Friday, July 31, 2009

Re: [BellaAndEdward] Question**For Peggy :-))

 

 
----- Original Message -----
From: Tracy
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [BellaAndEdward] Question**For Peggy :-))

 

I perhaps think they are trying to "Dispel" the Baby Bump Theory :-))
Maybe that's why they have zoomed in and circled her PERFECTLY FLAT mid-riff section :-)) >
 
Either that or they have no understanding of a private moment between friends. :: grrrr :: This is just getting so stupid---I can't wait until the last of the series movie is out and this will be all over.
 
And I'm with you as far as Robert is concerned..
I hope that once he has completed his contract with Summit for the "Twilight Saga", his life can go back to some semblance of normality...
Or at least I hope so... >
 
Honey, I'm pretty sure the next time he chooses a movie----well, look at the ones he's chosen since Twilight---they're not going to be as popular as Twilight is. I wonder, if he knew what he was getting into, would he have done it? Well, he's got his music to look forward too---he might even retire from the biz and do it full time. I just hope he survives the next couple of years with the other three movies. For somebody who's this shy, he's going to need his posse (best friends before the movie) and his family to do it.
Do you think that is wishful thinking on my part...
That poor kid must be going "Batty" with all the rumors that are constantly flooding the airway about him, his private life, and whatnot...
Heaven Help Us, when he does find the right girl...
Good Luck, Rob...
You are DEFINITELY going to need it!!!!
Hugs and Kisses!!!!
Luv ya!
Tracy >
 
Oh, he's young---and I think it's great he's playing the field---because that's what young bucks do---play the field. The thing is that the media makes too big of a thing about it. As to how it might affect him, that's why he went to his friend, Daniel Radcliffe (that's the guy who play's HP in the movies, right) to ask for his advice. So, he pretty well knows to ignore the stuff, I bet. And call his parents every week saying, hey, did you hear the latest rumor? <g> As long as his parents and his closest friends know it's all lies or half truths---he'll be okay. Nobody else matters, really.
 
Hey, my feeling is that as soon as this stuff is over and done with and the next big thing comes along, Rob will be back in England---go to a local pub, and meet a nice girl, either serving the ale or there for a drink. He'll forget all about this crap and find the love of his life. I wish that for him with all my heart. : ) Prolific Peggy.
 
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[BellaAndEdward] Neil Gaiman: Why vampires should go back underground

 

Neil Gaiman: Why vampires should go back underground

For this week's cover package about vampires (on stands today!), we chatted with writer Neil Gaiman about how vamps have changed through the years, what they stand for and why they should go away. For more on vampires, including our picks for the top 20 greatest vampires of all time, pick up this week's issue of EW.
EW: How have vampires gone from being monsters to anti-heroes? For example, in contemporary pop culture, we've seen vamps make that move from horror flick fear agents to misunderstood social outcasts.
NG: I think mostly what it has to do with is what vampires get to represent. Dracula was a great novel of sexual seduction, full of rep eated sexual seduction and rape and sex. So it makes complete sense that your solid Victorian vampires were fundamentally evil. And you can have that nice big stake hammered through them as a way of putting them to rest. After that, I think the next big, huge, cultural, "somebody's just written a vampire story" is probably Stephen King's Salem's Lot. Steve basically wanted to do Dracula again, only in a small town in Maine. At that point you got vampires still sort of representing the "other." Then Anne Rice wrote Interview with the Vampire, which as a teenager I thought was a rather drippy book. I have to say as a teenager who loved vampire fiction and wanted vampire fiction, I thought they all sort of sat around being miserable.
But I think then the thing that changed everything and that gave vampire fiction a new lease on life and death was AIDS, because you hit the early '80s, and suddenly you have something in the blood that is an exchange of blood that kills and is altogether fundamentally about sex. And vampirism essentially came out of the closet as a metaphor for the act of love that kills. Stephen King once said, using the Erica Jung quote, that vampirism is the ultimate zipless f—. And then a sort of continuous transmutation, you had Lost Boys, which is essentially vampirism as wish fulfillment. Finally, of course there's Sesame Street, which I think may well have created the20sympathetic vampire for the world in Count.
EW: Can you touch on the theme of thrill and fear of power?
NG: I don't think vampirism, at least from my point of view, is ever about power, because it's always about people exiled to the fringes. Vampires, I think, should be outsiders. They should probably be sexual outsiders. They need to be charismatic. They need to be elegant. They need to be attractive in some way. But they aren't buying nice suits and calling the shots. And if they are, the book is about something else.
EW: Is there anything else that you'd like to add?
NG: Vampires go in waves, and it kind of feels like we're now finishing a vampire wave, because at the point where they're everywhere it's probably time to go back underground for another 20 years or another 25 years.
EW: So you think they've reached the saturation point.
I think so, and it definitely sort of feels like classical vampires have been around enough that if they could go back in their coffins 25 years and come out the next time as something really different, that would be cool.


