HollywoodCrush asks: Would you miss Anna Kenrick if she didn't appear in "Breaking Dawn"?

SIDE NOTE:  Jessica, in my opinion, has to be at the wedding!!!

Anna Kendrick Talks About Her And Jessica's Future After 'Eclipse'
It's no new news that Anna Kendrick had mostly slipped under the radar in Hollywood for nearly half her adult life. Before she stole all her scenes in both "Twilight" and "New Moon" and garnered an Oscar nomination for her role in "Up in the Air," Anna was the third youngest Tony nominee ever and made a name for her quirky humor in "Rocket Science."


But it's what's going on after her success that is what is interesting. Jason Reitman wrote the role of Natalie specifically for Anna in "Up in the Air" and, though she still auditioned for the role, it really was hers to start with. She admitted in a new interview with Reuters that she's been too caught up in "Up in the Air" and awards season to focus on work, but she is still deservedly receiving some A-list job opportunities.

Last summer, Anna was offered a role in an untitled Seth Rogen and James McAvoy comedy for Mandate Pictures, which starts shooting later this month. Mandate gave her the part without even an audition.

"I'm not a really good auditioner, so it took a lot of the load off me," she told Reuters.

It also should take a stressful load off her shoulders about whether she is a hot commodity in Hollywood. She was recently chosen chosen by Vanity Fair as one of the hot young actresses to keep an eye out for.

With so much buzz surrounding her now, it's hard not to see Anna feeling a little unloved by the "Twilight" crowd. Not only did they say she was the "Twilight" actor least likely to win an Oscar (choosing Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson over her, despite her Oscar buzz and now nomination), but her character Jessica Stanley doesn't have much shelf life beyond the third film, "Eclipse."

"I honestly feel like Jessica is one of those characters that if she wasn't in the movie, nobody would miss her," she said. "At the same time, I feel a certain affection for the films so if they ask me, I would love to. I don't have my fingers crossed either way."

She added, "I've been really lucky to not be defined completely by that series."

And yet, in spite of all that, I remember being at Comic-Con in 2008 when "Twilight" first debuted the entire cast and, despite the fact she was not on the panel, hearing a buzz around the exhibit hall floor that the girl who played Jessica was near the "Twilight" booth. Though Anna was not well known by mainstream audiences before "Twilight" and "Up in the Air," she was at least beloved by "Twi"-hards for just being a part of the film.

Would you miss Anna Kenrick if she didn't appear in "Breaking Dawn"? YES I WOULD!!!

SOURCE: MTV HollywoodCrush

YIKE - this day just has been an EPIC movie still day! Here's more Remember Me stills

Let me just reiterate, the ECLIPSE stills, well they took my breath away!  They made me speechless!  And I stand by my earlier comments, if the scene that those pics are taken from does not make the final cut, I will personally form the lynch mob that is going after @DAVID_A_SLADE 's ass!!!! 

But to show that I support the cast in all of their professional ventures ---here is more REMEMBER ME stills! 

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New Posters from The Runaways!

Boy what a day it has been!!!  First we get new stills from Remember Me, and let me say, yes they are from hot scenes!  And then my prayers were answered with two (2) new stills from Eclipse - And damn it @DAVID_A_SLADE better make sure that scene makes the final cut!!!!  And now we have new posters from The Runaways!  A GREAT DAY INDEED!!!!!! 

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Rob Pattinson out and about with Tom Sturridge in London - HE'S ALIVE !

@ROBsessedBlog has shared the following picture with us!

Robert Pattinson Out And About with Tom Sturridge in London. First they grabbed lunch at Nando's then did some shopping.

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New ECLIPSE stills, I have died and gone to heaven!!!!!

OK somehow someway someone knew I was at the point of combustion!  But THANK GOODNESS someone loves me enough to know I needed these pics!!!!!!!  GOOD LORD THEY ARE GORGEOUS!!!!

http://www.twitter.com/KStew411

GOODNESS GRACIOUS at these new Remember Me stills!

Robert Pattinson EXCLUSIVE: New 'Remember Me' Stills Expose Steamy Moments With Emilie De Ravin

The cold winter months are about to get a whole lot hotter! We've secured two new exclusive images from Robert Pattinson's upcoming romantic drama, "Remember Me" (out March 12), and we're pretty sure that after you get a glimpse at them, you aren't going to want to do much for the rest of the day except stare.

Looking at these two pics, we can safely say that Emilie de Ravin wasn't lying when she told MTV News last month that she and Rob hit it off right away. "I flew to New York to test with Rob and we immediately got along and had instant great chemistry, which is not an easy thing to come by," she said. "Obviously you're acting, but you want to have that connection with somebody. We had it."

Though we love seeing Rob in a plaid shirt getting, you know, frisky on a bed, we have to admit this second image might be our favorite. It's nice seeing him let loose for a role — it's a welcome change from his polite and guarded Edward Cullen ways. When it comes to Emilie, on the other hand, we have to wonder how many pieces of sexy lingerie she had to try on to make this scene work!

What do you think of our exclusive images? Have you been able to concentrate on anything else today?

Source: MTV

Robsten Love 2009 - Throughout a whole year with Robert & Kristen!

Just had to post this video that had been tweeted by @kellyprovence I just love this video of Robsten 2009 a whole year ---- 



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Could there be any truth to "Gossip Boy" and the article on "THE RING?"

Wouldn't it all be romantic, if only it were true!  What do you think?  Leave your comments below!

Okay readers, here it is. We have some breaking gossip that has been relayed to us concerning the ring Rob reportedly bought. Many of you have asked when he bought it, so we did some snooping. We found out that the jeweler went to Rob, not the other way around. Makes sense, if Rob walked anywhere near a jewelry store, shit would go down. So, Rob requested an in-home visit with the ring in question, and a couple of others. This all happened about 3 weeks before Christmas. Like we reported before, Rob mentioned the ring was for a friend. And that my friends was bullshit!


