Leverage Boot Camp
February 3, 2010 by Jessica
Filed under Announcements, Twilight, casting, events
Twilight isn’t the only fun that we have down here in Portland!! In fact lots of TV shows and movies are making their way to Oregon for filming. One of are biggest show is Leverage and it is one of my favorites!! Lana Veenker, one of the principal casting directors for Twilight, also casts this show and she is giving hopeful actors a chance to land key roles in this show, it is called Leverage Boot Camp, here are the details.
This weekend (Feb. 6th-7th) Lana Veenker’s is hosting Leverage Boot Camp through her educational division, Tools 4 Actors. Basically casting is going on for season 3 and many of the actors who played thugs and stuntmen are no longer eligible for roles in the show. So Lana and TNT have several different camps that are workshops that train potential actors on how to be stuntmen and thugs. Here are the camps:
*Thug Camp - 12 hours of instruction, plus 2 lunchtime Q&As
*Beginner Camp - 10 hours of instruction, plus 2 lunchtime Q&As ( + optional stunt class)
*Kid Camp - 6 hours of instruction, plus 1 lunchtime Q&A ( + optional parent class)
*Teen Camp - 6 hours of instruction, plus 1 lunchtime Q&A ( + optional parent class)
*Behind-the-Scenes Camp - 2 hours of instruction, plus 1 lunchtime Q&A ( + optional stunt class and/or additional lunchtime Q&A)
This is just a workshop to teach the skills and not an audition so participating does not guarantee a spot on the show, but it is still an amazing opportunity! for more information go to Lana’s Website or to the Boot Camp registration page. Good Luck!
Are you going to go to boot camp? Share the experience with us!!
Happy Birthday Stephenie Meyer!!
December 24, 2009 by Jessica
Filed under Announcements, Twilight
Stephenie Meyer is the wonderful women that first brought us into the world of Twilight. Today we want to celebrate her and wish her the Best Birthday Ever!!
What started out as a dream has turned into a best selling book series and now record breaking movies. Stephenie Meyer has awakened a spark in all of us that we forgot was there, inviting us to explore a side of vampires never explored before. Twilight is an original vampire story where vampires sparkle and prefer a “vegetarian” diet. The romance between Bella and Edward is similar to classic relationships such as Romeo and Juliet, but somehow it also reminds us all of our first love. Stephenie Meyer has got us all reading again, We will forever be thankful to her!
Stephenie, Twilight is exactly our brand of heroin. Have a wonderful Birthday!!
Forks Reality Show?
We definitely live in the era of reality TV. TV is more reality shows than anything else it seems. With everyone jumping on the Twilight bandwagon, I guess we shouldn’t be so surprised to hear about a Forks Reality show. That’s right, Los Angeles-based television producer Zig Gauthier has issued a casting call for Forks locals. What the show is about specifically has not been announced yet but here is what we do know.
Zig Gauthier is proposing to film a reality show in Forks that will star local residents. My guess is that it will be something along the lines of how there town has changed since Twilight and the Twilight craze. A post to the Forks Forum posted the casting call to their locals, giving them all a chance to be a part of this experience. Before you sell your house and move to Forks, Zig Gauthier is looking for permanent residents of Forks to be in this show.
In a phone interview with Zig Gauthier Forks Forum got us a little more information. Apparently Zig Gauthier has been working with Dazzled by Twilight owner Annette Root, and he stated that she was very helpful with the interviews. He also gave some more details about the casting call and what was going to be expected. Apparently Forks locals will be asked to fill out a one-to-two page questionnaire and will have their photo taken.
It will be interesting to see what come from this, what kind of show they make. We will keep you posted on all the little details, so stay tuned!
Do you live in Forks? What kind of Reality show do you expect? Join in the discussion!
Tweet @ Twilight Contest
Ever since Twilight got its own twitter, they have been keeping all of us Twilighters blissfully crazy with their various contests. However their latest contest is definitely the coolest one they have ever done.
The contest is called Tweet @ Twilight and to win that is exactly what you need to do, here are the details.
