Twilight New Moon: Pattinson Felt “Goofy” Getting Naked
If Robert Pattinson feels weird getting naked in front of people, then what chance do the rest of us ugly fools stand?
The star of Twilight New Moon told Parade magazine that the moment of nudeness also underlined the responsibility he feels towards fans of the series.
“I felt pretty goofy stepping out into the sunlight in front of 2,000 people in a town square, ripping my clothes off. I was essentially doing a striptease.”
“But here’s the irony, it was also one of the moments where I’ve really felt closest to people’s emotional attachment to Edward,” he said.
“There were so many extras in that scene who were Twilight fans who had flown in just to be a part of it.”
“It was a moment where I’ve felt the whole weight of anticipation, and I guess responsibility as well, of being Edward, for all the people who were kind of so obsessed with the stories. It was quite uplifting and it was also very nervewracking.”
Pattinson has also promised that the new film includes “a lot of nipple shots”.
Excellent news.
We’ve seen New Moon! Check out the OTB review….
Twilight New Moon: R-Patz Hysteria Causes Fan Injury
You know it’s bad when there’s a name for them.
“The Robert Pattinson fans, also known as the Robsessed, are the most hardcore of fanatics,” a spokesman for the new DVD Robsessed said after a young fan was hospitalised on Sunday night following a brutal tiff.
Free posters were distributed to the 300 Twi-hards who had won tickets to the world fan premiere of the Robsessed DVD at the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square. But apparently there was not enough for everyone.
“A massive fight broke out between two girls over the last poster,” recalls Precious Acabousi, a 19-year-old attendee. “There was a lot of pushing and shoving. Everyone was crowding around them.”
The unfortunate fan was allegedly rushed to the hospital with a twisted arm. As for the poster— “It had been ripped in two.”
Jeez – how long until the hysteria escalates to fatality level?
Twilight New Moon Stars Forced Out Of Hotel
What do you know?
It appears that feverous, boggly-eyed stalkerdom sometimes pays off.
Because for the brave few that have camped outside of The Dorchester Hotel waiting to see their idols on Wednesday, Christmas most definitely came early.
E! reports that Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and director Chris Weitz were forced to flee…. ok, ‘leave’ the hotel on Wednesday after a fire alarm was set off during press interviews.
Eyewitnesses (read; boggly-eyed stalkers) said that “everyone was out on the street. There [Rob] was with his entourage, including Kristen.”
A Dorchester Hotel spokesperson called it a “minor incident” although for those lucky twi-hards camped outside, it was probably “the greatest moment of their lives”.
For more Twilight goodness, read our article on the Press Conference – we were there and everything (oh, and Kristen Stewart fans should probably look away too)….
Twilight New Moon Press Conference Gossip: Nipples & Numptys
November 11, 2009 by Danielle Jacoby
Filed under - Home, Features
The Twilight phenomenon is big.
And I don’t mean Hannah Montana-Disney-tweener big. I mean middle-aged-housewife-reader big. So big, I spotted a lipstick kiss on Robert Pattinson’s tube billboard cheek the other day. Someone actually put their lips to an underground poster of the Twilight saga’s second instalment. Gross.
New Moon is the sequel to Twilight, which raked in more than $350 million last year and spawned 100 fan clubs globally. These days, Pattinson (i.e. Cedric Diggory, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) graces the pages of Vanity Fair and his lady, Kristen Stewart (aka Bella), is envied by Team Edward fans worldwide.
With a little more than a week left until New Moon is be released in cinemas across UK and Ireland, the international stars spared a bit of their time to chat it up with us lowly reporters. But the panel was primarily dominated by an adorably loquacious Pattinson. Read More…
Twilight: “I’m a Lesbian” Says Kristen Stewart
After a furious outburst from Kristen Stewart in which the Twilight star gets very angry when asked about her supposed off-screen romance with co-star Robert Pattinson, we’ve never been so convinced that the pair are in fact a couple.
When Entertainment Weekly asked the 19 year-old about their relationship, she kicked off royally.
“I probably would’ve answered it if people hadn’t made such a big deal about it,” she said. “But I’m not going to give the fiending an answer. I know that people are really funny about ‘Well, you chose to be an actor, why don’t you just f**ing give your whole life away?! Can I have your firstborn child?’”
When Pattinson tried to placate the situation, she interrupted him to continue her rant.
