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NEWS ABOUT: vampires

vampires stories: 10 news summaries
bloodthirsty

 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

movie review

 Thirst Is the 'Anti-Twilight' 

This is a vampire flick for adults

Nov 11, 09 10:37 PM CST
(Newser) - The Twilight series found its remarkable success in subverting the traditional vampire story, turning the monsters of legend into symbols of teenage narcissism and self-pity—another “youth tribe” like jocks and geeks, writes Brendan O’Neill at Spiked. If that treatment leaves you well, cold, check out the "... More »

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entertainment • movie review • Avril Lavigne • Twilight • vampires • Chan-wook Park • Thirst

 Brits Eat Up 
 Steamy Yank 
 Vampires 

Fangs a lot, gush new True Blood fans

Nov 9, 09 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The sizzling TV vampire series True Blood is ringing just as true with British audiences as with American fans. Why? Brits love the "gripping blend of southern American small-town mentality and hideous murders" in the series peopled by "Daisy Duke" Anna Paquin and her "chisel-cheeked" lover played... More »

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television • vampires • True Blood • television program • Anna Paquin • Stephen Moyer

 Gentlemen 
 Prefer Zombies 

Vampires are sensitive wimps

Oct 28, 09 3:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Give a guy a good, old-fashioned zombie any day over a vampire. "Dudes don't dig bloodsuckers because vampires pretty much look like girls," writes John DeVore in The Frisky . "We prefer zombies, because we love chainsaws, flamethrowers, and samurai swords." But primarily, guys realize their "... More »

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horror flims • horror movies • vampires • zombie • True Blood • Monsters vs Aliens

 Stephen King Bites Into 
 Vampire Comic 

Horror maestro to lend hand on Vertigo's American Vampire

Oct 26, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stephen King is truly sinking his teeth into his official comic book debut, writing half of the first five issues of Vertigo’s upcoming American Vampire. The brainchild of King buddy Scott Snyder, the series tells the stories of a line of uniquely American blood suckers. King will be... More »

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horror • Stephen King • DC Comics • graphic novel • vampires • Stephen King comic • Stephen King American Vampire • American Vampire

GLOSSIES

Point of Vampire Craze:
No Sex Is Deviant Anymore

Bloodsuckers of today just want to fit in

Oct 14, 09 6:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A cultural obsession with vampires usually coincides with changing sexuality, writes Stephen Marche. The vampire is a realized sexual other—whether an aristocratic libertine or an AIDS victim—with the human characters representing the mainstream. Usually, the normals have killed the other, but our current vampire moment is different: Whether... More »

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entertainment • homosexuality • sexuality • sexual behavior • Twilight • vampires • True Blood

 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

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

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

 Fangs for the 
 Memories: Best 
 Bloodsucker Stars 

Baddest vampires deliver the tingles

Nov 23, 08 5:25 AM CST
(Newser) - As Twilight fans storm the box office, Entertainment Weekly offers up its picks of a dozen of the best toothsome vampires:
  • David (The Lost Boys, 1987): Before he drew blood as Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland drank blood with the two Coreys.
  • Santanico Pandemonium (From Dusk Till Dawn, 1996):
... More »

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film • Tom Cruise • Quentin Tarantino • Robert Rodriguez • cinema • Kiefer Sutherland • Salma Hayek • movies • Sarah Michelle Gellar • horror movies • vampires • David Boreanaz

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