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(Newser) - Author Stephenie Meyer had never even been to Forks, Wash., when she chose it, with a little help from Google, as the setting for her wildly popular Twilight books. But that hasn’t stopped fans of the series and the movies it has spawned from flocking to the town,... More »

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entertainment • film • tourism • Washington state • movies • Twilight • Robert Pattinson • Stephenie Meyer • Kristen Stewart • Forks, Washington

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

 Twilight Star: 
 Nude Pics 
 Belong to Me 

Yes, another one...

Aug 11, 09 9:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The latest tween obsession to find herself embroiled in a nude photo scandal: Ashley Greene of Twilight fame. She apparently snapped herself in the buff, and the photos found their way to Perez Hilton's site. That was before her lawyers found their way to Perez Hilton, who then took... More »

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entertainment • nudity • celebrity • nude photo • Twilight • nude • naked • Ashley Greene

 Twilight Scribe Accused 
 of Plagiarism 

Dueling vampire novels bear similarities, author says

Aug 4, 09 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Twilight author Stephenie Meyer is being accused of ripping off another vampire book, TMZ reports. Jordan Scott claims the series’ fourth installment, Breaking Dawn, bears a “striking and substantial similarity” to her 2006 book The Nocturne, with both including a post-wedding sex scene, a doomed pregnancy, and the death... More »

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entertainment • plagiarism • copyright infringement • Twilight • Stephenie Meyer • Jordan Scott • Breaking Dawn • The Nocturne

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Clothier: Gisele Is Preggers 

Plus, more babies and more drama

Jul 30, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The latest entity to weigh in on the Gisele Bundchen: pregnancy debate: London Fog, the Boston Globe reports. In a statement regarding recent—retouched—ads featuring Bundchen, an exec says, “Nobody is sexier or more beautiful than Gisele Bundchen in nothing but a London Fog trench coat, even... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Gisele Bundchen • Jude Law • Mel Gibson • Jessica Simpson • celebrity pregnancy • Twilight • London Fog • Bryce Dallas Howard • Rachelle Lefevre

 Why Do Vampires Turn Us On? 


Jul 18, 09 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vampires have always been sexy, from Bram Stoker’s original smooth operator to Brad Pitt in Interview With a Vampire. But why have True Blood and Twilight sunk their fangs so thoroughly into today’s erotic zeitgeist? For starters, they're modern-day Romeos for angsty Juliets, Newsweek reports, a hypersexualized update... More »

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sex • Twilight • vampires • True Blood

OPINION

 Harry Potter Is 
 Neutering America 

At the box office, the chaste rule, writer says

Jul 16, 09 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Remember the old teen sex comedies, where hormones ruled and no one talked about their feelings? Hollywood doesn't, ST VanAirsdale writes in Esquire. Today's sexless blockbusters—think the Harry Potter flicks and Twilight—reflect how "our PG-13 imperative has scrubbed mass culture of its libido." The new leading... More »

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entertainment • Harry Potter • sex • Transformers • teen sex • movies • Esquire • teenager • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince • Twilight • Stephenie Meyer

 Intern in the Twilight Zone: Pattinson's Stalking Me!

She pretends to be 'so over it,' but dreams of their eventual romance

Jun 29, 09 2:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Robert Pattinson, heartthrob of the tween set, just happens to pop up everywhere a certain BlackBook intern goes, there’s only one conclusion: “There is nothing blasé about it, but Robert Pattinson is stalking me,” writes the unnamed intern, herself a Pattinson stalker. And with his latest... More »

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entertainment • stalker • celebrity • Twilight • Robert Pattinson • stalking

(Newser) - Dangerous work, this teenage heartthrob business. Twilight star Robert Pattinson got clipped by a cab outside a New York City bookstore while fleeing a horde of fans, reports People. Pattinson is fine: He walked away from the mishap, in which the cabbie reportedly grazed his hip before slamming on the... More »

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New York City • car accident • taxi • Twilight • Robert Pattinson

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 LiLo Could Bring 
 Down Fashion House 

Plus, Speidi quits reality show, for real this time

Jun 2, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan’s acting career is on the rocks, so she wants to try out fashion. But the head designer at House of Emanuel Ungaro—in talks with Lohan—threatened to quit if she comes aboard, the New York Post reports. Elsewhere:
  • Reality couple Spencer and Heidi Pratt has
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entertainment • Britney Spears • reality TV • fashion • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • gossip • Spencer Pratt • Twilight • Robert Pattinson • Kristen Stewart • Heidi Montag • I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! • Emanuel Ungaro

