Given the huge number of comments in our recent post about Robert Pattinson being stinky on the set of New Moon, the story has obviously hit a nerve. Amanda Bell at the Examiner sums up some of the press coverage of the (finger quote) “news”–

Recent reports by MTV, the Sun Times and others are attacking Twilight, New Moon, and Little Ashes star Robert Pattinson for his personal hygiene — as if things couldn’t get more ridiculous for the handsome thrust-into-the-spotlight beau.

Bill Zwecker from the Chicago Sun Times writes “On the one hand, there’s buzz from some staffers that the British actor’s ‘typical European aversion of daily showers’ has people sticking up their noses in disgust every time they get close enough to get a whiff of him.” Despite official denials such as those from co-star Kristen Stewart’s people saying (with latent pun) “Hogwash” and “Where do these stories come from?” Zwecker still maintains ‘Having listened to all this, I must report several colleagues who did Twilight interviews last fall did claim Pattinson threw off a bit of a stench.’ This, Zwecker states beyond the assertion by a “New Moon rep” that “It must really be a slow news day.”

Amanda then gives some reasons why this happened, and how it could have been avoided–but at the cost of Robert Pattinson not being himself in interviews–

Poor Rob. With the constant media frenzy surrounding him, the grace and dignity with which he addresses both the media (paparazzi aside) and his fans, the constant and ground-breaking success of his current works, and the beautiful photographs that continue to make headway across the globe of his clearly washed hair, that there would be more positive news surfacing from such sources. But alas, this is America, and we do love a scandal (for instance, see my response to attacks on Kristen Stewart). Too bad.

Check out the whole article over at the Examiner where Amanda lays out her argument. [thanks, Amanda!]

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Proving that Twilight truly is a global phenomenon, check out these pictures of the release of the Breaking Dawn book in Poland yesterday, complete with release party cake. The title of the book in Polish is PRZED ŚWITEM.

Check out the rest of the pics at TheTwilight.pl .

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I’ve got another song suggestion for New Moon for you guys to check out-“You Are the Blood” by the Castanets. It’s been recently covered by Sufjan Stevens, but I think the Southern Gothic vibe of the original really suits New Moon and also builds on the general mood of the Twilight soundtrack as well.

What do you guys think?

N.B.: The fan video above has lots of quick flashy images, so if you don’t like that kind of thing watch out!

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Radar Online has a brief article about the Canadian Mounties protecting the New Moon set to keep away prying eyes of adoring fans. One of them notes–

“It was an unusual mission but our remit was to keep the fans off the set,” Constable Baillant told RadarOnline.com exclusively. “Everything went well on the first day but then a group of teenage girls got a little too close when the filming moved to the Long Beach area of the island.”

“They were totally miffed with us when we told them that they could not get any closer, however, their spirits lifted when Kristin Stewart came over to pose for a few photographs with them,” he recalled. “It was raining really hard the whole time but the producers loved that because it helped to make their scenes much more gloomy and atmospheric too. This is a beautiful part of the world but when it gets cold and wet even a vampire would get the chills.”

EXCLUSIVE: Canadian Mounties Called in To Protect Robert Pattinson

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Robert Pattinson has given his thoughts on New Moon–and he feels it’s a pretty tough sell:

“The book of ‘New Moon,’ the majority of it is incredibly depressing,” Pattinson told Reuters. “Obviously ‘Twilight’ was about finding first love and the difficulties of that, but ‘New Moon’ is really about loss and reconciliation, but the reconciliation isn’t completely full.”

“It’s a strange story to have for a market that, I guess, wants to see a love story,” he said.

Nevertheless, the London-born Pattinson said everyone involved is working to make “New Moon” as big a success as “Twilight.”

Robert Pattinson readies fans for “Twilight” sequel

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A user over at TwilightersAnonymous shares these new pictures from the set of New Moon. They were taken during the evening, and show the New Moon Set for Jacob’s House in a whole new light (or lack thereof….). Defintely a very different vibe at night than the previous pictures in the day we’ve scene! You’ll notice that one of the pictures is of filming trucks, too! Check out the rest of the pics in the gallery.

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