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  • 19
    Apr
    2013
    1:39pm, EDT

    'True Blood' and 'Twilight' stars' sexy showdown on 'Watch What Happens Live'

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    Joe Manganiello and Peter Facinelli on "Watch What Happens Live!"

    By Drusilla Moorhouse, TODAY contributor

    Hope Andy Cohen had a fire extinguisher handy when Joe Manganiello and Peter Facinelli heated up the clubhouse on "Watch What Happens Live" Thursday night!

    The smoldering stars of "True Blood" and the "Twilight" film franchise battled each other in several contests, including a sexy face-off. Maganiello, who plays werewolf Alcide on "True Blood," easily took the win with his seductive stare. Facinelli, meanwhile, was chided by Cohen for his terrible Justin Bieber impression.

    Then the actors' brute strength was tested in the "Can They Rip It?" game, in which both men tore panties with their teeth, and Manganiello decapitated an adorable teddy bear. (Like peaceable vampire Carlisle Cullen, Facinelli chose to cuddle the stuffed animal instead.)

    Both heartthrobs offered candid answers to fan questions, including whether they favored boxers or briefs. Facinelli surprised Cohen by admitting that he goes commando, quipping, "I like to air dry." Manganiello, on the other hand, revealed that he usually wears boxer briefs -- except while filming "True Blood."


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    "Werewolves are commando," he said, explaining that underwear would complicate the shift from human to beast. "It's method!"

    "True Blood" returns June 16, and you can catch Facinelli on "Nurse Jackie," airing now on Showtime.

    Which supernatural star do you think is hotter? Tell us on our Facebook page!

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  • 6
    Mar
    2013
    10:21am, EST

    'Twilight's' got over 100 problems and Bella is one, say viral video critics

    By Randee Dawn, NBC News contributor

    If you liked how they picked apart "Skyfall," you're going to love the way the folks at Cinema Sins completely shred 2008's "Twilight." The first entry in the vampire romance franchise may have a shorter running time than "Skyfall" (sin count 61) but apparently it has nearly twice as many things wrong with it.

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    (Warning: Video includes bleeped out vulgar language.)

    Of course, plenty of these nitpicks are editorial along with the expected flat-out continuity errors and other technical mistakes. Cinema Sins groups all failings and flailings into one batch, which include: characters who show up in one scene but not an adjoining cut; a fan blowing Bella's hair fetchingly as she walks in her classroom, despite it being a cold day; the not-so-subtle angel imagery in reference to Edward, and so forth.

    They also wonder about certain story conventions, like how everybody in the sprawling school already knows Bella and her history, asking, "What is it about the pasty, introverted Bella that makes everyone so drawn to her?"


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    After six minutes the movie's "sin" tally is only 71. But wait: There's a bonus sequence, featuring Kristen Stewart's "Bella Noises" -- gasps, "ums" and so forth -- which ratchets the total up considerably. So stick around for the end; even non-fans of the series will want to see how far this particular stake-in-the-heart penetrates.

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  • 23
    Feb
    2013
    11:37pm, EST

    'Twilight' finale rakes in seven Razzie Awards

    By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, TODAY

    What will the Razzie Awards, given out the night before the Oscars each year, do next year with no “Twilight” film in the offering? Saturday night, the annual bad-movie honors crowned the Cullen coven and their wolfpack friends with seven bad-film honors, including worst screen ensemble for “Breaking Dawn Part 2,” worst director for Bill Condon, worst actress for Kristen Stewart and worst supporting actor for Taylor Lautner.

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    You can agree with or argue with those as you like, but it’s hard to argue with Lautner’s other dishonor. He and young actress Mackenzie Foy, now 12, won for worst screen couple. If you saw the film, you know that late-teen Jacob falls in love with Foy’s character as an infant – though the book and film try to make it clear that nothing will happen between them until she’s older, and calls it “imprinting,” not creepy newborn-teenager love.

    Stewart’s own “Twilight” love interest, Robert Pattinson, was spared the worst actor award, which went to Adam Sandler for “That’s My Boy,” which is creeptastic from plot to finish. It’s based on a Mary Kay Letourneau-like case where Sandler gets his teacher pregnant when he is just 13, then reconnects with the child he named Han Solo, who’s grown up to be Andy Samberg. Why all the creepy child-sex plotlines, Hollywood? If you want to stay off the Razzies list, this is not the theme to follow.