1. Become a “follower” of @Twilight on Twitter. This is really important because with out doing this, you can’t receive your direct message stating you won the contest with out following
2. Tweet the following message to Sponsor’s Twitter account “@Twilight“: “I’ve seen New Moon ___ times! #SeeNewMoonAgain” (note: where it indicates ___, insert the actual number of times you’ve seen The Twilight Saga: New Moon).- I love that it says this in the actual rules, I hope you would have all figured this out with out specifying
ONLY ONE (1) ENTRY INTO THE SWEEPSTAKES PER PERSON PER DAY WILL BE ACCEPTED.
But the real question of course is, what is the prize? That’s why this contest is so cool, the prize is a phone call from one of the Twilight cast!! There is no confirmation on who this will be yet, it will basically depend on filming schedules. How cool is that?
The Contest ends December 18th, So go get your twitter page a buzzing!! I will keep you guys posted on who wins the contest!! The winner will be announced December 21st
Twilight Twitter- @twilight
A Rob Halloween
October 27, 2009 by Jessica
Filed under Contests, Rob Pattinson, Twilight
Happy Halloween Twilighters!! This week is Halloween week on Twilight Blogs!! All week long we’ll be bringing you tons of Twilight-y fun for your Halloween!!
The first order of Halloween business is Rob Pattinson. This vampire hunk is the talk of the town as kids everywhere roll their eyes at moms dressing them up like Edward Cullen. But the kids aren’t the only ones that are dressing up like Edward. That’s Right, pumpkins are getting into the action as well.
MTV is hosting a “Rob O’Lantern” pumpkin carving contest, asking readers to send in a pic of their pumpkin with the likeness of Rob Pattinson. But they are not stopping with just Edward, no the rules say the pumpkin can look like Edward, Cedric Diggory, even just Rob himself.
The Prize- Being able to blog about Robert Pattinson (now you know why I didn’t enter) on the Crush. Results for the contest will be posted on Oct. 30th and I am intrigued to see who the winner will be, which of the many faces of Rob Pattinson did the winner choose to depict? Guess we’ll have to wait and see!!
Did you enter the contest? How about your pumpkin, is it Rob-ified? Send us your pics!!
Stephenie Meyer Day Part 2
September 16, 2009 by Jessica
Filed under Announcements, Twilight, events, forks
Okay time for Part to of the Stephenie Meyer Day Saga!! While our author Katherine Kidd was doing the book signing, I grabbed the camera and checked out the festival. The main event for Stephenie Meyer Day is a festival at the park in the middle of town. It is full of vendors and great Twilight Photo ops that no Twilight Fan should miss. Bellla’s Truck was parked in the center and there are always people posed all over it, but i did manage to get a few shots of just the truck, check it out!!
Twilight fans were everywhere and who can blame them because there was so much to do. The vendor booths were everywhere selling all the greatest Twilight Merchandise that you can think of. There was Jewlery, stickers, buttons, candles, even Twilight scented products. Many of the vendors were making there crafts right there at the festival and it was fun to watch. Here are some pics:
The Forks Police car was parked behind Bella’s Truck so of course i needed to get a pic of that!!
Of Course I had my favorites although there was many to choose from. One of my favorites was Essence of Twilight which sold lotions and perfumes that smelled like how Stephenie Meyer describes the characters in the books. It was really cool and such unique product. I got some lip gloss that smells like Nessie and it smells so good!
The Post Office had a booth and they were selling special Postmarked envelopes with Twilight Logos. It was very cool!!
The booth that was smelling candles smelled so good and it had the coolest candles you have ever seen, even the bees loved them!! There special for the day was a candle that smelled like Bella’s Birthday cake and it really did. They even had a huge candle that was decorated like Bella’s Birthday cake.
98331 Gear had a booth and it was so busy i couldn’t even wedge in to get a picture of the booth, but know wonder because they were selling the coolest stuff. They have some new really great shirts and now they have buttons too that they were giving out free with purchase. I was able to get a picture of one of their Employees Reena and her Vampire Makeover, she looked so cute!!
