Twilight News
It’s been a while since we’ve posted a segment on just news on The Twilight Saga and its series.
MTV had an interesting article for their Twilight Tuesdays about the literary appeal of female YA heroines such as Bella and Katniss. Although some might disagree that Bella is labelled as a heroine but it does certainly make people especially young readers pick up a book and read.
“Both characters are appealing on a very archetypal level. One is very much a damsel in distress, this sort of empty, insecure vessel, which I think is very identifiable for young women,” she explained. “The other is sort of this superhero, strong, independent woman who doesn’t need anybody, which I think is also something that is very inspirational for women. In each one of us we have both of those entities, and as a result, people are drawn to these characters.”
Do read more about the literary appeals of YA heroines over at MTV.
On other news, Twilight, the first novel from The Twilight Saga series made it to the top 1,000 romance novel of all time list, compiled by RomanceNovels.me. The list of authors included are Jane Austen, Nora Roberts, Linda Howard to name a few. Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight came in #253.
If you would like to take a look at the list, here’s the link: Top 1,000 Best Romance Novels .
The Host Teaser trailer
The Host fans!! The wait is over! The first official teaser trailer for The Host is finally here!!
It doesn’t really show much but it does makes you intrigued! We certainly can’t wait for the movie next year!
Breaking Dawn : Forever & Always – 19th November 2011
As promised, here’s another event just for our Singaporean Twilighters, ‘Breaking Dawn: Forever & Always’! Yes, it is that time of the year again to celebrate another film from The Twilight Saga, ‘Breaking Dawn – Part 1′. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 opens in Singapore on 24th November 2011, Thursday!
THANK YOU to those who have registered for this event! Twilight Singapore will be looking forward to meet everyone of YOU on the 19th November 2011 @ Geylang East Public Library, Merpati Hall! In the meantime, let’s reminisce the good old memories since ‘Twilight’! 
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 – In Theatres 24 November
Directed by Bill Condon
Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
Rating: TBA
Runtime: 115 minutes
Chinese title: 暮 光 之 城 ： 破 晓I
In the highly anticipated next chapter of the blockbuster The Twilight Saga, the newfound married bliss of BELLA SWAN (Kristen Stewart) and vampire EDWARD CULLEN (Robert Pattinson) is cut short when a series of betrayals and misfortunes threatens to destroy their world.
After their wedding, Bella and Edward travel to Rio de Janeiro for their honeymoon, where they finally give in to their passions. Bella soon discovers she is pregnant, and during a nearly fatal childbirth, Edward finally fulfills her wish to become immortal.
But the arrival of their remarkable daughter, RENESMEE, sets in motion a perilous chain of events that pits the Cullens and their allies against the VOLTURI, the fearsome council of vampire leaders, setting the stage for an all out battle.
The suspenseful and deeply romantic BREAKING DAWN continues the epic tale of supernatural fantasy and passionate love that has made The Twilight Saga a worldwide phenomenon.
Nice right?!! Twilight tonight on Mediacorp Channel 5!
We’ve watched the trailer for countless times & we read ‘Twilight’ over and over again! To celebrate the release of ‘Twilight’, Twilight Singapore collaborated with National Library and held our very first event – Twilight Soiree! Tonight, relive the moments all over again!
Breaking Dawn News – International Release Dates for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
YUP!! The release dates for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part ONE is out on IMDB! Thanks to Twilight Examiner for the heads up!
SINGAPORE 24th NOVEMBER 2011
We have yet to confirm the date with the distributor in Singapore but opening a week after the US is almost right.
Going by what we’ve seen with previous Twilight movies. The films are shown as ‘Sneak Peeks’ about a week before the film opens nationwide so lets hope it happens!
Now we are waiting only for the The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Official Website to go LIVE and announcements about The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 Official Soundtrack to come out! 
While waiting lets see when Breaking Dawn will be opening in other countries as featured on IMDB.com and SQUEAL cos its not gonna be long now!
France 16 November 2011
Australia 17 November 2011
Hungary 17 November 2011
New Zealand 17 November 2011
Canada 18 November 2011
Italy 18 November 2011
Norway 18 November 2011
Poland 18 November 2011
Spain 18 November 2011
Sweden 18 November 2011
UK 18 November 2011
USA 18 November 2011
Germany 24 November 2011
Malaysia 24 November 2011
Singapore 24 November 2011
Breaking Dawn News – Excitement Inducing Images from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
We have seen these images published on Entertainment Weekly and People Magazine. Now enjoy them & squeal in their digital glory as we wait for more pics & news of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 make their way to us!