    Why did “Breaking Dawn Part 2,” such a huge box-office phenomenon, do so well at the bad-movie awards? The Associated Press quoted Razzies founder John Wilson as saying, “I have a pet theory, which is that the box office on 'Twilight' films is very impressive, but my theory is that instead of 40 million individual girls going to see it, it's 8 million girls going to see it five times each.”


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    For worst picture, “Breaking Dawn Part 2” beat out "Battleship," ''That's My Boy," Eddie Murphy’s “A Thousand Words” and the little-seen and horribly titled kid movie "The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure.” And here’s where the “Twilight” coven can take some comfort. They may have won the category, but “The Oogieloves” is considered one of the worst financial box-office bombs of all time. It reportedly cost $20 million to make and another $40 million to market, but made only $1 million while playing 2100 theaters, averaging a sad $47 per theater.

    Is the "Twilight" finale the worst movie of 2012? Vote in our poll, and tell us on Facebook. 

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  • 23
    Feb
    2013
    7:45pm, EST

    'Twilight' actor gets probation for peeing in public

    By Natalie Finn, E!Online

    Bronson Pelletier has learned, it doesn't pay to pee in public.  The "Twilight" actor pleaded no contest last month to misdemeanor public intoxication and was sentenced to two years' summary probation and ordered to pay restitution and court fees. 

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    Bronson Pelletier played Jared, a member of Jacob Black's wolf pack, in the "Twilight" movie series.

    He was also slapped with a day in jail but was credited for time served. 

    Leave Stephen Dorff alone when he's trying to take a whiz

    Pelletier made quite the, er, splash with his Dec. 17 arrest for drunkenly urinating on the floor of a needless-to-say indoor terminal at Los Angeles International Airport.

    The incident was, of course, captured on video by a quick-thinking cell phone user.

    The 26-year-old actor entered his plea on Jan. 25, according to L.A. Superior Court records.

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  • 9
    Jan
    2013
    8:39am, EST

    'Twilight's' 'Breaking Dawn,' Kristen Stewart top list of 2013 Razzies

    Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in "Breaking Dawn Part II."

    By Natalie Finn, E! Online

    Once again, the "Twilight" saga has been deemed so much swill by Razzie voters. "Breaking Dawn -- Part 2" leads the field heading into the 33rd Golden Raspberry Awards with a whopping 11 nominations, meaning it's up for dishonor in every category, including Worst Picture, Actor, Actress, Ensemble and Director.

    They even doubled up on Kristen Stewart, making her Worst Actress nod a twofer, for "Breaking Dawn -- Part 2" and "Snow White and the Huntsman." (Think she'll show up like Halle Berry and Sandra Bullock have good-naturedly done in the past?)

    The "Twilight" bean counters probably aren't losing any sleep over the Razzie noms

    Alas, because it's nominated twice in the Worst Screen Couple category, "Breaking Dawn -- Part 2" will only be able to tie last year's all-time best (er, worst) showing by "Jack and Jill," which swept all 10 categories.

    Adam Sandler has plenty of chances to keep his streak alive, his father-son "comedy" "That's My Boy" next up with nine nominations. 

    On the flip side, see what's in the running for the 2013 Golden Globes 

    "Battleship" sunk further into the bowels of cinema history by collecting seven nods, with both Rihanna and Brooklyn Decker getting dinged in the Worst Supporting Actress category.

    The Razzies will be handed out Feb. 23, the day before the Academy Awards.

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    Here's the complete list of nominees for the 2013 Golden Raspberry Awards:

    Worst Picture

    • "Battleship"
    • "The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure"
    • "That's My Boy"
    • "A Thousand Words"
    • "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2"

    Worst Director 

    • Sean Anders, "That's My Boy"
    • Peter Berg, "Battleship"
    • Bill Condon, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2"
    • Tyler Perry, "Good Deeds/Madea's Witness Protection"
    • John Putch, "Atlas Shrugged: Part 2" 

    Worst Actress

    • Katherine Heigl, "One for the Money"
    • Milla Jovovich, "Resident Evil: Retribution"
    • Tyler Perry, "Madea's Witness Protection"
    • Kristen Stewart, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2," "Snow White and the Huntsman"
    • Barbra Streisand, "The Guilt Trip"

    Worst Actor

    • Nicolas Cage, "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance," "Seeking Justice"
    • Eddie Murphy, "A Thousand Words"
    • Robert Pattinson, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2"
    • Tyler Perry, "Alex Cross," "Good Deeds"
    • Adam Sandler, "That's My Boy"

