
Joss Whedon, the brilliant mind behind Firefly and Buffy The Vampire Slayer, totally gets the Twilight craze–unlike some other writers *cough* Stephen King *cough*:
TVWeek: Vampires are big in pop culture right now. Have you seen “Twilight’?
Mr. Whedon: I saw “Twilight.” And it’s—what can you say? It’s absolutely like crack. It strikes a tweener chord that’s just as loud as the apocalypse. You cannot deny the power of it. It just works. And I sort of like that.
TVWeek: What about HBO’s “True Blood”?
Mr. Whedon: I’ve seen less of it. “Twilight” makes its own rules, as we all do. It takes what it wants and discards the rest but ultimately, it is kind of classical. They’re puffy-shirt vampires in a sense.
Whedon’s new project, Dollhouse (pictured above), is premiering next Friday. I am a huge fan of Firefly, and I’m eager to see the sci-fi trickery of Dollhouse, in which “The Dolls have had their personalities wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas, including memory, muscle memory, skills, and language, for different assignments. They’re then hired out for particular jobs, crimes, fantasies, and occasional good deeds.”
Sounds fantastic. I know where I’ll be next Friday!
Whedon Q&A: On Vampires, ‘Battlestar,’ More

Oh noes! If you were looking to get the sweet Borders Exclusive version of the Twilight DVD that had the DVD extras you won’t see anywhere else, as well as the 10 exclusive photocards, then you’re out of luck….sort of.
Due to overwhelming demand, Borders has just announced that pre-orders through the website may be delayed till April 13 instead of March 21 if you pre-ordered after February 4th. If you got your pre-order in before that, you should be fine. But if you didn’t then you’ll have a few weeks to wait–or you’ll have to zip on down to your local Border’s on the day it’s released instead.
Border’s Exclusive Edition of Twilight DVD
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..in his upcoming film, Little Ashes. He plays Salvador Dali alongside Javier Beltrán, who plays Dali’s lover García Lorca. The Advocate has a great article about the relationship the men had, and reveals that in the film Robert Pattinson has some pretty steamy scenes–
Their affair became legendary, inspiring the new film Little Ashes, flush with dreamy scenes of Lorca (portrayed by the Spanish actor Javier Beltrán) and Dali (played by Robert Pattinson of Twilight fame). In one scene their young bodies swirl together under moonlit water as they share their angelic first kiss. In another, in the midst of an attempt at lovemaking, Dali, on the verge of being penetrated, panics. He abruptly departs for Paris, leaving the devastated Lorca behind.
You know, I think I saw a Robert Pattinson fanfic that went something like this.
The Poet and the Painter

Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight is now an international phenomenon. We’ve collected 20 different versions of the New Moon book cover from around the world to give you a taste of how other culture see the series. Which one is your favorite?
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Oh my, check out these absolutely drop-dead-gorgeous photos of Christian Serratos, who plays Angela Weber in Twilight. How can so many beautiful people be in one movie? There’s also an interview, where Serratos says–
On music:
I like to stay busy. I get bored very easily. I need a bunch of activities and singing is something I naturally did. I’m on hiatus for my shows so I wanted something to do. I kind of took a break from that once I started to work on Twilight. There’s been stuff I’ve recorded just for the experience.
The stuff I write and what I want to do…I would describe it as Evanescence, Fly Leaf, Bright Eyes and Fiona Apple.
Check out a few more shots by photographer David C Lee after the jump, or the whole article at LePhant. [click to continue…]



TGIF! Today is the third week of Wolf Cub Friday, and this time a wolf-dog cub meets a curious kitty cat nose-to-nose!
Remember that story that suggested Lucas Grabeel would be a good match to play Alec in New Moon? Well, fuggedabouit–it’s not going to be him:
PopStar: Lucas, do you care to comment on the rumors that you will be playing Alec in New Moon?
14341 Productions: Yeah, my girlfriend told me that the other day. I think that is funny, none of that is actually true. I have not auditioned and have not been approached.
Actually, there were never any rumors that he would be playing Alec, just that he would be a good match for the role–People also suggested him as a good choice for the part.
PopStar interview with Lucas Grabeel