Twilight News – The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide – James’s bio
Thanks to Twilight Lexicon for this!
We learn more about the tracker James.
Breaking Dawn News – EW’s Exclusive The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide – Reveals Bella’s Wedding dress
As you all of Twilight Universe knows – Stephenie Meyer’s long awaited The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide is coming out on April 12th. And EW has 2 exclusive images of Bella’s Wedding dress straight from the book.
So what do you think?!
Twilight News – Stephenie Meyer’s New Interview with USA Today
USA Today interviewed Stephenie Meyer in Vancouver on Friday & Saturday last week in conjunction with the launch of her LONG OVERDUE The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide which will be out on April 12 . In the interview Stephenie spoke MUCH about the new book, her role as a producer in the final installation of the Twilight Saga films and give us all some JUICY tidbits about Breaking Dawn!
To celebrate the release of this book, Stephenie Meyer had also invited 10 lucky Twilight fans from all over the world to Vancouver for a 2 day ‘chat fest’ with her.
“I just love having the chance to sit down with a small group of fans,” says Meyer, who is looking a little more Hollywood these days and a bit less like a suburban mom of three. “Bigger events are just too nerve-racking.”
For this literary star, the days of chatting with a few fans at a local bookstore are over. Meyer is an international celebrity. Her books sell in dozens of countries. The film versions are hotly anticipated. Fan sites have gone viral.
This two-day chat fest with Meyer, which took place last Friday and Saturday, was a top-secret affair. Even the attendees weren’t told where in the world they’d be meeting with Meyer until after they were notified they were among the chosen 10.
Ranging in age from 15 to 34, the contest winners include Eden Marie Starnes, 16, of Port Charlotte, Fla., and the sole male winner, Stefan Caes, 26, of Germany, who secretly entered the contest in hopes of winning and surprising his wife, Jenny, also 26, who’s here with him.
“We’ve been together since we were 17, so we see a lot of our story in Edward’s and Bella’s,” says Jenny, who married Stefan nine months ago.
Two fans were chosen in random drawings held by Little, Brown for Young Readers, Meyer’s publishers in the USA and Canada. The others won contests — which ranged from creating videos to writing essays to completing a Twilight trivia quiz — sponsored by publishers in France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Taiwan, China, Brazil and the U.K.
But like seasoned journalists (many of these fans blog about the series), they’re also here to ferret out juicy details: When will Meyer publish a new novel? What’s it like being on the Twilight film set? What’s new in The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide, a 543-page encyclopedic companion that Little, Brown will publish in hardcover for $24.99 on April 12? (The e-book will be available for $11.99 on April 13.)
Meyer, relaxed and happy to share, tells them plenty:
•On the illustrated guide: “My favorite part is the vampire histories. There’s a lot there that’s new. Alice’s (Cullen) back story is one no one has known until now. And I think fans will be surprised at how much fun (Cullen nemesis) Victoria’s story is.”
•On whether she’ll ever write more books about Edward and Bella: “The story’s already been told, and I doubt I’ll ever write another series based on the same characters.”
•On the possibility she’d ever finish Midnight Sun, a Twilight novel told from Edward’s viewpoint that she nixed when parts of it were leaked online in 2008: “I’m hoping to do it someday because I know that’s what people want. No matter what book I put out from here to eternity they’ll want Midnight Sun, but I’m just not writing about vampires right now.”
What Meyer says about the filming of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, which because of the expansive story line is being told in two parts. (Part 1 is scheduled for release Nov. 18 and Part 2 in November 2012):
•The much-anticipated wedding of Edward and Bella has not been filmed yet, but Stewart is being fitted for the as-yet-unrevealed bridal gown. “It’s such an interesting mix,” says Meyer. “It has a vintage feel, but at the same time, there’s an edge to it. It’s really beautiful. And then on Kristen — oh, she looks amazing in clothes —and in that dress she’s so lithe and unbelievable.”
•On working with Pattinson and Lautner: “Rob is more like Jacob than Edward. He’s goofy, he’s funny, he doesn’t take much seriously. But he can turn Edward on like that (she snaps her fingers) when he needs to be Edward. Taylor’s who we hang out with most. He’s a lot like fun, happy Jacob.”