The Band that was playing while we were there was called Spradlee and it was good Twilight influenced band that was actually from Forks. They appeared later at an event we were at, but I will tell you more about that later!!
The fun went on to spill out into town and there was so much to do all down the road. I ran into some fun people and events along the street, including some awesome Twilight Look-alikes.
The events didn’t end here, there is still so much more to tell. You will never believe the fun we had and the people we met so keep watching for the rest!
Rent Bella’s Truck For Charity
For all you Twilight fans that think you are the number one, there is a teenager out there who might just have you beat. Sterling Biegert—a north Texas Twilight fangirl has basically every scrap of Twilight memorabilia you could imagine, including Bella’s red truck, the one actually used in the filming of Twilight, which her parents bought for her. But this lucky Twilight fan is not selfish, she is offering out this truck for use to any Twilight fan who is interested.
Her plan is simple, she is going to rent out the truck to fans to use for there events or even just to make a great impression. All the proceeds will go to Sterling’s favorite charities. Her passion? Helping children and those who don’t make enough money to help themselves. Talk about an amazing young lady. Check out this video for more detail:
Twilight TV Show?
Everyone is trying to get into the money-making frenzy that is Twilight, so it was only a matter of time before the Twilight Saga got its own weekly cable show.
ReelzChannel has bought a weekly prime-time show beginning next month. The show called “Twilight Weekly: Spotlight” is supposed to follow the making of the movies and behind the scene secrets you can’t get anywhere else. It should be not only interesting, but a widely popular series. The date is currently scheduled to begin on Aug. 10
ReelzChannel isn’t the only one interested in making there own Twilight TV show. Summit is also pondering the possibility of doing a weekly series when the filming of the four movies is complete. There is no specific plot set yet but the basic premise would be following Bella and Edward through the days they are in high school. There is no confirmation on this yet, and I don’t really expect there to be until after Breaking Dawn starts filming at least.
What do you think, would Twilight make a good TV show or would it ruin the movies? What kind of show would be good? What should it include? Share your ideas with us!!
Teen Choice Awards
July 3, 2009 by Jessica
Filed under Rob Pattinson, Twilight
The Teen Choice Awards are coming and just like all the other award shows this year, Twilight is up for some major nominations.
Between the cast and the movie, Twilight has been nominated for 12 different nominations in topics including Best movie, best fight scene, and best kiss. Rob is up for lead male and Kristen lead female. Taylor is not up against Rob this time for Break-out male so he should have no problem winning that. However Nikki Reed and Ashley Greene are pitted against each other for Break-out female.
The Teen Choice awards are August 10th from 8-10pm on Fox. Hosting the Teen Choice Awards this year is another guy girls love to chase, or should I say guys as all 3 of the Jonas Brothers are hosting it this year. There is no word yet on who will be presenting the surfboards this year, but I can bet we will see some familiar Twilight faces.
Because the Teen choice awards are not until August 10th, this leaves plenty of time to vote. To vote just head over the to http://www.teenchoiceawards.com/ You can vote everyday until the show, all you have to do is register and log in, then start voting.
All About Stephenie Meyer
Eight years later, Meyer had a dream that changed her life and the way she would live forever…once again, she just wasn’t quite aware yet. In the dream, she had dreamt of an immortal god-looking vampire who was in love with a normal girl. Even though the vampire was in love with her, he still had to fight his never-ending thirst. Stephenie quickly jotted down her dream while her family was still sleeping. What she also didn’t quite know yet, is that she would want to get her book published…and eventually that dream, would end up being chapter thirteen in her best-selling book.
Eventually, Stephenie came to the conclusion that it wasn’t fair to keep these characters thats she loved so much to herself. She thought it only fair to share with others, and these others would hopefully fall in love with the characters too. And no doubt that they did in the end.
So, while juggling her laptop and young kids–all under the age of five–she was able to put together a novel in three months. Now, however, Stephenie was not familiar with the publishing industry. Meyer had absolutely no clue that she probably needed an agent, and needed to contact publishers, and get accounts for publisher searching, and even planning to do all these other things after the book is published…that is if anyone were to read it. She almost quit right then and there…but because if the support of her older sister Emily–who also is honored with a name in the book–she was able to pocker herself up and throw her book out there.
