I guess it’s true, there is strength in numbers. Earlier this month hot new band 100 Monkeys, which includes “Twilight” star Jackson Rathbone, announced they wanted their fans to pick 20 cities for their upcoming 100 city tour.

Well you’ve spoken, and they have listened.  Here are some of the cities you’ve voted for:

•Atlanta •Birmingham •Boston •Chicago •Cleveland •Houston • Indianapolis •Louisville •Minneapolis •New Orleans. 

 Also 100 Monkeys will announce another 80 cities next month.

To view the full list, & to see if your city is amoung the first 20 cities selected, check out 4TNZ

(Thanks Michelle!)

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Yesterday in Los Angeles, the Billboard Film and TV Music Conference featured a huge presence of New Moon heavy hitters in relation to the score and soundtrack of the movie.

Moon from Letters to Twilight graciously served as our guest reporter to bring you this amazing information from the conference–including a very brief exclusive interview with New Moon director Chris Weitz himself!

The conference featured two Twilight New Moon themed panels. One discussing the soundtrack success featuring New Moon soundtrack music supervisor Alex Patsavas, a VP from Atlantic Records and Paul Katz, music consultant and uppity up at Summit Entertainment.

The other New Moon themed panel was “A Conversation with a Director and Composer” featuring Chris Weitz and Alexandre Desplat who discussed New Moon and its score and music for a hour. Now, this was some hardcore discussion regarding the composition of the score, influences how they began the process, etc. It was NOT a panel where they discussed Robsten or anything about the actors other than what pertained to the topic of the New Moon score.

I’ll be writing a more in depth post in the next few days reviewing both panels in more depth but for today I’ll give you a quick overview of some juicy tidbits from Chris’s panel and what WE, yes WE I met the man himself talked about after the panel. Hang on kiddies, we’ll get there but first some of what Chris and Alexandre discussed:

• There were themes (musical) created for for each character. IE one for Bella, one for Bella and Edward, one for Jacob
• To reflect the confusion in Bella’s mind after Edward leaves, at times the “Edward” and “Jacob” themes are “blurred” together to help created “subliminal confusion” in her mind
• Jacob’s “theme” features electric guitar. Alexandre used a guitar that sounded very similar to an Indian sitar and Chris jokingly reminded him that Jacob is Native (Indian) American not Indian from India
• The score will not featuring any of Carter Burwell’s score. (I’ll expound more on this decision in a later post)
• And the most important info: Chris wore a lot of olive and tan. He was in full on DILF mode with cargo pants, striped socks (i love a good sock!), some sort of olive sweater and a leather man purse. Work it Chris, WORK IT!

Also, Moon had the chance to meet Chris Weitz face-to-face for a few brief moments, where she reveals:

After I explained who I was I thanked him for being part of the panel and proceeded to tell him that we as a fandom wanted to thank him for doing such an outstanding job with New Moon and that from the looks of things on November 2oth we were going to love the final film. Then I asked what he was most excited for fans to see in the movie. He answered that he wanted us to hear the rest of the score (yea, yea panel’s over pal, give us the real answers!) since we hadn’t gotten to hear much and I said that we heard “The Meadow” and that I thought Alexandre’s song “The Meadow” was beautiful and that some of the fans had expressed that they thought “Bella’s Lullaby” should have been more like “The Meadow” that the song was that great. His eyes lit up and pretty much said “really!? I’ve heard some good things from the fans” and I asked him if he went online and read what the fans were saying or if he watched any reaction videos and he said that he did and that everything he’d heard was positive and that he was really excited about our reactions and then went on to say most of all he really couldn’t wait for us to see the ENTIRE movie and not just clips and leaks. I jumped in and asked him what he thought about all the leaks and spoiler clips that people were seeing online and on TV shows and if he liked them. Chris told me that “Ya know what, I really believe less is more” and that he wished there weren’t so many clips out for people to see until the big day. I told him I felt the same way and couldn’t wait to enjoy the full film.

