If you want to enjoy a long weekend and are planning to call in sick on Monday, here’s a good excuse for you: “The new Twilight movie gave me seizures!”

This is the acclamation from one man in Roseville, California. Brandon Gephart says he was watching the film when “sudden began convulsing during a graphic birthing scene.” Of coure, the birth he’s referring to is that of Bella and Edward’s child.

Whether the man was being completely honest or whether he was trying to get out of seeing the cheesy film with his girlfriend, the scene does contain “flashes of red, black and white that could trigger an episode of photosensitive epilepsy,” the Gawker says.

So, if you’re not one for bright lights or weird half-vampire half -human babies coming out of a woman’s private parts, maybe you should go see The Muppets movie instead.

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Twilight fans can now be just like Bella Swan on their own special day.

When marrying Robert Pattinson’s character in Breaking Dawn: Part One, Kristin Stewart is wearing a gorgeous long-sleeved white gown designed by Carolina Herrera. A replica gown has just been made by bridal retailer Alfred Angelo for $799, CBC News says. 

Considering some wedding gowns prices are in the 5 figure range, 800 bucks is a pretty sweet deal. For all you high-end shoppers, you should be happy to know Herrera will be selling the original dress at her boutiques in New York next year, but the cost is yet to be confirmed. I’d except it to cost as much as a brand new car.

As far as wedding gowns go, the Bella Swan one is actually pretty classic and sophisticated, just like kate Middleton’s infamous long-sleeved gown. No word yet on whether a replica of Edward’s tuxedo will be sold anywhere.

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Today on #freshpresslive, Jordan is off but Natalia and Casey talk about our Twilight interviews, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore’s divorce, and Chris Brown leaving Twitter.

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The former “Sexiest Man Alive” actor is coming off as a bit jealous since the new Twilight movie comes out in theatres the same say his film, The Descendants.

George Clooney joked with E! and said “the big headlines come Monday morning will be “Descendants Kicks The Hell Out of Breaking Dawn”.

The Twilight flick is expected to make $125 million on opening weekend. The dramatic Clooney flick directed by Alexander Payne has a lot of OScar buzz to it but I don’t see it being a box-office smash. Clooney’s great and all but this is the cast of the Twilight franchise he’s up against. Nothing could ever stop every single young person in the world from going to see Robert Pattinson sex up Kristin Stewart this weekend,

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The Twilight saga hasn’t entirely finished yet and Kristen Stewart has already moved on to something else. Part one of Breaking Dawn doesn’t come out until next week, but fans can already see Stewart in action in a Disney remake.

Stewart, who’s famous for playing Bella in the vampire movies, is geared to play the lead role in the live-action remake Snow White and the Huntsman.

Entertainment Tonight posted an exclusive sneak peak of the trailer and footage of Stewart on set. The movie looks incredible. It’s always a sure hit to take an old animated movie and turn it into live action. Charlize Theron aces at portraying the evil queen and Kristin Stewart shows off both her acting and fighting chops in the remake. Apparently, she did a lot of her own stunts in the movie, proving she’s tough as nails.

The movie doesn’t come out until the new year but you can see a sneak peak posted below.

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I knew Twilight fans were hardcore but I never knew they were this hardcore.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s normal to have movies you love and watch all the time. I love The Big Lebowski more than other movies but I would refrain from tattooing The Dude’s face on my back. With the Twilight franchise slowing coming to a close, I assume fans will find bigger, colder ways to show their love.

Last week we posted a small gallery of horrible band tattoos and today, we’re giving free admission to the Tasteless Twilight Tattoos museum.

Shopping in the 96 cents aisle because you spent all your money on this lame Twilight tattoo.

This is really going to look outstanding when you’re 70 and your back fat starts to sag.

If by “run with vampires” you mean “sit on my ass and eat Cheetos” then yeah, you run with vampires.

You could have just painted this and hung it on your wall but no, it had to be permanently placed on your stomach. Congrats!

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This is the epitome of groundbreaking journalism: MTV posted highlights of their exclusive interview with the three stars of Twilight, including a lengthy discussion about abs.

Seated next to Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson playfully discussed having to work out before filming his scenes. We all know Taylor Lautner is rocking a great bod, we see him shirtless all the time, we get it! I could literally wash my laundry on his abs. Robert felt it was unfair to compare his body to that of Taylor’s.