“I’ve thought about this a lot,” she said. “There’s no answer that’s not going to tip you one way or the other. Think about every hypothetical situation: ‘Okay, we are. We aren’t. I’m a lesbian.’ I’m just trying to keep something,” she said. “If people started asking me if I was dating Taylor, I’d be like ‘F— off!’ I would answer the exact same way.”
“Me too,” said Pattinson after glancing at Lautner.
Hugh Jackman Turns Down Oscars
The Oscar hosting buzz has begun.
But bets are off for Hugh Jackman, whom Variety reports has quietly declined the job within the past few weeks.
The Broadway thesp gave a praiseworthy hosting performance in February, under the baton of producer Laurence Mark and exec producer Bill Condon. Now currently starring with Daniel Craig in the drama, “A Steady Rain,” Jackman has decided not to helm the Oscars two years in a row. Next in line is “The Real Steel,” the Shawn Levy-directed DreamWorks drama scheduled for production in spring.
Meanwhile, the search is still on for a Jackman-esque Academy front person. Will it be Neil Patrick Harris, Stephen Colbert, Robert Pattinson? Let’s hope not.
The 82nd annual Academy Awards, to be held March 7, will be produced by Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman.
Twilight New Moon Video: Kick-Ass Wolf Scene
Twilight’s so blah, it’s so girly, it’s so limp.
That’s the common cry from any guy who was forced to sit through the original Twilight (even if our manly reviewer thought it was actually pretty decent).
Yet with King of the Tweens Robert Pattinson missing for most of the New Moon novel, more and more face time is being given to the growly, fight-happy werewolves.
And from the look of this clip, we couldn’t be happier. Bring it on.
Twilight: New Moon is on general release across the UK from Friday 20th November 2009.
Defanged: When Did Movie Vampires Become Pussies?
October 15, 2009 by Danielle Jacoby
Filed under - Home, Features
Vampires are not what they used to be.
Read the books. Watch the movies and television series. What kind of vampire is ashamed of his fangs, “just says no” to bloodsucking and glitters in the sunlight?
These days, you find the modern vampire roaming around public schools in daylight and managing nightclubs in rural America. They are our friends, neighbours, and one-night-stands. And they listen, stalk, care and cry—anything but feed—on us for their survival.
The release of Park Chan-Wook’s Thirst got us thinking. While it’s full of moral angst and whiny monologues, there’s still enough horrific violence and bloody spurts (which is what you’d expect from the guy who did Oldboy) to satisfy the average horror fan.
When was the last time we saw a good to honest ‘poop in your pants’ vampire scarefest?
Fangs for the Memories – where did it all go wrong?! Read More…
Potter and Twilight Stars Battle To Play Prince Harry
Despite the fact that neither actor looks much like him, Harry Potter star Rupert Grint and Robert Pattinson of Twilight (and also Potter) fame, will be competing for a role as Prince Harry in a film about the man third in line to throne.
The forthcoming feature which will be aptly titled The Spare will focus on the 77 days the Prince spent in Afghanistan before sloping back to some bar in Mayfair.
Rumours that Pete Doherty would have been approached for the part if the film was to concentrate on Harry’s life at home have been swiftly denied by film bosses.
Peter Kominsky is director of the forthcoming piece, and told the Daily Mail that he had felt drawn to the subject: “His parents break up in the most spectacularly public way, his mother dies in the most tragic circumstances and, again, public way and everything is picked over. He’s a man born to a role, the heir and the spare.”
Before he gets too sentimental maybe Kominsky should remember that Henry VIII was in the same position at birth – although the chances of Prince William dying of sweating sickness seem rather remote.
Can’t wait for the next installment of the Twilight saga?Watch the latest trailer here…
Robert Downey Jr. Takes On Lestat
Anne Rice’s series of novels, ‘The Vampire Chronicles’, are heading back to the big screen with Robert Downey. Jr as the vampire, Lestat De Lioncourt.
We first saw the books come to life with Interview With A Vampire in 1994, with Tom Cruise playing Lestat and Brad Pitt playing sensitive vampire, Louis. The film had a sequel with The Queen Of The Damned with Stuart Townsend in the role in 2002.
It’s not clear which book of Rice’s 10 book series will be adapted for the new film, but Downey is keenly interested in Lestat, the vicious but seductive lead vampire rather than any other character. Though Downey is still in negotiations, we imagine that the contract will be open for a franchise. We just hope it fares better than The Queen Of The Damned, which was a huge disappointment to Rice’s fans.
No word on how Twilight’s Robert Pattinson had taken the news.
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