as soon as I possibly can.
So without further B.S. — Ask away in the comment field below and keep your eye on your inbox for my reply.
much love & have fun -bb

Go to his Official Site to leave the question.

Cullen Family Interview

Parade.com has an interview with Peter Facinelli, Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene and Nikki Reed.
Check it all out here.

Here is an excerpt:
Fighting for Bella and Edward.
Peter Facinelli: “We trained for six weeks to take on the ‘newborns’ who are the bad vampires. We all loved the action stuff. My daughter came down and was watching one of the scenes. After we filmed it, I let her try. It was awesome. This 12-year-old girl was throwing this stunt guy across the room. That’s how good those guys make us look.”

Melissa Rosenberg Interview

The Hollywood Reporter has an interview with Melissa Rosenberg.
Check it all out here.
Here is an excerpt:
As long as you’ve been in this universe, do you dream “Twilight” stuff?
Rosenberg: (Pause) I have a recurring dream that I’ve committed some heinous murder. And the interesting thing is that, in the dream it’s not that I’m guilty about the murder. I actually have absolutely no remorse whatsoever. I don’t know why I’m telling you this, I’m not sure how related it is. (Laughs) What I’m concerned about, what consumes me in the dream, is my life will end. I’m going to go to prison, everything will be stripped from me. And I have to do everything I can to get out of this situation, even kill more people. I’m not sure what that’s about. In some ways I think it’s about the pressure, the fear that they’re going to be coming after me with tar and feathers for whatever I produce. The fans are going to hate what I do and basically say I’ve butchered them. But I think the other side of it is a fear that I will have done so terribly that my whole career will end, that it will all be stripped away and I’ll lose everything, and all standing will disappear. Ah … that was a very personal revelation. (Laughs)

Premiere Camping and Lakers Parade Info

This in from Summit:

Many people have inquired about how the Lakers’ championship parade will affect the premiere camping. We have created a splash page, which will be updated regularly, dedicated to premiere camping for all attendees. Please find the link below:
http://www.EclipsePremiere.com/
Also, I have embedded the notice about the Lakers’ championship parade, as I know how important this information is to get to your readers:
L.A. Lakers Victory Parade Information
Due to the Laker parade on Figueroa Boulevard on June 21st, some streets around L.A. LIVE will be closed from 4:00am – 12:00pm, so please access L.A. LIVE via Olympic Boulevard. If you require parking, we recommend Lot 1, which opens at 5:30 AM and can be accessed from Cherry Street, or any other adjacent lots. Lot W and Lot C are NOT available for fan parking. Security check points around L.A. LIVE on the 21st are designed to only allow TWILIGHT Fans access to the NOKIA Plaza for camping set up. No parade attendees will be permitted on the NOKIA campus; only Twilight fans will be given access.
For more information, please see the L.A. Lakers’ parade information page:
Lakers Parade Info Page

The Twilight Saga Eclipse: Newborn Army Featurette

DVR alert: 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' special on 'Jimmy Kimmel' airs June 23rd

ABC

As you may or may not have heard by now, on Monday, a group of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse's cast members - including Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene, Xavier Samuel, Dakota Fanning, Bryce Dallas Howard, Elizabeth Reaser, and Peter Facinelli - taped that special The Twilight Saga: Eclipse special episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live.
According to the Associated Press, the episode will include a spoof by the cast of MTV's Jersey Shore, and the episode will air on June 23rd at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Below is a nice video summary from the taping.



The cast did an outdoor question and answer session for several hundred fans after the taping, and below is a video (though you should be warned that the noise level is high).

Jimmy Kimmel Eclipse cast Q&A from gittsybittsyspider on Vimeo.

Twilight' studio seeks injunction against B.B. Dakota jacket sales

'Twilight' - Summit Ent.