“Everyone says I painted on my abs in ['New Moon'] — I did not! Taylor has his painted on too!” Robert said. ”During [filming in] Brazil, the day before I had to do my shirtless scene, I realized [my abs] weren’t as good as Taylor’s, so I just ate every bit of chocolate in the mini-bar. I started eating cheeseburgers and stuff.”

In a classic Team Edward versus Team Jacob fight, the award for best abs should be a tie-breaker. I’m sure Kristen would agree. Eat all the cheeseburgers you want, guys, if you’re not sporting a pot belly you’ll still a winner!

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Kristen, Robert and Taylor were the three cast members of Twilight to attend the hand print ceremony at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in west Hollywood.

Kristen Stewart News posted a ton of photos of the event. The trio looked beautiful, appreciative and thrilled to be immortalized at the theatre.  Judy Garland, Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington and Marilyn Monroe are among the iconic stars with prints displayed at Grauman’s. Looks like these three are going to be in great company.

When Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 opens on November 18, it will definitely be a blockbuster hit. I wouldn’t be surprised if it breaks any ticket sale records.

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Are you doing anything next Thursday, November 3 at 7:56 p.m. ET? If not, mark it on your calendar.

Three of Twilight‘s biggest stars, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner will appear on MTV to introduce a never-seen-before clip of the highly anticipated blockbuster film, Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1.

The trio will also stick around after the clip to participate in a lengthy Q&A session hosted by MTV’s Josh Horowitz. When the three are together in the same room you know things will get very intimate and interesting.  We like how anything can happen during this MTV special. KStew, Taylor and RPattz are never a dull moment.

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Bad news for Twilight and Bruno Mars fans – his video for “It Will Rain” has been delayed. The video was supposed to debut on MTV and MTV.com this Wednesday. Of course “It Will Rain” was the first single from the Breaking Dawn – Part 1 soundtrack.

“Hey guys, I’m still working on the ‘It Will Rain’ video,” Mars wrote. “The MTV premiere will happen in a couple weeks. Be patient for ya boy. Love y’all.”

Apparently the reason for the delay is simply the production is behind schedule. However, the good news is Christina Perri will be debuting the video for “A Thousand Years,” which is also on the Breaking Dawn soundtrack.

We will continue to wait patiently……

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For the film adaptation of the Green Day album and Broadway musical, American Idiot, the band is rooting for one vampire to take the lead.

Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong said Robert Pattinson would be the ideal actor to star in the lead role.

“I’m gonna say that kid in Twilight. He’s a good actor. There’s still more to come with that kid,” Armstrong told reporters a few years ago.

MTV says the only reason this quote is being resurrected now is because the film’s beginning the preproduction phase and casting has not been made yet. So, Twilight fans might be seeing Edward on the big screen again, only this time, less fangs and more jazz hands.

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Glamour’s 50 Sexiest Men poll has come out, and for the third straight year, Robert Pattinson tops the list. His co-star Taylor Lautner came in a close second.

Glamour’s Sexiest Men of 2011 top 20:

Robert Pattinson
Taylor Lautner
Johnny Depp
David Beckham
Zac Efron
Gerard Butler
Alexander Skarsgard
Garrett Hedlund
Jared Followill
HRH Prince Harry
Bradley Cooper
Chace Crawford
Alex Pettyfer
James McAvoy
Henry Cavill
Orlando Bloom
Ryan Reynolds
Jake Gyllenhaal
Colin Farrell
Darren Criss

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Although getting included on the Breaking Dawn soundtrack is huge, The Joy Formidable aren’t fazed. In fact they aren’t that familiar with Twilight, and they have no idea what they are in for.

“I can’t say I’ve ever read one. I haven’t seen the films either, but I have heard the soundtracks, and I was familiar with some of the songs, you know, Metric and the Black Keys,” frontwoman Ritzy Bryan told MTV News. “So I was more aware of the musical side of ‘Twilight’ than I was the books or the movies. Actually, I know very little [about the books]. I know they’re about vampires, and I know they’ve connected very much with an audience … so they’re obviously much enjoyed by a lot of people.”

That’s crazy!

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BooBoo Stewart is showing off his abs in the upcoming issue of Troix Magazine.

The 17 year old actor had the photo shoot in the  haunted Linda Vista Hospital in Los Angeles.

On Sunday, BooBoo also received the Rising Star Award at the 17th Annual Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival.

Check out the behind the scenes video of BooBoo’s Troix cover shoot below!

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Twilight Author, Stephenie Meyer will be producing the Jane Austen-inspired Austenland, an adaptation of the Shannon Hale novel according to MTV News.