•On her expanded role as co-producer of the two new movies: “The big difference is just being there and seeing everything. I feel I’ve seen so much of the movie and really understand what it will look like. There are still a lot of compromises. That hasn’t changed. It doesn’t make a huge difference, but I have a producer credit, which is crazy.”
Fans, says Meyer, can expect a surprising performance when Stewart transforms from human to vampire. “She’s created a new character. I was really impressed. I’ve only really seen her as (the human) Bella, so to have her step up and change it in the right way — she didn’t have to talk to me. She knew. She knows the character so well now. She has really good instincts, and she looks amazing.”
Meyer says the first Breaking Dawn movie may end “when Bella opens her eyes as a vampire. That’s the way it’s been shot. They can still do it any other way, but I think that’s the general idea. You kind of have to get there in the first film. That way you have all the time in the world to explore being a vampire and those exhilarating first moments.”
READ MORE OF THE INTERVIEW AT USA TODAY!
Breaking Dawn – BD Cast & SM pics arriving at Celtic Studios
Whoa the tight security at Celtic Studios has been working rather well cos there’s hardly been any sighting of the cast.
Thanks to SaintsNurse we get to see some!
First Up is Edward Cullen himself 
having a snack. Oh and the guy with him is Rob’s own bodyguard Dean. Looking good guys! Check out Edward’s shiny golden Wedding band!
Next the Cast & Production Team!We can see Peter Facinelli, Stephenie Meyer, Kristen Stewart, Wyck Godfrey, Robert Pattinson & Kellan Lutz
Everglow has been very generous to upload the new Entertainment Weekly scan for all of us. Leap over to their gallery now!
And HOLY MACARONI…..THE BREAKING DAWN PROMOTIONAL STILL OF EDWARD/BELLA IN FULL GLORY! :p
Breaking Dawn News – Breaking Dawn Book Cover in the movie & “Fairy Dust Cakes” will be making Edward & Bella’s Wedding Cake!
Thanks to StephenBrown who pointed it out to TwilightPoison a COOL DETAIL from the Isle Esme pics from Brazil!!
Check it out again!
And now here comes the zoom!
YES!! It’s the same as the Chess Set on the Book Cover of Breaking Dawn (ie banner for this post). We thought it was cool for Mr. Condon to include this in the movie and maybe with Stephenie Meyer as the producer – she may have had a hand in it as well. (Thank you Stephenie! We hope it doesn’t end up on the cutting room floor too! )
Here’s what Stephenie elaborated about the book cover of Breaking Dawn.
Breaking Dawn‘s cover is a metaphor for Bella’s progression throughout the entire saga. She began as the weakest (at least physically, when compared to vampires and werewolves) player on the board: the pawn. She ended as the strongest: the queen. In the end, it’s Bella that brings about the win for the Cullens.
We may be wrong but the only other time where the Twilight Series book cover was incorporated in the movie was for the first one – Twilight. (Please correct us if we’re wrong!!)
Thanks to Catherine Hardwicke for this!
For Twilight fans by including this small details on screen, makes us a little more chuffed cos of we love anything that is related to the books.
And news has just reached us that a local confectionary shop in Louisiana will have the task to make Edward & Bella’s Wedding Cake!! Its soo exciting for them!
Here’s a sample of their cakes from the Fairy Dust Cake Gallery.
Looking forward to seeing it soon!
The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide
It’s here! The Official Twilight Saga guide that we have been waiting for! Little Brown has released the information on when it’ll be released: April 12 2011
The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide provides readers with exclusive new material and everything they need to further explore the unforgettable world Stephenie Meyer created in Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn and The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. The Guide also includes character profiles, outtakes, a conversation with Meyer, genealogical charts, maps, extensive cross-references, and much more.
Thanks to Twilight Lexicon for the information. You can head over to Twilight Lexicon for a full description.
Stephenie Meyer’s Mini Fansite Junket for Eclipse (Part Two)
Fansite members doing the ' Bree beheading Scene' with Stephenie Meyer
We posted Part ONE of Stephenenie Meyer’s Exclusive Fansite Junket last month and here’s the continuation. Thanks to Twilight Lexicon and the 4 fansites Twifans, Twilight Source, Twilight Series Theories and Letters to Twilight.
Stephenie: If I were to go ahead with it, he would definitely come up again. After his character sort of warmed he would fit into a rightly place. I don’t see Edward actively seeking him out. Having the knowledge he had gotten from Bree he realizes that Fred probably wouldn’t appreciate that pretty much, but I do see them crossing paths. I was really relieved in a way, I didn’t see anybody surviving. And so as Fred started developing it was really a relief to let someone survive and for someone you care about.
