The Twilight Saga

Byzantium Review: Neil Jordan Does Another Vampire Movie

Streamy Awards: Online Video's Biggest Night Accepts Old Hollywood Into the Fold

See also: *Our Streamy Awards slideshow *Our profile of Jenna Marbles, from our People Issue The 3rd annual Streamy awards, honoring excellence in original online video, streamed live online (appropriately) Sunday night at the Hollywood Palladium. More than ever before, nominees ran the gamut of n ... More >>

Since Jeff Garlin's Chat With Will Ferrell Is Sold Out...

Kristen Stewart and Garrett Hedlund Chat About the Movie Adaptation of On the Road

Why Is There So Much Indie Rock on Television? Music Supervisor Alexandra Patsavas Explains

It's hard not to notice: Indie bands seemingly soundtrack just about every sitcom, film and television commercial today. But why? Influential music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas swears it's not just about cheap labor. "It's far more of a creative decision than a monetary one," she says. "We're pick ... More >>

Who's Your Vampyr?

Rick James' "Super Freak": Why This Song Sucks

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Rick James' "Super Freak" History: This was the song that Bobby Flynn performed on Australian Idol 4! Also, Rick James sang it in 1981. p.s. HOLY FUCK, ... More >>

David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis: Director Tells Us How He Adapted Don DeLillo's Novel for the Screen

One of the most interesting things about Cosmopolis, writer-director David Cronenberg's extraordinary adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel by the same name, is that it's the first script Cronenberg has both written and shot since 1999's eXistenZ. Additionally, his adaptation of Cosmopolis marks the fir ... More >>

On a Hopeful Note

Kristen Stewart, L.A. Director Rupert Sanders Apologize for Affair; Sexual Tension on Set Was Palpable

All anyone can talk about this morning, aside from that stupid 3.7-mag in Marina Del Rey, is 22-year-old Kristen Stewart's far-from-alleged fling with 41-year-old Los Angeles director Rupert Sanders on the set of Snow White and the Huntsman. They're pictured making out in the new issue of US Weekly ... More >>

Alex Church Returns to L.A. and His Band Sea Wolf Dives In

Richie Sambora Is Putting Out an Indie Rock Album on Dangerbird. No, Seriously Open Fields! Alleys! The Five Most Overused Backdrops for Band Promo Photos Since his 2007 debut as Sea Wolf, Los Angeles native Alex Church has been compared to no fewer than 5 million other singer-songwriters with guit ... More >>

Comic-Con Death: 'Twilight' Fan Runs Into Side of Car in Bizarre Accident

Updated at the bottom with an eyewitness' account of what happened. First posted at 1:32 p.m. A woman collided with a car as she tried to cross a street outside San Diego Comic-Con today in a bizarre accident that took the Twilight fan's life. The accident at Harbor Drive and Fifth Avenue, just do ... More >>

Snow White and the Huntsman Review

Janel Ramirez Told Teen Student He Resembles Taylor Lautner, Had Sex With Him -- D.A.

A 17-year-old boy gets an intimate lesson from a 31-year-old teacher who allegedly seduced him by saying he looks like Taylor Lautner from Twilight? A couple generations ago that would have been called a quality education by any man within earshot. Even these days his friends probably said, Right ... More >>

Adam Sandler's Jack and Jill Sweeps The Razzies

If the Academy Awards are a back-slapping bore, the Razzies are a bitch-slapping fun fest. Traditionally held on the eve of the Oscars, the annual awards show for the first time took place Sunday night on April Fool's Day at Magicopolis in Santa Monica, the perfect opportunity to lay into the movie ... More >>

Q & A with Emily Ansara Baines: The Unofficial Hunger Game Cookbook, T.C. Boyle and Foraging Skills, Sourcing Squirrel in L.A. What Muskrat Tastes Like

​If you live in any proximity to a middle school or teenage girl, you probably know all about The Hunger Games, the young adult dystopian trilogy by Suzanne Collins. You will also know that the movie comes out in March. What you might not know is that there is also a cookbook about the trilogy ... More >>

A Warrior's Heart Review

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 Review

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1: What They Were Eating at the Premier

Kathy A. McDonaldRobert Pattinson at the Twilight premiere​As every schoolgirl -- the presumed reader of The Twilight Saga books -- knows, vampires don't eat prepared food. A bit of a challenge for Monday night's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1 premiere organizers. Why? Because a f ... More >>

Aim High, the First Facebook 'Social Series,' and Why Web Shows Still Fly Below the Radar

Jackson Rathbone takes charge as Nick Green: a high school student/CIA assassin in Aim High​Have you heard of the new WB/Facebook web series Aim High? You know, the show about a high school student/CIA operative that actually allows you to incorporate your own pictures and data into the story? ... More >>

Twihards vs. Occupy L.A: Which Downtown Encampment Has Strength in Numbers?

