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Stephenie Meyer - a squeaky-clean vampire queen

36 minutes ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

New Moon's chaste tale of the undead will fill the world's cinemas with teenage girls this week, yet the woman behind a publishing phenomenon to rival Jk Rowling and Dan Brown has never even seen an R-rated movie

If you have even the most fleeting acquaintance with a prepubescent girl, the chances are you've gathered that the film of New Moon, the second in Stephenie Meyer's bestselling quartet of vampire novels, is released on Friday.

At a "stars meet the fans" event in London's Battersea Park last week, the hysteria that has greeted each publication day quickened into a bacchanalian frenzy. It came complete with nubile tweens with "Bite me" scrawled across their foreheads, thanks largely to the pallid charms of Robert Pattinson, the young British actor who graduated from a bit part in a Harry Potter film to playing the glitteringly beautiful 107-year-old vampire Edward Cullen.

Edward Cullen, »

- Olivia Laing

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The Measure: Stella's new shades, hi-tops, Atkins Diet, Marmite bars, vampires | Fashion

13 November 2009 4:11 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Three cheers for Stella's new shades and Y3's bright hi-tops, boo-hiss for glow-in-the-dark lingerie and Marmite's new cereal bars

Going up

Sprouts An autumn/winter mainstay and precursor of festive activities – try them stir-fried

Ordering off-menu Anna Wintour's at it and Roberto Cavalli has Mexican take-out delivered to whichever restaurant he's at. Rude, but at least they're eating

Stella's Scorpio sunglasses Start planning next summer now. These squared-off metal frames are a perfect updated classic

Colourful hi-tops Totally on their way back up the fashion charts. Jude Law has a rather snazzy Nike pair. We love the unisex Y-3/Momo ones

Going down

The Atkins Diet It shrinks the brain and could cause Alzheimer's, says a new study. Any excuse for another helping of mash...

Glow-in-the-dark lingerie Men who find this sexy are the kind we don't want within 100m of our pants

The Marmite cereal bar We like it on toast, »

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'True Blood' star hoping for bigger role

13 November 2009 11:45 AM, PST | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Nelsan Ellis has admitted that he would like a bigger role on True Blood. The actor, who plays Lafayette on HBO's vampire series, told Digital Spy that he is looking forward to his character being at the centre of the drama. Asked if he will be more prominent in season three, he replied: "In the book, you had this whole world of Vampire Russell, the King of Mississippi, and I'm hoping I could be in that world. You know, Vampire Russell is gay too, so... hopefully they'll put me in there. "But yeah, I was a little bit slighted being on the backburner (more) »

- By Dan French

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Time Again to Help the People Choose Correctly

13 November 2009 10:56 AM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

2009 is starting to wind down so of course that means it's time for all the various awards shows to begin rearing their heads. First up -- The People's Choice Awards, which (even discounting the predictable numerous mentions of Twilight) have a pretty healthy array of genre nominees.

Along with the Best Sci Fi/Fantasy Show nominees you'll see in the graphic below (that is one hard category to pick a winner from), we have:

The Twilight Saga's Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in the Best Actor/Actress categories as well as both of them plus Taylor Lautner for Favorite On-Screen Team (Twilight also shows up as a Favorite Movie choice) District 9 and Paranormal Activity for Favorite Independent Movie "Lost" for Favorite TV Drama and Matthew Fox for Favorite TV Drama Actor Anna Paquin and Jennifer Love Hewitt for Favorite TV Drama Actress "Dexter" and "True Blood" vying for Favorite »

- The Woman In Black

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Sam Trammell calls for 'True Blood' abuse

13 November 2009 10:50 AM, PST | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

True Blood's Sam Trammell has made a plea to the show's writers for his character to suffer more abuse. The 38-year-old actor, who plays shapeshifting bar owner Sam Merlotte on the HBO series, told Digital Spy that he enjoys the trouble his alter ego gets himself in. "I had a really good one the first season with the connection to Maryanne and the money, and this past year with my parents - I enjoy being in trouble," he said. "I enjoy the conflict. (more) »

- By Dan French

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Blockbuster reports steep drop in earnings: Does anyone visit a video store any more?

