Twilight Thursdays! Vol. 1, Issue 27

New action figures from Eclipse! I love Bella's new stance & figure, but why is her hair so light? These figures definitely seem more accurate than the last series. However, what the heck is going on with Rosalie's hands?

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Want to know how Eclipse is stacking up against New Moon and Twilight? Box Office Mojo has an easy to understand chart, “Twilgiht Tiff”. You can find out Daily and Weekend Box Office reports for each film as well as six other categories under “summary”.

People often accuse KStew of being distant, shy, and withdrawn during interviews. She doesn’t always make eye contact and she’s not constantly smiley. More than a few people have taken this to mean that she is not a fan of Twilight fans, even worse, that she hates the work she’s doing. According to the LA Times Blog, none of this could be further from the truth.

"Want to crack the Kristen Stewart mystery? Don't bother reading her interviews. The actress maintains it's no way to find out who she is.

"I'm 19, and, being a public figure, I'm supposed to present myself in a certain way, but it's hard and you're never going to be able to tell people who you are through the media," she tells the Daily Telegraph.

"It’s much easier for a guy to say what he wants and not to be cute and funny all the time, but, if you’re a strong sort of woman, you’re just, for lack of a better word, a bitch."

Though she's previously been accused of such, Stewart isn't short on gratitude for the fame-making years she's spent as the star of "The Twilight Saga."

"I've been really lucky for a long time, and 'I’ve worked with amazing people, and I just hope that that continues. I don't know what I'd do if I didn’t have this," she said."

Bits of Breaking Dawn

We finally have a release date for Breaking Dawn Pt. 2! I have feeling you’re going to be a little disappointed. Even though both parts are being filmed back-to-back, Pt. 2 won’t be released until nearly a full year after Pt. 1{abcnews}

"Mark your calendars, Twihards. The final film in the "Twilight" vampire franchise will come out on November 16, 2012.

Part two of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" will hit theaters a year after part one. This is despite both films being shot back-to-back in the fall by director Bill Condon."

But why so late in the year? Did Summit get screen shy because Eclipse didn’t overshadow New Moon’s opening gross? MTV says, not even close!

"The lesson is that it's all about positioning a film at a time when it will face as little direct competition as possible," explained Phil Contrino, editor of BoxOffice.com. "Summit was wise to stay away from summer 2012, because it's shaping up to be a record-breaking season."

"The Avengers," "Madagascar 3" and "Men in Black 3" are all set to drop that May, followed by "Star Trek 2" in June, and then new installments of "Spider-Man" (which already occupies the Fourth of July slot held this year by "Eclipse"), "Ice Age" and "Batman."

"Why compete with an amazing slate like that if you don't have to?" Contrino added. "I'm sure 'Breaking Dawn, Part 2' would still open very well during a summer that crowded, but its audience would be devoured very quickly."

The point, then, is not that summer is a poor time to release a "Twilight" film but that fall simply presents less competition, which is not to say that there will be no box-office battle in autumn. "Breaking Dawn, Part 1" is set to open against "Happy Feet 2" on November 18, 2011, while the second in the two-part finale will compete with "Monsters Inc. 2" on November 16, 2012. But when you consider the more jam-packed summer season and the fact that an entire year will have passed between "Twilight" flicks — as opposed to the eight months between "New Moon" and "Eclipse" — the fall 2012 release date makes perfect sense.

"There's a mood and spirit to these movies that make them play really well in the fall. They're darker, they're more emotional than standard summer fare, and thematically, fall is a great fit," said John Singh, a box-office analyst for Flixster.

"It also allows the audience to build even greater anticipation — rather than seeing the follow-up just a few months later. This gives them a full year to anticipate the final film in a series that has generated hugely positive response from its fanbase."

“Breaking Dawn” screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg has already revealed that the Bella and Edward sex scenes will be a part of the final two “Twilight Saga” installments, but making sure all of Stephenie Meyer’s new characters fit into the films – that’s a whole different challenge.” {Access Hollywood}

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What are Kristen & Robert looking forward to film in Breaking Dawn? {people}

"It does actually literally get more physical [in Breaking Dawn]," Stewart tells Access Hollywood, referring to the couple's sex scenes. "It doesn't get more action-packed … [But] they definitely get more physical. Well, they get married."

The film's screenwriter has said she plans to show Stewart's character, Bella, giving birth, so how steamy will the pre-baby scenes get?