The infamous blue B.B. Dakota jacket which Kristen Stewart (as "Bella Swan") wore in 2008's Twilight has become a bit iconic with fans of the Saga.
The story of its inclusion in the film is rather cute, as the costume director had another piece for the scenes chosen but found that it was too matchy-matchy with Stewart's hair and, as The Hollywood Reporter explains, "made a dash to Nordstrom and picked something off the rack. 'Wendy saved the day!' remarked director Catherine Hardwicke."
Now the item might not only be iconic, but it could also be ancient history as Twilight film studio Summit Entertainment has filed suit against B.B. Dakota "for copyright and trademark infringement."
The alleged infringment relates to the company's product advertisements, it seems.
It's listed on the company's site as the "Jacket seen in Twilight" and says "Bella Swann wears this jacket in Twilight and scores the hottest vampire in high school, and so can you!"
Current asking price for the item is $70.00, and it comes in four colors.
Reports THR, "In the lawsuit, Summit seeks an injunction against further sale of the item, all profits earned from the jacket, and . . . it wants B.B. Dakota to "deliver to Summit for destruction all Bella Jackets."

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' OST contributors Eastern Conference Champions reveal song's origin

'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' OST - Summit Ent./Atlantic Records

Eastern Conference Champions, one of Alexandra Patsavas' introductory bands chosen for the official motion picture soundtrack to The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, definitely provided an interesting new sound for the album, and in a new interview with the band, they reveal the origins of "A Million Miles an Hour."
"The song came together in a late night recording session just hours before we were leaving for Las Vegas to celebrate Josh's birthday. It's about how we feel we're able to turn it up and come through with what we need to do at any given time and also about the neverending 'hurry up and wait' moments that happen," they revealed.
They also talked about the wait that they endured in finding out whether they were actually chosen for the album.
"The Twilight thing was months of hard work for us, lots of stress, lots of hearing "maybe" and all that. We knew we had a chance but we also knew that hundreds of other bands - most of whom were more well known than ECC – were going for it as well. When we got the placement the three of us knew it would be a big deal but probably didn't anticipate how big it actually is," they explained.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' stars Taylor Lautner & Kellan Lutz on 'People' list of 'amazing bodies'

Taylor Lautner - AP Photo

Neither of them are hesitant to show their muscles, and both seem completely self-aware of their prowess in the physical fitness department. So it should be no shock that Taylor Lautner and Kellan Lutz have been chosen as two of People's "most amazing bodies."
Both The Twilight Saga: Eclipse actors are featured in People Magazine's "50 Most Amazing Bodies" issue - though for different reasons.
For Lautner, it's his The Twilight Saga: New Moon muscle transformation that earned him a spot on People's "Top 10 Body Moment of the Year," and for Lutz, it's his upper torso that landed him on the publication's "Best Chests" feature.

Stephenie Meyer's 'Bree Tanner' novella poised to be number one for the year in the U.K.

'Bree Tanner' by Stephenie Meyer - Little, Brown Books

It looks like Stephenie Meyer's Bree Tanner might just be the United Kingdom's best-selling book of the year this year - at least, that's where early sales numbers are leading industry predictions.
After news that Meyer's The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella had become an early best-seller, more numbers are in, and The Bookseller reports that "Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novella, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (Atom), sold 136,995 copies in its first full week at UK bookshops . . . it is the strongest ever weekly sale from a children's/young adult author since TCM records began in 2001."
Deadline Hollywood states that the novella "has sold 226,589 copies so far in the UK" and that "Waterstones, the largest bookshop chain, expects it to be the biggest-selling book of the year."

Official Rules for Waiting in Line and Camping for the Eclipse Red Carpet Premiere in LA

Here’s all the details and rules on how you can get a place in line for the Eclipse Premiere Red Carpet Event in Los Angeles on June 24, 2010.
We previosly let you know there would be some rules on how to line up starting June 21st for a glimpse of the red carpet for the Eclipse Premiere on June 24, 2010
Here’s all the official details with everything you need to know, official from Summit.
Blowing bubbles, playing Apples to Apples and displaying amazing color changing LED lights(Examples: 1, 2, 3, 4) are not explicitly forbidden and I would imagine they would make things more fun waiting in line given no drugs or alcohol are permitted—

TWILIGHT Fans are allowed to begin lining up at NOKIA PLAZA L.A. LIVE no earlier than 6:00 am on Monday, June 21, 2010.

Overnight camping is allowed in designated areas only, starting in the Nokia Plaza.  Please follow all directions advised by L.A. LIVE and Summit security. Please note, that special wristbands will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis and each fan must be present to receive a wristband. Each wristband will be numbered and reserves a space in the Fan Viewing areas for the Eclipse Red-Carpet arrivals in sequential order. The wristbands DO NOT enable access to the Movie Premiere.