SLIDESHOW

 Teens Rule the MTV Awards 

Twilight, High School Musical steal the show

Jun 1, 09 7:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Heath Ledger won Best Villain last night at the MTV Movie Awards, but he was in the minority: Most of the awards went to tween fare, with Twilight snagging three, High School Musical 3 grabbing two, and Miley Cyrus winning one, E! reports. Jim Carrey and Amy Poehler were... More »

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MTV Movie Awards • awards • award show • Heath Ledger • Miley Cyrus • High School Musical 3 • Twilight

 Twilight Sweeps MTV Awards 

Eminen and "Bruno" tangle at pop culture fete

Jun 1, 09 2:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Teen fave Twilight swept the MTV Movie Awards last night with five wins—including Best Fight, Best Kiss, and Best Movie—reports Entertainment Weekly. Heath Ledger scored a posthumous Best Villain for Dark Knight, and former Saturday Night Live star Amy Poehler nabbed the inaugural Best WTF Moment for Baby ... More »

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MTV • MTV Movie Awards • Eminem • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Amy Poehler • Bruno • Twilight

ANALYSIS

Zombies Have Come to Save the Day

Move over, vampires: The undead are monsters for our times

Apr 11, 09 4:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the echelon of monsters, zombies can’t get no respect. They’re not hip like werewolves or suave like vampires. Yet the undead are staging a comeback, Lev Grosman writes in Time. Woody Harrelson is starring in a zom-com, Juno’s screenwriter is producing a new zombie flick, and... More »

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recession • werewolf • Twilight • vampires • Woody Harrelson

Miley Not Crazy About Twilight's Robert Pattinson

Star talks boys with Teen Vogue

Apr 6, 09 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Teen girls everywhere are still swooning over Twilight star Robert Pattinson—but not Miley Cyrus, she tells Teen Vogue. The Disney star prefers “adorable” Jude Law or Javier Bardem, who’s “so sexy." As for Pattinson? “I’m not a huge Rob Pattinson fan. Girls aren’... More »

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Vogue • Hannah Montana • Miley Cyrus • teenager • Twilight • Robert Pattinson

(Newser) - Jamie Kennedy and Jennifer Love Hewitt are dating, despite previous denials, Us reports. “She’s my Bella,” Kennedy said in an odd Twilight reference. “I don’t want to bite her neck, but I want her to live.” The two were rumored together since Hewitt called... More »

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television • celebrity • dating • Jennifer Love Hewitt • actor • Twilight • Jamie Kennedy • Ghost Whisperer

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Brit's Got a New Boyfriend 

Plus, Twilight hunk loves Tina Fey, more

Mar 12, 09 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sorry, boys: Britney’s taken. The comeback queen is dating her talent agent, E! reports, a do-gooder credited with helping Brit, 27, get back on the straight and narrow. Jason Trawick, 37, “is one of the few people who Jamie Spears trusts,” says a source. Tween girls will... More »

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Britney Spears • nudity • sex • Tina Fey • celebrity • Diddy • dating • Kiefer Sutherland • Gwyneth Paltrow • Twitter • Paul Rudd • Twilight • Robert Pattinson • nude

opinion

 The Twilight of Students' 
 Radical Reading 

What happened to Sylvia Plath and Allen Ginsberg?

Mar 8, 09 4:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - A few decades ago, college kids turned to radicals to satisfy their literary thirst, but on today’s campuses, “you're more likely to hear a werewolf howl than Allen Ginsberg,” writes Ron Charles in the Washington Post. Other than Barack Obama’s tomes, the bestselling books among college... More »

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literature • college • radical • student • student activism • campus • Twilight

GLOSSIES

 Puppy Love 
 Fuels Twilight Author 


Feb 25, 09 6:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Stephenie Meyer, the author of the Twilight books, is not a shadowy vampire, Vogue reports. In fact, she is a shy, retiring Mormon mother of 3 living in a Phoenix suburb. Sure, the characters for the hit books came from a dream, but the substance is straight puppy... More »

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housewives • Arizona • Phoenix • Mormon • children's books • Twilight • Stephenie Meyer • vampires

Twilight Author 'Can't Write Worth a Darn': King

Horror maven gets vampire books' appeal

Feb 4, 09 8:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Sorry, Stephenie Meyer, but Stephen King isn't among your millions of fans. The wildly successful horror author compared the wildly successful vampire author's Twilight series with JK Rowling's Harry Potter books in a recent USA Weekend interview: "The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and... More »

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Stephen King • book • publishing industry • authors • Twilight • Stephenie Meyer

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

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