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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: vampire

vampire stories: 16 news summaries
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 How Twilight 
 Rescued Hot Topic 

Goth retail mainstay is relevant again thanks to books, films

Nov 20, 09 11:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Like much of America, Ylan Q. Mui had forgotten all about Hot Topic, the mall mainstay for baby Goth merchandise—and then Twilight came along and made the store relevant again. The uber-popular vampire franchise “accomplished what the store had tried but failed to do: It made goth mainstream,... More »

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entertainment • retail • mall • vampire • Twilight • vampires • New Moon • Hot Topic • Jay-ZTV • shopping mall

Even Dems Say Grayson's Nuts

'One fry short of a Happy Meal' after he calls Fed adviser 'a
K Street whore'

Oct 26, 09 9:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Alan Grayson has irked Republicans over the past month or so with his sharp tongue—saying the GOP health plan was for Americans to “die quickly,” then, last week, comparing Dick Cheney to a vampire—but even fellow Dems are up in arms after an interview surfaced... More »

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Iraq • Dick Cheney • Federal Reserve • health care reform • congressional Democrats • vampire • K Street • Alan Grayson • Congressional Republicans

MOVIE REVIEW

 Cirque du Freak 
 a Bloodless Bore 

Vampire's Assistant has an identity crisis

Oct 23, 09 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant isn't particularly freaky, and it sure could use some assistance. Some critics' takes:
  • Peter Travers doesn't deign to explain the film's loose ends. "All you need to know is that the movie is a setup for sequels that I hope never come,
... More »

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entertainment • Harry Potter • film • movie review • John C. Reilly • Salma Hayek • vampire • Twilight • Michael Cerveris • Cirque du Freak • Chris Massogli

TV review

 Vampire Diaries  
 Bloody Good Fun 

CW series knows the teen mind

Sep 10, 09 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Vampire Diaries, which premieres tonight on the CW, has its finger on the pulse of American youth, delivering a teen-vampire love story that gives Twilight a run for its money:
  • “Let the other franchises sniff with disdain at moldy old genre conventions,” writes Mary McNamara
... More »

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television • vampire • CW network • Twilight • Stephenie Meyer • television review • The Vampire Diaries • Kevin Williamson

(Newser) - Sassy Anna Paquin has absolutely no trouble stripping down for scenes in HBO's steamy series Tru Blood, she tells Nylon in a let-it-all-hang-out interview. "I'm sorry, maybe there are women who keep their bras on while they have sex. I don't happen to be one of them," quips... More »

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HBO • nudity • sex • stripping • vampire • TV series • monster • sex scene • television program • Anna Paquin • Stephen Moyer • Tru Blood

(Newser) - There’s a vampire resurgence in Chad, and no, it’s not because Twilight has swept the African country. Cost-conscious residents have resurrected a dish slyly known as “vampire”: cooked animal blood, the BBC reports. With global food prices soaring and meat increasingly expensive, traditional vampire is “actually... More »

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Africa • Chad • cooking • meat • blood • food prices • vampire

(Newser) - Authorities at an elite Boston high school found themselves yesterday in the bizarre position of having to publicly deny that certain students were vampires, the Globe reports. While vampires have been popping up more often in popular culture recently, officials and law enforcement say Boston Latin’s issue is most... More »

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Boston • bullying • prep schools • vampire • Howard Stern Grid

 'Vampire' Unearthed in Venice 

Gravediggers took steps to stop corpse feasting on other plague victims

Mar 14, 09 2:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italian archeologists have discovered evidence of an ancient vampire-slaying ritual in a 16th-century plague pit near Venice, the AP reports. A female skeleton was unearthed with a brick wedged between her jaws, in what experts believe was an attempt by superstitious gravediggers to stop the corpse from eating through its... More »

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archaeology • plague • Northern Italy • superstition • Venice • vampire