Fans will be asked to change location as Premiere set-up begins on the Nokia Plaza on Wednesday morning June 23rd at 6:00am.

PARTIAL LIST OF RULES AND CODES OF CONDUCT:

– ONLY Standard Sized Pop Tents will be allowed

- 4×4 (16 sq. ft.) or less. No oversized tents, staked tents, etc due to limited space

– ABSOLUTELY No Drugs or Alcohol allowed on premises

– No Cooking On-Site or open flame

– No amplified music.  All music devices must be used with headset or earphone

– Smoking in Designated Areas Only outside of the NOKIA Plaza boundaries

– Fans are responsible for their own property.  LA Live, AEG, nor Summit is responsible for any lost or stolen items

– Everyone must please pick up after themselves.  A fine will be enforced for anyone who litters on Nokia or LA City property

– Please only use the restrooms designated for fans and respect the other area businesses

– Guests must follow the rules and directions of L.A. LIVE Management/Summit Security at all times

THANK YOU for your cooperation and adherence to the above to help ensure a safe and entertaining experience for everyone!

WRIST BAND DETAILS AND EVENT DAY LINE UP TIMES

Twilight fans will be given wristbands starting at 6:00am on Monday, June 21, 2010. Wristbands MUST be worn until the premiere is over.  Any wristband that has been tampered with or removed will NOT be considered valid.  Any fan arriving without wearing the original wristband they were provided will not be allowed into the viewing area.  There will be periodic spot checks through June 24, the day of the event. On event day, fans will begin lining up in sequential order based on their wristband number.

2:00 PM:  Wristband #4700-5000

2:30 PM:  Wristband #5001-5300

3:00 PM:  Wristband #5301-5600

3:30 PM:  Wristband #5601<

TWILIGHT Fans are allowed to begin lining up at NOKIA PLAZA L.A. LIVE no earlier than 6:00 am on Monday, June 21, 2010.
Overnight camping is allowed in designated areas only, starting in the Nokia Plaza.  Please follow all directions advised by L.A. LIVE and Summit security. Please note, that special wristbands will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis and each fan must be present to receive a wristband. Each wristband will be numbered and reserves a space in the Fan Viewing areas for the Eclipse Red-Carpet arrivals in sequential order. The wristbands DO NOT enable access to the Movie Premiere.
Fans will be asked to change location as Premiere set-up begins on the Nokia Plaza on Wednesday morning June 23rd at 6:00am.   PARTIAL LIST OF RULES AND CODES OF CONDUCT:
– ONLY Standard Sized Pop Tents will be allowed - 4×4 (16 sq. ft.) or less. No oversized tents, staked tents, etc due to limited space – ABSOLUTELY No Drugs or Alcohol allowed on premises – No Cooking On-Site or open flame – No amplified music.  All music devices must be used with headset or earphone – Smoking in Designated Areas Only outside of the NOKIA Plaza boundaries – Fans are responsible for their own property.  LA Live, AEG, nor Summit is responsible for any lost or stolen items – Everyone must please pick up after themselves.  A fine will be enforced for anyone who litters on Nokia or LA City property – Please only use the restrooms designated for fans and respect the other area businesses – Guests must follow the rules and directions of L.A. LIVE Management/Summit Security at all times
THANK YOU for your cooperation and adherence to the above to help ensure a safe and entertaining experience for everyone!
WRIST BAND DETAILS AND EVENT DAY LINE UP TIMES
Twilight fans will be given wristbands starting at 6:00am on Monday, June 21, 2010. Wristbands MUST be worn until the premiere is over.  Any wristband that has been tampered with or removed will NOT be considered valid.  Any fan arriving without wearing the original wristband they were provided will not be allowed into the viewing area.  There will be periodic spot checks through June 24, the day of the event. On event day, fans will begin lining up in sequential order based on their wristband number.
2:00 PM:  Wristband #4700-5000 2:30 PM:  Wristband #5001-5300 3:00 PM:  Wristband #5301-5600 3:30 PM:  Wristband #5601<

Director David Slade Interview With Fearnet On Decapitations & What Scared The MPAA!

Fearnet.com interviewed Eclipse director David Slade recently.  David talked about what scene scared the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America).