"Well, they're man and wife now," Stewart says leadingly. "They have a kid and stuff too, so, I guess to get there that happens."

She adds with mock excitement, "We totally have sex – finally!"

For his part, Pattinson jokes that one moment of the Edward and Bella romantic scenes in the book stuck out to him.

"I'm looking forward to the pillow-biting scene," he says with a laugh. "I thought that was so funny. Of all the random things too do, really? He bites the pillow."

Plus, now that he'll be showing more skin, "I can't wait to get all my body makeup on," Pattinson says, "to be especially pasty looking."

LOL, gotta love Rob’s dry humor!

TwiFun Time!

Alex Meraz tweeted this picture of himself with along with this tweet,

“Alright ladies...keep clutching your purses I'm out on the prowl! Heading to my SUPER BIG meeting now!”

Hrm….What do you think that means? Seriously hot picture anyway.

Check out this picture. Doesn’t she look a heck of a lot like Taylor? {eclipsemovie}

The popular WB show “Supernatural” which deals with all things…supernatural is going to have a bit of fun with the Twilight craze its sixth season {digitalspy}

"We're doing an episode about how vampires pretending to be Edward Cullen or the Salvatore brothers or Bill Compton are bad for you," she explained.

Gamble revealed that the episode will explore the current romantic fascination with vampires, popularised by Twilight and similar brands.

"Chicks are just throwing themselves at them!" she joked. "They think that 'vampire' equals 'I'm not going to try to have sex with you'. They will still take advantage of our children! They will turn you into a vampire or eat you."

Here are some very awesome outtakes from the Twio’s photo shoot with EW earlier this year. Find more of Kstew’s photos here

The names of Twilight characters are becoming hugely popular! The Star breaks down the who, the how, & the why.

A total of 8,171 U.S. babies received key “Twilight”-related names (Bella, Cullen, Jasper, Alice or Emmett) in 2009, compared with 3,516 in 2005, Social Security data show.

“The interesting thing is, this follows perfectly in a tradition” of naming trends stemming from shows with supernatural themes and attractive young women, Wattenberg says. “The TV show ‘Bewitched’ had a huge effect. ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’—huge effect. Even the TV shows that didn’t become such big cultural phenomena like ‘Charmed’ spawned hit baby names.”

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It’s difficult to pinpoint the precise degree of “Twilight’s” influence on the more than 4 million baby names chosen annually in the U.S., in part because Meyer chose names for her characters that were either already high on the hot list (Jacob), rising (Bella, Alice, Jasper, Emmett) or related to those that were. Isabella was already a top-10 girls’ name in 2005, and Bella was at No. 208 and rising at a nice clip.

Cullen was at No. 727 in 2005 and falling, but using last names as first names was already a powerful trend. Emmett, at No. 594 but rising in 2005, is now at No. 332.

“Most of those names were ready stylistically for the public—or rather the public was ready for them,” Wattenberg says.

Still, there are exceptions:

“If you want (to find) the really hard-core “Twilight” fans who were really inspired by the book and not just the name, there were 17 baby girls last year named Renesme (pronounced Ruh-NEZ-may),” Wattenberg notes.

“That’s not a name that you say, ‘Oh, yeah, I’ve always liked that name.’”

The same might be said for Carlisle, a name chosen for precisely zero U.S. boys in 2005. In 2009, 12 male babies got the name.

The reasons Carlisle might not be as hot a name as, say, Cullen, are complex. But Cullen fits several modern naming trends, including the popularity of boys’ names that end in “en” (Jayden, Aiden). Carlisle may sound feminine to an American ear and contains consonants not separated by vowels (think Gertrude)—a definite negative for modern parents.

Some experts say there’s a psychological incentive to give your kid a name associated with a major pop culture phenomenon.

“(Parents) find a book, they find a movie, they find something that they’re enthralled with, that they’re engaged in and love, and at the same time, they’re going on their own new adventure (having a baby). So the two have a correlation” in their minds, says Lesley Bolton, author of “The Complete Book of Baby Names” (Sourcebooks, $12.95).

Wattenberg sees “Twilight” less as a touchstone for parents and more as a successful delivery system for some very stylish names.

“Name ideas have to come from somewhere, and when a name is presented to a million people at once, if it’s a name that fits current styles and sounds good to parents, it becomes a hit,” Wattenberg says.

Xavier Samuel (aka Riley) in a recent photo shoot. See the rest here.