Welcome back to the Twilight fandom everyone. Today is a huge hit in the news over at the Twilight Lexicon. We will post the top stories here.
(LINKS ARE CURRENTLY NOT WORKING ON HERE SO PLEASE GO TO THE TWILIGHT LEXICON FOR THOSE links will be marked with a crossthrough)
Twi-Con 2009
A group of Twilight fans are testing the waters on the interest fans fan have in a Twilight convention in 2009. They are still very much in the early stages and are asking for your input on a number of levels. Their site can be found here.
Movie News
Film.com has an article on rabid fanbases. They mention various groups from the Trekkies, to “Ringers”, AKA Lord of the Rings/Tolkein fans, to yes, you guessed it, Twilight Fans. Thanks to Stephanie for the heads up.
Mike Welch is going to be doing one of the scariest things an actor can do, no we don’t mean facing rabid Twilight fans. He is going to be doing live theater, no calling cut, no redoing a scene; it can be scary. You can read all about his upcoming role here and Mike’s Blog here.
In The News
Media Boulevard has interviews featuring Robert Pattinson and Rachelle Lefevere, as well as Kellen Lutz. They also have several others that are forthcoming. (LINKS DISAIBLED FOR LINK GO TO TWILIGHTLEXICONBLOG.COM)
Elena from first book reports that they had a huge spike in participation in FirstBook. The rules state “vote now vote often”, so if you missed out participating in this cause the first time, or you want to vote again, it’s a great cause.
The Twilight Saga is finally starting to take off in the media in the UK. The Times has an overview article.
Bestseller on our hands?
According to the Associated Press, Breaking Dawn appears on several best seller lists. Each one has their own way for tracking books. Unlike the New York Times that has many categories, the Wall Street Journal and USA Today only have a few categories. We are still checking, but we believe Breaking Dawn would not be eligible for the New York Times list until next week, but we’ll update when we know for sure.
The Wall Street Journal has the following:
1. Breaking Dawn
2. Eclipse
4. Twilight
5. New Moon
9. The Host
USA Today has the following:
1. Breaking Dawn
2. Twilight
4. New Moon
5. Eclipse
23. The Host
Wow I told you a ton of news right? Well Im gonna go off into my little hole now. See ya later!