Tuesday, September 8, 2009
'Meet Me on the Equinox' from New Moon soundtrack - sneaky listen
Here is a 40 second clip of 'Meet me on the Equinox' from Death Cab for Cutie - the 1st song officially announced for the New Moon soundtrack. The band will perform the full song at this weekends MTV VMA's.
You can listen here.
Thanks to TwiCrackAddict & 2dayFm
Details on 'Paramore' gig in Dublin
Paramore will play The O2 in Dublin on Saturday 12th December at 18.30. Tickets are available to general public from this Friday 11th September at 9am.
If you have O2 Priority, then presale seats are available from TOMORROW morning at 9am.
Peter Facinelli goes to great lengths to stay pale for his vamp role
According to two recent tweets, he was attending his daughter's softball game and had to wear this hooded coat in the "90 degree heat" while he was "trying to stay pale. Suffering for his art - thats dedication for ya!!
Jackson Rathbone - Interview with a Vampire
The Vancouver Sun writes -Rathbone is Singapore-born and has acting roots in musical theatre in Texas and a Michigan arts academy. He started acting professionally at 17, moving into the TV and movie industry in Hollywood when he was 18.
On television, his roles have included turns on The O.C. and Criminal Minds, and he recently completed filming M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender.
But it's as 166-year-old vampire Jasper Hale in the first three Twilight movies — Twilight, released in 2008, the Vancouver-shot New Moon, due for release Nov. 20, and Eclipse, currently shooting in Vancouver — where Rathbone has earned his celebrity status and heartthrob cred.
He plays a confederate army major who, at the age of 20, becomes a vampire with a special power to manipulate the emotions of others. Tired of noshing on humans, he takes a turn for the good and is adopted by the Cullens, thus becoming the brother of Edward, the intense, dreamy vampire whose tender Romeo and Juliet love story with lovely mortal Bella Swan forms the nucleus of the blockbuster four-book thriller romance series written by Stephenie Meyer.
While Jasper initially protects Bella, in New Moon he loses his self-control, gives into his thirst for human blood and attacks her after she gets a paper cut. To protect Bella, the Cullen family leaves town, and, in Eclipse, Jasper reverts to teaching vampires and werewolves defence techniques against pesky newborn vampires. Rathbone remembers auditioning several times for the role, originally reading for the Edward Cullen part, before director Catherine Hardwicke offered him Jasper.
"I auditioned two or three months before filming started. And I just walked to the audition because the studio was close to my house, so I'd walk there with my guitar and I played it in the waiting room."
With Jasper, and the worldwide frenzy that is Twilight mania, has come fame, but also a loss of anonymity for Rathbone.
Twitter-powered fans, mostly young girls, stalk the actors, hanging out at their hotels and on the perimeter of shooting locations, hoping for a glimpse, a wave, perhaps an autograph.
Along with rabid fans come the paparazzi, the tabloid reporters and, of course, Perez Hilton, who recently blogged on Rathbone's physical stunts in Eclipse.
"People see us out and about and always want to take a picture . . . but we're blessed to have an incredible fan base. They send us gifts, they send us the sweetest fan letters. They tell us how we brought these characters to life and as an actor, I'm grateful."
Off the set, away from the fang gang and the love-hurts movie scenes, you're as likely to find Rathbone hunched over a musical instrument as a film script.
In fact, if you pop into Vancouver's revamped Rickshaw Theatre Saturday, you'll get a taste of his musical bent, onstage playing with his band 100 Monkeys, kicking off a 100-city tour.
Along with bandmates Ben Graupner, Ben Johnson, Jerad Anderson and Lawrence Abrams, Rathbone sings and plays half a dozen instruments, constantly changing places onstage with other band members during "monkey switcheroos."
Last February, while in town filming New Moon, 100 Monkeys did a show attended by Twilight cast members, including the elusive leads Robert (Edward) Pattinson, and Kristen (Bella) Stewart.
Also on the bill was local band Thee Manipulators, who'll be opening for 100 Monkeys at The Rickshaw.
"We became good friends," says Rathbone, as they did with Vancouver's Neptoon Records, where the band also performed.
Rathbone, for being all of 24, is focused and grounded (traits for which he credits his supportive family, still back in small-town Texas) and fully intends to capitalize on Twilight fever.
"I've been setting off, since I was 18, on the path I wanted to take, and I think I'm on it now."
And he will tell you it definitely doesn't suck to be a vampire.
"I get to wake up every morning and thank God. It's a blessing."
Rob, Kristen, Nikki & Liz spotted at Bobby Long Concert in Vancouver last night
Only posting a couple of pics due to harrassed looking cast - if you want to see the rest of the pics click here for the source
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