Barbie Collector is thrilled to unveil the newest addition to the famed Twilight Saga doll series – Jane, from the vampire coven known as the Volturi. Vampire Jane is one of the Volturi’s most offensive weapons, possessing the ability to inflict a mental illusion of pain on any opponent. Jane will be available in February, 2011 for a suggested retail price of $24.95, joining the Edward, Bella, Jacob, Alice and Victoria in the collection.

So while this is a really awesome doll, I don’t think I could willing bring “Jane” into my home.

Via The Twilight Examiner

Indeed, the Twilight series boasts its fair share of good looking actors which in turn translates to even better looking vampires on-screen. Glamour Magazine tends to agree, naming several of the Twilight Saga’s movie vampires among their “31 Sexiest Movie Vampires” list.

The following characters made the cut:

31. “Alec” (by Cameron Bright)

29. “Victoria” (by Rachelle Lefevre and Bryce Dallas Howard)

27. “Demetri” (by Charlie Bewley)

25. “Alice Cullen” (by Ashley Greene)

24. “Carlisle Cullen” (by Peter Facinelli)

22. “Jasper Hale” (by Jackson Rathbone)

19. “Rosalie Hale” (by Nikki Reed)

17. “Caius” (by Jamie Campbell Bower)

10. “Riley Biers” (by Xavier Samuel)

4. “Emmett Cullen” (by Kellan Lutz)

1. “Edward Cullen” (by Robert Pattinson)

You can click the number links above to see the individual entries for each selection. Are there any other vampires from the Twilight series you would’ve chosen? I might’ve added “James” or “Laurent.” No doubt, after Breaking Dawn hits theaters, “Bella Cullen” will be making the list!

I know none of us are shocked about number one but I have very happy to see Riley so high on the list! All of our Cullen men made the the list so that is a total win in my book.

The Twilight Examiner did this nifty post that wrapped up a lot of the things that happened over the weekend. Enjoy!

A couple of interesting Twilight related tidbits popped up this weekend, so to catch up on some of the stories which might’ve been missed, here’s a Twilight news wrap.

First, Rachelle Lefevre (”Victoria” in Twilight and The Twilight Saga: New Moon) did a really interesting interview with Red Carpet Diary’s The YouTube Conversation about her work in Barney’s Version. She talked about the difficulties of portraying her character as well as the exciting things she got to do in Rome, Italy while filming the movie. You can check it out in full here. Rachelle Lefevre had two films which showed at this year’s Toronto Interntaional Film Festival – both Barney’s and Casino Jack.

Second, Muse’s bassist and keyboardist Chris Wolstenholme had an interview with The Sacramento Bee in which he talked about how Twilight has affected the band, saying “It really helped. I think in this day and age when people don’t go out and buy as many records, you use things like that to expose yourself to people who don’t know the band. It caused more of a buzz, and more people came out to see us live, and now it is sort of catching up. We are playing in arenas over here, and we are really enjoying it. I think that is what we always wanted but we thought we could never have.” You can read the rest here. As you know, Muse has appeared on the albums for Twilight (with “Suppermassive Black Hole”), The Twilight Saga: New Moon (with “I Belong to You”), and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (with “Neutron Star Collision (Love is Forever)”). So, it’s great to hear that the Saga has made such a positive impact on the group.

Thirdly, a new potential film route for Kristen Stewart was discussed this weekend by sources like HollywoodNews.com, which suggested that “she may be venturing into a film with Ron Howard and Brian Grazer” as “an underage prostitute who inadvertently kills a gang member and then goes on the run.” Of course, talks of Stewart’s interest may be premature or completely untrue, especially given the similarity between this supposed role and her work as “Mallory” in Welcome To The Rileys, so for now it’s just a rumor.

Michael Sheen (”Aro” in The Twilight Saga: New Moon) will be taking on an Easter Passion Play soon, and you can read more about that here. Apparently, Sheen has dedicated January through March to the project, so we better hope the “Volturi” sequences for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 are being filmed somewhere in the November-December range!

Speaking of Breaking Dawn, Nikki Reed (”Rosalie Hale”) has spoken up about the issue of partial filming in Brazil, saying “They are filming a few days [in South America], but I’m not there . . . It’s Bella and Edward’s honeymoon.” Back in August, when the issue of potential filming in Brazil reached a head, Summit Entertainment’s rep reached out to Twilight Lexicon with a statement as follows: “The possibility of filming portions of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN in Brazil has always been under consideration and we are continuing to scout locations within the country.” Seems things must’ve worked out after all! Meanwhile, Reed also did a co-interview with the TwilightMOMs about working on the music video they made together.

Meanwhile, Bronson Pelletier (”Jared”) spoke up about Breaking Dawn as well, revealing that he had just signed his paperwork to solidify his involvement with the films. You can check that out here.

Finally, “Edward Cullen” was determined to be the most profitable film character of all time by licensing professionals in preparation for the Brand Licensing Europe 2010 event, and you can read about that here.

As October nears, pre-production for Breaking Dawn continues, so Twilight news is sure to pick up. In the meantime, that’s the latest!

