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Barbie Twilight Doll – Edward Cullen

Barbie Twilight Doll – Bella

Mattel has come up with Edward Cullen Barbie Doll and Bella Swan Barbie Doll. The dolls are replica of the stars and are available at $24.97 each starting November 1, 2009. Get yours now!

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Watch the extended trailer for The Twilight Saga: New Moon which was premiered during the MTV VMA’s. Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga: New Moon opens on November 20, 2009.

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Bryce Dallas Howard who plays Stacy Gwen in Spider-man 3 and Kate Connor in Terminator Salvation will step in to replace Rachelle Lefevre in the villainous role of Victoria for “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”.

According to Summit Entertainment, Rachelle Lefevre had a scheduling conflict and would be unable to participate in the Eclipse shoot set to begin later this month.

Erik Feig, Summit’s president of worldwide production and acquisitions was quoted saying, “Rachelle brought Victoria to great screen life and Bryce will bring a new dimension to the character. The franchise is lucky to have such a talented actress as Bryce coming in to fill the role.”

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Robert Pattinson, 23, was hit by a taxi cab in New York City on Thursday when he tried to escape of crowd of fans according to People.

The Twilight star, however, escaped uninjured as he walked away from the scene after having his hip clipped by a cab when he attempted to run across the street near The Strand bookstore.

Everyone knows in the film, Edward Cullen (played by Pattinson) has superhuman speed and strength. And he even dented a van which almost hit Bella. But, in real life?

Perhaps, he’s really a vampire? We could only guess.

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The Twilight Saga: New Moon is the sequel to 2008 Twilight starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson. The movie opens on November 20, 2009.

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Good news for Twilight fans as Michael Sheen, the actor who plays Lucian, the leader the Lycans in the Underworld series, has joined the "Twilight" sequel, "New Moon" as Aro, the leader of the Volturi, an Italy-based coven of vampires according to Variety.

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Twilight is a romantic thriller based on a Stephenie Meyer’s novel of the same name. As of December 21, 2008, Twilight’s rating at Rotten Tomatoes is only 50% from a total of 180 reviews.

SPOILER WARNING: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in "Twilight"

Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) moves to a small town of Forks to live with her dad, Charlie, after her mother remarries another man. The students at her a new high school are welcoming and befriends her. Somehow, she is more curious by a mysterious group of siblings known as the Cullens, especially the tall and lanky Edward Cullen. Bella happens to sit next to Edward Cullen in her Biology class, and he seems to be avoiding her for some reason. During the next few days of school, Edward Cullen is nowhere to be seen and this intrigued Bella even more. When Edward shows up in the Biology class, he is apologetic and quickly introduced himself to Bella.

A couple of days later, Bella is almost hit by a van driven by one of her new school mates but Edward somehow appears out of nowhere and stops the vehicle with his bare hand. Bella is shocked and demands an explanation from Edward even though he refuses to tell her. Bella then does some research and ends up with a book to learn that Edward is a vampire. As they fall in love, Edward introduces Bella to his family, Carlisle, Esme, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie and they even play baseball together even though Bella only acts as the umpire. Three nomadic vampire, James, Victoria, and Laurent shows up during the baseball game and James, the vampire with a hunter instinct can smell that Bella is a human and decides to hunt her down. The Cullen go through great lengths in order to protect Bella but James manages to trick Bella into believing that he’s holding her mother hostage and almost kill her before Edward and his family arrives to fend off James. The Cullen siblings finish off James while Edward sucks the venom out of Bella in order to save her from becoming a vampire.

Back in Forks, Edward and Bella go to the school prom and Bella tells Edward that she desires to become a vampire so that they can be together for eternity. Edward somehow rejects her idea. The couple has the faintest idea that Victoria is watching from the windows, hoping to seek revenge for the murder of James.

Overall, Twilight is more like a romantic film rather than another vampire movie. The vampires don’t even show their fangs, let alone any other characteristics other vampires would possess. In fact, the vampires in Twilight can have their skins becoming shiny and glittering like diamonds under the sun. Somehow, it is a movie above the par, considering many novel-adapted films in 2008 has failed miserably.

My ratings: 6 out of 10.

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Kristen Stewart plays a teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire in Twilight.

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