13 November 2009 8:21 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Where do you get your home video fix for movies and TV series? On demand? iTunes? NetFlix? At a Redbox kiosk? Whatever your answer, it's becoming less and less likely that you're renting them from Blockbuster video. The company, which still relies heavily on old-school retail outlets, announced yesterday that its third quarter earnings had dropped 21 percent to $910.5 million. It already closed 216 stores last quarter and expects to close 115 more this quarter. The local Blockbuster was a family staple for me, growing up in suburban New Jersey, but I honestly can't remember the last time I've been in one. Every »

- Kerrie Mitchell

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'Twilight' stars get quizzed on 'True Blood' and other vampires

13 November 2009 3:09 AM, PST | Twilight Examiner | See recent Twilight Examiner news »

The number of times that True Blood cast mates have gotten questioned about their opinions on the Twilight saga is inestimable. Time and time again (see here if you want proof), True Blood castmates have had to speak for their perspectives on the Twilight characters, author, cast, and films, and this time, the tables were turned. Cast members of The Twilight Saga: New Moon were interviewed by Extra TV's Mario Lopez recently, and he quizzed the two "covens" about their experience and knowledge about pop culture vampire lore. On the Volturi side, Dakota Fanning and Michael Sheen did most of the talking, and for the Cullens' team, Nikki Reed and Elizabeth Reaser se ... »

- thetwilightexaminer

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'Battlestar Galactica' Star Coming to 'Heroes'

12 November 2009 8:04 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

One of the original cast of "Heroes" has tweeted that Kate Vernon from "Battlestar Galactica" is going to guest star on the show. Greg Grunberg who plays Matt Parkman wrote on Thursday, November 12, "Kate Vernon from BSG is now on #Heroes -- can't wait for you guys to see her. The 5th!!"

While what kind of role Vernon will play out in the series is not yet known, Grunberg had earlier posted a picture of the actress posing with Robert Knepper. In the sci-fi series, Knepper plays Sam, the ringleader of traveling troupe called The Carnival, so Vernon could either be the latest member of the group or a relative of Sam.

Kate Vernon, who plays Ellen Tigh on "Galactica", has not given commitment to any TV series after the Sci Fi series wrapped up earlier this year. However, she had joined the cast ensemble of "The Last Song" which »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Moyer's Near Miss With Vampire Role

12 November 2009 11:16 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Actor Stephen Moyer almost missed out on his role in hit U.S. show True Blood - because he was reluctant to leave his native Britain.

The 40 year old has mainly worked in the U.K. in order to stay close to his two children, Billy and Lilac, from previous relationships.

But when Moyer's manager told him about a script for a new vampire series, he couldn't resist flying out to Los Angeles for a screen test - and landed the part.

He tells Britain's Red magazine, "Finally, she said, 'Look, I've got one script and it is the script that everyone is talking about. And they can't cast the lead.'

"I read it and I knew that night I'd go put myself on tape first thing in the morning." »

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People's Choice Award Nominees: The Year of the Vampire

12 November 2009 8:04 AM, PST | TVStar | See recent TVStar news »

The people have spoken and the nominees are in. The 36th annual People’s Choice Awards are the only award show in which the fans are able to choose the top five nominees in each category. Queen Latifah will be hosting this year’s show which will broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. This year, for the first time ever, the voters were also able to vote on the new design for the trophy. There were three designs that the fans could choose from and the new trophy was revealed on November 10th. The trophy will be created by Waterford Crystal in Ireland and they will also create special wine flutes for the celebrities to toast each other. This year appears to be the year of the vampires. With Twilight (2008), The Vampire Diaries (TV), and True Blood (TV) nominated in several categories there is sure to be »

- klilius@corp.popstar.com (Kristy Lilius)

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Hitfix: The Cullens Talk 'New Moon' And Chris Weitz