Stephenie say now that the main character, Bella Swan, is mainly the daughter she never had. Now, even this is true, Meyer also says that she is nothing like the character she wrote. She said that she was never that mature, and always fulfilled her role as the youngest child. Stephenie believes that since growing up with many siblings, that it would be interesting to write about something that was completely un-familiar to her.
The picture on the first book was girls hands holding a read apple. They chose this because it talks about the forbidden fruit and what happens when you eat it. So it makes since for the vampire character to have taken the apple, Bella, and bitten out of it, fell in love with her, therefore cursing him and her.
Stephenie won the following awards:
Publishers Weekly Best Book Of The Year,
New York Times Editors Choice,
Amazon.com Best Book Of The Decade So Far,
The American Library Association Top Ten Books For Young Adults,
Teen People Hot List Pick.
The book was also translated into 20 different languages and she became a known author in 31 different countries.
Stephenie then wrote the follow-up novels: ‘New Moon,’ ‘Eclipse,’ and, ‘Breaking Dawn’
The name for ‘New Moon’ was chosen because one of the characters was supposedly the moon before, but then that character left. So, a new character came into play and was the New Moon. They chose, ‘New Moon,’ because that’s how the character Bella describes the feeling in the book. The cover of ‘New Moon’ is a white rose with red blood. This is chosen because in the beginning of the book, Bella’s at a party and get’s flung into a table with white roses when she is bleeding, so that why the white rose with blood.
The name for ‘Eclipse’ was chosen because the character that originally left was back. Now, Bella is thinking on the new character as the sun, because he cannot be the moon. And the moon is more important to her. So that represents how he will always be next best. The newer character actually said, “I may bring light and heat, but I can’t fight an eclipse.” They chose the broken red string on the front of the book because of the feeling of Bella. She feels she trying to be the old character’s and the new character’s Bella, but soon finds she can’t be both and she breaks that string.
The name for ‘Breaking Dawn’ was chosen because vampire can’t be seen in sunlight. So, tbey had to ‘break dawn’ by beating it. Getting out of it’s way before the sun comes up. Mainly, how that relates to the book is because they all have these difficulties to get figured out, and they have to get them all before the ‘dawn rises,’ and they’re dead. The white king on the chess board being stalked by a red chess, represents that before you were helpless, but now that you’re a king you can defend yourself.
These four books claimed the top four slots in the year-end bestseller list. This honor is a first for any author.
Stephenie Meyer later released that even thought she closed the, ‘Twilight’ series, she wasn’t quite done with the, ‘Twilight’ world. She would be writing, ‘Midnight Sun,’ which is the story of, ‘Twilight’ told from another character’s point of view. Her draft was released illegally on the Internet, and she wanted to give up. But because of the help of her sister Emily, she was able to continue writing. She is still writing the book as we speak.
Stephenie Meyer said that four classic books gave each of hers their own unique inspiration:
‘Pride and Prejudice’ inspired ‘Twilight,’
‘Romeo and Juliet’ inspired ‘New Moon,’
‘Wuthering Heights’ inspired ‘Eclipse,’
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ inspired ‘Breaking Dawn.’
Summit Entertainment produced a film version of ‘Twilight’ in November 2008. Stephenie Meyer was offered a role in ‘Twilight,’ but not wanting to mess any of it up, she took a non-talking role as a cusotmer in a diner. The thing is, about every studio in Hollywood had turned it down…but the film ended up making 350-million-dollars worldwide.
Now, let’s talk about all the money Mrs. Meyer has gotten from the Twi-world. Stephenie Meyer made $750,000 dollars on her first three books, $400,000 on that last book, $5,000,000 from the movie ‘Twilight,’ and she has an estimated $15,000,000 coming in from the last three movies. Now when we add that all together we come up with the fact that: Stephenie Meyer will make $21,150,000 dollars from the Twi-world when it’s over. That’s enough to pay off her mini-van!