A Twilight Laugh For Your Friday Afternoon

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"Twilight and Philosophy" Author Signing & Event

The Wilkes-Barre (Arena Hub) Barnes & Noble will be hosting a "Twilight and Philosophy" Author Signing & Special Event this weekend. The event will take place on Saturday, October 3 at 2:00 pm.

"Twilight and Philosophy" was recently featured in a Twilight Examiner article... Rebecca Housel (a writing and literature professor at Rochester Institute of Technology) and J. Jeremy Wisnewski (an Assistant Professor of Philosophy who also wrote Family Guy and Philosophy: A Cure for the Petarded, The Office and Philosophy: Scenes from the Unexamined Life, X-Men and Philosophy: Astonishing Insight and Uncanny Argument in the Mutant X-Verse, and other academic books) have created Twilight and Philosophy: Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Pursuit of Immortality. Twilight and Philosophy has just been released in paperback on Amazon.com, and it promises to address questions such as "What can vampires tell us about the meaning of life?" and "Is Bella a feminist?"

The book is available at Barnes & Noble and it sounds like they will be speaking and/or discussing the it. The information that appears on BarnesandNoble.com is included below.

(Note: I have not read this book, there is one review on B&N website and it is positive)

Twilight and Philosophy: Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Pursuit of Immortality with William Irwin and Rebecca Housel

Author Signing, Special Event
As absorbing as the bestselling Meyer novels themselves, Twilight and Philosophy draws on the wisdom of philosophical heavyweights to answer essential questions about Bella, Edward and their family and friends.

Saturday October 03, 2009 2:00 PM

Wilkes-Barre
The Arena Hub, 421 Arena Hub Plaza, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702, 570-829-4210

Miscellaneous "Stuff" How's that for a Broad Topic??

Meet Leah & Seth Clearwater (Julia Jones & BooBoo Stewart)

This new outtake from a Twilight photo shoot was released this week...Hot, huh?

This barn in the Vancouver area was the location of night shooting this week for Eclipse.

According to LaineyGossip Alice, Edward, Maria and Jasper were involved in the shoot which is believed to be flashbacks and perhaps a vision of a memory. Hmmm sounds interesting. Lainey is also reporting that Kristen has spent more time in a salon "am told exclusively that they were testing out a look, something to do with a transformation, not just her hair, but makeup and costuming too. As a vampire." Ok now I am REALLY curious.

And how about this?? Check out this new movie still of Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen in New Moon. What do you think about her new 'look' in New Moon compared to the one in Twilight. I like it! (click to see it bigger)

sources: NewMoonMovie.org, EclipseMovie.org, LaineyGossip.com

Summit Entertainment and Creation Entertainment to Produce the Official Twilight Fan Conventions

Los Angeles, CA August 17, 2009 – Summit Entertainment and Creation Entertainment today announced a partnership to produce a series of Official TWILIGHT Fan Conventions over the next three years.

The unprecedented success of both the Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer and the feature film adaptation of the first book has created a worldwide following of passionate fans who are eagerly awaiting the release of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, the second movie in Summit’s TWILIGHT film franchise, which will be released theatrically in North America on November 20, 2009.

The Official TWILIGHT Fan Conventions will offer attendees the unique opportunity to involve themselves in all aspects of THE TWILIGHT SAGA. The weekend gatherings will feature on-stage appearances by TWILIGHT celebrities, exclusive footage screenings, panel discussions, TWILIGHT themed parties, musical performances, costume and trivia competitions, auctions, autographing, merchandising, and photo opportunities. The major online TWILIGHT fan websites, including http://www.twilightlexicon.com/and http://www.twilightmoms.com/, will be participating with special presentations at stops on the convention tour.

Erin Ferries, VP of Creation Entertainment, said, “It is a delight to be involved with the tremendous excitement that surrounds THE TWILIGHT SAGA. The fans are incredibly knowledgeable about the property and have used the story as a springboard for their own creativity. The Official TWILIGHT Fan Conventions will allow attendees the chance to show off their TWILIGHT inspired artwork, writing, costumes, filmmaking, and music with thousands of their fellow fans. While the conventions will offer fans the chance to cheer for their favorite actors they are equally about gathering with like-minded folks and forming friendships based on a common devotion. We can’t wait to bring some of the magic of TWILIGHT live to cities around the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom!”

“The fans of THE TWILIGHT SAGA continue to be incredibly supportive of the film franchise and we wanted to find a way to allow them to immerse themselves in the films and the characters in a much more interactive setting,” said Nancy Kirkpatrick, President of Worldwide Marketing of Summit Entertainment. “The Official TWILIGHT Fan Conventions will offer incredible opportunities to get up close to the characters which they have grown to love.”

Official TWILIGHT Fan Conventions around the country with more then 20 stops have already been announced including New Jersey, Chicago, Miami, Seattle, Nashville, San Francisco, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Arlington, Charlotte, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Boston, Toronto and Portland.

More information on any of these weekend events can be found at http://www.twilightconvention.com/.

Source for story and banner : Twilight Lexicon

Fansite Friday

Be sure to visit these sites for their first reports from their New Moon set visit back in April. I have only made it through two of them so far. They are long, but worth every minute of it!!

Visiting our Site from outside of NEPA

We are glad to have you visit us no matter where you are from! You don't have to be from Northeastern Pennsylvania, you just have to love Twilight! Feel free to join/follow and or comment.