We have discovered that not only was the ring for Kristen, but he supposedly proposed to her on New Years Eve. Now, don't have a heart attack or fall out of your chairs. This is just rumored. See, after she got the ring, certain people forbid them of coming out about their engagement. They are worried about their franchise, about past relationships that could cast a dark shadow over them, and most of all because someone wasn't exactly legal when this all began!

"She wants to wear the ring but to avoid all the backlash, she keeps it on her, but hidden at all times," our source revealed.

When word of our last article about the ring got out, we hear that is when the lock down began. They were told to make it appear as if they are not together at all and had better not even be seen together until this was all labeled as pure fictional gossip. Kristen was in jury duty for 3 days and Rob has been MIA from Kristen's world.

We don't know what the next step will be, or if Summit will try and have us assassinated, but I personally am holding out for the wedding to end all weddings. It is so hard to find love these days, and these two have found a beautiful romance amid all of the Hollywood drama. It's not fair for them to have to hide it for business reasons.

Source: The Gossip Boy

First picture of Rob Pattinson surfaces from the DETAILS mag photoshoot

The first picture from the DETAILS magazine photoshoot has surfaced! And as you will see if definitely does not disappoint! 

Thanks @delaneyg84 for sharing this pic with us!

Taylor Lautner going from 'Steel' to 'Stretch Armstrong'

Last fall while doing the press rounds for "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," Taylor Lautner promised HitFix "big things" would be announced in 2010 regarding his future projects. How significant they are in the scheme of Hollywood is debatable, but the 18-year-old is clearly being thrown the responsibility of launching two new franchises.


Lautner was already on board to bring Paramount's "Max Steel" to life, but now he's becoming another cinematic hero: "Stretch Armstrong." Based on the Hasbro toy, the Universal Picture will be a 3-D extravaganza that will give the character super powers in what we can only assume is a battle against the forces of evil (or possibly his evil brother Wretch Armstrong?).

Speaking to Deadline.com, Universal Pictures Co-Chairman Donna Langley said, "“In the past two years, Taylor has emerged as a real star at the global box office. He brings the perfect balance of energy and athleticism to the role of an unlikely super hero with a fantastic super power. We couldn’t be more pleased that he has agreed to be our Stretch.”

The studio had planned to release "Stretch" in 2011, but the new 3-D plan will push the film back to a March, 2012 release date. That should make his debut as "Max Steel" and shooting the final "Twilight" film or films "Breaking Dawn" easier to schedule.

The studio does not have a director on board the project yet, but as of a year ago Steve Oedekerk was the screenwriter. It's unclear if he is still on board.
 
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Vanity Fair Young Hollywood Photoshoot

Take a look as VF goes behind the scenes of the Young Hollywood photoshoot which includes 'The Twilight Saga's Kristen Stewart and Anna Kendrick!!




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REMEMBER ME: Ask Rob Video #4 Tyler's Journey

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Kristen Stewart to Host Benefit Dinner for Haiti

Kristen Stewart ("Bella Swan" in The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) may be getting her hands even more involved in charitable efforts for the relief of victims of the Haiti earthquake disaster.


Accoring to E!Online's Marc Malkin, she's making plans to host a benefit dinner in Hollywood to raise money for the cause.

Stewart has already done at least two things to be proactive in relief efforts. First, she was able to raise funds through the Sundance Film Festival (where her films The Runaways and Welcome To The Rileys were premiered). Additionally, she teamed with her Runaways co-star Dakota Fanning and other celebrities to sign a snowboard for a Haiti relief charity auction.

As details on the potential project come about, you'll probably hear more about the effort.

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Robert Pattinson: Remember Me Quickie Confirmed!

Our friend Marc Malkin over at E has the following to say regarding Rob Pattinson and the 'Remember Me' press junket!

We've got some good and some bad news today for Robert Pattinson fans.


First the bad: We've unfortunately officially confirmed that Rob will not be spending too much time stateside to promote his upcoming flick Remember Me.

And now the good news...

Pattinson can't be here too long because he's all over Bel Ami, the movie he's currently filming in Europe with Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci and Kristin Scott Thomas.


"He is in every scene of [Bel Ami], so he is getting out once to go to New York for the press junket premiere and talk shows," a rep for Remember Me tells us.

Cameras reportedly began rolling on Bel Ami earlier this week in London. In this movie adaptation of French writer Guy de Maupassant's 1885 novel of the same name, Pattinson plays a Parisian journalist who gains power in the city through the manipulation of some very wealthy women.

SOURCE: Marc Malkin

With reviews like this Summit better amp up the PR on 'Eclipse' ("WAKE UP & SMELL THE COFFEE)

I don't care what anyone says, you can say we got too much info and too many clips before the movie was released for 'The Twilight Saga New Moon,' but I for one will have to disagree.  I don't know whose marketing strategy it was, but it was total genius!  Now I don't know why they felt the need to completely do a 180 on 'The Twilight Saga Eclipse,' but after reading the following review, I think Summit Entertainment would be very wise if they would listen and start pouring out information on 'Eclipse' or they may very well find themselves in a situation such as this review suggests! 

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE - Summit - we the fans make a difference! OK, Enuff said!

2010 Preview: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

by Raymond Subers

Release Date: June 30


Studio: Summit Entertainment

Genre: Romantic Fantasy

Director: David Slade

Writer: Melissa Rosenberg (based on the novel by Stephanie Meyer)

Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Elizabeth Reaser, Peter Facinelli, Gil Birmingham, Dakota Fanning, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard

Studio Description: As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella (Stewart) once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward (Pattinson) and her friendship with Jacob (Lautner) — knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death.