After he made the gory bloodsucker pic 30 Days of Night, nobody expected David Slade’s next vampire flick to be, well, a Twilight movie. But as producer Wyck Godfrey told me, Slade’s unique background was exactly what made him the right man to helm the third film in the Twilight Saga, the scariest, most violent, and most vampire-infested installment in the franchise.
I caught up with Slade in Beverly Hills just days after he’d attended an informal Masters of Horror confab with the likes of Eli Roth, Guillermo del Toro, and Tobe Hooper, whose Texas Chainsaw Massacre Slade counts among his favorite movies of all time. An avid photographer, Slade snapped a photo of yours truly (he captures everyone who interviews him) before we got to talking about all things Eclipse.

Was directing a PG-13 Twilight film such a major change for Slade, whose previous features earned R-ratings for “disturbing violent behavior” (Hard Candy) and good old-fashioned bloody vampire violence (30 Days of Night)? What skin-ripping scenes in Eclipse were too extreme for the MPAA? How did he get Taylor Lautner to wear a skin-tight gray spandex wolf suit on set? And lastly, what message does he have for hardcore horror hounds reluctant to give his Twilight movie a chance?
Read on for my full chat with Eclipse director David Slade…
Was there a discernable transition making the jump from your earlier, R-rated genre work to the Twilight franchise?
It wasn’t that hard. We have like six decapitations in Eclipse! We smash people’s heads off, bite people’s heads off, I mean — I was amazed we got the rating we did, the MPAA only threw back one thing: we had this one part in the battle where Emmett just tears someone’s face off. The face kind of breaks off into pieces of crystal that shatter. I was like, ‘Whoa, yeah!’ But the MPAA said ‘No, you can’t do that.’ So the shot’s still in there, but you don’t see the face come off, you just see little bits of stuff breaking off.
Stephenie Meyer’s unique vampire mythology sort of helps one get around depicting graphic violence, doesn’t it? Eclipse features a lot of arm-ripping, head-smashing action — and yet not too much blood.
We managed to pack quite a lot in by making the pathology of this vampire a little bit fantastic. I worked with the guys over at Imagine Engine, who are best known for being one of the main vendors on District 9, which is an amazing film. They did a hell of a lot of the alien work. They did some wolf work for us — not all of it, that was mainly done by Tippett Studios — but when we were designing some of the crystal-sparkly stuff we basically sat down and figured out how it would work. We got anatomical drawings and did human slices — not real ones, but photographs of them — and figured out which layers would be crystal and how that would work. We figured that out because we knew we had to smash them. In a way, it was going to be acceptable to decapitate the hell out of people and smash their heads off in pieces. Bite people’s arms off and leave them with stumps. [Laughs] I’m amazed we got away with that, too, [in the scene where] Riley’s arm gets bitten off.
Stephenie Meyer describes the vampire body as made of a marble-like substance; you call it ‘crystal’?
There’s a crystalline structure. Marble-crystal, yeah. We figured it was a kind of crystal because crystal slides and grows in a way that’s very similar to muscle. It could potentially, in some fantastical way, slide around and move like muscle.
How much of the previous digital and design work did you inherit and how much did you try to change?
We tried to change more than we could. Not because of anything other than schedule and finance. We started down the path to radically redesign the sparkling Edward effect, but we just ran out of time on the R&D on that and ended up augmenting what already existed. What I wanted from that effect was the idea that even though he’s this cold, soulless thing, when the light hit him it’d refract light back and reflect onto you. If you were kissing him, you’d feel the warmth on your skin. That was something emotional and nice about that effect, because I just personally didn’t like how that worked out before. There was a plasticity to it that took me out of the moment in the films. It’s not a criticism, it’s just that in terms of how I wanted to move forward I wanted a more organic approach. We tried to make the wolves as real as we could in the time that we had. We knew they’d have to grab things and smash things.
