As if you still needed it, there is now proof positive that there is going to be an enormous amount of New Moon merchandise coming your way.
Birthday Direct has revealed a full line of New Moon Birthday Party supplies , including 3D Lenticular Collector Cups, Dessert Plates, Lunch Plates, Beverage Napkins, Lunch Napkins, Mini Button Pins and Large Stickers.
Late Virgos and early Libras, you are in luck: all this birthday gear will head your way in September.
[Googling idea from @RobPattzNews, thanks Melissa]
Above, check out a pair of interviews from E! with Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Ashley Greene.
After you’ve digested those, Entertainment Weekly has a charming backstage interview with New Moon stars Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart along with director Chris Weitz.
Here is a video that highlights the best moments from the press conference that New Moon stars Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart gave earlier today at Comic-Con.
There are also some new pics of the trio arriving at Comic-Con at SplashNews. After the break: video of Robert Pattinson leaving JFK Airport.
The New Moon panel at Comic-Con has concluded. Highlights from G4TV’s coverage by Stephen Johnson include:
(after first exclusive clip) Uh oh…Jacob took off his shirt in the clip and the fans went nuts-o-crazy-go-nuts.
Fan to Rob: Would you ever do open-mic nights for music, ever again? Rob: Yes. I’d love to do it again. It’s good for your soul.
Fan: for Taylor, how was it filming in different weather conditions, half-naked? Taylor: It was cold. There was a day when I was only wearing jean shorts (Cheers from crowd.) It was really really cold, but I’m doing it all for you guys!
I should point out that all questions are interupted by screams of “I love you!” and “You’re awesome!” and “wooo!” at random.
Rob: Edward’s who character is about restraint, so I always found it difficult to move as the character. So in the new movie, a lot of the shots are set up so that I can move as little a possible. The camera moves more often.
Chris Weitz is going to show another scene! The fans go insane. The scene: Alice and Bella racing to save Edward. You remember that scene right?
Rotten Tomatoes has an extensive write-up on the scenes that were shown, including these spoilers for the first clip:
Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) and Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) are bent over an antique light blue motorcycle. Jacob wears jeans, a brown t-shirt, and his hair is long. As Bella sits on the motorcycle, Jacob guides her hands (touching!) over the handles. “Brake. Clutch. Gas,” he reminds her. Bella revs the engine. “Slowly release the clutch,” says Jacob.
Suddenly, Bella sees the translucent apparition of Edward, a concerned look on his face, standing in front of her. We can see him, but also see through him. Bella takes off on the bike.
As she zooms down the road, Bella gains speed. She zooms by another apparition of Edward, standing in her path. She speeds by another. Losing focus, Bella swerves and falls from the bike, hitting her head on a rock.
Jacob speeds over to Bella on his own bike, coming to a stop with a flourish. He hops off the bike and rushes to Bella’s side. She is bewildered, and blood gushes from a gash on her forehead.
“Are you trying to get yourself killed?” Jacob asks. Bella apologizes for the blood, but it doesn’t bother Jacob.
He takes a step back, the camera following his every move. Jacob strips off his shirt, revealing a six-pack, and bends down to dab Bella’s wound with it. Their faces come very close. “You’re so beautiful,” she tells him. Emotion flashes across his face.
If you couldn’t make it to San Diego, fear not–ETOnline is promising to stream coverage live from the New Moon event! –
Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner are in San Diego today to help kick off this year’s star-studded Comic-Con and ET is there for all of the fun! And starting at 9:30 am PDT, ETonline will be live streaming from the ‘New Moon’ trio’s press conference! Check back here then to see if they spill any ‘New Moon’ secrets!
It’s already 10:00am PDT and coverage has not yet started–keep checking back!
UPDATE: The live stream is going very slowly, but it’s working now!
10:03 a.m. How has Stewart changed? “I cut my hair off.”
10:04 p.m. Lautner’s grateful to the fans, “It’s awesome that we get to see them all waiting for us again a year later.”
10:05 a.m. “I pretty much live an almost identical life apart from being recognized and that’s not necessarily the worst thing in the world.” He adds, “I never did anything normal anyway. I just get other people to do it now.”