Analysis: After Twilight, the first entry in The Twilight Saga before the franchise was called "The Twilight Saga," became a box office sensation in 2008, ultimately grossing $192.8 million, its sequel, New Moon, was dubbed one of the most-anticipated movies of 2009. It did not disappoint, drawing massive crowds out of the gate and finishing the year with nearly $290 million and counting. While the first two movies had pre-Thanksgiving launches, the third, Eclipse, has been aligned with the Independence Day holiday, in part, because the next Harry Potter reclaimed that series' historical pre-Thanksgiving slot. Eclipse is scheduled for Wednesday, June 30, or only seven months after New Moon.

Odds are that Eclipse won't reach the heights of New Moon, given the history of closely-timed, serialized sequels. The Matrix Revolutions, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and even Back to the Future Part III all grossed significantly less than their predecessors. When a second movie is hotly-anticipated after the first movie's success, it's highly unlikely that the next picture will even maintain the momentum (The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter being notable exceptions), and signs from New Moon's run suggest that The Twilight Saga will follow the pattern. New Moon had one of the biggest openings of all time, was extremely front-loaded and probably wasn't as well-liked as the first Twilight: Box Office Mojo readers gave it a "C+," compared to the first movie's "B." Also, the vampire fad could show fatigue by the summer, given the flood of vampire-themed TV shows, movies and paraphernalia in the market.

However, it would be silly to bet against Eclipse's chances at being a big box office draw in its own right. The Twilight brand is so strong right now that even a massive drop-off would mean a near blockbuster run for Eclipse, there are few other offerings this summer that will be as attractive to younger females, and there's always the possibility that it pulls a Harry Potter in terms of longevity. With no trailer available at publication time, it remains to be seen how Summit will up the ante in its marketing campaign.

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From EclipseMovieOrg - Peter Facinelli dances with Twi Fan @ Twilight Ball

Check out this new/old video of a lucky fan Emma-Leigh Gallivant,& Peter Facinelli creating their own ‘Twilight‘ scene!












RT: What was going through our mind dancing with Peter [Dr. Carlisle Cullen) and having all those cameras on you both?

EG: When I saw him I was so scared and ended up telling him that I cried after the auction, cause I’m a daft cow but he just laughed at me and hugged me before we walked in and everyone was lined up in the corridor and I almost turned around and walked back off but I figured this is once in a lifetime chance, let everyone else enjoy it as much as I will! So I carried on smiling even though I was scared.

I told him that the cameras were intimidating and he said, ‘Close your eyes and relax, just move with me just ask me anything if you want to know specifics. I’m willing to do it.’



RT: So did you and the other lucky girl share your thoughts afterwards?

EG: We have been over the past few days chatting over e-mail. She’s so nice and our dances are so different to. We were talking about the bite and about what he said.



RT: Did you catch Peter’s cold?!

EG: Oh yes. I woke up the next morning and was like oh my god where’s my voice?

Bless him, he was eating Halls and apologised for the menthol smell. It felt like I should do everything to keep it going. I didn’t want to lose the Carlisle Cold.



How lucky is she? I would be a big ole bag of nerves probably channeling my inner Bella and tripping all over poor Carlisle! To read the how all of this came about check out Emma's story!

http://www.eclipsemovie.org/newold-videopeter-facinelli-gives-fan-the-twilight-dance/

Robert Pattinson's Remember Me Quickie

Our friend Marc Malkin has the following on Rob and Remember Me promotionals! and I absolutely love love love love what he has to say in the last paragraph!  Check it out below!!!!

As we all know by now, Robert Pattinson will be on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon March 1 and The View March 2 to promote his new, nonvampire flick Remember Me.

But how much more press he'll be doing around the time of the film's release is probably going to be limited to not much else...

While he'll be in New York City the last week of February for the press junket and is expected to attend the big premiere on March 1, he has to get back to Europe sooner rather than later to continue filming Bel Ami.

When asked if there is a chance Pattinson would be hosting Saturday Night Live, like Taylor has done already, our insider said, "I can't imagine he could. Maybe he can make a cameo, but to host you need about a week to rehearse."

Pattinson's Remember Me costar Emilie de Ravin will pop up on The View with him, but she'll probably do a publicity push in Toronto without him.

As we first told you, Pattinson and de Ravin shot a fashion spread at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for an upcoming issue of Vogue.

Although we're hopeful Rob will be able to squeeze in some more television appearances for Remember Me, don't fret too much. We hear Summit is planning another gangbusters promotional tour for the June release of Eclipse.

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36 Days until the US release of 'Remember Me' - pic of day

I have to tell ya - @ThinkingofRob some of the most awesome pictures of Robert Pattinson - and this one definitely does not disappoint! 

Official Press Release for 'Bel Ami'

BelAmifilm.com has obtained the official Press Release for 'Bel Ami'

Click here for the Official Press Release!


Thanks @BelAmiMovie for keeping us up to date with the details!

Breaking Dawn Still Stalled? the latest from Ted and Taryn

"Yes, I've heard they're still considering a fall start date, which is insane. They still haven't decided on how many movies it will be yet. It could go either way at this point."

—Deep Twi, giving us the latest Breaking Dawn update...or nonupdate, for that matter

We'll cool it with the Robert Pattinson-Kristen Stewart love stuff (if only for a sec) and fill you in on what else we've learned 'bout what's going to happen with the fourth (and fifth?) flick:

"It's looking like it's going to be two," Deep Twi spills. With all this back and forth, we can't keep it straight anymore! However, no decision has been finalized.

We're told there's no director, either, and it doesn't sound like Summit is close to officially nailing one down.

We know by now that Chris Weitz will not direct Breaking Dawn, even though he told us back in November he'd be stupid not to come back if asked. But he was asked, trust. Made that begged.

The cast and studio pleaded with Weitz, but to no avail. Deep Twi tells us Chris' response was "an emphatic no."

Interesting that there's not a whole lotta love yet for Eclipse director David Slade. Is that a bad omen that the third Twilight flick may not be the best one of the bunch? Or could it be the studio wants to wait and count its dollars before choosing director faves? We say No. 2.