The fight sequences turned out to be very engaging. Audiences seem to like the ramped-up action and the integration of the wolves into the newborn fight in the clearing.
Yeah, it seemed to work out. But one of my favorite scenes was actually a very emotional scene with the wolves, when Bella is watching and Jacob comes up next to her.
Yes! We heard Taylor pulled on a gray spandex wolf suit to make that moment more authentic, is that right?
Yes, he did. We had these big, white, plastic polyurethane cut-out models of the wolves so that we could get a sense of scale for camera framing.
Did you have to push him to get in that suit, or did he volunteer to do it? And how did that look while you were filming?
We asked him. He said okay. I figured that his nose to his fist [stretches out arm] was the same length as the wolf’s nose to its shoulder blade, so he came in and he put out his fist, and she kind of nuzzled his fist and stroked his hair. It was great, because there was a sense of connection. A person in a gray suit, even, will make a much better connection than an orange ball on a stick. So we had guys running around all over the place with gray suits on.
When the first trailers came out, I was impressed by how gorgeous your cinematography and location photography was.
Well that was from having [director of photography] Javier Aguirresarobe.
I wondered how your own love of photography, which you’ve shared throughout production with fans on Twitter, factored into the look of that cinematography.
I am cursed and blessed with the notion that when I read a book, I have a kind of photographic image in my mind that comes out. Through 16 years of doing music videos, commercials, and then two features, I’ve gotten to the point where I can exercise knowing how to make a mental image into a photographic image. What lens to use, what the depth of field should be, how long the focal length from the film plane to the subject should be, what kind of f-stop I need. It’s a blessing and a curse because sometimes you worry that you’re falling into a pattern, which you never want to do. But the blessing is that I do see images in my mind, there is a mechanism to get the film made — and it’s a film that I’ve already seen [in my mind]. The hard part is getting it out of the head and onto a screen. So yes, very much, I have a very clear idea of composition and where the light should be and everything about the image.
You’ve spoken about using a specific cinematic language on Eclipse — framing Bella, Edward, and Jacob in tight close-ups, for example.
Yes, a cinematic vocabulary. This one had to have a more mature — not to be antithetical to ‘immature,’ I don’t think there is anything immature about the films — but it was a more advanced, more complex story, and I think it needed a more complex, more cinematic… I think I was going more for a piece of cinema than a movie, knowing full well that it would probably be distributed like a movie. So I had the license to be a little bit more edgy with my cinematography, to actually push the camera in a way that hadn’t been pushed before on these films. But none of it was done for the sake of messing around, it was all done with a specific idea in mind.
One of my favorite scenes in Eclipse is Bella’s nightmare. It’s a very dark, nightmarish scenario in which a vision of Jasper looks directly into the camera and comes for the audience.
That was our first day of shooting! I remember that, it was halfway through the very first day of principal shooting.
That scene is striking in that it bears more of a horror cinema mark than the rest of the film. Do you see yourself as a member of the horror filmmaking community?
Am I a horror filmmaker? Yes I am, I guess — I go to the Masters of Horror dinners.
That’s certainly a badge, of sorts.
But you know, Hard Candy wasn’t a horror movie. And I may not make a horror movie next. But I love horror movies, some of my favorite movies of all time, like Possession, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre — they’re all horror movies. Amongst great dramas, as well.
Considering your genre-specific fan base, how would you like non-Twilight fans to approach the Twilight franchise?
With an open mind. But it is a Twilight film, no doubt. It’s a Twilight film; it’s definitely based on the Twilight material. It’s not an R-rated movie, it is a PG-13 movie. [Pauses] But I do believe it is probably the most violent of all of them.

