Breaking Dawn = 2 Parts!

It's official, people. Breaking Dawn will be two movies, which is great news, except Melissa Rosenburg will be adapting them.

No word on a director. . . this has been kicked around for about a million years, so I'm glad they finally decided something. Now just to get the details sorted!

Jacob Black Tonner Doll = Fail

I don't have much to say about the new Tonner doll that's supposed to represent Jacob Black other than no. Just, no.

Creepy Ken? Yes, this is.



Jacob Black. . . not so much. Can't they at least make it look like Taylor Lautner? The arms are especially disturbing.

Wrong, wrong, wrong. . . fail!

New Moon Hit By Razzie Nominations

I know I've been blog fail for a bit now, as Ecuador is a great vacation spot with crap for Internet bandwidth. We're working on it.

I did manage to sneak in some unauthorized Internet usage today and discovered that New Moon had been nominated for multiple Razzie Awards. Razzies are pretty much the anti-honor, given to the "worst of" categorizations. While the Twilight cast thankfully didn't sweep the nominations, there were still a few nods in there to our team.

The Twilight Trifecta got nominated for Worst Screen Couple of 2009. In some recognition of the love triangle in New Moon, the three of them were nominated in dual pairs, as Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson or Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner.

Independently, Rob Pattinson earned a Razzie nod for his New Moon portrayal of Edward in the Worst Supporting Actor of 2009 category, and Melissa Rosenburg earned a nomination for Worst Screenplay. I think Twifans will second that, and I also blame Melissa Rosenburg's screenplay for the nomination that the Twilight Saga: New Moon received in the Worst Remake, Sequel, or Rip-Off category.

For a full list of the Razzie nominees, you can hit the Razzies homepage, and we'll just have to stay tuned March 6, 2010 to see if the Twilight crew ends up being a "winner" of any of the Razzie Awards.

Rob Pattinson's Hope For Haiti Appeal

I missed it live last night, but here it is online, complete with the donation information below. There's some other Twi-news today, but we'll just focus on helping others for a while, m'kay?

To donate to Hope for Haiti Now, you have a number of choices. Hope for Haiti is online at HopeForHaitiNow.org or you can go mobile and call (877) 99-HAITI or text “GIVE” to 50555. Snail mailers can write to Hope for Haiti Now Fund, Entertainment Industry Foundation, 1201 West 5th Street, Suite T-700, Los Angeles, CA 90017.

Distilling Down Is Famous!

Okay, so my fan fiction story, Distilling Down, isn't that famous. Nor am I as an author. The two of us, however, did get interviewed this week by WhyNotFO for the So You Think You Can Write blog.

Here are a few takes from their post about the story and the interview:

"Are you looking for an amazing mindfuck of a story? One where you can’t tell which way is up… but you can’t wait for the next chapter? I definitely recommend Distilling Down! This is in no way your ordinary, run-of-the-mill Twi love story. We first encounter Bella on a beach, looking at a picture of her smiling in the arms of a man that she was hired by the Volturi to kill? Capture? We don’t know. And that is only the first mystery. I don’t want to give away too much (like I could!), because I want you to read this incredible story. Take away the Twi garb..uh… STUFF (hint-hint), and this could be a best seller.

The plot winds between Russia, Italy, Washington… and that’s just in the first few chapters. We meet old friends, and new characters, as well as the characters we’ve come to know used in interesting, different ways. Though Emoward remains, he actually has a reason this time! Remember sweet, motherly Esme? Uh-uh. “Independent Operative” of whom even the Volturi are afraid. Jasper? Dark past. Double agent once? Maybe. Same with Laurent. My favorite change up is Boxer Ben. LOL!

And Bella? Ahhh… our sweet, sweet Bella. Deliciously frightening and mysterious. An Angel of Death, who takes vamp and human alike. Some of my favorite lines are at the end of chapter two:

“Pile what up?”

“The same thing she always does, Alice. Bodies. Wherever she is, you know someone’s dying.”

I'm in authorial heaven over here . . I've never been interviewed as an author before and I'm so happy right now it's ridiculous. Also . . .must work on the story! If they're going to love on me, the least I can do is deliver new chapters!