The movie is about a woman who ruins her love life due to her obsession with Mr. Darcy. She goes to Austenland, which is an Austen-themed resort in England and falls for the actor who plays Mr. Darcy at this resort.

The cast of the film has not been finalized but so far includes Keri Russell, J.J. Field, Bret McKenzie, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Seymour, Rupert Vansittart and James Callis.

Not only will Meyer be making her debut outside the world of Forks, but newcomer Jerusha Hess will be directing the film.

Meyer says that Twilight is inspired by Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, so much to the point where every so often, Bella’s character in the book compares her relationship with Edward to Elizabeth’s relationship with Mr. Darcy.

Meyer went into producing with the final two movies of the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn, and will also produce the adaptation of her book, The Host.

Looks like Meyer is looking for non-vampire jobs since the finale of the Twilight series that made her millions is quickly approaching.

Breaking Dawn part 1 is set to hit theatres this November but fans will have to wait a full year for the final installment which will be released fall 2012.

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Kristen Stewart has just picked up a big-time acting award over in Europe, reports E Online.

The ‘Twilight’ actress did not win an award for her acting as Bella, though. Stewart was named Best Actress at the Milan International Film Festival for her gritty role in the indie flick ‘Welcome to the Rileys.’

In the film, Stewart plays Mallory, a 16-year-old stripper who gets taken in by a couple whose marriage is on the rocks (played by James Gandolfini and Oscar-winning Melissa Leo.)

“I did some pole dancing,” Stewart said. “I got bruises all over my legs. I tore myself up doing it. It sucked.”

“The more I saw it, the more I wanted it,” she added. “It was like a weird, self-hating kind of thing.”

Wow, guess Stewart does have it in her to act. I haven’t seen the film, so I can’t judge, but the role sounds interesting. Congrads to her!

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Twilight and Harry Potter fans around the world unite – it’s a wizard and vampire match made in heaven!

Ginny Weasley and Caius/Gellert Grindelwald…we mean, Bonnie Wright and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows co-star Jamie Campbell Bower…have decided to make their love official by announcing that they are…wait for it…engaged!

Although the engagement might seem premature considering the stars’ ages – Wright is only 19 and Campbell Bower is 21 – we are extremely happy for the couple who seem to be genuinely happy!

‘We are all absolutely shocked and surprised and can’t believe that Jamie has asked Bonnie to marry him,” a source said, according to Perez Hilton. “They met on the set of the movie and Jamie fell for Bonnie really badly. He says they are completely in love. It all seems very whirlwind, but they both say it’s the real deal. All he has told us is that he asked her to marry him and Bonnie said yes. He is chuffed to bits and neither of them seem to have any doubts that they are rushing in too soon. We have asked them if it is for real and they have said yes. They are both very professional, so when they are filming, there is no smooching or playing around. Also they are not really in the same scenes. Jamie is often on the set just to watch Bonnie and spend time with her between takes.’”

After denying rumours that the two were dating back in October, Wright confessed to Ok!, “Yes, we’re dating. We’ve been seeing each other for a few months, it’s good. We’re going to the BAFTAs together on Sunday.”

According to Perez Hilton, Wright refused to release any details of the wedding plans as of yet, but has admitted that she and her hubby-to-be are having a “wonderful, wonderful” time together. How wonderful! We could not be more excited for the happy couple, and wish them the all the best!

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Contemporary society seems to be crazed for all things supernatural. In the last 6 or so years, the Twilight saga has reached new heights popularity and we’ve witnessed a sudden influx of brooding creatures of the night on all media fronts. We have “True Blood”, “The Vampire Diaries”, “Supernatural”, and if that isn’t enough MTV has just premiered the trailer for its new series “Teen Wolf”.

MTV.com writes that the show will be a  ”modern spin on the cult-classic ’80s hit”. The 1985 film, Teen Wolf, starring Michael J. Fox is a campy teenage comedy, but the MTV series is said to depart from the show and feature much darker elements and a sexier love story.

The show is centered on Scott McCall, played by Tyler Posey, a high school outsider who is convinced by his best friend to search for a dead body in the local forest. After he gets attacked by a “creature” and narrowly escapes with a gaping bite wound, he starts to notice sudden changes and realizes that he is no longer an average teenager.

Despite those who are Team Jacob, there still seems to be an overwhelming amount of vampires swarming, so let’s let the wolves have a shot!