With the success of New Moon, clearly Weitz blew Catherine Hardwicke outta the favored water (which so isn't entirely her fault, btw).

As for that fall start date, we think Summit 'n' crew better get their asses in gear and figure out a script and director pronto. Just a suggestion! Until they nail those minor details down, Kristen, Rob and the rest of our fave vampire-human gang can't sign on to any outside projects. Unless, of course, they want to possibly suffer Rachelle Lefevre's same fate. Remember her?

Source: Ted and Taryn

Robert & Kristen make Vanity Fair's list of Hollywood's Top Moneymakers!!!

Vanity Fair Lists Hollywood's Top Moneymakers

By NIKHIL HUTHEESING

Michael Bay (pictured), director and producer of the blockbuster Transformers series, beat mogul Steven Spielberg to top Vanity Fair's inaugural list of Hollywood's Top 40 Moneymakers, which the magazine releases on Tuesday. Bay pulled in $125 million last year, according to the magazine, ahead of Spielberg ($85 million), action director Roland Emmerich ($70 million), Avatar auteur James Cameron ($50 million), and Todd Phillips, producer of The Hangover ($44 million). The magazine limits its list to film-industry creatives: producers, directors, and stars.

Nine women made it into the top 40. The list's highest-ranking actress, Emma Watson (no. 14), beats out Cameron Diaz (no. 19), Sarah Jessica Parker (no. 24), Katherine Heigl (no. 25), and Reese Witherspoon (no. 31). For now, Hogwarts trumps vampires: Along with Watson, Harry Potter hero Daniel Radcliffe (no. 6) and supporting actor Rupert Grint (no. 15) rank far above Twilight co-stars Robert Pattinson (no. 35) and Kristen Stewart (no. 37).

The magazine interviewed scores of Hollywood insiders, says contributing editor Peter Newcomb, who compiled the list. Although agents, lawyers, studio executives and even the stars themselves provided the deal numbers, calculating the earning power isn't always an exact science, Newcomb says.

Who will we see on the list in 2011? Count on Twilight's Taylor Lautner to be here, and for a stronger showing from the King of the World. Avatar director Cameron helped generated sales of more than $800 million for 2009, and his no. 1 movie will most likely also be on the 2010 list a year from now. Also hitting multiplexes this year: the third Fockers installment, for which Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller will each earn about $20 million. Owen Wilson will pull in $15 million for his efforts.

The March Vanity Fair will be on newsstands in New York and Los Angeles on Wednesday and will be available nationally on next Tuesday. Here's the full list:

1. Michael Bay, producer-director ($125 million)
2. Steven Spielberg, producer-director ($85 million)
3. Roland Emmerich, producer-director ($70 million)
4. James Cameron, producer-director ($50 million)
5. Todd Phillips, director ($44 million)
6. Daniel Radcliffe, actor ($41 million)
7. Ben Stiller, actor ($40 million)
8. Tom Hanks, actor ($36 million)
9. J. J. Abrams, producer-director ($36 million)
10. Jerry Bruckheimer, producer ($35.5 million)
11. Tyler Perry, actor-director-producer ($32.5 million)
12. Adam Sandler, actor-producer ($31.5 million)
13. Denzel Washington, actor ($31 million)
14. Emma Watson, actor ($30 million)
15. Rupert Grint, actor ($30 million)
16. Owen Wilson, actor ($29 million)
17. Nicolas Cage, actor ($28 million)
18. Russell Crowe, actor ($28 million)
19. Cameron Diaz, actor ($27 million)
20. Brian Grazer, producer, and Ron Howard, director-producer ($25.5 million)
21. Johnny Depp, actor ($25 million)
22. Steve Carell, actor ($25 million)
23. Robert De Niro, actor ($24.5 million)
24. Sarah Jessica Parker, actor ($24 million)
25. Katherine Heigl, actor ($24 million)
26. Shawn Levy, director-producer ($23 million)
27. Oren Peli and Jason Blum, writer-director-producers ($22.5 million)
28. Robert Downey Jr., actor ($22 million)
29. George Clooney, actor ($22 million)
30. Matt Damon, actor ($22 million)
31. Reese Witherspoon, actor ($21 million)
32. Angelina Jolie, actor ($21 million)
33. Jennifer Aniston, actor ($20 million)
34. Sandra Bullock, actor ($20 million)
35. Robert Pattinson, actor ($18 million)
36. Clint Eastwood, actor-director-producer ($17 million)
37. Kristen Stewart, actor ($16 million)
38. Mark Wahlberg, actor ($16 million)
39. Shia LaBeouf, actor ($15 million)
40. Brad Pitt, actor ($13.5 million)

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Have a look at Ryan Miller's Team U.S.A. goalie mask

OK - I know this has absolutely nothing to do with 'Twilight', but I am a hockey fan and with the Olympics less than 2 weeks away and in Vancouver - so there is my 'Twilight' link!  ;)  I have to post this!!!!!

By Trey Kerby


Ryan Miller is the goalie for the Buffalo Sabres, and this February he will be repping the United States to the fullest as the number one netman for the national team. And when I say he's repping the U.S. to the fullest, I mean it. Have a look at that mask.

It doesn't get much more American than Uncle Sam with a tattoo, about ready to layeth the smack down.


Designed by Warwick Mask & Equipment, Inc. in Port Huron, Mich., the mask features that fearsome Uncle Sam, along with Olympics logos, and patriotic sayings that aren't pictured but are probably pretty fearsome in their own right.

In addition to Miller's mask, the shop will be doing the Olympic masks for Russia's Evgeni Nabokov and the Czech Republic's Tomas Vokoun. They'll also be doing a custom guitar for Nickelback to use at the closing ceremonies, but let's not hold that against them.

Miller has been getting his masks from Warwick for years, dating to when he was a teenager. Because of this owner Gary Warwick, Sr. and painter Ray Bishop have the utmost respect for the goalie. Bishop told the Times Herald that Miller is "really good with ideas," and that he "will sketch stuff up even. He's not a bad artist himself."