11 November 2009 9:37 PM, PST | twilightersanonymous.com | See recent TwilightersAnonymous news »

HitFix has a great interview with most of the Cullen family members including Peter Facinelli Eliazabeth Reaser Kellan Lutz Ashley Greene and Nikki Reed. The group talk quite candidly about New Moon the difference in the films Chris Weitz Breaking Dawn and even True Blood.After the success of Twilight most of the Cullens have seen their acting careers take off. Lutz has a significant role in the upcoming A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot Greene is about to topline The Apparition Facinelli appears on the hit Showtime series Nurse Jackie and will soon star in the ensemble comedy Thicker. Plus they still have New Moon and next summers Eclipse to boost their profiles.With Rathbone mysteriously absent the cast sat down to talk to HitFix last weekend about working with New Moons director Chris Weitz how envious they are of their True Blood vampire brothers and sisters and how »

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Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on 'Big Bang,' 'Grey's,' 'Glee,' and more!

11 November 2009 7:47 PM, PST | EW - Ausiello Files | See recent EW.com - The Ausiello Files news »

Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Just want to say hi? You can send any/all of the above to ausielloscoop@ew.com Question: Is Izzie really pregnant on Grey's Anatomy? —Elle Ausiello: I'll say this: ABC's promo gurus are very sneaky! While we're on the subject of Katherine Heigl, sources confirm to me exclusively that she's taking another leave of absence from Grey's — but this time her reasons are personal, not professional. Heigl will be going on a belated maternity leave to spend some Qt with new daughter Naleigh. As a result, Izzie »

- Michael Ausiello

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'Twilight' Dominates People's Choice Awards

11 November 2009 4:48 PM, PST | Fandango | See recent Fandango news »

Let's be quite honest with ourselves: The people aren't choosing quiet art-house movies or no-name character actors – they're choosing Twilight and True Blood and anything else that involves a vampire in some way, shape or form. The nominations for this year's People's Choice Awards have been announced, and not surprisingly they're filled with Twilight-related names.     In fact, out of all the movie categories, only two do not feature Twilight: Favorite Breakout Movie Actress and Favorite Comedic Star. But when you sneak on over to the other categories, you'll notice that Robert Pattinson is among those vying for Favorite Movie Actor (alongside Brad Pitt, Hugh Jackman, Johnny Depp and Ryan Reynolds), and Kristen Stewart is in the running for Favorite Movie Actress...

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'Twilight,' Beyonce, Britney Spears Lead People's Choice Awards Nominees

11 November 2009 8:22 AM, PST | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »

'True Blood,' Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Adam Lambert and Kris Allen also up for awards at show airing January 6.

By Gil Kaufman

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Photo: Steve Granitz / Getty Images

Who's your favorite celebrity? Chances are, they're nominated for a 2010 People's Choice Award. The list of nominees for the annual populist event reads like a who's who of the music, film and TV charts, topped by multi-nominees Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Carrie Underwood, Rihanna, Taylor Swift and "American Idol" top two Adam Lambert and Kris Allen, who will face off in the Breakout Star category.

The show, which will air on January 6 on CBS and will be hosted by Queen Latifah, latched onto the hottest entertainment trend, vampires, with "Twilight" and "True Blood" sucking up multiple nominations thanks to more than 18 million online votes. "Twilight" snagged nods for Favorite Movie and On-Screen Team for Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. »

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Martyn’s Top Ten Vampire Films

11 November 2009 7:43 AM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

The vampire has been a key figure in folklore, literature, television and cinema. Its popularity, at present, has never been so high. It is easy to see the appeal: immortality and sex. Since death is the fate that awaits us all, a creature that we invent and imbue with an indeterminate lifespan, captivates the collective imagination like no other. Due to sexual liberalism and relaxed censorship of the 1960s, the erotic sensibilities inherent in the mythology were allowed to fruition in cinema. What once was implied, could now be shown in all its sexy glory (see the films of Jean Rollin). Gothic horror and romanticism may be the classic home of the vampire, but in cinema, they have found a new place to spread wider-reaching nightmares.

