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The mark. brand ambassador joins advocates against teen violence

By dazzledbytwilight Mar 15, 2013 1:05PM

Ashley Greene, the brand ambassador for mark., spoke on Capitol Hill about March 13, NO MORE day in Washington D.C.:

mark. Brand Ambassador Ashley Greene joined advocates on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. for a congressional briefing to announce data from the “NO MORE Study: Teens and Young Adults,” funded by m.powerment by mark., managed by the Avon Foundation for Women. The results of the study – which explored attitudes toward, and experience with dating abuse, partner violence, and sexual assault among teens and young adults – clearly underscore the need to educate young people so they recognize the signs of abuse and how to safely intervene to help end it.

The study showed that dating violence and sexual assault are a disturbing reality in the lives of young people. One in 6 young women self-reported having been a victim of sexual assault, more than a third reported knowing a victim of sexual assault and over half know a victim of dating abuse. In contrast, only 36% of young men reported knowing a victim of dating violence and 25% reported knowing a sexual assault victim, because they talk much less about the issue. However, the study found that both young women and men are willing to intervene to stop abuse, but they don’t feel confident to recognize abusive situations and are unsure how to intervene.

“As a young woman, I am proud to help launch the NO MORE campaign and announce the new m.powerment by mark. Healthy Relationship College Program,” said Ashley Greene. “While the results of the NO MORE study are sobering, the silver lining is that the respondents reported they were willing to get involved to stop the abuse. We have the power to end the cycle and this is a monumental step towards that.”


Watch the video on NO MORE day:


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Tonner's newest addition to their 'Twilight' line

By dazzledbytwilight Mar 15, 2013 12:57PM

Tonner has added the Bella Cullen collectible doll, all yours for $189.99. That would hurt my non-Cullen wallet.

Details:
    • Dressed Tonner Character Figure™
    • Face includes hand-painted details
    • Fine quality vinyl and hard plastic
    • Kristen Stewart head sculpt
    • 16" Tyler bending wrist body
    • Cameo skin tone
    • Golden brown painted eyes
    • Brown with chestnut highlighted rooted saran hair
    • Black t-shirt
    • Black faux leather jacket with antiqued gold and black buttons
    • Stretch denim pants
    • Black leg warmers
    • Black faux leather boots
    • Silver ring and gold painted ring
    • Natural pantyhose
    • Stand
Will you add this to your collection?

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Franchise worldwide gross more than $3.3 billion

By dazzledbytwilight Mar 6, 2013 2:51PM

Variety reports that Lionsgate has sold an estimated 3.85 million Blu-ray/DVD units of "Breaking Dawn, Part 2," beating out its predecessor.

From Variety:

Lionsgate’s Ron Schwarts, exec VP and general manager of home entertainment, said in a statement:  “Consumer demand for ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2″ reflects strength in all segments of the home entertainment marketplace – packaged media, digital and on demand.  This is further proof that author Stephenie Meyer has created a timeless classic that moviegoers want to enjoy over and over in a wide variety of formats.”

The launch included midnight retail events at more than 3,000 stores across the country. The fifth film has grossed $829 million at the worldwide box office, bringing the five films worldwide gross to more than $3.3 billion.

Wall Street has remained bullish on Lionsgate as shares set another all-time high Monday. The issue edged down 6 cents  Tuesday to $22.06. The stock has reached more than a dozen record high closes this year.

The DVD release of “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2” caps a franchise that’s generated sales of 50 million DVD and Blu-ray copies for the first four films. The stock is now trading at nearly triple the price of $8.60 a share in January, 2012 when Lionsgate bought Summit Entertainment — originator of the “Twilight” franchise — for $412.5 million.


Lionsgate stock will surely continue to rise, because as the "Twilight" franchise is ending, its other mega-successful one, "The Hunger Games," still has three films coming out over the next three years. E-Trade, anyone?

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Bonus clip from 'Breaking Dawn, Part 2' DVD

By dazzledbytwilight Mar 4, 2013 12:06PM

Another bonus clip from the "Breaking Dawn, Part 2" Blu-ray/DVD, this time from USA Today. It features Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen), who apparently didn't want to have to keep having the baby taken away. 


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Arm wrestling scene, Lee Pace, the dance-off...good stuff!

By dazzledbytwilight Mar 1, 2013 11:57AM

Some fun bonus clips from the "Breaking Dawn, Part 2" Blu-ray/DVD. You've already pre-ordered, right?




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Will they be in your city?

By dazzledbytwilight Mar 1, 2013 11:50AM

Today is your lucky day, Twi-peeps.

Summit Entertainment and select retailers across the U.S. will be holding midnight DVD release parties to mark the release of "Breaking Dawn, Part 2" and the extended edition of "Breaking Dawn, Part 1."

Release parties and their location details are HERE.

Several cities are fortunate to be hosting cast members from the films. They'll be doing interviews on local TV and radio stations. Here's the list:

  • Chicago:  Chaske Spencer
  • Minneapolis:  Judith Shekoni
  • Philadelphia:  Booboo Stewart and Julia Jones
  • Phoenix:  Guri Weinberg, Toni Trucks and Erik Odom
  • Seattle:  Rami Malek, Angela Sarafyan and Andrea Gabriel
  • St. Louis:  Lisa Howard, Patrick Brennan and Marlane Barnes

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With co-presenter Daniel Radcliffe

By dazzledbytwilight Feb 26, 2013 12:23PM

Although Kristen Stewart exited her limousine at the 2013 Oscars with crutches to take the pressure off her injured foot, when it came time to do her job as presenter she left the unfashionable accessories backstage and gamely limped to the microphone.

Stewart, decked out in Reem Acra, and Daniel Radcliffe presented the award for Achievement in Production Design. Bella Swan and Harry Potter...who would have imagined.



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The dubious Razzie Awards loves to hate on 'Twilight'

By dazzledbytwilight Feb 26, 2013 12:08PM

Once again the anti-Oscars Razzie Awards bestowed their "winners" with dubious awards for the worst in film. And once again, they went to town on "Twilight."

From Razzies:

This year saw yet another RAZZIE® sweep, but this one was incomplete: Although TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 2 went into the 33rd Annual RAZZIE Awards race with a near-record 11 nominations (more nods than there were categories) it only managed to "win" seven spray-painted statuettes, including Worst PictureWorst Actress (Kristen StewartWorst Supporting Actor (Taylor Lautner), Worst Screen Couple (Lautner and 12 year-old Mackenzie Foy) andWorst Screen Ensemble. Throw in Worst Remake/Rip-Off or Sequel and Worst Director for Bill Condon, and the fifth and final TWILIGHT film is 2012's most-RAZZed movie. But TWILIGHT S.B.D. #2 (as RAZZIE wags prefer to refer to it) still fell short of last year's unprecedented all-ten-category sweep by Adam Sandler's JACK & JILL. Sandler wasn't totally over-looked, though: The aging, schlubby comic took theWorst Actor RAZZIE for the second year in a row, and his film THAT'S MY BOY bested TWILIGHT for Worst Screenplay by a single vote.

Seven isn't so bad. It's a lucky number!

What will the Razzies do now that the "Twilight Saga" has ended? Who'll be their next scapegoat? 

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Myriam Gabriel-Pollock, Twilight Blogger

Myriam Gabriel-Pollock has been writing for MSN since 2006 -- everything from quizzes to feature articles to the Twilight Superfan blog. Prior to that she was a hi-tech geek. She has happily transitioned into a film geek, especially if there are wizards, vampires, mythical places, and spaceships.

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