From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Harry Potter is Eclipsed by The Twilight Saga

by LMCullen on August 4, 2009 · 194 comments

twilight stephenie meyer stephenie meyer chair Harry Potter is Eclipsed by The Twilight Saga USA Today reports that Harry Potter is no match for the Twilight Saga -

Breaking Dawn, the fourth book in the teen-vampire romance series, entered the list at No. 1 on Aug. 2, 2008. Its sales and those of Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse, the first three books, have remained staggering.

This week, Meyer’s novels are Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 7 on USA TODAY’s list.

Rowling, overall, has sold more books than Meyer — her seven-book series about boy wizard Harry Potter has 143 million copies in print in the USA, while Meyer has sold 40 million copies of her four books. But Rowling can’t match Meyer’s control of the list.

Breaking Dawn and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the two authors’ fourth installments, entered the list at No. 1, but Meyer’s series has had more staying power.

The Twilight books have stayed in the list’s top 10 for 52 consecutive weeks. They held the first four spots a total of 13 weeks in the past year.

Rowling’s first four Potter books were top 10 for 13 consecutive weeks, 24 weeks total, for the first year after Goblet‘s publication and held the first four spots for two weeks.

Breaking Dawn broke the first-day sales record for publisher Hachette at 1.3 million copies.

Based on aggressive marketing of Meyer’s series, this November’s release of the film version of New Moon and the upcoming holiday gift-buying season, Twilight books could dominate the list well into 2010.

You can read the rest of the article here.

[Thanks TSH!]

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Robert Pattinson Gets No Special Treatment from NYPD

by LMCullen on August 4, 2009 · 166 comments

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robert pattinson gallery enlarged robert pattinson remember me set 07172009 13 280x420 Robert Pattinson Gets No Special Treatment from NYPD According to a recent article at Entertainment Wise, the NYPD has made a statement saying that they are not spending tax payers money to protect Robert Pattinson while he is in NY shooting Remember Me. In the statement they also state that they do not protect any celebrities -

t was alleged that the taxpayers of New York City would be footing the bill for ensuring Rob stays in one piece, after the police were forced to become involved.

Not true, says the NYPD.

“The NYPD does not provide security for actors,” a police spokeswoman told RadarOnline.com.

The spokeswoman added that the department will continue to respond to traffic and crowd issues.

Its ok Robert, don’t worry. The NMM.org family is on there way! We are much more efficient and better than the NYPD. Back off crazy curly haired chicks and random yellow taxis!!

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Give Your Man a Robert Pattinson or Taylor Lautner Makeover

by LMCullen on August 3, 2009 · 460 comments

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Oh, and you can also try it with Barack Obama, George Clooney, Zac Efron, Patrick Demsey, Joe Jonas, Chace Crawford, and Will Smith. But who cares? Its all about RPattz and TayTay!

Go here and give it a try!

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Jackson Rathbone on Stage with 100 Monkeys in Dallas

by LMCullen on August 3, 2009 · 219 comments

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Lainey Gossip has new pictures of New Moon vampire, Jackson Rathbone (aka Jasper Hale), performing in Dallas this past weekend with his band.

He is soooo dreamy….

You can view the rest of the rockin’ hot pics here.

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Fan’s Tribute to New Moon with Body Paint

by LMCullen on August 3, 2009 · 280 comments

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I’m somewhat speechless, a bit wigged out. She really shows great dedication …

But seriously .. if you’re gonna go all out with body paint – at least pick a team! sheesh.

Source

[Thanks Samantha!]

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Vandalism at Forks High School

by LMCullen on August 3, 2009 · 231 comments

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twilight arsonist web Vandalism at Forks High School

In an attempt to burn down the landmark wooden Forks Spartan sign, arsonists failed and luckily only burned a wooden planter box. No one was injured.

This sign is very important to the small town of Forks, Washington. As we all know, that is where Stephenie Meyer based the Twilight Saga out of. And Forks High is where the main character, Bella Swan, attended.

The Forks Forum article states -

“After investigating we found not only was the bench on fire, but the arsonist tried to burn down the Forks High School sign. A one foot in diameter charred area was found behind the sign. Also found was a broken window on the north side of the high school.”

Lee said the Forks Police Department has a person of interest who was seen in the area.

It was the Volturi, I’m 77.3% almost sure of it.

In all seriousness, we sincerely hope they find the losers person or persons responsible for this.

You can read the rest of the article here.

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