
The fountain being erected in the main square of Montepulciano, Italy for New Moon is coming along at a rapid clip. Recent pictures indicate that it looks nearly complete. In addition the pictured thrones may be props to be used by the Volturi in the movie.
Check out the rest of the post at TwilightItalia, and also some videos they have as well as a picture of Robert Pattinson’s body double.
[thanks, Shire!]

Entertainment Tonight, who were the first to gain exclusive access to the Vancouver New Moon set, have just revealed that they’ll be doing another similar project in Italy! Thea Andrews from ET revealed this news in the pictured Tweet. Hopefully we’ll see thorough coverage this time!
[thanks, Chelsea!]

New Moon wolf Alex Meraz showed off his impressive arsenanal of acrobatic moves yesterday for the Havaianas And Details Magazine Celebrate “The Flipside” event. Amazing!
Check out the rest of the pics at AlexMerazFan.
There is an article about New Moon in the issue of Entertainment Weekly hitting newsstands soon, and it has some amazing never-before-seen pictures from the movie shoot in Vancouver. The juicy pics include Edward kissing Bella, Laurent in a purple jacket touching Bella’s face, and Bella’s dress with the papercut scene!
Be on the lookout to buy your copy, as it looks to be a doozy of an article!
[via Lion_Lamb, thanks Alisa!]

Robert Pattinson attended the AMFAR Cinema Against AIDS event in Cannes today, and he broke out the black tie attire dressed to the nines. Hosted by Sharon Stone, also in attendance was Bill Clinton.
Check out the rest of the pics at SocialiteLife.
UPDATE: Robert Pattinson was auctioned off at the event! There was a charity auction and bidders vied for the chance to meet Robert Pattinson and get a kiss on the cheek. Bidding went up to €20,000, ET reports–
The vampy leading man was auctioned off today in Cannes for the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS 2009 Cocktail Party. The bidding got so high that Pattinson was split between two bidders, who each paid €20,000 for the chance to meet, greet and win a kiss on the cheek from the ‘Twilight’ idol.
Here’s a pic from the event where he’s being auctioned for charity, as well:
[thanks, Nancy!]

The clocktower/city hall in Montepulciano, Italy was outfitted with a stunning array of red flags and banners today in prepration for the New Moon filming which will begin there very shortly. These join the ones spotted off the main square we told you about yesterday. TwilightersItalia says–
They’re preparing for Saint Marcus day! Today a pickup loaded with red flags and ensigns was spotted in the main square, Piazza Grande. A few hours later all over the front of the cityhall there were those flags pinned. Meanwhile the fountain is now almost finished and today it was painted with waterproof so now it seems a little more whitish!
Check out the rest of the pics over at TwilightersItalia!

Sure, we have all seen the official New Moon poster by now–but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some fabulous fan creations still being made. Check out this unique take on New Moon and Bella’s fateful cliff dive from talented NMM.org reader Claudette.