It’s probably still going on this morning.

After winning for Best Kiss at the MTV Movie Awards last night, Sparkles (Robert Pattinson) and Kristen Stewart locked lips, throwing Twi-lighters everywhere into a tizzy.  Because their not at all fake relationship and love is real!  Real!!  REAL!!!

Sparkles (who’s giving everyone over 30 a Jason Priestley vibe circa his 90210 days with that haircut) and K-Stew also won for best Male and Female Performance for their roles in New Moon, which snagged the “Best Movie” award, beating out the likes of Avatar.  Of course it did. 

The same lot that wouldn’t let an algorithm prevent Justin Beiber from being a Trending Topic on Twitter certainly wasn’t about to let a movie with superior effects and acting get in the way from bestowing a meaningless award to New Moon.  Sorry, James Cameron, sucks to be you.

Haters to the left.

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Looks like that heated battle over wages between Summit Entertainment, Ashley Green (Alice Cullen) and Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen) has been resolved.

According to Deadline Hollywood, both actors are getting a total of $2.5 million for both Breaking Dawn films (not bad, but a steep drop from the $4 million they were supposedly seeking). 

Although an official announcement has yet to be made, it’s pretty much a foregone conclusion at this point that Summit will be breaking the story into two separate films, laughing all the way to the bank in the process.

Maybe Kellan and Ashley will take some of that hard earned money and invest in some acting lessons.  Couldn’t hurt.

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The three leads from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse were interviewed by the Mighty Opes today, and the show also focused on the Twi-hards that live, breathe, and poop all things related to the Twilight “phenomena”.

It was pretty much like any interview with the stars before,  Sparkles was charmingly self deprecating, Stewart seemed nervous and fidgety, and Lautner was pleasantly bland. 

At one point, Oprah asked Sparkles about his showmance with Kristen Stewart, and he blurted out that she’s pregnant.  Although Stewart made it quite clear he loves to say things for just for shock value, his response hysterically ended up as the cover story on OK Weekly (the show was pre-taped).

Dakota Fanning also showed up for a portion of the show.  Apparently, she and Kristen Stewart have become good friends even though there’s a four year age difference.  Stewart said she turns to her for advice (she might want to get some interviewing lessons as well). 

Instead of a clip from the show, here’s a clip from the movie, with Dakota Fanning acting all EVIL! as Jane, one of the Voltari.

Haters to the left.

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Looks like there’s a lot of behind the scenes drams happening with the Breaking Dawn, the fourth story in the Twilight Saga.

Summit Entertainment wants to split the story with it’s two narratives into two separate movies, releasing them in the fall of 2011 and summer 2012.  Author Stephenie Meyer has signed off on the plan as has director Bill Condon.  The leads are close to being locked in for a fifth movie as well, but according to the Hollywood Reporter, actors Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen) and Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen) are seeking a bigger pay day, apparently finding what Summit is offering “offensive” considering what the franchise has made.  

Risky move.

Summit is known to be tight with a buck, and has played hardball before. Last summer Rachel Lefevre (Victoria) was kicked to the curb and replaced with Bryce Dallas Howard for the third film, Eclipse.  Fans complained and Summit’s reputation took a hit, but it didn’t exactly stop people from going to see New Moon in droves.

Will a deal with Greene and Lutz be made, or will Summit risk fan backlash again by replacing one or even both of the actors? 

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Last week, director Bill Condon (Gods & Monsters, Dreamgirls) signed on to direct the fourth film in the Twilight Saga.  Summit Entrtainment is still apparently hemming and hawing whether or not to split Breaking Dawn into two separate films.

Realizing the level of fan based insanity scrutiny that comes with signing onto a project such as this, Bill posted the following message to his Facebook this weekend.

“Greetings Twihards, Twifans, Twilight Moms, Team Edward, Team Jacob and Team Switzerland,

I just want to say hello to all of you and let you know that I’m stoked to be getting underway on the adventure of making BREAKING DAWN. As you’ve probably heard, I’ve been given a very warm welcome by Stephenie and Team Summit – who are super-focused, as you know, on getting these movies right.

I’ve read BREAKING DAWN twice, rewatched Catherine’s and Chris’s movies 2-3 times each, have all four CDs playing in my car, and have Catherine’s notebook, Mark Cotta Vaz’s companion books, and even Volume 1 of the graphic novel here on my desk – a corner of my office is starting to look like Hot Topic. I realize that this barely qualifies me for ‘newborn’ status in the universe you’ve been living inside for a few years now, but a guy’s gotta start somewhere.

I’m a huge admirer of the already-iconic Kristen, Robert, and Taylor, and wanted to be the one to work with them as they face the challenges of bringing your beloved characters to the end of their journeys. Really, what could be more fun than that?

The wonderful world that Stephenie has created has obviously struck a chord with you, and I don’t think it’s difficult to see why. For me, her characters are simultaneously timeless, yet very modern. Rooted in a beautiful, real landscape with a great sense of place, Bella, Edward, Jacob, and the rest of the Forks/La Push menagerie, experience emotions that are primal, and universal: desire, despair, jealousy – and it all comes to fruition in BREAKING DAWN. This is a final chapter in the best sense; not just wide in scope and scale, but emotionally charged and intense throughout.”

Bill promises that there won’t be any musical numbers, so that’s a step in the right direction.  Here’s hoping that sense of optimism in his message lasts til Breaking Dawn opens in theatres.

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Summit Entertainment’s going for epic.

They had me with “Army of vampires”.   

Am officially looking forward to seeing this now (along with hoardes of screaming teenagers) at the end of June.

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… with extra shirtlessness!

If the acting roles dry up or Taylor Lautner gets bored of doing it (as if) he always has a ready made career as an underwear or A&F model to fall back on.

Haters to the left.

Update - Apparently, the buzzkills at Summit Entertainment have had the clip removed.  Boo.  Oh well, check out YouTube if you’re so inclined were it will undoubtedly re-appear again if it hasn’t already.

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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the bookstore….

Looks like Stephenie Meyer isn’t quite done with The Twilight Saga after all.

Three weeks prior to the movie, an addition to Eclipse is being released on June 5 that follows one of the vampires that Victoria creates in her quest for revenge on Bella and Edward.

Meyer says this one is for her bank account the fans.  Apparently, the story evolved from an exercise the author did in exploring some of the darker elements that appeared in Eclipse into a 192 page novella.

Blatant cash grab or not, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner is destined to be one of the top selling books of the summer, if not the year.

Haters to the left.

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No, Robert Pattinson didn’t get his body hair removed.

Looking more like a close relative (with a chromosome or two missing) a wax figure of Sparkles was unveiled the other day at Madame Tussauds in Times Square. 

Meh.  Creepy looking.

Maybe Summit Entertainment can use the wax version instead of the real deal when they finally start filming Breaking Dawn.  It won’t cost as much and can probably emote more than Pattinson (KIDDING).

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Haters to the left.

Looking pretty much like the previous posters for the last movie, this new one with the three leads looking like, all serious or whatever with an air of forebrooding or some junk was released by Summit Entertainment today.

“It all begins with a choice” June 30th. 

Ooooooooo – foreshadowing!

Is it just me or does Taylor Lautner look ultra tanned here?

Does anyone else notice that Sparkles looks markedly different than he did in the first film?  Now he looks like Rob Pattinson in white makeup and red lip-gloss.  No wonder the hardcore Twilight fanatics are having a hard time separating the actor from the character. 

Pattinson’s going to spend the foreseeable future trying to prove/demonstate that he’s not Edward Cullen.  Does  this make Robert Pattinson the new Leonard Nimoy?  Discuss!

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