    Worst Supporting Actress

    • Jessica Biel, "Playing for Keeps," "Total Recall"
    • Brooklyn Decker, "Battleship," "What to Expect When You're Expecting"
    • Ashley Greene, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2"
    • Jennifer Lopez, "What to Expect When You're Expecting"
    • Rihanna, "Battleship"

    Worst Supporting Actor

    • David Hasselhoff, "Piranha 3D"
    • Taylor Lautner, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn --  Part 2"
    • Liam Neeson, "Battleship," "Wrath of the Titans"
    • Nick Swardson, "That's My Boy"
    • Vanilla Ice, "That's My Boy"

    Worst Screen Ensemble

    • "Battleship"
    • "The Oogieloves in the Balloon Adventure"
    • "That's My Boy"
    • "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2"
    • "Madea's Witness Protection"

    Worst Screenplay  

    • "Atlas Shrugged: Part 2"
    • "Battleship"
    • "That's My Boy"
    • "A Thousand Words"
    • "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2"

    Worst Remapke, Rip-off or Sequel 

    • "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance"
    • "Piranha 3D"
    • "Red Dawn"
    • "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2"
    • "Madea's Witness Protection"

    Worst Screen Couple

    • Any two cast members from "The Jersey Shore" in "The Three Stooges"
    • Mackenzie Foy and Taylor Lautner in "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2"
    • Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn --  Part 2"
    • Tyler Perry and his drag in "Madea's Witness Protection"
    • Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester or Susan Sarandon in "That's My Boy" 

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  • 28
    Dec
    2012
    7:17am, EST

    'Twilight' named worst movie of all time

    By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, NBC News

    No one knows bad movies like alums of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" -- and they say that Bella and Edward's vampire love makes for the worst movie -- er, movie series -- of all time.

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    Former MST3Kers Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett now riff on bad movies as Rifftrax, and have published a list of the 20 films they pick as the Worst Movies Ever.

    Of the "Twilight" series, the riffers write, "There’s a lot to cover in this vast, sprawling film series so let us try to boil it down for you: 'Mumble mumble mumble moon eyes. Mumble mumble mumble mumble lay in a field. Mumble mumble mumble perv on a baby. Mumble.'"

    Rifftrax offers humorous commentaries for all of the "Twilight" films except "Breaking Dawn Part 2," which they'll surely cover when it's released on home video.

    "Yes, as the new girl, she'll fit right in by driving Fred Sanford's truck," they crack when Bella (Kristen Stewart) drives her old red pickup to school. And when Edward (Robert Pattinson) throws her a piercing gaze, Nelson notes, "That look is from the 'Guy You Alert the Flight Attendant About Collection.'"


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    The 1997 superhero film "Batman and Robin" fills Rifftrax's No. 2 slot, with Halle Berry's "Catwoman" at No.3 and "Spider-Man 3" at No.4. Some of the films are lesser-known to mainstream moviegoers yet favorites to Rifftrax and MST3K fans, including "Birdemic: Shock and Terror," "The Room" and "Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny."

    And that "Mystery Science" classic "Manos: The Hands of Fate," redone by Rifftrax in theaters this summer, makes the list at No. 21. The Rifftrax version of "Manos" will hit theaters again Jan. 24.

    Do you agree that the "Twilight" series should top the list? What makes your own worst films list? Tell us on Facebook.

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  • 19
    Dec
    2012
    7:42am, EST

    'Twilight' actor Bronson Pelletier arrested for drunkenness, urinating in airport

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    Bronson Pelletier.

    By Alyssa Toomey, E! Online

    Bronson Pelletier is quickly making a career out of public intoxication. E! News confirms the "Twilight" actor, who played a member of the wolf pack in the famous franchise, was arrested Dec. 17 at Los Angeles International airport for public drunkenness -- his second of such arrests in just 10 days -- after he urinated on the floor in the gate area. 

    Terminal 2, to be exact. 

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    LAX officers responded to a call at approximately 2 p.m. regarding an intoxicated male subject in the terminal boarding area. According to the police report, upon arriving at the scene, officials discovered the 25-year-old actor had also peed in public. 

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    Pelletier was transported to the Los Angeles Airport Police Station for preliminary processing and booked by airport police.

    He has since been released. 


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    Emile Hirsch also peed in public -- see the pic

    This is the youngster's second arrest for public drunkenness in less than two weeks. He was also arrested Dec. 8 in West Hollywood for public intoxication where he was also booked and released.