Elizabeth Reaser:Five Eclipse Moments She Loved Filming

 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse matriarch, Elizabeth Reaser aka Esme Cullen is rarely known for her kick-butt street-style fighting. But this time the usually quiet, extremely loving vampire-mom is ready to protect her  family…at any cost. Reaser sat down with PopWatch to talk about her 5 favorite moments from filming Eclipse.

The actress, who plays Cullen matriarch Esme, had yet to see much footage from the final product at the time of our chat, but if her instincts translate well onscreen, she said she’s going to be one badass mom. “Esme’s the most loving character in the whole series, in my opinion, but — pardon my French — if you f— with one of Esme’s children, you are going down,” she said, laughing. “…That stuff can so quickly turn into Saturday Night Live if you’re not doing it well. Hopefully, we pulled it off.”
Read on for five of Reaser’s favorite moments filming Eclipse.

• “I enjoyed the stuff with Bree [Jodelle Ferland] and Dakota [Fanning]. Dakota is really scary in this movie [laughs]. She’s so unsettling because she has that angelic face, and she’s so terrifying. I mean, genuinely. It was impressive. Her character intimidated our characters so genuinely, which is great as an actor, to watch a 15-year-old come up and scare the s–t out of you. We were genuinely scared.”

• “There was an action scene I did with Peter [Facinelli] where we were in a battle. We fight together — because we’re a team and he’s so protective he wouldn’t let me fight by myself — it’s pretty intense. We both do some intensely violent things, which was pretty scary. And I didn’t enjoy that stuff. I realized I don’t like pretending to hit people because it kind of makes me feel bad, like what if I hit them [for real]? What if I get nervous? And so the director was like, ‘You’re not getting mad.’ He tried to piss me off and it worked. [Laughs] He started yelling things at me off-camera to genuinely make me mad. So then I got really mad and he was like, ‘Yea!’ It was a weird thing but a great tactic on his part.”

• “I like all the stuff in the house. They re-created the house we shot in back in Portland. I mean, they built the entire house. It was amazing. Every detail was exactly the same. So I really liked those scenes where we were all sitting around, trying to make decisions, and being a family. It’s what you want a family to be, and that’s part of what appeals to me about these books and characters. They’ve chosen their family and chosen to be together — none of us are actually related. So there’s something about all of us being together that’s so nice.”

• “Bryce [Dallas Howard] and Xavier [Samuel] have a scene on the bridge. I remember Nikki [Reed] and I were on set for a hair test, and we went down to set to check it out, and it was beautiful and sexy. I’m excited to see it.”

• “There was a really cool scene where we meet with the wolves. It’s a complicated thing we’re trying to do; we’re trying to team up with them to defeat the Newborns and save our way of life and save our family. So we collaborate with them, and it’s not easy. So we have this first meeting with them, and what’s funny about it is that they’re not wolves in real life. So they had these cardboard cutout wolves for us for our eye line — because you know they go in there and build the wolves later with CGI. So we were doing these really intense, serious scenes with these hilarious cardboard cutout wolves in the middle of this big forest. It was so surreal. I kind of wish we just shot it with those wolves. I think it would have been really interesting. [Laughs]“

(Source: PopWatch)

Taylor Lautner & Kristen Stewart In Berlin!

Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart are in Berlin, Germany to promote the Twilight Saga Eclipse today, June 18th. Kristen and Taylor posed for the cameras at the Eclipse photo call looking gorgeous as ever.
[Source: Celebrity Gossip.

More photos added via Kstewfans.  

Behind The Scenes Video: Ashley Greene & Kellan Lutz In Women’s Health Magazine

Jackson Rathbone Promoting The Last Airbender At Six Flags!

Jackson Rathbone (aka Jasper Hale) was at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California promoting The Last Airbender with co star Nicola Peltz on June 17th.
[source: JacksonRathboneSource.

Robert Pattinson feels surrounded by Oscar winners on 'Water for Elephants' set

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While his Twilight series counterparts are racing across the globe to promote The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Robert Pattinson is busy on the set of Water For Elephants.
As you know, he's filming the book-to-film adaptation of Sara Gruen's best-seller in California currently, and in a recent interview the actor did with the New York Times, he explained that the set was filled with Oscar winners - himself being the exception.
"It feels like everyone is an Oscar winner except me," he said.
Of course, the NYT predicts that Water For Elephants is Robert Pattinson's biggest chance to prove himself outside of the Twilight arena, so it very well may be that Pattinson is lining himself up to join his co-stars in accolades.
Among those Academy Award-winning actors co-starring in the picture with him are Reese Witherspoon (won "Best Actress" award for Walk The Line) and Christoph Waltz (won "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role" for Inglourious Basterds). Hal Holbrook (who portrays the older version of Pattinson's character "Jacob") was also nominated for an Oscar, as was screenplay author Richard LaGravanese.

Details on Burger King's 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' promotions revealed

A few details on Burger King's coming The Twilight Saga: Eclipse promotions have been revealed by the New York Times.
The publication reveals that Burger King's Eclipse push will begin on Monday with commercials and games.
In the commercials, the Team Edward versus Team Jacob debate wages in the form of fan devotion, and "dueling devotees of the two characters are seen marching into a Burger King restaurant, urging customers to play the game by scratching off the panel with their favorite character."
A preview of the quotes used in the commercials (which NYT states will appear both on television and online) includes: "'Jacob’s abs are so hard,' a Jacob fan tells a customer, 'you can scratch that game piece on them.' An Edward fan explains that he is not dead, just alive forever."
Burger King will also host a website for their promotions, and scratch-off cards will give fans the chance to win one of several prizes, including a screening of the movie and a set tour.