Twilight Series Theories: I just loved the introduction to the book that you did say “I was writing this and I did have a hard time that I made this decision before…” That helped me through.
Stephenie: By the end, you know, when I first started out I didn’t even think about it, I was thinking “this will be cool” it was all about the mechanics of it. And then when you start like “I have to kill her”. On set it was crazy because Jodelle is teeny. She is this little – actually she looked a little younger even though she is fifteen. My Bree in the book was grown up looking because she had a hard life but Jodelle did a really good job. They cut a scene of hers where I really think she captured her. I hope it makes it on the DVD. But, then you have Daniel Cudmore, who is – you can’t even tell in the movies but he is a monster!
Twilight Series Theories: And beautiful. (laughs)
Stephenie: He is so properly proportionate so that if you took a normal six-foot person and you blew them up. He is just so big. I remember the first time I met him I asked him like an idiot “How tall are you?”
(Everyone laughs)
Stephenie: The first time I met him, he was in the full Volturi garb with his eyes. It was impressive. So he was coming over to rip up the little girl and the difference between them was really – it made me sad. And you watch it all day because you shoot the scene in fourteen different ways all day long so they keep killing her over and over again.
Twilight Source: You know, I was saying this to Matt before and I feel like the fact that Bree’s life, how tragic it is in the fact that she dies, is a really juxtaposition to the series that we see from Bella’s perspective. Because, you always hear Edward saying, “This is a really tough life and this is not something that you want to be”.
Stephenie: And no one ever believes him.
Read MORE at Twilight Series Theories
What do you think Stephenie thinks of Angryward and Edward threatening Jacob for kissing Bella? Does she agree, does she thinks he’s hot?
Kim: Okay, we have a question about the Angry Edward, and how hot he is. When he gets angry, he pulls up, and he’s like…ya know……if you ever touch her against her will again. All the fans just love it. We all love it and everybody went crazy. The members, our members, we all wanna know about angry Edward.
Alison: Why do you think the fandom thinks Angry Edward is SO hot?
SM: Ya know it’s funny about this scene, and Meghan’s giving me the eye. That’s the one I walked out on, on the dailies because in my head that scene was so much different. In the movie Edward is quite separate motivation-ally from the book Edward. At this point in the film in the story for me he’s gotten past this. Like he’s realized “I can’t act like a teenage boy anymore. I have to give her space. I have to be the mature one here.” And in that scene in the book, he has, icy calm control. He is very gentle. He is very soft spoken. He is very mature. So when I see him….and plus ya know, the movies are unable to bring to life some of the elements in the mythology. If Edward had, in anger, grabbed Jacob by the shoulder, his arm would have come off. And the fact that Taylor is uninjured, and that he just kind of sits there…..bothered me. So I’m like…wait! If we are gonna go for it, tear his arm off. Ya know. And it’s hard for them, because blood puts you over the limit and stuff, and they would not tear off Jacob’s arm. I’m like….if we want angry Edward, I wanna see some blood. They had already filmed that day, so we couldn’t redo it but, people have responded really well to it.
Kim: That is the thing because it is different than the book.
Alison: He’s as close to a vampire as we’ve seen him, because he was so restrained.
SM: And restraint is pretty much his middle name. And we don’t have the scene early in the book, where she comes back from La Push, and he’s like “are you trying to make me insane?” He really lost it. We don’t have that evolution where he goes overboard. We have a little bit, the battery disabling. Which is really over the line, and then he’s supposed to learn and he’s supposed to stop. By that point, we’re so far in, it’s like….”why is he still acting like this?” But okay, it is hot…I’ll give you that.
Kim: It turned out well considering it was a deviation from the book, and anyway……we liked it.
Often scenes from the books are changed or left out all together for the flow of the movie. Stephenie explains how and why she picks her battles when it comes to depicting her books into movies.