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[BellaAndEdward] Sexiest Vampires (and other hot people poll updates)

 

Sexiest Vampires (and other hot people poll updates)

hottest-vampire_lIn honor of EW's 20 Greatest Vampires of All Time cover hitting stands today, and it being a Friday, EW.com has unearthed its list of the Hottest Vampires of All Time. (Meaning, there is not 100 percent overlap between our picks, folks.) Click here for the gallery of bloodsucking babes, and here for the bloodthirsty blokes. As always, we're letting you vote to determine the Ultimate in each category. Those current results, and the reigning champs in our other polls (which are still open) after the jump.
Hottest Male Vampire: Twilight's Robert Pattinson (55 percent)
Moblize: Fans of True Blood's Alexander Skarsgard (he's in second place, with 18 percent)
Hottest Female Vampire: Underworld's Kate Beckinsale (40 percent)
Mobilize: Fans of True Blood's Deborah Ann Woll (second place, 12 percent)
Hottest Male Crime Fighter: Bones' David Boreanaz (38 percent)
Mobilize: Fans of Southland's Ben McKenzie (second place, 21 percent)
Hottest Female Crime Fighter: CSI: Miami's Emily Procter (38 percent)
Mobilize: Fans of Castle's Stana Katic (second place, 29 percent)
Hottest Male Comedy Star: Better Off Ted's Jay Harrington (35 percent)
Mobilize: Fans of The Office's John Krasinski (second place, 16 percent)
Hottest Female Comedy Star: 30 Rock's Tina Fey (16 percent)
Mobilize: Fans of The Office's Jenna Fischer (second place, 15 percent)
Hottest Male Action Star: Watchmen's Jeffrey Dean Morgan (41 percent)
Mobilize: Fans of X-Men Origins: Wolverine's Hugh Jackman (second place, 23 percent)
Hottest Female Action Star: Chuck's Yvonne Strahovski (33 percent)
Mobilize: Fans of Burn Notice's Gabrielle Anwar (second place, 21 percent)
Hottest Male Sci-Fi Star: Supernatural's Jensen Ackles (52 percent)
Moblize: Fans of Star Trek's Zachary Quinto (second place, 16 percent)
Hottest Female Sci-Fi Star: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles' Summer Glau (37 percent)
Mobilize: Fans of The X-Files: I Want to Believe's Gillian Anderson (second place, 19 percent)
PHOTO CREDIT: Beckinsale: Doug Curran; Pattinson: Peter Sorel


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[BellaAndEdward] Current poll results from last post

 

FEMALE:

38%
Kate Beckinsale, "Underworld" and "Underworld: Evolution"
14%
Rachelle Lefevre, "Twilight"
13%
Elisabeth Reaser, "Twilight"
11%
Deborah Ann Woll, "True Blood"
7%
Julie Benz, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel"
7%
Salma Hayek, "From Dusk Till Dawn"
4%
Juliet Landau, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
2%
Aaliyah, "Queen of the Damned"
2%
Rhona Mitra, "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans"
1%
Parker Posey, "Blade: Trinity"
1%
Jami Gertz, "The Lost Boys"
0%
Jennifer Esposito, "Dracula 2000"
0%
Lauren Hutton, "Once Bitten"
MALE:

54%
Robert Pattinson, "Twilight"
16%
Alexander Skarsgard, "True Blood"
9%
David Boreanaz, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel"
7%
Alex O'Loughlin, "Moonlight"
6%
James Marsters, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel"
2%
Stephen Moyer, "True Blood"
2%
Brad Pitt, "Interview with the Vampire"
2%
Ian Somerhalder, "The Vampire Diaries"
1%
Aidan Turner, "Being Human"
1%
William Marshall, "Blacula"
0%
Wesley Snipes, "Blade," "Blade II," and "Blade: Trinity"
0%
Jason Patric, "The Lost Boys"
0%
Kiefer Sutherland, "The Lost Boys"
0%
Tom Cruise, "Interview with the Vampire"


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[BellaAndEdward] 13 hot Vamps (women then men)

 

RACHELLE LEFEVRE
Victoria in Twilight (2008)

Maybe revenge is a dish best served hot. Victoria may be plotting against Bella and Edward (Edward killed her partner in vamp crime), but Lefevre makes villainhood seem pretty darn appealing. Too bad she's been replaced by Bryce Dallas Howard for the third Twi-flick, Eclipse.

