A newspaper for the Tofino area has written a story about the filming of New Moon there, and it reveals some new details about the shoot–

“The weather is perfect for us: rainy, dismal, in the sense of the visuals, the mist on the ocean, the cloudiness, the erratic wind activity,” said Bill Bannerman, New Moon’s co-producer. “Everything is exactly what it should be.”

Under rainy, gray skies, filming kicked off Thursday afternoon at the rugged and rocky South Beach, located near Wickaninnish Beach inside Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.

Cast and crew returned to South Beach Friday morning, before moving to Incinerator Rock at Long Beach, where Parks Canada closed down a parking lot popular with surfers for movie crews.

Bannerman said the crew needed to shoot a couple of scenes that would bridge the story’s second act and show the characters evolving personalities and relationships.

Check out the whole article, as well as the full set of pictures! [thanks, Jessica!]

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Here are the locations that the cast will be appearing at tonight to promote the Twilight DVD release–

• In Los Angeles, at Hot Topic at 6801 Hollywood Blvd.
• In Chicago, at Hot Topic at 142 Yorktown, Lombard.
• In Salt Lake City, at Wal-Mart at 13502 S. Hamilton View Rd., Riverton
• In Dallas, at Borders at 965 West Bethany Dr., Allen, and at Blockbuster at 5649 Lebanon, Frisco.
• And in New York, at Borders at 2 Penn Plaza.

Be sure to post info and pictures in the comments after you visit the release partys! You can use the free service Imageshack to host them.

Check out the Access Hollywood page for a new video quiz, too.

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Borders is promoting their midnight release parties with a video that is filmed from the set of the New Moon movie photoshoots where the cast looks to be wearing some really wicked contact lenses. We can’t embed it here, so head on over to the bottom of this page at Borders and check it out. UPDATE: Video Added [thanks TwiCrack!]

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The Seattle Public Library is getting its young visitors involved in a creative way , hosting a debate where students debate the merits of each book.

“There is so much buzz around these two series. At Team Read, it’s our goal to get students excited about reading, and we wanted to host an event that celebrated how much students love these books,” states Bill Eisele, program developer for Team Read.

4TNZ has some arguments that the students might use–

Reasons for Paleness–Twilight: Because they’re undead, Harry Potter: Because they’re British

Leading Ladies–Twilight: Smart, bookish Bella, Harry Potter: Smart, bookish Hermoine

For the record, I’m Team Switzerland for this battle, too. See more arguments over at 4TNZ, and read all about the showdown at the Seattle Times.

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The New Moon crew appears to be filming near a Vancouver Tofino beach–and it just might be for the cliff diving sequence. We already know the cliff diving sequence will be spliced together with CGI, but this looks like a good backdrop to me! LaineyGossip has this to say—

Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart were in Tofino, British Columbia yesterday – where Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds were married but not at that resort – shooting around South Beach and the Wickaninnish Inn. More of that is happening today. Rachelle Lefevre is said to be around too. Cliff diving, near drowning, and rescue…or something.

[thanks for the tip,Twilight Treasury and TwiCrack!]

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For Wolf Cub Friday this week, we bring you two wolf cub pups that seem eager to get into some cowboy boots! [Source]

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