Even In Nebraska, Eclipse Sells Out

It's official.  While New Moon held the previous opening night box office take, Eclipse has taken the cake with a whalloping $30 million in ticket sales.

$10 per "smiling" face . . . not bad

Even in my native Nebraska, I'm pleased to report that the midnight show was completely sold out.  Not because I had tickets, no, no, no.  Thursday night late show for me . . . currently rewatching the first two movies and cringing at the Star Wars level smoothness of the dialogue.  However, the Twi-hards I discovered at the insurance office today (who knew? And they were right under my nose all along!!) informed me that I'm making the right choice by waiting.  Evidently the late late show of Eclipse was filled with tween crazies.  Hopefully by Thursday it will be cleared out and I'll be able to enjoy Eclipse to the max!

Houston, We Have A Convert

So, having introduced my friend to Fan Fiction (specifically, The Office) I was left to continue my road trip home for Labor Day unsure whether or not she was really going to go for it. I mean, it is a big step to cross over into Twilight addictedness, and fan fiction is a big leap.

She called me yesterday and confessed that she was trying to figure out how to sneak home on her lunch break to read more chapters! Bwah-ha-ha-ha . . .I WIN!

Now if I can just get her to agree to actually read the books . . . I might have company to the midnight showing of the movie in November :-)

Teen Choice Awards: Can I Stomach Watching This?

How far would you go for Twilight?

How much would you be willing to tolerate?

Especially if it involves hours of teenagers (run away, run away!)?

And the Jonas Brothers (run SCREAMING away)?

The MTV Teen Choice Awards are being broadcast Monday night, on Fox from 8 - 10 pm, and the Twilight crew is up for 12 awards.

On the pro side: Taylor Lautner and Rob Pattinson in tuxedos

Cute in casual wear . . .but HOT in Tuxedos!

On the con side:

• Kristen Steward, likely speaking aloud with enthusiasm
• The Jonas Brothers
• MTV People everywhere
• Screaming teenage fan girls
• The Jonas Brothers
• Idiotic movies like BandSlam and other tweeny faves competing with Twilight
• 110 minutes that won't be able Twilight
• The Jonas Brothers

It's really a bitch of a decision. I mean, I'll do a lot to see Rob all dressed up in a suit, and Taylor is HOT (yes, jailbait, shut it) all cleaned up, too. But I'm so old compared to the target market for this crap I'm not sure my brain will survive watching it.

But . . .Rob and Taylor in SUITS.

sigh. This may be a last minute decision. I'll keep you posted.

Rachelle Lefevre Sues Summit

According to the Houston Chronicle, Rachelle Lefevre is officially suing Summit over the loss of her role as Victoria:

"Now the fall out is about to turn ugly - Lefevre has called in her lawyers to secure the salary she was due to receive for the third installment of the Twilight films, citing breach of contract."

Read the whole press release here.

Essentially, Rachelle is out for the salary she was supposed to get for the movie. It doesn't say it in the release, but she would probably also take the role back, too.

The upside of this development? At least we know that Rachelle didn't think she was causing any problems with the Barney's Version role, and that her contract supposedly allowed her to pursue small film projects as well as the mega Twilight stuff.

Do I think it's a good thing? I'm not sure. I'm all for getting her back her role and sticking it to the man, but lawsuits are just plain not a good time.

Still Pissed About Summit? Yeah, Me Too.

Okay, so I had my little rant yesterday about this, and I woke up this morning still pretty ticked. Now that I've taken the time to do more reading about it, the result is . . .yep, still pissed. Summit, you're THE SUCK right now in my book, okay?

I'm hunting for distractions from the Rachelle Lefevre drama, and it isn't really working. Okay, so this works a little:

But seriously people, I'm reaching here. Do you have better distractions? Email me at runsfromreality [at] gmail [dot] com.

Who Killed Victoria?

I look away from the Twiverse for just a minute while I sort out some real life nonsense, and when I turn around somebody went and killed my favorite bad guy. Well, bad girl.

James, I'm blaming you for this!