ELISABETH REASER
Esme in Twilight (2008)

We have a soft spot for hot moms, and Esme Cullen is way at the top of the list — sure, she's physically frozen in the body of a 26-year-old, which helps, but she's also devoted and thoughtful, and Reaser's easy warmth comes through despite the ostensible icy pallor.

VOTE FEMALE:

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20153312_20153316_20295053,00.html

ROBERT PATTINSON
Edward Cullen in Twilight (2008)

Vampires are sexy when they're bad, this we know. But it turns out they can be even hotter when they're good and struggling to control the urge to devour you as they sit on your bed and lean in for a kiss.... That's the sort of vamp that gives tween girls (and adult women) the best kind of hot flashes.

VOTE MALE:
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20153312_20153316_20294995,00.html

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[BellaAndEdward] This week's cover: Vampires!

 

This week's cover: Vampires!

EW-cover-1059_lThis week's Entertainment Weekly delivers the ultimate guide to vampires. You'll find interviews with the authors behind Twilight and True Blood, our list of the 20 greatest bloodsuckers ever, and Anne Rice's pick for the best new vampire — as well as a talk with her about how she revolutionized the vampire legend decades ago with Interview w ith a Vampire.
With Twilight a phenomenon, True Blood attracting converts by the millions, and hordes of new vampire projects looming in the shadows, bloodsuckers are haunting every corner of our lives: bookstores, television, movies, and more. Why has pop culture thrown open its door and invited them in? "The traditional vampire story, with monsters and victims, chases and chills, is more plain fun," says True Blood's executive producer Alan Ball. "But they can often reveal the general state of the cultural psyche."
Vampires are such versatile symbols now that they can express both conservative and liberal views. Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels are steeped in her Mormon values. But True Blood speaks in part for gays and, as Ball puts it, "eight years of institutionalized demonization of pretty much any group that wasn't on the bus with Mr. Bush."
It may come as a surprise to learn that Meyer – reigning queen of pop culture's vampire coven – has an uneasy relationship with them. Back in 2003, when she was writing the first draft of Twilight, she refused to show it to her husband. "I was embarrassed," she said. "It was about vampires." In fact, last year, she told EW that her great wish was to reclaim some time to write something new. "Look, I'm not just a vampire girl, she said emphatically. "I can do other worlds."
Laurell K. Hamilton, author of the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter books, has her own thoughts on the Twilight phenomenon. "Stephenie Meyer has come and she's taken the genre that I sort of pioneered. Her original audience was 11- and 12-year-olds, so she – very rightly – sanitized the genre. She took out a lot of the sex and violence, especially for the first book…I ask people, Why has this really captured you? What I heard from all ages is that it was very romantic that he was willing to wait for her and that there was no sex. They like the idea that [Bella] was like the fairy princess and [Edward] is the handsome prince that rides in and saves her. The fact that women are so attracted to that idea – that they want to wait for Prince Charming rather than taking control of their own life – I find that frightening."
When asked why people find vampires so appealing, Anne Rice (author of the series The Vampire Chronicles) says, "I think people are intrigued by what they would do if they were offered the opportunity to be a vampire. Would they be willing to drink human blood in order to be immortal? Maybe they would."
For more about vampires, including our list of the 20 Greatest Ever and Anne Rice's pick for the coolest of the new crops, pick up the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly onstands as of July 31. And be sure to check out our 27 hottest TV/movies vampires gallery, online now.


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Re: [BellaAndEdward] **For Casandra Struthers Re: 'Twilight': The Rachelle Lefevre-Summit dispute -- Whose side are you on?

 



 
----- Original Message -----
From: Tracy
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 6:43 AM
Subject: [BellaAndEdward] **For Casandra Struthers Re: 'Twilight': The Rachelle Lefevre-Summit dispute -- Whose side are you on?

 



 
Thanks Sweetie!!!!
For sharing this with us!!!!
I voted "NO"!!!!
I absolutely DO NOT agress with Summit's decision to re-cast Victoria...
Hugs and Kisses!!!
Luv ya!
Tracy >
 
I'd like to add my thanks too, hon. : ) I voted no too. And it seems that it's 79% against and 21% for now. Prolific Peggy.
 

 
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