Looks pretty cool to me. What do you think?

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DVD Verdict deliberates and gives 'Little Ashes' a Guilty Verdict!

Unfortunately I have no rebuttal as I have not yet seen 'Little Ashes'...........

The Charge

Robert Pattinson loses the fangs for a crazy moustache in this biopic of Salvador Dali.

The Case

It's probably worth noting at the beginning of this review that I am not a Robert Pattinson hater. He was ghastly in last year's New Moon, but I found him perfectly watchable in the initial Twilight effort and in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. That said, I really detested his performance in Little Ashes and the motion picture as a whole. Rarely does a movie so utterly uninspired and drably compiled come about, but when they do it's a serious cause for concern. The film was shot around the same time that Twilight was, and it's only on the back of that movie's success and Pattinson's uncontrollable popularity that this turgid biopic was allowed to see the light of day. I honestly had fairly high hopes for Little Ashes, but it's a masturbatory exercise in bad acting and aggressively pompous direction.

The film opens in 1922 as Salvador Dali (Robert Pattinson, Twilight) arrives at the legendary School of Fine Arts in Madrid, quick to befriend the intelligent and ambitious Federico Garcia Lorca (Javier Beltran, El Paso) and Luis Bunuel (Matthew McNulty, Looking for Eric). The three have radical views that are set to change the highly censored artistic landscape of the time, but a bond emerges within the group that hints at a forbidden love and dangerous secret. The film is reportedly drawn from the memories and recollections of Dali himself, so I guess that makes it pretty accurate and reliable.

I'm not going to rant too long on the subject of Little Ashes, but it's an awfully boring picture packed with stilted and amateurish filmmaking. The movie doesn't deserve to be seen by a wider audience, and had Pattinson not become the most lusted after male on the planet, I strongly suspect it never would. The one genuine positive is that the film was actually shot in Spain and features some terrifically exotic and beautiful scenery along with a natural claustrophobic heat that really legitimates the surroundings. This manipulation of the natural environment is the strongest facet I could detect and the only element that didn't make me want to tear my eyes from their sockets in an intense fit of boredom.

The performances are weak from all corners, especially from Pattinson, who affects a silly Spanish accent from time to time. There is absolutely no heat between Pattinson and Beltran and thus the story loses much power due to a lack of emotional conviction. This is meant to be the story of a friendship that heads into uncertain waters, yet not once did I feel a connection with the soggy and struggling leading actors. If this story was to get the treatment it deserves, then surely more accomplished thespians were a must; a director as insubstantial and aesthetically arrogant as Paul Morrison doesn't help matters either. Morrison displays no understanding of how to guide actors or indeed pace and edit a motion picture, but appears to be an expert in the creation of languid yet meaningless shots, desperately scrambling to imbue the film with a sense of art-house mystique. Not only does this infuriate by elongating the running time, it also seems to replace the need for dramatic sequences of character construction. I'm not going to retract my negative opinion concerning the acting, but I do feel the majority of the blame probably lies at Morrison's feet. After all, with a director this clueless, any actor would be facing an uphill battle from the outset.

The movie has some educational value and it runs through the relationship at the story's heart as chronologically and plainly as possible, but it has no depth. At least it's easy to grasp the facts concerning the time and era. The musical score also marks an irritable bust, it's repetitive and clichéd, adding to the disgusting aura of tedium. I really didn't like Little Ashes and its attempts to be seductive and meaningful are few and failed. Salvador Dali enthusiasts will already be aware of everything the movie offers and anyone else probably won't have much interest anyway. This is a tired and poorly made biopic that deserves a quick DVD release and then to be abruptly cast into cinematic obscurity. The DVD contains interviews with key cast members and Morrison as the only extra, and they don't make for a particularly satisfactory addition to the unfortunate main feature.

The Verdict

Little Ashes is without a doubt guilty.


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NEW FACES OF VAMPIRES IN ECLIPSE

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Robert Pattinson as Tyler Roth in 'Remember Me' latest promotional photo

From AMC News: Sundance 2010 Video - Runaways Bond Through Musical Triumph

Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning took time out of their hectic Sundance 2010 schedule to meet up with AMC News to talk about their new film The Runaways. The pair told me about life on the set, what it's like to tell the story of Joan Jett and Cherie Currie's band, and how this role is different than any that Dakota has played before.





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Robert Pattinson's Sparkly New Comic

Lady Gaga and Robert Pattinson have more in common than you think—they both like to sparkle, they both can sing and they both look fabulous in cartoon form.

The second installment of Bluewater Productions' new comic book line, Fame, features none other than your favorite sparkle vamp. The 32-pager doesn't hit comic book stores and Amazon.com until May, but E! News has the exclusive first look.

The issue, written by Kim Sherman and drawn by Nathaniel Ooten, with the cover created by Juan Mar Studios, delves into the star's music, modeling and of course those dreamy roles he played in the Harry Potter and Twilight movies.

"I chose to conceptualize A-lister Robert Pattinson from a unique perspective, immersing the reader into the life of the talented actor beyond his most famous role," Sherman says.

"It's our hope that even the most devoted fans will discover a fact or two that takes them completely by surprise," Bluewater president Darren G. Davis says.

Author Stephenie Meyer has already been immortalized in comic but worry not K.Stew fans! She'll get her time to shine soon enough.

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When In Rome ----Robert Pattinson

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Isle Esme - Fan Made Breaking Dawn Poster

@CandyKizzeS24 has put together this amazing poster for 'The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn'

Edward and Bella's Love Story // Sia: Don't Bring Me Down

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For Kristen Stewart, this is her dawn

Kristen Stewart is unofficially the belle of Sundance with two decidedly un-'Twilight' films.

Call it a casting fluke, call it kismet. In both of her movies premiering at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Kristen Stewart portrays a 16-year-old runaway.


