Twilight News Update

Posted on 28. Jul, 2008 by debbie-dub in News

MTV has announced that Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene will both be starring in the upcoming movie, Strife. Read all about it here. 

  Premiere Magazine has a brief (but informative!) interview of Kristen Stewart at Comic Con. Read it here.

Geeks of Doom have a contest giving away 5 sets of Twilight trading cards and a poster:

“I have five extra sets of the Twilight trading card samples [from Comic Con]. If you want a pack, then just leave a comment here telling me why you think the Twilight movie will be awesome. I’ll pick 5 winners from those who leave a comment on this entry and one person will also get one of the posters.”

Read all about it and leave your comment (aka contest entry) here.

  The Rockford Register Star has an article about Twilight and some local Rockford, IL, Breaking Dawn release party information. AND, it mentions TwilightMOMS and gives our website addy!! What more could you want? (well…Breaking Dawn in my hot hands right now would be nice, but I’ll take this for now, lol!) Anyway….here is the article!

  The Fresno Bee has an article about the Twilight series and reactions by some local fans waiting for the release of Breaking Dawn, here,.

The Grand Rapids Press also has an article about Twilight and local Michigan fans anxiously awaiting Breaking Dawn, here.

  Hollywood Media has an Edward vs. Jacob interview, here, with Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, minutes before going on-stage at Comic Con last week.

  And, the world is still discovering Stephenie Meyers latest book, The Host. The North Florida News Daily has a review of The Host, here, that says “It’s a great read and will keep you up into the wee hours of the morning!”

The LA Times wraps up it’s Comic Con coverage with a few highlights including this one about Twilight:

“The “bigness” of Twilight. The squeals of girls the likes of which I hadn’t heard in a panel as far back as I can remember and listening to my blogmate Denise squeal over it as well solidified any thoughts I had about this not being a blockbuster movie and possible franchise.”

Read it here.

  For our UK fans, eNews has a brief bit on the Twilight series and it’s success, here.

Chicago’s Daily Hearld has a story about some local teens (and more) that just love all things Twilight.

“A lot of adult book groups are choosing them, [I] hear from people as old as 64 who absolutely love the books.”

The article also has details on Chicago area Breaking Dawn release parties for Aug. 1st. Read it all here.

  ~debbie