Vogue has just put up a a portion of an article on Stephenie Meyer that we’ve been waiting for–and it’s quite interesting, sharing lots of new stuff we haven’t read elsewhere yet–including the gorgeous new pic above–

As much as she has brought glamour to the lives of teenage girls with her Romeo and Juliet-with-blood lust story, the glamour she surrounds herself with is decidedly unglamorous, unless you are a boy, that is—the backyard is an aspiring athlete’s paradise. Inside, the kids’ playroom is actually played in, though Meyer fights her sons on having to buy the absolute latest video game, indicating to them that their heads will not explode if they do not get it. “The idea of enjoying something you already have has been lost,” she says. For her, happiness is being at home or attending a Little League game or the elementary school band concert. She believes this is what success in writing has given her, a kind of luxury that would not be listed as an asset by the IRS. “Luxury for me is getting to take care of your kids,” she says.

Yes, she will show up at a star-studded opening of her own film, mugging with the actors more like a schoolgirl than the creator of this gothic juggernaut, and yes, she clearly loves her fans (mostly girls), but the very thought of her own success can make her a little queasy. Just about a year ago, on the set of Twilight—a film even the studio had modest hopes for but that eventually was a phenomenon, like everything else Meyer has touched since she suddenly appeared on the scene four years ago—she watched dozens of people re-create the cafeteria she had imagined as the lunchtime home of her heroine, Bella, and Bella’s problematic suitor, Edward Cullen, who is older than Bella by a century or so, as well as undead and living with a large family of vampires. “I suddenly realized that all of this was happening because I wrote a story down,” she says, “and it made me a little sick to my stomach.”

Read the whole InStyle version over at Vogue.

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Robert Pattinson has just landed near Tokyo to start promotion for Twilght in Japan. Watch out for Godzilla, Rob! Check out Twilight Singapore for day-to-day coverage of the events in Japan as they happen! [thanks, Laci & Jessica]

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According to Carrier Talent Management, the talent agent of 19-year old Bronson Pelletier, the nearly unheard of actor has scored a “major role” in New Moon–

Congratulations to BRONSON who scores a lead role in the highly anticipated “Twilight” feature film sequel “New Moon”. It’s rumored he will be co-staring with Dakota Fanning.

No word on what role he has scored–he does seem to have some Native American blood–but he’s previously starred in the show Dinosapien and in the online crossover RenegadePress.com .

There is an interview with Bronson at Discovery, where he reveals his nickname is “Brown Skin”.

Thanks, Emily! [via Twilight Lexicon]

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