LTT: When do you choose your battles? In seeing the movie and the book. You have the book, they have a vision. They throw out a line, and you’re like “They would have never
said that”SM: It’s really difficult. Because you do have to choose which ones you won’t bow down on. And I know that even when I really say “Okay, I cannot live with that” It’s still 1 out of 10 I’ll get it. When I really throw a fit. Which is rare. It is really rare because I realize ya know, they’re making a movie. When they come to me for advice, I’m happy say things. There are very few things that I will….and its things that just feel so wrong, that there’s no other way. And some of them are such small little things that, like with the…(?) we were talking about. A lot of that was (?) related. It’s harder than you would
think. It’s funny. Some things you take for granted in movies. And it’s amazing how difficult
some things are to do. One of the reasons we were back there was because, there was one blocking issue I had. And nobody else cared, but for me, it was such a key blocking thing. It physically had to look this way. That one, I was like “I really have to have this. I can’t see this like this” & everyone was like really?Alison: All the fans would have cared. Not one fan would have been happy with that.
Kim: Was that with the tent scene?
Alison: We heard he was sitting up, and……now. La,la,la….he’s laying down.
SM: Lying down, no that’s not it
Alison: Oh, okay
SM: It’s when they are in the sleeping bag together. How do you visualize that?
Alison: Sexy hot
SM: In the original
TST: Don’t ruin the surprise
SM: That’s the expectation
Alison: The surprise would have been, what it was
SM: The one thing I scheduled my whole schedule around in Eclipse was I had to be there for
the tent scene was number one. That was on the calendar. And I had the other scenes in
order of priority, and I had those dates booked. I was already going to Vancouver and they had a weather problem. They filmed it when I wasn’t there. So I’m like “Okay, I’m not gonna panic.” But in the original version, Jacob gets into the sleeping bag (whispers) and doesn’t touch her.Alison: Like just his legs are gonna keep her warm from the bottom of the sleeping bag?
*chatter*
SM: It’s impossible to keep someone warm when doing that. And then you have the extra added thing. This is the girl he is in love with and he’s in a sleeping bag with her….I mean, come on. I was just
like, “what…why aren’t you touching her? Why isn’t he touching her?” People are going to freak out.Alison: Everybody would have freaked out
SM: It doesn’t make sense that he would do that and you’d sit there and say “why? He’s supposed to be warming her up, right?” Even if you had no baggage from reading the books, you would still have the same reaction.
Alison: It’s almost like…..common sense (a bunch of mumbling) It’s great now!
*chatter*
Kim: The re-shoot worked. It was great. The emotion that was in the book was in that scene.
SM: It was interesting, because the original script for it, I was fine with but then they tweaked the script because they felt like one part of the conversation got a lot more in depth in the original we kind of already knew. You know, you have the whole rehash when Edward’s talking about “when I first met her” and they pulled that and instead went with the later part of the scene where Jacob’s like “how did you cope?” And I think the emotionality of it just went through the roof.
Kim: The dialogue between Rob and Jake, I mean Edward and Jacob
Alison: And it was so long, and I loved how long it was
SM: Yeah! I love that they just let it happen. I think that, that was Rob’s best day of shooting.
It was so funny, did you guys hear all the rumors about the problems? Rob was only supposed to be there for the last day. The first two were Jacob and Bella scenes where the wig had been a problem. The last day was the tent was the tent and that was it & it was a pretty easy shoot. The only problem for that day was that Kristen had the stomach flu and luckily, she was supposed to lay there, but between every like scene, oh, she was so sick. And Taylor, he was over digging around, grabbing garbage cans. Why is Taylor taking the garbage? Takes them over there so she could puke in them.
It was so sweet. Everybody was taking care of her and everything, but it was a hard day. You look at actors and a lot of people are like “I wanna be an actor” it’s so hard and then to sit there. She’s wanting to puke and she’s all feverish, and she’s having to do the shivering. She was a work horse that day. That was our only drama was that poor Kristen got sick, and I think it was food poisoning. But it was a great shoot. It was one of those days where at the end you’re like “We really killed it today! It’s gonna be great!” It was a great day.
Twilight News – Real Estate Tycoon Tom Barrack (Colony Capital LLC) Deconstructs ‘Twilight’
Thanks to RobPattzNews for this fabulous and really interesting story!
From The Wall Street Journal’s SPEAKEASY COLUMN
Bella and Edward Who? Real-Estate Tycoon Deconstructs ‘Twilight’
Tom Barrack is one of the biggest real-estate deal-makers in the world. His investment firm, Colony Capital LLC, has raised $16 billion from pension plans and other big investors to buy properties like gaming company Station Casinos Inc., Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch, and possibly even Walt Disney Co.’s Miramax movie studio.