10:06 a.m. “Sometimes it gets me nervous because I’m trying to live up to the fans expectations and represent Team Jacob in the right way.” – Lautner on Team Jacob.
10:07 a.m. Don’t worry. The stars all reassure us that Edward is in the movie plenty. You won’t miss him. [read the rest]
UPDATE3: Rob has just revealed that one of the scenes they’ll show later today at Comic-Con involves the ghost-like apparition version of Edward!
UPDATE4: “10:21 a.m. Pattinson says he has no musical contribution to “New Moon.”.
UPDATE5: And that’s it for now. Come back later for the New Moon event at 1:45pm PST (FYI: this was the Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart press conference, not the main event with the clips from the movie.)
UPDATE6: Pictures of Rob, Taylor and Kristen leaving the press conference: [Source, 2 ]
Check out this 21-questions style interview with New Moon director Chris Weitz, where he goes into depth on a lot of the aspects of the movie that are on the mind of fans, including the camera-shy Volturi:
The Volturi. Can you talk about your vision for this new group of characters?
CW: No matter how strange one of the characters is in a work of fantasy, I think you kind of have to approach them as people, and so you start to think, well, they’ve been around for 2,000 years. How would they live? How would they interact with one another? The conclusion really was that after 2,000 years, you would probably be more than mildly insane, no matter how cultured or gracious you appear on the surface.
I think that’s what Michael Sheen really managed to convey in portraying Aro, the head of the Volturi, which is that on the surface, he’s terribly gracious, warm, a wonderful host, and yet at the same time he’s absolutely lethal and frightening, and it’s also kind of what Dakota Fanning kind of conveys as Jane. She’s this, in appearance, very innocent-looking, harmless-looking almost kind of a teenager, but she’s absolutely deadly.
MTV gives their recount of the New Moon booth at Comic-Con, and it sounds impressive!–
This year, “New Moon” mania is in full effect. An impressive booth sits in the middle of the convention floor, showing off three enormous character photos of Rob, Kristen and Taylor Lautner. A spinning, “Let’s Make a Deal”-like wheel gives fans the opportunity to win all kinds of “Twilight” swag, and the lines promise to be as long as the list of high schools the Cullens have attended.
The coolest part of the booth, however, once again revolves around a photo op — although this year’s is far cooler. You can sit in a massive Volturi-style chair just like those soon to be occupied on screen by the vampire coven from Volterra, Italy. After the studio takes your photo, however, they’ll superimpose the actual Italian background from the “New Moon” flick, and then e-mail it to you. How cool is that?
Trouble is brewing in the line for Comic-Con in San Diego! A group of girls were upset about people ahead of them holding places in line, says the LA Times:
A group of girls, who wanted to be called the anti-Twimoms, complained loudly to Elite security officers about people who were saving space at the front of the line, and older fans — or mothers of fans — who were cutting in line and camping out. The girls proceeded to say that it was also “creepy” that some of the women were so adamant about going to a panel to see a teenager (Taylor Lautner who plays Jacob – apparently the moms were on ‘Team Jacob’).
Security told them that each person was allowed to hold 3 spaces in line, and that that was a courtesy granted to them. “You are actually loitering, ” said one of the security guards. The girls countered by saying that if one person can hold 3 spots, then if one of those people came, then they could also hold three spots, and the line in front of them would increase exponentially.
A creative reader has mixed all the new desktop wallpaper shots from the official New Moon movie site and made a really neat collage of both Edward Cullen and Jacob Black, with Bella Swan trapped in the middle.
Edward is flanked by the Cullens to the left and Jacob is flanked by his wolfpack to the right.
Check out the rest of the variations over at her DeviantArt page: [1], [2]. [3], [4], [5], [6]
New Moon star Robert Pattinson was spotted leaving the Big Apple at JFK Airport Wednesday night, no doubt on his way to Comic-Con in San Diego for today’s New Moon panel at 1:45.
Above, check out a pair of interviews from E! with Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Ashley Greene.
UPDATE2: 
MTV gives their 
New Moon "Team Jacob" Book Edition with Poster
Twilight Journals
New MoonMovie Edition Paperback
New Moon Soundtrack
Defining Twilight
Twilight Saga: The Official Guide
Twilight Shirt