Ex-Child Star Fanning Weighs Villainous Twilight Role 

Actress, 15 next month, in talks to play bad vampire in sequel

Jan 22, 09 12:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Dakota Fanning: adorable child star or sadistic teen vampire? The actress, 15 next month, is in talks to star as vamp villain Jane in Twilight sequel New Moon, scheduled for a Nov. 20 release, E! reports. “There were no auditions. They just offered it to her outright, and now... More »

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film • vampire • movies • sequel • Dakota Fanning • Twilight • New Moon

 Meyer: the New JK Rowling  

Vampire author gaining on Rowling's popularity

Nov 28, 08 9:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Have we finally found the next JK Rowling? Even Brits are starting to admit Twilight creator Stephenie Meyer is coming close, the Daily Telegraph reports. The 34-year-old Mormon author of a series of swoon-worthy novels about teen vampires has a similar “out of nowhere” story, and her book and... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • author • book • vampire • Twilight • Stephenie Meyer

 Twilight Draws Box Office Blood 

Film gets year's fourth biggest premier

Nov 23, 08 4:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Twilight sucked the box office dry this weekend by banking nearly $71 million and claiming top spot, Entertainment Weekly reports. That makes it the best-grossing film by a female director and among the top 30 premieres of all time. Filling out the weekend's top five: Quantum of Solace, $27.... More »

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box office • romance • vampire • movies • movie theaters • adaptation • chick flicks • Twilight

 Twilight's Big Bucks 
 Greenlight Sequel 

Teen vampire flick breaks box office records

Nov 23, 08 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Even as the cash registers were still clanging on Twilight's monstrous opening weekend, the teen vampire flick's producers confirmed that a sequel is on, says MTV News. New Moon, the second book in Stephanie Meyer's series, is now officially set to be adapted for the big screen. Twilight is... More »

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box office • vampire • sequel • Twilight • Stephenie Meyer

Movie review

 Teens Will Swoon for Twilight 

Vampire romance grabs target audience, fails on effects

Nov 21, 08 11:55 AM CST
(Newser) - The teen-vampire drama Twilight will “mesmerize its target audience, 16-year-old girls and their grandmothers,” writes Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times. “The movie is lush and beautiful, and the actors are well-chosen.” The story of a girl and her vegetarian-vampire lover focuses on the “fervent,... More »

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film • movie review • vampire • teenager

 For Devotees, 
 Twilight More a Lusty Dawn 

Star Pattinson has female fans out for more than blood

Nov 20, 08 2:49 PM CST
(Newser) - The hotly anticipated vampire movie Twilight doesn’t open until midnight tonight, but teenage girls have already sunk their teeth into lead actor Robert Pattinson, CNN reports. Pattinson portrays Edward Cullen, hero of Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling novels. He’s “this incredibly seductive creature wanting to bite your neck,... More »

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film • vampire • movies • Twilight • Robert Pattinson • Stephenie Meyer • Kristen Stewart

Australian Lesbians Get Life for Murder

Lovers, one with vampire fixation, kissed over dying 16-year-old

Mar 7, 08 4:30 PM CST
(Newser) - In a case that has gripped Australia since 2006, two lesbian lovers—one with a vampire fixation—were sentenced to at least 24 years in prison today for murdering a teenage girl, the West Australian reports. They bludgeoned and strangled the girl and kissed over her body, taking video on... More »

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Australia • crime • lesbians • murder • vampire • Stacey Mitchell • Valerie Parashumti • Jessica Stasinowsky • Perth

Rice Plans Another
Vampire Book

Interview author had vowed to concentrate
on Christian writing

Feb 25, 08 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - When atheist and chronicler of the undead Anne Rice embraced Christianity in 2005, she seemed to seal the coffin on her Vampire Chronicles. But she's backtracking on her vow to write only about the Lord and not Lestat. "I have one more book that I would really like to... More »

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Christianity • atheism • vampire • Anne Rice • Lestat • Vampire Chronicles • Interview With a Vampire • The Queen of the Damned

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