Stephenie Meyer's 'Bree Tanner' sells 700,000 copies in the U.S.

'Bree Tanner' by Stephenie Meyer - Little, Brown Books

Just a few hours ago, it was announced that Stephenie Meyer's The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella had sold over a quarter of a million copies in the United Kingdom - positioning it to be the number one book of the year there - and now, Entertainment Weekly reports that the Bree Tanner novella has sold over 700,000 copies in the United States.
Another interesting piece of information brought forth by EW's report is the staggeringly low number of people who have taken up the opportunity to read the book in its entirety online (at BreeTanner.com).
"Little, Brown, Meyer’s publisher, estimates that only 75,000 people have read the book in its entirety on the website," EW reports.
Bree Tanner book sales in the U.S. have put the novella at the top of USA Today's best-seller list.

Twilight Night: Official Event, See Twilight and New Moon Under the Stars For Free

If you live in one of twelve cities, good news: Summit is putting on an official “Twilight Night” in your city on Saturday, June 26th to celebrate the Lunar Eclipse in honor of the release of the Eclipse Movie on June 30th. These events will include free outdoor showings of Twilight and New Moon for fans.
The lucky cities for Twilight Nights are: Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Miami, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City, St. Louis, San Diego, Seattle and Washington DC.
Moviefone will also be live-streaming from Philadelphia and San Diego.
For full details, including how to get in with capacity and venue info for your city, read on–

Los Angeles, CA June 18, 2010 – In celebration of the lunar eclipse on the evening of June 26th, Summit Entertainment is inviting everyone across the nation to “TWILIGHT Night,” a 12-city event including outdoor screenings of TWILIGHT and THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON. The family and community-oriented events are the perfect chance for those new to the film franchise as well as moviegoers in general to immerse themselves in THE TWILIGHT SAGA phenomenon just in time for the highly anticipated theatrical release of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, the third installment of Summit Entertainment’s TWILIGHT SAGA film franchise, on June 30th.
The excitement of THE TWILIGHT SAGA will be delivered directly to fans in their hometowns and online with “TWILIGHT Night” special events. Moviefone will live-stream events from Philadelphia and San Diego at www.moviefone.com/twilightnight which will include interviews with cast, fan reactions, special guests and sneak peeks of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, allowing those unable to attend to still take part in the celebration. In addition, each event will include special cast member appearances as well as engaging activities to be enjoyed prior to the outdoor evening film screenings, including a red carpet and photo booth, both provided by Moviefone.
For more information about the nationwide screenings and to see if one is in your hometown, visit http://eclipsethemovie.com.
Events are currently scheduled to take place in the following cities and venues. Doors open at 6:00 PM local time in each city. Attendance will be accommodated on a first come, first served basis. See local event information for additional instructions.*

Atlanta
Atlantic Station
171 17th St NW
Atlanta, GA

Dallas
AT&T Plaza at the American Airlines Center
2500 Victory Ave
Dallas, TX

Denver
Sloan’s Lake Park
17th Ave and Sheridan
Denver, CO

Miami
Gusman Center Performing Arts
174 East Flagler Street
Miami, FL

Philadelphia
The Piazza
North Second Street and Germantown Avenue, Below Girard
Philadelphia, PA

Phoenix
Desert Ridge Shopping Center
21001 North Tatum Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ

Portland
Colonel Summers City Park
Portland, OR

Salt Lake City
Movie in the Park
Fairmont Park located
2361 South 900 East
Salt Lake City, UT

St. Louis
St. Louis Union Station
1820 Market Street
St. Louis, MO

San Diego
Park at the Park (Downtown)
10th & K
San Diego, CA

Seattle
Fremont Outdoor Movies
3501 Phinney Ave N.
Seattle, WA

Washington DC
National Harbor Plaza
163 Waterfront Street
National Harbor, MD
*Cities, venues and times are subject to change. Visit http://eclipsethemovie.com for the most current information.

New Photo Of Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson With Jimmy Kimmel

Here’s a new photo of Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson with Jimmy Kimmel.  The Jimmy Kimmel Show will air “Twilight Saga: Total Eclipse of the Heart” special on Wednesday June 23rd on ABC at 10pm ET!
[Source: Kstewartfan.