Even though you may not be able to join us for our get togethers, we'd love to be friends here on the web :-)

Fansite Fridays

The various Twilight Fansites who visited the New Moon set in Vancouver will spend the next five Fridays bringing us their set reports. The sites include Twilight Lexicon, His Golden Eyes, Twilight Source, Twilighters Anonymous, Twilight Moms, Twilight Series Theories.

I will try to post as much of the coverage here as I can.

A Little Edward Love

Being forever Team Edward, I had to follow up the Jacob/Bella picture with this one from September in the new calendar.

Bella & Edward's Favorite Book

NewMoonMovie.org is reporting that Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights has gotten a face lift. Below are the new Twilight inspired covers. Notice how the covers say "Bella & Edward's Favorite Book". :-)

World of Twilight Site Goes Live

The World of Twilight website (previously listed as 'coming soon') has gone live. Visit here.

The top of the page shows each title with information on the movie. When you roll over Twilight is says 'now on dvd', New Moon says '11.20.09', Eclipse says 'in theatres 6.30.10' and Breaking Dawn says 'coming soon'.

Now that's hardly official word on the status, but at least it sounds like Breaking Dawn is a strong possibility.

Is Merchandising Ruining 'Twilight'?

Check out this article on Idol Chatter over at Belief.net. It discusses how the mass merchandising of everything Twilight has the potential to overkill it. On some levels I have to agree, much of it is starting to just plain annoy me. I mean Burger King? Team Edward / Team Jacob Burger King crowns??

Buffy (The Vampire Slayer) meets Edward Cullen

I had seen links to this all over the place, but hadn't watched it until today (thanks to Becky!) I was not a Buffy fan, but I think this is fun anyway!

According to Stephenie Meyer The Best Is Yet To Come!!

Stephenie posted a note on her website today regarding the MTV Movie awards and gave us a little teaser about New Moon. She is just as anxious as we are!

Thank you, everybody who voted at the MTV Movie Awards! It was awesome to see Twilight get so much love. Congratulations to Catherine and Rob and Kristen and all of the cast and everyone at Summit and everybody on the crew! You all did an amazing job and you deserve your popcorn!

Twilight fans are the best!
XOXOSteph

P.S. You got to see a little taste of New Moon tonight, but I promise you this: when it comes to New Moon, you haven't seen anything yet! Can November please come faster?

MTV Movie Awards

Hope you were able to watch the MTV Movie Awards. The show was a bit weird, but Twilight kicked some major butt!!

There's soooo much to see....videos, pictures, interviews. I was ready to post a lot of videos from YouTube but it seems that they are being slowly taken down due to copyright issues. AND the videos over at MTV.com make you watch a lot of really annoying commercials and seem to have some technical difficulties. For now I will list the awards that Twilight won and see what I can do about the rest. UPDATE: Here's a link to a playlist of some of the videos on YouTube

Best Fight went to Rob and Cam for the Ballet Studio Fight. Rob was gracious in thanking his stunt double who he claims really did all the work. (In an interview (after he received the award) he says it's the first fight he's ever won!)

Rob won Breakout Male Performance. LOL he had a 'little list' and a little something coming out of his pants :-) You'll have to see the video to understand that.

Rob and Kristen won Best Kiss. Their 'acceptance' of the award was GREAT!!! For this I have included the video!

MTV Shows

Before the real New Moon trailer, they revealed a little spoof... Then the big reveal came!!! It was presented by Rob, Kristen & Taylor. Rob dedicated it to all the fans! (See post below this for a High Quality video of the trailer, also available in HD by clicking on the HD button)

Kristen won Best Female Performance and had a slightly embarrassing moment during her acceptance when she dropped the award.

Twilight won BEST MOVIE! (I have some questions about Catherine's dress)

MTV Movie Awards...Best Movie

Voting has officially closed in most categories for the MTV Movie Awards which will be broadcast this Sunday night!! HOWEVER you can still vote for Best Movie. Twilight is up against Dark Knight, High School Musical 3, Iron Man & Slumdog Millionaire.

What are you waiting for??? Go here to vote now!!! :-)

For fun....

Twilight Guide has a bunch of fun video pictures. This one reminds me of the excitement of the Twilight Trailer being released; thought it appropriate as we all wait (patiently of course) for the New Moon Trailer.

Twilight Movie and New Moon Pictures

Cast Party

Vancity Allie is reporting that the cast attended a New Moon / Eclipse Party. Lots of the main cast members were there as well as Stephenie Meyer and David Slade (Eclipse Director). She also reports seeing many actors with what appeared to be thick scripts and speculates it may be the Eclipse script.

You can read her blog posting here.

LOL ...... Twilight with cheeseburgers

Here's a little something to make you laugh. I think it's hilarious, although the end is a little weird. Thanks to Twilight Guide for the find

Twilight Examiner: Stephenie Meyer a better story-teller than writer? Stephen King's claims tested with New Moon

Twilight Examiner: Stephenie Meyer a better story-teller than writer? Stephen King's claims tested with New Moon

Amanda Bell has been busy. This morning she also takes on the claims by Stephen King that Stephenie Meyer "can not write worth a darn". I know a few people (LOL) who would argue with that. Click on the link above to read the article.

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Twilight Examiner: Robert Pattinson’s “dark” scene in New Moon a re-hash of a left-out Twilight scene?

Twilight Examiner: Robert Pattinson’s “dark” scene in New Moon a re-hash of a left-out Twilight scene?

Amanda Bell examines the dream sequences we have heard about from both Kristen and Rob in the ET coverage. They both talk about how dark and scary they are. In New Moon Bella's dreams, while haunting to her, are not really like that, they are her searching, lost, and alone. Click the link above to read Amanda's take on it.

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