Thanks: Twilight Lexicon

Volturi actor Charlie Bewley (Demetri) is the latest member of The Twilight Saga cast to chime in with his thoughts on Parts 1 and 2 of final movie Breaking Dawn, and the ever-popular topic of Bella’s somewhat gruesome birth scene.

Taking a leaf out of Ashley Greene (Alice) and Jackson Rathbone’s (Jasper) book, Bewley said nothing when asked about a shooting start date for Breaking Dawn, saying he doesn’t know and joking that “They haven’t offered me anything yet, so we’ll just see. I just may walk away from the whole thing”.

On the subject of Bella’s much anticipated birth scene, Bewley has very specific ideas for how it should all play out.

I think they should just go all the way and do it in 3D! The baby kind of like pops out and floats above the audience’s head. Everyone who goes to see the movie with a bunch of kids going, “What?!”

On a serious note, he said “I have no idea. [But] they have to keep it in there. It’s part of the book.” Well said, Mr. Bewley — what would Breaking Dawn be without an homage to the chest-bursting scene from Alien? We can’t wait to see if Summit decides to give the whole movie the 3D treatment and, if they do, just how far they’ll take Renesmee’s introduction.

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If you’ve loved Michael Sheen’s work in projects like Underworld, Alice in Wonderland and The Twilight Saga, you might be delighted to know that the versatile Welsh actor is as much a genre fan as any of us. In fact, I caught Sheen on the convention floor of Comic-Con this weekend, in the fantasy illustrators’ pavilion, where I overheard him telling Elric artist John Picacio that he’s developing a movie about Michael Moorcock’s famed sword-and-sorcery character with the Weitz brothers. (Chris Weitz, you’ll recall, directed Sheen in The Twilight Saga: New Moon.) Weitz told Picacio that it was the recently published Elric volumes with Picacio’s illustrations that he’s been using as he works on the project. I asked Sheen about Elric, as well as another genre film he told me he’s developing based on the life of Edgar Allan Poe.

“Yeah,” Sheen, “I’m doing a film that I’m playing Poe in, about the last few months of Poe’s life. And I’m producing it as well. Hopefully we’ll be shooting it next year in Toronto. The title is The Raven, imaginatively enough. Or that’s what it’s called at the moment anyway.”

Regarding Elric, Sheen simply said, “We’ve got plans maybe to do something with Elric as well. We’ll see what happens with that.” (Personally, I think Sheen would be perfect cast as Moorcock’s albino swordsman.)

On his own love of art and comics, Sheen said, “I would have come here regardless of being in something. I’m here for TRON, but yeah, I get all the TRON stuff done as soon as possible and then I get out on the floor and wander around and see all these great artists and great comic books and stuff. It’s fantastic.”

As for the fate of his Twilight character in Breaking Dawn, Sheen remarked, “Well, there’s no secret, because there’s a book out, so you just have to read the book to find out what happens. But it’s still early days really. There’s no script and nothing’s been set up definitely yet. I’m hoping it’ll all work out.”

If you’ve seen the TRON: Legacy trailer you may be wondering about Castor, Sheen’s character in the film – an outrageously garbed and made-up figure who resembles a glam rocker. I asked Sheen if he’ll prove to be one of the movie’s villains.

“Who says he’s a villain?” laughed the actor. “He’s a bit sort of morally dubious, but aren’t we all? The jury’s still out on him.”

Via @FEARnet

By Twilight Examiner

Before becoming “Demetri” for the Twilight series, Charlie Bewley hadn’t had a lot of experience in the film world, but The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse have helped Bewley garner not only a passionate fanbase but also a few new forthcoming projects.

Speaking to Pique, he talked about Twilight fans on Twitter, saying “They’re like really protective of me! If anyone kind of has a go at me on Twitter, they’re in there and they just rip to pieces whoever it was – they’re great! Really, I’ve got a wonderful set of fans out there.”

Bewley also talked about his first experience with the fandom – that which came just after he was cast.

“So I just put it out on Facebook. I was like, ‘By chance, does anybody know about this character called Demetri from the Twilight series?’ And out came all these closet Twilight fans in my Facebook list. Suddenly, I had this network of minions working for me around the clock!” he explained.

Aside from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, Bewley also has a couple of other projects lined up, it seems, including Ecstasy (self-explanatory), Soldiers Of Fortune (with Christian Slater, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames and Dominic Moynahan), and Like Crazy (”another independent project that Bewley compares to The Notebook”).

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Via @AlexsLemonade

We’ve partnered with Alex’s Lemonade to raise money for childhood cancer awareness. To enter the contest all you have to do is draw a portrait of fab star of the Twilight Saga, in the role of Demetri, Charlie Bewley working at an Alex’s Lemonade Stand. You can use whatever medium you’d like, so get creative!

The entries will be judged by members of ASCC Now and narrowed down to 10 finalists and then sent to Charlie for his input! He has graciously agreed to autograph the portrait, record a brief video message AND send along a personal note to the winner! The winner’s portrait and video will be posted on ASCC Now and Alex’s Lemonade Stand’s websites.