Breakadawn.​Occupy versus Twilight: Both are camped out in tent cities downtown. Both have a love-hate relationship with blood suckers (Wall Street, vampires). Both, apparently, are comprised of jobless nerds with enough free time to hang out in tents for days on end. (We kid, sort of). So ... More >>

Tyler Shields: Warhol or Wannabe?

Ominous glitz of a controversial celebrity photographer

Music Picks: Ravi Shankar, Marilyn Scott, Duran Duran, Burkina Electric

Also, Emmylou Harris & Her Red Dirt Boys, Odd Future, Gillian Welch and others

Finders Keepers Records Revamps the Vampire Soundtrack

Water for Elephants

Red Riding Hood

Jane Eyre Review

Cary Fukunaga does goth romance right

Keeping Bookstores Alive with Ken and Barbie Mummies

Pat the Zombie: Do Babies Make Good Zombies? Author Aaron Ximm Answers.

​ Remember Pat the Bunny? That warm and fuzzy childhood book now has a sick, sick cousin Pat the Zombie. "Something about the brain-numbing prose of the original Pat the Bunny -- and the acute appeal of a zombie touch-and-recoil book -- just popped for me at once," author Aaron Ximm says. ... More >>

Should Robert Pattinson Play Jeff Buckley or Should He Play Kurt Cobain?

​This generation's Robert Redford, Robert Pattinson, is periodically rumored to star in every movie pitched in Hollywood with a young heartthrob leading part. Batman Reloaded? Get me Pattinson! The Salvador Dali story (featuring gay stuff with Federico Garcia Lorca)? Get me Pattinson! (actuall ... More >>

Twilight Trilogy

Twilight Cookbook Author Gina Meyers Defends Herself Against the Haters, Shares Recipe

​Gina Meyers wrote that Twilight cookbook, Love At First Bite. Some of you loved it. Some of you hated it. Here, she talks food, vampires and defends herself against the haters. And yes, she will be releasing a second Twilight cookbook. Have any people claiming to be vampires bought your book ... More >>

Twilight Hot Dogs: Vampire Dachshunds? Made of Clay? Huh?

​I don't understand these "Team Edward" and "Team Jacob" dachshund hot dogs. Why hot dogs? Why Twilight? Why vampire teams written in ketchup and mustard? Why does Jacob get mustard and Edward get ketchup?

New OFF! Video Features Keith Morris, Raymond Pettibon, and Skateboarding Madness

New OFF! Video Features Keith Morris, Raymond Pettibon, and Skateboarding Madness

RV Dealer Wants To Settle Lawsuit with 'Twilight' Star Taylor Lautner With Push-Up Contest

​"Twilight" star Taylor Lautner could once again flex his muscles, though not in a movie, but, rather, in a push-up contest. Brian McMahon, owner of an RV dealership, has challenged actor Taylor Lautner to a push-up challenge in an attempt to settle a lawsuit by the action star, the Los Angel ... More >>

Movie Reviews: The Tillman Story, Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child, Brotherhood

Also, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector, A Film Unfinished and more

Twilight: Eclipse: Fetish Object

The third chapter in the Twilight saga serves fans and brand. Newcomers, not so much

Hundreds Of 'Twi-hards' Camp Out For 'Eclipse' Movie Premiere

​Hundreds of die-hard Twilight fans this week have been camping out in front of LA Live for the opening premier of the latest Twilight installment, Eclipse which is set to take place on Thursday night. Fans began arriving in droves beginning Monday in hopes of scoring a ticket for the premier ... More >>

The Nutella Earthquake Preparedness Kit: PSA of the Month

A. ScattergoodHow to handle an emergency: duct tape, chocolate, a can opener Last summer, we ran a post about what to pack in your Earthquake Preparedness Kit, chocolate being the first thing that some of us would grab, along with the dog and the children. Since April is Earthquake Preparedness Mon ... More >>

"Pop Culture Hacker" Jonathan McIntosh on "Buffy vs. Edward"

We love fan-made, mash-up videos. Whether they're anime music videos or strange juxtapositions of beloved TV shows, the creativity, humor and technical skill involved continues to impress us. But, when vidders, or fan video editors, use their skills to highlight criticism of various media, things st ... More >>

Paging Pedobear: 'The Runaways'' Music Video Somehow Legitimizes Looking at a 15-Year-Old in Lingerie

Dakota Fanning, Performing​We're sure you're aware by now there's a new movie out today about LA's original jailbait-punk combo The Runaways. Make sure you read our current print cover story about The Runaways' Sandy West, plus Karina Longworth's review of the film. But if you wanna get a b ... More >>

Twisted Sisters: The Runaways on Empty

Director Floria Sigismondi lays artsy imagery over a predictable rock-movie skeleton

Stranger Than Fiction: The Hurt Locker's Many Surprises

Alice in Chains: Tim Burton in La-La Land

"I'm misperceived as a dark person: I'm not dark"

Man on Man: The New Gay Romance ...

... written by and for straight women

The 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective People

Movie Reviews: New in Town, Taken, The Uninvited

Also, The Class, Of Time and the City, Sam's Lake, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans