Bill and Edward. Perfect together.

I love this. I wish there was a rivalry. I find it funny that Stephen Moyer is saying Rob P could be his son. Doesn't that mean Sookayyyy could be his daughter? (Ew, with all this Mackenzie Phillips weirdness this week, that's not even funny, is it?)

National Ledger - Twilight and New Moon's Rob Pattinson & True Blood's Stephen Moyer Rivalry?

Welcome to the EMASCULATION of Edward Cullen.

I don't even know where to start. I am so fired up about this car NONSENSE that I just posted nothing, by accident, and had to go back and erase my post-fulla-nothing before posting this.


Do you see this? THIS is a Volvo S60R. THIS is what Edward Cullen drove in Twilight. And New Moon. Oh and Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. Yeah. That's right. ALL of the books. Check it out yourself on Stephenie Meyer's "Cullen Cars" section of her website.

Do you see this? This is the Volvo C30. THIS is what Edward Cullen drove in the MOVIE version of Twilight. My only guess as to why the car was changed to something Edward Cullen SO would NOT have driven is that a) the "R" in the S60R is no longer available... and b)  it seems like a car a younger person would drive, and they wanted to make Edward hip and truly 17, and not ONE HUNDRED EIGHT, which is what is truly is.

Now. Turn your attention to THIS. THIS is what Edward Cullen is driving in Eclipse. (See Bella in the driver's side?) It is an XC90.  And I know a lot about the XC90 because I OWNED ONE for five years - until last year when I traded it in for a Ford Flex. I wanted a car that was a little shorter, a lot less expensive with just as much room and a 5 star safety rating. I miss my XC90 a lot, but seeing as Ford owns Volvo, I knew I'd be getting a similar driving experience. (Anyone who is saying "oh come ON, you can't compare Ford to Volvo is not aware just how much Ford there really in a Volvo these days. The same goes for the Saab 900, which is now built on a Malibu chassis as it's owned by GM and they have completely wiped out all the old Swedish designers and execs. Don't EVEN get me started on THAT.)

OK SO WHY am I waxing on about cars like some kind of annoying guy on one of those cable shows filmed in a garage with motorcycles and guys in bandanas? Because in addition to being a total techno-dweeb, I am also a TOTAL car chick. Always have been. Ever since I was in the 8th grade and completely mortified when my mother dropped me off at school in her 67 Dodge Dart. (I won't go any further with that story because it really does bring back painful memories and I may have to go lie down if I do.)

And WHY am I so upset about Edward's Volvo? Because it's not that difficult to stick to the damn story. Let's reflect on a little book called Eclipse. Do you remember this:

"It came out of nowhere. One minute there was nothing but bright highway in my rearview mirrow. The next minute, the sun was glinting off a black Volvo XC90 right on my tail."

NEITHER DO I!!!!!

I have had not one, but two times since reading the Twilight series that I looked in my rearview mirror and saw a SILVER VOLVO S60 behind me and almost shat my pantalones. I am not too proud to admit that I spent the rest of the drive pretending Edward was following me and was going to give me one of his sexy, tight-assed lectures on his black, leather couch when I got home from helping Angela with her graduation announcements... but I digress.

Bottom line, the story goes:  "the sun was glinting off a SILVER VOLVO right on my tail". And that's what we should see in the films.

OK so why change it? A Volvo XC90 is a great car. Don't get me wrong. But a guy who has a simultaneous love of all things fast, yet practical in the Volvo family is NOT going to drive one! Do you know what I called that car for five years? My MOM CAR. I don't care that they've changed it to black. Ooooh big deal. Black! As if that denotes a car that's usually driven by a person with a penis?!?  NOT! My first car was black! (A pre-owned 1986 Nissan Pulsar, which was sa-weet until I went away for a weekend and left it in a parking lot that got flooded. There were practically fish falling out of the back seat when I opened the door. Let's not go there, mmmkayyy?)

So I ask you, Mr. Slade... WHY are you MESSING with "THE CAR"? Is it not enough to have a long and happy movie with a silver S60??  (Even without the "R", I'd much rather see the proper SILVER S60 than a BLACK X90!)

If you want to CHANGE something, change Bella's wig! (And lord....change Carlisle's while you're at it.) And leave the cars alone! Geez, next thing you know, Edward's going to be lending Jacob his Ferrari Enzo in Breaking Dawn! It's just...WRONG!