How to enter:

• Send an email to: info@asccnow.org with the following:
  1. Full name
  2. Email where we can contact you if you’re a finalist
  3. If you’ll be paying via check or Paypal
     • If you indicated you’ll pay via Paypal, you’ll receive an invoice via email.
     • If you indicated you’ll be sending a check, please mail it to:
       
       ASCC Now
       4690 W. Eldorado Pkwy #1224
       McKinney, TX 75070
       
  4. An attachment with a photograph of your entry.
     • Image must be at least 400×400 pixels and clear.
     • The ten finalists will be asked to ship their entries to ASCC Now to be judged.

Official Rules:

• Contest Open: July 12th – August 13th, 2010
• Medium: Any, as long as it’s two dimensional.
• Dimensions: No larger than 3′ x 3′
• Entry Fee: $10 (payable by check to ASCC Now or Paypal.)
• Prize: Video message from Charlie Bewley, autographed portrait, and personal note from Charlie Bewley.

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Via the Lex

Chaske Spencer, Julia Jones, and Alex Meraz talk about their views on why the films have such appeal.

Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, and Jackson Rathbone talk about the potential male appeal.

Dakota Fanning, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Xavier Samuel cover their characters and conflict.

Peter Facinelli, Nikki Reed, and Liz Reaser also chime in on the male aspect.

This weekend, the cast of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse was very, very busy jet-setting across the country to visit local cinema showings of the film.

Slowly, the cities and specific locations for the appearances were revealed, but the castmembers making appearances for the events were kept a secret for the most part.

The appearances took place on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

On Friday, the cities whose fans got to see the cast were Chicago (Julia Jones), Kansas City (Gil Birmingham), Las Vegas (Kiowa Gordon), Los Angeles (Dakota Fanning), Minneapolis (Charlie Bewley), Nashville (Tinsel Korey), Orange County (Justin Chon), Vancouver (Tyson Houseman), and Washington, D.C (Christian Serratos).

You can see a photo of and mini-interview with Julia Jones in Chicago here. Meanwhile, Gil Birmingham’s Facebook page has its own set of photos from his appearance, and a local news station (KMBC) interviewed Birmingham from the event. Photos from Gordon’s appearance in Las Vegas can be found here and here, and Tinsel Korey tweeted about her showing in Nashville (Christian Serratos did the same for her appearance in D.C.). More on Houseman’s appearance in Vancouver can be found here, and the O.C. Register has quite a few photos of Justin Chon in Orange County here.

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Dakota Fanning talks American Idol and Twilight Eclipse on the Tonight Show.

Oh my goodness! I WANT TO WIN THIS!!!!! If only I could write….

DEi iTALY Divine Tours begin their new VOLTURI Audio Tour with the release of Eclipse on June 30, 2010 and to kick it off, they are organizing a contest for all Twlight Saga-Fans waiting for Eclipse and still remembering NEW MOON and the romantic kiss between Bella and Edward in Montepulciano/Tuscany!
Here’s the details:

ECLIPSE VOLTURI CONTEST: Win a holiday in Montepulciano, Tuscany and sleep in the room Kristen Stewart & Rob Pattinson spent their time when shooting NEW MOON

DEi iTALY Divine Tours, tourdesigner in Rome & Tuscany, in cooperation with STRADA DEL VINO NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO, the tourist board of Montepulciano, and HOTEL ALBERGO DUOMO in Montepulciano, is offering one lucky winner a holiday in Tuscany/Italy for 2 persons. Spend six wonderful days with your best friend or any other person in the room Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson spent their time when shooting NEW MOON in Montepulciano, Tuscany.

How to win: Show your passion for Bella and Edward and write down how you think the VOLTURI might threat their lifes in future.
Write a DIN A4 or letter size long chapter (350 to 400 words) about the VOLTURI. Think of all aspects Stephenie Meyer has not yet written about. You may write your story from Bella’s point of view – as Stephenie Meyer did in most of her novels – or choose any other point of view or style you find appropriate for your story and send it to volturi@newmoontour.com Questo indirizzo e-mail è protetto dallo spam bot. Abilita Javascript per vederlo. .

Members of the FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION in Rome will select the winner!

Grand Prize includes:
- 5 nights in doubleroom in Hotel Albergo Duomo in Montepulciani, breakfast included
- one free NEW MOON MOVIE TOUR for 2 in Montepulciano including gadget and map
-  one free VOLTURI AUDIO TOUR for 2 in Volterra including brandnew MP3 Player

And their is more: 13 other fabulous prizes like free VOLTURI AUDIO TOURS, NEWMOONTEPULCIANO Shirts and Phone Socks are waiting for you!

DEi iTALYs NEW MOON MOVIE TOUR in Montepulciano is already a hit in Italy and on June 30, 2010, we are releasing our newly designed VOLTURI AUDIO TOUR: Learn everything about the VOLTURI and their life in Italy by listening to this very special AUDIO Tour at home or during your stay in Volterra or Montepulciano.
You can update your VOLTURI AUDIO TOUR with VIP Elements like a spicy drive to Volterra in a yellow Porsche and much more. For more information and listening to one chapter of the VOLTURI AUDIO TOUR click
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Deadline for entries is July 1, 2010. See their site for more details.