New Moon’s Jackson Rathbone has landed a lead role in the movie Lords of Chaos by Japanese director Sion Sono. The film will be about Norway’s black metal music scene–

Based on Michael Moynihan and Didrik Soderlind’s book of the same name, the film depicts true events and revolves around the black metal sub-culture that spawned a wave of murders and Church arsons across Norway in the early 1990s.

Rathbone will play the lead role of The Count, often referred to as Norway’s Charles Manson, who brutally stabbed a black metal musician to death in 1993.

What a great role for the real-life rocker!

Japan’s Sion Sono summons Lords of Chaos for English debut

[thanks, Helene!]

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Team Jasper, fear not—we didn’t forget you. Amanda sends in these pics of Jackson Rathbone and the gang from the 100 Monkeys concert in Southampton, PA on Saturday. Browse all 150+ shots!

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New Moon vamp Jackson Rathbone has a new photoshoot in Nylon Magazine and he shows off his plumage by posing with a huge semihawk. Check out the brütally chic pics over at Nylon.

[via TwiLex]

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New Moon star Jackson Rathbone, who plays Jasper Hale, has a new video for his band 100 Monkeys. In it he wears a dress and banana outfit, among other costumes.

[thanks NDF4ever!]

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S. Darko, the straight-to-DVD sequel of Donnie Darko, is released today. The film stars New Moon vamp Jackson Rathbone. Check out all the details on Amazon or iTunes. There is also a DVD 2-pack that includes both Donnie Darko and S. Darko.

[thanks, Ashley!]

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As we first reported on Twitter on Friday, ET Canada has an interview with New Moon star Jackson Rathbone. The Canada-only video from the official site has now been placed on YouTube so the rest of the world can now take a look, too.

[Thanks, Natalie]

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During the Twilight fan convention in Orlando last weekend, Twilight actor Jackson Rathbone decided to take advantage of the EyeCon tattoo artist and got some new ink. Regina tells Pillowbiters that–

Today while Kellan was speaking to his adoring fans during the Q&A Session, Jackson had the EyeCon Tattoo Artist give him a second tattoo. I heard that it was a heart (maybe on his back) and perhaps said, ‘I Love Mom.’

Find more pics at the 100 Monkeys FB page.

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Radar Oniine has a new interview with New Moon vamp Jackson Rathbone, where he reveals among other things his love for Vanilla Ice and which of the New Moon stars can lift the most weight in the gym–

RadarOnline: Your character in Twilight, Jasper, is so withdrawn and cold. Do you think fans are a little hesitant to approach you in public? Especially compared with some of your castmates?

Jackson Rathbone: People rarely recognize me, which is actually pretty sweet. I try to change my look in every role I take on: clothing, hairstyle, walk, facial expression, and the way I speak. Sometimes it’s subtle and sometimes it’s not, but as I am not a blonde in real life, people often do the double look before approaching me.

RO: You said in a recent interview that all the Cullen guys worked out together in the hotel gym during filming. So tell us: who can bench press the most?

JR: That would be Kellan [Lutz]. He truly is Emmett.

Check out the rest of the interview at Radar Online.

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For those of you in the Southeast, Eyecon is going on in Orlando this weekend–Jackson Rathbone, Peter Facinelli, Edi Gathegi and Twilight hand model Kimbra Hickey will be there.

It looks like tickets might still be available, so those in the area may want to check it out!

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