New/Old pictures from the Teen Vogue photo shoot promoting Twilight. The pictures have now been released in HQ (High Quality) and feature Twilight stars: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Jackson Rathbone, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, and Ashley Greene!

Wow — everyone looks sooo different in this photo shoot compared to now! Funny how fame changes you.

FYI — OMJ … those pictures of Jackson … amazing … *dies*

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CNN.com has a new article discussing whether or not the new movie Wolfman can beat out Vampires and become the next ‘hot’ thing.

In the article they also discuss Taylor Lautner and New Moon -

Until Taylor Lautner beefed up and began walking around shirtless in “New Moon,” there wasn’t a chance in the underworld that werewolves could steal pop culture’s rabid affection for vampires.But now that moviegoers’ appetites have been whetted for this particularly hairy breed of supernatural beast, perhaps the new horror movie “The Wolfman,” starring Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins, can help the myth finally step out from the, er, non-shadow of vampires after all.

n the past 30 years, there have been a number of films dedicated to the frightening — and sometimes hilarious — things that can happen when under the werewolf curse, yet the genre has never soared into popularity.We’re officially past “New Moon” frenzy, and werewolves haven’t exactly shown up in TV series, novels and other movies the same way vampirism has since “Twilight” and its cohorts left their mark.

“Vampires have always been more popular because there’s a romantic element,” Slantmagazine.com film critic Nick Schager said. “They’re striking, dashing, and there are sexual components to the legend.”

The werewolf, on the other hand, is not only plagued by a “cheesiness” factor that happens when the special effects are poor, Schager said, the myth itself is also decidedly less romantic.

Even Lautner’s character, whose houndish transformation does retain some elements of the werewolf myth, turns into a wolf only when the undead come around, making him a somewhat safer choice for his love interest.

On top of that, the “New Moon” wolf men seem to become more attractive once their supernatural gene kicks in, and in typical werewolf genre films, “you don’t get to be the good-looking, debonair hunk from ‘True Blood,’ ” Schager said. “It’s all about losing control and turning into a beast.”

IMO – Wolfman will not destroy Vampire fever. That’s all I have to say about that.

You can read the rest of the article here!

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StyleMePretty.com is featuring an absolutely beautiful Twilight and Breaking Dawn inspired Wedding Tablescape  created by event planners Lina Wallace and Heather Ham.

Here is what Lina and Heather had to say about this beautiful Wedding shoot -

We mainly took our inspiration from the fourth book in The Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer, Breaking Dawn, in which the two characters Bella and Edward get married. The wedding was described as taking place at the house where Edward and his family live in the woods surrounded by all white flowers. We also took inspiration from the iconic cover of the first book where hands are holding an apple. Apples were used as escort cards, candleholders, a cake topper, and our signature beverage, hot apple cider.

For our ceremony setup we had floating rose heads and crystals hanging from a tree with a simple white rose petal aisle.

For the bouquet, we used peonies, roses, lisianthus, dusty miller and bluporum tied with a simple white ribbon that had the words “so the lion fell in love with the lamb” written by our calligrapher, Calligraphy Katrina.

Melody of Sweet and Saucy designed the cake. She took our themes and ideas and made a cake that is truly unique and beautiful incorporating our color scheme as well as the branches and the apple of course.

For the favors, we had several options including buttons with “Team Bella” and “Team Edward”, as well as miniature green trees and pashmina wraps in coordinating colors.

For our main tablescape we used all white flowers (roses, lisianthus and hydrangea) as well as some greenery (dusty miller and bluporum and a few succulents). We incorporated apples as candleholders as well as using floating candles in glass containers and silver candelabras. We had a lace table runner made by Sashes of love placed down the center of the table. We had menus made by our calligrapher with each guest’s name (Bella, Edward, Alice, Emmett, Esme, Carlisle, Rosalie and Jasper). We used a chocolate brown satin ribbon with a crystal broach at each place setting.

We also decided to do a “Luxe for Less” look to show brides how they could take a high-end tablescape and interpret it into something more reasonable for those concerned with their budget. Instead of the rented wooden tables we used a standard linen in camel. We used wooden folding chairs in an antique finish and used a single candelabra with a few floral centerpieces for a similar effect as the main tablescape.

We wanted to bring Bella and Edward’s wedding to life similar to how it is described in the book. We’ve seen other inspirations that are very gothic and dark using reds and blacks, but we wanted to show our interpretation of what their wedding would really look like with delicate, light, airy details.

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It seems as though every TV show out there is jumping on the Twilight Phenomenon bandwagon. And really, can you blame them?

Last nights episode of Private Practice titled  Love Bites, there was a brief mention of Twilight and New Moon. The reasoning behind that mention was due to a 13 year old girl being brought in who suffered a bite mark to her neck. Which ultimately gave her Hepatitis.

Here comes LMC the Mom – Let this be a lesson. Even though this is a TV show, I know there are some teenage girls (and probably some non-teenage girls) who take the whole Vampire craze a bit .. too far. Remember — its ok to love the Vampire characters in a safe, imaginary way. Vampires are not real. And letting someone bite you, to draw blood, could lead to serious problems. One of which is HIV. Among many other things.

I’m glad that Private Practice shot an episode surrounding this subject. It sheds light on it, and brings awareness.

If you feel like biting something. Bite an apple. Ok? Awesome.

[Thanks, H2B, and Kerstin!]

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*Sobs* We are TRULY loved!

A faithful NMM.org reader Elisa, was kind enough to send in this wonderful information about NewMoonMovie.org being mentioned in the Stephenie Meyer biography.

Hi,
I recently began reading Stephenie Meyer: The Unauthorized Biography of the Creator of the Twilight Saga by Marc Shapiro.  I was pleasantly surprised to discover that www.newmoonmovie.org is cited within the text as a source of an interview with Stephenie Meyer where she addresses whether or not the character of Bella is based on herself. The website is cited on page 52 of the book and the entire passage is as follows:
“An issue that had her doing a bit of self-analysis was whether the character of Bella was really Stephenie trying to live a life she did not have through the character and this fictional world. In an interview posted on www.newmoonmovie.org, Stephenie addressed that issue. “Bella and I think completely differently,” she explained. “When I went to write this, it wasn’t something I wrote about. But I think it’s really natural that I created a character that let me live a life I didn’t know because why would I write something I’ve already experienced.” Stephenie conceded in the interview that while she did bring a few things from her life experience to the character, Bella was much more mature than she was at that age. “I was really sheltered and she had to be a grown-up all of the time. I kind of admire that when I see that in people around me.””
I haven’t finished reading the book yet, but noted that www.newmoonmovie.org is also listed on page 211 at the end of the book in the list of sources. I am an avid follower of www.newmoonmovie.org and was extremely excited to see it mentioned in this book! Attached are pictures of the pages where I have found www.newmoonmovie.org cited so far.
Sincerely,
Elisa

This is huuuge!  From everyone at NMM.org, we’d like to give a great big, thank you!

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We previously posted the special features in the Ultimate Fan Edition New Moon 2 disc special at Wal-Mart with the 7 minute peak of Eclipse.  Here are the new covers for the Ultimate Fan Edition New Moon DVD and Blu-Ray.   You can pre-order this New Moon DVD for $24.96 and the New Moon Blu-Ray for $29.96 at Walmart now! 

I like this cover better!  I’m definitely buying this one and the Target one.  Hmmmm, maybe the Borders one too.  OH! The Best Buy one too!  I’m going to be broke…..

[Source: Walmart. Thanks Claire & Kanni!]

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