But recently, it turns out, Barrack has also been doing some soul-searching—thanks to Stephenie Meyer’s popular vampire-novel series, “Twilight.”
The memo was briefly posted on Mr. Barrack’s public “Chairman’s Corner” blog on the Colony website. Someone who had seen the memo on the website sent a copy to The Wall Street Journal. A Colony spokesman confirmed the memo was written by Mr. Barrack and said it was meant as an internal letter to employees.
I am going to share with you a personal breakthrough, which does not relate directly to our business but does reflect upon how we all look at all the “stuff” that drives us on a daily basis. Many of you will think that I have lost my mind or have finally experienced a mystical intervention of “my feminine side”. I promise you, it is neither.
I have had an agonizingly tough couple of weeks and have survived on pure adrenaline in the midst of tumult, controversy, tough negotiations with business counterparts, and a grueling travel itinerary that was challenging even for me. One of the recent meetings was in Turkey with our Mars partners. I made arrangements to have a bit of yacht time with them. When the meeting got cancelled I did the unthinkable for me, have a little down time all to myself. I boarded the gorgeous but stark Turkish Gulet right as the sun was setting. As I made my way into the main cabin I saw something so frightening it left me speechless. There, staring up at me from the ebony coffee table was a book. On the cover was a gorgeous red apple nestled between two soft and caring hands. Between the hands were written the words that strike terror in the hearts of every macho, red-blooded male…TWILIGHT. AAAARRRGGGGHHHH!! Alone, on a boat, with no wifi, no satellite, no magazines, no newspapers, just me and this book. This piece of chick lit, teeny bopper heartthrob stuff. Terror on the high seas! I wanted nothing to do with any of it. Not relevant, not interesting.
As I sat there with nothing to do the book kept taunting me. I began to think that there must be something I don’t understand. What could it be? What is it all about? Women don’t just read these books, they live them. They become each paragraph. I picked it up, but then immediately dropped it like a hot coal. What if someone saw me reading this? My macho reputation would be finished! I would be kicked out of the bench press section of the gym. My polo compadres would send me packing to the pony rides and my surfing buddies would exile me to the kiddie pool.
But it was a long night and there was absolutely nothing, and I mean NOTHING else to do. Long story short – not only did I read Twilight, I read the other two as well!! I was fascinated, captivated even. However, what intrigued me was not the same thing that hooked the millions of women whose lives and had been changed by this series, but something else entirely.
For you male Colonists, here is a brief synopsis. Stubborn teenage girl meets a handsome but moody vampire and against all odds they fall in love.
Here is my macho take – Stephanie Meyer is a total genius. As I flipped through the pages I was startled by the lack of detailed description of Bella and the surgical and illuminating development of Edward. As hard as I tried I could not really picture Bella, but I was grabbed by Edward’s character – gorgeous, super human, super strong, super fast and most importantly encompassing the wisdom of a 109-year-old man in the guise of a 17-year-old boy.
The description of Bella on the other hand, was not moving, or compelling. What I realized is the genius of Stephanie was that she knew that by keeping the character generic, any and every woman could climb inside and picture herself in Bella’s shoes. Thus the fascination and deep emotional reactions to what many (including myself) thought was a foolish teenage trashy novel.
I definitely got that the “anticipation” was much more romantic and sexy than the “consummation” to the woman. Slow, patient, caring, tender…. (guys have you heard those words before?) I found him incredibly appealing as he was taking care of Bella, putting her first, distancing himself from her to protect her and yet never being able to get her out of his mind. The relationship stood the test of time through many years, other men, family challenges and misconceptions of valiant and loving acts. A human relationship with a vampire is challenging on many levels, the least of which being you get older as your partner remain timeless. It was enticing, captivating, alluring…and dangerous. Through it all she believed that she could do it…. change her life… change his life…make it different…in spite of what conventional wisdom dictated.
Every woman longs for the anticipation, the romance, the journey, the taboo, the patience, and the attentiveness. Men, however, are all about the destination, the result, the speed and the outcome. The journey is merely penance to get to the destination. Which is why despite the vampires and werewolves, this book is kryptonite to most men.
In a world of technology these books are unique. There is so little imagination left in most of forms of entertainment today. See it, Google it, play it, do it…there is very little old fashioned make believe anymore. I could go on and on, but I know by now many of you are saying, “what happened to our leader?”… “Maybe Lebanese really is a sexual preference rather than a nationality”. I promise none of the above. [Mr. Barrack is of Lebanese descent.]