For the gritty family drama "Welcome to the Rileys," the "Twilight Saga" star inhabits a role quite unlike Bella Swan, the long-suffering vampire-lover character that made Stewart an international icon. She plays Mallory, a stripper-hooker with a porn star's wardrobe and a mascara-tarred visage whose sexual frankness could make a trucker blush.

In the high-octane coming-of-age drama "The Runaways," meanwhile, Stewart portrays real-life proto-punk Joan Jett, who co-founded the all-girl teenage rock band called -- you guessed it -- the Runaways at age 16. In the film, Stewart's character snorts cocaine, makes out with costar Dakota Fanning and drunkenly urinates on an electric guitar.

Although both characters' shock quotient would be hard to deny even if the actress inhabiting them was not a household name synonymous with exquisite romantic longing (and vampires), neither of her new roles can match Stewart's real-life influence on this year's festival. As has been widely reported, she's 2010's unofficial "Ms. Sundance": the high profile leading lady who appears in at least two of the fest's buzzworthiest films.

But what many media types -- and by extension, their audiences -- have been discussing in the wake of Stewart's trudge across Sundance's red carpets and press junkets could be fairly called the central paradox of K-Stew.

That is, her continuing hostility toward the celebrity limelight vis-à-vis an unending impulse to self-promote, a predicament that was thrown into stark relief as a reporter trailed the actress over the course of two days.

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Will Dakota Fanning deserve an Oscar for her portrayal of Cherie Currie in 'The Runaways'

Five days of 'The Runaways'! A fake tattoo foreshadowed Dakota Fanning's starring role as Cherie Currie

Sometimes it's the little signs that point toward big roles -- like Dakota Fanning playing singer Cherie Currie in "The Runaways."

And in this case, that little sign was a little bit of body art.

Currie, chatting at the Sundance Film Festival, talked about when she and Fanning met over lunch to discuss re-creating her persona on the big screen. Fanning revealed to Currie that her journey to their table had started with a classmate who was holding some temporary tattoos.

Dakota's friend had brought the arty stickies to school, Currie said. "She picked a single cherry and put it on her arm."

When Fanning got home that day, her mother was holding the script for "The Runaways."

As Currie tells it, Joy Fanning said, "Dakota you’re not going to believe this. I’m holding this script and you would play a girl who has a cherry tattoo."

After that, Fanning hit it off with director Floria Sigismondi, and a new Cherie was born.

For Currie, a mom and recovering addict, there was nobody but Fanning for the part.

"She’s a prodigy, she’s incredibly unique," she said. "I think she deserves an Academy Award, I'm going to say that right now."

Check out more on Dakota's transformation in our official Sundance coverage here. Do you think she's worthy of Oscar gold?
-- Matt Donnelly

Photo: Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart as Cherie Currie and Joan Jett in "The Runaways." Credit: Apparition Films.

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PFach hits Rodeo Drive for a little crocodile shopping!

Peter Facinelli shops Lacoste, talks about dual doctor roles

While some of his Forks, Wash., cohorts were at the Sundance Film Festival, vampire patriarch Peter Facinelli squeezed in some shopping time in Los Angeles.

Hitting up Rodeo Drive's Lacoste boutique on Tuesday, Facinelli and wife Jennie Garth snuggled and shopped for crocodile-adorned garments. Call this quality time before the storm, as Facinelli is gearing up for massive promotion of "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" and his critically acclaimed Showtime dramedy "Nurse Jackie."

Facinelli spoke with Entertainment Tonight recently about the pressure of filming the roles simultaneously -- both characters are medical pros, but very different personalities.

"It was actually really fun for me to do such contrasting roles because Carlisle [Cullen] is such a calming force; he's a rock, and he's a foundation of this family. And [Dr. Fitch Cooper] is none of that. He runs around like he's had four cans of Red Bull," the actor said

Perhaps Jennie should stock up on the energy drinks, as Peter's going to be traveling the world with the likes of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson come May.

"Eclipse" hits theaters June 30, and "Nurse Jackie" returns to Showtime on March 22. Are you excited to see Facinelli back in his lab coat?
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Kristen Stewart On 'Runaways' Nerves: 'I Was Intimidated By The Singing Part'

We average American audiences still have another two months to wait until "The Runaways" hits theaters, but those lucky enough to have attended Sundance this past week already had their first look during the film's premiere. Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning chatted with MTV about how they felt going into the film.

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"I'm so glad that we can let other people know [about the story]. I had never even heard of the story, and a lot of young people hadn't," Kristen said about how she was happy she joined the film.


As for whether they found any aspect of the film particularly daunting, Dakota seemed to have taken it all in stride. "I wasn't dreading anything, actually. I was just really excited to actually do it. It's one of those things, like, you don't know how it's going to feel until you're actually there. And for me, 'Cherry Bomb' was really what kind of summed the experience up for me," Dakota said.

Kristen had a different take on her approach to the film, saying Dakota's "got it" while she needs to keep herself nervous about the project.

"I need to be thinking that this is the hardest job that I'll ever have to do, because I need to make myself nervous a little bit," she said. "And I was intimidated by the singing part, even though it's not as much as what [Dakota] has to do. Joan has such a distinct sound, and I didn't want to sound stupid. I didn't want to sound like I didn't sound anything like her."

Apparently by the time they finished shooting Kristen felt she'd done a good enough job considering the fact she and Dakota joined Joan on stage (though they didn't sing) at a Sundance party.

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Love the DVD Cover Target is offering on their 3 Disc Special Edition 'New Moon' DVD set!

Love the new cover of the 'New Moon' DVD that is being offered by Target!