Dream On

Cool dream sequence photo from New Moon. Just add it to all the photos that have been taking my breath away this week. Look at the clothes. It's like Edward hasn't even died yet. And it sticks to the books because Bella had daydreams about Edward's "time" and saw herself wearing Victorian and Edwardian clothes. And just look at Bella's face. All happy and content in her little dream that Edward is still around. (OK not sure why Edward looks constipated but, whatev. We all have bad days.) Anyhoo...(god since when do I say "anyhoo?!") All of this means I may love Chris Weitz as much as Edward Cullen, if that's at all possible. Yowsa.
*Thanks to newmoonmovie.org for the photo!

They will all sparkle. THEY WILL ALL SPARKLE!!!!!

DAVID_A_SLADE When the vampires sparkle we need to use a special camera filter to expose it on film. Otherwise the film over exposes.about 16 hours ago from web

    

DAVID_A_SLADE Today, vampires talking, vampires kissing, rain stayed away. We had to battle the sunlight to keep our vampires from sparkling too much.about 16 hours ago from web

There. Are. No. Words.

Check out all 41 of these STUNNING behind-the-scenes New Moon photos from the LA Times.

The OFFICIAL NEW MOON SOUNDTRACK has been announced!

I give you the OFFICIAL NEW MOON SOUNDTRACK as just listed on Stephenie Meyer's website:

• DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE — MEET ME ON THE EQUINOX
• BAND OF SKULLS — FRIENDS
• THOM YORKE — HEARING DAMAGE
• LYKKE LI — POSSIBILITY
• THE KILLERS — A WHITE DEMON LOVE SONG
• ANYA MARINA — SATELLITE HEART
• MUSE — I BELONG TO YOU (NEW MOON REMIX)
• BON IVER & ST. VINCENT — ROSYLN
• BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB — DONE ALL WRONG
• HURRICANE BELLS — MONSTERS
• SEA WOLF — THE VIOLET HOUR
• OK GO — SHOOTING THE MOON
• GRIZZLY BEAR — SLOW LIFE
• EDITORS — NO SOUND BUT THE WIND
• ALEXANDRE DESPLAT — NEW MOON (THE MEADOW)

Good Twi-dish

Loved this Marc Malkin article with comments from Melissa Rosenberg. She shares my "whatev" sentiments on the conglomeration that is Robsten. She's also got some good dish here - specifically the "Riley" character in Eclipse... and how things in New Moon will be "expanded on" in the film. And there is some great, positive commentary from Rachelle LaFevre (who I totally love and am actually getting sadder over as the weeks go by.)

And it is only fair that I point out that Kristen Stewart looks FABU in this shot. I am really proud of her for stepping up to the plate and playing the movie star for her fans at the VMA's. I love Joan Jett even more than the next guy but it was time for Kristen to put her away for a little while. So kudosamundo, Kstew. Long live Bella Swan.

Mark reads Twilight

O.M.G. I am slowly becoming obsessed with this website, Mark Reads Twilight. He's some dude who is reading the series (I haven't yet delved into his reasons why) and he's pretty funny. He abuses Bella a lot, which means he totally reminds me of me whilst I was ranking on Bella and some of her moronic decisions. And today he became "Team Jacob" while on chapter 5 of New Moon...and hilarity ensued. 

I want to be Edward Cullen

Holy crap this is funny! Thanks to newmoonmovie.org for bringing this hilarity to my attention!

It's him. It's always been him.

Cool Fanbolt article with Kristen Stewart about filming New Moon and having to show tons of emotion over not being with Edward. (Hell... I do that every day!)

My Eclipse Playlist

OK so my Eclipse playlist is coming along nicely. That New York Times article about the Twilight series soundtracks got my juices flowing to work on it a little more... so I should have more tuneage up soon.

Has anyone noticed my double "Ain't No Sunshine"s? The Eva Cassidy version represents Bella's perspective when Edward keeps going away to hunt and making Alice hold her hostage. Le sigh. (Sorry. Just got a little lost in thought about Edward's new iron bed that the wench won't even sleep in.) The Bill Withers version represents Edward's perspective every time Bella trots off to La Push to hang with her hairy pack-o-friends.