Check out the trailer:

http://www.mtv.com/shows/teen_wolf/series.jhtml

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We all know the story: girl wears a red cape, is being followed by a wolf. She then visits her grandmother, her grandmother is the wolf. Or something like that. But all this goes out the window in Catherine Hardwicke’s adaptation of the classic “Red Riding Hood.”

Let’s start with the positive. Hardwicke, the director of the film who’s also directed for “Twilight,” delivers a visually stunning film. It captures great North American landscape, and the film’s forte definitely lies its cinematography and visual appeal. I absolutely commend her artistic decisions and direction she took within the story. I mean, contrasting Amanda Seyfried’s gentle blond hair and piercing blue eyes with that dramatic red cape. Heaven on screen. In fact, Seyfried is genuinely what saves the film from disaster itself – her understated acting is not only realistic but saves the movie from being cheesy.

But let’s move into what’s wrong with the film. Although the movie has its twists and turns that keep it interesting, the story itself suffers from an identity crisis. Set in a medieval village that is haunted by a werewolf, a young girl (Seyfried) falls for an orphaned woodcutter (Shiloh Fernandez), much to her family’s displeasure. So is the movie a thriller? A love story? A dark comedy? It dabbles in a bit of all three. There is a certain melodramatic love tension that occurs between the two young hotties, then there are brutal wolf attacks on the village people, and then there are clever allusions to the original fairytale. But it’s all too much. Pick on one theme, and make it great.

I saw this movie with my friend, and we left feeling neutral. It wasn’t a bad movie, in fact, we both said it could have been a lot of worse so we respected the fact that they made it interesting. But then again, the movie wasn’t great. They could have been much more shocking with how they changed the story, they could have made way more clever connections to the original, and besides Seyfried, the acting could have been better.

But for what the movie is, a teenage love-action story, the movie achieves its goal and shouldn’t be taken too seriously. I give it a 2.5 out of 5, smack dab in the middle. Not great, not horrid.

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Don’t worry fans, they’re still not breaking up! Just because Kevin has gotten married and disappeared from the world, Nick has been working on his acting and producing songs, and Joe has been working on his solo album, it still doesn’t mean that the trio are separating! Of course not.

Where have these three brothers been, you may ask? Valid question. But it seems we have found one of them! Joe Jonas can be seen adorning this month’s issue of Details magazine. And might we say, he is looking mighty fine!

In the article, Jonas dishes about breaking out of the teen-idol shell and making a name for himself, sans Nick and Kevin.

“I’m growing up, the fans are growing up,” Joe told Details. “I’ve gone through a lot of stuff in my life so far. There are stories I haven’t really been able to tell. When you’re writing with three people, you wind up with a sound that might be—not average—but, you know, expected.”

The article, entitled “Joe Goes it Alone” (but remember, they’re NOT breaking up), goes on to express Joe’s feelings of going solo:

“We’re not breaking up, we’re just taking a break,” Joe says. “I really have a hope for the fans that got older and went, ‘You know what, I’m really not into the Jonas Brothers anymore,’ that I’m able to catch their ear again with my project and they’re able to go, like, ‘Hey, this is cool stuff, I’m happy listening to this, I’m not embarrassed listening to this.’”

According to Perez Hilton, Joe recently opened up about his upcoming album, and working with producer Danja:

“I think for me the biggest influences are Daft Punk. I love their music. There’s a guy, Frankmusik, out of London, a lot of electro DJs out in Europe are doing some cool stuff right now. I just listen to a bunch of stuff you dance to, kind of electro-based. A lot of stuff that’s so amazing [that] you can create on the computer. I think, for both of us, we are huge fans of the new ‘Tron‘ movie. To be able to go on a musical journey for a while and finally with finding Danja and working with him, we’ve been able to collaborate on something that really works for me. And to find me and not try to mold it into something it’s not, to try and be myself and my music and kind of tell stories and be honest and just have something … when people hear it, hopefully they’ll be able to dance to it and have a good time.”

Hmm…this sounds extremely different from the usual Jonas melodies, making me sceptical to believe it completely. But one thing’s for sure; I will be dancing when this album comes out!

“It’s Joe’s album, it’s not just something put together for him,” Danja told Details. “He’s collaborating with the writing. He’s very different from what you’d expect. All I can say is he’s an adult man. He has a rock-star edge about him.”

Will it be good, will it be bad; will it makes our ears bleed, or leave us singing our praises? So many questions, so little answers, especially keeping in mind that Hollywood Records promised this album in early 2011. Reality check, it’s already mid-March. So where is it?!

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