In recent times, the everlasting monster has been tamed. Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Saga saw them turn into something akin to vegetarians and teen heart-throbs, »

- Martyn Conterio

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'Twilight' leads People's Choice nominees

11 November 2009 4:19 AM, PST | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Vampires have dominated the nominations for the upcoming People's Choice Awards, with Twilight and True Blood both receiving nods. Twilight has been nominated for 'Favorite Movie', 'Franchise' and 'On Screen Team' for stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Stewart and Pattinson also earned recognition in the individual acting categories, while Lautner was among the 'Breakout Movie Actor' nominees. HBO drama True Blood was nominated for 'Favorite TV Obsession' and 'Sci-fi/Fantasy Show', alongside The CW's Vampire Diaries, while star Anna Paquin was shortlisted for 'Favorite TV Drama Actress'. Other movies recognised include J.J. Abrams's Star Trek reboot, X (more) »

- By Lara Martin

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People's Choice Awards 2010: Nominees

11 November 2009 3:57 AM, PST | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Digital Spy presents the full list of nominees for the People's Choice Awards 2010, to be held on January 6. TV drama

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Grey's Anatomy

House

Lost

NCIS TV comedy

Desperate Housewives

How I Met Your Mother

The Big Bang Theory

The Office

Two and a Half Men TV drama actor

Hugh Laurie

Kiefer Sutherland

Mark Harmon

Matthew Fox

Patrick Dempsey TV drama actress

Anna Paquin

Blake Lively

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Katherine Heigl

Mariska Hargitay TV comedy actor

Alex Baldwin

Charlie Sheen

Jim Parsons

Neil Patrick Harris

Steve Carell TV comedy actress

Alyson Hannigan

America Ferrera

Amy Poehler

Eva Longoria Parker

Tina Fey TV obsession

Dexter

Gossip Girl

The Hills

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

True Blood TV talk (more) »

- By Lara Martin

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2009 People's Choice Awards Nominees Announced

11 November 2009 3:06 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »

While it's far from the sexiest awards show, the annual People's Choice Awards does kind of herald the start of the new gong-giving season. With that in mind and to give you a taster of the big hitters from next year's proper awards ceremonies, here's the list of the relevant TV-related nominees ahead of the ceremony on January 6 next year...

TV Drama

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Grey's Anatomy House

Lost

NCIS

TV Comedy

Desperate Housewives

How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory

The Office: An American Workplace

Two and a Half Men

TV Dramatic Actor

Hugh Laurie

Kiefer Sutherland

Mark Harmon

Matthew Fox

Patrick Dempsey

TV Dramatic Actress

Anna Paquin

Blake Lively

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Katherine Heigl

Mariska Hargitay

TV Comedic Actor

Alec Baldwin

Charlie Sheen

Jim Parsons

Neil Patrick Harris

Steve Carell

TV Comedic Actress

Alyson Hannigan

America Ferrera

Amy Poehler

Eva Longoria Parker

Tina Fey »

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True Blood, Twilight tops People's Choice list

11 November 2009 2:47 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

'The Twilight Saga' has been nominated for six People's Choice Awards. The vampire movie franchise leads the nominations list for next year's ceremony, while another blood-sucking drama, TV series 'True Blood' has also proved popular, landing three nominations, while 'The Vampire Diaries' received two nods. 'Twilight' is up for Favourite Movie, Favourite Franchise and On-Screen Team. The film's stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are also individually nominated for favourite movie actress and actor, while co-star Taylor Lautner is up for Breakout Movie Actor. 'True Blood' was nominated for Favourite TV Obsession and Best Sci-fi/Fantasy TV show competing with 'The Vampire Diaries' in the latter category. 'True Blood's lead actress Anna Paquin is also nominated for Best TV »

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Twilight tops People's Choice list

11 November 2009 2:47 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

'The Twilight Saga' has been nominated for six People's Choice Awards. The vampire movie franchise leads the nominations list for next year's ceremony, while another blood-sucking drama, TV series 'True Blood' has also proved popular, landing three nominations, while 'The Vampire Diaries' received two nods. 'Twilight' is up for Favourite Movie, Favourite Franchise and On-Screen Team. The film's stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are also individually nominated for favourite movie actress and actor, while co-star Taylor Lautner is up for Breakout Movie Actor. 'True Blood' was nominated for Favourite TV Obsession and Best Sci-fi/Fantasy TV show competing with 'The Vampire Diaries' in the latter category. 'True Blood's lead actress Anna Paquin is also nominated for Best TV Drama Actress, »

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