Am I a genius or what? How cool would that be to hear two versions of the song representing the two characters?

Here's another thing that bugs me. Joe Hedges should be on that soundtrack. Guaranteed none of you know who he is, and the NYT article said most of the New Moon music is very indie. He's a guy from Ohio who has a band and has written some really beautiful songs. One is called Mitral Valve Prolapse (that's his own artwork above) and I wanted it on the New Moon soundtrack so badly. He wrote it because he has MVP, which is a leaky mitral valve in your heart. I have it too, and I just thought it would be SO cool from Bella's perspective. The lyrics say "I try but nothing ever fills me up" which is SO CLOSE to what Bella was always saying about the hole in her chest when Edward was gone. Another song is called "Pray the Stars" and it's gorgeous and I could hear it as Bella's feelings toward both Edward AND Jacob. I emailed him a while back and told him to submit Mitral Valve Prolapse for New Moon. He was good enough to email me back and ask about New Moon (he had no clue what it was) but that was it. So I'm sure he didn't submit. Then I read that article - and it bugs me because his band could have gotten some serious recognition, even from just submitting a song and having it get into the right hands. Maybe they don't want to go the "to the masses" route, though, which I can understand. Kings of Leon turned down a chance to be on the soundtrack, as well. I don't agree, mind you....  but I understand.

Record Labels Develop a Taste for Vampires

Tremendous New Moon soundtrack article from Ben Sisario at the New York Times. Including the name of the Music Supervisor for both Twilight and New Moon. She's the person you send your music to for consideration for a Twilight film. Her name is Alexandra (I can't tell you her last name, because that would be indiscreet) Patsavas.

Peter and the Wolves

Holy CRAP this is a hot picture. PFach and the boyz of the pack. I'm telling you, I am so stoked we got to see the pack in Parsippany because they are going to be so huge after New Moon comes out. Rob who?! PS - Snort. How easy was that headline?

Sense and Sensibility

Just caught the last half of Sense and Sensibility on HBO. Jane Austen is something I cannot resist. Ever. If I find a Jane Austen movie on TV, I simply cannot turn it off. And when it's over, I am compelled to speak and type as if I am a character in a Jane Austen novel, and I use words like "cannot" and "simply".

If you haven't seen Sense and Sensibility; see it. I cannot say "read it" as I have not. I am embarrassed to admit I have never read a Jane Austen novel; I have only watched every single one on film. Actually reading the novels may be my next project, as I have just finished "Dead and Gone", the 9th and most recent Charlaine Harris novel and now have nothing to read. (You all know it as a little show on HBO entitled "True Blood". But that's another blog.)

At any rate, the reason you must see Sense and Sensibility is that Hugh Grant plays Edward Ferrars. Why is this significant on a Twilight blog? Well, funny you should ask. I'm about to tell you. Something about Robert Pattinson reminds me of a young Hugh Grant. The hair? Maybe. The humor? Quite possibly. OK so he's way prettier than Hugh Grant was at that age, but something tells me he'd rather be known for his acting than his looks, don't you agree? Anyway, I don't know what it is, but I think it would be delicious if Rob P. starred in a remake of Sense and Sensibility and played Hugh Grant's character, Edward Ferrars. For starters, he's already got the name down. And Stephenie Meyer sites Edward Ferrars as a character who led her to naming Edward Cullen. She also sites Jane Austen as "probably her favorite - favorite author".  And you can see why when you find yourself staring at the television on a Wednesday night, listening to the wind outside and hoping upon hope that Edward and Elinor will get together (even though you've seen it multiple times and already know they will.) It's all so Twilight-esque in the romance department. Absolutely delicious. (It's my blog and I'll use "delicious" twice if I want to.) I caught Rob Pattinson's deleted scene in Vanity Fair and have been wishing for a while that he'd do a Jane Austen film remake... or at least another 19th century period piece with tons of romance and angst. Does that description not scream "Jane Austen"?? I believe it does.

OK. That is all for now. I simply cannot keep my eyelids upright. Farewell...

And speaking of Kanye...

Lauren's BACK!!!!