    Pelletier's rep denies these claims.

     -- reporting by Holly Passalaqua 

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  • 18
    Nov
    2012
    1:32pm, EST

    'Twilight' finale dawns with $141.3 million weekend

     

    By Associated Press

    The sun has set on the "Twilight" franchise with one last blockbuster opening for the supernatural romance. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2" sucked up $141.3 million domestically over opening weekend and $199.6 million more overseas for a worldwide debut of $340.9 million.

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    Kristen Stewart finally got to be a vampire in the final "Twilight" movie.

    The finale ranks eighth on the list of all-time domestic debuts, and leaves "Twilight" with three of the top-10 openings, joining 2009's "New Moon" (No. 7 with $142.8 million) and last year's "Breaking Dawn — Part 1" (No. 9 with $138.1 million).

    Last May's "The Avengers" is No. 1 with $207.4 million. "Batman" is the only other franchise with more than one top-10 opening: last July's "The Dark Knight Rises" (No. 3 with $160.9 million) and 2008's "The Dark Knight" (No. 4 with $158.4 million). 

    Though "Twilight" still is a female-driven franchise, with girls and women making up 79 percent of the opening-weekend audience, the finale drew the biggest male crowds in the series. Action-minded guys had more to root for in the finale as Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner join in a colossal battle to end the story of warring vampires and werewolves.

    "Our male audience particularly has enjoyed this film," said Richie Fay, head of distribution for Lionsgate, whose Summit Entertainment banner releases the "Twilight" movies. "With the action scenes in this one, we're hoping the holdover business will reflect the fact that males have kind of found it out."

    The movie also helped lift Lionsgate into the big leagues among Hollywood studios. Paced by its $400 million smash with "The Hunger Games" and now the "Twilight" finale, Lionsgate surpassed $1 billion at the domestic box office for the first time.

    Some box-office watchers had expected the last "Twilight" movie to open with a franchise record the way the "Harry Potter" finale did last year with $169.2 million, the second-best domestic debut on the charts.

    "I thought that for the final installment, it might eclipse the franchise record, but to look at $141.3 million and say that's a disappointment, that's kind of crazy," said Paul Dergarabedian, an analyst for box-office tracker Hollywood.com. "It's one of the most consistently performing franchises of all time."

    The "Twilight" finale took over the No. 1 spot from Sony's James Bond adventure "Skyfall," which slipped to second-place with $41.5 million domestically in its second weekend. "Skyfall" raised its domestic total to $161.3 million.

    The franchise's third film starring Daniel Craig as Bond, "Skyfall" began rolling out overseas in late October and has hit $507.9 million internationally at the box office. The film's global total climbed to $669.2 million, helping to lift Sony to its best year ever with $4 billion worldwide, topping the studio's $3.6 billion haul in 2009.

    "Skyfall" passed the previous franchise high of $599.2 million worldwide for 2006's "Casino Royale."

    Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day-Lewis' Civil War drama "Lincoln" expanded nationwide after a week in limited release and came in at No. 3 with $21 million. Distributed by Disney, "Lincoln" lifted its domestic haul to $22.4 million.

    The comic drama "Silver Linings Playbook," released by the Weinstein Co., got off to a good start in limited release, taking in $458,430 in 16 theaters for a solid average of $28,652 a cinema. By comparison, the "Twilight" finale averaged $34,717 in 4,070 theaters.

    "Silver Linings Playbook" stars Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro in a quirky romance involving a man fresh out of a psychiatric hospital and an emotionally troubled young widow.

    Keira Knightley's period drama "Anna Karenina" also started well in limited release with $315,395 in 16 theaters, for an average of $19,712. The Focus Features film stars Knightley in the title role of Leo Tolstoy's tragic romance.

    Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

    1. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2," $141.3 million ($199.6 million international).

    2. "Skyfall," $41.5 million ($49.6 million international).

    3. "Lincoln," $21 million.

    4. "Wreck-It Ralph," $18.3 million ($4.8 million international).

    5. "Flight," $8.6 million ($1 million international).

    6. "Argo," $4.1 million ($8.7 million international).

    7. "Taken 2," $2.1 million ($2 million international).

    8. "Pitch Perfect," $1.3 million ($4.1 million international).

    9. "Here Comes the Boom," $1.2 million ($2.5 million international).