Here is my point. The idea of devoting half a day to reading these books was something that never, NEVER, entered my mind as something I would ever, EVER do. I hated them. I mocked them. It made no difference to me that over 20 million books were sold, movies made, and Team Edward and Team Jacob pandemonium had engulfed the world. I was simply stuck in my point of view.
Once I ventured into the books I learned something. I now understand why some women are emotionally altered from merely reading a book. I have also gained a deeper realization that understanding the circumstances and points of views of those with whom we are negotiating, working, living, loving or fighting is the key determinant factor in an enduring relationship.
In every day business, we think we know it all. We are the captains of our industry and we possess all the global knowledge. That which we don’t understand we push a button and it appears before us. We are lacking creativity…. it is hard for us to dream… harder for us to change our lives… hard to live in a situation that other people view as unconventional. And for sure, we all have no idea on how to be satisfied with the status quo.
It is time for all of us to become more creative, spend more time outside of the strict arithmetic cadence of our business, and understand foreign points of view. Most importantly we must really find the “moment”. Anticipation is everything. The process of getting to a destination is the objective and the more illumination, color, and vitality we give to the “road” the less important the final destination becomes. It will be what it will be!!!
On this 4th of July, slow down, take a breath, rediscover your imagination and create some excitement in your life. Take a few days to expand on the qualities of the character you would really like to become. Then live it, do it, become it! The better you are as an individual, the better we will be as a team.
I feel renewed and refreshed, having gotten out of my comfort zone and experiencing something so totally out of my normal realm. I don’t get it…. but I feel it. Taking the agenda-less time to absorb a point of view that I had ignored while loved ones around me relished in it, was an oasis for my soul. Having been unwilling to investigate the cause of such a startling movement until now was ignorant. Move your cheese!!!! Break through the comfort barriers, you can handle it whatever it is. The earth is turning on its axis. Planets and moons and suns are in orbit. Gravity is pulling and tugging, and molecules and quarks are warring inside of us. We need movement to live…
Do it Now!
Tom
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HAHA ! Definitely a cool guy! We think contrary to what he says he does get Twilight and had a lesson to share for all of us!
No wonder he’s a billionaire.
Eclipse News – ‘Thank You’ (David Slade)
DAVID SLADE dropped a note at Facebook:
When you put your heart and soul into something as intense as the duration of a film production, you become completely lost in it. You focus on doing your very best to get it right each day and you work on this for so long that you assume an ownership of it.
When shooting The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, I always felt an awareness of how many people this film would reach and as a result, knew that this film did not just belong to myself, the producers and the studio, but more so, to all of you, the fans of The Twilight Saga.
At the end of the day, after all the hard work is done, all that’s left is the film itself, and your overwhelmingly positive and supportive responses have made me feel like we must have done something right. As a filmmaker, this is a rare and strange feeling of connection with an audience of which I will never forget and I thank you all for it.
DAVID SLADE
JULY 2010
It’s been almost a week since the opening of The Twilight Saga Eclipse, let’s watch as much as we can while it is still showing in cinemas
It’s been almost a week since the opening of The Twilight Saga Eclipse, let’s watch as much as we can while it is still showing in cinemas
***01.07.10 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE – OPENS TODAY ALL OVER SINGAPORE!!!
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE IS HERE!!!!
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE IS HERE!!!!
WATCH THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE ON THE BIG SCREEN AT THE FOLLOWING CINEMAS!
Twilight News – Forbes Mag: The Power of Twilight
See what the Money World is talking about Twilight!
Eclipse News – MTV Rough Cut with The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’s Director, David Slade
MTV Rough Cuts posted a couple of video interviews with Director, David Slade. Let’s take a look!
Re-shooting the Tent scene:
Regarding the Eclipse Script:
Eclipse Deleted Scenes:
On Bree Tanner Novella:
Stephenie Meyer’s Mini Fansite Junket for Eclipse – 1st Answer – Midnight Sun!
As you guys already know Stephenie Meyer picked 4 Fansites and invited them for a Special and Exclusive Mini Fansite Junket.
The Eclipse Mini Fansite Junket took place recently over lunch with Twilight Source, Twilight Series Theories, Letters to Twilight and Twifans.
And the first thing she talks about is ‘Midnight Sun’ (!!!!!) Cos basically what she gets asked ALL the time.
Thanks to Twifans for the audio clip! Just click ‘PLAY’ to listen to the interview.