Carol's fav Twilight blog is BACK in all its' glory! LAURENSBITE is back!!! I am so excited I am just squeeeeing with delight!  And might I point out that I am advertising a Twilight blog that is not my own right now. Oooooh....so taboo! Not sure if y'all know, but some in the Twilight blogosphere are really pissy about sharing. For some reason, they don't think there is enough Twi-lurve to go around and they refuse to give a little mention to a silly little blog like mine that like 7 people read. At any rate, RUN, don't walk, to laurensbite.blogspot.com. I heart her hilarity BIG time! Today she is breaking down the New Moon trailer in her own special way. She also gives a lovely synopsis of that other vamp show - Vampire Diaries.  PS - I keep typing "Laurent". Tee.

Kanye aint got nuthin' on Stephenie Meyer

My response to this E! article which pondered the possibility of Kanye West's stunt on the VMAs actually being staged. Um, yeah. What-EV. Anyway - they mentioned the viewership was the highest in five years. Gee. Wonder why:

The VMAs got so many viewers because of the New Moon trailer. Same reason The Proposal did so well in its first weekend; they were showing a New Moon trailer. Same reason Stephenie Meyer has held the top 4 spots in US book sales for all of 2009. Trust me, all those 30 and 40-somethings weren't tuning in to see Kanye! 

Carol
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My VMA synopsis

Yeah. I'm once again going to recycle some of my comments on another website. In this case MTV (although I closed the page and can't find it again to save my life, sorry).  Basically the MTV article was asking how we thought Kristen looked last night. Here is my response, where I commented on some other commenter's comments. Say that five times fast.

Kristen looked fabu. Doesn't matter if the dress was right for her (I dug how flirty it was) or if we liked her half-up 'do (which I thought was an ingenious way to mask the Joan 'do.) Bottom line - she put forth effort and dressed up and got pretty for an appearance and showed the fans she gives a sh*t. That's what matters. Loved that Rob let loose and had some fun with the crowd. He was a crack-up. Wonder where he got his shirt? (Catherine Hardwicke said his shirt at the TCA's came from his buddy's floor after his buddy wore it out the night before. NICE!) Taylor is a class act through and through at every single appearance. He deserves every bit of praise he gets.

Points for Robsten!

OK you all know I don't love gushing about the actors and I don't usually talk about their personal lives. It's all about EDWARD CULLEN - not anyone who plays him on TV.

COMMA HOWEVER - I just have to say that I LOVED the VMA "performance". For so many months we've watched Rob Pattinson literally shit his pants when cameras were around. NOT TONIGHT! When he came out on that stage all sauced and disheveled and CRACKING UP I was thrilled! It's ABOUT TIME this guy actually enjoy the ride!!! I give props to Kristen for the dress - very cute. And I dug the Victoria Beckham-esque do she was sporting. Honestly I'd rather she suck it up and get the extensions for the good of Eclipse - but if she won't, that is the best they're going to do with her Joan Jett growing-out do. And trust me - I'm not abusing her do because I got a totally over-layered do a few years back that took me 2 YEARS to fully grow out. Ugh. Not goin' back to THAT unhappy place. NEXT!!!!!

Lastly - Taylor Lautner - once again - STUPEFIES me with his maturity and great attitude. That's all. More tomorrow...

Watching VMA pre show

I am cracking myself up. I am having visions of Robsten sitting in their hotel room (you know, the one they must be sharing in NYC because we've heard ad nauseam that they're sharing a room in Vancouver). I am seeing them both rocking back and forth in some type of nervous trance over the thought of actually getting out of their car at the VMAs because it's simultaneously nerve-wracking and beneath them. Can't you just hear them now?

Rob:  (claws hair) Why do we even have to go? I mean, I don't really understand it (claws hair again) like...it's just like....these girls....just....screaming...all of them just screaming....I...I...don't really get it because it's just (claws hair yet again)...I don't know, you know? Just crazy....and you wonder why it even happens because...it's like....

Kristen: (interrupts Rob while dually clawing her own hair) "Ugh. I...I....What...I....NO! NO! What? I...I...What are you....what are you even TALKING about?!  Just...do what I do...just hold on to yourself and look confused." 

OK guys - I'll be back at 10. MUST watch the season finale of True Blood. PS - Clearly the word "Amazing" is to Ashley on MTV as "Exactly" is to Carol on QVC. I might have to dig that video out of the archives just to show y'all that I can abuse myself just as much as anyone else.