    10 (tie). "Cloud Atlas," $900,000 ($5 million international).

    10 (tie). "Hotel Transylvania," $900,000 ($7.8 million international).

    10 (tie). "The Sessions," $900,000.

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    Estimated weekend ticket sales at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak:

    1. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2," $199.6 million.

    2. "Skyfall," $49.6 million.

    3. "Argo," $8.7 million.

    4. "Hotel Transylvania," $7.8 million.

    5. "Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo," $7.5 million.

    6. "A Werewolf Boy," $6.8 million.

    7. "Cloud Atlas," $5 million.

    8. "Wreck-It Ralph," $4.8 million.

    9. "Confession of Murder," $3.5 million.

    10. "Rise of the Guardians," $3.1 million.

     

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  • 16
    Nov
    2012
    2:09pm, EST

    Stewart's stylish week: Kristen glams up 'Twilight' tour

    By Amy DiLuna, TODAY

    Reports from the red carpet of the "Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2" premieres around the world mostly centered around Kristen Stewart and her (ex?) boyfriend Robert Pattinson. Did they touch? Did they seem happy together?

    From left to right: Kristen In Los Angeles, in London, at the Madrid premiere and earlier that day, at a photocall in a Madrid hotel.

    But perhaps knowing she was in the spotlight, Stewart walked the red carpet in sheer, short and sexy dresses that definitely distracted from her relationship scandal.   

    In Los Angeles and London, Stewart wore daring sheer dresses by Zuhair Murad. The next day at a hotel in Madrid, she picked a black and white Julien Macdonald dress with a fierce beaded neckline. That night, she turned up the sunny factor in a yellow mini by Christian Dior. 

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  • 16
    Nov
    2012
    8:57am, EST

    'Breaking Dawn Part 2' will satisfy fans, but it's still a wild, weird ride

    By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, NBC News

    REVIEW: There's been a lot of fuss recently about The New York Times' review of Guy Fieri's Times Square restaurant, Guy's American Bar and Grill. Some felt that a snooty reviewer had tried to hold a casual eatery up to standards of four-star dining places, and that Fieri's restaurant would have fared better if it was critiqued for what it was, not for what it could never be.

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    Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson wrap up the "Twilight" saga in "Breaking Dawn Part 2."

    Use those standards, then, when judging "Breaking Dawn Part 2," the fifth and final movie in the "Twilight" series. This movie will never be "Citizen Kane," or even "Bridesmaids." It doesn't matter. Those who loved the books and regularly daydream additional adventures for Bella and clan will not expect Oscar-winning dialogue and acting. 

    That doesn't mean that the studio has an excuse to lazily throw up a few hand puppets against postcard backgrounds. It just means there's only so much you can do with a story whose source material includes a spine-cracking birth scene, blood being guzzled through straws and vampire baseball.

    It's fairly easy to say that almost everyone who was looking forward to seeing "Breaking Dawn Part 2" will enjoy themselves, as the film wraps up the series in a satisfying way, and a neat twist to the credits sequence pays tribute to the characters from all the previous movies. And yes, things don't exactly pan out as they did in the "Breaking Dawn" book, so even fans who've memorized that tome may find some surprises. There's also a brief sneak peek into the characters' future that brought gasps from some of the fans in my screening.


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    Kristen Stewart as Bella is breathtakingly beautiful as a vampire, with eyes changing from blood red to a hauntingly deep brown, and luxurious locks that a shampoo model would envy. She's not really required to act too much here -- sometimes she just looks like she smelled something bad in the room, and when she attacks someone she thinks is threatening her child, it's with the same attitude Elaine on "Seinfeld" used when telling someone to "Get out!"

    The lines, oh, the lines. "We're the same temperature now," Robert Pattinson's Edward says wonderingly to Bella. "It's your turn not to break me," he warns her after noting her new vamp strength. (That might have been about the time a tween behind me sighed, "God, he's GORGEOUS!")

    The vampire's super-speed running is still hilarious, as believable as that of Steve Austin in "The Six Million Dollar Man" back in 1975, but thankfully the CGI wolves aren't talking this time around. (There's a really cringeworthy sequence where one of them is ridden like a horse.)

    Thank the vampire and werewolf gods for Taylor Lautner, though. He not only takes off his shirt to display those washboard abs, he strips down completely (in a PG-13 way) in one scene. And his Jacob also gets many of the best lines, pointing out some of the most ludicrous plot points with wry humor. When a character wonders if Bella can transform into a wolf too, he snorts, "She wishes she was that awesome."