For Moon’s full report, be sure to visit Letters to Twilight for the rest of today’s report, and stay tuned as we both bring you more detailed info in the days to come!

Also, be sure to read Billboard’s own cover story on the New Moon phenomenom!

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New pictures of New Moon-er Taylor Lautner out and about with Taylor Swift. Also known as – Taylor Squared. They enjoyed some shopping and a nice dinner at Chris Ruth’s Steakhouse! Cute!

I love them. I really do. I don’t care if they are dating, or just friends. They are still super cute and I love them both! Taylor Swift is an amazing singer, song writer, and all together an amazing person!

Check out the CUTEST video EVER of Taylor Swift on The Ellen DeGeneres show talking about Taylor Lautner. I’ve watched that video over and over, she is just adorable! Plus a pic of Taylor’s car he was driving on their date!

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The videos also give you some cool Halloween costume ideas. Even an appearance by Edward Cullen … cardboard style!

This has been the first Halloween that has fell on a Saturday night since 1998!

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America’s favorite sister/best friend, Ashley Greene talks to MTV.com about her favorite New Moon scenes, hanging out with the cast while off screen & how she credit’s “Alice” to her new found fashion sense.

MTV: What was your favorite “New Moon” scene to shoot?

Ashley Greene: Of course, the Porsche was incredible, the whole experience of filming [that scene]. Working with Michael Sheen, it was just really funny how he created this whole atmosphere out of the scene and could switch it up. Everything that he did was a little bit inspired, and so the whole Volturi scene with him was really fun to do. [I also love] the whole Cullen scene, when Bella gets a paper cut and Jasper goes crazy — you haven’t seen that side of him yet. The performances are great, and the whole dynamic is really great. That was one of my favorite scenes to watch.

MTV: You guys have become such good friends and have so much downtime between takes. What sort of things do you talk about when the cameras aren’t rolling?

Greene: Between takes? Gosh, everything. YouTube was a big topic of conversation; we were sharing YouTube videos. Which was kinda funny, because [we'd be filming a] really intense situation, and then they would yell, “Cut!” and we would have 20 minutes and we’d break out “Kittens Inspired by Kittens.” It’s this little girl reading a kittens book. [Laughs.]

MTV: Do you feel more like Alice now than when you did “Twilight”?

Greene: I feel like I was like the character a little bit anyways. I was really excited to play Alice in the beginning because she is a really positive, bright light — and a very moral vampire. I was saying in the beginning that I felt that I was [as well], and that was relatable. At least, I try to act [positively]; I don’t know if we can all the time. [Also] she’s really close with her family obviously, and that was there from the get-go, so I felt like the only other thing I could do to get closer would be to become a vampire or see the future. [Laughs.] [But] fashion-wise, yes. Fashion-wise, I have become a lot more like Alice Cullen, because she is probably the most fashionable out of the Cullen clan, and I’ve recently become obsessed with fashion.

Alice is definitely my favorite Cullen, everything about her is pure perfection, as far as Ashley Greene is concerned, she is a gem in my eyes. Check out the full interview at MTV.com

(Thanks BellaCullen!)

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New Moon stars will be storming the country soon, and Hot Topic has released the list of who will be at the events in each city.

To attend an event, you’ll need to go to a participating Hot Topic on Halloween day at 8:00am and receive a wristband by buying a commemorative New Moon tour shirt for $30. Only a limited number will be available.

Then, from November 6th through November 14th members of the cast will hit Hot Topic stores in Los Angeles, Denver, San Francisco, Washington DC, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Miami, Minneapolis, Boston, Seattle, Atlanta, Phoenix and Salt Lake City–only those with wristbands can attend.

To find out the details on who will appear where, check the Cast Tour website.

You’ll also find that Hot Topic is carrying some unusual new merchandise, such as Wolfpack Tattoo packing tape and an Edward Cullen duvet cover.

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