Also available in the 3 Disc Special Edition Set:

Available Only at Target - The Twilight Saga New Moon 3 Disc Deluxe Edition DVD with Bonus Collectible Film Cell. Included in this edition are the 2 Disc Special edition plus a third disc of never before seen content and a bonus collectible film cell,


 
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10 pressing questions after seeing Kristen Stewart's 'The Runaways'

HitFix.com Gregory Ellwood gives us the following article: 

There is something strange about Floria Sigismondi's "The Runaways." The movie has a lot of holes, confusing time jumps and characters that seem to either have little point or are dropped for no significant reason. In fact, this commentator can't remember the last time he saw a film that wasn't set on a distance world that left him so perplexed and yet was still entertained. That's partially due to the great performances by Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett, Michael Shannon as manager Kim Fowley and Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie (although of the three she has the most weak moments). What the director succeeds at is creating a mood (including a fantastic performance of "Cherry Bomb") and capturing the rock-filled spirits of the girls (not that there is little joy in the band's success). But even half a day later, it's hard not to question a lot of the historical accuracy and just missing moviemaking moments from the rock biopic. With that in mind, let's review the most pressing questions, shall we?


How did the band get the name "The Runaways"?

Beats me. The film features an extended sequence where the band and Fowley improv and create their massive hit "Cherry Bomb," but the important distinction of how a group comes up with the moniker is completely passed over.

Why is Alia Shawkat even in this film?

Turns out the "Arrested Development" and "Whip It" star is playing a composite of four different bassists who shuttered through the band, but does that mean the girl can't get one line? It's almost as bad as all the work Kal Penn put into "Superman Returns" only to be left mute.

Did Joan Jett and Cherie Currie have a relationship or just fool around?

Currie told HitFix's Melinda Neman they were just "kids fooling around," but the movie insinuates way more.

Why is Currie's dad such an important plot point, but his most significant scene is a phone call at the beginning of the film?

The health of Currie's father weighs on her throughout the film, but we'll have to assume any more substantive scenes between them were left on the cutting room floor.

Will anyone understand how big the band was in the United States?

The picture depicts an eye-opening tour to Japan, but besides some news clippings that fly across the screen you'd never know they charted or had big hits stateside.

Why is Lita Ford barely in the film?

Turns out the producers had concerns about telling too much of Ford's story without a lawsuit hitting them as the rocker didn't want to participate. However, couldn't the drama between Ford and Currie/Jett been communicated more clearly? She has one and a half blow up scenes and thats it. It also make s the film seem incredibly disingenuous on its subject matter as a good deal of the "truth" is missing.

Can anyone tell how long the band is actually together?

Not if you see the movie. Currie was actually a member for four years, but you'd think it lasted only a year or so based on what's on screen. You also have no idea Jett tried to keep the band going without her besides a title card at the end of the film.

Why does the film distance itself from the historical nature of the band so much?

This was a key moment in rock n'roll, but the importance of the band and how it inspired female rockers and pop stars for the next three decades is barely touched upon. Why?

Is Joan Jett officially out?

The "Godmother of Rock n' Roll" has never officially come out as a lesbian, but anyone who sees this movie is going to pretty much assume she is. Is this her coming out party?

Did Currie go to jail or just rehab?

In the film, Currie's sister visits her somewhere, but whether its a mental home, rehab facility or even jail is completely unclear.

Look forward to seeing what questions audiences have after "The Runaways" opens nationwide on March 19. They'll rock, but will they be able to tell anyone anything about the band? We'll see.

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Kristen Stewart on Kissing Dakota Fanning: Nothing Romantic About It

Marc Malkin brings us the latest information from Sundance:  Glad to hear the underagers were drinking coca - cola and water!  Makes me happy!

Filming her kissing scene with Dakota Fanning in The Runaways was just another day at the office for Kristen Stewart.

"It's just something we did," Stewart said at last night's Sundance Film Festival premiere of the biopic about Joan Jett's 1970s all-girl rock band, The Runaways. "In this story, it's so not like a romantic thing. It's just something that they just do."

Besides, Stewart added…

"We had so many other really crazy things that we were intimidated by, like, we had a performance that day," Stewart said. "So when that came up on the schedule we were like, 'Whoa!' But then, 'Alright, whatever.' It was sort of just like another thing."

If you haven't heard by now, The Runaways stars Stewart as Jett and Fanning as the band's Lolita-esque lead singer, Cherie Currie.

It sounds like working with real-life Joan Jett on the performance numbers was much harder on Stewart than getting steamy with Fanning.

"Horrible!" Stewart laughed when asked what it was like singing and playing guitar in front the legendary rock star. "At first, she was like, 'Come on!' She was actually kind of getting upset with me. She was like, 'Ya gotta relax.' [But] I kept telling her, 'I can't do it until we shoot it. Like I literally can't.'"

Meanwhile, after last night's screening, the cast headed over to Bing Bar for a packed-house party. Stewart, Fanning, Michael Shannon and a slew of other castmembers huddled in a VIP corner.

We're happy to report that the underage stars haven't adopted the rock n' roll lifestyle, and stuck to Coca-Cola and water.

And don't go thinking this is all The Runaways scoop we have for ya. Make sure to keep coming back right here to get even more about one of this year's most buzzed-about flicks in Park City.
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Kristen Stewart on playing Joan Jett vs. 'Twilight's' Bella: Whose team is she on?

When it comes down to playing a beloved real life character versus a beloved fictional one, Kristen Stewart declares herself Team Joan over Team Bella. Stewart, who plays Joan Jett in the new biopic “The Runaways,” says she felt a tremendous personal responsibility to capture Jett’s essence.

“Bella’s effect on the world wasn’t necessarily as great as Joan’s, obviously, and I never got to meet Bella,” Stewart said. “It’s completely different. All these people who have an investments in these women, that’s awesome…but when it becomes personal and it’s my responsibility to not destroy, like, what people are going to take from the most important part of my friend’s life… Joan has become really, a really big part. She’s awesome and I really love her. If we hadn’t told the story right, people don’t know the Runaways in our generation. Because they’re going to see them through us, it’s a much different experience than making an original fictional story.”