Let's all say it together: Rachelle Lefevre is 'effing awesome. She rocks the living evil out of the Victoria character. She pimps herself out at the Twilight promo events, and seems to keep a good humor around the fans. She's earned her love by putting in the hours and rocking things out on screen and off. For Pete's sake people, she even has her own doll now!

I may have to buy these as souvenirs of the glory that was . . . .

Frankly my dears, I am just appalled. I know I'm not alone here on this one, what with the petitions and the letter writing campaigns. I may even send a few of my own. Right after I figure out how to make Summit voodoo dollies to go with the bad vampire dolls. And to that new red haired girl . . . .yes, it's a kick ass part but really, have you no shame?

We all know she belongs in the more than just this poster!

Recovering From Comic Con Overload

Comic Con insanity is winding down, leaving everyone out there with an interest in Twilight to sort through the absolutely staggering amount of video and merchandise that were unleashed at the convention.

It's a lot. In some ways, Comic Con totally delivered, because fans were served up not just one, but two sneak peeks of the movie. Hells yeah!

In other ways it kind of sucked, because the initial press conference was short and lame, and although the panel was a little better it still wasn't necessarily everything that fans were wanting. Although, of course, we'll take what we can get.

About the best location for the raw footage, now that bad video and technically flawed live feeds have been sorted out, is over at NewMoonMovie.org.

The footage is all kind of entertaining, although there are definitely some people who shine more than others. Ashley Greene did well for her first time at a panel of this size, and Rob Pattinson was really sweetly letting Taylor Lautner shine in his moment as the hot one of the movie.

Way to give a win to Team Jacob there Rob!

Kristen seemed a bit off, although to be fair she is really in the middle of doing a totally different kind of film. To be unfair . . .sit up straight hoesbeast, you're the star here!

Also pleasantly surprised by how deadpan funny and self-deprecating Chris Weitz turned out to be. I didn't really like Catherine in her interviews (something about her voice & mannerisms just bugs me) and from his taste in music I wasn't sure I was going to like this guy. And yet. . . he is totally growing on me. Depending on how 'effing awesome the film turns out to be, I may just become a fan.

And then . . . .and then there is the merchandise.

I love you Rachelle, just for holding THAT.

Man, oh man. They are totally whoring this film out to the merch men, and retailers have got to be on their knees saying thank you for this little gem!

More on merch later . . . .once I get over the shirtless Jacob doll!

(Big thanks to ET and photobucket twilight lovers for the photos!)

Twilight Body Double Love

The fine folks over at Newmoonmovie.org have surfaced some video of the Italy shoot, featuring the Porsche bit and a bunch of Twilight body double loving.

Seriously, right after the first 30 seconds, where everyone can collectively bag on the hideous-ass coat they have put on the Alice character, you get to see 7 hysterical minutes of obsession. Someone is deep in love with the body doubles in New Moon. We're talking super zoom in, constant camera stalking, lingering glances following their every move love with these body doubles. Kinda creepy, kinda loltastic.

Right after a pretty good fake out with the Kristen Stewart body double where you think it's her, they show fans getting photos with the Rob Pattinson double. Part of me is like, why? And another part of me points out that a picture with a hot guy is a picture with a hot guy. So, no hating on that there--these fans certainly look happy enough!

Twilight in the Wall Street Journal

Right, so I'm pretty sure this one can get filed under "Shit I never thought I'd see".

The Wall Street Journal, better known for stuffy business articles, a conservative editorial page, and some of the most boring entertainment reviews I have ever read, has shocked me. They've actually shocked me. Bear in mind that at one point I worked in one of the top banks in the country and thought I'd read or heard every bit of nonsense the paper could put out as it reported on our company.

Little did I know . . . .just when I was actually browsing for non-Twilight related news, the WSJ was going to move (albeit briefly) from Peggy Noonan to Edward Cullen.

Check out the LOLs as the WSJ tries to get all serious about the Harry Potter vs. Twilight phenom.

I mean, not all that bad, but it's like discovering your grandma reads fanfic. It's slightly cool, but mostly wrong.