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    Vampires from around the globe gather in Forks, Wash. to help out the Cullen coven.

    The plot involves the Cullen coven gathering vampire pals from around the planet to help them convince the ruling Volturi to leave Bella and Edward's half-human daughter, Renesmee, alone. This leads to a gathering of supermodel-gorgeous young people (no one old or fat ever gets to be a vampire, apparently) in stiletto heels and some national-stereotype costumes.

    And then there's a fight. Hands are cut off. Heads roll. Or do they? You kind of have to see it for yourself. There was a 4-year-old girl at my screening, and during several blood-splattering scenes, I wondered what she was thinking.

    But if you're not 4, and the "Twilight" books are your guilty or not-so-guilty pleasure, gather your coven and head out for the wild, weird finale that puts a blood-red bow on the blockbuster series. 

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    2012
    12:29pm, EST

    Taylor Lautner would be up for a Jacob 'Twilight' spinoff

    By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, NBC News

    Vampires are immortal, right? What about shapeshifting wolves? Fittingly, fans aren't ready to let the "Twilight" series die with this week's release of "Breaking Dawn Part 2."

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    Taylor Lautner at the premiere of "Breaking Dawn Part 2."

    Various reports, including this Moviehole post, claim that the supernatural cash cow isn't going to be allowed to head out to pasture and that a spinoff, maybe focusing on Jacob Black's Wolfpack, and maybe on TV rather than in theaters, is a possibility.

    Ryan Seacrest asked Black's portrayer, Taylor Lautner, about this rumor on his radio show Monday, but naturally Lautner couldn't or wouldn't confirm that any such plan is in the works.


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    “I honestly know as much as you do,” Lautner said. “The only thing that I’ve heard is whatever’s online and people are talking about.”

    But when Seacrest asked him if he's ready to recreate his role, the 20-year-old actor was enthused. “I love this franchise and this character and everybody involved so much, I absolutely would have to consider it," he said.

    Earlier this month, Lautner's co-star Robert Pattinson told Australia's Herald Sun that he kept "hearing things" about a future for the franchise. Pattinson told the paper he didn't rule out a return to playing Edward Cullen, saying "I don't say 'definitely not' to anything, just in case."

    Pattinson had previously joked to Total Film that "Twilight" should be rebooted as "a straight-up porn film." And author Stephenie Meyer has mulled the possibility of a new life for "Twilight" focusing on Bella and Edward's daughter Renesmee.

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    Nov
    2012
    11:20pm, EST

    Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart attend 'Breaking Dawn' premiere together

    By Us Weekly

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    Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson arrive at the premiere of "Breaking Dawn Part 2" at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Nov. 12 in Los Angeles.

    The night "Twilight" fans have been waiting for is finally here. On Monday, Nov. 12, Twihards stormed the Nokia Theater at LA Live to watch their favorite stars walk the red carpet at the world premiere of "Breaking Dawn - Part 2," the final installment in the "Twilight Saga."

    The most anticipated moment of the big event? The arrival of the film's on- and offscreen lovebirds, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson.

    PHOTOS: Kristen and Rob's undercover PDA


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    Stewart, 22, trailed behind Pattinson, 26, as they made their way to the front of the theater, stopping to sign autographs for their thousands of fans. With her brunette locks swept to the side in gorgeous, cascading curls, the actress looked super glam in a nude, lace and chiffon strapless gown by Zuhair Murad; her beau dazzled in a dapper, dark-green suit and lavender shirt. At one point, the two stopped to pose for a photo together, and Stewart affectionately rubbed Pattinson’s back.

    PHOTOS: Kristen and Rob through the years

    The "Twilight" twosome have been making the rounds recently to promote the final installment of the franchise but have been typically tight-lipped regarding the on-again status of their relationship.

    Appearing separately on the TODAY show last week -- one day apart -- both stars dodged questions from host Savannah Guthrie about their reconciliation following Stewart's July fling with her "Snow White and the Huntsman" director, Rupert Sanders.

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    "I'm going to just let people watch whatever little movie they think our lives are," the actress said, averting her eyes. "Keep 'em guessing, I always say."

    Pattinson's response was similarly vague. "I want to ask, because we get asked it all the time. Who is actually asking?" he pressed Guthrie politely. "Is it in your contract?"

    In any case, the couple's appearance on the red carpet Monday night should answer any lingering questions about their romance.

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