You can read the FULL transcript over at TwilightSeriesTheories .
Stephenie: First question, because we are going to deal with this right now, is Midnight Sun! Right? So we don’t have to…
All: (Lot’s of blabbering…)
Stephenie: I know that’s what everyone cares about. I also know that the right answer would be for me to say “Oh yah, it’s done! And it’ll be out next month!” But that’s not true. It’s also not true that I’ve got a ton of work done on it, and that’s what I’m working on. What’s true is that I’m really burned out on vampires. And, I don’t want to write it badly. So I want to wait until I’m excited about the material again, and I’m excited about Edward, and that it’s something that’s motivating. You know, when a story is keeping me up at night, and I’m waking up at 4 am in the morning and thinking ‘Yes! That is what is what should happen in this moment!’ Then that is when I can write with happiness! So, right now it feels like homework… it really does. And when things feel like homework they go very, very slowly for me. So it’s still not a “It’s not gonna happen!” I want to do it when I can do it right. You know, I have my share of human stubbornness, and I have to tell you, it’s a little bit hard when people are like “This is the only thing you can do, and it’s the only thing we care about!” And, you’re kind of like a three year old, you want to be like “I’m gonna do what I wanna do!” Yah. “You’re not the boss of me!” So my mom has backed off a little bit. Actually, I was at The Fray concert, and I was hanging out with the guys backstage. They’re really cool, and I was talking to Isaac about it. He was like, “I really want you to do that!” And I was like “Oh my gosh! Come on!” You know I can’t get away from it anywhere. And, we talked about stubbornness and reverse psychology. I have this great thing he signed for me, it says “To Stephenie, Don’t work on that stupid book! Nobody wants it anyway!” I have it by my computer. That really is the right direction to go with me, because I’m like “Huh! Maybe I should do it! I’ll show you!” Psychology! Anyway, that’s Midnight Sun! so, that should disappoint everyone!
Lookout for MORE of Stephenie Meyer’s Fansite Junket in the coming weeks!!!
FIRE & ICE PICTURES – Preparation
Sssh.. 'Tent Scene' in progress..... Jacob: "Keep your hands off of me!" Edward: "Keep your hands off of her!" Bella: (pleading) "D-d-d-don’t f-f-f-ff-fight" . Jacob (snapping back at Edward): "I’m sure she’ll thank you for this when her toes turn black and drop off". Edward hesitated, then his hand fell away and he slid back to his position in the corner. Edward: "Watch yourself!"... Jacob chuckled.
Bella, Edward & the Volvo XC60
'Eclipse Book Cover' Horizontal Banner
MPH Booth
Go Arts / Read & Reap
Shahirah from Sugarfix setting up Edward's birthday cakes
HEAPS OF THANKS to our EXCELLENT volunteers who woke up early on Sunday morning ( and one who came from midnight shift & didn’t sleep at all) and journeyed to NLB from all corners of Singapore to help us out! You guys are AWESOME!
Everyone did everything, whatever and more!
Thank You!
Happy 109th Birthday Edward Cullen! [UPDATED!]
HAPPY 109th BIRTHDAY EDWARD CULLEN!
Without Stephenie Meyer, there will be no dearest Edward.
Thank you loads Stephenie for sharing The Twilight Saga Series with us!
We’ll see you at the party today! 
[UPDATE]
We’ve just got home from FIRE & ICE / EDWARD’S BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!
AND HERE’S EDWARD’S BIRTHDAY CAKE(s)!
We had cupcakes made with an Edward theme that when you bite it - ‘blood’ will ooze out – Dun worry! Its actually raspberry jam.
The toppings are representative of Edward Cullen which are the Piano Keys, the Cullen Crest, the Volvo XC60,
one of our favourite Edward’s Quote ” You Are My Life Now” and the Mountain Lion ( ‘Cat’ to some.. )
All were creations of Shahirah of Sugarfix! Thank you!!!
Here fans ARE getting ready to come together to wish and sing Edward ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY!’
I just wanna point out the premiums the fans won during the games – can you spot the LIMITED EDITION framed Twilight/New Moon/Eclipse on the foreground.
Bree Tanner Novella – Over 700, 000 copies sold!
Congratulations Stephenie Meyer! The Bree Tanner novella has sold over 700, 000 copies in the United States!
Fans will still able to read the book online at Bree Tanner.com until 5th July – Or go get a copy at any major bookstores in Singapore!