Speaking of Bella, even though she hasn’t seen “Eclipse,” the third installment of “Twilight” yet, Stewart gives high marks to director David Slade’s style on the film, which will come out this summer. “He’s a very technical director. Very. Very. He’s very thoughtful. I think it’s going to be cool for ‘Twilight,’ like, shotwise. He’s very conceptual. He really, really takes a lot of time to…you’re not going to see, like, a bunch of Steadicam. It’s very deliberate, which is very cool. It gives you more time to think about what you’re doing. I don’t know [the tone] because I haven’t seen the movie.”

On “The Runaways,” Stewart felt an instant connection to Jett, in part because they both experienced stardom from an early age. “We have been professional [from] a young age, which is hard, but her [in] such a different way,” said Stewart during a press roundtable at Sundance for “The Runaways.” “Like the biggest adversity I face is bloggers and [Jett] had people throwing bottles in her face and saying, like, ‘Sit down, you ugly loudmouth.’ To see how assured she is now and that she wasn’t always like that and it actually took a lot… And what she has now is a really, really, really thick armor and you see that happen in the movie. That’s what I wanted to do…She’s a survivor and at the same time she demands to live her life the way she’d like to. She’s a very smart inspiring person.”

Stewart played guitar before filming started, but wasn’t prepared for the rigors of playing in the movie. “We all had two weeks that we had band practice where all of the girls came in. They played the songs that we recorded, I think there was five or six that we had to have done. They played them over a speaker, but then we were like trying to play as a band to it. It’s exhausting, especially with the guitar. I would be exhausted at the end of a rehearsal.. I’d be like, ‘Oh my shoulder is killing me.” So it’s no surprise that even though she sings very capably in the film, Stewart said she had no plans to record her own album.

We’ll have more on “The Runaways” in coming days, including comments from the real Joan Jett

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Bella & Edward video to the music of KOL - Closer

Saw this video from a Twitter post from @Twilighterz and I just love it.  Twilighterz has this to say about the video: 
"This is already my favourite song from Kings of Leon so I’m beyond thrilled that Cr8veLcnse has made a video about Edward and Bella using this song. He’s such a talented editor of the clips he used as well and I loved the way the scenes changes in tune with the music in such an effective manner. I especially loved how he showed Bella and Edward at the 0:51 point to the line of “She took my heart, I think she took my soul”. Awesome!"  You can follow them on Twitter at www.twitter.com/twilighterz



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Yet another review on Kristen Stewart and 'Welcome to the Rileys'

Welcome to the Rileys -- Film Review


By Kirk Honeycutt, January 24, 2010 12:29 ET
 
PARK CITY — In his second feature, “Welcome to the Rileys,” longtime commercial and music video director Jake Scott takes on the more than trite, if not completely tattered, tale of the prostitute and the man who wants to save her. Oh, there’s a twist on that theme to be sure, but such a story is never going to work on a realistic level.


Scott gets nice performances though from a cast that is a virtual three-hander — James Gandolfini, Melissa Leo and Kristen Stewart.

Despite its selection in Sundance’s Dramatic Competition, where one expects experimental and edgy works, the film feels old-fashioned and somewhat removed from contemporary indie filmmaking. “The Twilight Saga’s” Stewart should deliver a curious audience — and she certainly satisfies that curiosity — yet no one should anticipate much theatrical business. The movie will gain better traction in VOD and DVD.

That twist on the old theme positions Gandolfini and Leo’s Doug and Lois Riley as a Midwestern couple drifting aimlessly through life since the death of a beloved teenage daughter. He maintains a plumbing supply business and brightens his week with card games and an affair with an obliging waitress. For her part, Lois has developed agoraphobia so she never leaves the house.

At a convention in New Orleans, Doug encounters a teenage stripper and hooker, Mallory (Stewart). Without knowing why exactly, he becomes a tenant in her rat’s nest of a house and sets about fixing the place, getting her proper bedding and subtly trying to rehabilitate her. Of course, the audience knows exactly why he has adopted a troubled girl the age of his dead daughter.

When her husband refuses to return home without explanation, Lois summons her courage and vanquishes her mental devils to the point she is able first to venture into the car, then back it out of the driveway and finally drive it to New Orleans. There she confronts the tenuous situation between her husband and a not-always grateful hooker. She gets the situation immediately though and pretty much takes over the mother role with near disastrous results.

Buying any of this? It’s all a little too obvious and simultaneously implausible, but Ken Hixon’s screenplay does serves as a blueprint for three fine performances. Galdofini plays utter misery and then utter optimistic conviction with ease. His attempted rehab of Mallory has a sweet poignancy that almost sweeps away the clichés.

Stewart’s Mallory is something the cat dragged in, a person of little self-worth who is determined to lose even what little she does have. She can barely relate to an adult other than with her sexuality — or more accurately, her sexual availability. Anger and self-hatred propels her body through each day.

Leo’s bereaved woman already has one foot in the grave — she has even ordered gravestones for herself and Doug — but New Orleans gives back her life. She has conquered her fears but she needs to conquer her guilt over her daughter’s death.

Marc Streitenfeld’s score with a slight jazz influence and Christopher Soos’ close-up camerawork within a de-glamorized New Orleans are major pluses. But the movie never overcomes the triteness of its premise.

Production companies: Scott Free Productions/Argonaut Pictures
Cast: James Gandolfini, Kristen Stewart, Melissa Leo, Joe Chrest, Ally Sheedy, Tiffany Coty, Elsa Davis
Director: Jake Scott
Screenwriter: Ken Hixon
Producers: Michael Costigan, Giovanni Agnelli, Scott Bloom
Executive producers: Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Steve Zaillian, Ken Hixon
Director of photography: Christopher Soos
Production designer: Happy Massee
Music: Marc Streitenfeld
Costume designer: Kim Bowen
Editor: Nicolas Gaster
Sales: UTA
No rating, 110 minutes

SOURCE: THR